So I arrived home Tuesday afternoon, and I must say, it was rather relaxing. I did some laundry, played on the computer, just enjoyed the home surroundings. Well we all met to go bowling around 9:00 Pm or so, so before that I headed over to the Knapps to tell them my decision of officially going to Bethel next year. I just wanted them to know for sure what my reasons were, and that they were not because of Justin. They took it well, and felt that it was a good idea for me to go. That makes me happy. They are like my parents away from my parents... if that makes sense. So anywho we went bowling and I did terrible! There goes showing off my bowling skills! Lol. But there were like 15 people there, and it was really nice to be in such a big group! There was a little resentment towards the quote unquote "crownies" but I'll talk about that later! After bowling I just went home because I had to be up at 3 so I could get to work at 4!!
Well... ends up I got to bed and finally fell asleep around 2. It was more of a nap than actual sleep. I worked until 1:30, and they day went by surprisingly fast. I knew Justin was returning home soon, and it's become almost a mini ritual that when he gets home he calls me, and then I end up hanging out with him for a while. He didn't end up calling, and it was already 2:00 or something, so I was like, I'm TAKING A NAP! Speak of the devil, he calls no more than 15 minutes later. Unfortunately I was carless for quite sometime and I didn't get over there until 6:00. At 7:00 his family and I all went to the Thanksgiving/Baptism service at church. It was awesome to see people get baptized for our Lord. Especially for some of them because they are so young! Church is always good. So of course a bunch of us wanted to hang out so we mosied over to Adam's. I don't even remember what we were originally doing, but it was soon decided to go to Applebees. GOOD FOOD! There had to be at least 16 of us. Luckily I had my camera because we were all so silly! (If you want to see pictures go to Facebook, look up me, and you will see my wonderful photos! ) Moving along, we did not feel like going to bed, and even though I had been up since basically the day before, we were like back to adam's! This is where we all lost it! We were laughing and giggling and making innuendos and ahhahah! It makes me laugh. Jake told Helen Keller jokes, Kara and Marlise got married, oh joyous evening! It's fun to get into goofy situations like that! People only get like that when there are not a lot of people. Not saying I hate big groups, but it's just how it all works out. Considering it was Thanksgiving the following day, we ended up leaving between 1 and 2.
Thanksgiving was.... interesting. I actually went to my Grandparents on my Dad's side this year. Last year I had gone to my mom's friends house, and the year prior to that I was at Justin's grandparent's house and his aunt's house. I had avoided the actual FAMILY for quite some time. well see my grandma had 10 kids, and everyone of them at least had three or so kids, and those kids even have kids, and so forth. So it's usually a big event. Well we got there an hour late, and there was liek no one there. It was really strange to not see this tiny blue house crammed with people. Of course all the conversations were shallow because they are not Christians and spend their time being alcoholics, so in all reality, we have nothing in common! Then my mom and one of the better aunts (married INTO the family...that explains her sanity) were talking about their husbands and their disatisfaction of them. It was really sad. I know it's totally true, but that's not what marriage should be! I wish I could help, but they are past help. Luckily I was also invited over to the Natrop's for Thanksgiving and I headed over there! It was a little awkward cuz his aunt and uncle and cousin was there but oh well. I mean I like the family, but it just felt like a situation that only the girlfriend is put into. Nothing against them at all. By the end of the evening I was looking at baby pictures....go figure. lol. Seward wanted to hang out with me afterward and I got to listen to her play her piano. I love that. She claims she sucks, and I admit, she is a little rusty, but ugh...it's gorgeous. We wanted to see a movie and so we saw Chicken Little! yay! CUTE MOVIE! Sure it was aimed for like children 7 and under, but it made me laugh and that's all that counts. Josh Bowens actually called me too and so we went to his house. Adam Arens, Volker, Tim Brown, and a few others were there, and it was nice to see some of them. I haven't seen the "band" for a long time, and it was a total blast into the past. They have not changed one bit.
Of course I left early because I worked at 5:00. Work came and went and I found myself extremely tired and excited. Laura had come home Wed. night but it wasnt' until way late in the evening, and now it was finally time to see her!! I had to do a Delano Royalty event first, but by the time I got to the food shelf, everything was done. Sad. I got ready to go out for the evening and then Karrah gave me a call and wanted to know if I would go to Wal-Mart with her and Laura. I was like YES! So she was going to drop Laura off at my house and get gas and then we would go. I didn't feel like I was going to cry, which funnily enough made me sad, but the moment she stepped out of the car I cried. Everytime! She just makes me cry cuz she is awesome and she has been gone for so long. I think it also has something to do with the fact that I have thought she was cool since we were little, minus a few years, and until this past summer, and a little bit before that did we actually start hanging out. We were really close by the time she left, and it was hard to see her go. But now she was back! We went to Target and after some back and forth stuff, her and I were at Schony's! It was really fun cuz everyone was excited to see her, and there is a pool table and fooseball table, so people just kept playing eachother over and over and I would win a lot, and then play John and lose terribley! He even played in Spanish (meaning he spoke in Spanish the whole time.. haha!) I tried to build a card castle, wrote names in cursive, and just had fun laughing with everyone. It was like everyone was back together, well, except for Zach. After that I headed over to Anna's where Anna, Laura, Karrah, and I had a sleep over! We had to bring my car back to Delano, but on the way, I had a really cool conversation with Laura. I haven't had one of those in a while with her. The rest of the night we spend laughing and playing Disney's Scene It and of course I WON! At one point, Karrah had gone to bed and I was being asked a question for the game... I guess Karrah knew the answer cuz she mummbled a name and it was so funny! I don't even know if she knew she had done that. We eventually did sleep, which was really nice for me.
Saturday wasn't that great. Zach did call me in the morning though, and I haven't heard from him in a while, so that made me smile! I miss him! AND HE IS COMING HOME DEC. 22nd! WOO!! I had to work 2:00 to 10:00. All my friends kept coming in (Laura, Sarah, Jen, Lissie, Kirsten "Bill" and ahh!!) I did get to eat my lunch with Laura, Seward, and Sarah though, so that was fun! I had so many phoen calls too, and some of them were for Laura. Haha. Then I got invited to go to a Dave Matthew Band Concert by Justin and sadly I had to work. It just felt like it never ended!!! Justin called me when I was done and I picked him up from Robbie's so we could go to Jesse's house. I got to talk to him about Bethel, which is what I have wanted to do for a while, and it was good. I just needed to get some stuff off my chest. Anyway, Jesse's was fun.. we didnt' do anything really, but it's nice just to talk and laugh and watch his small dog fall in love with Mike Johnson's zip up hoodie. Ewww....
Sunday arose and I worked... and saw the Knapps as usual.... and came back to Winona.
I'm going to end now, for it is too long! here are a just a few pictures from the weekend!
I LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!
Sister In Christ,
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