hello all!! I know... it's crazy. It's already MID JUNE and here I sit without an entry for months now. I did warn you all that I would not write much in the summer, too much going on and not enough time. So we'll see what I can do.
Everyone's been back from school at least three weeks now and it's been a blast; just like old times. Justin, Nate, and I have been playing a lot of Settlers, and we've also been watching Lost (they watched like 20 episodes without me!) and tubing and just having fun. I really love being home and being with all of them again. As of now I'm still attempting to attend Bethel. There are money issues (when are there not?) but I've totally given it up to God becuase I worried all last summer for the same reason and this year I won't let it do that to me. My princess duties have not been too terribly bad. We actually do not have any canidates this year so as sad as that is, it kind of makes me life a little bit easier. Oh, I got my hair colored! It's a darker brown and I got it down professionally so the color wouldn't fade so fast. I LOVE IT! It's just what I wanted.
Over Memorial Day I had a small parade in Delano and Graham and Ashley came! *Graham is this boy at my work that I've been flirting with.... the one with the girlfriend...heh* It was awesome to see them cuz that's like the first time friends from work came to see me DO something. Don't worry all, Graham and I are JUST friends, nothing more nothing less. Later that day I was at the beach with Holly and Naters (haaha) and we went on a paddleboat ride and then Marlise came and we went to Panera and goofed off with James and Graham. Then we went back to the beach, swam around, watched Nate get attacked by several little children and then ended up at her house. I got so incredibly burnt, it was funny. Speaking of Marlise, we have gotten really close this summer. Like ever since she has been back, we have been hanging out like crazy and bonding really well. I don't know what has caused the change, but I really like it. We just seem to relate in so many levels. It's really nice.
Sooo... I actually just got back from a week road trip with Laura Koenecke to Washington D.C.!! How exciting is that!?! The whole idea started a couple of weeks ago when she asked if I would want to go on a road trip. I was hesitant at first because I had princess stuff I had to do, but we planned it out so I would only miss a few things. Then one weekend when she was home (same weeked as Jake Barne's goodbye party and I worked like 12-hr shifts!) we just bought the plane ticket! Now you must be confused since I said roadtrip and plane ticket. Well Laura flew me down to Nebraska and then we left from there and went through Iowa (world's largest truck stop) Illinois (2 hr. stop and go traffic at 11 PM!) Indiana (creepy town of Gary and scary hotel) Ohio (Turnpikes and expensive tolls) Pennsylvania (her friend Abby from YWAM was having a bridal shower and we stayed there for four days) and then Virginia (Nicole is living there in Arlington.) The whole purpose was to go the bridal shower and to drive Nicole's car out there so she could have it. Nicole payed for the gas and one of the plane tickets, so it was a relatively cheap trip. I had sooo much fun with Laura, and we bonded a lot. And Washington D.C. was absolutely amazing. I mean... you just can't understand until you are there seeing the Lincoln memorial, the vietnam memorial, the WWII Memorial, etc. It's powerful, it really is. One of the more interesting stories is when a bird pooped on my forehead right outside of the White House! I cried and Laura took pictures. Not a happy day for me! Aye yi yi! Anyway... enough about that.
Other than that, life has been pretty normal. I work hard and I play hard and I live day to day. I probably get to see Ali soon and I'm soo excited about that! we've been trying to work dates out for a while so hopefully it'll be within the next month. So yah, since I don't want this huge long thing, I'll end it now, but I'll probably post a little more in a couple of days! Hope everyone is having a good summer!!
Sister in Christ,
Amy <3
And you called me naters...oh no.
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