Summer Days Drifting Away...

Ah... glorious summer. How I love thee. How I wish I could live these three months over and over and over. I play cards, eat out, go swimming in various pools, get tan (naturally), play boche ball, wash cars, watch movies, and then do it all over again. It's been such a good summer now that I only work one job. I can't believe how stressed I felt when I had the two. Now it just feels simple. I must say that this weekend was the best thus far. I haven't had much time to actually be out in the daylight, so I spent the last two days soakin' it up to the max. I had a royalty car wash on Sat. from 9-12 and then Sarah, Justin, Nate, and I went to Peppermint Twist to get famous shakes and some lunch. From there Justin, Sarah, and I played around in her pool for a couple hours. Surprisingly I got a workout! My stomach and legs are sorta sore today! It was such a good afternoon with them. I'm not sure why it was that great, but it felt... calming. But anyway, from there we went to Jake H's grad party where I found Kara (*obviously) and Marlise! I took Mar Mar with me to Emily from my work's grad party because I promised her I'd be there. She is going to school in New York (NYU) and oh man... she is so talented with art, I can't even begin to describe her talent. Her photos could be so real and so unique and so... just wow. I'm very proud of her. I've worked with her for 2 years and I've never seen this side of her. It was good to see her outside of work. =) Then we all hung out at Kara's house. We took a bajillion pictures of ourselves with her new computer, and I think we laughed way too hard for such a normal thing. It's good though. Then we watched Garden State, which is ALWAYS good. Justin had gone home half way through and then Nate and I went to his house later that night.
So today was a good day at village church (Dan Fair did a sort of a Jay Leno skit for Father's Day) and then Kara and I had a lovely lunch at Chipotle. How is it that that place never gets old? I mean really.... haha. From there we went to Baker Park and played Volleyball with Lee, Mary, Sam, Robbie, and Kelly. It was a different group and I really enjoyed it. Then Kara and I could not resist the temptation of Jamba Juice, so we went over to Plymouth. It was sooo good. And if you have never tried it, then seriously waste the four or so dollars to get something that taste amazing AND is good for you! you won't regret it. Then we headed to Kelly's house and swam and played boche ball and just sat around by the pool. It was super relaxing. So between the last two days I've become more tan then when I went tanning for a month. go figure. A real summer tan is much better anyways. YAY SUMMER!!!
This summer, I've noticed, has been different then most. Not in a sense that you can see it with your naked eye, but something on a much deeper level. We are growing up, and I may have said this before, but it's true. We all have jobs and we are all becoming more mature (in a sense... haha). Friendships are changing (for good and bad) and I find myself not just hanging out with a set group of friends, but a mix of them all. I mean it's become very clear that if I want to keep all my friends, I have to be willing to mix it up a bit. I love Anna and John, but they aren't always able to come hang out with us, so I go to them. Or Lee, or Mary, or Kelly, or Marlise, or anyone. I have to put effort into it whereas before we'd all be in the same place and just hang out all the time. Which is fine, I'll work harder! =) It's just interesting that life changes so quickly and you barely even see it coming.
Okay, update done, I'm gonna go clean and then somehow busy myself for the rest of the night. Later lovelies!

Amy