So... a found out a funny little fact last night that made me want to instantly write on my blog for the first time this month. It went a little something like this.
Sandy (aunt): So I e-mailed you but I wasn't sure if it was yours.
Me: Oh?
Sandy: Yah, I dunno, I got it off of your blog thing
Me: [stunned] M-my what?
Sandy: Your blog! I got it off of Facebook (FACEBOOK??).
Me: [still stunned] oh...
And so forth. APPARENTLY my aunt Sandy found it and has passed it along to Sherry (sp? crap! I dunno! You'd think I would know!) and Stacie as well. Oh man. I've got a family fan base. So here's my shout out to you guys! Thanks for reading... I hope it's entertaining enough. And I promse I'll write a lot during the school year. Summer gets too busy.
Moving right along...
Summer has been summer. It's not a real summer until you've gone up and down and the drama roller coaster ride, or until you can stand outside and feel the faint breeze of fall wrapping around your body. It's not over until the sun starts to set earlier and earlier and you finally are packing for school. Then you know it's time to go back to school and leave everything behind. I'm ready though. I have my keys to my FIRST APARTMENT EVER (YAY!!!!!!) and we move in on Monday already. Monday! Can you believe that? It's nuts. I haven't even packed (which means that I'm wasting my time on this thing, but I can't resist now that I know I have more than 5 readers!) but hopefully that can be done today! It's such a cute little place, and it's right in St. Paul. I hope all of you can see it soon! It's so wonderful. Plus we'll make it look super sweet. What a crazy year this will be....
Since I last wrote I went to Sonshine festival and on a Road Trip!! Sonshine was awesome as usual. I got to go with Seward, Andrew, and their friend.... forgot his names. Oops. I feel bad. Anyway, we got to spend a lot of time together and I think it was just what the doctor ordered. I spent money I didn't have... but that's normal. lol. Oh! Then we had Holly's bridal shower#1/Bachelorette party thing. That was soo much fun and turned out soo well!! We ate sushi, and had her try on lingerie and then we all chipped in and bought her what she was going to wear on her wedding night, and then we just were really girly and vegged out all night. It was simple but perfect. She had a lot of fun so I accomplished my goal for the evening. Oh and she gets married in like 3 weeks!!!!!! Oh my gosh... i'm the only one in my family not married. Always a bridesmaid/guest, never a bride. Whatever, I'm 21 and living it up! Plus, after listening to Mark Driscoll's message on "dating", I've realized that I gotta spend wayyyyy more time with the G man before I even think about dating. But that can take as long as it wants... I'm in for the long haul. ;)
So. Road Trip. 2008. Las Vegas. Grand Canyon. Colorado. Nebraska. 8 days. 4 people. 1 car. MAGIC
Haha sorry. I was being stupid. It was funny in my head. I just picture a commercial with a guy with a really deep voice saying those words. But no, the road trip was absolutely amazing. It was something that I thought I would never do, and now here I am with it under my belt and already trying to plan the next one. It was Kara, Justin, Zach, and myself and I think we just meshed well. And even if we didn't it was probably because we were on like 2-3 hours of sleep. Haha. I was on like 8 every night so I had no problems. jk.
Anyway, so the route was Nebraska to see Laura and Kara's cousins, and then we headed over to Colorado to stay with Justin's cousins and go up Pike's Peak and into the Rocky Mountain National park in Estes Park. Then we shot out to the Grand Canyon, bopped over to The Hoover Dam, and ended and Justin's dad's friend's house in Las Vegas. It seemed like we weren't gonna have enough time for it all, but it went so smoothly that I was really happy. Some highlights were:
*watching the Olympics (w and m gymnastics, diving, swimmin, etc.) at Laura's
* swimming and pushing each other into the pool at Laura's. FYI: I pushed Zach into the pool all by myself. I'm amazing and should probably get an Olympica gold medal for that one. But don't worry, I'm not gloating or anything. Also you should check out the photo on Facebook that Kara wll prob. put up soon. You'll see the funniest photo alive!!! I won't give it away though
* Playing Yahtzee in a coffee shop
* Playing with five kids all under the age of 12 (and all of their animals too)
* sleeping when we could
* Climbing this ridiculous mountain on the first day in Colorado on very little sleep (the view and satisifaction was worth it though)
* Seeing the grand canyon for the first time!
* Being able to say I was at the Hoover Dam (even though it was 109 degrees)
* Driving into Arizona from New Mexico and have the prettiest colored mountains surrounding you
* Getting screwed by all the indian reservations gas prices, and driving into Nevada's nothingness to FINALLY find gas at a ridiculous price
* Being on "the strip" from 7:30 PM to 4:30 AM.
* Coming out ahead in Vegas
* Riding the roller coaster that surrounds the hotel New York New York
* Having Zach get frusturated at Mc D's (Sorry.... everything is unhealthy there buddy)
* Justin getting really into the 4 card poker game.... and losing it all (not a highlight, just really funny)
* Kara not knowing what a wood chipper was
* And this could go on forever.
Pike's peak wasn't a highlight cuz I didn't feel very well up there. The ride down was awesome though. We made it fun!
Basically the whole trip was just filled with wonderfulness that would take too long to write about. I just figured I could get something down. I'll prob. write it down somewhere else. Or write more if people request more. I could go on for a while, so just ask!
I should be done. This is getting long! I'll write more soon... prob. after I move in o MONDAY!!!!!!!!!! See ya later!
Love you
Amy <3>
