George

I fell in love a few days ago. I know. It seems crazy. And it was in such a small amount of time that I fell in love. I always thought these things took time. But no, it only took an evening. A few hours actually. Yes, his name is George and he is a Greyhound. Holy buckets! He was adorable. It might even be because his name IS George. How could you not love a George? I think I want one when I'm older. I like big dogs. :)

Anyway, that's my side note of George, the love of my life. My favorite moment with him was when I was with Camry, Nate, and Justin and I dropped some skittles on the floor and I said "George I dropped one!" It sounded like I was talking to someone who was human. Lol. I'm a dork. But it got a good laugh.

In other news, It's almost the fourth of July! What a great freaking holiday. I've always been the one to love holidays that are more friend-oriented than the ones that you are stuck with your extended family for hours on end. And this one involves RIDES and FIREWORKS! I mean heck yes. Those are like my two favorite things! The Zipper is actually what I'm looking forward to the most. The way it spins you high into the sky and plummets you to the ground... the way you can see for miles as you stall on the very top. The feeling that you have when you realize that you are in the place you grew up with and you always return for that sense of nostalgia. It's more than gratifying. And then of course the wonderful fireworks and to the majesticness of the holiday. God Bless America? Or something like that. lol. The other nice thing about the 4th is that Justin invited me to hang out with his extended family!! Which totally negates the statement I made just a few sentences ago. But it's the fact that he invited me. Heck! He's making so much progress. It should be a little awkward cuz they'll be like, "haven't we seen you before?" and I'll be like yep.... like 6 years ago. Hey again. lol. But it's worth it. :)

I'm currently antsy because I'm waiting for my acquaintance to come home from a meeting with his teacher. Oye. Those two can talk! I want lunch real bad but I'm waiting for his butt to get back here. But I guess it's okay, it gives me time to do things that are good and productive.

Alright, i'm on borrowed time. I'm stealing internet and it may drop any second. so toodles! :)

Amy

Baby Spiders

These things are the devil!! So while Alyssa, Justin, and I were hanging out on my bed yesterday, they noticed there were quite a few spiders on my ceiling. Of course I panicked and made Justin kill most of them, but then we went out on our merry way. Well I get home last night and there are DOZENS more!! I spent over an hour killing them! They just kept coming and coming from what seemed like no where. Their fangs were out for blood and they were iridescent so I couldn't really see them. They knew my fear and used it against me. But I conquered them! I showed them what it meant to be bigger, stronger, faster. Those babies didn't have a chance. Bwah ah ah.

Well it looks like a whole month has basically passed since I've updated last. How frustrating. I really hate that. It's not that I don't wanna write, but there is just no time to drive down the street and sit in my car to write my blog. Heck, there is no time to WRITE these days. I better make time for both. I do believe however that the second I have internet again I will be on my feel once more writing as much as I had been writing. It'll be nice. But lets not spend so much time talking about the failed writing of the month, let's talk about life cuz it's been pretty good!

I guess this will be my bold statement considering i'm putting it on my blog, but I am once again dating the infamous Justin. Now this is gutsy because there are still some people that don't know, and people we probably mean to tell in person. But he hasn't really seem to care that I've been telling people, so this will most likely be okay. He's told me he'd rather have me take a pregnancy test than post our "status" on Facebook. Drama queen much? lol. No, it was really funny. But I'll give him the space he needs. He's got some commitment issues. But what I've realized is, who doesn't?? It's scary to be in a relationship that could possibly lead to be connected for the rest of your life?! BIG WORDS. I mean, you CHOOSE to love and you CHOOSE to stay committed and you CHOOSE to do everything together. That's a lot of choosing. And up until recently I've been rather okay with being on my own. I have nothing holding me down and nothing to really be connected to. Obviously friends and family, but virtually free to do anything. It's beautiful. Back to the story, we basically have been in a sort of dating relationship since March. And he told his parents like two weeks ago. So i'm not really sure how long I should say. But yah... it's slow moving, we're slowly getting used to the idea.... so don't spook him! don't call him up and be like WTF?! Lol. All that can be directed to me. But then again, most people know now so I'm not too worried about this blog. And even though there will be lots of questions, know that I am very very happy. :)

Last night Justin and I went over to Jen Seward and Andrew Beckman's townhouse and played a would you rather board game with them and Andrew's four other friends. Oh man it was so much. I had a really really good time doing that. And I was told I was funny! Well, not directly. But we had to basically write in our own Would you Rather's and they liked mine. What can I say? God gave me a gift! :) One was "Would you rather carry a CPR dummy around forever... OR (this was my part) have the CPR dummy carry you around forever?. LOVE it. People are just funny. I dunno. I'm glad we went over there last night.

I really wish I could write more. I have so much more to tell. Like how two of my other friends are dating and I really like it. And that Karrah and Corie are moving to Uptown so I'll get to see them lots. And that Zach is going to France and he had a party for leaving and I saw a lot of Delano people and it was a treat. And Kara had her birthday and she's been roadtripping for over a week. And yes! Life is crazy and busy and I wish I could write all that happens. Soon enough.. soon enough. Love

Amy

The Gift of Hearing

That's what I need. I need to be able to hear! Oye! It's been SUCH a long few days that I can't even stand it. On Friday Alyssa had a pool party and I was in there ALL DAY. Then my ear plugged up and I thought nothing of it because it happens all the time. Bad choice. It is now TUESDAY and it's still plugged and it hurts! I bought all this stuff to unplug it and nothing has worked. My roomie Kassi told me that it should just go away on it's own, but most people are telling me to go to the doctor. The problem with the doctor is that it's EXPENSIVE when you don't have health insurance. And then there's the minute clinic but that's $54!! And when you have a lot of bills due this week, that's not going to happen. I think the system is screwed up. How can it be that I'm working and I have no insurance? I can see why so many people get sick and let it get so far. And I can see why people get angry. Who wouldn't be! Things happen and you want insurance for it. At the same time I've put TONS of money in from having health insurance and NEVER using it... why can't I have like back pay??? None of it makes sense to me. Probably why I don't have a government job. So for now... I'm deaf and in pain in my right ear. Grumbles....

AND today was supposed to be my adventure day with Seward (aka mini golfing) but it is raining and now it won't work. I can't think of any fun cheap ideas except for $1 theater. So maybe that. But I dunno. I had such big plans for being outdoors today!

Apparently it's my crabby blog day. hmmmm let's see if we can fix that. Justin comes home tomorrow from his trip to Colorado! I probably won't get to hang out with him cuz he'll get home super late, BUT... it's still exciting. :) Smiles all around on that topic. Oh yes, and MARLISE is in town again! Huzzah!!! She hasn't been up in a very long time so I'm pretty pumped. It's a little difficult because I have a lot of work and a lot of other plans to work around, but I'm sure it'll be fine. She's pretty flexible.

Kara has her housewarming party on Friday. Should be fun. Everyone should come! I don't even know WHO reads this, but come anyway. Bring a present. It'll be good.

Any big thought's I've had lately? Hmmmm..... just about John the Baptist. I've been watching Marc Driscoll a lot lately, and I'm currently downloading some sermons from David Johnson and Steve Wiens. I just love listening and learning from these guys. And since I don't make it to church a lot (which I need to do) I figured I can at least listen to it on my own time. So yah! It's good.

Alright, I better go. I have a full day ahead of me. Bye friends!


Amy

Back to the Summer

Alright, well I feel like it's last summer again! NO INTERNET!! I'm currently stealing the Bethel-WiFi from Fountain which is luckily only a few houses down. But that means if I want internet, I either have to sit in my car like I'm on a stakeout or sit in a Caribou and purchase things. Oye. I completely understand why we don't have the internet currently. It's just Kassi and I and it gets EXPENSIVE when it's just two people. So I have to be able to suck it up and go with the flow. It's only til July right??

As for other news, the internship is going well. I finally work with another girl which has made it a lot more fun. Guys are always just closed off to a certain extent, where girls can open up pretty quickly. That's been really nice. I love the people I work with and I could see myself staying there for a while if they hire me on. Probably not event stuff but in other parts of the Lynx organization. Who knows! Maybe I'll get to work for the Twins or Vikings someday! What an interesting change in the direction of my life. haha

The rest of my life seems to be going pretty well. I'm broke as always, but I'm making it work. Don't I always? :) My job is great, friends are all home for the summer (some with little babies now) and other friends are coming to visit soon. So there are a lot of positives. OH! I almost forgot, I got to take Camry and Nate's engagement photos which went really really really well. We had clear skies, partly cloudy, cloudy, rainy, and sunset (well... sorta sunset) and it was perfect. Not only were the views and landscapes wonderful, but the couple themselves were AMAZING! They were so photogenic and easy to shoot. It wasn't like they'd pose and then be like "now what?" They made my first official photo shoot the easiest thing in the world. Now that I'm writing this I'm pretty sure that I have mentioned this in my last post. Sorry for the overlap guys!

Everyone who reads this probably already knows about my boy story. If not, well you're out of the loop and I'm sorry. Things have gone slowly and somewhat smoothly but we aren't at 100 percent of telling people. That's because we don't know what we are doing. Mostly because he is afraid of commitment. I'm willing to work with that for now. The only concern I've had is if he really feels the same way about me the way I do about him. But the more that time goes one, I'm pretty sure I don't have to worry. Hopefully when things start lining up and we both start seeing what our lives will look like this summer we'll be able to become more concrete. Key word is "hopefully" if not I know I have a few friends that will help make this boy really commit... or else. Haha

I got nothing else right now. I'm also starving and I just got done downloading a show to watch! So now I will head home to my internetless facility and eat in peace. Ciao my dear readers... I promise to keep writing even though it's become a tricky situation.

P.S.- I have nasty gooey stuff on my ceiling in my car. It looks super inappropriate. It really is this stuff they put in balloons to keep the air in. But it popped in my car a few months back and now it's forever stuck. Gross.

Amy