Ohhhh there aren't enough words in the world to describe my desire to move. Usually I'm the girl that complains about this said action. I hate packing, I hate putting things in boxes only to take it out like an hour later. I hate making your friends help you because you are too cheap to do anything else. I hate how it's always SO hot when you move, so it makes you that much grumpier. So really it's an awful situation. BUT, my landlord is making it quite easy for me to not care about all these things. I'm obviously not going to bad talk someone in close relation with me (even though it would be a 1% chance he would ever find out) but let's just say I'm peeved. It's time to move and I won't miss it when I'm gone. What I'll miss is 2AM movies with Megan, late night girl chat/bug killing/America's Next Top Model watching/ trampoline sitting moments with Ashley, talking about boys with Kristin, puzzles with Mary, Kassi, and Megan, and Mary in general. Lol. They were fantastic roommates and the dynamic was perfect. Even though THREE of them are now getting married, I still wish we could all live together in the house. It'd be fun. But times are a changing and it's time to move on. Luckily all the roommates live in close proximity of me and it won't be hard to keep in touch. The summer has proved that since it's been Kassi and I in the house. SO GOODBYE OLD HOUSE. I will not live in you in T-minus 8 days.
I've been pondering the idea of adding another blog to my life. I had that one about my surgery for a while, but that had a D-day that came and went pretty fast. And honestly, how many people really wanted to know about my reduction? I think ... me? Maybe not even me. I deleted the blog so who knows. But this idea is even better. Okay, so I'm a server (I won't say where cuz there may be creepers who have fallen insanely in love with me and want to stalk my every move. I 'm on to you bleepers [blog+creepers=bleepers]) Anyway, the point of all of this is that because I serve, I meet a million random, awkward, and funny people every day on the job. And shouldn't SOMEONE be writing these stories down? Granted, I have found a few (Waiter Rant and Served: Every Night Waiting Tables) that are pretty funny and true to life. So why should I put my opinion out there? What will make MY stories equal or MORE exciting than everyone elses? Well that's the thing. I might not have the best opinion, but the stories are there and I want to write. The more practice I get, the better I am. And if people are interested, why not give them what they want? We'll see how it goes. I don't really know the logistics and if I'm even allowed to mention things like that online. By no means do I want to start something. But people are funny. Why not share the stories and have others laugh too? I dunno... i'll keep you posted.
Wedding season is almost in full swing. It is nuts. I just got two invites in the mail for bridal showers and I have a bachelorette party today. Then it's another bridal shower in august, 3 weddings, and many more showers and parties to plan and attend. Of course we top it all off with Seward and Andrew's wedding in September. That'll be the perfect ending to the perfect wedding season. Of course I have more weddings now in January and 2 in March so really the season never ends, but at least there is a break so I can celebrate other things.
It seems that I should have more to say, but for some season this Friday morning is drawing a blank for me. SO instead of rambling endlessly about something, I will end now. So farewell my lovely readers. Go outside, drink some iced coffee, go to Lake Calhoun if you can. Do something that doesn't involve sitting indoors and reading my blog. :) I dare you. And hey, if you do something fun, let me know what it is so I can do it too!
Amy
Friday, July 23, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
God brought me cookies today
I was running late today to my internship. One, because my internal clock is set on Mondays and Fridays for 7:30 or later, NOT 7:20. Heaven forbid my body wakes me up for a time that would allow me to shower! Two, traffic was atrocious! I mean I thought I was in New York City. Three, I was on the phone with Justin and really, I can't multi-task. So as I come strolling into the office a good 13 minutes late, I turn the corner to see a stack of cookies on my desk. By stack I mean a half dozen. They were all wrapped up cutely with a little pink bow on top.
Now I think to myself: Do I eat them or do I not? Let's think here. I'm not sure if they would be anyone else's because only interns sit at this cubicle. Then, I was here on Friday morning and there were no cookies. Another intern of mine could have possibly left them behind, but I don't think that's a possibility. And then no one was here for the weekend, so that means they were left here intentionally for my eyes only. Of course none of this could make me eat them. I would feel bad if someone came in and saw an empty bag and a trace of crumbs to show that I was the cookie-eater culprit. Eesh... no thanks. I'm still an intern and not ready to bare the weight of a theft.
So there they sat. 9am rolled along and I was holding strong. By 9:30 I started to eye the suspiciously; wouldn't their owner come and claim them by now? When 10am hit, my lemonade wasn't as intriguing as my special stack of mystery cookies. The pink bow was calling my name. I then noticed a silver wire tie left on my desk. Remnants of ANOTHER cookie bag that must have been eaten! Oh my goodness! Then I see an ad around 10:15 for Oreo cookies. There's no way to escape. It's now 10:30 and I have had two cookies.
So there's that, the perfect Monday morning start. That and I have been listening to Matt Kearney almost religiously for the last two days. I don't know what's drawing me to his music right now, but it's moving. I love his lyrics and the meaning he puts behind it. I think I'm craving God. That must be it. I've also been listening to 98.5 a little more often and dying to watch some Driscoll sermons. I'm not sure what has sparked this, but I bet it's a good thing. I had been talking to Justin's dad Joe about what his church service was about and he said that the speaker who is from Bethlehem Baptist basically said a message of you are either with God or you are going against God. I mean its SUPER basic, but really, that's all it needs to be. And it's true. It's so unbelievably true. I mean if we aren't working in strengthening our relationship with Him, they we are moving away from Him. And when I think of it like that, I don't want to be walking away. I want to be clinging to Him with all I have. There seems to be a strong tendency for me to almost "idolize" things on this earth. Music, boyfriend, friends, etc. and I fail to really think of my Father. In an everyday setting, I maybe think of God or something in that region once a day. And that's not the person I want to be. So again I begin the journey to be a person of faith and to really know the God that I believe in and follow.
This weekend was a pretty dang good one. And much needed. The week had been absolutely crazy. 20 hours of internship work, followed by a couple late nights at work and sleepless nights at Justin's (okay, not sleepless, but it's hard to sleep when you have a boyfriend that cute. Lol) But I'd say the weekend was a hit because I got to FINALLY see the movie Inception, seriously folks, WATCH IT! WATCH IT NOW!!!! You won't be disappointed unless all you watch movies for is porn-like romance and profanity, because this one has neither. And I got to watch a fantabulous storm from the Knapps house. We ran out to the dock and watched this huge wall cloud come in. It was nuts. I've never seen something move that fast. And you could just see the downpour following it. So we booked it back up the hill and watched the fern green sky throw lightning bolts and rain at us. It was quite the event. What made it even more amazing was the beautiful sky afterwards. It was sunset and the clouds parted to reveal golds and reds and fuchias all across the sky. Of course my silly camera phone captured nothing of this, but Nate got some good ones. But Justin's right, you really can't capture something you are currently viewing. It'll never be as good.
The only other special news from the weekend is that MEGAN GOT ENGAGED! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAAYAY!!!!!!!!!!! I could go on FOREVER about that. Holy Hannah I'm so super pumped for her! Can you believe it? Haven't even been dating a year, but here they are, ready to get married as early as January! I'm so pumped. I can't wait to see what God has in store for them. Just in case some people are behind, Megan was a girl I met in Hawaii and then lived with all of last year. She's definitely a keeper in my friend pile. Lol And Matt is a just a doll face. SO congrats for those two. :)
UPDATE: The cookies were placed there to be eaten by anyone. Hmm.... not as exciting. Oh well, it was a good adventure.
<3
Now I think to myself: Do I eat them or do I not? Let's think here. I'm not sure if they would be anyone else's because only interns sit at this cubicle. Then, I was here on Friday morning and there were no cookies. Another intern of mine could have possibly left them behind, but I don't think that's a possibility. And then no one was here for the weekend, so that means they were left here intentionally for my eyes only. Of course none of this could make me eat them. I would feel bad if someone came in and saw an empty bag and a trace of crumbs to show that I was the cookie-eater culprit. Eesh... no thanks. I'm still an intern and not ready to bare the weight of a theft.
So there they sat. 9am rolled along and I was holding strong. By 9:30 I started to eye the suspiciously; wouldn't their owner come and claim them by now? When 10am hit, my lemonade wasn't as intriguing as my special stack of mystery cookies. The pink bow was calling my name. I then noticed a silver wire tie left on my desk. Remnants of ANOTHER cookie bag that must have been eaten! Oh my goodness! Then I see an ad around 10:15 for Oreo cookies. There's no way to escape. It's now 10:30 and I have had two cookies.
So there's that, the perfect Monday morning start. That and I have been listening to Matt Kearney almost religiously for the last two days. I don't know what's drawing me to his music right now, but it's moving. I love his lyrics and the meaning he puts behind it. I think I'm craving God. That must be it. I've also been listening to 98.5 a little more often and dying to watch some Driscoll sermons. I'm not sure what has sparked this, but I bet it's a good thing. I had been talking to Justin's dad Joe about what his church service was about and he said that the speaker who is from Bethlehem Baptist basically said a message of you are either with God or you are going against God. I mean its SUPER basic, but really, that's all it needs to be. And it's true. It's so unbelievably true. I mean if we aren't working in strengthening our relationship with Him, they we are moving away from Him. And when I think of it like that, I don't want to be walking away. I want to be clinging to Him with all I have. There seems to be a strong tendency for me to almost "idolize" things on this earth. Music, boyfriend, friends, etc. and I fail to really think of my Father. In an everyday setting, I maybe think of God or something in that region once a day. And that's not the person I want to be. So again I begin the journey to be a person of faith and to really know the God that I believe in and follow.
This weekend was a pretty dang good one. And much needed. The week had been absolutely crazy. 20 hours of internship work, followed by a couple late nights at work and sleepless nights at Justin's (okay, not sleepless, but it's hard to sleep when you have a boyfriend that cute. Lol) But I'd say the weekend was a hit because I got to FINALLY see the movie Inception, seriously folks, WATCH IT! WATCH IT NOW!!!! You won't be disappointed unless all you watch movies for is porn-like romance and profanity, because this one has neither. And I got to watch a fantabulous storm from the Knapps house. We ran out to the dock and watched this huge wall cloud come in. It was nuts. I've never seen something move that fast. And you could just see the downpour following it. So we booked it back up the hill and watched the fern green sky throw lightning bolts and rain at us. It was quite the event. What made it even more amazing was the beautiful sky afterwards. It was sunset and the clouds parted to reveal golds and reds and fuchias all across the sky. Of course my silly camera phone captured nothing of this, but Nate got some good ones. But Justin's right, you really can't capture something you are currently viewing. It'll never be as good.
The only other special news from the weekend is that MEGAN GOT ENGAGED! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAYAAYAY!!!!!!!!!!! I could go on FOREVER about that. Holy Hannah I'm so super pumped for her! Can you believe it? Haven't even been dating a year, but here they are, ready to get married as early as January! I'm so pumped. I can't wait to see what God has in store for them. Just in case some people are behind, Megan was a girl I met in Hawaii and then lived with all of last year. She's definitely a keeper in my friend pile. Lol And Matt is a just a doll face. SO congrats for those two. :)
UPDATE: The cookies were placed there to be eaten by anyone. Hmm.... not as exciting. Oh well, it was a good adventure.
<3
Friday, July 09, 2010
More 4th of July Please!
First off, apparently Justin is going to start reading these... or so he says. That'll be quite interesting. BUT I cannot let that change anything! So I will continue to write free style. It is, of course, the only way to right a blog.
SO... the 4th of July! Oh man I've been WAITING for this day for such a long time. Every year I kind of forget about the magicalness that this day brings. I always forget how much fun I have and how many of my friends I get to see. I fail to remember that I run in to a million of people I knew in high school... and then some. Like people from Wells Fargo?? Trippy. Anyway, back to "the day". I got to accompany Justin and the fam to Joe's brother's 50th birthday bash. I would have to say this is the sweetest thing I've ever seen a family do. It makes me want to start a tradition... although being a twin, the tradition would last about mmm... 5 minutes. Great. WELL what this family does is all the kids (12 of them, excluding the birthday boy/girl) and the parents (holy Hannah they are getting old!) write letters to the birthday boy or girl when they turn 50. And it can be about anything. People cry, people laugh, and there are solemn faces and faces that look proud. It is quite the theatrical display. Everyone is in the back yard because, well frankly not that many people can fit comfortably in the house. Think of it: 13 siblings, almost all have spouses, those families have kids, and those kids have spouses and kids! Let's just say it was a very crowded event! But that's typical in the Knapp family. So the birthday kid sits up front with their parents and then there is an extra chair for the letter reader. Apparently they usually go in order from oldest to youngest, but they did it in reverse because the younger children always get the shaft because of time constraints. Yep. I said it. TIME CONSTRAINTS. And they aren't joking! Some of these letters are novellas! But the whole thing really made me want a big family yet again. Who knows, maybe I'll have a litter of children so they can do this for one another as they grow up. What's crazy about this whole thing is
1) The parents are still alive- they are already in their 90's
2) The first daughter Claudia was 22 years old when Henry, the 12th child, was born. That means Liz, the 13th and final, was born when she was 26!!! Talk about decades of difference!
3) They only have one child left to hit 50. Woah. Still baffles me how they could have so many kids
That took up most of the day. Not that that was a bad thing. We ate twice and hung out and I got to see people I haven't seen in several years due to the fact that I was outrageously single and no longer able to attend family events. So welcome back me, it's good to be back. :) haha
After our very long stay at Papa Knapps (no, I really won't call him that EVER), we made it out to see my family! And what a surprise when I walked in the door! My nieces Ashley and Sophie were there! I never really get to see them so it was wonderful that my parents were babysitting. Ashley I don't think likes me very much. She hadn't cried the WHOLE time and I walk through the door and say hello and she bursts into tears! She hate me! She must see it in my eyes that she scares me. I mean granted she is a few months old, but she can sense my fear. Oh babies. What to do with them. But Sophie! I know she likes me because she gave me a tootsie roll out of her candy bag. And that means a whole lot considering my dad said that she hasn't let it out of her sight since the parade earlier that morning. A-dor-a-ble. Man. Well, we didn't stay long because it was already getting late and we had a few more stops to make.
Next on our list was the wonderful Flemings. The main reason for that was because we wanted to see Sarah and Phil before they moved all the way to Sunny California. That feels like a world away! The only time I've even BEEN in Cali was in the airport on my way to Hawaii. It doesn't have very good connotations with me though. I basically spent that time in LAX puking and trying to sleep on the floor with a TERRIBLE migraine from either all the flight/lights or restaurant food that has too much MSG. Either way, no bueno for me and my memories of California. But I'm sure they'll have a good time. They just need to avoid those treacherous airports. The added bonus to visiting these two was that I got to see her parents! I love love love love them. Justin and I are thinking about hanging out with them more often. They may be parents, but they are the one of the coolest ones.
FINALLY after a very long day we made it to the 4th of July carnival in Delano. YES YES YES! I won't go into detail of everything we did, but I think a list would work well for this story. Funnel cake: YES! Cheese curds: YES! Zipper: YES! Zipper for the second time: YES! Awesome fireworks: YES! Tons of friends: YES! Running into the millions of people you know: YES! Everything about it was wonderful. Nobody got sick, (well, except for miss pukey from the Zipper. Thanks for aiming for the ground... where we walk. Nice aim) nobody got angry, everyone loved the fireworks (really they were to die for, the finale was different the years past, but it was better. I was impressed). So that was my 4th of July adventure. Busy, exhausting, but oh so worth it.
Since the event of the 4th, I was able to make very tasty cookies for Corie and Karrah who just moved into an adorable apartment in Uptown. It was so pretty and really big with nice wood floors and cozy rooms. I will be a frequent visitor in that apartment.
OH! And i'm finally an OFFICIAL bridesmaid in Jen's wedding. I mean, I always have been but I finally have a DRESS. Now I won't be naked and ashamed. Lol. Okay, I'm being dramatic. But still...
Justin and I basically went on our first official date. Although he'll deny it until he dies. Isn't he precious? We went to Hopkins super cheap theater to see Robin Hood. Not as bad as I was thinking. Either way, he bought my ticket and we thoughtfully chose seats (almost say in the love seat seating but... I decided it was weird and NOBODY sits in those...) and I got to eat candy. What a great date! Lol.
Final note: Lynx won their game last night! If you need to ask who the Lynx are, don't bother. It's not worth knowing. Go Lynx!
Amy
SO... the 4th of July! Oh man I've been WAITING for this day for such a long time. Every year I kind of forget about the magicalness that this day brings. I always forget how much fun I have and how many of my friends I get to see. I fail to remember that I run in to a million of people I knew in high school... and then some. Like people from Wells Fargo?? Trippy. Anyway, back to "the day". I got to accompany Justin and the fam to Joe's brother's 50th birthday bash. I would have to say this is the sweetest thing I've ever seen a family do. It makes me want to start a tradition... although being a twin, the tradition would last about mmm... 5 minutes. Great. WELL what this family does is all the kids (12 of them, excluding the birthday boy/girl) and the parents (holy Hannah they are getting old!) write letters to the birthday boy or girl when they turn 50. And it can be about anything. People cry, people laugh, and there are solemn faces and faces that look proud. It is quite the theatrical display. Everyone is in the back yard because, well frankly not that many people can fit comfortably in the house. Think of it: 13 siblings, almost all have spouses, those families have kids, and those kids have spouses and kids! Let's just say it was a very crowded event! But that's typical in the Knapp family. So the birthday kid sits up front with their parents and then there is an extra chair for the letter reader. Apparently they usually go in order from oldest to youngest, but they did it in reverse because the younger children always get the shaft because of time constraints. Yep. I said it. TIME CONSTRAINTS. And they aren't joking! Some of these letters are novellas! But the whole thing really made me want a big family yet again. Who knows, maybe I'll have a litter of children so they can do this for one another as they grow up. What's crazy about this whole thing is
1) The parents are still alive- they are already in their 90's
2) The first daughter Claudia was 22 years old when Henry, the 12th child, was born. That means Liz, the 13th and final, was born when she was 26!!! Talk about decades of difference!
3) They only have one child left to hit 50. Woah. Still baffles me how they could have so many kids
That took up most of the day. Not that that was a bad thing. We ate twice and hung out and I got to see people I haven't seen in several years due to the fact that I was outrageously single and no longer able to attend family events. So welcome back me, it's good to be back. :) haha
After our very long stay at Papa Knapps (no, I really won't call him that EVER), we made it out to see my family! And what a surprise when I walked in the door! My nieces Ashley and Sophie were there! I never really get to see them so it was wonderful that my parents were babysitting. Ashley I don't think likes me very much. She hadn't cried the WHOLE time and I walk through the door and say hello and she bursts into tears! She hate me! She must see it in my eyes that she scares me. I mean granted she is a few months old, but she can sense my fear. Oh babies. What to do with them. But Sophie! I know she likes me because she gave me a tootsie roll out of her candy bag. And that means a whole lot considering my dad said that she hasn't let it out of her sight since the parade earlier that morning. A-dor-a-ble. Man. Well, we didn't stay long because it was already getting late and we had a few more stops to make.
Next on our list was the wonderful Flemings. The main reason for that was because we wanted to see Sarah and Phil before they moved all the way to Sunny California. That feels like a world away! The only time I've even BEEN in Cali was in the airport on my way to Hawaii. It doesn't have very good connotations with me though. I basically spent that time in LAX puking and trying to sleep on the floor with a TERRIBLE migraine from either all the flight/lights or restaurant food that has too much MSG. Either way, no bueno for me and my memories of California. But I'm sure they'll have a good time. They just need to avoid those treacherous airports. The added bonus to visiting these two was that I got to see her parents! I love love love love them. Justin and I are thinking about hanging out with them more often. They may be parents, but they are the one of the coolest ones.
FINALLY after a very long day we made it to the 4th of July carnival in Delano. YES YES YES! I won't go into detail of everything we did, but I think a list would work well for this story. Funnel cake: YES! Cheese curds: YES! Zipper: YES! Zipper for the second time: YES! Awesome fireworks: YES! Tons of friends: YES! Running into the millions of people you know: YES! Everything about it was wonderful. Nobody got sick, (well, except for miss pukey from the Zipper. Thanks for aiming for the ground... where we walk. Nice aim) nobody got angry, everyone loved the fireworks (really they were to die for, the finale was different the years past, but it was better. I was impressed). So that was my 4th of July adventure. Busy, exhausting, but oh so worth it.
Since the event of the 4th, I was able to make very tasty cookies for Corie and Karrah who just moved into an adorable apartment in Uptown. It was so pretty and really big with nice wood floors and cozy rooms. I will be a frequent visitor in that apartment.
OH! And i'm finally an OFFICIAL bridesmaid in Jen's wedding. I mean, I always have been but I finally have a DRESS. Now I won't be naked and ashamed. Lol. Okay, I'm being dramatic. But still...
Justin and I basically went on our first official date. Although he'll deny it until he dies. Isn't he precious? We went to Hopkins super cheap theater to see Robin Hood. Not as bad as I was thinking. Either way, he bought my ticket and we thoughtfully chose seats (almost say in the love seat seating but... I decided it was weird and NOBODY sits in those...) and I got to eat candy. What a great date! Lol.
Final note: Lynx won their game last night! If you need to ask who the Lynx are, don't bother. It's not worth knowing. Go Lynx!
Amy
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