major criciticals
here's the original moving plan: we pack up our house, everyone and their mother, brother, father and so forth comes and helps us move our large pile of stuff to our new house, a couple blocks away on monday, memorial day, when no one has to work.
but do you think it could be that simple?!
no.
here's the plan, that is not yet a plan, as of right now. it's more of a cricitical: the girls at the house that we are moving to are not moved out yet. and they aren't there. they're at home and were planning on coming this weekend to move out. the people who we are renting from, informed us yesterday when we went to sign our lease that they can either be checked out of their house on friday or on tuesday. we need them checked out on friday because we need to be out of our house on monday as kt and her roommates are moving into our place tuesday. the girls living there won't be home until friday night. right now i am doing everything in my power, trying to compromise with whoever, to get them checked out of there on friday, so we can move in sunday or monday. but no. we're still waiting for a call from the landlords to get this figured out.
not to be selfish, but here's why i need them out: i can't help move in on tuesday as i have to work and i would like to be able to move my stuff. last year i wasn't there to help move in and all my stuff that i set out to have around the house didn't make it all the the right place. i'm still missing a couple of things...plus, i would like to move my stuff into my room and not just come home tuesday night to a pile of my crap. my parent's need to come and deliver my bedframe and the only time they can come is on sunday or monday, otherwise they have to work. my dad was also going to come with his truck and his muscles to help move my bed and desk to the new house. my desk needs to be reassembled. i will not let anyone other than myself and my parents and zach touch my computer. I NEED to move that, no one else. also, my sister was going to come and stay with me for a little bit this weekend and then go home with my parents but that won't be happening if my parent's aren't coming because we can't move until tuesday. squeak was going to come and help move also. i'm sure she can still come and help pack, but she was going to help move. if we move on tuesday, i don't know when i will be "fully" moved in as all i have is nights, no weekends, to get all my stuff in the right place, if i will even be able to vouch for spots to put my stuff in other parts of the house. i don't know what i'm going to do...waiting for a call back from jenny with some (hopefully good) information.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
d2l
i work at a place called online services, which does tech support for the online classes that are offered by bemidji state university. about a month ago, we switched platforms, going from webct to d2l. we didn't think that d2l would be this confusing. we are having criciticals here at the office trying to figure all of this out. basically the people who run d2l lied to us, telling us that this platform for online courses was much easier than it seems. i don't like working in d2l and people are just getting confused. we can't switch back to webct either. webct raised their prices and they didn't want to work with us, as in, they weren't compromising. so we switched, along with all the mnscu colleges. i work for such a small part of such a large network. it's amazing.
i want my webct back please.
i work at a place called online services, which does tech support for the online classes that are offered by bemidji state university. about a month ago, we switched platforms, going from webct to d2l. we didn't think that d2l would be this confusing. we are having criciticals here at the office trying to figure all of this out. basically the people who run d2l lied to us, telling us that this platform for online courses was much easier than it seems. i don't like working in d2l and people are just getting confused. we can't switch back to webct either. webct raised their prices and they didn't want to work with us, as in, they weren't compromising. so we switched, along with all the mnscu colleges. i work for such a small part of such a large network. it's amazing.
i want my webct back please.
Monday, May 24, 2004
beware of me!
From Go-Quiz.com
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sometimes i think i do need to come with a parental advisory...
| "ACHTUNG! |
| andi may actually be a spider-human hybrid |
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| ADVISORY |
| ANDREA CONTAINS EXPLICIT LYRICS |
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sometimes i think i do need to come with a parental advisory...
missing spring semester
i am desperatly missing spring semester. it was one of the best semesters i have ever had. i miss all my friends. all i've done this last week is work. and work. and work. which i love to do, don't get me wrong. i do need some cash and i need to save up for a trip to europe but it would be so much better if all my habitat friends were around. the only thing that is keeping me connected is talking to them online. but it's not just the talking, it's the being able to do things with them. they are what keeps me going, keeps my spirits high. i don't think i have really laughed since they left town...i'm enjoying the alone time, but one can only enjoy so much of that. what am i going to do?
i am desperatly missing spring semester. it was one of the best semesters i have ever had. i miss all my friends. all i've done this last week is work. and work. and work. which i love to do, don't get me wrong. i do need some cash and i need to save up for a trip to europe but it would be so much better if all my habitat friends were around. the only thing that is keeping me connected is talking to them online. but it's not just the talking, it's the being able to do things with them. they are what keeps me going, keeps my spirits high. i don't think i have really laughed since they left town...i'm enjoying the alone time, but one can only enjoy so much of that. what am i going to do?
packing up
well...T minus 7 days until i move to the new house. i started packing this last week and did quite a bit more of it on sunday. i have taken everything off of my walls, except my feather boa and one poster, all of my breakables are packed up (dolphins and martini glasses), all my art work that was on the walls through out the house is nicely stacked against a wall in lindsey's old bedroom and my movies and books and picture frames are all packed into their own separate boxes. i have clean clothes stashed behind my door, summer clothes (that i want to wear but this crappy weather is preventing me from doing this) stashed in a pile in another area of my room. all of my files and documents and art comprehensives, roughs, thumbnails and such are all stashed nicely in a suitcase...and one that was zipped up, i realized that i needed certain things from in there still. there's no way i'm going to be completely packed by time my parents come monday. the new house is only 2 blocks away, i'm all for shoving it in the pickup and unloading it then!
well...T minus 7 days until i move to the new house. i started packing this last week and did quite a bit more of it on sunday. i have taken everything off of my walls, except my feather boa and one poster, all of my breakables are packed up (dolphins and martini glasses), all my art work that was on the walls through out the house is nicely stacked against a wall in lindsey's old bedroom and my movies and books and picture frames are all packed into their own separate boxes. i have clean clothes stashed behind my door, summer clothes (that i want to wear but this crappy weather is preventing me from doing this) stashed in a pile in another area of my room. all of my files and documents and art comprehensives, roughs, thumbnails and such are all stashed nicely in a suitcase...and one that was zipped up, i realized that i needed certain things from in there still. there's no way i'm going to be completely packed by time my parents come monday. the new house is only 2 blocks away, i'm all for shoving it in the pickup and unloading it then!
Friday, May 21, 2004
danielle is home!
danielle came home tonight. it's been about 2 months since i saw her last and it was good to get one of her hugs. she is off today though as she has a bridal shower to attend to. it was fun to see her europe pics and hear some of her stories. we (tessa, carly and i) tried to fill her in on all that she missd while she was gone. she brought me back a print of the moulin rouge. it's a painting that has been reprinted and it doesn't appear to have an artist name on it. it's not toulose letreck (i know that's not how you spell it...i'm trying here!) as it's not his style and he did inside painting of moulin rouge and theis is outside. but it's a beautiful print. i also got a candle in a shot glass. the candle says "a present from ireland." tessa also got a candle in a shot glass that has an irish blessing on it. tessa and i joked about finding the matches right away to burn that candle out so we could put the shot glasses to good use. then i asked danielle why tessa got a blessing while she drank. it was a fun night. the best part was that squeak was on the phone while i was talking to these girls and i couldn't listen to two conversations at once. squeak ended up asking if i was alright, drunk or high. i assured her i was peachy keen and we got on our merry way. the end!
danielle came home tonight. it's been about 2 months since i saw her last and it was good to get one of her hugs. she is off today though as she has a bridal shower to attend to. it was fun to see her europe pics and hear some of her stories. we (tessa, carly and i) tried to fill her in on all that she missd while she was gone. she brought me back a print of the moulin rouge. it's a painting that has been reprinted and it doesn't appear to have an artist name on it. it's not toulose letreck (i know that's not how you spell it...i'm trying here!) as it's not his style and he did inside painting of moulin rouge and theis is outside. but it's a beautiful print. i also got a candle in a shot glass. the candle says "a present from ireland." tessa also got a candle in a shot glass that has an irish blessing on it. tessa and i joked about finding the matches right away to burn that candle out so we could put the shot glasses to good use. then i asked danielle why tessa got a blessing while she drank. it was a fun night. the best part was that squeak was on the phone while i was talking to these girls and i couldn't listen to two conversations at once. squeak ended up asking if i was alright, drunk or high. i assured her i was peachy keen and we got on our merry way. the end!
little kids
i had the opportunity to coach the little kids on wednesday at swim practice. it was actually kinda fun. they all listened really well, i just had to keep yelling at them, "heads up!" to keep their heads above water. they're all obsessed with handstands and everything else that's under the surface of the pool. i've discovered that this team has a couple of awesome little swimmers. Caleb has a kick butt breaststroke and Marice has a fly like you wouldn't believe for how small she is! I fixed some of the kid's strokes and was amused with their bizarre stories they had to tell me. one girl was using a flipper to tell me the story of how the titanic sunk when the boy from the next lane swam over and grabbed the flipper inbetween his teeth. nice.
it should be interesting to see which group of kids i get to coach for the summer. i could go either way. i would love to work with the little kids and get their endurance up and to fix their strokes but i would also love to work with the older kids as i can help them with their strokes too and kick their butts with the workouts i have. mmmmm...don't know.
my co-coach and i have to get to know each other a little better also. we're both still at that, i-don't-know-you-that-well-so-i'm-not-going-to-be-overly-friendly-yet stage. i've tried to be friendly but i can't just sit down and talk to her like i can with the coach that is done in a week, jenny. megan is nice, but i'm thinking we just don't have a whole lot in common. should be interesting to see what the summer has in store for us!
i had the opportunity to coach the little kids on wednesday at swim practice. it was actually kinda fun. they all listened really well, i just had to keep yelling at them, "heads up!" to keep their heads above water. they're all obsessed with handstands and everything else that's under the surface of the pool. i've discovered that this team has a couple of awesome little swimmers. Caleb has a kick butt breaststroke and Marice has a fly like you wouldn't believe for how small she is! I fixed some of the kid's strokes and was amused with their bizarre stories they had to tell me. one girl was using a flipper to tell me the story of how the titanic sunk when the boy from the next lane swam over and grabbed the flipper inbetween his teeth. nice.
it should be interesting to see which group of kids i get to coach for the summer. i could go either way. i would love to work with the little kids and get their endurance up and to fix their strokes but i would also love to work with the older kids as i can help them with their strokes too and kick their butts with the workouts i have. mmmmm...don't know.
my co-coach and i have to get to know each other a little better also. we're both still at that, i-don't-know-you-that-well-so-i'm-not-going-to-be-overly-friendly-yet stage. i've tried to be friendly but i can't just sit down and talk to her like i can with the coach that is done in a week, jenny. megan is nice, but i'm thinking we just don't have a whole lot in common. should be interesting to see what the summer has in store for us!
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
swimming olyimpic trials are coming!
the olympics is the most important meet that a swimmer can compete in. it's the farthest you can get in swimming and every swimmer looks forward to it every 4 years. it's what we strive for. you can watch the construction of the pool in long beach california by clicking on the link i added at the right or by clicking here. i'm pretty excited for the trials and for the olympics! i can't wait to watch michael phelps, natalie coughlin, lenny krazelburg, jenny thompson, and the rest compete...i can't wait! trials are in july! hopefully they're broadcasted...hmmmm...i'll have to check into that.
the olympics is the most important meet that a swimmer can compete in. it's the farthest you can get in swimming and every swimmer looks forward to it every 4 years. it's what we strive for. you can watch the construction of the pool in long beach california by clicking on the link i added at the right or by clicking here. i'm pretty excited for the trials and for the olympics! i can't wait to watch michael phelps, natalie coughlin, lenny krazelburg, jenny thompson, and the rest compete...i can't wait! trials are in july! hopefully they're broadcasted...hmmmm...i'll have to check into that.
coach andi
i am starting to realize that i may be getting in over my head with being swim coach andi. i know i have the strength, the power, the guts and the will to be coach andi...but i didn't think i would be thrown in head first with this coaching thing. i expected to be an assistant coach, just helping certain kids with strokes and such...but no. i'm in charge of workouts, meets, the kids happiness, their overall well being...i'll basically be adopting 70 kids in a week and a half. yeah, want to be a mom but not that soon and not that many. uffda. last night the other coach, jenny, and i were talking about certain aspects of being a coach and what our coaches were like. jenny is quitting before the summer term starts as she is unhappy with the board members. so far, i've had a good relationship with them, let's see how far that goes. anyways, jenny has become more laid back this year due to the fact that she can't stand the board of parents. we talked about how strict our coaches were. with bryan, we were in the water by 4:30, no exceptions. there was no stopping during a set. if you had to go to the bathroom or stretch or if you had a sideache, there was no stopping until the set was done, especially if it was during the main set. sitting at BASS practice is so different. people stop during main sets, they get out to go to the bathroom, get drinks of water, blow their nose, etc. without asking. i don't know how bryan could stand the whining. i'm making it but wow, if they could listen to themselves whine.
i've decided that i have 2 projects for the summer. one being kim. she has the stroke of a distance freestyler. she even has a janet evan arm, her right arm never bends, it's always straight. however, she has the worst mental attitude. jenny said that one summer kim was her project, but she turned out to be a disappointment, it had something to do with the way she was brought up and the way her family is or something like that. kim is one of the fastest swimmers in practice, yet she can't break 6 min. in the 500 free and she should so be able to do that, no problem. kim is 15-16 and i know 13 year olds under the 6 min. this shouldn't be a problem for her. kim swam the 500 in a get out swim yesterday (one person is selected to swim an event and if they make the goal time given, everyone gets out of practice to either go home or have free time). her goal time = 6 min. she swam a 6:25...jenny told her it was 6:20. i will never lie to the kids about their time, i don't care how hard it hurts them. i want to get kim well under the 6 min. this summer and also show her that she CAN swim as fast as she wants, to not be afraid of the pain and whatever else. jenny told me not to bother with her but that makes meeting this goal that much sweeter.
my other project will brittney. brittney is still a little new to swimming although she's definietly one of the top swimmers. she needs some stroke development, especially with the fly and breaststroke. the thing is, she is so willing to learn and to fix her stroke! it's amazing! she already has a pretty good free and backstroke and i think she will be a good sprinter. she needs to get some meat on her bones though, she's so skinny! she comes everyday to practice and she puts 110% into every set. i've been warned to watch what is said around her though. her parents only let her watch G and PG movies, only listen to christian music, the middle school team she swam on last year (she's 8th grade) her parents wouldn't let her do the "jump! shake your booty, jump!, jump!, shake your booty" cheer. she used to tell her parents but i think she's learning that what the real world is. i'm gonna take her far though and get her some state times.
i do realize that these two shouldn't be my only projects. in fact, i shouldn't have projects, i don't want to be playing favorites. i just want to show all the swimmers that they can do anything they set their minds to and that a little hard work will get them far. these two just stick out with things i want to do this summer. jenny told me that i was going to be her project and that she would keep in touch and help me out...thank God!
i also learned that not to many swimmers go to swim meets, let alone state. my goal for the team? get as many swimmers to compete and get qualified for state. they have so many good swimmers, i don't know how they don't have state times!
all i have to say is, after yesterday, i admire my coach 10 times more. it's amazing what he did for me and the team. he got so excited if we made our times and supported us 100%. i think i need to email him and tell him this...and then ask for pointers! ahhh...should be an interesting summer!
i am starting to realize that i may be getting in over my head with being swim coach andi. i know i have the strength, the power, the guts and the will to be coach andi...but i didn't think i would be thrown in head first with this coaching thing. i expected to be an assistant coach, just helping certain kids with strokes and such...but no. i'm in charge of workouts, meets, the kids happiness, their overall well being...i'll basically be adopting 70 kids in a week and a half. yeah, want to be a mom but not that soon and not that many. uffda. last night the other coach, jenny, and i were talking about certain aspects of being a coach and what our coaches were like. jenny is quitting before the summer term starts as she is unhappy with the board members. so far, i've had a good relationship with them, let's see how far that goes. anyways, jenny has become more laid back this year due to the fact that she can't stand the board of parents. we talked about how strict our coaches were. with bryan, we were in the water by 4:30, no exceptions. there was no stopping during a set. if you had to go to the bathroom or stretch or if you had a sideache, there was no stopping until the set was done, especially if it was during the main set. sitting at BASS practice is so different. people stop during main sets, they get out to go to the bathroom, get drinks of water, blow their nose, etc. without asking. i don't know how bryan could stand the whining. i'm making it but wow, if they could listen to themselves whine.
i've decided that i have 2 projects for the summer. one being kim. she has the stroke of a distance freestyler. she even has a janet evan arm, her right arm never bends, it's always straight. however, she has the worst mental attitude. jenny said that one summer kim was her project, but she turned out to be a disappointment, it had something to do with the way she was brought up and the way her family is or something like that. kim is one of the fastest swimmers in practice, yet she can't break 6 min. in the 500 free and she should so be able to do that, no problem. kim is 15-16 and i know 13 year olds under the 6 min. this shouldn't be a problem for her. kim swam the 500 in a get out swim yesterday (one person is selected to swim an event and if they make the goal time given, everyone gets out of practice to either go home or have free time). her goal time = 6 min. she swam a 6:25...jenny told her it was 6:20. i will never lie to the kids about their time, i don't care how hard it hurts them. i want to get kim well under the 6 min. this summer and also show her that she CAN swim as fast as she wants, to not be afraid of the pain and whatever else. jenny told me not to bother with her but that makes meeting this goal that much sweeter.
my other project will brittney. brittney is still a little new to swimming although she's definietly one of the top swimmers. she needs some stroke development, especially with the fly and breaststroke. the thing is, she is so willing to learn and to fix her stroke! it's amazing! she already has a pretty good free and backstroke and i think she will be a good sprinter. she needs to get some meat on her bones though, she's so skinny! she comes everyday to practice and she puts 110% into every set. i've been warned to watch what is said around her though. her parents only let her watch G and PG movies, only listen to christian music, the middle school team she swam on last year (she's 8th grade) her parents wouldn't let her do the "jump! shake your booty, jump!, jump!, shake your booty" cheer. she used to tell her parents but i think she's learning that what the real world is. i'm gonna take her far though and get her some state times.
i do realize that these two shouldn't be my only projects. in fact, i shouldn't have projects, i don't want to be playing favorites. i just want to show all the swimmers that they can do anything they set their minds to and that a little hard work will get them far. these two just stick out with things i want to do this summer. jenny told me that i was going to be her project and that she would keep in touch and help me out...thank God!
i also learned that not to many swimmers go to swim meets, let alone state. my goal for the team? get as many swimmers to compete and get qualified for state. they have so many good swimmers, i don't know how they don't have state times!
all i have to say is, after yesterday, i admire my coach 10 times more. it's amazing what he did for me and the team. he got so excited if we made our times and supported us 100%. i think i need to email him and tell him this...and then ask for pointers! ahhh...should be an interesting summer!
Monday, May 17, 2004
the loj
lo j and earl crack me up. lo j is our habitat for humanity advisor. she's older but sure doesn't act like it. earl is her "roommate." so today, i went and had lunch at uptown cafe for a habitat fundraiser with lo j, katie, nikki and chris. it was a good time, partly due to the infamous lojisms that came with our lunch. at one point lo j mentioned that earl had to take the octigenarions to lunch. i looked at the other girls and we all stared blankly at each other. octigenarions? yeah. 80 year olds. a classic lojism.
lo j and earl crack me up. lo j is our habitat for humanity advisor. she's older but sure doesn't act like it. earl is her "roommate." so today, i went and had lunch at uptown cafe for a habitat fundraiser with lo j, katie, nikki and chris. it was a good time, partly due to the infamous lojisms that came with our lunch. at one point lo j mentioned that earl had to take the octigenarions to lunch. i looked at the other girls and we all stared blankly at each other. octigenarions? yeah. 80 year olds. a classic lojism.
proclaim 1
so i had this cd, proclaim 1. it's a christian music cd that my best friend laura sent me. i love this cd. it is by far my favorite cd. unfortunatly, it was someone else's too.
at square's picnic on friday at the CATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER, i decided to bring in 2 cd's, proclaim 1 and another one that i had burnt. i stuck them in the cd player and left them there to play. a couple hours later, it was time to leave and i ran over to get my 2 christian music cds. well, i got 1. unfortunatly the other, proclaim 1, wasn't there. i searched. and i searched. i didn't touch the cd player all afternoon. this is what i want to know:
WHO UP AND STEALS A CHRISTIAN MUSIC CD FROM A CHURCH??
i'm slightly frustrated by this. i almost started crying when i found out it wasn't there. i'm not quite sure what to do. you don't just go and take someone's cd. it's the only thing that i can think that happened. i even went back there and searched for the cd. no such luck.
i just hope that who ever took it is enjoying it. because i'm not.
so i had this cd, proclaim 1. it's a christian music cd that my best friend laura sent me. i love this cd. it is by far my favorite cd. unfortunatly, it was someone else's too.
at square's picnic on friday at the CATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER, i decided to bring in 2 cd's, proclaim 1 and another one that i had burnt. i stuck them in the cd player and left them there to play. a couple hours later, it was time to leave and i ran over to get my 2 christian music cds. well, i got 1. unfortunatly the other, proclaim 1, wasn't there. i searched. and i searched. i didn't touch the cd player all afternoon. this is what i want to know:
WHO UP AND STEALS A CHRISTIAN MUSIC CD FROM A CHURCH??
i'm slightly frustrated by this. i almost started crying when i found out it wasn't there. i'm not quite sure what to do. you don't just go and take someone's cd. it's the only thing that i can think that happened. i even went back there and searched for the cd. no such luck.
i just hope that who ever took it is enjoying it. because i'm not.
laundry
so i buckeled down and finally took over my ever multiplying pile of laundry in my room. it dominated over half of my living space and since i'm moving in two weeks, i decided something needed to be done with it. so last night, i proceeded to sort all of my clothes. i also grabbed my backpack and 3 coats that needed to be washed.
i usually go home to wash clothes but since i haven't the time or the money to go home (gas prices are scary!) i decided to hop a trip on over to maytag and get er done there.
i washed 9 loads i think...hot white, cold white, red, bright colors, 3 loads dark colors, jeans, khaki colors and towels...and that makes 10. good think i can count. now if they had jumbo washers like we have at home i could have minimized this number by quite a few. i would have been able to put all the darks and jeans together and then the bright colors and khakis could have gone together...leaving just reds, and the 2 loads of whites. i'm very particular about my clothes and i've messed up laundry before so i make sure i sort it correctly so that i'm not running out and buying my self that shirt that i just ruined. the last thing i need to do is waste more money because i ruined my favorite shirt.
so anyway, 3 hours, a can of mountain dew, clean clothes and 21 dollars later....my laundry was clean.
i saved myself 3 dollars by not going home. how horrible is that?
so i buckeled down and finally took over my ever multiplying pile of laundry in my room. it dominated over half of my living space and since i'm moving in two weeks, i decided something needed to be done with it. so last night, i proceeded to sort all of my clothes. i also grabbed my backpack and 3 coats that needed to be washed.
i usually go home to wash clothes but since i haven't the time or the money to go home (gas prices are scary!) i decided to hop a trip on over to maytag and get er done there.
i washed 9 loads i think...hot white, cold white, red, bright colors, 3 loads dark colors, jeans, khaki colors and towels...and that makes 10. good think i can count. now if they had jumbo washers like we have at home i could have minimized this number by quite a few. i would have been able to put all the darks and jeans together and then the bright colors and khakis could have gone together...leaving just reds, and the 2 loads of whites. i'm very particular about my clothes and i've messed up laundry before so i make sure i sort it correctly so that i'm not running out and buying my self that shirt that i just ruined. the last thing i need to do is waste more money because i ruined my favorite shirt.
so anyway, 3 hours, a can of mountain dew, clean clothes and 21 dollars later....my laundry was clean.
i saved myself 3 dollars by not going home. how horrible is that?
summer part 1
well, school is over. everyone has gone home. and i'm all alone in bemidji. well, i still have my roommates. danielle should be home sometime this week. and of course, booty is still here! so i guess i'm not so all alone after all.
my schedule for these next two weeks consist of me working at online services from 8 until 3:30 and then kicking it over to the pool for practice until 6. this week I'm in charge of the little kids workouts. i'm so much more experienced with the older kids workouts because i know just how to kick them into shape. but i need the experience for the younger kids and thus, i am writing workouts. today i have to assist with registration for summer practice. supposedly we have 70 kids a day in the summer. o joy. no, actually, i am looking forward to it. i'm going to whip these kids into shape. they better watchout. coach andi is comin to get them!
zach's graduation is also coming up. i told my mom that i would run the kitchen for her and squeak will assist me. i'm also putting together a powerpoint for the computer. i'm actually excited for it because nate and square have been invited so hopefully i will be able to catch up with them!
i also have to get zerek a belated birthday present. i'm thinking i will just take him shopping when i'm home, just me and him...should be interesting because that kid is all about expensive brand name stuff. too bad he gets what he asks for with mom...not gonna work for me! ahhh well...
as for now...just go where ever the BREEZE may take you!
well, school is over. everyone has gone home. and i'm all alone in bemidji. well, i still have my roommates. danielle should be home sometime this week. and of course, booty is still here! so i guess i'm not so all alone after all.
my schedule for these next two weeks consist of me working at online services from 8 until 3:30 and then kicking it over to the pool for practice until 6. this week I'm in charge of the little kids workouts. i'm so much more experienced with the older kids workouts because i know just how to kick them into shape. but i need the experience for the younger kids and thus, i am writing workouts. today i have to assist with registration for summer practice. supposedly we have 70 kids a day in the summer. o joy. no, actually, i am looking forward to it. i'm going to whip these kids into shape. they better watchout. coach andi is comin to get them!
zach's graduation is also coming up. i told my mom that i would run the kitchen for her and squeak will assist me. i'm also putting together a powerpoint for the computer. i'm actually excited for it because nate and square have been invited so hopefully i will be able to catch up with them!
i also have to get zerek a belated birthday present. i'm thinking i will just take him shopping when i'm home, just me and him...should be interesting because that kid is all about expensive brand name stuff. too bad he gets what he asks for with mom...not gonna work for me! ahhh well...
as for now...just go where ever the BREEZE may take you!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
done!
i'm finally done! the test i thought that would kick me in the butt? yeah, i kicked it first and showed it who's boss! it was a great honors final.
i've already had to start with my goodbyes. peaches left today and more are soon to come. this all equals to me the ending of one of the best semesters i've had. there are always the memories that i'll remember from this year:
-danielle and i starting up habitat in the the fall and having so much enthusiasum but no idea what we are doing.
-taking classes in the fall were i actually got to work on projects that applied to my major! it was a fun semester of classes.
-honors study sessions
-friday nights with julie
-eating out ALL OF THE TIME with habifam
-my rein as prez of habitat
-raking
-dumpster diving
-spring break and everything that came with it!
-mac a laster
-johnny holmes
there's so much more and i have so much more to add. please feel free to add your own memories.
i have cleaning to do. my room is a pigsty. i have clothes all over the place. and even though homework can be erased from my list, i still have so much more to do.
SQUARE: WE ARE FIGURING OUT THE TITHING TOMORROW. just a note!
****you bring me joy that's unexplainable****
i'm finally done! the test i thought that would kick me in the butt? yeah, i kicked it first and showed it who's boss! it was a great honors final.
i've already had to start with my goodbyes. peaches left today and more are soon to come. this all equals to me the ending of one of the best semesters i've had. there are always the memories that i'll remember from this year:
-danielle and i starting up habitat in the the fall and having so much enthusiasum but no idea what we are doing.
-taking classes in the fall were i actually got to work on projects that applied to my major! it was a fun semester of classes.
-honors study sessions
-friday nights with julie
-eating out ALL OF THE TIME with habifam
-my rein as prez of habitat
-raking
-dumpster diving
-spring break and everything that came with it!
-mac a laster
-johnny holmes
there's so much more and i have so much more to add. please feel free to add your own memories.
i have cleaning to do. my room is a pigsty. i have clothes all over the place. and even though homework can be erased from my list, i still have so much more to do.
SQUARE: WE ARE FIGURING OUT THE TITHING TOMORROW. just a note!
****you bring me joy that's unexplainable****
pure bliss
i just got back from eating at the china buffet. I AM IN HEAVEN. if there is one food that you could reel me in with, it would be chinese. so good.
we have a countdown of 1.5 hours till i have to be at my honors test. cross you fingers and wish me luck. this is it my friends! i am almost a junior! (year wise...i'm actually already a junior credit wise...)
i just got back from eating at the china buffet. I AM IN HEAVEN. if there is one food that you could reel me in with, it would be chinese. so good.
we have a countdown of 1.5 hours till i have to be at my honors test. cross you fingers and wish me luck. this is it my friends! i am almost a junior! (year wise...i'm actually already a junior credit wise...)
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
almost there...
so i just finished up with my papers and i had a study session with a majority of our honors class. if i didn't have stupid honors i would be done right now with less of a headache. unfortunatly, i have accumulated the phrase "call er good," to replace "get er done." sad, yes, but when you have gotten to the point that you seriously don't care anymore...yeah, you got my point.
unfortunalty my life doesn't end after finals week. after a good week of part-i-an it up with some friends before they all leave me forever, well, some at least, i am going full on with my summer jobs. working at online services with tech support will be enjoyable as always but i'm really looking forward to being able to coach. it's something new that let's me get creative and brings me back to my beloved swimming roots. i got to actually coach tonight and i made up a set as we went along. i actually got commented on it after practice for it's offering of variety. i was also warned about the high school boys that will be starting up for the summer. i was told to be stern with them and don't take any crap from them until they know that i mean business. should be interesting because i'm all about being a hard...umm..butt, for lack of better words.
to do yet this week:
go canoeing with square and hopefully nate
bike around the lake
attend graduation and all the festivities that go along with it
avoid shedding any tears
get paid!!!
swim with the team on thursday
who knows what else the wind may blow my way!
so i just finished up with my papers and i had a study session with a majority of our honors class. if i didn't have stupid honors i would be done right now with less of a headache. unfortunatly, i have accumulated the phrase "call er good," to replace "get er done." sad, yes, but when you have gotten to the point that you seriously don't care anymore...yeah, you got my point.
unfortunalty my life doesn't end after finals week. after a good week of part-i-an it up with some friends before they all leave me forever, well, some at least, i am going full on with my summer jobs. working at online services with tech support will be enjoyable as always but i'm really looking forward to being able to coach. it's something new that let's me get creative and brings me back to my beloved swimming roots. i got to actually coach tonight and i made up a set as we went along. i actually got commented on it after practice for it's offering of variety. i was also warned about the high school boys that will be starting up for the summer. i was told to be stern with them and don't take any crap from them until they know that i mean business. should be interesting because i'm all about being a hard...umm..butt, for lack of better words.
to do yet this week:
go canoeing with square and hopefully nate
bike around the lake
attend graduation and all the festivities that go along with it
avoid shedding any tears
get paid!!!
swim with the team on thursday
who knows what else the wind may blow my way!
Monday, May 10, 2004
monday
i noticed that i think in terms of blogging. for instance, when something happens, i think of a creative way of wording whatever happened on my blog. it's kind of odd...
anyways, we had groundbreaking for the 19th Habitat for Humanity house in Bemidji. I'll have to pick up a paper tomorrow...it should have a pic of me and square shovel'n away. we also gave the "big habitat" a large donation which we got a "wow!" from their president and a "o, sh**!" from our advisor. i think everyone was quite pleased. i also figured out that i can fit 6-7 people in my car, depending on how comfortable everyone is with each other or if they're drunk. equals one great time!
i have to work all day tomorrow. anyone wanna do anything? give me a call. the only reason i'm working is so that i can earn some money but by all means i would rather hang out with my friends before they all leave me so give me a call if something comes up (2007 or cell phone).
we had our last h4h meeting tonight. kinda sad. it wasn't all enjoyable but it was a fun time. square and i were figuring out the tithe and annual report and everone else was scrapbooking. we found out nate should be an art major with his symbolistic art techniques and grand craftsmanship...
square and her mom make great hammer cookies...mmmm....
2 more papers (well...actually 3) and a test that are all due wed. and then i'm done! plus some cleaning and presents left to make...woohoo!
i noticed that i think in terms of blogging. for instance, when something happens, i think of a creative way of wording whatever happened on my blog. it's kind of odd...
anyways, we had groundbreaking for the 19th Habitat for Humanity house in Bemidji. I'll have to pick up a paper tomorrow...it should have a pic of me and square shovel'n away. we also gave the "big habitat" a large donation which we got a "wow!" from their president and a "o, sh**!" from our advisor. i think everyone was quite pleased. i also figured out that i can fit 6-7 people in my car, depending on how comfortable everyone is with each other or if they're drunk. equals one great time!
i have to work all day tomorrow. anyone wanna do anything? give me a call. the only reason i'm working is so that i can earn some money but by all means i would rather hang out with my friends before they all leave me so give me a call if something comes up (2007 or cell phone).
we had our last h4h meeting tonight. kinda sad. it wasn't all enjoyable but it was a fun time. square and i were figuring out the tithe and annual report and everone else was scrapbooking. we found out nate should be an art major with his symbolistic art techniques and grand craftsmanship...
square and her mom make great hammer cookies...mmmm....
2 more papers (well...actually 3) and a test that are all due wed. and then i'm done! plus some cleaning and presents left to make...woohoo!
why?
so i moved my pics to walagata.com so i wouldn't have to deal with the angelfire thingies anymore...only to find out that the server that my pics are now on is down...and they don't know when it will be up again...it could be hours, months, or possibly never.
why me?
hopefully i will get this stupid thing figured out but for now...hope you don't mind the pictureless site. sorry.
so i moved my pics to walagata.com so i wouldn't have to deal with the angelfire thingies anymore...only to find out that the server that my pics are now on is down...and they don't know when it will be up again...it could be hours, months, or possibly never.
why me?
hopefully i will get this stupid thing figured out but for now...hope you don't mind the pictureless site. sorry.
love actually IS all around
that is what i learned from the movie love actually. good movie, but due to some...let's say...nudity...this movie is rated R. just so you know. but it's good!...the movie, not the nudity. anyways...
so this stupid picture thing...i had them hosted at angelfire...as you can all tell and now i moved them somewhere else. but i think it's angelfire's fault. the picture's that i'm not hosting are having problems too. so maybe i have most of it fixed....
one of my roommate's jenny and i had a harry potter marathon tonight. we watched the first movie on abc with the sneak previews for the 3rd one coming out on the 4th and then we popped in the 2nd one afterwards for kicks. so far today i've done:
absolutely nothing
yay me!
i'm still in my pajamas, makeup and hair still done up from last night's dd-ing (yes, i did the one thing a girl should never do...i didn't wash my face before i went to bed last night and i still have yet to do so! gasp!). i organized my prints for tomorrow which i have to hand in. i almost took a shower, then decided against it, the mother's day movie's on tv were much more interesting. so i sat. on the couch. all day. in my PAJAMAS. it was the best day in my life. plus, i got to sleep in. i haven't slept in for about 3 months now. i love sleeping in, waking up to sunshine and bird's chirping instead of my annoying alarm clock when i'm still sleepy and don't want to get out of bed.
also, i need to clean my room. but that will happen next week.
it's the last week of school. i'm still trying to devise a plan that should it work, i will be able to get out of my honors final papers and test and still get a passing grade. i will let you all know if that should work or not. testing is still in process.
jenny and i found out that in our garage we have a trap door. it leads to a storage space down below and so we decided to investigate. we opened it up to find a dead body! yeah, that's right, can you tell i'm kidding? but we did find a really really really old looking moonshine bottle which jenny wants to retrieve, a house for sale sign, and a bunch of other junk. you can't go down in this hole however since there are spiders and spider webs all around. the spiders are starting to come out and they are huge! ick.
saturday was a beautiful day...wish it could stay that nice forever!
happy mother's day to my mom and all other's...hope everyone had a good weekend!
that is what i learned from the movie love actually. good movie, but due to some...let's say...nudity...this movie is rated R. just so you know. but it's good!...the movie, not the nudity. anyways...
so this stupid picture thing...i had them hosted at angelfire...as you can all tell and now i moved them somewhere else. but i think it's angelfire's fault. the picture's that i'm not hosting are having problems too. so maybe i have most of it fixed....
one of my roommate's jenny and i had a harry potter marathon tonight. we watched the first movie on abc with the sneak previews for the 3rd one coming out on the 4th and then we popped in the 2nd one afterwards for kicks. so far today i've done:
absolutely nothing
yay me!
i'm still in my pajamas, makeup and hair still done up from last night's dd-ing (yes, i did the one thing a girl should never do...i didn't wash my face before i went to bed last night and i still have yet to do so! gasp!). i organized my prints for tomorrow which i have to hand in. i almost took a shower, then decided against it, the mother's day movie's on tv were much more interesting. so i sat. on the couch. all day. in my PAJAMAS. it was the best day in my life. plus, i got to sleep in. i haven't slept in for about 3 months now. i love sleeping in, waking up to sunshine and bird's chirping instead of my annoying alarm clock when i'm still sleepy and don't want to get out of bed.
also, i need to clean my room. but that will happen next week.
it's the last week of school. i'm still trying to devise a plan that should it work, i will be able to get out of my honors final papers and test and still get a passing grade. i will let you all know if that should work or not. testing is still in process.
jenny and i found out that in our garage we have a trap door. it leads to a storage space down below and so we decided to investigate. we opened it up to find a dead body! yeah, that's right, can you tell i'm kidding? but we did find a really really really old looking moonshine bottle which jenny wants to retrieve, a house for sale sign, and a bunch of other junk. you can't go down in this hole however since there are spiders and spider webs all around. the spiders are starting to come out and they are huge! ick.
saturday was a beautiful day...wish it could stay that nice forever!
happy mother's day to my mom and all other's...hope everyone had a good weekend!
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
the weekend: part 3: SUNDAY
woke up at 7:30 making a run for the campfire that has already been started. i was criciticalizing about how cold i was and just sat there with my face, hands and feet practically in the fire. i sat there trying to warm up when nate noticed we were out of fire wood. he asked if anyone knew were we could get some and yesterday i remember that when we were at the cabins planting trees, there was shelters outside of each one with firewood stacked in them. i told nate that we were going to go steal some and he was like, really? i was like yeah! let's go! so we hopped into my car, cranked the heat and made the 5 min. venture to the cabins. once we got to the area, nate started humming the song from mission impossible. it made it even better that we both had stocking hats on our head, mine black and his army green. when we located the cabin that would fall victim to our renegade, we pulled up. nate kept saying, "further...further...wait...a little further..." until i was almost over the cliff and then, "stop!" we got out of the car, grabbed the wood, and got out of there. even better is that when we got to the cabins, the main road to them was closed, but we were able to get to one. i told nate they must have known we were coming.
when we got back, the majority of us that have taken over kp duties got to work with breakfast. although we were sick of waffles from our waffle breakfast fundraisers, we had the leftover waffles and sausages from that along with eggs for breakfast. at first we tried to cook the waffles on a stick but it didn't work so well. eventually we ended up putting them on tin foil and then on the grate of the campfire pit. the few of us thought it would be wise to cook for those of us who were up and we would make more when the rest woke up. of course, once our food was done, that's when everyone else woke up. opps!
after we got everyone up and everyone was feed or had started eating, the take down of the tents occured. it took about 4 people to take down my tent and 3 people to zip it: square pushing, me sitting and caitlyn zipping. ah, the fun and enjoyment of that. but low and behold, we got 'er done.
once the cars were packed with food, sleeping bags, tents, chairs and the habifam, we were back off for good ol bemidji. once back, everyone one was dropped off at their appropriate dorms and houses, that is, after square attempted to take nate out in the parking lot. she just lunged for him and they started wrestling, trying to get the other to fall down before them. i started cheering with all the excitment! oopa! after those two were broken up, i took nate and joanna, dropping them off at their respected places and then ran home to shower and change before church. i was running a couple of min. late but i got nate and square picked up and we made it to church on time.
during church, a wave of tiredness hit me hard. right before the sermon, i turned to square and nate and said, "i don't think i'm going to make it!" i closed my eyes during church and listened to the sermon. square kept hitting me with a hymn book when she thought i was sleeping. too bad i didn't have enough energy to hit her back.
after church a group of us met again to go out and wash windows for our rent-a-habitater jobs. we had first met at the newman and saw lo j and earl. we unloaded everything that had to go back to the newman before we left. then we were off to the job. i had to leave a little bit into job, as i had to meet my group for graphic design so we could work on our cd. i ended up in the superlab, on my stomach, taking pictures of tami's shoes on a monopoly board with my digital camera. how fun. people had to step over me!
afterwards, i headed back to the window washing group. they were just finishing up. while waiting i sat and played with the lady's dog on the couch. it was very entertaining to get the small dog to jump over my legs. we finish up and decide that we are all hungry. we decide on taco john's. i take off in my car, the rest in square's van. halfway there, i get a call on my cell phone. it's nate.
"where are you going?"
"taco johns" i tell him.
"where are you right now?"
"i'm on paul bunyan headed there."
"why are you going that way? taco john's is over by ace."
"no it's not."
"yes it is. it moved over there. didn't you see it this morning? we went right by it. the old taco john's is now dunkin' doughnuts."
"whatever nate. stop lying to me. we don't even have a dunkin' doughnuts in town."
"i'm serious! don't you believe me?"
"no."
at this point i remembered myself thinking, i know this isn't right...i was just at taco john's this last week. it's still there!
"well, we're heading over to the one by ace. where are you now?"
"i'm on delton."
"where?"
"nate, what exactly is going on?"
"well, we're heading to the one by the mall, see you there! haha!"
"NAAAAAAAAATTTEEEE!"
he makes me so mad sometimes. when i caught up with them at taco john's, i refused to get out of my car. all nate could do was laugh. square offered comfort. nate tried to apologize but i told him, i can't trust you, you make me so mad! all of this is done with a smile on my face but to me, smiles are contagious. so, since he's smiling, all i can do is smile through my stubborn mood.
"i'm not going in there," i tell him.
he gets down on one knee while i'm sitting in my car.
"andi, i'm so sorry. will you please come inside with us and eat?"
by this time i am on the ground of the parking lot, having fallen out of my car with laughter! how could i say no to someone who apologizes by getting down on one knee? so yes, i gave in. i went inside and ate with them.
after a great supper and some good conversation, some more of nate's teasing, square, nate and i dropped everyone off and were back at the newman center. we sat out in the parking lot and talked some more, always trying to know one another better. nate started up with the teasing again..."the joke" again and after awhile he gave another apology and gave me a hug. we stood out in the parking lot talking a little longer and decided that we should go on a bike ride, but we each had a couple of things we needed to do. so we went our separate ways. i changed and filled up my bike with air and soon afterwards, square came over and then we both rode our bikes to nate's. from there we traveled along birchmont, riding along and talking about whatever. we ended up at the mansion and rode up to the hill and looked over at it, wondering about who lived there and if there lifestyle. we then realized we shouldn't be standing over looking someone's house while we talked so we headed back to cameron park and sat on the beach and told stories of our life, everything from prom to speeding tickets. then when it got cold, we headed back to the newman, dropped square off, made plans to watch a movie later and then nate and i traveled back to our houses.
i got back did some unloading of the car and such and then square picked me up and we went over to nate's to help him watch his homework assignment: the movie Kingpin. it's a very entertaining movie. i recommend it if there is absolutely nothing else to watch on tv.
afterwards, we sat, all realizing how tired we were. square and nate had fallen asleep during parts of the movie. me, i made it the whole way through! square said it was because i had taken a nap at church today. even if i had, i still came out victorious! i remembered that throughout the whole day, i wanted to take a nap. when i got home that night, talked to square online for awhile, i eventually hit the sack...and was out like a light.
woke up at 7:30 making a run for the campfire that has already been started. i was criciticalizing about how cold i was and just sat there with my face, hands and feet practically in the fire. i sat there trying to warm up when nate noticed we were out of fire wood. he asked if anyone knew were we could get some and yesterday i remember that when we were at the cabins planting trees, there was shelters outside of each one with firewood stacked in them. i told nate that we were going to go steal some and he was like, really? i was like yeah! let's go! so we hopped into my car, cranked the heat and made the 5 min. venture to the cabins. once we got to the area, nate started humming the song from mission impossible. it made it even better that we both had stocking hats on our head, mine black and his army green. when we located the cabin that would fall victim to our renegade, we pulled up. nate kept saying, "further...further...wait...a little further..." until i was almost over the cliff and then, "stop!" we got out of the car, grabbed the wood, and got out of there. even better is that when we got to the cabins, the main road to them was closed, but we were able to get to one. i told nate they must have known we were coming.
when we got back, the majority of us that have taken over kp duties got to work with breakfast. although we were sick of waffles from our waffle breakfast fundraisers, we had the leftover waffles and sausages from that along with eggs for breakfast. at first we tried to cook the waffles on a stick but it didn't work so well. eventually we ended up putting them on tin foil and then on the grate of the campfire pit. the few of us thought it would be wise to cook for those of us who were up and we would make more when the rest woke up. of course, once our food was done, that's when everyone else woke up. opps!
after we got everyone up and everyone was feed or had started eating, the take down of the tents occured. it took about 4 people to take down my tent and 3 people to zip it: square pushing, me sitting and caitlyn zipping. ah, the fun and enjoyment of that. but low and behold, we got 'er done.
once the cars were packed with food, sleeping bags, tents, chairs and the habifam, we were back off for good ol bemidji. once back, everyone one was dropped off at their appropriate dorms and houses, that is, after square attempted to take nate out in the parking lot. she just lunged for him and they started wrestling, trying to get the other to fall down before them. i started cheering with all the excitment! oopa! after those two were broken up, i took nate and joanna, dropping them off at their respected places and then ran home to shower and change before church. i was running a couple of min. late but i got nate and square picked up and we made it to church on time.
during church, a wave of tiredness hit me hard. right before the sermon, i turned to square and nate and said, "i don't think i'm going to make it!" i closed my eyes during church and listened to the sermon. square kept hitting me with a hymn book when she thought i was sleeping. too bad i didn't have enough energy to hit her back.
after church a group of us met again to go out and wash windows for our rent-a-habitater jobs. we had first met at the newman and saw lo j and earl. we unloaded everything that had to go back to the newman before we left. then we were off to the job. i had to leave a little bit into job, as i had to meet my group for graphic design so we could work on our cd. i ended up in the superlab, on my stomach, taking pictures of tami's shoes on a monopoly board with my digital camera. how fun. people had to step over me!
afterwards, i headed back to the window washing group. they were just finishing up. while waiting i sat and played with the lady's dog on the couch. it was very entertaining to get the small dog to jump over my legs. we finish up and decide that we are all hungry. we decide on taco john's. i take off in my car, the rest in square's van. halfway there, i get a call on my cell phone. it's nate.
"where are you going?"
"taco johns" i tell him.
"where are you right now?"
"i'm on paul bunyan headed there."
"why are you going that way? taco john's is over by ace."
"no it's not."
"yes it is. it moved over there. didn't you see it this morning? we went right by it. the old taco john's is now dunkin' doughnuts."
"whatever nate. stop lying to me. we don't even have a dunkin' doughnuts in town."
"i'm serious! don't you believe me?"
"no."
at this point i remembered myself thinking, i know this isn't right...i was just at taco john's this last week. it's still there!
"well, we're heading over to the one by ace. where are you now?"
"i'm on delton."
"where?"
"nate, what exactly is going on?"
"well, we're heading to the one by the mall, see you there! haha!"
"NAAAAAAAAATTTEEEE!"
he makes me so mad sometimes. when i caught up with them at taco john's, i refused to get out of my car. all nate could do was laugh. square offered comfort. nate tried to apologize but i told him, i can't trust you, you make me so mad! all of this is done with a smile on my face but to me, smiles are contagious. so, since he's smiling, all i can do is smile through my stubborn mood.
"i'm not going in there," i tell him.
he gets down on one knee while i'm sitting in my car.
"andi, i'm so sorry. will you please come inside with us and eat?"
by this time i am on the ground of the parking lot, having fallen out of my car with laughter! how could i say no to someone who apologizes by getting down on one knee? so yes, i gave in. i went inside and ate with them.
after a great supper and some good conversation, some more of nate's teasing, square, nate and i dropped everyone off and were back at the newman center. we sat out in the parking lot and talked some more, always trying to know one another better. nate started up with the teasing again..."the joke" again and after awhile he gave another apology and gave me a hug. we stood out in the parking lot talking a little longer and decided that we should go on a bike ride, but we each had a couple of things we needed to do. so we went our separate ways. i changed and filled up my bike with air and soon afterwards, square came over and then we both rode our bikes to nate's. from there we traveled along birchmont, riding along and talking about whatever. we ended up at the mansion and rode up to the hill and looked over at it, wondering about who lived there and if there lifestyle. we then realized we shouldn't be standing over looking someone's house while we talked so we headed back to cameron park and sat on the beach and told stories of our life, everything from prom to speeding tickets. then when it got cold, we headed back to the newman, dropped square off, made plans to watch a movie later and then nate and i traveled back to our houses.
i got back did some unloading of the car and such and then square picked me up and we went over to nate's to help him watch his homework assignment: the movie Kingpin. it's a very entertaining movie. i recommend it if there is absolutely nothing else to watch on tv.
afterwards, we sat, all realizing how tired we were. square and nate had fallen asleep during parts of the movie. me, i made it the whole way through! square said it was because i had taken a nap at church today. even if i had, i still came out victorious! i remembered that throughout the whole day, i wanted to take a nap. when i got home that night, talked to square online for awhile, i eventually hit the sack...and was out like a light.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
leaves down my back
raking yesterday i was shoved into a leaf pile and then was covered in leaves by square and myk came to help. because i had leaves down my shirt (and down my pants) i took off my sweatshirt in some random guys front yard and had nothing on top but a tank top. i ended up finding leaves all over (you don't want to know) and square gave me a broken garbage bag to cover up in...except i really looked like i had nothing on at that point. eventually everything got cleaned up and i got fully dressed again.
last night was pretty much my last habitat meeting as president. next week we are just scrapbooking. it was kind of sad for me. i really enjoyed my run as prez/vp and will miss being the ring master for this group. it was truely the most fun i have ever had in my life. i gave my all with this job and hopefully i came out victorious and made an impact on some lives. i guess i will never know. i'm going to miss everyone, the seniors that are leaving to continue and start the rest of their lives, and everyone else over the summer. many road trips this summer as possible will have to happen!
raking yesterday i was shoved into a leaf pile and then was covered in leaves by square and myk came to help. because i had leaves down my shirt (and down my pants) i took off my sweatshirt in some random guys front yard and had nothing on top but a tank top. i ended up finding leaves all over (you don't want to know) and square gave me a broken garbage bag to cover up in...except i really looked like i had nothing on at that point. eventually everything got cleaned up and i got fully dressed again.
last night was pretty much my last habitat meeting as president. next week we are just scrapbooking. it was kind of sad for me. i really enjoyed my run as prez/vp and will miss being the ring master for this group. it was truely the most fun i have ever had in my life. i gave my all with this job and hopefully i came out victorious and made an impact on some lives. i guess i will never know. i'm going to miss everyone, the seniors that are leaving to continue and start the rest of their lives, and everyone else over the summer. many road trips this summer as possible will have to happen!
the dilema
lindsey is moving away from us, she got a different appartment with a friend. which is fine. it was just our time to go our separate ways. last year, she was carly's roommate. according to carly, lindsey claimed some stuff that apparently they had both bought together. this same "game" may be starting again. lindsey has packed up my pitcher with the lime green top. i noticed that my orange juice had disappeared from the fridge one day and kind of had assumed that. the girls confronted lindsey for me and found out that she had it but she claims that she bought it. now, i really don't care. it was 84 cents at walmart. but that fact that it's MINE is what bothers me. jenny suggested that i bring it up with her and if she says that she bought it, just leave it alone. but, i am going to save myself the frustration and just buy a new one. because this way, everyone is happy and i'm just out 84 cents.
hopefull linds doesn't read my blog. but i just tell what i know here. and this is what i know!
lindsey is moving away from us, she got a different appartment with a friend. which is fine. it was just our time to go our separate ways. last year, she was carly's roommate. according to carly, lindsey claimed some stuff that apparently they had both bought together. this same "game" may be starting again. lindsey has packed up my pitcher with the lime green top. i noticed that my orange juice had disappeared from the fridge one day and kind of had assumed that. the girls confronted lindsey for me and found out that she had it but she claims that she bought it. now, i really don't care. it was 84 cents at walmart. but that fact that it's MINE is what bothers me. jenny suggested that i bring it up with her and if she says that she bought it, just leave it alone. but, i am going to save myself the frustration and just buy a new one. because this way, everyone is happy and i'm just out 84 cents.
hopefull linds doesn't read my blog. but i just tell what i know here. and this is what i know!
Monday, May 03, 2004
the weekend: part 2: SATURDAY
so...as i left off...saturday morning. woke up at 6 to my alarm clock. turned it off. went back to bed until 6:30. got up. showered. got dressed. finished packing my bag. ate some yogurt. talked to square online. said i would meet her at the newman at 8ish. went downstairs. packed up the food. piled it all into my car. and off to the newman.
when i got there square had beaten me. we took all the food, coolers and all that fun stuff and put that in her van. nate showed up next and we packed up his stuff in the appropriate cars. as we packed we made a list of what all we would still need to get before we left town. we all agreed to that we had no idea of how to get to itasca state park from where we were at. once everyone showed up we split ourselves up between my car, square's van and dave's station wagon. square gave me a walkie talkie so we could "communicate" (when the habifam has walkie talkies we tend to act a little strange. i think it's the excitement of this technology.) then square and dave went off to walmart and i followed nate to his house so he could drop off his truck and climb into my car. then we meet up at walmart. nate and square ran in to get charcoal, lighter fluid, film and batteries. then after we had that settled...off to itasca! we found the exit out of town we wanted and just prayed that we would find it. after some talk, some backseat sleepers and a round of "piano man" sang in piano ann's name, we found east enterance road to itasca in one piece.
once we got to where we were supposed to be and payed for car passes and a site for the night, we went and meet the leader of the clean up for itasca that we were doing for the day. becky showed us where to sign in, get our name tags and gloves and free stuff. after that she explained all that we were going to do for the day. we had 12 people from habitat that were participating in the clean up. we split into 2 groups of 6; one group headed to do "deer things," and the group i was in went off to plant trees. i have never planted so many trees in my life. our mission of the day: we had a group of people who moved trees over to us and we were planting them around the cabins to provide more privacy for those who want to rent the cabins. there was also another group that was clearing trees so that people staying in the cabins could see the lake. as one of the guys operating our mission told us: "this place is all backwards...we have tree's in the front and none in the back, all people can really see is the gravel road that got them here. they should be able to see the lake!" so, we planted trees. me, stann (who is the same as paino ann and stoic ann) and joanna. on some of the tree's we had to put protective fence with rebarb wire to hold the fence down. we had to use our manly muscles for this; pushing those poles into the ground...i told the girls to "work the pole." got faces of bewilderment from that.
after some more tree planting, we all hopped in the back of a pick up truck for a ride back to the main headquarters for lunch. it was a good lunch with hotdogs, chips, potato salad, cookies and pop. unfortuanatly we didn't get to see the other group around. so we ate. nate brought up an old joke which has to be the most hated joke that anyone can ever bring up for me. i'm won't even go into full detail about it. basically because the joke isn't necessarily against me. it's more against a certain person who they (about half of the habifam) thinks likes me. because of this i feel like i have to watch my actions, i have to watch what i say, i can't treat this guy as a friend. i know that this isn't what they intended to happen, but it's not like i'm trying to act this way...it's just how i respond to these types of situations. and it doesn't help that this has happened to me plenty of times in my life and it's the one type of joke that i hate. people mess with other people's feelings and emotions and after many years of dealing with this type of joke, i just want it to stop. because i can't handle it and i just want to be able to just be me, not someone who has to watch what they say or do because it may instigate something. but, because i'm a person who cannot stop laughing and smiling and i can take a joke, i can't help but give nate "the look" which comes with a big smile on my face and the eyes that say, "you better not!" and after some laughter and a couple more of "the looks" exchanged, life went on. or so i would have thought.
after lunch, our group went and planted more trees. "the joke" was brought up again. another person was let in on the joke, they thought it was funny as it was new to them. good thing stann and joanna were on my side. nate could tell i was good and mad when i didn't talk to him. he would apologize and bring it up soon after or would joke around with me again. not that i don't mind joking around with people. i actually love joking around and laughing with people. i can take a good joke. i love to laugh and i can usually always laugh at myself, but some jokes...grrrr. anyways, i got apologies from nate, "i only tease people i like." more about the many apologies later. at one point in the afternoon while i was planting trees, i saw the other group in their vans, going to get lunch. square saw us, leaned out her window and yelled, "oopa!!"
after our group had finished, we went swinging. i have a picture of nate and dave swinging on swings...great pic. then the other group met up with us, we said thank yous, had a pic taken and then we took off for our camp site. if i haven't said this before, the habifam doesn't do a very good job on making decisions. we will usually have half of the group wanting something, the other half wanting something else and no one can come to a conclusion. i'm told that's where i come in. i am the mediator. so, we get to the campgrounds in itasca and we drove around for awhile...and after some input from both groups and a look at all the campsites and a parade of our 3 cars for all the other campers, we finally decided on a site. we all got out, set up camp (3 tents, campfire, kitchen and a wagon - yup the pimp pad where dave slept). square, nate and i athletic taped up nate's tent which he has never seen before. once everyone was set up, we decided to go see the headwaters of the mississippi, which is what itasca state park is known for.
the headwaters is basically lots of mississippi river water and a bunch of rocks which indicates the starting of the mississippi river. there is a narrow, narrow, wooden bridge, without railings for people to cross to the other side, plus there is the rocks which you can cross. most of us decided we would cross the rocks. publicity girls went first. well, amy made it...but theresa had some trouble. she slipped, tripped and landed head first into the rocks and water and then had trouble getting up! at first we were all in shock, thinking she was hurt. but as soon as she stood up, laughing with a her hair, face, shirt and one leg of her pants completely drenched, we all started laughing! since it was kind of cold out, us girls made a human curtain and amy handed her her sweatshirt to change into. we had decided earlier that nate needed to be thrown into the headwaters but a good opportunity never came up. plus i didn't want anyone getting hurt, so unfortunatly he didn't go in. square and i crossed the rocks and i had someone keep an eye on nate so he wouldn't come and shove me in. my shoes got a little soaked. we also witnessed some drunk guys on rollerblades. they thought it would be cool if one of them crossed the rocks as they would probably be the first guy to cross the mississippi on rollerblades. he didn't get to far as he tried to crawl across. then we decided to leave and on the way back we got another group picture.
getting back to the campsite, we found that ike had made it there in one piece. those who were wet changed into dry clothes. then we got the campfire going and started preparing supper. we heard from booty, d-dog and caitlyn and they were on their way out to join us. it's so much fun to go camping and we had fun cooking and getting supper ready with our limited amount of supplies. we tried cooking the baked beans in their can, shoved them into the fire...eventually we found out that the can was burning before it allowed for the beans to cook so we gave up a pan that we were cooking the burgers on for the beans. it was a very interesting meal.
later that night, after all was cleaned up, a bunch of us found a trail and went walking. square and i talked for the first part of it and then we turned around to head back to camp. i led the way and ended up power walking back and leaving the rest in the dust. i was just thinking and i turned to a mellow mood and since i didn't have a smile on my face or was giggling, the habifam feared for the worst. when we got back, i was given a bear hug by square and then i was thrown over her shoulder and carried to the campsite...i ended up shrieking at the top of my lungs! o, that was fun...i haven't been thrown over anyones shoulder in a long, long time! haha! square and i sat down and talked for a little bit on the picnic table since there was no room around the fire, it was ok. plus, i would rather have everyone happy and around the fire anyways so i wasn't going to say anything. eventually i went to make a smore and then i brushed my teeth and when i came back, room was made for me and square around the fire. we started a game of open forum around the camp fire. when it was your turn (we were picked from the previous person) you were to let everyone ask you any question they wanted and then you had to answer. at one point i was picked because everyone was curious in how old i really was and i wouldn't say because it wasn't my turn yet so eventually we ended someone's session and they all picked me to go next. they all found out how young i was (19...20 in 2 months!) all about my major, what i want to do with my life and many other questions were answered. by the last couple of people we were all tired and wanted to turn in. so crawling into my sleeping bag in the dark, i was reminded of how cold it was outside. somewhere around 24 degrees, cold enough to snow! i had on a tank top, a long sleeve shirt, a sweatshirt and a huge fleece pullover, a pair of wind pants and slipper socks, a huge sleeping bag and a blanket on top...square had given me her nalgene bottle filled with hot water for my feet since she was better off with her mummy bag and polypropoleen(whatever they're called) long underwear. eventually we all settled down and somehow found sleep amist the coldness of the night.
at four in the morning, i woke up, wondering how i was going to make it through the night. i have never been so cold in my life. i wanted to stretch out but there were parts of my sleeping bag that were not warm and so i stayed in my balled up position. i contemplated making a run for the backseat of my car. but i toughed it out. i woke up the next morning at 6:30 and then again at 7:30, not being woken in between from ike's car starting up. i found out later that's what woke most of the habifam up. i crawled out of bed at 7:30 and made a run for the fire that was started thanking God i was still alive. and then starts part 3: SUNDAY.
so...as i left off...saturday morning. woke up at 6 to my alarm clock. turned it off. went back to bed until 6:30. got up. showered. got dressed. finished packing my bag. ate some yogurt. talked to square online. said i would meet her at the newman at 8ish. went downstairs. packed up the food. piled it all into my car. and off to the newman.
when i got there square had beaten me. we took all the food, coolers and all that fun stuff and put that in her van. nate showed up next and we packed up his stuff in the appropriate cars. as we packed we made a list of what all we would still need to get before we left town. we all agreed to that we had no idea of how to get to itasca state park from where we were at. once everyone showed up we split ourselves up between my car, square's van and dave's station wagon. square gave me a walkie talkie so we could "communicate" (when the habifam has walkie talkies we tend to act a little strange. i think it's the excitement of this technology.) then square and dave went off to walmart and i followed nate to his house so he could drop off his truck and climb into my car. then we meet up at walmart. nate and square ran in to get charcoal, lighter fluid, film and batteries. then after we had that settled...off to itasca! we found the exit out of town we wanted and just prayed that we would find it. after some talk, some backseat sleepers and a round of "piano man" sang in piano ann's name, we found east enterance road to itasca in one piece.
once we got to where we were supposed to be and payed for car passes and a site for the night, we went and meet the leader of the clean up for itasca that we were doing for the day. becky showed us where to sign in, get our name tags and gloves and free stuff. after that she explained all that we were going to do for the day. we had 12 people from habitat that were participating in the clean up. we split into 2 groups of 6; one group headed to do "deer things," and the group i was in went off to plant trees. i have never planted so many trees in my life. our mission of the day: we had a group of people who moved trees over to us and we were planting them around the cabins to provide more privacy for those who want to rent the cabins. there was also another group that was clearing trees so that people staying in the cabins could see the lake. as one of the guys operating our mission told us: "this place is all backwards...we have tree's in the front and none in the back, all people can really see is the gravel road that got them here. they should be able to see the lake!" so, we planted trees. me, stann (who is the same as paino ann and stoic ann) and joanna. on some of the tree's we had to put protective fence with rebarb wire to hold the fence down. we had to use our manly muscles for this; pushing those poles into the ground...i told the girls to "work the pole." got faces of bewilderment from that.
after some more tree planting, we all hopped in the back of a pick up truck for a ride back to the main headquarters for lunch. it was a good lunch with hotdogs, chips, potato salad, cookies and pop. unfortuanatly we didn't get to see the other group around. so we ate. nate brought up an old joke which has to be the most hated joke that anyone can ever bring up for me. i'm won't even go into full detail about it. basically because the joke isn't necessarily against me. it's more against a certain person who they (about half of the habifam) thinks likes me. because of this i feel like i have to watch my actions, i have to watch what i say, i can't treat this guy as a friend. i know that this isn't what they intended to happen, but it's not like i'm trying to act this way...it's just how i respond to these types of situations. and it doesn't help that this has happened to me plenty of times in my life and it's the one type of joke that i hate. people mess with other people's feelings and emotions and after many years of dealing with this type of joke, i just want it to stop. because i can't handle it and i just want to be able to just be me, not someone who has to watch what they say or do because it may instigate something. but, because i'm a person who cannot stop laughing and smiling and i can take a joke, i can't help but give nate "the look" which comes with a big smile on my face and the eyes that say, "you better not!" and after some laughter and a couple more of "the looks" exchanged, life went on. or so i would have thought.
after lunch, our group went and planted more trees. "the joke" was brought up again. another person was let in on the joke, they thought it was funny as it was new to them. good thing stann and joanna were on my side. nate could tell i was good and mad when i didn't talk to him. he would apologize and bring it up soon after or would joke around with me again. not that i don't mind joking around with people. i actually love joking around and laughing with people. i can take a good joke. i love to laugh and i can usually always laugh at myself, but some jokes...grrrr. anyways, i got apologies from nate, "i only tease people i like." more about the many apologies later. at one point in the afternoon while i was planting trees, i saw the other group in their vans, going to get lunch. square saw us, leaned out her window and yelled, "oopa!!"
after our group had finished, we went swinging. i have a picture of nate and dave swinging on swings...great pic. then the other group met up with us, we said thank yous, had a pic taken and then we took off for our camp site. if i haven't said this before, the habifam doesn't do a very good job on making decisions. we will usually have half of the group wanting something, the other half wanting something else and no one can come to a conclusion. i'm told that's where i come in. i am the mediator. so, we get to the campgrounds in itasca and we drove around for awhile...and after some input from both groups and a look at all the campsites and a parade of our 3 cars for all the other campers, we finally decided on a site. we all got out, set up camp (3 tents, campfire, kitchen and a wagon - yup the pimp pad where dave slept). square, nate and i athletic taped up nate's tent which he has never seen before. once everyone was set up, we decided to go see the headwaters of the mississippi, which is what itasca state park is known for.
the headwaters is basically lots of mississippi river water and a bunch of rocks which indicates the starting of the mississippi river. there is a narrow, narrow, wooden bridge, without railings for people to cross to the other side, plus there is the rocks which you can cross. most of us decided we would cross the rocks. publicity girls went first. well, amy made it...but theresa had some trouble. she slipped, tripped and landed head first into the rocks and water and then had trouble getting up! at first we were all in shock, thinking she was hurt. but as soon as she stood up, laughing with a her hair, face, shirt and one leg of her pants completely drenched, we all started laughing! since it was kind of cold out, us girls made a human curtain and amy handed her her sweatshirt to change into. we had decided earlier that nate needed to be thrown into the headwaters but a good opportunity never came up. plus i didn't want anyone getting hurt, so unfortunatly he didn't go in. square and i crossed the rocks and i had someone keep an eye on nate so he wouldn't come and shove me in. my shoes got a little soaked. we also witnessed some drunk guys on rollerblades. they thought it would be cool if one of them crossed the rocks as they would probably be the first guy to cross the mississippi on rollerblades. he didn't get to far as he tried to crawl across. then we decided to leave and on the way back we got another group picture.
getting back to the campsite, we found that ike had made it there in one piece. those who were wet changed into dry clothes. then we got the campfire going and started preparing supper. we heard from booty, d-dog and caitlyn and they were on their way out to join us. it's so much fun to go camping and we had fun cooking and getting supper ready with our limited amount of supplies. we tried cooking the baked beans in their can, shoved them into the fire...eventually we found out that the can was burning before it allowed for the beans to cook so we gave up a pan that we were cooking the burgers on for the beans. it was a very interesting meal.
later that night, after all was cleaned up, a bunch of us found a trail and went walking. square and i talked for the first part of it and then we turned around to head back to camp. i led the way and ended up power walking back and leaving the rest in the dust. i was just thinking and i turned to a mellow mood and since i didn't have a smile on my face or was giggling, the habifam feared for the worst. when we got back, i was given a bear hug by square and then i was thrown over her shoulder and carried to the campsite...i ended up shrieking at the top of my lungs! o, that was fun...i haven't been thrown over anyones shoulder in a long, long time! haha! square and i sat down and talked for a little bit on the picnic table since there was no room around the fire, it was ok. plus, i would rather have everyone happy and around the fire anyways so i wasn't going to say anything. eventually i went to make a smore and then i brushed my teeth and when i came back, room was made for me and square around the fire. we started a game of open forum around the camp fire. when it was your turn (we were picked from the previous person) you were to let everyone ask you any question they wanted and then you had to answer. at one point i was picked because everyone was curious in how old i really was and i wouldn't say because it wasn't my turn yet so eventually we ended someone's session and they all picked me to go next. they all found out how young i was (19...20 in 2 months!) all about my major, what i want to do with my life and many other questions were answered. by the last couple of people we were all tired and wanted to turn in. so crawling into my sleeping bag in the dark, i was reminded of how cold it was outside. somewhere around 24 degrees, cold enough to snow! i had on a tank top, a long sleeve shirt, a sweatshirt and a huge fleece pullover, a pair of wind pants and slipper socks, a huge sleeping bag and a blanket on top...square had given me her nalgene bottle filled with hot water for my feet since she was better off with her mummy bag and polypropoleen(whatever they're called) long underwear. eventually we all settled down and somehow found sleep amist the coldness of the night.
at four in the morning, i woke up, wondering how i was going to make it through the night. i have never been so cold in my life. i wanted to stretch out but there were parts of my sleeping bag that were not warm and so i stayed in my balled up position. i contemplated making a run for the backseat of my car. but i toughed it out. i woke up the next morning at 6:30 and then again at 7:30, not being woken in between from ike's car starting up. i found out later that's what woke most of the habifam up. i crawled out of bed at 7:30 and made a run for the fire that was started thanking God i was still alive. and then starts part 3: SUNDAY.
the weekend: part 1: FRIDAY
this weekend will be one not to forget. not only did i not get any homework done, but i went camping with the habifam and happened to spend all day saturday and sunday with nate and square! it's on my top 10 weekend list. so this is how my weekend went:
friday morning i went to class (pretty shocking). then i went to my eye doctor's appointment and i got my contacts back! i'm loving this! then i went garage saling to find a dresser...i would like a tall one so that it will take up less room but ekren and nate both said they had a dresser for me if i wanted it and i could have my old one back from my parents...i have to make a decision on that before thursday...otherwise it's going in the garage sale that my mom is having. then i stopped by to see nate and ekren who were raking a lawn for habitat. they asked if i had brought them doughnuts and sadly i said no. o well. then i was off to see my sister who was in town in a math masters meet. she did ok...didn't come in last place. after i said goodbye to her i went and hit up some more garage sales while i had lunch in my car. then i went to pick up the rakers for that afternoon's lawn. dropped them off at their site and then i went to swim practice. swim practice was fine and dandy but i'm tired of fridays...all they do is fun days. i want to do something productive with them! after practice i went and picked up a check for habitat for raking we did on wednesday then i went out to see if they were still all the way out at the other place...not there. called peaches, talked to her. tried to call square. no answer. she was supposed to be back by now! went home, relaxed for an hour, then decided i should call people to make sure they all know what is going on this weekend. went through the list, talked to everyone or left them a message, talked to nate for a little while about what all needs to be done. and then the cricitcals started. called peaches and asked if she wanted to come with to go grocery shopping for the weekend with me as square wasn't back yet. square did call when i was talking to nate, she had just left home. still hasn't told me the whole story about that. so peaches and i hit up walmart looking for deals and groceries. everytime we'd find a new item from our list, we had to figure out how much to get. "well, there's 15 of us...and dave." we figured accordingly. dropped off peaches. then i got smart. went to the newman so we could get all of our food and stuff out of there because i just realized we wouldn't be able to get it in the morning! walked into the newman and talked to father bob.
"are you the person who is bringing the cake?"
"umm...no, i don't have cake...i'm from habitat. can we get in here in the morning?"
"what time?"
"uh...8:30?"
"o no...we'll be sleeping still. the boys are out late and i need my sleep so you'll have to get what you need tonight."
"ok, thanks, you get your sleep."
i tried to think of everything we could possibly need. made a couple hundred trips of food and other utilities from the newman to my car. then i went home, unloaded all the groceries and everything out of my car. i actually found room for everything at my house. then i realized...i forgot the cups at the newman! running back and praying to God they would still be open...no. i didn't have cups for anyone to drink anything out of. greeat. ran to maple. called peaches on the way. vented her about everything i still had to do. got to maple. square's light was on!!! ran to her window. *knock, knock* no one...look through the blinds. no one there. ran to the door of maple...locked. then i saw kt, my sistah and matt. ran and slammed myself against the window. i think i scared them. they let me in however. ran to the front desk.
"can i have a key for the storage lockers?"
"someone already has it."
"square?"
"huh?"
"andrea?"
"uh..yeah."
"yeesss! kt! can you let me in?!"
i ran to the door. kt walked so i ended up standing there for about 10 seconds. up the stairs comes square. flattened myself against that window too. "square!!!!" i don't think i've seen a face full of so much shock, confusion and bewilderness at one time. got in to the dorms and sat down on the coolers that square had brought up and took a breather and told square the whole story. whew. then she helped me carry the coolers and tote's out to my car. then i went back inside with her to talk for a little while. then i went home. packed. got other stuff ready for the weekend. talked to square online. sent out the habitat email. got ready for bed. once in bed i called square. after our conversation i hung up. called her up again.
"square. don't let me forget a hammer for the tents."
ok, i won't forget." click.
called her back.
"square. don't let me forget to have people grab flashlights."
"ok, sounds good. weren't you going to bed?"
"yeah...eventually."
"k." click.
then at about 2 pm. i went to sleep. ony to wake up the next day at 6 am.
this weekend will be one not to forget. not only did i not get any homework done, but i went camping with the habifam and happened to spend all day saturday and sunday with nate and square! it's on my top 10 weekend list. so this is how my weekend went:
friday morning i went to class (pretty shocking). then i went to my eye doctor's appointment and i got my contacts back! i'm loving this! then i went garage saling to find a dresser...i would like a tall one so that it will take up less room but ekren and nate both said they had a dresser for me if i wanted it and i could have my old one back from my parents...i have to make a decision on that before thursday...otherwise it's going in the garage sale that my mom is having. then i stopped by to see nate and ekren who were raking a lawn for habitat. they asked if i had brought them doughnuts and sadly i said no. o well. then i was off to see my sister who was in town in a math masters meet. she did ok...didn't come in last place. after i said goodbye to her i went and hit up some more garage sales while i had lunch in my car. then i went to pick up the rakers for that afternoon's lawn. dropped them off at their site and then i went to swim practice. swim practice was fine and dandy but i'm tired of fridays...all they do is fun days. i want to do something productive with them! after practice i went and picked up a check for habitat for raking we did on wednesday then i went out to see if they were still all the way out at the other place...not there. called peaches, talked to her. tried to call square. no answer. she was supposed to be back by now! went home, relaxed for an hour, then decided i should call people to make sure they all know what is going on this weekend. went through the list, talked to everyone or left them a message, talked to nate for a little while about what all needs to be done. and then the cricitcals started. called peaches and asked if she wanted to come with to go grocery shopping for the weekend with me as square wasn't back yet. square did call when i was talking to nate, she had just left home. still hasn't told me the whole story about that. so peaches and i hit up walmart looking for deals and groceries. everytime we'd find a new item from our list, we had to figure out how much to get. "well, there's 15 of us...and dave." we figured accordingly. dropped off peaches. then i got smart. went to the newman so we could get all of our food and stuff out of there because i just realized we wouldn't be able to get it in the morning! walked into the newman and talked to father bob.
"are you the person who is bringing the cake?"
"umm...no, i don't have cake...i'm from habitat. can we get in here in the morning?"
"what time?"
"uh...8:30?"
"o no...we'll be sleeping still. the boys are out late and i need my sleep so you'll have to get what you need tonight."
"ok, thanks, you get your sleep."
i tried to think of everything we could possibly need. made a couple hundred trips of food and other utilities from the newman to my car. then i went home, unloaded all the groceries and everything out of my car. i actually found room for everything at my house. then i realized...i forgot the cups at the newman! running back and praying to God they would still be open...no. i didn't have cups for anyone to drink anything out of. greeat. ran to maple. called peaches on the way. vented her about everything i still had to do. got to maple. square's light was on!!! ran to her window. *knock, knock* no one...look through the blinds. no one there. ran to the door of maple...locked. then i saw kt, my sistah and matt. ran and slammed myself against the window. i think i scared them. they let me in however. ran to the front desk.
"can i have a key for the storage lockers?"
"someone already has it."
"square?"
"huh?"
"andrea?"
"uh..yeah."
"yeesss! kt! can you let me in?!"
i ran to the door. kt walked so i ended up standing there for about 10 seconds. up the stairs comes square. flattened myself against that window too. "square!!!!" i don't think i've seen a face full of so much shock, confusion and bewilderness at one time. got in to the dorms and sat down on the coolers that square had brought up and took a breather and told square the whole story. whew. then she helped me carry the coolers and tote's out to my car. then i went back inside with her to talk for a little while. then i went home. packed. got other stuff ready for the weekend. talked to square online. sent out the habitat email. got ready for bed. once in bed i called square. after our conversation i hung up. called her up again.
"square. don't let me forget a hammer for the tents."
ok, i won't forget." click.
called her back.
"square. don't let me forget to have people grab flashlights."
"ok, sounds good. weren't you going to bed?"
"yeah...eventually."
"k." click.
then at about 2 pm. i went to sleep. ony to wake up the next day at 6 am.
clay aiken
so my mom called me up today. in class actually...i forgot to turn my phone off but it was ok, i was in the Mac classroom and it was lab time, not lecture time, so no poor professor's feelings were broken. so she was calling to ask if i wanted to go to clay aiken in concert with her and my sister. i'm almost embarrassed to say this but...i'm going to go. i figured that: 1)it's free. 2)quality time with my mom and sister. and 3)...well, it won't be all that bad...right? so yeah...engalstad arena on july 9...i have a date with my mom and my clay aiken obsessed sister....here we go!
so my mom called me up today. in class actually...i forgot to turn my phone off but it was ok, i was in the Mac classroom and it was lab time, not lecture time, so no poor professor's feelings were broken. so she was calling to ask if i wanted to go to clay aiken in concert with her and my sister. i'm almost embarrassed to say this but...i'm going to go. i figured that: 1)it's free. 2)quality time with my mom and sister. and 3)...well, it won't be all that bad...right? so yeah...engalstad arena on july 9...i have a date with my mom and my clay aiken obsessed sister....here we go!
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