Many new beginnings

We have been so busy here lately! Today we were lucky enough to celebrate the wedding of John's friend Chris and his new wife Kim (or as one of our friend says it - Kis and Chrim) today. The ceremony was beautiful, so touching, and very personal to the couple. Not to mention, the reception was a LOT of fun! As evidenced by
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I really want to stay up and post more, but I'm so sleepy!

For All The Way's the Knitwits Care

Well, CVS is running this contest, so I figured I'd check it out. The website is:www.ForAllTheWaysYouCare.com

It took me a while to figure out who to blog aout, but I ultimately decided that I would chose the group of ladies on the Weight Watchers "KnitWits Unite" thread. I know, that seems a little weird, when I have a lot of other people in my life I could have picked, like parents, in-laws, siblings, husband, etc. This morning, though, when I signed onto that group, I found out that one woman in the group has been a foster parent for 19 years. There is a woman who is a nurse, there are women in schools, there are mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters, and wives on that board. When my daughter was born, I got cards from women who's faces I've only seen in pictures (a few who's faces I've never seen at all). My daughter received beautiful knit gifts from the women on the board - bibs, sweaters, and the blanket Hannah naps under every day was knit by most of the group.

This is a group of women I feel comfortable sharing the inner workings of my daily life with, and never once feel like I will be judged. They read my blog, they help me with knitting, they answer my questions about taking care of my daughter, and I always look forward to sharing news with them.

This may not be the typical definition of caring, because they don't cook me dinner or buy my clothes or act like my mom. But when you find a group of people that let you really be yourself, THAT is what caring is about.

Hannah goes to the Children's Museum!

Hannah had her first trip to the Childrens Museum of NH today with her little buddy Spencer. The two of them had a great time!

Hannah starts learning about colors and patterns

Hannah in the back, Spencer up front

Hannah finds a mirror near the floor to see herself in!

What on earth are these things???

Hannah finds some tunnels to crawl through!

Spencer plays trains and checks out the rest of the room.

The results of my plunge...

I failed to mention that I received an e-mail back from the editor of the parenting magazine I submitted my article to yesterday. She accepted it! I'm really excited about that!!! It will be published likely in January or February, but I will keep everyone posted as I hear more.

So now, I can add "freelance writer" to my résumé. That makes me happy.

Hannah has discovered a new hiding spot:She recently discovered that it was a lot of fun to hide out under the dining room chairs. In this picture, she had tipped over Kane's (our dog) water dish over, and dumped water all over the floor. She was then content to play in the water under the chair for a little bit. I let her for a few minutes, but then decided we should probably change her wet socks and pants.

This past weekend, we had our murder mystery party, Death of a Wizard, with a bunch of our friends. We had a really great time! Hannah even came with us, though she didn't make it into the pictures.

Pictures and other random things

So, yes, Hannah can climb the stairs. If I'm going up (and not in a rush to get up there) I let her take her time and practice climbing up them with me trailing along behind her. She's always so proud of herself when she gets to the top, she starts squealing and crawling around at top speed from one end of the hall to the other. So, so cute. These are some pictures I got of her climbing the stairs a few days ago:




Then, Hannah got to go out on her first bike ride over the weekend. The weather here was really nice, and I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to enjoy the weather. So, we biked over to see Kim, Chris, Isaac, Jared and anyone else that was at "The House" (It's a house where pretty much all of our friends live). So here are the pictures of us gearing up for our ride!



And last, here are some pictures of Hannah modeling a dress that my friend Janelle knit for her when she was just a newborn... It finally fits her, now that she's almost 9 months old!!!

The wedding of the century

Bridesmaids dress - $203
Alterations - $110
Updo hair style - $75
Seeing Dave and Kerry get married after 9 years of dating? Priceless.

Congrats Kerry and Dave!

View pictures here

Post 300!!!

Very exciting - my 300th blog post!

Today was Sarah Skillin's baby shower, which was great. It was a nice shower and she got some nice gifts. Lots of clothes for little baby-to-be Natalie. I posted photos of the blanket I made her in my Ravelry account, but I will put some up at the end of my post.

Hannah is doing great, we're still waiting on the portraits we had taken, I get to pick them up on the 2nd. I cannot wait to get them, I'm SO excited!!!! Last night she slept from 8pm - 6am, without waking up once. I'm also trying to get pictures organized at home, so I've got to get copies of just about all the photos we have taken at this point so I can get copies of them. That's the problem with digital photos, I like to have the hard copies organized in albums and photo boxes. Lesley (Sarah's mom) gave me a great photo box that I want to get all the photos in. I also need to get copies for the photo albums and stuff too.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I've been a day ahead of myself since Thursday night, which is great, because I don't go back to work until Tuesday! It's a great realization that I'm not as close to going to work as I thought! =)

Anyway, here are photos from the last few days and from Sarah's shower!




Above - the blanket I made for Sarah as a shower gift. The photos aren't great, but oh well...







Above - Photos from Sarah's shower. She got lots of nice things!



Above - Hannah and her daddy at home! =)

Quilt from Sarah Skillin

My dad e-mailed me this morning and pointed something out to me about my blog that I hadn't even realized: I was given a great quilt as a baby shower gift by one of my oldest friends (not that SHE'S old, we've just been friends forever), and I didn't post any pictures of it! So I marched right on up to the baby's room today and took some pictures of it. Without further ado, here are the photos of the awesome quilt Sarah made for the baby!





The last one makes the quilt look a little more yellow than it really is, but that was just from the flash.

Week 25!!!

My Baby
As your baby grows, she'll take up extra space in your uterus, which means you'll feel her kicks, pokes, and rolls even more now. This week, your baby weighs in at around 1.5 pounds and measures about 9 inches in length from crown to rump. Wow! Although she's still skinny and her skin rather wrinkly, it will all smooth out as she develops a healthy layer of body fat beneath it. Her hands are fully developed at this point, complete with mini fingernails and fingerprints, and are probably keeping busy touching and grabbing her face, feet, and the umbilical cord.

My Body
Get ready to kiss your petite little belly goodbye soon! As your uterus continues to expand upward -- the top is nearly midway between your breasts and belly button now -- your middle will grow longer and wider. Makes sense; your baby's going to be pushing the 2-pound mark in no time at all, and you've gotta make room for her in there.
Speaking of changes to your uterus, one of the things your doctor examined during your mid-pregnancy ultrasound was the position of the placenta. If yours was either partly or completely blocking the opening to your cervix -- which is fairly common -- you'll be monitored more closely in the coming months. According to the University of Pennsylvania Pregnancy Health Center, 90 percent of such cases resolve before delivery because as your uterus continues growing, the placenta will naturally shift upward, away from the opening of your cervix. If this doesn't happen by the end of the third trimester (a condition known as placenta previa), your doctor may recommend that you have a c-section. In the meantime, you might have some extra ultrasounds to monitor the position of your placenta.

My Life
Remember how you used to throw (or at least attend) long, lavish dinner parties? In a few short months, an uninterrupted night of adults-only conversation is going to become a bit of a luxury. So sneak in a party before baby arrives. Break out the fancy plates and table linens from your wedding registry, light candles and pour some vino in your good crystal glasses (with Pellegrino or sparkling cider in yours, natch). It's a great way to spend a long, lovely evening chatting up and reconnecting with your best pals, since you've likely been busy or distracted lately.

So, who's up for a dinner party? I can't believe I've hit week 25 already! My due date (I think I said this yesterday) was bumped up a day yesterday to 1/16 intead of 1/17, so I get into week 25 a day earlier than I thought. I'm excited! The earlier the better. If they want to bump me up to Christmas, I'd be okay with that! But I would like to get together with people soon, though I do better when people come over to my place. I love to entertain, so if anyone wants to come over, feel free!

Anyway, that's about all the news from here right now! I'm at work, so I should keep this short, but it's pretty quiet today - no one is here, so that's a good thing!

Knitting and other misc. stuff

I have one week to knit a scarf as a very belated Christmas present. John and I found out this weekend that we are getting together with my parents to celebrate Christmas with a long time family friend, and we hadn't gotten her anything! With me being out of work, we wanted to spend as little money as possible, so I agreed to knit her a scarf. After starting and frogging the whole thing about 10 times last night, because I couldn't find a pattern I wanted to do, I finally got the whole thing started with a simple knit one row, purl one row. I can't remember much about it, so I'll post some more info on it either later today or tomorrow.

This afternoon, I'm heading to the LYS to pick up some nice new yarn for a few scarves that will be my Christmas gifts to people. I'm really excited, because this will be the first time I can REALLY afford to buy some nice yarn from there to make some things for people. I can't wait!

Tonight we're having some people over for the Super Bowl. I'm not sure if my next door neighbors are going to come, because they said they may be away, but they've been home all weekend. Who knows.

Subbing has been going pretty well lately. I was called in on Tuesday and Wednesday by Laconia and on Thursday by Rochester. *Sigh.* Rochester was a bit of a nightmare. No. It was a rather large nightmare. I did, however, adore the elementary school I was at on Wednesday. Good kids, wonderful teacher (I subbed for a 1:1 para), it was just an incredibly positive experience all the way around. The middle school teacher that I subbed for a few weeks ago actually requested me for Friday of this past week, but I had a doctors appointment and couldn't go.

So, speaking of the doctors, we're looking for a new way to treat my PCOS, and now I've got to undergo all of this blood work, and possibly even a dye test. I'll have to call my insurance company to find out if it's covered or not, because I've heard of them costing anywhere between $750.00 to $1250.00. We are just not in a place where we can afford that right now, and even if it is covered, we have a $1000.00 deductible. Ouch. So we're going to try and hold off on that one.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Love it, love it, love it!

Life is pretty darn good right now. For those who haven't heard (and that's most of you) I gave my notice at work. My last day is January 12, and I CAN'T WAIT. Counting down the days now. So that will be good. I'm planning on substitute teaching in Laconia. I've got some job applications out too, but we'll see where those go. I've got a few to apply for still also.

Second, Thanksgiving was pretty nice. John didn't feel like it was Thanksgiving - I have to agree with him for the most part, but ti was still nice to have the family get together for a nice meal and some together time. I have to say - I've got lots to be thankful for! First - my amazing husband, who always seems to be able to pick me up when I am down. Second, my family - of origin (Stephy and Josh!!!), adopted, and in-laws. I am blessed to have such a great family. Third, my beautiful home - I'm so lucky that we have the means to have a nice house in wonderful neighborhood. Fourth, my friends - you all - the privileged ones that get to read my inner-most thoughts! Last - my pets. They keep me sane. =)

Finally tonight - John and I saw the Trans Siberian Orchestra today. OH MY GOD. I LOVE THEM. I could marry them all. Except the girls. Not so much there. Their concerts just rock more than anything in this world! If you EVER get the chance to see them live - I STRONGLY suggest you go!!

Anyway - it's time for some foodage. Janelle - it was so great seeing you today! I'm sorry your drive home is so aggravating for you. Next time, bring Daniel!

A little better now

I'm doing much better now than I was in my last post. So that's good. Yesterday Kim and I went to the Christmas Tree Shop - I got all kinds of Christmas decorations and whatnot, so that was good. Oh, and wrapping paper. Which is always a good thing to have. I LOVE wrapping Christmas presents, and I can't wait until I can start. I guess in theory, I could start now, because I have some gifts that need to be done. I'd feel weird wrapping Christmas presents before Thanksgiving though, so I'll just have to put it off for another two weeks. It'll be good to be done with it though.

Anyway, Kim and I had a BLAST shopping - or at least I did. We had this wicked scary waiter when we went out to lunch at Ruby Tuesday, though. I don't remember his name, but he was just scary. I ordered a Sprite, and Kim said she'd have the same, so his response was "do you want hers or do you want your own." Kim and I are like "huh???" Yeah, we weren't poised to think on that level. I'm never poised to think on that level, but especially not when I have to do it from a waiter. I know that it's a hard job and you've got to do something to lighten your day, but making your customers feels stupid is NOT the way to do it.

Alright. Enough about that. I get to have a good, relatively relaxing weekend finally! We have some yard work to get done today, and we have to vacuum the house. Otherwise, that's about it. Oh, and grocery shopping. Yeah, food is good. I like food.

Not a whole lot to report on today, other than to say that I had so much fun with Kim yesterday - I hope the Christmas Tree Shop in Portsmouth goes through! Then we can go shopping AAAAANNNNNNDDDDD go out for milkshakes at the Friendly Toast!

Random Thoughts

Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I had done things differently. Now, don't get me wrong, I am very, VERY happy with my life right now. I love my husband and my house and wouldn't trade them for anything! But yesterday I was walking through downtown Portsmouth on my way to a home visit for work, and I walked past this apartment building that really made me wonder what my life would have been like if, say, I'd gone to college in a different town, or if John and I didn't reconnect and eventually fall in love, etc. It was this big ol' brick building, the kind you would see in Boston, or Washington D.C. Okay, definitely don't get me wrong, I really don't want to live in either of those places, but you get what I mean, right?

Sometimes I wonder if my life had been done differently if I would have better stayed in touch with my friends from high school and/or college. I feel like the people I was such good friends with and I have drifted apart so much that I don't really know anything about them anymore, but I feel like I should be so much more in touch with them. Maybe some of it has to do with my recent discovery of the anxiety I have when I go out.

That's a whole different story though. I've recently started paying more attention to(though I've been aware of it for some time) the almost paralyzing anxiety I get when I go out somewhere, ususally by myself. There are some places that I don't get it - my next door neighbors house, work, church, church related meetings, out with a friend (so long as it's something that I initiate). But that's about it! But I'm okay when it comes to having people over. It's really bizarre.

Work was awful today. One of my clients was arrested last night. Another one was indicted on perjury charges. It seems like every time I turn around one of my assessments is blowing up, or I'm getting a new one to add to my caseload of... well 17 currently. Then if that's not bad enough, I'm getting yelled at by my supervisor because I was out sick all last week and my supervisor was yelling at me today about how I've got to make time in my day tomorrow to see three families. That's not so much the issue, as I've got to be at RCIA at 7pm. I really need to be there because I missed last week due to being ill and I CAN'T miss this week. I was, and am, really excited about being on the team this year that when I told my supervisor that it was going to be hard to fit all of that in because I need to be in Dover at 7pm and she said "Well, I guess you'll have to make it work." Or something to that effect. I came home totally ready to cry and I'm SO ready to be done with this. I just can't continue like this.

Anyway, that's enough ranting and raving for tonight. Oh, I'm having a jewelry party on Oct. 11th at 7pm. Its a Wednesday. If you're interested in coming, just e-mail me an RSVP so I can plan enough snacks.

My sister moved in with us Saturday. Then took off to go back to our parents house yesterday. She'll be back tonight and tomorrow night, then will have to drive back again on Wednesday so she can work at her old job. Her boss agreed to keep her on until she gets her Christmas bonus, because she's slated to get a pretty large one this year. Which is good, I guess, but it's going to make it very hard for her to get a job in this area.

John is downstairs working on his computer, but it's nice having the three day weekend to be able to spend time with him. We've had a good weekend together, and it's been fun. We both decided that we would become lectors at church, so that will be good. I'm excited about doing that. I'm meeting with Father Damien on Wednesday to talk to him about some other stuff, so I'm going to RSVP for the training on it for us that day.

It's been so crazy lately, I've been in this limbo between wanting to have a baby and wanting to wait a little longer. I've really been enjoying the time that is just John and I, but then I see someone with a baby, and I am just like "awww, I want one!!!" It's so hard. John and I will really have to talk about it, because of all of the medical stuff that I'll have to deal with in order to get pregnant. But that is definitely a conversation that I need to have with John. I would love to have a baby, but I love being able to just hang out with John.

I am not sure what else to update about, so I guess I'll wrap this up.

Just another update.

I've reached the epitome of laziness when it comes to blogging. I'm at the point now where I just write in one for like... a month. Then I go onto MySpace and just copy the whole thing for the REST of the world to catch up on. I'm not sure if any of you have noticed that my entries on MySpace have become friends only... Probably not, but that's okay. I wish that LiveJournal would do something like MySpace though - show that a post was made, but that you have to be a friend to read it. (I can't believe I just said I wish LiveJournal did something like MySpace. It's usally the other way around!)

I've been feeling super mushy towards John lately. I don't know if he's noticed, or what, but it's really weird. In a good way. I think. =) I might be biased though. So I'm sad because he's out at a rehearsal tonight. But last night was fun, Janelle, me and Kim got to go to his last Gilford Community Band concert. That was a good time. Kim and Janelle seemed to hit it off alright (correct me if I'm wrong, guys!)

But Janelle came to see me!!!!!! I was so excited! We got to hang out, and talk about people that we went to high school with, and people that we went to high school with that we have found on MySpace. It was so nice to just catch up with her! She looks fantastic too, she's dropped a ton of weight since high school, she's a little skinny minnie now. I must have gained it all =(

Anyway, I guess that's about all for now.

Random Thoughts

I must be quite the site to see when I get out of my car in the morning at work. Especially on the days after I have a late home visit the previous day. I'm like... manuvering myself into unnatural positions just so I can fit out the door because the cars are all parked too close together. I realized just how amusing it must be when I do that when I pulled in this morning and there was a couple of women standing outside staring at me while I was doing my morning exercise routine of getting out of my car.

On a happier note, I finished the Poisonwood Bible finally! It only took me almost a year. Not because it was a bad book, but because I didn't discipline myself to sit down and really read it. So maybe in a year or two I'll re-read it. Now I've moved on to Dreams of Trespass, it's about a girl who grew up in a harem. One of my coworkers said it was a good read, so I bought it at this cute bookstore/cafe in Berwick. All the books are used, and the hot chocolate is amazing. I love shops like that. I could live in one. I should open one some day. Maybe I will. Kim could come work at it with me. It would be a piece of cake for her! How's that sound Kim? We can run our robotic kitchenware business out of the back room.

Camping this weekend - w00p w00p! We're bringing Kane with us, and I've spent a lot of the night getting ready to go, preparing food that can be cooked over an open fire and getting all sorts of other stuff ready too. Especially Kane's stuff. I just realized that I haven't packed any of his cookies in his bag, but I've got just about everything else! Tomorrow we'll just need to remember his water bowl, because I have a travel food dish for him. I'm so excited to go - I haven't been camping in a long time!

Saturday is my birthday too, so that will be fun. 25 years old - quarter of a century. Wow. It's also Hancock Old Home Days, which means parades, craft fairs and the thrift shop! Saturday night brings with it Kimballs and the Jaffrey Fireworks. Yeah Jaffrey Fireworks!!! It should be a cool one, I guess they're doing classical music this year. Who can miss a show called "Classically Pyro?" Dave T, this one's for you!

Feelin' hot, hot, hot!

Today John and I went out with Chris and Kim to go to the movies, we saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest. It was wicked good! I love Orlando Bloom. Johnny Depp is a good actor too, but I LOVE Orlando Bloom. Overall, I thought the movie was pretty good, but at the same time, I still liked the first one better.

John and I have been camping out in our basement the last two nights, and probably will be for the next few nights too. We have a futon down there, so we pulled it out, threw a couple of sheets on it it and boom, new bedroom. It won't be a permanent change for us, but it's definitely been nice being cool when we go to bed.

Anyway, that's all the news here...

There's more to life than before my eyes...

Such a great song. I love that song. It's super! Partly because it's so true. Good job Mike - you were being very smart when you wrote that one!

But seriously folks... I just had the worst week at my job. You know, the kind that makes you want to just walk out, quit, and pray you never face anyone from that place again. It had nothing to do with any of my coworkers, they're all fine. It was just my clients. What a nightmare. I can't go into details, the whole confidentiality thing, but just take my word when I say they're all CRAZY!!!! Thursday night I drove home from work in tears, because I felt like I just sucked at my job. That's going to make getting up for tomorrow's day that much worse. Fortunately, I'm getting out at noon, because I have a doctors appointment. Nothing bad, just a checkup.

Back to my job, though, it was just such a horrible way to spend a week, and unfortunately, my supervisor was at a funeral for a lot of the week, so it made it really hard to talk to her about any of it. So on Friday, I just wanted to dump on her, and she started trying to get me out of her office. It sucked!

John shaved off his beard the other day. He knows how I feel about that. I've made it very clear. I was so disappointed when he came downstairs with no beard after showering one night. Now, remember I just said that I had a sucky week at work. So on Wednesday when he was home, I wasn't in a great mood from the get go, and then that happened, and I just freaked. I stopped even talking to him, and finally just snapped and went to take a nap. I probably totally overreacted to that part of the whole week, but still... It's just frustrating when you tell someone that you know you like them better one way, and it doesn't seem to matter. I know he said he wanted to do it, and thats fine... he just looks like someone totally different with out it! It made for a very awkward transition for me. I still like him better with, but I'm getting used to seeing him with out it again. It just makes me think of the John I knew back in college when I see him with out, and the John I knew at UNH and I really had nothing in common. So, I'll reiterate, I like him better with. But I'm adjusting to him with out it, and it's nice to know that I can still be physically attracted to him with out it.

So in the mean time, I cut my hair all off yesterday. Short. I haven't had it this short in years. We're talking up around my ears short. It looks good, if you ask most people, and I like it too, but John hates it. HATES it. All he said when I walked in the door was "You cut off all of your hair!" Well, I didn't exactly run out to compliment him when he shaved off his beard. He knew I was contemplating it, but I don't think he thought I would have just done it. Kim came with me, though, which was awesome. We had tons of fun yesterday. I'll get to that some more in a second though!

So, yeah, now my hair is short. John's starting to get used to it, but he still doesn't like it any better. Kind of like me with his beard. I'm getting used to it, but I don't like it any better. I feel kind of bad, because I did to it, to some degree, because I wanted him to know what it felt like to have that happen. At the same time, I enjoy wearing it short, and this was pretty much the deciding factor. But I think it looks good. Last night I was really mad at myself for doing it though, because I still wanted to make sure that still found me attractive. At the same time, it was good to kind of see where the line of what he likes and doesn't falls.

Anyway, I'm rambling. So to get on to Kim and I having a ton of fun yesterday: We went to the mall, made an appointment for me to get my hair cut at Hair Excitement, then went to Bath and Body Works, then left and I got my hair cut, then we went BACK to Bath and Body Works. We both bought some new body cream lotion stuff, and some massage oil, so that was fun. Then we left and got milkshakes at the Friendly Toast - best. milk. shakes. ever. We laughed a lot, which was awesome, I love it when I get to laugh hard with my friends! So we are TOTALLY doing that again, Kim, okay? You don't have a choice. Even if I have to kidnap you and drag you kicking and screaming back to the Friendly Toast! -_^

Alright, I've got to get going. I keep like... half falling asleep while trying to type, which could be why this entry is so all over the place. But oh well.

Countdown is almost over!

It's Sunday. We move on Tuesday. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am!!! Getting into our own house and everything - I can't believe this is really happening! I have a picture of it on my desktop, and sometimes, when I look at it, it just hits me - this is going to be ours! It will be our place, not my parents, not John's parents. Ours to do with whatever we like - plant whatever flowers we want, paint rooms whatever color we want... The list goes on. It's the coolest feeling in the world!
The packing and stuff really got to me last night. It hadn't been until last night, when I was looking around at all of the stuff we still hadn't packed yet, that I just went to John and told him that it was really starting to stress me out. But John got a lot of the kitchen packed, and I did a lot around my desk and doing some of my clothes and shoes and such. I didn't "pack" a lot of my clothes, but I left some out that are the ones that I'm going to wear for the next few days, basically making the rest of my wardrobe off limits. Though I am going to go through all of my clothes again today and weed out anything that I don't wear often enough to pack and take with us, so that way I can bring it over to Goodwill tonight. Convenient having a Goodwill right across the street.
My Pampered Chef business did very well during the month of May. I qualified easily, having one show that reached almost $1000 on it's own, then another the very next day that reached over $500. That was incredibly exciting!!! I earn a bunch of new free things because of it now! However, my bookings (the shows I have booked) for the month of June are non-existant. I'm running a catalog show, which is great, but I really need the sales for the month of June, and it's not looking like it's going to be a very strong month. So, if anyone is interested in earning some free and discounted kitchen items, please contact me!!! Catalog shows are the easist thing in the world to do, so if you live a ways away from me, that's no problem! Or, if you just don't have the time to do a cooking show, that's no problem either! If you're not interested, I appreciate referrals!!!
Okay, enough groveling now. Friday I chaperoned John's 7/8th grade band field trip to the Great East festival and to 6 Flags. The festival went so well - both the chorus and the band got gold medals, which was very exciting. The kids were all on their best behavior at the festival itself, so that was good. When we got to 6 Flags, the weather was decent, but after we got in the park, John and I went on a couple of rides, and suddenly the skies just opened and it started POURING. So we (and all of the other chaperones) managed to get all or most of the kids together, and say "okay, do you want to stay?" (Keep in mind, because of the weather, they shut down most of the rides.) Most said yes, some said no, but we waited it out, and said we'd all check in again at 5. That seems to have worked out, when we reconvened, again, most said "we want to stay!!" because they had opened all of the rides back up again. So finally we were like "Fine, but at 6:30, that's it, we're done." So that went over moderately well for the most part. There were some kids that were just soaked all day, and most of them didn't seem to care. I was freezing, but I was glad the kids were having fun. That's who we were there for, it was most of the Chaperones that wanted to leave early. So I was glad that we stayed until 6:30. That was only an hour earlier than we were scheduled to leave, so it worked out.
I should probably go eat some breakfast or something. We have all this food that we're trying to use up before we move, and there's an entire gallon of milk in the fridge that we have 2.5 days to use up. Oops. I guess we thought we'd go through it faster.
Oh, and *hugs* to Kim for being accepted onto SSI, I'm very excited for her. And thanks to her and Chris for coming up to help with the big move on Tuesday. We appreciate it guys!

Sometimes I think...

Sometimes I'm convinced that MySpace is the best site on the internet. It just allowed me to reconnect with someone I haven't spoken to since I was about a junior in high school! And now, he's in the Army over in Baghdad! It was so exciting to hear from him yesterday. We spent a ton of time e-mailing back and forth, just getting caught up with each other. It's hard to sum up 7 years in an e-mail, but we've managed to do alright :-)
I love it when stuff like that happens. It's weird, the timing of it too, because I was just somewhere where I had thought of him, and it was recent too! So that was just funny. But I love getting to reconnect with old friends and seeing or hearing from people I haven't heard from in a long time. I think I realized to late that I had the best group of friends in high school. We were all, for the most part, pretty good kids. We were fun, and funny, and there was always someone to go to if there was a problem or if you needed help or anything like that. I miss those days!
Okay, I'm feeling a little nostalgic, I guess. Maybe it's the time of year - we're starting to get into the graduation times. I should know this is going to happen to me, it does every single year! But it's nice being able to find these people again, and at least be able to e-mail with them, if nothing more.
It's strange how your relationships with people evolve over time. The older you get, the more focused on one person you become. Like, if you asked me now, who my best friend is, I would say John. But if you asked me 7 years ago I would have said Jo, and Soni, and Sarah and... and... and.... It's all part of normal development (believe me, I know, I sit through hours of training on it), but it's just a strange phenomenon. Sometimes I wish that I could maintain the same types of friendships I had in high school today. Or even in college! I had great friends in college as well, and even a lot of them I've lost touch with. Sad, isn't it?
So I guess that's really about all I have to write about. I have stuff I need to get done before heading out to my training today, so I'm going to work on showering and getting dressed and such. So, people, track me down, say hi, all that good stuff!