-Jorge Luis Borges
I like that quote :]
So just so y'all know, I'm probably going to have fewer and shorter entries over the summer - I haven't really been doing very much so I don't have much to share. Maybe like every other week or so.
A few Wednesdays ago (the 16th) I did some reading and watched Sense and Sensibility in the morning before heading across the river to explore downtown Lafayette with Amanda. That was fun :] and then I went to get a haircut and some Panera for dinner before walking to Happy Hollow Park - and it was pretty nifty. I could get used to this - it was like a state park with trails and streams. I enjoy it :]
On Thursday I did some reading before my 3.30 shift. And that was an interesting one. I had one training shift on Tuesday, and then Thursday I was scheduled on my own. That was fun. I made it through, though, and it worked out.
Friday until about 5 went something like this:
+nothing
+nothing
+playing Kingdom Hearts all day because I'm bored out of my mind
That was fun :] However, at 5 we had a cook out at the house. Some people came over who would be leaving for the summer (on a mission trip to Africa or to an internship in Oregon) and that was nice to see them. A few of us went to a park nearby and then we played Scattegories - that was interesting. Christian and Payton and Seth enjoyed arguing the various words.
Saturday we all went garage saleing :] I was with Christian and we chose to end our day at the Lafayette farmers' market. Through the day I got a book and a dress and some cupcakes - I was happy :D
And then we cleaned for 5 and a half hours. Payton and Christian worked on the lawn and bushes outside while Seth and I worked on the second floor common room. That was fun, discovering how many dust bunnies and things from a long while ago were still in there. The shower I took after was great. I debated whether I wanted to eat in or go get some food. I wound up chosing Chipotle - then I would have food the next day - and we watched Armageddon to celebrate our hard work :]
When I woke up at 10 on Sunday it was 77 degrees - it's gonna be a toasty one. I decided to eat lunch (the rest of my Chipotle) and read on the lawn outside. That was really nice - it was a beautiful (if hot) day. And Geoff and I are ofiicially dating, so I had two calls raher close togeter from my mom and cousin and aunt :]
Seth and I had talked about seeing The Avengers again, so that night we went. And I enjoyed it just as much, if not more :D
When we got back, Liz and Mariah came over before they both leave (Liz is the one going to Africa and Mariah's going to Oregon). It was nice to see them again :]
Monday I beat Kingdom Hearts II :D and now I don't know what to play to kill time. That was around 10.30 so the rest of the day I listened to my Jimmy Buffett playlist and read and played sudoku and crosswords. I only made it to song 132 of 322 - you'd think my family was made up of parrotheads or something... :]
Tuesday I worked at 12 and when my trainer saw that I'd already worked a shift on my own and left me to it, knowing that I could ask her if I had any questions. No one knows what the hell is going on with my training, least of all me. After my shift, Elizabeth (another new hire who I've been training with) and I took our quizzes - we're official! :D
After Casey's (another employee) evening shift, a few of us gathered hang at Katie's apartment to hang. And when they discovered that I hadn't played Portal, I got to play :] It's a fun game.
Wednesday I had work and this time I could actually eat - there was a veggie lasagna :D
I was done at 2.30 and decided afterwards that a trip to the mall was in order. And it was a successful trip - I got a fun new dress, the first Iron Man movie and a Cinnabon :]
I have a plan to get Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers (once that one is out) and marathon them on a day when I need distraction. I'm now 1/4 of the way there :]
That evening, I watched A Very Potter Musical :D It's a spoof of Harry Potter, and I thouroughly enjoy it.
Thursday I watched Eddie Izzard in the morning - he's a British comedian and I have a rather British sense of humor :]
I started to pack a bit for the weekend, and Seth and I watched V for Vendetta that afternoon. Before and after the house dinner I worked on some of my Harry Potter fanfiction. However, at the house dinner Glen said I was more of a man than the guys, and the best part was that wasn't the first time I've been told I was more masculine than a guy friend :D
Friday I finished packing and watched Beauty and the Beast before my family arrived to pick me up to go to Virginia for the weekend. My cousin Kenny was graduating high school and most of the whole family was going to their house to attend.
It's a 9 hour drive from West Lafayette to Blacksburg, and so it was 2 in the morning when we got there.
Saturday morning I got to hang with family - I love my family :D - and then we went to Roanoke to watch Kenny's race. I've wanted to see him run for four years now, so I was really happy when I learned that we'd be going to his regional meet. He ran the 800, and he had to be in the top 6 to qualify for state. He was in the first heat and we had all spread out along the track to cheer for him, and during the second we were all counting times to see whether he'd be in the top 6.
And he was! He qualified for state! And he ran the time that he needed to in order to get a spot on the 4x800 team! It was super exciting - especially that we were all there to see it. Since we can't return next weekend to see the state meet, we've informed my uncle and aunt that we want a video recoring of the races next week :]
That evening, we all went to his graduation and decided to be 'that family' that made a ton of noise when he walked across the stage. And we did :D
The family was hanging around and talking, and when others went to sleep it was Melissa, my mom and Aunt Kathleen that stayed up even later to talk.
On Sunday we got up and walked the three dogs that were in the house and got some breakfast. The younger cousins went to the pool, and I was chilling on the deck with Melissa and my dad and Uncle Mark. It was bloody hot, so we were following the shade as the sun moved around. Then Uncle Jon went and got another umbrella so we had more shade, and then he found two more so we had an umbrella fort going on :D That was fun. It was a lazy afternoon, and more than a few of us took a nap :]
We were invited to a graduation party at friend's house, so we went there to spend the evening. That was fun, and they did a nifty thing where we wrote messages to the graduation seniors on a floating lantern and those seniors launched them. Melissa and I agree that we want to have those at our weddings :]
Yesterday (was it really only yesterday?) we got up and got ready to go quickly - it was an 11 hour drive for my family and 12 for the Bogdas. It was a good drive to West Lafayette - there wasn't really any traffic or delay. When back in WLaf, we went to get some Chipotle and then my parents and brother finished their drive home.
I ad planned on enjoy the a/c while listening to Pride and Prejudice and playing solitaire or sudoku, and I was looking forwad to it, but too bad it's a common room. There was a basketball game (that I dind't really watch) Christian was watching and then Family Guy and muted Kung Fu Panda while talking with Seth. That was nice too, getting to talk with them.
Today I don't know what I'm going to do - I was planning on volunteering to get money taken off my rent (the perks of living in a church-owned house :] ) but I don't think the building is open so I'll try again tomorrow.
Peace.
-Carly B
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