I am thinking about buying a GPS for the road trip tomorrow across the country. But, I kind of want to do it with just maps. We’ll see what happens and if a stop at a store somewhere is necessary during the drive.
Archive | May, 2009
2009.
29 MayToday I graduated. It was pretty amazing. Happy and sad at the same time. It was a long four years, but I made it. Pics to come but right now i’m packing for my big move.
Congratulations class of 2009!
Shhh.
27 MayMy sister and I just recently started to share secrets with one another. It’s something we’ve never done before… It’s just really cute.
Like this one secret we have:
Over this past weekend we were visiting family in Vermont and they have a little tomato plant growing in a pot inside their sun porch with two little baby tomatos hanging from the vine, more orange than red and still had a touch of green.
Goldie was showing me how they were growing and I told her, don’t touch them. Even though at home she can eat as many as she wants from our plant.
So, I walk over to the window, turn around, and see Goldie standing there with one of the tiny tomatos in the palm of her hand asking if she could eat it. I said, you better now that you picked it and hurry up.
She popped that tomato in her mouth so fast and got a scared look on her face as if I was going to tell on her.
Her face is just so innocent and of course I didn’t say anything.
…I told her it’s our secret. Shhh.
100+ Acres
26 MayMy stepdad’s uncle has more than 100 acres in Vermont. We started going up there in 1994 when my mom and Chris met. It is so much fun especially with the four wheelers and go carts.
Chris and I went on the approximately four hour ride on his Harley.
My mom, Ginger, Goldie and Ryder rode in the truck.
The sun was setting but we still made it up to the camp just in time.
That dirt road is so much fun to go up and down on in four wheelers.
Back in the day, there was usually around 10 people in our family there at a time. A few family members had babies in the past few years, including my mom, which made the count rise up closer to 17. Then the big houses started to be built. We used to stay in a tiny tiny cabin. We even had to use an outhouse for 12+ years.
Here is a video to get a better idea of the place:
So, we stayed there through Memorial Day weekend. My mom and Chris bought an airstream and that is where we stay.
We usually go up every fourth of July and have a huge firework display. I think they are more awesome than the ones some towns put off. But this year I obviously won’t be making it.
My mom set up Ginger’s seat on the golf cart. It looks hilarious. But, she likes being in small spaces and feeling safe, so it works.
My uncle then took me on a hike to a couple old cemeteries in the middle of the woods… creeepy stuff.
I ♥ Faces- Blurb Book Contest
19 May
First time entering and I love it already. Thanks for this opportunity.
This is my little brother, Ryder. He is 20 years younger than me . I absolutely love every minute that I get to watch him grow into his own little personality.
P.S. Check out the site! There are so many awesome faces.
I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb book photo contest. If chosen, I grant I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥
Faces web sites.
Jen’s Bridal Shower.
19 MayLast weekend we threw Jen her bridal shower. I was so happy Jen’s mom decided to have it before I moved because it really was a lot of fun. I went up to her mom’s house Friday afternoon, set up and went shopping for it all day with her mom and Saturday got everything ready outside.
It was a cute cowboy theme but very spring like, too, oh, and girlie.
I haven’t been to any showers that had as much alcohol as this one did. It was great.
I was a photog for the day and loved it.
Then we played a few little games. The first was each table had to, out of toilet paper, dress up one of the team members into a bride, and which ever bride is most creative, wins.
Jen opened some present. I wrapped mine the best. She got a lot of awesome gifts.
Made a bow hat.
Had some cake.
Then the bridal party had a picture. Missing a bride’s maid though.
Keri (BM), Sarah (BM), Nicole (BM), Jen (Bride), Me (MOH), Kasey (Jr BM).
It was a great day and the weather held up nicely for an outdoor party.
I am excited that she will be sending out thank you cards. I’ve been to a shower and a wedding where I did not receive a thank you card for either events. RUDE.
It hit me. Hard.
14 MayI slowed down for the parking attendant to check my commuter parking pass and turned in the parking garage at my school. As I pulled in something came over me. It was a weird feeling. Something I’ve never felt before while trying to find a parking spot, or just while at school in general. I found a spot, pulled up my e-break, and just sat there. I realized…
…I was sad. I was so sad because it was my last undergraduate class, forever. After four, what seemed to take forever, years flew by, I found myself almost crying in my car knowing this was the last time I would ever park at this school again.
Throughout these four years, all I did was complain about how the endless semesters were killing me. Especially my second to last semester. I complained every day about school on my facebook status. It was like, people just knew my status was going to be about how I dread school/homework/driving to school/presentations/midterms/finals/etc.
I’ve taken the same route for four years to get to school. Took the same exit, went down the same streets, and knew all the cop’s hiding spots. I would pass a cemetery on the way, and sometimes there would be a burial taking place. When I saw this, I would think how if it was someone I knew, I wouldn’t have to be going to school right now because I would be there. Crazy.
But anyway, I drove this route anywhere from three to five times a week depending on the semester, back and forth, all different times of the day. It was the drive that felt so fast getting to school and took so long to get home.I think I liked to torture myself because I even took classes for a couple years during the summer sessions.
On my way to class, I thought about all the lasts I am doing right now while listening to my iPod. So, I was saying to myself…
This is the last time I will walk down these garage stairs.
This is the last time I will walk through this building.
This is the last time I will sit in this classroom.
This is the last time I will ever walk this way to go to my car.
This is the last time I will pull out of the parking garage…
… and so I drove off and headed home.
I’ve spent my last four years in this school that I thought was the most horrible thing to happen to me and how could I ever put myself through it willingly. Do I still feel that way? No, I think going to school has been the one of the best achievements that I have done for myself and feel very proud.
But, I had absolutely no clue the emotions would hit me so soon, it was an intense feeling. Am I really ready for this…? Am I really ready to graduate on Friday the 29th after this four year routine? Am I really ready to leave my family behind move to the West Coast on Sunday the 31st?
… The answer couldn’t be any clearer, yes, I really am ready.
Video.
11 MayLast night I was taking photos of Goldie and then decided to just start recording but she still thought I was just taking pictures. This video is of her laughing while watching the “movie” as she calls it of her dancing around her room. I think that is the cutest laugh ever. I had to record the video on my computer to make it vertical and not horizontal.
One year anniversary.
9 MayToday marks my one year anniversary since I started this blog in ’08. I honestly don’t believe its been a year. I have so many amazing things happening in my life right now and can’t wait to blog about them all! Thanks to all of you who stuck around for a year.
My family enjoyed the nice weather today and I got a few cute shots of my sister and brother.
The chalk is 3D.
These are play clothes. I swear.
