11 days until australia...
i feel like i have a lot to write about, like those moments where you're like "man i wanna write about that in my LJ", but i haven't and so now i don't remember all those things i wanted to write about.
ok well lets see... today we caught a groundhog. we've been setting traps in the garden cuz rabbits and groundhogs and such have been eating all of our crops. so we have like 20 traps of various sizes set throughout the garden and so far we had only been able to catch mice (which we then let free on the other side of the park our garden is in). so today all of us were going to be gone all day so we brought in all the traps and just set them outside of the shed, without bait or anthing. well deb adn i happened to stop by about midday and in one of the traps there was a groundhog! we named him scaredy mcgee cuz he was really scared (i know it's a terrible name). and we fed him some carrots and put him in the shade and then went to do reserach on what to do with him. apparently groundhogs are really bad at adapting to new environments and die easily, and you have to take them miles away from your garden bc they can find their way back. so finally we found out we had to let him go soon or else he'd die from heat and probably being scared, so we were driving around with him in the back of our truck and finally just let him go at the quarry... nto the best place for a groundhog but meh it had to happen soon, we were running out of time and it had to be somewhere w/no one around bc i don't think you're suppose to just relocate them like that... so yeah...
umm saturday we had a party. dz, benny, mary, matt and mark were all here for it. and christian finally got on campus! it was the last weekend w/all the garden girls cuz steph and saskia left for vacation yesterday. the party was so much fun. it was mostly the frisbee kids and the garden girls, but crowds of other people came in and out. and we all went to the park nearby and went swinging. it was wonderful. it reminded me a lot of my 18th bday... it was perfect.
i've been playing summer league frisbee in harrisburg. my captain is this oldish guy named freak, however the mean age of our team is about 19. apparently freak always chooses younger kids to play on his team and does well with it. adn we are doing really well. we lost thursday, but we were missing 3 of our 4 best players... but my team's awesome. we're a lot of fun and i'm sad i'm leaving them. but after our game next thursday we're gonna go out to eat as a sending off thing for me. so yay.
michelle's post made me think about reading. i haven't read nearly as much as i wanted to this summer. i just don't have time, or i'm too tired to do that. i've been trying to read little women since the end of the school year and i'm having some trouble really getting into it. maybe i'll just bring it on the plane w/me.
so... i leave in like a week and a half. i don't really feel anything yet. well i'm erally nervous. i'm worried it'll be like freshmen year of college (first semester that is). i couldn't deal with something like that again. at least there's frisbee there. i really want to learn to surf too. i'm really excited to see really clear water. i don't think i ever have in my life. actually, i'm really excited just to be near water again. i miss it. i think i'll really realize i'm leaving once i'm at home (which is thursday night btw.. altho probably late...) but yeah thursday night-monday night i will be packing like a mad person and saying hi and bye to everyone. speaking of monday night, i heard there's a rbf concert that night in dc... anyone going? i would enjoy a concert... altho i have to get up early the next morning, it would be a really awesome send off. let me know! or better yet... anyone going to the sonar one? that would be better for me!
umm... i think that's all i have for now... i think there was more i wanted to say but i don't remember. however, i am at work at the info desk tonight, aka, i sit here for 5 1/2 hours and get paid for it... so i may be posting again. fun stuff!
ok well lets see... today we caught a groundhog. we've been setting traps in the garden cuz rabbits and groundhogs and such have been eating all of our crops. so we have like 20 traps of various sizes set throughout the garden and so far we had only been able to catch mice (which we then let free on the other side of the park our garden is in). so today all of us were going to be gone all day so we brought in all the traps and just set them outside of the shed, without bait or anthing. well deb adn i happened to stop by about midday and in one of the traps there was a groundhog! we named him scaredy mcgee cuz he was really scared (i know it's a terrible name). and we fed him some carrots and put him in the shade and then went to do reserach on what to do with him. apparently groundhogs are really bad at adapting to new environments and die easily, and you have to take them miles away from your garden bc they can find their way back. so finally we found out we had to let him go soon or else he'd die from heat and probably being scared, so we were driving around with him in the back of our truck and finally just let him go at the quarry... nto the best place for a groundhog but meh it had to happen soon, we were running out of time and it had to be somewhere w/no one around bc i don't think you're suppose to just relocate them like that... so yeah...
umm saturday we had a party. dz, benny, mary, matt and mark were all here for it. and christian finally got on campus! it was the last weekend w/all the garden girls cuz steph and saskia left for vacation yesterday. the party was so much fun. it was mostly the frisbee kids and the garden girls, but crowds of other people came in and out. and we all went to the park nearby and went swinging. it was wonderful. it reminded me a lot of my 18th bday... it was perfect.
i've been playing summer league frisbee in harrisburg. my captain is this oldish guy named freak, however the mean age of our team is about 19. apparently freak always chooses younger kids to play on his team and does well with it. adn we are doing really well. we lost thursday, but we were missing 3 of our 4 best players... but my team's awesome. we're a lot of fun and i'm sad i'm leaving them. but after our game next thursday we're gonna go out to eat as a sending off thing for me. so yay.
michelle's post made me think about reading. i haven't read nearly as much as i wanted to this summer. i just don't have time, or i'm too tired to do that. i've been trying to read little women since the end of the school year and i'm having some trouble really getting into it. maybe i'll just bring it on the plane w/me.
so... i leave in like a week and a half. i don't really feel anything yet. well i'm erally nervous. i'm worried it'll be like freshmen year of college (first semester that is). i couldn't deal with something like that again. at least there's frisbee there. i really want to learn to surf too. i'm really excited to see really clear water. i don't think i ever have in my life. actually, i'm really excited just to be near water again. i miss it. i think i'll really realize i'm leaving once i'm at home (which is thursday night btw.. altho probably late...) but yeah thursday night-monday night i will be packing like a mad person and saying hi and bye to everyone. speaking of monday night, i heard there's a rbf concert that night in dc... anyone going? i would enjoy a concert... altho i have to get up early the next morning, it would be a really awesome send off. let me know! or better yet... anyone going to the sonar one? that would be better for me!
umm... i think that's all i have for now... i think there was more i wanted to say but i don't remember. however, i am at work at the info desk tonight, aka, i sit here for 5 1/2 hours and get paid for it... so i may be posting again. fun stuff!