Californiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
SO MANY CHILDREN.
Good god, I was greatly outnumbered at my neighbor's party today. Jenna, who is now a year old, had a party today. She has two older sisters (4 and 6? I think). And then there were the usual neighbor kids: Jon, Sammy, Connor, Little Kelly (Haha, because of this child I am nicknamed Big Kelly around her), Brett, Ethan, and Ryan. These ten children I know really well and have babysat at least twice. But it didn't stop there. Nope. There were ten other children, the oldest which was 10. The rest of the guests were parents. Katie and I walked in and practically died. I could barely keep up with names (I can only remember about 8 of the new kids). I spent about five hours trying to stop them from throwing ice, yelling at the ten-year-old bully starting the ice throwing fights, calming Jon and Connor down after an eye-poking incident, making time to jump on the trampoline after being demanded to do so (when I jump they go flying which is highly amusing to them), finding some lost girl that had locked herself in a room, making sure the older boys didn't teach Brett anymore fighting techniques (he's 3), hanging up the pin the bee on the flower poster, and handing out cake plates. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly.
I saw the Devil Wears Prada yesterday with Sarah and Katie. I had high expectations going in, and thought it was only ok. I didn't really know if I was rooting for her to overcome her job or leave it, which was confusing...and I don't really care about fashion labels (Yay Old Navy!). I really wish I could see Pirates of the Caribbean next week at midnight, but unfortunately I will be only hours away from leaving for California (heck yes!). After my four days at my FTE camp, I will be going to Magic Mountain, some water park, touring Hollywood, and checking out the San Diego Zoo. I'm so excited. L.A. here I come!
I forgot to mention awhile ago that my roommate finally called me. She had been at Orientation when I tried contacting her, so that is why I could never reach her. We talked for about a half hour about what we were interested in and what we planned on doing for college. She asked me if I drank, and I politely said no, hoping that wouldn't ruin things. She immediately said she was relieved because she didn't drink either. Yay! And I found out she's not interested in joining a sorority, and we have two of the same classes. Another class she is taking the honors version of, but I'm sure the coursework will be similar. I'm so glad about all of this. We have some time together and some time apart, we have similar goals and values, and she seems really nice the couple of times I've heard from her. So for now I'm not worried about any roommate issues =)
Tomorrow I have to do a dinner thing with my family and a friend from my dad's work, on Monday I have to do a dinner thing with Katie's boyfriend and family, on Tuesday I get to watch the cheesy community parade, on Wednesday I'm getting my hair cut, and on Thursday I get to pack for California. Not the most glamourous week, but hey? Going on an 8 day trip to California makes it all worthwhile.
Good god, I was greatly outnumbered at my neighbor's party today. Jenna, who is now a year old, had a party today. She has two older sisters (4 and 6? I think). And then there were the usual neighbor kids: Jon, Sammy, Connor, Little Kelly (Haha, because of this child I am nicknamed Big Kelly around her), Brett, Ethan, and Ryan. These ten children I know really well and have babysat at least twice. But it didn't stop there. Nope. There were ten other children, the oldest which was 10. The rest of the guests were parents. Katie and I walked in and practically died. I could barely keep up with names (I can only remember about 8 of the new kids). I spent about five hours trying to stop them from throwing ice, yelling at the ten-year-old bully starting the ice throwing fights, calming Jon and Connor down after an eye-poking incident, making time to jump on the trampoline after being demanded to do so (when I jump they go flying which is highly amusing to them), finding some lost girl that had locked herself in a room, making sure the older boys didn't teach Brett anymore fighting techniques (he's 3), hanging up the pin the bee on the flower poster, and handing out cake plates. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly.
I saw the Devil Wears Prada yesterday with Sarah and Katie. I had high expectations going in, and thought it was only ok. I didn't really know if I was rooting for her to overcome her job or leave it, which was confusing...and I don't really care about fashion labels (Yay Old Navy!). I really wish I could see Pirates of the Caribbean next week at midnight, but unfortunately I will be only hours away from leaving for California (heck yes!). After my four days at my FTE camp, I will be going to Magic Mountain, some water park, touring Hollywood, and checking out the San Diego Zoo. I'm so excited. L.A. here I come!
I forgot to mention awhile ago that my roommate finally called me. She had been at Orientation when I tried contacting her, so that is why I could never reach her. We talked for about a half hour about what we were interested in and what we planned on doing for college. She asked me if I drank, and I politely said no, hoping that wouldn't ruin things. She immediately said she was relieved because she didn't drink either. Yay! And I found out she's not interested in joining a sorority, and we have two of the same classes. Another class she is taking the honors version of, but I'm sure the coursework will be similar. I'm so glad about all of this. We have some time together and some time apart, we have similar goals and values, and she seems really nice the couple of times I've heard from her. So for now I'm not worried about any roommate issues =)
Tomorrow I have to do a dinner thing with my family and a friend from my dad's work, on Monday I have to do a dinner thing with Katie's boyfriend and family, on Tuesday I get to watch the cheesy community parade, on Wednesday I'm getting my hair cut, and on Thursday I get to pack for California. Not the most glamourous week, but hey? Going on an 8 day trip to California makes it all worthwhile.