Summer
Hey guys. Wow, it's been awhile since I wrote a real entry.
Today was... indescribable. First, this afternoon was Hannah's suprise birthday party. I picked up Curry, but we got there 30 minutes late, so we definately got some jokes about "where we had been." We rented Team America and me, Curry, and Mom watched it. It is one sick, rude, disgusting, Godawful movie, but dagumm, it was funny! Even if you watch it alone, I guarentee you will blush! It is very BLUNT! Then we swam some, and we pretty much just hung out all afternoon. I love being around Curry. I don't get embarrassed about anything when I am with him, and he just makes it ok to be me. He is definately the greatest guy I have ever met. We decided that when we are both out of college, we will become Will and Grace, minus the homosexual part. He is the best person I know, and we just click.
Anyways, when we were getting ready to leave, I went to my room to change out of my swimsuit. I heard my mom talking, and she asked "Dani, are you ambitious? Are you intellectually curious? Do you want to tackle issues head-on?" I was like "Mom, what are you talking about!" And she said, VERY CALMLY, "Oh, I was just reading the cover of this magazine from Duke University, with the attached application, that Duke Admissions sent you." My heart flew out of my chest, and I flung the bedroom door open, still topless, forgetting Curry was down the hall. Haha, when I realized it, I jumped behind the door before he saw anything, and I was just like "MOM ARE YOU SERIOUS!!???!!!" I finally got dressed, and sure enough, Duke has sent me an application. So0o0o0o, plans for Elon have been a bit rattled. Duke will cost $44,000 for freshman year, BUT, 100% of need-based financial aid is provided. So we really might be able to do this. I really might get to attend Duke University. I just can't believe it. I am praying so hard. I really liked Elon because it is right at home, and I just don't want to leave. I love where I am, my community, I just love it all, but I think I can manage Duke. Its been a dream of mine for... EVER.... and I would be so grateful. I can finally be a CAMERON CRAZY too! Everyone pray that I get accepted and get some serious financial aid too!
Well, summer is going pretty good. My job isn't too bad. I'm working at a place called Wilson and Ligna Machinary. They make sawmill parts, but I don't. I answer the phones, and do a lot of computer data stuff, and a lot of other odd jobs. The money is good, 8 dollars an hour... I won't complain. Haha. It is just a bit boring though, because I have my own office, where I sit, for four hours, on my own, without other people, all alone. I have discovered that I am definately a people-person, and I need human interaction, haha.
I went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, that is the mountains, for my aunt's wedding. It was so fun. We stayed in a huge cabin (19 people, 3 families). We just had so much fun hanging out with eachother. And, I found out that I hate being dared to do something, because I will do it just to prove a point. For instance, the cabin was literally carved into a hill. And there was like this cave down below the hill. One day my mom, my uncle, me, and my new uncle's nephew (is that my cousin or what?), David, went down there. When we were coming back up, there was like this little path that was pretty much a vertical climb. It was shorter if you took it, but it looked extremely hard. David was like "I would bow down to anyone who could climb that... I tried and I couldn't do it. No one can." Yeah, OK, he didn't exactly say "Dani you can't do this" but that's the way I heard it. So me and my uncle, who is the same way as I am with dares, tried climbing it. And we did. So did my mom. David couldn't do it though! What a feeling, rubbing it into his face. And I made him bow down and say "Yes, you won." It was great. I love my new family, especially Lily. That is Jim's (my uncle) mother. She is an amazing woman. She has a great sense of style too. Her sunglasses were adorable. They were like huge plastic sunglasses in black and white, and she had matching earrings! Altogether, 19 people went: Janice and Jim (the newlyweds), Myself, Mom, Amber, Grandmommy, Granddad, Eric, Linda, Larry, Nicole, Caitlin, Karen, Paul, Kevin, David, Michael, Lily, and Lily's husband ( I never found out what his name was, even after 5 days). Amazingly, we all got along quite well. It was suprising, not to mention that Kevin is 11 and autistic. I thought it might be a bit of trouble for him to adjust to living with so many strangers for a week, but he handled it wonderfully. He was so funny too. And he "tells it like it is." Once he said, "What is your name again?" And when I said Dani, he said "Isn't that a name for a boy." It was so funny, and I was just like "Yes it is Kevin, but I didn't choose it!" When he first came to the cabin, he couldn't get the TV to work, or his Gamecube, and for the first hour he had nothing to do, so finally he just said "MAN, this cabin really sucks!" He was great. And, David (the middle child) and Michael (18 and very intellectual) were atheist. I haven't ever really hung out with an atheist before, and it was so different. David was very immature about it, and called me a ridiculous idiot for beliving in something as stupid as God (his words, not mine!). But Michael, me, Mom, and Linda had some wonderful conversations. Linda and I are both Methodist, 100% Christian, full believers. My mom has her doubts, so she doesn't exactly call herself Christian, she is somewhere in the middle. And Michael is atheist, as I already said. So there were many different points of view, and it was so thought-triggering, talking to him. He wasn't rude about me being a Christian, and he was very open-minded. He just needs a little bit of tangible proof that God is real. I don't know if he will ever find God, but I hope so, because he is a pretty cool guy and I hope we can be friends in heaven! Haha. All in all, it was a wonderful trip.
Yesterday, Me, Mom, Amber, Jim, and Janice went to Emerald Pointe. It was pretty fun. I like it there, I love water parks! And the other day, Jenn had her birthday. That was pretty fun. I didn't know ANYONE there, but her face was just so cute, she was so happy, so it was worth it.
Other than all that, summer has been pretty boring. I miss all yall, and senior year is going to be so wonderful, I just know it! I can't wait! Now, I can wait for college, definately, but this is OUR TIME, and we are gonna be the best seniors yet! I love you guys!
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