update
Ok so I’ve been out of touch for a while... like 5ish months...
SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!
Let me catch you up on what has happened in those last months...
I had to leave Michael behind (as rough as that was) and I flew to Australia where I spent time with my mom and dad, climbed a mountain, went on a skywalk way up in the trees, played with kangaroos and koalas, shopped, went for long walks over the story bridge, and did a lot of coffee-drinking and bistro perusing... I read a lot and just enjoyed the weather - it was sooo beautiful! (Pictures are on facebook) http://cornerstone.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=502674934761 <-- the video of australia.. (there are others, too)
Then I flew to Hawaii for my cousin Bethany's wedding... we stayed at her fiancé’s family's beach house that was on a private cove... way away from everyone else... and we had a blast - I discovered a new love for Newcastle ale.... we swam in the ocean every day, drove to different beaches and went snorkeling, met a ton of new friends * <3 you Michelle and Patrick!!*, shopped a lot, cooked a lot, slept a lot, did wedding stuff (got all gussied up and such), watched sunrises and sunsets, went sea turtle hunting, gave the frogs some beer, and bombed the set of the new Indiana Jones movie that they were shooting on the house property... yea, that’s right I SAW HARRISON FORD!!! And Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, and met Kate Blanchet's kids... crazy, eh? (Photos are also on facebook)
After the 2 weeks in Australia and 2 weeks in Hawaii, I was READY to come home - I missed Michael so much and I hadn't really been able to talk to him much because I didn't get signal at the beach house... so I begged my mom to change my ticket and I flew home two days earlier where I was met by Michael, Emily, and her Australian Luke. It was seriously one of the most emotional moments - it was like a movie... anyway, enough of the gayness...
I got home and spent some quality time with the family; Kevin bought VW Golf, moved down to Columbus and started touring hardcore with Everyday Sunday... Tim and I moved into an apartment because Mom moved to Australia to be with dad... During this time I continued to date Michael and have since fallen head over heels for him - he is everything to me!! I wish you all could meet him - I know some of you have... but he is seriously amazing. He is strong and confident, tall and handsome, opinionated and caring, compassionate and very loving, a great cuddler, an inspiration, my motivation, and my lover. I can't imagine my life without him - those of you who know me can attest to this lol (Emily and Selina)... Everything that I ever thought love was has been shattered and rearranged...
Let’s see... what else... I got a job at Hobo's, a fancy restaurant here in Muskegon... and then I got hired as a substitute teacher at area schools... and I am working on my last practicum through Cornerstone at Reeths Puffer one day a week... and then I got into a car accident... a pretty bad one - don't worry, I wasn't badly hurt... I hurt my back and my right leg pretty badly but it's all healed now... I did, however, manage to total the LHS, my baby, and she is no more. So Michael and I went on a car search and found a 99 Grand Prix GT with every amenity you can imagine!! It’s SWEET and I got it all for $3,500!!! Yea, that’s right, I scored!!! so after that I ended up quitting my job at Hobo's because my boss was a bitch and was out to get me... scheduled me days when she knew that I wouldn't make any money and that I had already had a full week of subbing *(which is a guaranteed $80/day)... so she basically forced me to quit... sucks to be her, I guess... so now I just sub and do my internship and I have my nights and weekends off so that I can do my homework and my unit lessons and still have time to spend with Michael.
Last night we drove around town and went to Whitehall for a color tour because the leaves are beautiful - and we ended up at Lake Michigan and watched the sunset... I love the fall!! And I love my Michael!
That’s really about it for an update... I hope that suffices. If I think of anything else, I’ll add it but I think I covered the majority of it!
Leave me a comment if you read this! - I want to know who is still active on xanga and who has let it slip away (like I did)...
<3
OH - P.S.!!! i found my old livejournal last night and i looked back through the entries and i found this one (from when i went skydiving in 2004):
wow i just had the most freaking amazing day of my life!!!!!!!
highlights are as follows:
somewhere around 1 am i was being hit on by a 40 yr old mexican guy at a gay and lesbian club... long story...
woke up and drove to fremont at 7 AM and had my training class...
sat around with mike lamb (my newest most favoritest person in all the world) in a tree for hours talking
around noon mike, karen, molly and i went to town (which consists of basically a walmart and a super walmart)
around 2 mike and i went up in the air 11,000 ft and jumped out of the plane, through a cloud, did flips and swirls, supermans and twists and fell 8000 ft in 30seconds... woooooow! it was cold and amazing!!
came home, took a shower, drove out to grand haven and got lost... mike came to my rescue though and found me!
we walked the peir with molly karen mike and a bunch of people for an hour then mike and i decided to take on the ferocious 64 oz flurry... oh yea baby!! 64 oz of perfectly blended chocolate icecream, m&ms and oreos!! and the great thing is... we ate it all! well, after we had a huge fight and got it all over our shirts and faces!! much fun!! i heart him!!
anyways - the day is over.. but i will never forget it EVER!!
~bethany joy~
see, guys?? i knew i <3'd him from the moment i met him - i just had no idea that four years later it would end up like this - i am the luckiest girl alive!!