i cant tell if you're laughing, between each smile there's a tear in your eye.
so i am now home from my weekend "outing." i don't necessarily want to call if a vacation because that would imply that i actually liked it. hah. i went up to brooklyn, michigan. (hah, i am now telling everyone i was in brooklyn and they're like what??!) my dad drags us up there every year for the indy car races and it's not that i completely hate it, but it's just not excatly my idea of a "fun" time. it was so hot out and it was hard for me to follow because i usually don't watch racing, atleast not indy car, so i was bored out of my mind half the time. but after the race, went back to the area where our hotel was in and went out to eat and played mini golf, raced go-carts, and spent a few hours in the arcade of one of their local family fun centers. it was pretty good, i kicked everyone's butts in air hockey, so i was pretty proud to claim that title. we went with some family friends and they have a 7-year-old son named evan who is the most knowledgable sports enthusiast i have ever met. he seriously knows everything there is to know about every sport and he's so smart. having a conversation with him is even more fulfilling than with a thirteen year old. he definetly needs to go on jeopardy or something, i'm telling you. lol. overall, it was an okay trip, i knew it was important to my mom because she says we don't spend enough time together as a family, so i did my best to get through it. haha.
anyways, we got back at about 5 today and i was more than happy to be out of the car after having to sit in it for 6 1/2 hours straight. i hate riding in the car for so long, i'd literally rather watch paint dry. well, maybe i won't go that far, but even when we watch movies it's boring since i've seen them all a million times. yet, my mom still insists that we watch them every trip. oh well. after i got home i thought i was going to get to relax, but then kelly called me and said that we had a teachers meeting for religion school at 6, so i had to change really quick and head over to the church. i'm not a religious person by any means, but my friend kelly really wanted to do this and needed an aide, so i agreed to do it. i like working with kids and we're teaching 4th grade, so it should be fun. however, i feel pretty bad because i don't even know half of the stuff that we're supposed to be teaching. you'd think after 8 years of religion class that i'd know a thiong or two, but i really don't. however, the principal of the school said it was okay and not too worry about it because i could learn along with them, so it sounds pretty promising. we're teaching 4th grade, so they're not learning things that are too foreign to me. anyways, it should definetly be an interesting experience. well, i better get going now because i have to wake up early and accompany kerry to her orientation since she can't go by herself. that would just be unheard of. hah. ;) good night everyone.
anyways, we got back at about 5 today and i was more than happy to be out of the car after having to sit in it for 6 1/2 hours straight. i hate riding in the car for so long, i'd literally rather watch paint dry. well, maybe i won't go that far, but even when we watch movies it's boring since i've seen them all a million times. yet, my mom still insists that we watch them every trip. oh well. after i got home i thought i was going to get to relax, but then kelly called me and said that we had a teachers meeting for religion school at 6, so i had to change really quick and head over to the church. i'm not a religious person by any means, but my friend kelly really wanted to do this and needed an aide, so i agreed to do it. i like working with kids and we're teaching 4th grade, so it should be fun. however, i feel pretty bad because i don't even know half of the stuff that we're supposed to be teaching. you'd think after 8 years of religion class that i'd know a thiong or two, but i really don't. however, the principal of the school said it was okay and not too worry about it because i could learn along with them, so it sounds pretty promising. we're teaching 4th grade, so they're not learning things that are too foreign to me. anyways, it should definetly be an interesting experience. well, i better get going now because i have to wake up early and accompany kerry to her orientation since she can't go by herself. that would just be unheard of. hah. ;) good night everyone.