"This could be the start...

...of something new."

-High School Musical Cast

So, as much as I HATE quoting High School Musical, I really could not think of anything else that was clever or that had to do with new beginnings. Haha. Buuuut...Saturday night, we drove halfway to my college, then Sunday morning we finished driving down. I'm in the women's choir at my school, so I have to be here a week early for choir camp and whatnot. So we performed a song for the parents and all that jazz. But mine are coming again this weekend for orientation. It's been fun, sort of. I've never sung so much in one day in my entire life. It's kind of crazy. And I'm so busy, I don't even have time to go back to my dorm after the meals. Ahhhh...and I'm thinking this whole "friends" thing is going to take time. I feel this is always the case with me, though. :/

I'm really missing my people more than I thought I would! I mean, I've been away from home waaaay longer than this before, but I think it's just the knowledge that I won't see them for a long time that makes me a little sad. :(

It's weird...I want to talk on the phone to people I never would have thought I would want to talk on the phone with before (because I hate phone conversations and I feel I'm an awkward phone-talker). I don't know...and I'm really missing my guy friends, too. Because they're GREAT. I love them! And I feel like, as for now, all these guys are pretty much superficial just trying to get to know girls for fun. I JUST WANT GOOD FRIENDS. GIRLS AND BOYS. Is that too much to ask?

But I'm thinking that once my classes start up, I'll get to know all the actual cool people. :P Especially since I'll be wearing a Chewie t-shirt...pretty excited about that. Hehe.

Anyway, I'm really tired. Tonight, was a very uncharacteristic night for me. I decided to come back to my dorm at like...nine o'clock because I was just tired of being with people who aren't my best friends. Ha. I just wanted to watch a movie, and so I watched "Mulan" with my awesome roommate (yes, we sang along!) and I'm so tired. Breakfast starts at eight tomorrow. Woop. :|

I really want a good night's sleep and just to feel like I fit riiiight in. But I know that's not just going to happen overnight...although it seems like it has for most people. Haha.

Mom, if you're reading this, don't freak out. :) I'm fine, and ready for bed and tomorrow is a new day. I don't know the end of my story.

Alrighty, I'm out.

peace.

"It's been six months, eight days,...

...twelve hours since you went away."

-3 of Hearts

I had to bid adieu to three of some of my best friends yesterday. So another friend and I decided to have a sleepover and wake up in the morning and do things. Bad. Idea. We did not go to sleep until 3:20, then we woke up at 5:20 because we wanted to make cinnamon rolls for one of our friends leaving at sic o'clock. So we made the cinnamon rolls, quickly ran by a local coffee shop and purchased a hot chocolate and surprised our friend in the morning with aforementioned items. Needless to say, it was a sweet goodbye. ;)

We got back to my friend's house probably around 6:20 and had talked about wanting to make brownies for another friend that lives nearby because we haven't hung out with them ALL SUMMER. And that makes us sad. Haha. So we popped in the brownies around 7:00am after mixing them and whatnot. And then we decided we wanted to watch Moulin Rouge. So my friend finally found it and we started watching it on the computer on a couch. I fell asleep faster than I thought I ever could. Woke up when the brownies were done and various times between...then finally GOT up at 9:30am. For a grand total of about 3.6 hours of actual sleep. We were supposed to go to another friend's house and eat breakfast because they also left yesterday, so we started getting ready for that. My friend went and picked peaches from the backyard and flowers and all that jazz to take. I cut the brownies and put them on a plate, then started peeling peaches. WHICH, by the way...I had my first peach in LIFE from their backyard the other day. It was deeeeelectable. Okay, so I'm peeling the peaches, etc. So everything is pretty much taken care of circa 10:20am. We drove over to the brownie-house and left a note saying how much we miss said friend. Then found out that the little bouquets--

WOOOOOOW. A friend of mine just dropped by to borrow my iPod and so I was going over to the door to give it to them. My dog was laying in the walkway, so I attempted to step over him. Apparently, he's a lot taller than I thought, so m foot clipped his ear/head, he let out a little yelp, and I FLEW across the room and landed on my knee. Quite funny...he was smarter enough to move now. Hahaha. And now my knee is red. But anyway...

--that we had put together were still at the house, so we just HAD to drive back and pick them up. ;) So then we went to our other friend's house to eat breakfast as she texted me and made sure we were still coming because the pancakes were cold. Haha. We got there circa 10:45ish. Then ate pancakes, had our last little shindig with her, watched (500) Days of Summer because she had never seen it and left circa 2:30pm. Still running on approximately 3.6 hours of sleep, and I was scheduled to sing at youth group, so I had to be there at 5:15pm. But my little sister, Grace, had a soccer practice at 5 across town, so I decided that I wanted to drive everyone there. NEVER. AGAIN. I HATED IT. Too many people trying to tell me how to drive and you could just feel the tension in the car. Noooooo thank you. Then, I went to church, which was the last time I would see one of my best friends who is going to college pretty much across the country. :( But youth group was literally OFF the HOOK and went on until about 9:30pm. And then had plans to hang out with some people I hadn't seen in a long time, so we met up at a local frozen yogurt place. It was a good time. I got home just past 11 o'clock (an extremely early night, considering). I realized that I hadn't really eaten dinner, so I ate some pasta and watched some television. Finally went to bed around 12:45am. Haha. Woke up at 10:30 this morning and am scheduled to babysit at 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Apparently, I can have a full day with sleep equivalent to that of a nap. Hahahaha. :P

God is amazing. ;)

peace.

"Chillin' in the summertime...

...not a cloud in the sky."

-Jonas Brothers

Hahaha. So...as dumb and juvenile as that sounds, I REALLY love this song from their television soundtrack "Jonas L.A."! I just think it is so much fun and such a feel-good song. :D

My summer keeps improving as the end draws nigh. Go figure. Ha! And three of some of my best friends are off to college tomorrow! :(

One is going out-of-state, to a very far away land...one is going to a nearby major city's state college, and the other is going somewhere I've only ever been for soccer tournaments. And I didn't like it there very much. Haha.

Then my sister is leaving to go to school on Monday...then I'M leaving on the following Saturday night! AHH!

My sister and I both have birthdays in the month of August and we're both departing in the month of August as well, so we decided to combine four parties into one. Birthday/going away parties for both of us in the same day. BOY, was it a party! It started at one in the afternoon, and I didn't get in bed until circa 4:30 am. Hahahaha. But, that's a typical summer night for me. Staying up extreeeeemely late. I don't know how it's phys

ically possible for me to do that, but somehow I manage.

Two of my friends gave me one of the most creative things I've ever received. But before I tell you what that is, I must explain to you that...I LOVE STAR WARS. Get it? Got it? GOOD. Yes, I love Star Wars very much. Greatness. Anyway, they walk in with a cardboard box and tell me to open it...and what's inside?

THESE BABIES:

Anyway, I loved them SO MUCH that I didn't allow anyone to eat them. I didn't know what I wanted to do with them other than petrify them and save them forever. So, it was really dumb of me to not let anyone eat them because now I have quite a few cupcakes left that I have to eat. Normally, this would not be an issue, but we have no milk in the house. Therefore, this causes issues. Haha.

Well...I don't really know what else to say...so have a lovely day! :)

peace.

"I think I'm...

...I'm givin' up."

-Relient K

So, I fiiiiinally got my permit yesterday morning! I was the first one to pass all day. Haha. And so I've been trying to make my behind-the-wheel appointment for my birthday so that I can leave my house with a license and whatnot. Online, I tried to schedule an appointment in my town, and in all the surrounding towns with DMVs and they all said, "Sorry, no appointment is available at this office." So I decided to call the eight-hundred number. After about five minutes of talking to an automated voice, I got put on hold (for the first time in my life) until I could talk to a real human. I was on hold for fifteen minutes. Then, finally, someone answered and I talked them through what I was trying to do. Then they decided to share their political ideas and personal opinions as to why I couldn't make an appointment. "I'm sorry, there are no appointments available in ________. I've checked, _____, _____, _____, etc. but there are no more. It's all because of the furlough Fridays."

Me: *pity chuckle* "Okay, I just thought I'd try to schedule one through people, because I wasn't sure if it was just a problem with the computer or something."

Person: "Oh, no...it's not your fault, or the computer's fault, or my fault, it's the GOVERNOR'S fault. He doesn't have any idea what he's doing."

Me: "Heh-heh...uh..."

Person: "No, I'm serious!! His brain must be messed up from all the steroids, or something..."

Me: "Ha..." (clearly, I was NOT egging him on, here.)

Person: "He doesn't know what he's doing. The problem is, that he keeps making all the furlough Fridays and we don't even have a job here, I have to have two jobs and I can't even say I work here." *giggles in the background from a fellow co-worker*

Me: ".............."

Person: "Yeah, so it's just because of all the furlough Fridays and we have to close the offices. [at this point I'm thinking, really? Do you think it's because of the Furlough Fridays? I thought you were just incompetent.]"

Me: "Oh, okay...even though I want to make an appointment on a Thursday? That doesn't make it better?"

Person: "No, because with the Furlough Fridays we have to close down and so we're not having enough appointments available."

Me: "...well...alllllright. Thanks..."

Person: "Alright, sorry hon, but you could try to call back another time."

Me: "Alright, thanks."

Person: "Buh-bye."

*hang up the phone*

Pardon me, but I was not asking what you cared or thought about the fact that I can't make an appointment. I just want a freaking appointment! I just feel that that was not the right place nor the right time to go about spewing about political emotions and going on and on about what you think should be changed. Save it fo' yo MAMA. Anyhow, it was not a good experience overall. Hahahaha. But I find it semi-entertaining in retrospect. :P

peace.