Everyone is Outdoing Me!

Okay whoa, I am the pits!! When Gina has lapped me twice on the blog, I know I've been gone way too long. Hi girls!!! I have been meaning to blog forever, but I don not have internet (or at least reliable, non-pirated internet) at home, and work is kicking my not so little ass these days. I have had virtually no time to do anything but actual work here, ugh. But today I am staging a silent protest by not accomplishing anything. So here I am.

So the main thing that has been happening in my life was the Walk, which you all got an email about today so I will not rehash it here. But it was so wonderful, and the best part was that I got to hang with crazy Traeder that weekend! So thanks, girls, for all of your support. It was all so very much appreciated.

I am in a love/hate relationship as always with this city, but I am starting to realize what an opportunity this is, or at least how I have always wanted to do this, and am trying to make the most of it. Tara, I hear you, it is so hard to make good friends here, people to not just hang out with, but who really get you. But it will happen. I have met a couple of people here who I can't imagine not knowing now. And I just LOVE how you are so close to me now, and how I saw you 2 weeks ago and I will see you in one more!! We can never live faraway from each other again, okay?

My job was annoying me so much last week and this week, I was beginning to wonder how I would do it through next June. But it gets better, and for the most part I really do like it. I like the people at least which is huge, and I am learning a lot, though not as much as our friend Whit, who by the way I am SO PROUD of for getting into school! Congratulations are long overdure my friend. I am so happy that things are going so well for you and Michael. And what a honeymoon! SOunds perfect to me. I can't believe that it has been that long since I had 'talked' to you, other than a quick note here and there. I'm glad I am all caught up now.

Gina, your life is so crazy right now, ahh. But I am SO proud of you for sticking this out, and though it might not be an experience you remember fondly, you will always remember it, and you should be really proud of yourself for doing something that most people couldn't.

Chelsie, I'm going to need you to send me some of your pies pronto! I love fall too, it's my favorite season. Probably because that means it is HALLOWEEN time, which is my favorite! I wish I could take you up on your offer to visit, hopefully sometime soon! Congrats on getting your substitue teaching liscense, and good luck with the job search! I am sure you will have an amazing one soon!

Ok better get back to work, because I am planning to leave on time at 5:30 sharp for the first time this week, and last too now that I think about it. BOO Good 'talking' with you guys,man I always love reading your stories and writing to you. I will be better about keeping up.

Love and miss you all.

Just when I needed it most

Oh, girls....I feel rejuvinated from reading your posts!!

Gina...how much longer??? Seriously, I feel like we need to come stage an intervention and get you the heck out of there. I actually told the story about the girl with the broken-mirror-made-into-a-knife...no one thought it was as funny as I did, maybe I just can't tell it as good as you...more likely, it's just that scary!

Things are good here in Boston, I went home this last weekend, so I'm now a little homesick again, but I'll probably make it through. I really like the city, it just kind of hard to make good friends...you all know what that is like. But I'm hanging in there.

honestly, not much is new...the boy, who was a sorta-had-feelings-for-him boy is now a absolutely-do-not-have-feelings-for-and-he-annoys-the-crap-out-of-me boy. but all is good...i have an entire city here of potentials ;-)

This entry sucks, but I just wanted to say hello and let you know how much I loved reading the updates...I'll write more when my witty sarcasm is better rested ;-)

LOVE YOU!!!

one more thing

just in case you can't read my blog b/c of all the spelling errors, i just want to tell you that i suck at typing on a laptop. that's it. sorry.

i've returned

hello to my most favorite ladies!!!!
first of all, i honestly don't think that i've been on the blog since before my wedding! what is wrong with me? boy have i been missing out! so, i just spent the past 45 minutes reading all the posts and catching up. gina, i absolutely love that you're back on and now i love that i'm back on. oh, and even though i already heard the crappying your pants story, i still laughed just as hard reading it. chels, good luck with the substitute teaching. been there, done that...doing it again...just lay the smack down baby! sarah, i seriously can't tell you how proud i am of you. i check out the website and now i think it would be awesome to do a walk. i looked at pictures of the one in chicago in june, 2007. what an amazing experience. t-dog, i love love love boston and so does michael so i definitely smell a trip coming on. how's the homesickness treating you? trust me...i can relate.
ok, well i guess i should fill you all in on life. i know that g and chels know most of this, so i'll condense, but i'm not sure how much i've shared. first of all, michael and i went to mexico for our honeymoon. it was amazing! all we did was lay by the pools, get massages, drink pina coladas, do crossword puzzles (how old are we?) and have sex. ahhh...it was wonderful. so then i move all the way up to the arctic and even in august i was freezing balls! just kidding, but i really am now. so, for the first couple weeks my life looked similar to chelsie's before she started working. i tried to do as much unpacking and setting up as i could, but that wouldn't last long each day. the tv and cooking quickly called my name. so basically i got huge the first month b/c all i did was cook these gourmet dinners b/c i was so board. i back huge chocolate cakes, and brownies and pies and cookies all the time. this one day we didn't have anything and i thought i was going to die. michael told me that we needed to cut back. i wonder what he was insinuating. so instead, i went out and got a job at this place called espresso donut company. they give you free donuts on the job and i figured that was good b/c then michael couldn't know what i was consumming. it seems to be working out.
so, i've been working there for about 2 months. it's actually more of a coffee shop, but trust me... i eat way more free donuts than i drink free coffee. i'm only supposed to work monday and tuesday mornings, but there have been very few weeks that i only work my normal 8 hours. this week i'm working every day. my manager is a little much...just overbearing and takes her coffee way too seriously, but i've learned how to cope. it's just funny b/c when my alarm goes off at 5 or 6 i think, "wow, since when has $32 dollars for 4 hours (before taxes) ever been worth this." michael and i figured out that if i work my normal 8 hours a week for a year then i'll make a grand total of $3,000! what the heck am i thinking! so, we'll see how long this lasts.
so, besides my awesome coffee shop job, i am going to grad. school full time at the university of minnesota. i'm getting my master's in english education. i actually love it. it's a lot more difficult than i expected, b/c my professors are so freaking smart, but i feel really lucky and blessed to have this opportunity. my department is ranked 8th in the nation right behind yale, harvard, standford, northwestern, etc. so, i didn't even think that i'd get accepted, but here i am. so, my professors are basically the guys that invented all the theories that we're learning about and that we learned about in undergrad. they're flown all over the world to speak at different conferences and what not. so, i do feel like this is so amazing and my classes are actually interesting, but i seriously read like 500 pages of research each week. i feel like all i do is read (and eat donuts).
i'm still trying to get my indiana teaching license changed to a minnesota teaching license. it's very difficult up here even though all my scores for tests were higher than they require it still just sucks. so, i will actually be subbing too for awhile and then i'll probably start looking for a full time teaching job for next year in january. gina, there are teaching jobs here....you just have to know how to find them:)
so i know that this blog is so long. in my next entry i'm going to have michael show me how to attatch some pics. you can see our house or something (very exciting). i'll just give you some bullet points of highlights since being in minnesota.
*the minnesota state fair (end of august)
*being with michael all the time
*going to apple orchards all the time
*having my fam. come visit me in sept.
*going to door county a couple random weekends

nothing too exciting, but some highlights. i miss you all so so so much. i'm thinking of locations for a reunion! i know it will have to wait a while, but we can all dream, right? anyway, i think about you guys all the time. i think exactly a year ago we were in gryon. i seriously might cry. anyway, hope to hear from you all soon. mwah! chels, i have called you back like 2 times and left messages. you haven't called me back you freak. gina, i can't remember who called who last. but, i've talked with you more than two times for 5 min. thank you.

love you all!
whit

fall

Hi girls! TARA - you're a bostonian!! woo hooo. how's the east coast treatin you? i know two people in boston if you ever want to look em up. one is julie - she is really sweet and she was one of my roomates senior year at college. and the other is katie - she's more of brian's friend than mine. but both girls are really nice if you're ever lookin for peeps to hang out with. i hope the transition from rural illinois to face paced boston city life is going well. that's so great about being baptized too - what a meaningful experience. i agree with being baptized when you're old enough to understand and make the decision on your own. very exciting! sarah it's october so i your breast cancer awareness walk must be right around the corner!! i forget exactly when it is but i am totally thinking of you and think that's a great thing you're doing! you have to write all about it when it's over. can't wait to hear. whit - where are you and why havent you called me back yet you poo poo head. G - that was a pretty amazing rat story..... not gonna lie. we have mice in our house in colorado but that's about the best i can do....it doesnt even come close to matching your story. and plus my cat just eats them. i just got my substitute teaching license everyone! yay. i applied for this one job with the city of rockford's head start children's program...sounds like a neat job....so we'll see. job market is still sucky out here. not much going on. i've been to this amazing apple orchard twice already to buy cider. it's sooo dang good. i've made apple pancakes, apple pie, and apple crisp so far with all the apples i've picked :) i love fall! apple picking and hay rides and pumpkin patches and the crisp air......YES!! LOVE IT!! it's beautiful in the country in the fall. maybe you should all come visit me NOW. love you guys