Hey everyone!
Well... This is it!!! I can't believe that the time has finally come for me to get on a plane and fly to London! It is just so crazy because i feel like i've been talking about it for so long that it didn't really feel like ti was actually going to happen. but, now it's here, and it's happening!
I have been tyring to take advantage of opportunities to see people and visit with everyone before i head out. since i stopped work two weeks ago i have been pretty busy doing just that. I went to the wedding of my friend Courtney up in northern virginia last saturday which was so much fun. She was gorgeous and it was really great to see my young life friends one more time. there was a really great group that was my age who are just so fun and love life so much, so you can't be with them and not have a great time. then on sunday i packed up the rest of my room and got ready for mamma to come on monday to pick me up. we had a good time going to lunch and walking around downtown before packing up the car and heading back to lynchburg.
after mamma and i decided that we weren't going to the beach that opened up a whole second week for me to get things done around lynchburg, so i decided to go down to yorktown on wednesday night to hang out with amy since i hadn't been able to see her in a while. on thursday we went to busch gardens to ride the roller coasters and everything. It was really fun because mel came with her(our) friend margaret, too. I then headed to harrisonburg on friday to get some time with sarah. I hung out with the downtown 56 people that night after they got off work which was a lot of fun, and then got lunch with sarah on saturday before heading back to lynchburg.
We have a great family dinner on saturday with mamma, daddy, and greg before greg headed to vegas for the week. After dinner i went with bro to a lawn party that his friends were having out in madison heights. there was a great blue grass band playing and it was a lot of fun, and good to spend that time with greg before i leave. the rest of the week since then has been filled with running errands and spending countless hours online applying for jobs and looking for somewhere to live in london.
amanda, who is going to london too, and i have been in touch a whole lot this week just planning and figuring out exactly what we're going to do and all of that fun stuff. she is flying out from dallas on saturday and will have a layover in atlanta around the same time that i do, so we might actually be able to hang out for a little while THIS side of the pond! how funny is that!
mamma and i have also been spending a little bit of time each day pretending that we are at the beach by packing a lunch and heading to hanshill to float on the pond. we have been having a great time making friends with the overpopulation of fish, snapping turtle, and otter. we've also been doing a little bit of reading, which has been great. I am reading a book called The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards which is about a doctor who sends his daughter away just after she is born with downs' syndrome without his wife knowing. It takes place in the 1960s and they did not know she was going to have twins, the son was delivered first and then the daughter, whom the doctor/father told the wife had died. it is a sad story, and i'm only about half was through, but it really shows how different public thought was in that time about disabilities and things of that nature.
in other exciting news, i have a lead on a job! i decided that it couldn't hurt to send emails to all the riding clubs in/around london to see if they had any job openings. i heard back from a few saying there was nothing at this time, but they would contact me if anything opened up. then i got an email from a stable in hyde park saying that they may have something for me and to contact them as soon as i arrive. the next day i recieved another email from the same person saying that they just had a vacancy open up for a position grooming, mucking, leading rides, and teaching kids and to call the barn manager as soon as possible. so i will be in touch with them on monday. mamma and i have been having a pretty good time laughing about the possibility of me going all the way to london to scoop poop! hahaha but it would be so fun! so we'll see what happens with that.
alright well i suppose this is a long enough update. i'm off to do some laundry and fun stuff like that!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Winding Down
Well, here we are... my last day of work in harrisonburg!!! it just feels so crazy! This week has actually been really great and rejuvenating because as it turns out i wasn't scheduled to work at the Tea Room. I had forgotten how nice it was to just have one job instead of two! Because i have just been working at 56 i have had the time to hang out with my housemates and do fun things. Michelle and i have had fun going swimming in a creek out in broadway. it takes about 20 minutes to get there so it's kind of a trip which is fun.
i've also spent a little bit of time going through my room and kind of packing up a little bit. i went through my desk yesterday and decided what notebooks i actually wanted to keep and what to throw away and stuff... i actually think it's pretty fun. my room is actually pretty empty considering that greg came up on saturday and took my bed and couch home. he came and loaded it all up and then we went and got lunch at a taverna downtown which was fun. so ever since then i've been floating to different beds in the house :-). which leads me to my next story...
on sunday night i decided to sleep downstairs in a room that no one is living in right now (it still has a been and furniture) because it was so much cooler downstairs. so i went to bed around 12:30 or so, ceiling fan blasting, windows open, etc. i was sleeping very on and off because i was so hot, and then at about 3:45am i fully wake up. i wasn't really sure why so i looked around, only to see someone standing on the edge of the porch. he then leaned over and looked like he was starting to come in the center window. i jumped up and (in the strongest voice i could muster) asked "who is that!?". now... i'm not quite sure why that is what i asked, but it's just what came out haha! i assume he jumped off the porch and ran off because i didn't see him after that. i went and looked out the window and he was gone and i saw that he had knocked in the screen of the center window, which is what had woken me up. i hurried into Street's room and woke her up. we went around to close and lock all the downstairs windows and then went and got everyone else up. we called the police and they came to check everything out. at this point it was close to 4:30 in the morning, but i wasn't going to be able to sleep so we all piled in the car and went to waffle house for some breakfast :). so everything turned out fine and i am very thankful that we are safe and that everything happened the way it did.
i am also very glad that it has cooled off... it was pretty miserable last week and over the weekend. we have been living life with a fan pointed at us for a while, but yesterday i actually took a shower in something other than cold water! so that is a step in the right direction haha.
well i think some of us are off the to creek to do some swimming before i go in to the restaurant for my last night!!! woohoo.
i've also spent a little bit of time going through my room and kind of packing up a little bit. i went through my desk yesterday and decided what notebooks i actually wanted to keep and what to throw away and stuff... i actually think it's pretty fun. my room is actually pretty empty considering that greg came up on saturday and took my bed and couch home. he came and loaded it all up and then we went and got lunch at a taverna downtown which was fun. so ever since then i've been floating to different beds in the house :-). which leads me to my next story...
on sunday night i decided to sleep downstairs in a room that no one is living in right now (it still has a been and furniture) because it was so much cooler downstairs. so i went to bed around 12:30 or so, ceiling fan blasting, windows open, etc. i was sleeping very on and off because i was so hot, and then at about 3:45am i fully wake up. i wasn't really sure why so i looked around, only to see someone standing on the edge of the porch. he then leaned over and looked like he was starting to come in the center window. i jumped up and (in the strongest voice i could muster) asked "who is that!?". now... i'm not quite sure why that is what i asked, but it's just what came out haha! i assume he jumped off the porch and ran off because i didn't see him after that. i went and looked out the window and he was gone and i saw that he had knocked in the screen of the center window, which is what had woken me up. i hurried into Street's room and woke her up. we went around to close and lock all the downstairs windows and then went and got everyone else up. we called the police and they came to check everything out. at this point it was close to 4:30 in the morning, but i wasn't going to be able to sleep so we all piled in the car and went to waffle house for some breakfast :). so everything turned out fine and i am very thankful that we are safe and that everything happened the way it did.
i am also very glad that it has cooled off... it was pretty miserable last week and over the weekend. we have been living life with a fan pointed at us for a while, but yesterday i actually took a shower in something other than cold water! so that is a step in the right direction haha.
well i think some of us are off the to creek to do some swimming before i go in to the restaurant for my last night!!! woohoo.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Pictures!
Here are some pictures of everyone from carter's wedding!
The crew:
THe kids:
The crew:
THe kids:
THe Girls:
Holding Todd Lesher's (our old young life leader) new baby:
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Update
Alright well i promise i am going to try and keep up with the blog a little better over the next few weeks as i get ready to cross the pond!!
this past weekend was a great one, a good break in the monotony of work and everything. i hung out at the house on friday night and just chilled then on saturday morning michelle and i got up bright and early to make it to lynchburg by 8:30 to meet up with the hutts. we rode down to concord north carolina with them for Carter's wedding!!! it's crazy to think that he is a married man! the wedding was great and it was fun to get to see people that i haven't seen in a while. michelle and i shared a hotel room down the hall from the hutts on saturday night. (side note: i LOVE staying in hotels... i think it's really fun)
i was really excited to get back to lynchburg on sunday afternoon because some very special guests were there waiting! katie, jon, nate, and lucy arrived in lynchburg late on friday night and i was so happy that i got to spend some time at home with them. we hung out on sunday afternoon and played in the sprinkler and baby pool. greg was over and everything so the whole family was together. we had a delicious dinner out on the porch and it was just really great time together. laura and adam and the girls were able to come to dinner too so it was a great crowd! after dinner katie, jon, and i went bowling which was really fun and i am surprisingly NOT sore from it, which i was not expecting haha.
it was definitely nice to sleep in my bed and be able to sleep in a little each morning. on monday we hung out around the house in the morning and then for lunch we went over to silver pig for some bbq. then we headed over to hanshill for some swimming in the pond. nate was very brave and was jumping off the dock to mimi who was on a raft. he did it a few times, going a little further under each time, and then got a little scared when he went a little too deep haha so that was the end of that. but then we were able to go on a boat ride with jon and that made everything better.
on monday nannie and pop came over for dinner which was fun to see them with nate and lucy. katie, jon, and i then made it over to the movie theater to see the newest chronicles of narnia movie (which was GREAT). it was so refreshing to be home and with my family all together and just a really needed break. i had to head back to harrisonburg tuesday around lunch time. daddy drove me to waynesboro where we met michelle who drove the rest of the way to harrisonburg.
now it's back into the grind for a few more weeks. i'm working the tea room during the day and dinner at 56 for the rest of the week so i might be MIA for a few days because i'll be tired and probably wont' have too much exciting stuff to write about. i'll get through this weekend, and then i'll have less than a week of working... it is so crazy, it's almost time for me to go!!! ahhhh it's been so far away for so long that i'm not sure i realize that it's not that far off anymore!!! so 1.5 more weeks of work, then i am going to another friend's wedding on the 14th. then i'll move out of the soupbowl :( and head back to lynchburg for about a week before mamma and i go to the beach!!! the next few weeks are going to be great and are going ot fly by i just know it!!
alright that's all for now. more soon!
this past weekend was a great one, a good break in the monotony of work and everything. i hung out at the house on friday night and just chilled then on saturday morning michelle and i got up bright and early to make it to lynchburg by 8:30 to meet up with the hutts. we rode down to concord north carolina with them for Carter's wedding!!! it's crazy to think that he is a married man! the wedding was great and it was fun to get to see people that i haven't seen in a while. michelle and i shared a hotel room down the hall from the hutts on saturday night. (side note: i LOVE staying in hotels... i think it's really fun)
i was really excited to get back to lynchburg on sunday afternoon because some very special guests were there waiting! katie, jon, nate, and lucy arrived in lynchburg late on friday night and i was so happy that i got to spend some time at home with them. we hung out on sunday afternoon and played in the sprinkler and baby pool. greg was over and everything so the whole family was together. we had a delicious dinner out on the porch and it was just really great time together. laura and adam and the girls were able to come to dinner too so it was a great crowd! after dinner katie, jon, and i went bowling which was really fun and i am surprisingly NOT sore from it, which i was not expecting haha.
it was definitely nice to sleep in my bed and be able to sleep in a little each morning. on monday we hung out around the house in the morning and then for lunch we went over to silver pig for some bbq. then we headed over to hanshill for some swimming in the pond. nate was very brave and was jumping off the dock to mimi who was on a raft. he did it a few times, going a little further under each time, and then got a little scared when he went a little too deep haha so that was the end of that. but then we were able to go on a boat ride with jon and that made everything better.
on monday nannie and pop came over for dinner which was fun to see them with nate and lucy. katie, jon, and i then made it over to the movie theater to see the newest chronicles of narnia movie (which was GREAT). it was so refreshing to be home and with my family all together and just a really needed break. i had to head back to harrisonburg tuesday around lunch time. daddy drove me to waynesboro where we met michelle who drove the rest of the way to harrisonburg.
now it's back into the grind for a few more weeks. i'm working the tea room during the day and dinner at 56 for the rest of the week so i might be MIA for a few days because i'll be tired and probably wont' have too much exciting stuff to write about. i'll get through this weekend, and then i'll have less than a week of working... it is so crazy, it's almost time for me to go!!! ahhhh it's been so far away for so long that i'm not sure i realize that it's not that far off anymore!!! so 1.5 more weeks of work, then i am going to another friend's wedding on the 14th. then i'll move out of the soupbowl :( and head back to lynchburg for about a week before mamma and i go to the beach!!! the next few weeks are going to be great and are going ot fly by i just know it!!
alright that's all for now. more soon!
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