I swear it was exam week like... well okay that was a while ago and I know it was but I've been so busy that I barely have a single moment to myself let alone time to blog, so I'm making time tonight because I'm a little sick of studying to tell you the truth. I've been playing the catch-up game with my online class and I'm not getting anywhere fast enough.
I'm getting ahead of myself though.
Strap in, this is bound to be lengthy...
Alright so I'm going to start at exam week because honestly, to make me remember further back is going to make my brain freak out. I had exams Monday and Tuesday of that week then two online so it was a pretty relaxed week and I even got to spend time with my boyfriend before heading home. As far as grades go, I passed all my classes with high marks and I'm still on track for graduation in December.
Mom picked me up that Saturday morning, the 4th I think it was. Noah helped move all my crap out of the dorm and then we went to Bob Evan's for brunch. From there mom and I made a day of our travels north and meandered all the way home, hitting bars and thrift stores and a chocolate shop on the way. We even managed to see the Kentucky Derby from a television in a bar while sipping a mint julep... okay that was just me drinking the mint julep, and I didn't even like it so it was more for show than anything else.
I started work at Roger's Athletic (where mom works) in their sewing department on the following Monday. It was a little complicated with my lack of a vehicle and all but we managed and everyone got to where they needed to be. At work I am in charge of doing the screen printing or painting for the football dummies that we produce. If you look carefully sometimes you can see our stuff on television in the news when they show football practices and what not. We even make stuff for the NFL teams and it's really stressful because those parts have to be even more perfect than normal. We do t-shirts now, which is different from last summer and the process isn't too far off from what I do when I paint the football dummies.
Sometimes they even let me sew things. They're pretty easy of course but I have been proud of what I do for the most part. Just the other day I made a whole bunch of handles to put on parts and my boss made a point of telling me how good they looked. It's a pretty laid-back environment but we get stuff done and are pretty proud to send the finished products down to where they get stuffed with foam and shipped out.
On top of working for Roger's, I'm umpiring or at least I have been. The season is just about over at this point but it's been making for some long nights and money toward gas and such. I come home sore and tired but I know that in the end it was worth the two extra hours of my time because I'm kinda sort of giving back to the community by doing this. I mean, the main priority of umpiring at this level is the safety of the players in the game so of course I take my job seriously.
So work and work ...
As if there wasn't already enough on my plate, I also have an internship and a class both online. The class is kind of kicking my butt right now because the book came late and I'm playing the catch up game with the professor. Don't get me wrong, the professor is being very kind about my lateness, but if he had told me when I asked him weeks before the class started that I needed to buy a book, I probably wouldn't be behind.
Though I might still be because I got a stomach bug a couple weeks ago and was stuck in bed for awhile. It's gone now but I couldn't go to work and I slept for two days straight pretty much...
I guess that this stuff happens.
My internship is pretty cool. The lady I work for found me on a website where I was searching for an internship and actually proposed that I work for her. It's completely virtual or online so I don't have to be anywhere specific to work on it.
What I'm doing is helping her plan a trip basically, but this is a cross-country trip with a year long time span. She has other interns working on this trip as well and she has given us each a couple states to work on with her tentative schedule of the trip and the route her and her husband are considering. My job is to find places for them to stay in their airstream camper, attractions in the areas they'll be and stuff like that. I have Texas, Colorado, and Utah to work on and I'm making it a point to find places with Mexican Heritage since that area was once part of the Nueva España territory before it was bought by the United States after the Mexican-American War.
Yes, I'm making sure she gets a healthy dose of aliens too...
So with all of this going on you can imagine that my stress level has been pretty high. Getting up early and going to bed late means I don't get much sleep but I'm surviving. My head has been alright for the most part too, as far as migraines go. I have gotten a few that took me down but considering how many I've had and the time span of this stress, I'm trying to think positively.
What's funny to me is that I didn't get them bad like this when I was at school. My stress level was pretty high at times there too and of course I had nights when I didn't get much sleep but I never seemed to be taken down by a migraine. Maybe it has to do with being able to recover...
So, my brother graduated high school this year. Zac is now a college kid and that's a scary thought. It makes me feel so old even though I know that he's only 3 years behind me. You should see the awards he received and the scholarships. This kid was raking in money and he's got a solid plan for his college career. I'm proud of him and I really think that he's going to do well at the university he chose.
We had his open house over Memorial Day weekend and Aunt Heather flew in with her new husband Carlos on Friday but more on them later. The week before that he graduated in the whole ceremony thing and Grandpa Bill and Grandma Skip were up to be there for him, not that the rest of the family wasn't but it was cool that they could make it too.
His party was Saturday afternoon and lots of family were able to make the trip. It was great to see everyone even though I had to make a run to the airport in the middle. I was happy that I still got to see everyone and catch up with some of them about all the things going on in life. I had obviously neglected to blog in a long while...
Aunt Heather is now Heather Loyola.
She got married!
Let me start at the beginning though.
So Heather and Carlos flew in to MBS airport Friday morning and I went to pick them up at 8 am. I had a sign and everything, which was funny because MBS is super tiny. It was so good to see her again because I most definitely don't see her enough. There was a good five minute hug in the airport when they came through the doors.
After packing their single suitcase into the Trail Blazer, we headed to the mall in Midland to see if we could find shrugs in case the weather was cold on Sunday. Heather and Carlos were already technically married when they got here but we were going to have a backyard ceremony anyway and I got the privilege of being Maid of Honor. I was super excited!
We ended up having to wait for places to open because in our excitement we didn't realize how early it still was. So we wandered around in Barnes and Noble before the search began. Carlos stayed in the car, opting for a nap instead of shopping or trailing us while we shopped as it would have been. Heather and I are twins and we could probably go on forever if it were possible.
It took us a while to find shrugs because the stores we looked in didn't seem to have any anywhere until we went into the store we said was our last. Then, we found them and the search was over.
We did manage to find cute earrings and tops in Deb that we had to have also...
Saturday morning, Heather and I went to Clare for pedicures and I got a manicure too. The sun was out and bright so we were completely enjoying ourselves. We even managed to wander through a Dollar Store and the local grocery store for random stuff that we probably didn't even need in the end. It was fun anyway.
Sunday came and wedding preparations were in full swing. I think we actually started doing our hair about 3 in the afternoon and we were running late according to the plan but it still worked out in the end.
The ceremony was beautiful with Grandpa Doug conducting everything under the arbor that my dad made from saplings twined with ferns and a blue ribbon. I wore a blue strapless dress and Carlos's brother Thomas was the Best Man. They had a sort of Blues Brothers thing going on with their sunglasses and made me laugh a little. Heather had a beautiful strapless white sundress and looked amazing. I'm not afraid to admit that I cried in the middle of the proceedings. It was just so great to see her so happy and with a great guy who I now get to call uncle.
Unfortunately, they had to leave the next day but I'm grateful that I got to be part of their wedding ceremony and that I got to see them at all.
A week later, I bought a car!
I've named her Maggie. She's a little red Saturn SL with four doors and great gas mileage. I had to get a loan from the bank to get her but if my projections are correct, I might be able to pay it off by the end of the summer.
So far, she's been a great little car and I hope that I'll have her for a long time to come.
On that note, Maggie and I are going to be heading out on an adventure the first week of July. Some of you have seen that I'm going on an adventure from Facebook and have been asking me about it. I know I haven't replied to your questions and the reason is because I'm greedy for readers, or something like that...
What is the adventure?
Well, it has to do with a drive. A long drive. In the southerly direction...
Where am I going?
My destination list includes Toledo, Lima, and Atlanta...
My final destination will be West Palm Beach, Florida!
Why?
To see my fabulous uncles of course!
That and a job that allows me to hang with them for two months.
So yeah, I'm excited and a little nervous. I've never made a drive like this before but the challenge has been accepted and I'm going to do it in my own style. It should be pretty fun.
Looking toward the future, I'm going to be living with my cousin Anne in Sylvania and commuting to classes. I'll still have my job with the food service on campus and my class load won't be too big either. Everything is all set up for graduation in December.
Beyond that, I'm considering grad school but I still haven't made up my mind about it yet. I will by the end of the summer though. Or at least that's my goal.
I also don't think that I'm going to allow my parents to throw a party in December for graduation. I don't want anyone to risk the weather and I don't want to get in the way of plans like Christmas parties or heading south for the winter. Mom doesn't need the stress either.
Well, I think that may be all that I have for you right now. Expect pictures of my trip when the time comes. I should be able to stay more on top of blogging after I get there and get settled in.
Thanks for reading!
Blessed Be
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