Fun Times at Mizzou

Well...I'm living in Columbia now, and I just started my Junior year of college on Monday. So far, it's a little stressful. I'm taking all business classes which kind of sucks. I just feel like I have so much to do since in each class I'm getting all kinds of reading assignments and what not. I'm living in the apartment with Kathy which is great so far. Last night, Kathy and I went to Jaana and Jamie's apartment and hung out there for a while. Then, we went to visit the oldest tree in Missouri because Kathy loves it and thought we should see it. After that, we went back to our place, ordered pizza, and just sat around and chatted. It was just Kathy, Jaclyn, Chris, and I. Tonight was really fun...first, Kathy cooked dinner for me, Jaana, and Jamie. Then Jaclyn, Chris, and Curtis came over, and we played Catch Phrase. It was a really great night. As of right now, I'm actually staying down here this weekend, but that could all change. Anyway...I need to go to bed since I have a 9:30 class and because I'm tired...I'll probably write again soon.

Vacation

Well...this past week I was in Key West, Florida. The trip was okay. It was really pretty down there, but there just wasn't much to do except shop...which is fine with me, but there was a lot of walking. The only eventful thing that happened was I got into an accident. My dad and I rented scooters (or mopeds...whatever they're called), and apparently, I wasn't ready for the street. As soon as we pulled out into the parking lot, I slammed into a car. I don't know what happened...I think I just freaked out. So that turned out into an expensive trip. But anyway...I'm getting ready to go back to Mizzou for the Fall Semester. I'm living with my friend, Kathy, which is going to be a lot of fun. I'm actually driving down there tomorrow to move some more stuff down. Other than that, nothing too exciting is going on. Well, I'm gonna go because I'm shopping on Ebay right now, and I'm having way too much fun.

It's Been Awhile

Well...as you can see, it's been awhile since I've written on my blog. One big change is that I'm now at Mizzou instead of UMSL. I actually made the change, and I'm sticking with it. My roommate sucked last semester, but this year, I'll be living with my friend, Kathy, in an apartment so that will be much better. I turned 20 in June, and Kimberly threw a party for me which was a lot of fun. Another change is that this summer I didn't get to work at my usual job in the X-Ray Department that I worked at for over 2 years. I ended up getting a job at the Bridgeton Day Camp as a camp counselor. I had a group of girls that were ages 8-9 which was so much fun. I loved it so much. I got to work with Kimberly and Megan which was fun. I actually got to work with people my age. Camp ended last week. I'm sad it's over because that means school's going to be starting soon, and summer will be over. Summer goes by way too fast. Something sad that happened this summer was I had to put my dog, Nikko, to sleep. It was really upsetting since I've had her for 13 years. I leave for Key West Tuesday. It might be kind of boring since this year Kimberly won't be going with me. It will be just me and the family. It should still be fun though since I'll be on the beach. Well, I have to go take my dog, Midnight, to the doctor, but I'm going to try and keep this blog up to date.

Kimberly's Birthday!

Yesterday was Kimberly's 22nd birthday! The whole gang met at the O'Brien's around 8. When I first got there, the replacements were there, but luckily they did not go. Michael got there around the same time I did. I was so glad to see him! Kimberly and I miss having him around. Everyone started showing up after that. Kimberly opened her presents from everyone. She got LLCoolJ tickets from Kevin, Carrie, Dave, and Matt H. Kevin and Lindsay gave her a kitchen set which looked like fun. Michael got her a couple bottles of wine. The rest of us got her a gift certificate to Target so she could buy things for when her and Patrick move out. We left to go to the City Museum around 8:30. I think we had like a total of 20 people that went. It was so much fun! It was kind of crowded, but it was still alot of fun! Everyone seemed to like the big 3-story slide. I don't know how many times I almost peed in my pants. I hope everyone had fun. It seemed like they were. Dave, Kevin, and Carrie left early. The rest us stayed until 11:30. After that, we went back to the O'Brien's. We didn't really stay too long. Everyone was pretty exhausted from the City Museum. Then, I just went home and went to bed. My dad left for China around 7:15 this morning. I can't believe he's going to be gone two-and-a-half weeks! I'm not sure what I'm going to do today. I want to go to the Chesterfield Fair and Air Show so I can see Ryan Cabrera. Katie and I were supposed to go, but she might go on a float trip so hopefully, she doesn't end up going on that. Well, I'm going to go watch some TV and maybe read.

August's Almost Over!

I just realized that I hadn't written on my blog in the longest time! I completely forgot about it. I'm not going to go into detail about my vacation to Florida. It would just take up too much space. That vacation was from August 8-15. That night I got back, I went to the O'Brien's for the "Mizzou Going Away Party." It was a fun party. The next night, I went back to the O'Brien's. I said goodbye to Kovarik. On that Wednesday night, I went out to dinner with everyone since Michael was leaving on Thursday. We went back to the O'Brien's, and I said goodbye to Michael. Oh, I started school that Wednesday (8/18). That's going okay. I don't really like two of my teachers, but hopefully, I'll get through the classes. Friday night, was Danny's birthday so I went to the O'Brien's again for that. It was also fun. On Saturday, Kimberly, Patrick, and I drove to Mizzou for the night. When we first got there, I got to see Michael and Kovarik's rooms. We sat with them for a little bit. Then, I went to Kathy and Sarah's apartment. Megan, Carly, and Sarah's sister were already there. We just went to a couple of parties that night. The next day, we just went out to lunch, and then I went grocery shopping with them. Kimberly and Patrick picked me up around 2:45. This week has not been too exciting. I've basically just been going to school and work. Although, I did go shopping to Old Navy and Kohl's which was fun. I'm about to get ready to go to work. I only have to work from 9-1 so that's not bad. Well, I'm going to go change and what not. That's what's been going on in the month of August.

Trip to Oregon

I went to Oregon with Kimberly and her family from Thursday to today. We got back to St. Louis around 3. It was a fun trip, not the greatest but still fun. We had to stop in Phoenix before going to Portland. Kimberly's parents picked us up from the airport, and we went straight to the hotel. We got settled there and went swimming. Kimberly's Aunt Joanne came over with her husband, Ed, and daughter, Andrea. They went swimming in the hotel while we went downtown to eat. We ate at some restaurant in the "Alphabet District." It wasn't that good. The service was bad, and the food wasn't that good. The downtown area was so neat. It just had a bunch of tiny shops that had been houses. The apartments down there were neat too. After that, we went back to the hotel and went to bed. On Friday, we went to Joanne's house and got a tour of that. We left to go to Seaside, OR where we were staying by the beach for two nights. It took about an hour and 45 minutes to get there. The house wasn't actually on the beach, but it was still nice. Kimberly, Bobby, Katie, and I had to sleep in a room with 2 bunkbeds. Rend ended up sleeping in the room with us also. Bob and Kathy had another room, and Joanne and Andrea had the other. We walked to the beach which we thought was a couple blocks away but ended up being a couple miles away! I was so excited though to see the ocean. We went to the outlet mall in the afternoon and bought tickets to see "The Village" later that night. Kimberly and I decided to stay at the beach house and make macaroni while the others went to a pizza place. Kimberly and I couldn't find any pots so we decided we would cook the macaroni in a tea kettle (I know, we're not that smart). It didn't work out too well. The macaroni melted onto the bottom of the tea kettle. It was so funny. We went to see "The Village" which was the close to being the dumbest movie I've ever seen. The good thing was that the refreshments at this movie theater were so cheap! I wanted to buy everything on the menu just because of the prices. After that, we went home and went to bed. The next day (Saturday), we went to KFC for lunch and went to the beach again. Katie and Bobby rented wet suits and boogie boards. We watched them for a little bit then Kimberly and I decided to go shopping. We had some stalkers in this one store. They were creepy boys. We bought some shirts from the little boys section of a different store, but they were only $10. It's so weird that they don't have sales tax up there. After, that we did such a fun thing. We rented this bicycle-type-golf cart thing. It's hard to describe, but when Kimberly and I were driving it to the house, I squirted a little because we had to keep pulling over to let cars go by us. When we got the house, everyone wanted on it. It was so much fun. We had it for an hour so we went all around the town. We wanted to go through a drive-thru, but Dairy Queen didn't have one. It was great! That was a really fun part of the trip. Later that night, we all went out to eat to this bar and grill. It was really good. After that, we did some more shopping. I bought a sweatshirt from the same store I bought my t-shirt from. After the shopping, we went home and made S'mores. The next day, we went to Church and then got ready to leave to go back to Portland. When, we got back there, we took a little nap, and then went to Joanne's work so she could look at Katie's ear. We also went to the mall downtown. It was really neat. It was divided into 3 buildings and was 4 stories high. After that, we went to see where Ed works and then went to meet his parents. They were the cutest people I'd ever met. They're from Italy so their accents are very strong. It was so funny. When we left their house, we went to the hotel where we said our goodbyes to Joanne, Ed, and Andrea. We went swimming after that. We wanted to go to bed early because we had to wake up at 5 the next morning for our flight, but somebody was out in the hall talking . . . Anyway, this morning, we went to the airport and what not. I was just ready to come home. Overall though, I had a good time. I'm glad I went. Well, I'm going to go for now. I think I wrote a little too much.

July's Almost Over!

This weekend was the last full weekend in July.  On Friday, I was going to go with Natalie to a party, but she decided not to go so I just went to bed.  During the day on Saturday, I ran some errands.  I went to the bank, post office, and Kohl's.  Then, I went home and got ready to go to Lindsay's new apartment.  I met PJ, Danny, Michael, Matt, Bobby, and Danny Bessmer at PJ's around 7.  We got to Lindsay's around 8.  She lives really far, but her apartment is so cute!  For it being her first apartment, it is decorated so well.  I had a lot of fun there.  There weren't too many people, but it was still fun.  We were going to play Scattegories, but we didn't have any batteries for the timer.  We just sat around listening to PJ say the weirdest things.  We left around 12:15.  Today, I'm going to the boys' hockey game, and then probably to Gram's for dinner.  Well, I'm going to go get ready for the game since I have to leave in less than an hour.