2 Weeks and 6 days to go!

Picture this:You just get out of school. It's summer! You have to travel across the country for about a month to visit your Dad. Now what? Of course you are going to miss everything so much. You were comfortable. You were with all the people you love the most. It was summer and you could finally stay up late watching Romantic Comedies and eating popsicles on your friend's couch, right after coming in from a swim in your bestfriend's pool. But instead of all this, you find yourself babysitting the day away and swimming alone in the pool in your Dad's backyard.

This is what I have been up to. I do a lot of other things, you know.



Most people who live around here fit in one of these three categories:

1.) Younger then the age of 10.

2.)Parents of the kids in the first category.

3.)Parents of the parents in the second category. Pretty Old.

I don't believe there are many (if any) people from my generation living ANYWHERE around here...

BUT! The other day I hung out with one of my cousins, my mom's sister's daughter. She is my age! It was crazy actually hanging out with someone who knows proper grammar and can drive. I almost forgot what it was like. She is sweet. I had a load of fun...and Panera was in the mix up and you can almost never go wrong with that.

I miss my friends and sisters so much more and more each day. I realized how much I missed my friends earlier today while I was playing outside with my little brothers, Pat and Brenden. I saw a car pass by our house that looked just like my friend Julisa's old one. Friends are so good. Especially mine. I love them all so much. And they are all so good to me in their own way. I know they love me. But I honestly think I may have the best friends ever. We could bet on it if you'd like. I'd win. =)

And as for my sisters, I don't need anything reminding me how much I miss Paige and Hope, it's pretty much a natural thing. I miss them even more with every step I take on this Ohio dirt.

And Mandy, she is having a complete blast at Camp Glission. This is quite sad( Not that I am not happpy for her!). Leaving Georgia wasn't ever too too bad because my sister Mandy was with me. It was good to have her with me. Or me with her. But she isn't here this summer...so sometimes I find myself not having anyone really to talk to.



A few pluses!

1.) I get to spend plenty of quality time with my camera, my Nikon D40. He is getting a lot of my love these days.
2.) I run when I don't have anything too important to do...(which is a lot of times). Which is so good. My mother told me I got my racing number in the mail the other day! and so did Annie, my running partner in crime A.K.A my BF4L. So it's actually going to happen! And so soon, July 4th is our race. 6.2 miles baby!
3.) I get a lot of time with myself. ALOT. Which isn't so bad. ;) School will do just the opposite to you. During the school year I always found myself far away. Never doing the things I wish I could do. And there wasn't a whole lot of time to just be with me and figure me out.
4.)I realize how much I love my people back at home.

As you can infer, there are many pros and cons about being here for 4 weeks and 6 days over my summer break.(when I should only have to be here for about 3 weeks.....I would be home in a week if so! Sheesh)
But, it's where I am, so I gotta be happy. And I will for sure be happy when I arrive home. There will be so much going on when I get home, and I can't wait!
Aside from the fact that my best friend is leaving Georgia approximately 8 hours before I leave Ohio to come back home and won't be seeing her for a few days after I come home, I will be able to see other people I love, and camp will be coming up!!! And I cannot wait another day for that, it's going to be incredible.

See you soon!