Lake Geneva

So, we went up to Lake Geneva. It was fun, and it was SO nice out. At one point, it was around 81 degrees today!!! I was happy. Work was okay, busy at first, then slow. Farmville is being obnoxiously slow, unfortunately, so I'm unhappy. I've got a lot to do tomorrow.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

I Love My Kitties.... But They Drive Me Nuts!

Yep, that sums it up. It starts with Cadet, who yesterday scratched the face of my brother that feeds her. No major injuries, but as punishment, Cadet did not sleep in his room. She was NOT happy. My affectionate nickname for this cat is Little Miss Whiner. Because she is a whiner. She meowed nonstop through the night (or at least until 1 am). And she's still being whiny today. Well, with Cody, a funny thing happened. I went to the fridge downstairs to get quiche for dinner, and as I open the freezer part, Cody jumps from the kitty condo into the freezer! Now I still don't know why she did that. But my affectionate nickname for her now is Freezer Cat.

Not much else, didn't watch Lost, only homework was a little algebra, and work was so-and-so.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Lazy Lost Days

Well, it has officially hit me that I am on break. I slept until 9:45pm today. Normally, that means I would have missed Piano and been drastically late to Geometry. But, I AM ON BREAK, so I didn't miss anything. :)

Unfortunately, being on break also means that I have ABSOLUTELY NO MOTIVATION to do ANY of my schoolwork. None. Zip. This is not good. My homework load over break isn't terrible, but it's significant, so I need to get cracking. I've got plenty of motivation to practice piano for a really long time, but everything else? Nope. I don't even have motivation to watch the entirety of "Henry V" or more than four episodes of "Lost". Now that's REALLY bad. Note to self: Relaxing is good, laziness isn't.

However, I am truly thankful that I get to sleep in.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Palm Sunday 2010

You know, it wasn't until little kids came down the aisles at church waving palms that I realized that it was Palm Sunday. Shows how clueless I am. :-/

But anyway, today was okay. A lot of life decisions planned out-I will definitely be at a community college for another year (and not transferring yet). Oddly enough, what bugs me most about this is what my friends will think. Real mature, I know. Guess my hypersensitivity is a problem. But unfortunately, way too many people know that I was planning to transfer in the fall and I almost feel like I'm letting them down. Plus, one irritating thing is that way too many people also try to, without meaning to, shove me into a "box of normalcy" (which is pointless, I'm never going to be normal). It seems like ALL of my friends are graduating in four years, which makes me feel like if I don't graduate in four years, then I am a freak. Argh. Why is our society so stupid??? Other than that, I'm somewhat okay about this. Though I'm NOT looking forward to going through the whole application process all over again. Grrrrr. But, Kenya will be worth it, I'm sure.

Other than all that, not much happened.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Who Knew a Cowbell Would Bring So Much Excitement?

My title has to do in Farmville. In Farmville, you can get collectibles, and if you get enough of certain collectibles, you can get collections (and trade those in for experience, coins and fuel). Well, a cowbell is one of the rarest collectibles in the game. It's a big deal to find one on your farm. And I managed to find one. It was really funny, the reactions of some of my dedicated FV neighbors; you would have thought they won the lottery or something! But, it was pretty cool.

Anyway, I worked.... 9-5. Another headache inducing shift, though not as much this time. Finally got to see "New Moon" DVD, it was... okay. Not great. Kristen Stewart has got to show more emotion than this.... And I personally think Robert Pattinson is better looking as Cedric Diggory.

I'M EXHAUSTED. And one of my bros is sick, so I'm back to major germaphobe mode.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Still Hasn't Fully Sunk In

Yeah.... It hasn't FULLY sunk in yet that I am going to Kenya. I am so excited to see God work in wonderful ways. It feels so surreal still. I don't think it will fully hit until I am on the airplane. Speaking of which, I discovered that a flight from the Chicago area to Kenya is a 20-hour flight.... Minimum. I am not sure whether to be excited about this or not, but it'll be a milestone for sure. Wow, what an opportunity.

Anyway, I was quite happy to sleep in today, though I worked another headache-inducing shift at work.... And I'm working all day tomorrow. :( I swear that there's something in the air, 15 mins into working and I had a mild headache.... And it wasn't even THAT busy yet! Oh well. Dinner was good, chilled all night, re-organized my farm on Farmville. It looks very nice, in my opinion.

It just hit me that I have a lot to do tomorrow. And that I should probably pick up a Swahili phrase book from Barnes and Noble or something.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

Um.... Kenya.... WOW!

All right, first, woke up freakishly early to go to school.... Even though I'm on break. Why? Because I get more stuff done when I'm at school, oddly enough. I "finished" all my geometry homework in one sitting, quite impressive. Okay, so it's "finished" in quotation marks because I still need to check that it's all right, but still. And then I went to my algebra professor's office. It took longer than I thought, I was there for almost exactly an hour. I always feel bad when I'm in a teacher's office for so long. Even though they don't seem to mind, are happy to help, etc., I still feel bad. I know, I know, I have no right to feel bad. Sometimes I think I'm way too considerate for my own good.

Well, I went home, checked my email.... And one of my emails had the subject line: "Welcome to the Kenya Team!"

I'M GOING TO KENYA THIS SUMMER!!!

Wow. I'm still in shock, to be honest. I go back and forth from being hyper and excited to practical and trying to figure out what comes next to reflective to prayerful to all sorts of stuff. I'm so happy to have this opportunity!!!

Of course, now there's the issue of other decisions, but I'll TRY not to worry about that until tomorrow.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley