FIVE DAYS UNTIL KENYA!!!

Wow, hard to believe. It's getting closer. The packing adventures continue! Today I also went to school. Voluntarily. That's kind of weird. I wanted to say hi to a couple of my favorite teachers, so it was nice to see them. I looked around to see if any other of my former teachers were around, but I didn't see them. Silly summer session and the limited office hours that teachers get during it. Is it weird that typically, I'm more comfortable around my teachers than I am around my classmates? Probably. But I actually don't care, because most of my teachers are cool (I've probably mentioned the ones who aren't.... Ew). And many of my classmates can be just... I don't know, immature, sometimes. But, I'm thankfully that I've met a few people that are reasonably mature and are decent "friends". I say "friends" only because I've never really seen them outside of school. But they're still nice. I saw one of those friends today, it was cool.

Well, I should probably go to bed soon (yes, this is early-depressing). I have a lot to do tomorrow.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

SIX DAYS UNTIL KENYA!!!

I can't believe it's coming up so soon! I managed to get pretty much everything I need for this trip today. Now I just need to pack it all. This will be interesting. Not much else today, except for Potbelly's and work. And more laziness.

6 MORE DAYS!

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

ONE WEEK UNTIL KENYA!!!

WOW. This is so crazy!!! I can't believe it's coming up so soon. My room is still kind of a mess. Need to get cracking on packing. I am so tired right now, thanks to work and an almost three hour Kenya meeting. But it's all good and the weather is good and I'M LEAVING FOR KENYA IN ONE WEEK!!! 7 DAYS!!!

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

One Very Long-But Fun-Sunday

Here is how my day went, in a "daily report" sort of fashion.

5:50am. I woke up. If you can call it that.

7:30am. I somehow managed to eat, shower and get dressed by this time, so I leave for church.

8am. Church, with the Kenya team getting commissioned. For those unfamiliar with that term, it's basically where we get onstage, the pastor tells the congregation about our trip, then prays for our trip. Good times.

9:30am. Had a prayer brunch. Very good time, and it was nice to pray for our trip.

10:45am After the brunch, some of us discussed subjects such as how to pack a baby lion into a suitcase, how to sneak a 19 year old onto an airplane and whether to pack a guitar or a ukulele. Trust me, very important stuff to discuss. ; )

11am. Church again. Got commissioned in the contemporary service, then went to get commissioned again in the traditional service. We got commissioned like crazy. Oh, and as we were walking, some of us considered sneaking up and coming out of the baptismal tub.... But that's another story.

11:50-ish. Grabbed some Go Roma.

12:25 Arrived at work. Worked a crazy shift.

5pm Drove home from work.

6-ish. Had dinner.

8-ish. Watched Lost with Dad.

Overall, a very busy day. I'm tired (and I have to get up early tomorrow! Ugh), but it was a fun day. 8 MORE DAYS!!!

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

9 days, 9 days, 9 days!!!

9 DAYS UNTIL I LEAVE!!! Weird. So weird. So surreal. Am I really going to Kenya? Well, I've got something else to look forward to. My friend Carolyn sent me an ADORABLE video about Kenya that you can hopefully view here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbYtASAakAI&playnext_from=TL&videos=YqZWVpJCfY0

I didn't know tigers were in Kenya. ; ) And now I want a free snorkel.

For most of this week, I have slept until 9am at the earliest. Since I am not a morning person, this is a good thing. Tomorrow, though, I must get up at 5:45am.... Ugh. Not fun.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

One Year Car Anniversary!

So, today, it has been exactly ONE YEAR since I got my car! One year later, I still love it. Hard to believe that it's been a year. This means it's also the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death (as well as Farrah Fawcett's death).

Also.... I leave in 10 DAYS. Tomorrow we're going single digits. This is getting unreal.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley

A Day With No Storms

Today was sunny, hot and humid. YAY!!! I was happy that we didn't have storms. I was getting sick of rain. Let's see.... Went on my epic shopping trip to try to find stuff for Kenya. Found most of the things I needed, but shopping is still NOT my favorite activity. Got a haircut as well. My hair is 5 inches shorter than it used to be. Very few people notice the difference so far, but I think it's a huge difference. It looks good, but feels weird! At least all the split ends are gone. I was lethargic all day, not fun. That's it. Also, my room as entered the disaster zone. Because I'm starting to pack!!! 11 DAYS!!! Yes, I'm getting too excited.

From the Realm of Randomness,

Ashley