Back in the land of high gas prices and crapy roads...

Hello again! I had a wonderful weekend at home. It was so good to be back in Longview. I am so glad that in a weeks time I will be there again for a longer period of time. It is hard to fit everything in to such a short time period).

This weekend was the Ferguson annual trip to the gravesites. I always enjoy this trip because of the family time spent together. Despite the fact that we spend time at a cemetery it is a time of year that involves quality time with the extended family. I get to hear stories otherwise not told and we always make a day of it and go to a park or something. Having happy memories about cemeterys may not be normal by some people's standards, but it is really one of my favorite family activities of the year. :) Below are some pictures from this year. Enjoy.


Tonia and Jonathan place flowers to remember my grandma's sister and baby.  


Memorial Day 2005 


Picnic in the Park 


Same park, Same kids, Same seasaw....the years pass quickly 


Tonia shows off 


Is that snow? Guess not.... 

Hurray for 3 day weekends!

Song Title:
I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)

Artist:
Azar, Steve

I got me a brand new car
Waitin' in the driveway
Shinin' like a bright new star
I been wishin' on it everyday
To take me away from here

So I called in to where I work
Told a little white lie
No, my back don't really hurt
But that's my alibi
My temporary ticket to anywhere but there

Call it an early weekend
Call it going off the deep end
Call it what you want
I made up my mind

Chorus:
I don't have to be me 'til Monday
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
I ain't gonna face reality
Three days without punchin' a time clock
Three nights going non-stop
No work and all play
I don't have to be me 'til Monday, yeah

I can do what I wanna do
Be who I wanna be
I've got no one to answer to
Soon as I turn the key
A cash machine, gasoline and we're outta here

Call it an early weekend
Call it oging off the deep end
Baby, you and me
We can leave it all behind

Repeat Chorus

Three days without punchin' a time clock
Three nights going non-stop
No work and all play
I don't have to be me 'til Monday

the stress is getting to me....

This is the oddest week. I can't figure out what day it is. I keep thinking that it should be later in the week. I get my sandwich everyday for lunch and I wonder to myself if they have clam chowder today, and then I have to remind myself that it is only Wednesday. It is really sad. I am really ready for this week to end. I want to be home. I want the school year to be over. I want to be able to live without all the end of the term stress. Aaaaahhhh!

I am sure that once I am back in Longview I will miss the school environment, but I really am tired of the work. lol. Oh well, not too much longer now. :) Once I get back from this weekend I will only have like 10 more days before I am home for the summer. Hurray for that! This summer will have its own little stresses, but I am hoping not so many at once. Bah!

Girls are dumb....But boys are dumber.

I can't believe that this is only Monday. It feels like it should be way later in the week. That can't be a good sign. Today has been a weird day. Although I have done some things it doesn't really feel like I did anything. However despite this fact I still don't' feel like doing homework. I hate not being productive. But since I don't feel like doing homework I have started packing up my room a little bit. It is sorta sad, but I just really want to be home so I don't even care anymore. lol. I wonder if my roommate will notice the missing books before she reads this blog...

And of course living on a girls floor we can't escape the end of the school year without drama. I have been going around almost all week saying that boys are dumb because of their little odd habits, but I must say that girls have their issues as well. Seriously are we adults or what? lol.

I just want to be home in what used to be my room. I can picture it now...Boxes piled high I have to sort through, searching for a job so I don't have to go further in debt, attempting to get Teresa to watch the movie I want to watch, having to actually tell people where and when I am going someplace....lol...Why do I want to come home again? j/k I am looking forward to the summer months of no homework and almost no responsibilities. :)

See you all this weekend. ~ttfn

Bleh to you.

Wow! It has been a while since I have blogged. I think I just felt like leaving my star wars blog up for a while so that you would all feel jealous of me. ha ha! :) Yeah, so everyone needs to go out and see it as soon as possible, it is really good. I am so glad that I spent the money to go see it. Other wise I would be sad. :( (you, know...kinda like how you all feel right now). lol....I am mean.

So, I haven't been up to much since Thursday. I have been doing homework, working, and going to class all week. Today was my Saturday Spanish class. Only one more to go!! Woot! It doesn't sound like I will have any trouble passing this class, I might even get an 'A' out of it (but I make no promises). I do not feel that my ability to speak Spanish has really increased a whole lot...but I guess considering I could speak none before and now I can ask your name and where you are form as well as some other basic information that is something. I have to write a 1-2 page double spaced paper about my 'famalia' for my final. It shouldn't be too hard. Maybe I will post it when I am done. :)

Today Megan and I are going to try to go see Andrea who is in Tacoma. It will be nice to see a Longviewite again. I am so ready to be home. It is going to be hard to go home for memorial day and then come back to SPU for just a weekish. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't complain too much. :)

Anyway, I guess that is all I have to say for now. I am considering taking a nap before Megan calls me. We shall see.

Tickets: $10.50
Parking: $5.50
2 Sm Popcorns and a drink: $3.00

Being able to say that I 'camped' out for 4 hours to see a midnight showing of Star Wars: Priceless.

Is it Tuesday already?

Hard to believe that I haven't blogged since Saturday. I haven't really done anything exciting since then. A couple of tv shows, a couple of meetings, a couple of classes, a couple of work days, that pretty much sums up my life since then. Tomorrow I am going to the midnight showing of Star Wars 3! :) That should be fun. I am looking foward to it....

I don't really have anything to say. I am just really ready for school to be out. Aaaaahhhh!! Not too much longer now.About 3 weeks really (including finals). Can I scream again? I am slowly accumulating boxes to pack things up in. Kinda sad....but not too sad. I've definately gotten to the point in the quarter where I just don't care anymore. Only, it is probably worse since it is Spring quarter and I just want to go home. However, I keep telling myself it is only 3 more weeks...which works most of the time...

Anyway, that is what I have to say about this week so far. see you all soon.
Laura

Who has the coolest brother?

So, this weekend has been amazing, and it isn't even over yet. :)

It started on Friday when upon returning from work I found Kristen ready and waiting for me. Apparently she hadn't been waiting too long but she did have "the brilliant idea to leave a billion messages" on my machine. :) Great fun. So we hung out while I listed to her messages. After 4 messages from Kristen I was really expecting the the next one to be from her as well. However, it was from Jonathan. "Laura, do you want tickets to the Seattle Storm game tomorrow night?" I was caught off guard by this message. Of course I wanted them! But could I find anybody to go with? Kristen was leaving by 5:00 on Sat. and Megan was still in class so I couldn't ask her yet, and everyone on my floor that I would take (basically) had gone home for the weekend. So, I call Jonathan back and tell him I'll let him know at like 6:15. So, Megan and I talk and we decide it will work to go. Then Kristen, Megan, and myself drive down to Renton to pick up the tickets from Jonathan. It was nice because Megan and Kristen got to see JonTon's place and their bunny. :) After picking up the tickets and talking with Jonathan for a bit (Tonia was out shopping with Joy) we headed out to dinner. We ate at Azteca. It was good. I love eating out with my friends. After Azteca we came back to SPU and hung out in my room. We watched movies and played cards. It was fun. We went to bed around 2 a.m. :)

Today I got up at 7:50 and got ready for the Leadership Kickoff orientation thing. All leadership positions for next year were present: Peer Advisors, Student Ministry Coordinators, Hall Council, and many more. We all met for breakfast and an opening session. Then we broke off into the individual dorms. So like the PA, SMC, and Hall Council members went to their dorm lounges and met up and discussed some things. After that we split off into our prospective jobs. All of the Hall Councils met up in Weter and we went through a brief training/planning session. It was pretty fun. It got over at about 2:00.

During this time Kristen had been hanging out with Megan, so that was good. I met up with Kristen and Megan at the C-store. We didn't get to raid it the night before because of its lame hours. But that is okay, cause we were pretty full from the Mexican food. Soooo, they got to pick out stuff which came to a total of $18ish. Which means I still have about $80 worth of points on my card. I am trying to use it more though. After the C-store raid Kristen and I headed back to Moyer while Megan went to go meet up with a friend. Kristen and I ended up watching Butterfly Effect (which I can pretty much guarantee that none of my family would like). I thought it was alright. Sorta depressing though. I am not really sure why anyone would want to own it (we borrowed it from someone on the floor). After the movie Kristen packed up and left me. lol. It was really nice to have her visit. I am looking forward to hopefully being able to hang out with her and the gang over Memorial Day weekend. :) And of course most of the summer.

So, after Kristen left I had about an hour before Megan and I left for the game. So, I watched "The O.C." which I had missed on Thursday because I went to JonTon's. It was a really good episode for all who care. :) Then at 5:45 Megan and I left for the WNBA game. :)

The game was really good! It was a pre-season game, not that it really mattered to me. :) It was the Seattle Storm vs. the Sacramento Monarchs. We sat courtside, 6 rows back. It was great to watch b-ball again. It really made me want to play again. Perhaps I can get some people to play with me this summer, that would be cool. I love basketball. Like I said, the game was really good. Seattle led most of the game. With about 30 seconds left (maybe a little more/less) the score was tied 75 to 75. However, Seattle lost it in the last 2 seconds of the game! It was intense. Good game though. There was some interesting/distracting people around us. But I had a great time! Hurray for Jonathan having previous engagements and not being able to go! :) lol. Personally I hope that happens more often. lol. Oh! Interesting fact. The Seattle Storm won the 2004 WNBA Championships! So, obviously we were watching a good team.

Anyway, Thanks Jonathan. :)

The weekend is here!

Hurray! It is friday! I am really glad that this week is over. Only 3 more weeks until finals! I can't wait to go home. :)

This weekend should be fun. Kristen is coming up today and we are gonna hang out until Saturday evening when she is going home. Unfortunately I have a silly hall council thing tomorrow from 9-2. So, Megan will get to hang out with Kristen by her self during that time. But it should all work out. :)

Tonight we are gonna eat dinner out which will be nice. Then we are gonna come back to my room (my roommate is gone) and we are gonna watch movies. First though we are gonna raid the C-store, becaus I have like 100 points (which is like $100) that I need to spend within the next 3 weeks. So, Megan and Kristen will pick out whatever snacks they want and we will pig out all night. hee hee.

So yeah, that should be fun. I am looking forward to it. :) I'll let you know how it all went later. :)

2nd Moyer at Banquet 

Moyer Hall Banquet 

What can I say.... 

Fun at Banquet 

Susan in a Toga and Ann in a duct tape dress. :) 

Bonnie and I 

Bonnie and Andy 

The Weekend.

Okay, so I am finally posting about my weekend even though you all probably don't care anymore.

Friday:
This Friday was the Moyer Hall Banquet! I posted a little about this, but I will post a bit more I guess. I hope to include some photos soon. :) I just have to put them up. Bonnie's blog has a few though. This year's banquet was at Salty's restaurant in Alki. I took Bonnie, Bonnie's boy, and Susan with me to the restaurant. Another car also followed me to the place. I managed to get a little lost on the way to I99, but it all worked out. I think that my driving is a bit more aggressive then some people's though. However, you kinda need to be aggressive in Seattle. :) lol. It was a good dinner. It was buffet style with salad, fruit, bread, and a choice between chicken and fish. :) The dinner was really good and I had a Roy Rogers to drink. (I love that I am increasing my knowledge of virgin drinks--Roy Rogers, Shirley Temple, Virgin Screwdriver, etc.). After dinner people hung about and took pictures and such. The dance began at about 10:00 and it all ended at midnight. At which time we came back to the dorm and went to sleep. What a day.

Saturday:
So, this Saturday I had my Spanish class. I am surprised at how well this class is going. I have gotten good grades on the last two tests so that is nice. :) There are a few things coming up that have me a little worried, but all and all I think that I will be able to breeze by.

After class I met up with my family and we went to Golden Gardens to eat lunch and hang out. I was only able to spend a couple of hours with them because of class and an evening activity. But the time with my family was really nice. I am so looking forward to being home.

After our family time I got dropped off back at SPU and went to a bunch of skit things put on my Hill Hall. It was really funny. I could probably get some pictures of that too...but I am not sure that I will. lol. Once that was over I came back to the dorm and hung out before going to bed.

Sunday:
On Mother's Day I spent the day with JonTon at the McQuiston's. It was nice to be around a family and away from the dorms. I enjoyed the time spent with them. We ate a great steak dinner and spent time play poker and such. :)

Since the weekend I have been caught up in Hall Council activities and homework...and work. Tonight...well rather early tomorrow I am getting inducted Hall Council. They are waking us up at 5:00 a.m. and taking us someplace to do something. Vague, I know. It should be sorta fun....besides the waking up part. I might get pictures...but I'm not sure. We shall see.

Anyway, I think that has brought you up to speed on my life. ttfn.

as promised: my rant

Okay, so I know that everyone wants to hear about my weekend since it was sooo exciting. But first I must post a bit of a rant. :) So, I must preference this by saying that I enjoyed myself...I did!

At the banquet on Friday night there was dancing after dinner. As all of you know I really am not a dancer. The dancing ranged from swing to mosh pit meets Christian grinding meets "I don't know what I am doing but I want to be on the dance floor." depending on the song. So, being the person that I am I didn't really feel like 'dancing.' So I just kinda hung around and watched and stuff. However, a lot of people don't understand such behavior. "She's not dancing, she must not be having any fun." *Stupid people.* I can pretty much guarantee that I will have more fun watching other people than participating in such awkwardness. So, for a while I was hanging around in the dancing room but considering the fact that every 5 minutes some girl (because really there was a lack of guy presence at the banquet) would ask me why I wasn't dancing. This question really got old. I must say that I absolutely love the people who are like "She's not dancing. Sad. I know! I will attempt to force her to dance. That will make her have more fun." %&%$$%#@! I hate them. lol.

For those of you who know me you all realize (I hope) that the more someone wants and tries to get me to do something I don't want to do the more I resist and the more aggravated I become. (It is these people who have forced me into writing this blog) lol. Silly extroverts. Don't you understand that a person can enjoy themselves without participating? :) So, eventually I moved out onto the deck to be around people more like me. I would have possibly been more content inside watching, however nobody seemed to leave me alone. So I went outside to be more with my 'kind.'

Despite all of this I had a good time. And yes, I will be going again next year. I really think I should make a sign that says something like "I'm having fun. Go away!"

Such is the hardships I must face because I am Laura. lol. I think Bonnie put it best earlier in the year. I was saying that I liked to go against the flow and Bonnie responded saying, "Laura, you don't just go against the flow, first you kick it then you spit on it."....or something like that. :) I have since shortened the phrase to say that "I am kicking the flow." Which I guess is what I was doing on Friday night. Despite everyone's best efforts.

Um...Okay.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence.
4. Post the sentence in your weblog along with these instructions.
5. Don't search for the coolest book; only the one closest to you.

"Well, I was eating."
-from 'and the Bride Wore White'

So odd. This has absolutely nothing to do with the book. It is just a random story/illustration the author uses to make a point. lol.

**More go come about this weekend when I feel like making a real post.**

*Sigh*

Hurray for knowing what I am doing for the rest of my life...or at least until next Spring quarter. :) lol. I met with my advisor today to schedule classes for Fall '05. I so enjoy meeting with my advisor. I find her enjoyable and helpful. Plus she likes to remind me that her husband grew up in Kelso. hee hee. :)

So, what am I taking next Fall you ask? Well it is an odd sort of schedule, but then again I seem to be fond of odd schedules. See below:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
11:00-12:20 Microeconomics (ECN 2101)
1:30-2:50 American Ethnic Literature (ENG 3334)
3:00-4:20 Christianity and Society (THEO 3510)

Wednesday
6:30-8:10 Community Bible Study on Joshua (THEO 3100)

I am looking forward to it. I really like the Community Bible classes (it is once again taught by Smyth, whom I love). And the Christianity and Society class sounds pretty interesting (taught by Steele...Who I think I have heard good things about). The American Ethnic Literature could be good. I am really not looking forward to Microeconomics, but what can ya do.

So, I guess I will be working on Tuesday and Thursday and possibly in the morning on M,W,F. We shall have to see. I will have to be more diligent doing homework and stuff. It should be good though.

We also talked about what I would be taking for Winter and Spring to make sure that I was on track to graduate. :) Everything looks good which makes me happy. Woot Woot! lol.