well i'm not going to name any names, but SOMEone's been a blog slacker!
back to life
back to reality!
yes, back to school--i've conked out at 9:30 these past two friday nights--can you believe it?? what a grown up/nerd!!! hopefully this year will be better than last year. it's starting out to be going pretty well so far, though, so hopefully it will be just fine. big shocker, the speech person who promised me help last year is not the one who has the authority to do so. the person who CAN help me, however, is not happy to and is giving me a bad time. i guess i can always threaten to leave :)
anyhoo, enough of that life-consuming business!
mare and i are having fun planning for ireland, sending a million emails back and forth--yes!!!! can not wait for western and northern ireland, especially! it's crazy that this is finally happening! i remember driving home from cornerstone music festival with mare, michelle, and emily and talking about our top ten places we wanted to visit (i remember also on my list were san francisco and seattle, which i have now achieved!) and ireland being on my list. also remaining on the list are: australia/new zealand, europe including (but not limited to): switzerland, austria, italy, germany; africa again, and the grand canyon. new additions to the list are: alaska, fiji/bali/etc--you know, the ultra-tropical kind of island i'm talking about. those will do me for now! i do have plans to do the europe trip by age 40 (michelle, are you still game? since we didn't get to do the "amazing race", this can be our consolation prize, remember? maybe we'll work in an adventure race there as well!). also, someday i want to buy an around-the-world airline ticket!!! you know, one of those open-ended tickets you buy for a base price and then you have a year to hop around the world with a certain number of stops (like 5-10, or something). any takers??? man, i love travelling! i would rather spend my (extra) money on travel than anything else in the world!
but before we get to ireland, matt and i have a few other trips to take-- the first one being virginia beach in just 3 weeks. our family friend, amanda henry, is getting married and we'll fly out to see that happen. and we'll get to hook up with mom, dad, ryan, michelle, hannah, and caleb. AND we'll get to meet caleb for the first time!!!! yay! what a chubby-cheeked cutie!!!
other fun stuff happening:
-we had a crab bake on labor day with our friends-so fun!
-we've been enjoying the beach before the fall really comes
-listening to new music by justin edwards--very impressive--some of the harmonies remind me of they might be giants!!!
-reading more books, mostly fiction
-just being lazy and enjoying our days here
have a great sunday everyone!