Spiders

Okay. I. HATE. Spiders. HATE them. So, this afternoon when I was weeding my mom's flower garden, I was ready with shovel in hand to kill any who dared to show their faces. I had a few run ins, but considering the fact that I was dealing with spiders, I was doing quite well. Then.....out of no where came a MAMA spider!!!! You know, the kind that are carrying the eggs with them. Ugh, I shudder just thinking about it.

Needless to say, after getting rid of mama spider, I didn't stay working in the flower bed much longer.

Summer and pillowcases

Well, summer is at last here. I was hoping to be fully busy at work all the day long, making endless amounts of money with my hard work. Alas, this is not the case. I have yet to find a job. Oh, I've had interviews, just no offers. However, I'm trying my best to just stay busy with other things, which includes making lots and lots of pillowcases!!!!!

This summer the quilting community is doing a service project. The goal is to get 1 million pillowcases by the end of the year. I believe that the pillowcases will be going to kids in foster care, since that's what they

put all of their belongings in when they change houses. This thought just breaks my heart, but if I can help in any way then I am going to!

So, if anyone wants instructions on how to make pillowcases (they are SUPER easy), just let me know and I'll be more than happy to help you. And if you do make pillowcases, you can get them to me and I will make sure they get to the right people. I'd love it if anyone could help!!!

The end of things...of this year anyway

Well, my freshman year is over and all (okay, most) of my stuff is packed away in the car. Everyone has left, and I'm at a loss of where my life is going to go over the next 4 months. Living place? Check. Awesome roommate at said living place? Check. Job? NO check....which I am quite worried about.

As my wonderful roommate Mel was leaving this morning, it hit me how different things are going to be. Most of the people who I spent many hours of everyday with, I'm never going to see again. The great boys just down the hall, who can make me so angry and so happy, I'm pretty sure that I'll only see one of them next year, and that makes me really sad. I guess it's just because these people have been such a big part of my life, shaping how I changed this year (which is a lot, I think), and now they won't be there any more.

So, here's a shoutout to all of those great people who influenced my life this year. Thanks. I'll miss you. Good luck in every aspect of your life.

Day 13...a day early!

Everyone..... WE FINISHED THE TRIATHLON!!!!!!

I am pretty excited, let me tell you! I really can't believe that we did it, but we just did a little bit at a time and we came out on top! Slow and steady wins the race right? :) I'm really glad I did this though; it was a great experience for me. Sometimes when I'm running or doing anything else I don't think I can push myself any more than I already am, but this triathlon showed me that I can push through anything and that even when I'm tired, I can still give it my best and I will do well. Am I excited the race is over? Yes. Would I do it again? Yes. Am I now going to get ready to kick butt in lots of 5ks this summer? Most definitely yes.

Day 12

2 miles running, 7 miles biking today. It has been a light day because there's not really a lot more left to do for this thing. I thought I only needed 7 more miles of biking...and I got home and I have 2 more! haha. Only 2 more...
But the exciting thing is that Makayle, Kevin and I are all finishing tomorrow!!!! I'm so excited!!! :)

Day 11 and almost done

Wow...my body is SO tired! Today I ran 3 miles, swam 16 laps and biked 13 miles. I'm hoping to be done in 2 more days...one day ahead of schedule! Woot!!! But now I'm going to go fall onto my bed and sleep from exhaustion of this triathlon and lots of unsuccessful job hunting. ugh.

Day 10

Yes, we skipped day 9, another Sunday. It was really good for my body to have a break, but it was SO much harder to get up and go swimming this morning. Funny story: Mak and I were up and ready to go at 6:50 and we went over to get Kevin, but his door was locked and he wouldn't answer the door when we knocked. Neither of us had our cell phones, and we were about to give up when Mak had a BRILLIANT idea! We went down onto the grass, and began throwing pebbles at Kevin's window! It took him forever to get up! When he did though, he looked at us through the corner of his blinds, with this look of utter hatred on his face. It was creepy. haha.

Anyway, I swam 11 laps and then ran 3 miles today. We're on the countdown now. 30 laps of swimming, 7 miles running and 20 miles biking. Bring it on!