Friday, August 29, 2008

Life is Good

I'm feeling pretty much on top of the world at this moment. I got an email from one of my favorite profs and life is good. Turns out I'm reading one of her favorite books, "My Antonia" (I recommend it!). And all those people were so nice today. And I have a shiny new Mac and the new EnV. And I get to go back to college life on Sunday. Life is so good. 

Nice

Today I did all sorts of errands. I got my passport ordered, I filed absentee at the court house for the November election, I took my earrings to a jewelry store to get them fixed, and I picked up my sister's inhaler. And in the process I met some very nice people. There is nothing that makes me happier than knowing that there are people in the world that will go out of their way to be kind to others. I try really hard to always be nice, but sometimes I feel like other people don't notice and don't care, today was the perfect day to restore my faith. I like to think that humans are inherently kind, that underneath all the cynicism and bitterness there is a person that wants to do good in the world. I don't think anyone ever intentionally does harm, they always mean well. However, some days it's really hard to keep up that optimism and days like today keep it all going. 


BTW I apologize for my absence from the blogging world, my computer had an unfortunate encounter with my stairwell so I had to wait for my new MacBookPro to make an appearance! It's so beautiful, I'm in love...

Monday, August 18, 2008

Lots of Lake MIchigan

So last week kind of stunk, even though it was my birthday. On Monday another counselor and I found out something about one of our kids that has been somewhat difficult to get over and it left quite the dark cloud over the week. However, I had a really good weekend with the BF which made me feel a lot better. Friday was the last day of day camp (tear) and apparently I missed the kids already because I fell asleep on the couch watching the Olympics with my parents and the BF and he said that I kept talking about getting the kids on the bus and asking how their parents were going to pick them up... I dunno... Saturday we went up into New Buffalo to Redamak's (best burger place ever) and walked on the beach. That night we went and saw Tropic Thunder (nothing too spectacular...) and once again I fell asleep before I was supposed to. Sunday, however, may have been my favorite day. We went to church and then Bridges for lunch with my family and some church folk. Honestly I'm still amazed that I can order drinks with my food. I haven't yet, but I've definitely studied some drink menus... After lunch we went to Mt Baldy and went swimming and then we came home and watched Harry Potter and then I stalled him from leaving for about an hour, I'm pretty good at it. 

So all I can say is there's nothing better than cute BFs to bring you out of a slump!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Happiness

This always makes me happy.



Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Yesterday






Happy 21st Birthday to Me Yesterday!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

August 12th Almost...

I turn 21 in 3 days! 

My Week

Weekend 1 & 2 August 
Spent a fabulous weekend with the BF and went to the Cubs game on Saturday. He got such amazing seats, he must like me! There's nothing I love more than being in Chicago with the BF! And now I'm more determined than ever to live there for a year after I graduate college. Wrigleyville is so amazing, all of those brownstones covered in ivy, I really want to experience city life firsthand. 

Monday 4 August
The first day of my new schedule, 7:30-5:30, and now I have 2nd-3rd graders. Miss my K-1s... That evening a huge storms riped through Northern IL and IN, especially my area. I spent most of the evening in the basement with my family amidst different tornado warnings. I have this ridiculous fear of tornados so this was not fun for me. Before I went to bed I heard on the TV that only one person died as a result of the storm and I remember thinking that it was such a blessing that only one person died in that.

Tuesday 5 August
I was woken up at 6:15 by my boss in tears calling to tell me that the man who died in the storm was Tim, the fiancĂ© and father of the baby of one of my fellow counselors and that I needed to get to work right away to cover for her. On the way to work I was surprised first that there was so little damage and secondly about how someone could die in such a tragic way yet everything went on as normal. Traffic lights were working and people were rushing to work, somebody cut me off on 421 and people were getting gas. Eric and Kathy in the Morning (radio) kept making their normal jokes and when I got to work there were kids playing on the playground outside. It felt very surreal. In order to cover for Mia (the counselor who lost her fiance) my new hours became 6:30-6:00.
After work we went on as planned with our end of the year dinner at Hacienda. I was worried that it would be very sad and quiet because of the loss but we all managed to forget for awhile, which in itself is sad yet reassuring, it's astonishing how quickly humans can forget in the moment. Mia, of course, wasn't there. The dinner was pretty wonderful. Sometimes I wish that I'd met my counselor friends earlier and that we went to school together. I feel like they're the kind of people you would meet and think to yourself, "These are the kinds of girls Char would be friends with." They're so goodhearted and kind, and so funny. We're all oddly mature in some ways and terribly immature in others and I love them all! I'd post some pictures (there were thousands) but since I had to go straight from work to Hacienda I smelled a bit and looked like I'd just worked a 12 hour day...

Wednesday 6 August
This was our end of the year Carnival at camp and it was a lot of fun, but very tiring! After camp me and 3 other girls from work went to see the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants which was fabulous! However Digger and I pretty much cried through the entire thing... 
I also found out that day that the man who died was one of my dad's past students...

Thursday 7 August
By Thursday I was so exhausted. 12 hour days look great on a paycheck but they aren't so great in real life. At some point that day I looked in the mirror and was so embarrassed because I appeared to have mascara smeared all over face. So I pull out the makeup remover and try to get it off but it wouldn't budge, turned out it was just under-eye circles because I was so sleep deprived... After work I went home and picked out my new cell phone. Mine is beyond falling apart. My contract has been up for awhile but I didn't want to get a new one until camp was over...

Friday 8 August
Friday was a great day at camp, I had a really good time with the 2nd-3rd graders, you can do so much more with them! And I got a lot closer with a counselor that had seemed kind of standoffish previously. Oh and I burned my calves... After work Digger and Daisy were telling me about the viewing for Mia's fiance and it was the saddest thing I ever heard. Their child who is now 2 years old kept pointing at the casket and saying "That's my daddy!" in a happy little kid voice. Their neighbor (they lived together) came and told Mia and a few of the girls a story about how one day when Mia came home Tim ran outside and kissed her, then threw her over his shoulder and took her inside with Mia yelling at him to put her down the whole time. That's the stuff of movies. It's just so sad. 
That night I went home and watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics with my dad and fell asleep on the couch around  10.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

"Overheard*

-2 Weeks ago, the BF had just given me Cubs tickets for my 21st birthday in advance...


Him: See, they even have a "W" on them for "Wrigley"!
 (about the picture of a flag with a "W" on it on the front of the tickets...)

Me: Hmm, babe, actually that's  a "W" for "Win".

Him: Are you sure that's not for "Wrigley"?

Me: Oh yeah. 
I guess that's only funny if you're a Cubs fan and you know about the "W",  and then it's hilarious, but oh well.

We actually went to that game yesterday and had an absolutely amazing time. Blog on that later, I promise! 

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I love pretty pictures and fashion, decorating and paper. I use Harry Potter pseudonyms for all of my friends because as of now they are skeptical of the blogging world. I expect when we grow and up and move away and have babies we will all have blogs because that seems to be the thing to do. And when that day comes I will laugh and gleefully answer all their questions about blogger, thankful that they can finally share in the obsession with me! And secretly, I will be very proud that my archives stretch back much farther then theirs. Pennies From Heaven is where I write everything. I put my favorite photographs there, my favorite fashions, thoughts, stories, and humorous conversations between Hermione and I.

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