Room décor, soccer, and remembering...

This weekend, I headed up to BG for my brother's soccer tournament. It was nice to be back there, even just for a day. I guiltily felt a little homesick for that place as I walked around campus with my mom. While I was there, though, I looked into a new opportunity that came upon me recently. One of the best dorms on campus is offering (for this year only) to allow three students to room together for a discounted rate, since there is a lot of incoming freshmen this year and the university is in the process of building two new residence halls. This was a great opportunity for me, because I have two really close friends up at BG (M. and L.), and it would be amazing if we could all live together, right? Well, we were worried about the size of the room, since we would all be in this space frequently. So I figured I would check it out while I was up there (the dorms were all open because of Orientation and stuff anyway). One of the girls who was working the front desk took us up to an empty room and let us have a look around. It was a bit bigger than my room last year, which M. and I shared, and seemed like it could reasonably house 3 close-knit girls. L. is already planning just about every detail of our room... it's making me a bit nervous, since we don't have a room assignment there yet. We do have room assignments in general, but not in that building and all that. I hope she doesn't get her hopes up for nothing....
Today, we drove back to C-bus and watched the final game of the 2010 World Cup. I was kinda pulling for the Netherlands, but I'm not a huge soccer fan (even though I've watched quite a few soccer games this weekend). Spain won... in case you didn't know already, haha. Also, this afternoon I listed all of my textbooks from this year on Half.com, so hopefully I make some decent money selling those (at least enough to pay for this semester's books).
This evening, my whole family went up to Indian Lake to sprinkle my late uncle's ashes over the lake. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this past fall, and quickly deteriorated... he died on January 15. His favorite place was Indian Lake, so he asked that we sprinkle his ashes there. We abided by his wishes, and also had a balloon release, during which we played one of his favorite songs: Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. All of this was an emotional ordeal, but it was good for his kids to get some more closure, and to celebrate his life more than mourn his death. Afterward, we all went out to eat and reminisced.
It wasn't a typical weekend for me, but it ended up being pretty good: I got to hang out with family and friends, visit my school, and watch soccer (though the latter wasn't as enjoyable). Now I've got to get to bed so I can start this week out right-- maybe with a little work-out at Lifetime? ;)

Oh, I almost forgot! On Friday, my best friend C. came over and taught my how to knit! I'm no expert yet, but I'm well on my way to completing thing #1 on my summer to-do list! :)

New haircut! :)

Well, I accomplished another item on my summer to-do list today!

23. Get my hair cut in a cuter hairstyle.


What do you think? I like it more than I thought I would... :)

I'm also working on #17... My friend S. is helping me with ideas, and I also started another blog just for my writing. Here's the link if you're interested:

http://thepensmightierthanthesword.blogspot.com/

#7 and #20

I've accomplished quite a bit since I posted last-- including two items on my Summer To-Do List! :)

20. Get a job and make some sweet moolah

So, on Wednesday, I had two job interviews scheduled. The first one was for a phone position at that car repair company I mentioned a few posts ago. I went in (at 8 am, might I add-- ugh), nailed the interview, and got offered the job! (which, of course, I took.) Of course, I canceled the other interview I had scheduled, which, of course, I no longer needed to attend, since I am already employed. So, I have my schedule sorted out, and now I just have to submit a sample for drug testing, allow the company to do a background check on me, and I'm good to go! I have orientation for the job this Wednesday, but I don't officially start working 'til the 19th. I'm eager to start work, partially because I'd be earning $12/hour(!), and partially because I'm getting sick of all this waiting around. I'm ready to go and do my job! (even if it is going to be a 30-hour work week, and my shift starts at 8 am). I'm really excited to get started, though. And, of course, happy to be employed at last. :)

7. Watch a sunset.

I recently went up to Indian Lake, where my grandparents own a camper and a boat. My family ate dinner at one of the notorious restaurants of the region, the Tiltin' Hilton, where the floor is slanted, and then went out for a boat ride. Once we got out on the water, it was near sunset, so I got to see the sunset over the lake. It was beautiful! Plus, I got to visit one set of grandparents, so you could count that for #11 as well if you wanted. ;)

Yesterday, I got to see the fireworks of Red, White, and BOOM! from the wonderful view of AEP's 29th floor (which houses the legal department where my dad works). It was AMAZING! The fireworks were right at our eye level up there! The picture below shows my little sister N trying to "hug" the fireworks. She loved the whole show. :) She had a bad experience with fireworks before, so I'm glad she enjoyed them so much this year.

Today, I got to spend some time with some of my best friends I made at BG, M and L. I haven't gotten to see them much over the summer, because they both live so far away. It was great to see them! I love them so much. :)

I've also been doing well on thing #12-- I'm all the way up to Exodus 16 now! :) My sister was doing this with me, but she's fallen behind... she's still in Genesis. Ah well, I'm going to keep truckin'!

I just have one last thing to say before I conclude this post: Happy 234th birthday, America!