July 31

6 days 'til Utah.

15 days 'til Paris.

The summer is just beginning.


*And my neice was born. (It didn't happen until later)

What do you see?

Grandpa's Garden

(sorry it's sideways)

Luxury

I'm here at my grandparents house and it is wonderful. And you know what is fantastic (aside from spending time with G&G and the homemade meals- meaning grown in the garden and bread freshly baked)? The endless supply of clean, fresh towels. Seriously, having an abundance of clean towels is fantastic- at home (being a college student) I only own 3-4 towels and they're not nice fancy ones. They're kind of old. And two of them are orange. It's like staying in a fancy hotel. And my grandparents got new computers with high speed internet, so it's really fancy pants.

I love it here.

And Sarah Hammond does too. I don't know how you couldn't.

(FYI: the towels are far from the only reason why this place is great.)

P.S. Pictures to come- we went on a bike ride today.

Goodnight

I'm dead tired. My throat is sore. My head pounds. My neck aches. I've spent most of the day sick in bed. But, alas, I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was good. Go see it.

Row 34

We (= Kurt, Jeanette, Sarah, and I) went to a Mariner's game last night. It was a blast even though we lost. Here's what was annoying: the two boys in front of us making moose noises. The drunk guys behind us making rude, annoying, and loud comments. The darn jumbo-tron camera people! They were literally RIGHT NEXT TO US. Sitting in the row behind us. Walking past us in the aisle (our seats were on the aisle), Sarah attempted to make eye contact several times (I think she was successful a time or two), but we never got on the big screen. They were only interested in children. If they saw a kid who could dance well they'd take him into better lighting and then film him for all to see. They did not like adults.

Clean Room

I rearranged and thoroughly cleaned my room today. I love the feeling of having a clean room. I don't know why that is. Perhaps I feel like I've accomplished something? Or maybe I don't feel the guilt of looking at my room and thinking "I really should clean"? Whatever it is, it reinforces my determination to keep my room clean- we'll see how long that lasts.
It doesn't look like anything special, but I assure you it is much cleaner. And, for those who have not seen my room before, I switched locations of the chair/small table and bed. This is the third arrangement I've had in my small room since I've lived here. Hm. I guess that's a rearrangement for each year I've lived here. And I still love my room!

P.S. Sarah is playing the kazoo for me right now.