sunny with a high of 75//

so, now that amanda is out of school... i feel like i am out of school. of course i didnt have any exams or classes to go to, but her schoolwork was really getting in the way of our friendship. ;) oh i am just joking, but here is a list of things i have recently learned:

1. you should probably have a real job when applying for an apartment.
2. nanny-ing is not a real job.
3. forza eats money. lots of money.
4. the song 'falling in love at a coffee shop' thoroughly explains my life.
5. i actually love my car, with all its weird noises.
6. my dad knows a little bit about pushing wheelbarrows, okay?
7. michael doesn't.
8. amanda gets un-cranky when you feed her and let her take a nap.
9. parking at PLU sucks.
10. cafeteria food at PLU is not that good. besides the yogurt and granola.
11. but the food in the store at PLU is awesome!!
12. i dont like wooden walls.
13. everyone knows everyone in puyallup.

my laptop is broken, and i am a little sad about that. buy the joy in the rest of my life greatly surpasses the stupidness of a broken laptop. i am so so so so happy right now that i dont even know what to do. so many things are just amazing right now. God is incredible.

i am so pumped about bethany south.

right now, i am so glad that God has put me at bethany [north? the 1st? i don't know... haha]. i love mosaic and listening to joel on thursdays. i love love love my class of 3 year old wild children sunday mornings. i am always excited to work during the week on our art supply job [katy and i put together the art supplies for the early childhood classes], and i am always up for any other ways i can help out, like our sweet vbs camps. i love meeting all these new people, and now recognizing and talking to the 'new people' that are becoming friends. i just really feel like i am growing here... its awesome!

so now our church is starting a satellite campus at stahl jr. high called bethany south. we had our "baby shower" for bethany south today... where pastor george laid out the plan for the new church, as well as introduced us to south's staff [most all are familiar faces]. although the 'grand opening' services won't start till september 14th, there will be sports camp vbs in the summer!

so what am i so pumped about? first... the thought of a 'new' church reminds me a lot of riverchase. the 'gift registry' included a covered trailer, music equipment, and kids stuff. one the staff members for bethany south is pretty much what i would call the 'tear down/set up' chief. ummm sports camp. its just crazy how familiar all this was this morning! second... unlike when riverchase first started, i will be able to be a part of the beginning of bethany south! i was always sad when people would say... "oh, well i was at the FIRST service we ever had at riverchase." or "i was at the FIRST 222." i was always thinking, darn... i missed out! but now i get to be involved!

so yeah. i am basically just pumped to be a part of this... and see what God has in store for bethany south!

[i feel like there should have been a 'dude' somewhere in that post. thats how excited i am!]

today was an eventful day followed by an eventful night. katy and i started off by going to work at the church for a couple hours. it actually only took us an hour to finish what we started yesterday... so that was cool. then we tried a new coffee place. it was bittersweet, haha. i felt a little like we were cheating on forza... but caffe adamo was pretty good. then the most exciting part of the day... amanda, katy, and i got an apartment!!!! yes! we move in on june 20th! woo!!! i am so excited i can hardly stand it. once we move in an decorate... there will definitely be pictures up. we spent the rest of the night planning furniture and paint and decor... all that stuff. then we decided to get some candy at about 11, followed by a quick visit to talicia's house, and an hour long phone conversation with tyler [mostly amanda... but katy and i had some input in the conversation]. now we have calmed down off the candy high... and are about to go to sleep. some good quotes though.

"why are we talking about drew?"

"mine just started out as a small crush and now its full blown love!!!!"

"i really wanted to punch you, but then after i talked to him... i wanted to hug you!"

-all from amanda

"mmmmmmmrrrrrrrrr."
-katy
"no... mmmmmk?"
-me

unless the world ends, airplanes disappear completely, or some other strange circumstance occurs, i will be in alabama from october 9th through the 16th. and i must say, i am extremely excited. i am sure it will be a very, very busy week. of course there is matthew and courtney's wedding! there are many good things about that: #1 is that i LOVE weddings. any wedding. #2 is that they are my first friends to get married. woop woop! haha. well i guess bryan and karen were the first, but matthew and courtney are like, closer to my age or something. i dont know. its just cool. okay so besides the wedding i am just stoked to see any and all members of the isbell family. i could list them all but hey, you guys know who you are, and you're just about the only people that read my blog. i also get to see kristen and tyler, basically my only friends from when i lived there. haha. i will get to go to my old work [starbucks!!!] and see some old co-workers. what else? maybe i will go to georgia, who knows. i dont really know. i am just excited. who else is excited?? :D

i have a theory. that no matter how old your younger sibling is, no matter how much taller they are than you, no matter how much more they weigh than you: as an older sibling you always have the reflex to want to jump in and save them. you can make fun of their crooked nose your entire life, but the moment anyone ELSE mentions it, they will wish they hadn't. you can argue and fight and brag about how much better you are than them, but the moment someone else is putting them down, watch out. they could be COMPLETELY wrong in an arguement, and deserve to be at the losing end, but as an older sister you still want to defend them. they can throw all your stuff in your sink, tell you that all your friends hate you, mess up your room, take you stuff... and yet, you will still feel the need rescue them the moment things are looking down for them. younger siblings might not feel the same towards older sibs... but then again this whole thing is just a theory anyway.

i love sundays. today we had nachos and taquitos [although i ONLY liked the nachos] and salsa for 'quatro de mayo'. and also because jake locker, the QB for the huskies, came and spoke at all three services. so everyone hung out outside in the front roped off part of the parking lot, eating nachos and hanging out with jake locker. not to mention, it actually feels like spring today! sunny and warm!! i had to turn on my AC in the car!! amazing. another good part about today... my three-year-old class. they are awesome! caleb, one particular three-year-old, told me that i smell very nice today. haha. and pretty much every kid runs to me when they are crying. i feel bad for the other teachers, because i am pretty much the favorite of my class. :)