I guess this whole being far away from everything is kinda weird. I love being able to be with the Isbells: just driving around with Farah, picking up Dax from his class at church, and listening to David speak to a group of teenagers. I also love being with all the other Isbells: going ot Wal-Mart with Karen, being able to stay with Shea, and hanging out with Matthew just about every night. I love how everywhere I go I am constantly meeting new people and seeing new things. It amazing how people can be in the same country and things can be COMPLETELY different. A baskteball goal? Yeah I have never heard of one. At the church David spoke at the other night, some of the guys thought I was crazy for calling it a basketball hoop. Also I can't forget about the heat. Although I do not think it is as bad as everyone says, it is definately different than the summers at home. The air just seems thicker, and after walking from Shea's house to the Isbell office today, I definately started seeing how much different it could be. I keep thinking that I can just hop in teh car and drive right into town [Orting], or that any second my mom will call and wonder where I am... and if I am going to be home for dinner. I guess I will be back to normal next week, huh?
Today Dax woke us up at 10:30 to go swimming. The pool, unlike all pools in Washington, is as hot as a bathtub. So we went swimming and he [Dax] was standing on the edge of the pool talking to Amanda and I... I asked him if he wanted to jump to me and at first he was all for it, then he said, " NO... no. no. no. no. Meagan Maki there is a bug right THERE!!!!" It was great. he's scared of bugs apparently. Then we kinda chilled [literally, Shea's house is really cold inside] until Matthew got here and we went to church. First we went to the Isbell's and listened to some very random songs on the computer [about the candyman and the skin on the end of your elbow]. Later we watched Final Destination 3... which is gross. And basically every part of my body fell alseep because I was sitting on the hard floor. Sometime in there we had Subway for dinner... and found out that Matthew secretly is in love with Dylan. On the five hour drive home from this girl Jennifer's house... we listened to a really slow CD and I pretty much was falling asleep, but now that we are back at Shea's I am not tired. skdjflksdjlkdsjf.
Well last night at about 10:40PM we flew into Birmingham. First off... the heat. It was a nice contrast to Washington. When we left it was a bout 65 degrees, and when we got here late at night it was 74. I thought it felt good. But uhmm.... well now it is just extremely hot. 95 degrees. Anyways...
Last night David and Matthew picked us up from the airport. We drove in the sweet new Armada... and I sat in between Amanda and Katy who texted each other the entire ride home. THEY WERE ONE PERSON AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. Oh well. It was a fun car ride.
Today we have been hanging out with Farah and the boys. I was so gald to see them, and Dax was pretty excited to see us. He talks more than me [that is a lot], and he has a kid voice now. Now he doesn't sound like a baby anymore, he sounds like a kid. And he has an accent. Its so weird. But he looks the same.
As for Cole, well he just laughs like crazy. And tries to eat my bracelets. Its pretty funny.
Now everyone has kinda calmed down and we're just able to sit here and talk to Farah. IN PERSON. Its great, I really missed this sitting around on the floor talking. Not to mention eating cupcakes which are delicious... YAY for Katy's birthday!!!! Later we may go to this SWEET park in town. Its really big and all wooden. I know I am almost 18, but this park is the best. :]
Thats all for now... but I'll update tomorrow.
So I was reading this random blog... and they had a list of 100 random things about them. I am really bored, have my chores finished, and its cloudy outside, so I think I might attempt this. Here it goes:
1. My favorite color is green.
2. I can't type. At all. I can spell, just not on the computer.
3. I actually like school.
4. I have now been on a plane. My first flight was at age 17.
5. I have never been to Disneyland.
6. My family is probably the craziest family in the world [even extended family.], but its great.
7. My car has broken down twice in one week,a nd had the mirror busted off in the same day as one breakdown.
8. I get my car taken away about once or twice every month for random stuff.
9. I've never had to go to the hospital.
10. I have had two surgeries, but not at the hospital. [tonsils and wisdom teeth].
11. Unlike every person on myspace who puts that they hate reading... I actually love it. And not just magazines.
12. Lists are my favorite thing to make. [obviously]
13. I have never been out of the country. Nope, not even to Canada.
14. One of my life goals is to go to every state. So far I've got Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Wyoming, Texas, and Alabama.
15. Rain is probably one of my favorite things. Besides the fact that it gets my jeans all wet and my feet cold, I love it.
16. I listen to the song So Contagious by Acceptance about 10 times everyday. Not even joking.
17. I am listening to it right now.
18. My all time favorite movie is School of Rock.
19. I have really weird dreams. Like REALLY weird and random. But they are funny once I wake up and tell someone.
20. I miss eating twizzler bites and drinking Cherry Coke at bible study after 222.
21. I get 50 cents for every day my room is clean, and I have to pay 5 dollars every day its not. So far I've made 1.50 and lost nothing :]. Its only been a deal for three days.
22. I have a really good memory.
23. I like cleaning.
24. Pasta is probably my all time favorite food in the world.
25. I am going to be a senior next year, and I graduate on June 7th, 2007.
26. I check people's blogs everyday, and Greg and Heather haven't posted in months!!!
27. I ahev a lot of stuff to do today, but no car [its still in the shop from the breakdown/mirror].
28. My favorite Disney princess is Jasmine.
29. This is probably the most random list in the entire world.
30. I can't think of anything else, so this ends at 30 :].
Today Sydnee and I braved the sidewalks of Village Green to go "ant stomping." I was new to this, but Syd is a professional. We went up and down the block stomping ants everywhere. It was a great experience. Try it sometime!!!
When I was about four I think, or maybe five, I started going to Sunday School. I thought I was SO cool because I was in the kindergarten class... but I wasn't in kindergarten yet [for some reason I was in a class older in Sunday School my entire sunday school life, and Jarvis usually threatened to tell everyone that really I was only a 1st grader, not a 2nd grader, or a 2nd grader not really and 3rd grader, and so...which always freaked me out]. Anyway my first day ever, age four [or five]... I remember we had a story about stone soup. I don't remember the story at all. I probably wasn't listening because thats just the kind of kid I was. I just remember we actually made a stone soup, and that upset me for two reasons. One I hated soup, and two I didn't get the stone in mine, so in my mind, I lost. A couple years later, I was in 1st grade [really kindergarten], and we were talking about how Jesus healed a blind man. The teacher had us close our eyes and imagine being blind. I thought I was really smart...and really I was. When she said... "When you are blind, everything is black...you can't see anything." I said, " Actually, if I look towards the window, its more of a red from the sun...so you CAN see SOMETHING." That same year the church offered free daycare for a saturday so moms could go Christmas shopping without the kids. I was so mad that I was not in the same room as my brother... I think I cried the entire day [helping in Chaseplace has shown me that a lot of kids do that, so I feel the four year olds pain when her brother is goign into the nursery or her sister is heading down the hall towards Amanda's class :) ]. Other memories included playing hot potato with a plastic piggy bank. The same piggy bank that halfway through the game hit my in the lip and made me get a bloody lip on my favorite dress. My first reaction to blood on my finger that I wiped from my mouth was to cry [come on, I was six. All six year olds cry]. Then it was to never, EVER come back again. I remember going into the little bathroom under the stairs to clean my lip, and the one girl that I feared most in my entire sunday school class came to help me. I was usually kind of intimidated by everyone in my class... mainly because I was younger and they were older and probably smarter and definetly cooler. Anyway her name was Kirsten, and I could not believe she was helping me! My entire life [six years] I was afraid of her. But when I was crying and my lip was bleeding she was the first to jump up and help. I don't really know what my point is. I guess maybe it is that just because someone is older and seems smarter and cooler and everything, doesn't mean that you have to be scared of them. In my case, they can be really nice and helpful when you least expect it.
So that is the site I have been camping at for the past three days. To the right is the back of our camper, and to the left is probably our family's closest friends', the Johnsons', truck and trailor. You can't see it, but just one site up is the Johnsons' brother and family, and down farther is Team Extreme [four guys and their families that make up a snowmobile club]. You can also see Moose, the Johnsons' dog. Of all 8 years I have been camping at this golf course, I'd have to say this trip was the best. Usually one of the kids from each family brings at least one friend, sometimes more. This year it was strictly the Maki's and the Johnson's. Its always fun [ Amanda, Katy, and Jon have all come with us... they would know], but its good to be with just family. I missed hanging out with all the Johnson boys [Yes I am the only girl among about 6 boys including Jarvis... but they are all younger than me by a lot], when I bring friends, we end up kind of doing our own thing. I also got a chance to hang out with the Team Extreme girls [ the moms and their two daughters and neice who are all three about 10 years old.] We went to a waterpark in town that I didn't even know existed... and it was AWESOME.
Now... I must explain the little bit of background behind ourselves, the Johnsons, and Team Extreme... it all has to do with snowmobiling, and since this was the WSSA [Washington State snowmobile Association] Golf Tournement, now would be a good time. A long time ago... my Dad, Jim Johnson, and his brother Dan Johnson started a snowmobile club called Hi Country Beelers [I think it sounds like a hick name but oh well thats what its called]. It still exists... but sometime about 5 years ago a few of the guys thought they were too great of riders for our club and started their own... hence Team Extreme. Now,I must say,for being old-ish guys... they are pretty hardcore snowmobilers. Anyways there is this friendly sort of rivalry that goes on between the two clubs... and being together camping for a weekend was quite an experience. 
Team Extreme has been trying to recruit my brother [who they call Jay], for a quite a while now. They usually tell him that my dad is too old, and that he is meant to be in Team Extreme. The WSSA has a magazine type thing that goes out every month. Any snowmobile club can write in and their article will be put in. Team Extreme once had one that Jay was goign against his family and switching sides. That kind of joking happens a lot. They also get a little crazy... like stealing our golf carts and driving them around the golf course [this happens at home too]. Usually it is pretty funny though. As for the Hi Country Beelers [grr I really don't like that name], it was a pretty relaxing weekend. Hanging out at night at our campgorun was the best, especially on Saturday, when Wylie, Axel, Chevy, and Blazer tried to convince the dads to let them drive to Othello [ the next town ] to get Taco Bell. First off Wylie, who is the oldest, is only 15, so he can't drive. Second, it was like 11PM. And third, there isn't even a Taco Bell in Othello. They still convinced the dads, and had them talking about Chalupa's and Cheesy Gordida Crunches all night long.
Unlike the last weekend I stayed in Moses Lake, I have about 1200 bug bites. If Amanda and Farah have sweet skin... then mine is EXTRA sweet. I put on so much bug spray... and I still got so many bites, mainly on my feet and legs. Luckily they are not itching at the moment!!! The heat was the same... about 98 degrees on Saturday afternoon [we were thankfully at the waterpark]. I probably had about 20 otter pops that day!!!
To wrap it all up, I really enjoyed this vacation. But I can say that nothing beats being at home with the AC on and no bugs in sight!!!!
There is this song on my CD that is so lame... but so true. Too bad I'm too lame to even say what the song is. Or what its about. But I just had to say that.
More to blog about later. I just can't put a whoel bunch of thoughts together at the moment. I'm kind of lazy. :]
