So...summer break has come and gone. Parents are giddily
getting their children supplied with new crayons and fresh notebooks, eagerly
anticipating when they can ship their little hooligans off to school. I
remember this time of year fondly, back when I worked at Target, and had to put
away the MASS amounts of clothing children would try on. Moms would stroll up with
shopping carts full of clothes for her daughter or son, then spend hours trying them
on, only deciding to buy a few select items leaving me with a pile full of
rumpled up clothing I had to disentangle and put away. Now, as I sit reflecting
on my '14 summer, I cannot help but feel totally gipped. I had all these
plans. Plans to get a rocking tan, go on long camping trips and arduous hikes, study
diligently for my GRE, vacation to Oregon, write a book, create world peace,
save third world countries, fight the multiplying forest fires, end world
hunger and stop all these silly ‘water bucket’ challenges. Needless to say, I
didn’t accomplish much on my summer ‘to do’ list. :/ As classes near and my
heart races as I think about the upcoming essays, and tests, long hours studying in the library
with way too much caffeine dripping through my veins, I don’t know whether to
be mad, sad, angry…or just super anxious like I am now…SO instead of dwelling
on the things I DIDN’T do, I am going to be positive and thankful for all the
things I did get to do! Thus, here is the run down...my compilation of Winter’s summer 2014
shenanigans list:
·
I went to Silverwood for the first time! First roller
coaster! Screamed my head off…I have never seen my friends laugh that hard…J
·
Got to be in my first wedding and see my
beautiful friend who I cherish so much, Crystal Beavers, get married to her
AWESOMELY hilarious husband Patrick in Seattle where I had my 1st
ever shot of tequila!!! J
·
Attended my friend’s bday party as his ‘special
guest of honor’ which was too cute and had some of the craziest cake-shaped
like a ’14 hands’ wine bottle! OH and learned how to two-step country dance
with Crystal, taught by some old dude at the bar we were at! :) I don’t think I
have ever had the hick-ups that badly though…:/ #tequila, white Russian,
white wine, champagne, beer, shots…TOO MUCH MIXING
·
Applied for nearly a million jobs throughout
CDA- ranging from secretary to overseeing the parasail station at the lake! (I actually got the
parasailing job…but turned it down!) BECAUSE I got a job at Scratch restaurant
as a server/hostess where I was blessed to work at this summer! Catering for weddings, wine tastings, special dinners- It was an awesome experience! Discovered
white wine…#1st time…and brie cheese. Holy batman. I now can now add
opening bottles of wine to my skill list…Met some awesome people, and some
definite CRANKY people…lol but it was rad and I can’t wait to see them again at
Christmas breakJ
·
Set some boundaries with people in my life I
needed to. Took care of my health and wellbeing when my initial housing plan
didn’t work out. Made grown up decisions. YAY ME
·
Healed up from a nasty hip/leg injury and now
can run again! pain free!
·
Went swimming…mmm…maybe four times:/
·
Orange is the New Black
·
Read nothing but status updates on facebook...and fortunes from panda express.
·
Listened to Pandora religiously
·
Missed all the fireworks on fourth of July cause I
fell asleep (AKA passed out:/ LOL)
·
Snap chat for two weeks and then forgot I had
it.
·
Got to go on someone’s 21 run J
·
Lived off ice cream…like every night…:/
Seriously…Cold stone knew us by heart…#regulars
·
Oh and peanut butter…#fordayz
·
And blended chais and mocha frappachinos.
Discovered Mexican mocha fraps and Calypsos…mmmmmtastymmmmm
#somuchforeatingmygreensallsummer #oops #sorrynotsorry
·
Used way too many hashtags…
·
My bike got stolen…and then two days later I
found it! THANKSGOD!
·
Home brewed beer at someone’s GORGEOUS house. It
took six hours. Six. Long. Hours. :/
·
KROC CENTER WAS MY SECOND HOME…besides work
·
Makeup? Nope. Sweats? ALWAYS. And skirts/dresses
when sweats were completely out of the question.
·
Befriended the old lady next door…
·
Bought gas twice…grocery shopped 3 times, and
didn’t try ANY clothes on…EVER. SCORE.
·
Worked Car d Alene, Ironman, fourth of July, and
Art on the Green. Got to see the first Ironman finisher of 2014! AMAZING!
·
Got to see my two amazing friends, Erin and Zach,
become Mr. and Mrs. Davis! Quite possibly the cutest wedding #EVER
·
Movies were my solace at the end of a long day
when all my words were used up and I could only communicate with Jeremy in
grunts…
·
Which leads me to the bestest part of my summer?
Getting to see my best friend/boyfriend/love every day…Jeremy. HE put up with
me when I started my new job and literally didn’t know how to function for 2
weeks. He fed me coffee and ice cream whenever I needed. And when I didn’t need
it. Quizzed me on my GRE terms. Gym partner. Movie date. Drove all the way to
Seattle and got HORRIBLY lost just to come see me in the wedding I was in. Bought
me Red’s hard cider and mango margaritas. Late night Panda Express runs. 5AM
mornings when we were literally incoherent. Back rubs…where lots of
puppies died :/ Night time swims in the lake when it was just too bloody hot to
sleep. Tickle fights. Cold Spaghettios. Endless giggling at inappropriate
Facebook memes. Not judging me for air drying ALL my clothes. Putting up with
me fawning over every baby I laid eyes on. SLUG BUG champ. The word ‘ratchet’
being used by me way more times than ever necessary. His poor roommate walking
in on me peeing. Sorry Andy…so sorry. Water fights. Not punching me in the face…or
running away when things got hard. Letting me be me…with all my weirdness…and
being so immensely patient.
Overall, though my summer may not have gone
how I planned it in my head, it went just as God had wanted it. And that is
good enough for meJ
Here’s to an amazing summer…to a summer in recovery…with many more to come…to
the next phase of my life.
#BRINGITSENIORYEAR
