Yesterday,

My birthday was absolutely perfect, from start to finish.

But my very favorite part was watching the sunset with Sam. I feel like I got a special sunset last night, it was just so flat out stunning.

The events that happened on my birthday.

-Read the new Sarah Dessen book until about 4 a.m.

-Woke up at 10.

-Sam came over at noon.

-Napped with Sam until 4.

-Went to Abuelo's at 5:30.

-Went to Best Buy to pick out my camera (Black Nikon CoolPix)

-Went to the Marble Slab for Icecream.

-Had a duck sit calmly at my feet, hoping for part of my cone.

-Went home.

Yeah. My birthday was amazing.

:)

I had an amazing time in Greensburg. It was a blast.

Every minute I was working, I was so happy to be doing it. I had seen and heard about all the volunteers there, and I'm so happy I got to be part of rebuilding such an amazing place.

Everyone that lives there was so nice, and they made me feel at home. :)

This is part of my Youth Group. And in the center is Tiny. He pretty much watched us all week, and he is one of the nicest people I have ever met.

I'll have to post again later, after I get ahold of Janay's pictures so I can show you the Kansas City group that was there. (Janay is amazing. :D)

Anywho, I had a great time. And I got to see the Big Well, who knew Kansas had 8 wonders? :)

And the Art Museum was small, but AMAZING.

The Fourth of July was amazing. This was Clarice's first year, and she freaked out at first, and then ended up falling asleep before we finished. It just shows you that you can have a little peace almost anywhere.

Anywho, I leave for Greensburg in an hour or so. I'm really excited because I actually get to do something good for other people. It'll be good for me to get away for a little while too. :) I've been stressing the summer book project, and it'll be nice to be able to work on it somewhere other than my house.

I'll be back on Friday, I'll post and tell you all about it then.

Have a good week.

8:40am

It's July 2nd, and still summer.
So why was I awake to watch the sunrise today?

Reason 1: Bad dreams like to push me out of sleep early.
Reason 2: My mother made me get up to get one of the kittens from underneath her car.

Speaking of the kittens, they're only 2-3weeks old. So, they're at the age where they try to hiss at you and its just a tiny little sound that you just kind of laugh at. :) This is why this part of the summer is my favorite. :)

P.S.

I really don't have anything to talk about.

Except my cats.

My life is a bore.

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

People make me want to scream sometimes.

Does it make me pathetic?

So, I've spent the last 5-6 hours crying on and off. And I don't care if I'm pathetic because I'm crying over a dog. It's not fair that we lost another dog, and after 4 years, I tend to be a little attached to my animals. I lost Onyx because of a stupid blood clot. This sucks, and it isn't fair.

To sum up the day, it sucked.

How was your day? Hopefully better than mine.

This makes me think.

This picture makes me smile, but it also makes me think.

I kind of knew all of these girls in previous years, but with the exception of Gina, I was never really close with any of them until this year. It just amazes me how fast we make friends, and how fast we can lose them. Asia is one of my best friends now, and I didn't even really know her last year. And the girl I thought of my best friend for most of 8th grade, I don't even really talk to her at all anymore.

And then there are circumstances like with Amber.

We went through a very long period of time where we didn't speak at all. But we weren't mad at each other. It's super weird, because we can still talk to each other like we always have. It's wonderful. And I'm glad to call that silly girl one of my best friends.

I've been thinking about who my real best friends are lately. And I think I've figured out the ones that get that title.

-Amber Stetler

-Caty Atterberry

-Asia Mackey

-Ellen Gulliver

These girls are the only ones I can truely talk about anything with, and they mean the world to me. And I hope that they all realize that.