So close but so far away!!!

Even though the semester is almost over, there is still a lot of work to be done. Today I am doing two lesson plan demonstrations and helping out at an English event tonight. Yesterday I worked in the library all day long!!! Then I went back to my room and looked over everything that I did. I'm so glad that I only have one more paper to write, a few assignments left and then the only thing standing between me and Summer vacation is finals week!

I'm going to be going back to the same pool that I have been working at for the past few years. I love working at Spook Rock Pool, even though I have to deal with all of the angry customers and get yelled at by them a lot. I'm a terrible swimmer so I work in the front office as the cashier. I swipe the pool passes, answer the phone and take people's money$$$ It's not the most exciting job but I get to go swimming anytime I want and I have some great friends who work there. There is always some sort of drama, but I'm not getting involved! The summer heat always causes big fights! It never fails!

This summer will be bittersweet for me because my boyfriend will be going away for bootcamp for the next four months. He leaves in a week and I am going to miss him so much. He's my best friend but I know that only good things will come from him being in the Army. This past weekend I threw him a surprise party at my house and it was great! Some of our friends from school and some of his family members came over and we had a great time. He was so surprised!

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 We needed another tablecloth...the only green one we had was from St. Patrick's Day!! It's still lucky!

My parents, my brother and Eli and I

Great Weekend!

This weekend was so much fun. It started off really rough because I went home but forgot so many things that I needed, but the weekend ended up being so much fun.

My family hosts a couple of fund raisers during the year in memory of my older brother who died a few years ago and this weekend we hosted a celebrity basketall fundraiser! All of the volunteers wore bright orange jerseys and there was orange everywhere! I love seeing that so many people still remember my brother and show support for our fundraisers.

There were 10 teams of friends and family and other teams that wanted to play and one team of retired NFL players. My favorite player was Stephen Baker because he always brings his Giants Superbowl ring and lets everyone hold it and take pictures with it. He is such a sweet guy! All of the other players are great too! This year my brother Josh's team got creamed by the celebrities! My Mom had a team this year too and she was the lead scorer! I couldn't believe it! She will kill me for this, but I recorded her playing and I will never let her live that down! I was so proud of her! Clearly we can see that she has all of the talent in my familiy!

We had the coolest prizes for our raffle this year...we were raffling off a huge flat screen TV, baseball tickets, a deluxe ice cream maker and Jet Blue plane tickets! They were round trip tickets to dozens of places all around the world! I was hoping to win the ice cream maker but unfortunately someone else did :(

After the fundraiser this year, we invited all of the volunteers and celebrities to come back to my house for a big dinner. My house isn't small, and it's not big either, but having over 50 people was a very cozy house full of people! Either way it was great to talk to all of the players and listen to them talk about being in the NFL, especially hearing Stephen Baker talk about catching his touchdown in the Superbowl that led the Giants to win their first Superbowl title!

I'm so happy that this event went well and that everyone who came had fun! I know that I had fun and cuoldn't wait to get in my bed and go to sleep after the long day. These fudnraisers are always bittersweet but its easier to make it through the days knowing that I have such a great suport system <3

My brother Josh and I on Saturday <3