game on

hurray!

so that hurray is for a few things: the phillies are in the world series! they won game 1! i'm going out tonight to watch game 2! i get to eat wings! tomorrow is friday!

as you can see, lots of things to be excited about.

and i think that's what i'm going for right now. i've been feeling crazy and mess and unhappy lately. and i keep thinking that i want to change that, but i dont know how. well. today was a crazy day and i had to work late and didn't get to finish some things i wanted to do. yet i'm in a good mood. because of all those things up there with exclamation points behind them. it's like john cusack said in 'say anything' (which i read in EW is 20 this year!)- "how hard is it to just decide to be in a good mood, and be in a good mood?" i'm going with it john. or should i say lloyd. dobler. one of the greatest male movie characters ever.

i am looking for a dare to be great situation. it's out there- somewhere.

the phillies are looking for one too. lets go phils!

clockwork

ever since my birth control pill became a generic i've had pms like clockwork. seriously. its crazy. i watched 'how i met your mother' (last week's episode maybe?) where ted is teaching barney about robin, and he puts up that picture of her mad where her nostrils are flaring. i feel like i look like that. i'm a mess and i'm angry and moody and i don't even want to be around myself.

so i'm apologizing to anyone i came in contact with or maybe will come in contact with in the near future. really, i'm sorry. i will be back to normal shortly.
i feel like veda sultenfuss (i shouldn't have to name this movie) when she says "and don't come back for five to seven days!". although with this very same pill, it's really more like 3 or 4 days. have to take the good with the bad i guess.

and i should apologize to my grief counseling professor as well, because i have this paper due sunday night, and man oh man is it not getting done. I have written a page, and not even a good page at that. Looks like it's gonna be a loooooong weekend.

my summer, in summary

so. kind of left you hanging there for a moment (or a few months). sorry about that. things got busy. wanna see?

So arielle got married- these are some of my favorite pictures from the night! it was the perfect night-

weather was amazing, food was delicious, company was legendary. :) and by now, arielle and ben are over 4 months happily married!

Next up was my Hamilton 5-Year reunion. I can't believe it has been five years, but alas, it was. and it definitely was a time....

it was amazing seeing lissa and celine and staying in our own little suite on the dark side. not that we spent much time there... we were too busy getting chauffered around by cab hamilton (a soon to be senior math a music major who drove us around on his golf cart all weekend). because thats how alums should be treated...

The end of june brought a week-long cruise to Alaska w/ the Ransom family. God i love the Ransom family. we played a lot of cards and word games, as well as, you know- sightseeing around Alaska. which is beautiful, by the way. insanely beautiful:










this is in juneau and yukon territory. big in the gold rush in the 1800s (i'm embarassed that i can't remember the exact years)



And to the left here are glaciers from glacier bay. a whole day of staring at this right in front of my eyes. i actually had tears at some point because it was so beautiful. Probably the most memorable thing about the trip. I totally suggest going to alaska if you get the chance.

Let's see- next I think was my mom's birthday trip to Lancaster. She wanted to go antiquing, Arielle and I obliged:
we like to take pictures with cows...











ummm what else. right, that leads us to autumn's bachelorette party! the final weekend before labor day- there was alcohol, penis straws, and a lovely scavenger hunt list...mostly though there were some pretty ladies....


So that about wraps up my summer! i think you are all up to speed.


of course, there's the whole pete situation to explain, but that's another story for another night.

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Do not bother if you have: commitment issues, crazy ex girlfriend issues, mommy issues, are afraid of sexual contact, only interested in friendship, a serious mental illness.

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