Days Fly By

Classes have started. Lots of new opportunities are all around. My computer doesn't have an internet connection currently so this is going to be short for now. As soon as I get my internet back I will post more.

Summer is Fleeting

The little town of Pullman is filling back up with college students, it was a very nice summer here with most students gone for the summer. Life must continue, the work must go on, or at least that is what I am told. It is exciting more than anything. Another year of possibilities, adventures, and of learning. What could be better?

Pictures from reunion

These are just two pictures from my family reunion. The top one is of my dad and I, and the bottom one is of a beautiful sunset and I guess I'm in there also. It was an amazing sunset that night.

Treasure in a bog

In this undated photo provided by the National Museum of Ireland an ancient book of psalms is seen at an undisclosed location. Ireland's archeologists heralded as a miracle Tuesday, July 25, 2006 the accidental discovery of an ancient book of psalms _ discovered last week when an exceptionally alert construction worker spotted something as he drove the shovel of his backhoe into a bog. The approximately 20-page book has been dated to 800 A.D. to 1000 A.D. and, according to Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan, is the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries. Never before has such a fragile, old document been discovered buried in the soggy earth of Ireland. (AP Photo/ National Museum of Ireland, HO)

Keith and Nicole

This is just a nod to my favorite country artist. I wish them the best of luck. All of Keith's songs are amazing and he has so much talent. If your not a country music fan, just give him a chance. He sang the song "Making Memories of Us" to Nicole at their wedding reception and to me that is beautiful.




Making Memories of Us
I'm gonna be here for you baby
I'll be a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
And I wanna die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it's ever been

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

We'll follow the rainbow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way

I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now
And I'm gonna make you a promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll win your trust making memories of us

The 2006 Family Reunion

I just returned home from my family reunion this evening. We spent the weekend in Ocean City, Washington. I have to admit I am partial to the Oregon Coast, it was a beautiful weekend on the Washington coast however. The families stayed in little cabins about two miles from the beach. It was a neat little set up. The big story for me was the fact that I found out that two of my cousins were at school over here and we didn't even know we were related. I have a very large extended family and I can't keep track of them, so I came to rely on my grandparents to inform me if I have any relatives nearby. Apparently I'm not the only one who can't keep track of everyone, I can't blame my grandparents for they can't know everything (I guess).
A long story short two of my 3rd cousins (I think its 3rd) and I had been attending church together for a whole semester and never figured out that we were related. My family got a real kick out of the whole situation.
They also loved hearing about the million dollar dog.. Okay maybe it was the 3,000 dollar dog. My Moms Pomeranian had surgery on both her knees to fix a birth defect and people find that very amusing. If you knew my mother you would know that fixings Polar's knees was the only option.
We all ended the weekend with some new memories, a few laughs, and some sunburns. All in all it was worth the very long drive from Pullman to the Ocean. Now its back to the real world, one more week of class, more fun times at work (ha), while nursing my sunburns.

I am here, somewhere

The world is a big place, the more time I spend the larger it gets. The smaller, I become. I wonder if I am alone in the fact that some days I feel like I am watching the world go by instead of participating. Its like I get stuck behind this window and I'm begging for someone to rescue me. To break me out of this prison. I have so much to say, I just can't seem to say it. I look in the mirror and see a girl with potential, but she's trapped. Behind doubt and fear, longing to escape.
I watch people and think of what I could do if I only.. I think of the things I want to learn the things I want to do and see, yet here I sit. It seems very few people in this world know me, or know who I wish to be. I want everyone to know the thoughts, wishes and dreams I have, just don't want to waste their time. So many doubts. Yet I see potential and the girl in the mirror gets closer every day, I just wonder if I'll ever really truly reach the other side of this window?