Camping!

Jake and his sister both had the idea that it would be fun for the 4 of us (Jake, me, his sister, and her fiance) to go camping down by their family pond sometime. Upon discovering that MC Sports had a 2-3 person tent marked down to 50% off for a Father's Day sale, I decided to pick it up because it was only $25, which is amazing for a tent anywhere, let alone MC Sports!

Since Jake was so pumped about the camping idea already, when I showed it to him on Sunday he asked me "So, what are you doing tonight" (because he wanted to pitch the tent and camp out that day. I told him that I wasn't doing anything of the sort because I had an 8-hour workday the following day. So we made plans to shoot for this Friday (today), provided that the weather cooperated with our plans.

So far, the weather seems to be holding out and, according to weather.com, there's not supposed to be any rain today, so it seems to me like it's fair to say that the backyard camping will be happening today/tonight!

Hair

I got my hair cut last Thursday and it's super short! But I really like it. I still haven't figured out everything that I can do with it (except that pulling it back in a ponytail is now impossible!) but, so far, I'm having fun with it.

My head gets really hot now that my hair can't be pulled back out of my face (unless a ton of hair clips are involved), so that's sometimes less than comfortable, but it hasn't been terrible, yet. I especially like how my hair doesn't tangle as easily as it did when it was longer. I don't have to fight knots out of my hair each morning; it's wonderful!

Thankfully Jake likes the cut, too, but even if he didn't, it wouldn't change how I feel about it, and I still would have gotten it done. I wanted to donate my hair at least 1 more time and so that's what I did. The hair is still sitting on our dining room table, but I did get it in an envelope, so that's at least a step in the right direction. :)

Productivity

Looking back at the weekend, I feel like I actually got some things accomplished, despite feeling like I was being a worthless lump of flesh all weekend. After trimming back some plants and small trees that were creeping over to our side of the fence from our neighbors' yards, I took the clippers around front and attacked our insane-looking bush-plant-thing. While only having finished about half of the trimming that needed/needs done, it was still a good start.

I did manage to hang up some clothes in my closet and get a small pile of shirts and one pair of capris that are going into my "Goodwill" bag. When I bought 5 new pairs of capris, 2 tank tops, and 2 new shirts, I decided that it was time to go through my clothes and donate or pitch what I haven't worn in over a year. There are some dress clothes that I have decided to keep because I never know when I might need to dress up, but pretty much everything else is going.

I still have a long way to go before my room looks acceptable, but this is a start in the right direction. I only wish that my closet wasn't so narrow because hanging my clothes up means that I can't get through to the back of my closet very gracefully. Oh well.

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Father's Day is this upcoming Sunday (the 21st) and I have no clue what to get my dad. He's almost impossible to buy for because he doesn't spend as much time playing games as he once did because of all the meds that he's on. They make him sleep a lot and he doesn't get up for very long, when he's able to at all. So, I'll just hope that my mom can think of something that he needs/wants before Sunday.

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My trip to Florida might have to be postponed for a couple of weeks, and that makes me a sad panda, but there isn't much to be done about that. I'm still hoping that Jake will be able to drive down there with me (saving me the trouble of having to buy a plane ticket and rent a car/vehicle), but since he is unemployed right now (Grandview Video went out of business) that may prove difficult. Dang!

Work sucks

I have to return to work on Monday after being off since last Thursday. That's not going to be fun, especially since it's a Monday, which sucks anyways. But, I need the money, so I can't complain too much, I guess. I'm just glad that I can get my hours in in 2 1/2 days and get the heck outta there until the following Monday!

Updating

Well, I just realized that it's been quite a while since I updated my blog, so I decided that now would be a good time for doing that. Not really a whole lot has happened since my last blog (which is probably why I've gone this long in between them).

I did officially finish my last quarter (SP09) on June 3rd. I haven't gotten my diploma yet and I'm not planning on attending the Commencement ceremony in Columbus because my parents wouldn't be able to make it and it's just not worth it to me if my family won't be there. So, I get to wait about a month for Columbus to mail me my diploma and then I can frame it and be all proud of it and stuff.

As for what I'm going to do with myself now, I really don't know. I'm hoping that I can continue working at my job for the summer and then I can start applying for jobs towards August and see if I can find anything. But at least I will be able to work this summer and save up some money.

So anyways. I'm graduated now and I have no idea what the future holds for me. But I'm still planning on a trip to Florida and I'm extremely excited about that! I've still got a lot of planning and saving to do for it but I think it might actually be feasible this year.

I'm having a graduation party on the 27th, hopefully, and I think it'll be really fun. Just some family and friends getting together to party and have a good time. I just want to celebrate surviving the past 4 years of my life! So, if you don't have anything going on that day, feel free to stop by. I think we're starting around 7 pm and going until whenever. :)

And that's all I've got for now.