It's their time.

Renee and Shane are my homefries: they're going to the University of Delaware.
John is discovering Washing State University.
Bethany is going to be off traveling the world.
Jeremy is at Covenant College in Georgia.
Keri, very excitedly, went back to Lancaster Bible College.
Anna to Westchester University.
Hannah went back to Carson Newman in her good old, Dolly Parton-loving state, Tennessee.
Jon went back to Emery and Henry in Virginia.

These are everyday pictures of people who are all very dear to me.
Hurray for friends! And cryptozoology.

Good morning, Baltimore.

This last boy, "Seaweed", is possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Just puttin' it out there.
::ahem::
Anyway, Hairspray! It's so fun, I would definitely suggest seeing it sometime. Kate and I went and saw it last night. Right afterward we were like, "Oy! Borders is still open! Let's so buy the soundtrack!" So, that's what we did, kids. We went and bought it before going to our friend Maddie's for a quick cup of coffee. The movie wired me up so much, it was crazy. I'm listening to it right now, and loving it.

Today I worked a twelve hour shift at the pool. I love my work, but sometimes it annoys me, because when I'm all tired and worn out at the end of the day, I think, "Wait...but all I did was watch people. p-r-e-t-t-y much." Yeah. I know you were thinking it too.
in any case though, i still worked for twelve hours. (if you hadn't noticed, i'm ditching the whole caps-lock-ing-everything-correctly deal. on purpose. it's too tiring.) so, twelve hours! twelve. that's like a good night's sleep plus 4. that's working 6 hours and only halfway through the day. that's like the number of sons Jacob had. the twelve tribes of judah!
This is kind of like what my friend Keri was doing to me tonight. She called me when i got home (at 9:00) and was asking me whether it was the usual hang out night at my house. i told her yes, or that i didn't know because i was tired and just worked that many hours. This is something like what she said:
"what! that's crazy. that's so long...oh my goodness. wow, and it was really hot out today. it was so humid, and hot! oh my gosh, it was 90 degrees. it was so steamin' outside, you poor, poor person...it was boiling."
i calmly replied, "YES, i know."

Anyway, the moral of the story is: keep your chin up. out of the water. or at least your ears, especially if you have an ear infection. like me.

i like this picture, of my friends, johhny and tyler 'n me. and brett.