Just a thought

The "right" one is when you see all those weaknesses and shortcomings but your still excited to see them at the end of the day.

Jobs

I'm stuck in a dilemma. I've been thinking about it for since thanksgiving break when my associate for the EWU Jazz Festival suggested that we would be great planning numerous festivals together. I had the same thought and knew that I could learn a lot from him.
So here's the dilemma, for the past year I have been involved with the Spokane All-Cities Jazz Ensembles, and it is growing. It has doubled this year. It's a non-profit organization that has students involved all over the Spokane area forming Jazz Ensembles. Rob Tapper, my trombone instructor at Eastern, is the director of these groups. That is how I became the Administrative Assistant. Like I said, it is growing. This year it doubled from one high school group and one middle school group to two of each! It's a great opportunity for these students- and for me. The other day Rob shared a vision with me of where he see's it going. I am honored that I get to be a part of this process.
I also was just recently offered a position, one of which I can't say right now, at a place that is also on it's way to being the best thing in music business in Spokane. The problem is, I need to jump on right now, which actually... is great! because I need money. This position will hopefully fill in the gaps that SAJE income doesn't cover. Ok, this is sounding great, but for the past few months I have been thinking of going on a mission, but my reply to that thought is, "we'll see what happens this year" since I turn 21 in the end of august. When I have had that thought of waiting and seeing was a direct correlation to an inward thought 'am I going to get married this year?'. The problem with accepting these positions, or not accepting them is I have to decided about a mission now, or make a more further decision. A company is not going to want to me to join and leave right as the growth is taking way after a 9 months of training and learning all about the business. AND what about the last year of work I have done for SAJE? I can't leave them hanging with someone new, I was the first one to hold this position so I know what's going on.
Rich keeps on telling me that I don't have to go on a mission to be a missionary, which is true, but I feel that I won't focus on it unless it is my focus 24/7, which I feel is kind of selfish on my part. I guess we'll just have to see where this year takes me.
On another hand, I'm really excited because I've been struggling lately with some personal issues and last night Amanda and I hung out since she had work off and I decided to not go to the concert. We talked a bit about this issue and I asked her if she would do scripture study and prayer with me before we go to bed each night. This means I will have to stay up and wait for her to get off work every night, but I think it will help me, and help us become closer together.
I'm excited for Christmas time! I'm excited to be with my family again. I just need to figure out this new position and how much work I'll have to do in spokane so i know when I can come home.
Well, that's all for me. Love ya'll!

Halloween Pictures

I need to make this quick because I need a good night's sleep tonight, but mom wanted halloween pictures so here they are.

I was a “Mardi Gra Queen” and Rich was Roul from The Phantom of the Opera. Mike was the Phantom and his girlfriend was Christine. It was a fun Tuba solo night…. I won the costume contest! It was lots of fun getting dressed up. Afterwards, Rich, Bea, Amanda, and I went out to Sharie’s all dressed up. That was lots of fun too!

Mom and i made the corset and blouse and Sara let me borrow her blue skirt. The mask is from when Dad went to New Orleans for his work conference. Not bad for being put together in a little over a day, if I do say so myself.

In Remembrance of Charlie Wicklander

November 6, 2007

Today I dress in honor of a very special man, someone who affected many students and adults who in return affected and will affect, even though he’s gone, families and generations to come. This person gave so much service for the Pasco High Marching Band. Since I was a freshman, I remember Charlie Wicklander coming to every rehearsal, every performance, and every competition. He took care of the podiums, yard makers, water/hot chocolate, and later the large pit that we obtained. He showed up early to rehearsal and stayed late-sometimes even later than Mr. Newbury because he was waiting for individual students to get picked up by their parents. Later, I remember him coming on Jazz and Wind Ensemble trips, hanging out with us on the bus, and in the concerts. Mrs. Watson and Charile made the basketball band trips memorable with jokes like “Chips’ cane!” Charlie took care of us. Just as Mr. Newbury was our father, Charlie Wicklander was the fun loving uncle of our band.

The work that he did was great for the Music Program, but he did something that was much less obvious but even greater. He was kind and thoughtful. He saw potential in everyone and treated them that way. I don’t think I ever saw him when he was thinking of himself. On band trips he would bring footballs and hacki- sacks for us to play with on down time, he even joined some times J. I remember on a basketball band trip we ran into him at the mall and he showed us a new “toy” that he bought for us. He was so excited to show us what he had found and to let us play with it.

Because of him and other’s like him, the Pasco School District saw more in the music program and fought to bring a great teacher to the department. They grew to think more than, “oh there’s someone there teaching and taking charge, we don’t have to worry about them” but realized that there were students there worth working for.

He told me once that the reason why he enjoys working for the band was because he saw students that were going to do something great. Being drum major my last two years of high school, I was blessed with the opportunity to work closely with Charlie. It was great to be working side by side with him, talking about how far the band had come and where it had the potential to go. I knew that not only did he see the band as one, but as individuals also and the potential we each had. A couple months after I left high school, I came back and visited. On my way out, I ran into Charlie and he told me something I will never forget. He said, “You’re going to be great. I can see you being a mayor in the community you live in, or maybe on city council.” After telling him no I couldn’t see it he reassured me and said, “No I’m serious, you can, you’re going to make a difference”. This is how he affected us. He saw something great and in inspired us to do better.

I kept what he said in the back of my mind and now, I’m a communications major and I can see myself making a difference. He impacted my life more than I think he knew. I want others to know how amazing he was, how much he blessed the lives around him, so today I fast for his family and dress for the success that Charlie saw in me, a small token of remembrance that I can give back to him.

-Kimberly Nicole

Sunday, Oct 28, 2007

Tribulation
How many tears must roll down my face?
How many times will the question be asked with no answer, "why?"
Why am I even more confused at the place where I am supposed to be enlightened?
How many more times will pairs of hands shake in frustration?
How many nights will I go to bed lonely, longing for some connection that can't be there?
I am so tired of this. I don't know if I can make it through.
Unlike the other times, I think I might.
Is this where I shatter the glass that has been knocking me down? Will I break through?
Will I see light through the tunnel I am trying to dig?
I want to be strong, but it's to easy to be weak.
I want to be happy, but it's so hard to remember what I had.
Some say I have to forget, but I won't because I need to know what to be looking for.
I won't forget him, because I won't settle for anything less.
I won't settle.

-some thoughts that I started to write during sacrament meeting, which started out so dark and painful because that's what I was feeling. I just finished it and though it's not clear, I have a new feeling along with confusion and pain, it's empty determination.





In church we sang The Lord is My Shepherd. I have always kept that one in my mind since we sang it at Grandpa's funeral, and as it has stayed with me over the years it has given me strength and inspiration. It is one that is truly beautiful.

Thru the valley and shadow of death though I stray,
Since though art my Guardian, no evil I fear.
Thy rod shall defend me, they staff be my stay.
No harm can befall with my Comforter near.

In the midst of affliction my table is spread.
With blessings unmeasured my cup runneth over.
With perfume and oil thou anointest my head.



"There is no peace in reflecting on the pain of old wounds. There is peace only in repentance and forgiveness. This is the sweet peace of the Christ, who said, ‘blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.’ "

-Pres. Hinckley

Halloween Costume ideas

So there's a dance on Saturday night for institute. I'm thinking of coming home on Thursday to get the things i need. If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

Mardi Gra Queen
I can use the mask that Dad brought home from New Orleans.
Any more ideas of what I can do for a costume?
Ok, so that's all i have so far... lemme know what you think!

Randomness: An update on college life

I was sitting in theory today and I looked down at my book and there
was a lady bug crawling around on it. I’m guessing it was from walking underneath all the trees to get to class, but still it was a fun surprise! I showed it to Peter, who sits behind me and he was like, “what? It’s a book” and I was like, “no! look!” Then I put the book on the floor so the lady bug could climb off of it, but it wouldn’t because the book is way too thick, so I opened it so it would only have to climb off one piece of paper, but it didn’t. Don, my teacher, almost stepped on it while walking by so I took it downstairs and let it down on the grass.

I cut Amanda’s hair last night. It was my first experience cutting hair, aside from cutting my own bangs or making sure mom’s hair is straight when she cuts it. It was fun. It was a learning experience. I think it turned out really cute, and I think she did too. When she walked in the bathroom I heard, “Cute!” and I was really relieved. She asked for me to cut it, but then she said “oh yeah, I want layers too”, so the first thing I said when I had the scissors in my hand was “Ok, disclaimer!... This is going to be fun!” it was fun… Amanda even let Rich cut her hair. He said, “can I cut it too?” and automatically I said, “no!” and Amanda said, “sure… if you let Kim show you where to cut.” Both rich and I were like “really?” and she said, “sure, it’s just hair, it grows back.”

That was fun. We got some cool pictures of it. Her hair was quite long, we probably cut off about 4-5 inches.

Last Friday was a Relief Society slumber party, and I found out my favorite kind of soda! It’s Sierra Mist with cranberry splash. It is amazing, AND its diet! So even better. It tastes like a carbonated melted slurpee. It’s pretty darn good.

We also had a clothing exchange at the party and I found a CUTE skirt which I wore to Eliza’s blessing… that I was 2 minutes late for (I should have gone 80 for more than one minute).

Oh! I got my paper back today in theory and I got a 36 out of 40. Not bad for writing it an hour and half before it’s due. 90% for starting my research and analysis the night before…. NICE!

Last night, our friend Rachel was set apart as a missionary. Rich and I had the privilege to be present. Her family was there too. It was a beautiful blessing. She left for the MTC today. She’s going to Manchester New Hampshire mission. I’m so excited for her!

Rob saw the poster today, He loved it! I got a huge high five from him. He also put 20 bucks on the computer. I wasn’t expecting anything, so that was a nice perk. I decided to use half of that money to buy chocolate and black licorice for Nate. The other half is for groceries… more soups! CTC is having a sale on Campbell’s chunky soup. The chicken cheese broccoli potato soup is really good. Mmm mmm good.

I am still in the process of looking for a job, but it looks like i can get a work study position in the library doing organizing, brochures, and posters. hopefully this lady will get back to me soon.

This is a fun blog to write, I hope I’m not boring you. I’m really avoiding my homework right now, so I should get to that. Love ya’ll!

New Hair!

-I wrote this Wednesday night but couldn’t post it until this morning, so when today is mentioned it means wed. and when last night is mentioned it means Tuesday night.-

Ok, random fact: Today was one year ago, from when I thought I was going to lose my finger. Right about now last year, I was fast asleep with the help of Percocet, on my couch so I could keep my hand up (so the blood circulating to it wouldn’t hurt). Lemme explain. Last year I kicked a sound proof practice door shut onto my pinky finger. It was a fun experience, I learned a lot of things like where the Rockwood Clinic is, and Percocet is my favorite pain killer, and Kenny and Brian are more squeamish than me.

Anyways, I thought about posting pictures, but that would be pretty nasty, so I won’t. BUT I will post pictures from when I colored my hair. I wanted to do something random, so we went out and bought some hair dye. Beatrice colored and then highlighted my hair. I really like the way it turned out, but I think I might need to put some more high lights in it because you really can’t tell, but I guess that’s how I want it so it’ll look more natural. Since it’s hard to tell on the pictures, I’ll tell you what color it is. It’s a Brazilian brown with Chesnutt Changes highlights. It turned out more red than brown, but the high lights toned it down a bit more. The original kit was “Almond Roca” but that was too expensive so we made our own color combination. The final product, we decided, was chocolate cherry since it was a brown with a red tint to it. It was fun. It was my first time actually coloring my hair. Last year during thanksgiving break, Carrie highlighted my hair, and that was my first time doing anything besides cutting my hair, and now I colored AND highlighted. I was kind of nervous when Bea said that the color was going to be darker than my actual hair color, but it turned out all right. I’m happy with the results, and I think it looks similar to my natural hair, that it won’t look to bad once it grows out. Well, here it is! The first one was my hair at chrismas time. It looked pretty much the same before I colored it.

And this is the process of Bea actually dying it.

Here it is!

I don't know if you can tell, but there's a real strong red glow to it, especially when I stand in the light. You'll just have to see it in person sometime...

two years ago...

Today I was frustrated with things so I was looking through my journal and was reminded that during spring quarter I wanted to have everything figured out, but I had faith that it would work out. Then looking back that the summer, I saw how my prayers were answered with a new friend entering in my life. This friend helped me stay strong by believing in me and the power that I had to be a better person. Even through my weaknesses he always made sure I knew my strengths and the worth that I had being a daughter of God. Well, I was briefly describing in my journal how my prayers were answered and I shifted it to what I was thankful for. I have parents and siblings that love me and care for me. I am going to school for an experience that will prepare me for life. I have some amazing friends who are close to me and I am so glad they came into my life. I have a body that is healthy and an ingenious device that helps keep me healthy.
Two years ago, I wouldn’t have said that. In fact, two years ago from today I was in the hospital feeling so tired I thought I was either going to die or explode. I was going through so many tests and procedures while I was still in shock about the dramatic news I had received about my body. I was sitting through so many lectures that were hitting me like a ton of bricks. Lectures about what had happened, how a part of me was dead. Lectures from super happy people excited to tell me about my *new* life to come and how it will never be the same again. I am so grateful to my family who, that day supported me from near and far. They gave me the support that I had never before that time knew I needed. That day seemed like an eternity. Those 4 days felt like they would never go away, but it did end and I was able to go home.
That first month was a struggle with meetings, doctor appointments of all kinds, education meetings, dietitian appointments- it seemed like it was a constant thing stirring in my life. It did eventually settle and now with the help and love of my mom, and the caring priesthood blessings from my dad- the constant reassurance that even though they didn’t fully understand they would always be behind me. The loving phone calls from my brothers and sisters were a great start to learn how to deliver all the explanations I would have to give to people I would come in contact that next year and the years to come.
I relied so much on my Savior. It was so hard to understand why it was this trial that had been allowed to hit me. Still, at times of frustration and resentment, I was able to look to Him for peace and comfort, then I felt the small push I needed form Him to keep going.

These two years have been an amazing learning experience. I used to not understand why this change had to occur in my life, but now I say that Heavenly Father blessed me with this challenge. I am constantly learning self control and how to start and keep a schedule. The relationship with my mother was deepened so much when I saw her go through everything with me, along my side. I developed a greater understanding of the atonement and the importance of the resurrection and having a perfect body again. I am grateful to Heavenly Father for everything I have and all the trials that I have been through to make me the person that I have become today.


“If you could see the woman God intended for you to become you would rise up and never be the same again”

The adventures of Amanda and Kim

Today, we built a fort, ok so that wasn’t the only thing, but it was a highlight. We started with watching mummy returns and then we had lunch. We went to the dollar store and bought a hammer, nails, a screwdriver, and a shower curtain! Heheh… Amanda just thought I said a shot gun… unfortunately…or maybe fortunately, they don’t sell shot guns at the dollar tree. (I’m beginning to think that it was a crazy idea for us to move in together) After we got home, I put together my vanity and put it the perfect spot in the bathroom. I love having a big bathroom! I organized my bathroom stuff, and then moved on hanging pictures. Amanda helped me put together a collage with my frames for above my bed… well when my bed gets here. As I was actually hanging them on the wall, Amanda started to build a fort with all the toilet paper rolls that had fallen out of the bag. After she had built a wall, she continued to build around my bed mattress with items that were in my room. The funniest thing about this, is when all the rolls fell out of the bag last night, I asked her what we were going to do with all this toilet paper and the first thing she said was “build a fort!” and then started throwing them at me. Back to building the fort…she finished by closing me in with my printer and a box of envelopes at the foot of my bed. She then pointed and laughed at me and the fact that I was “trapped”. Then we both collapsed on the floor (inside the fort) and started laughing hysterically at ourselves after she proclaimed “I can fit too!”.

Though it may not sound like it, we have gotten a lot of things completed the last two days…. Like what….wait a second, lemme think…. Nah! I’m just kidding, My closet is organized, and Amanda got all of her stuff moved out of the living room into her room, which means, the living room is almost clean and we can move all our furniture in there. Amanda turned a closet into a vanity. See, the bathroom by the girl’s rooms is really small and there is a closet for everything outside of it, so Amanda was thinking and she made that closet into a vanity so one can be doing makeup while the other is taking a shower. It’s quite clever, take a look…

Last night we had an awesome thunder storm. We even had hail for like 5 minutes. It was WiCKeD! (As Amanda says) Yesterday I got our utilities turned on, made copies for rob, unloaded my car, AND talked to Rich’s boss for an application. We also sanitized EVERYTHING, even the shower curtain rod… did you know it was silver… we didn’t when we walked in, then Amanda cleaned it.
Well, I need to get going so I can get some work done for Rob. I’ll talk to you later!

Topsy TURVY cake

Next I went to Amanda's house to work on my cake. which has turned out beatifully! Here's a picture. The cake was an adventure. We made the perfect shade of blue for the top layer. then we worked on finding the shade of purple to match... it worked well. As I as admiring my work, I noticed that the top layer of the blue was sliding causing the cake to tilt and about to fall over. So we stuck a wooden dowell in it, but then didn't know what to do, so we put the blue layer on top of the purple and pushed the dowel through. Then we worked on the green. Amanda only had "leaf green" food coloring, so we tried it, but it was way too pastel for the bold colors we already had. So we ran...ok we drove, to Alberstons and found Green food coloring. Finally at about 10:50, we had the cake all frosted and put together-with the wood cut down, and were planning the decorations we will put on tomorrow.

At about midnight, Once I got home and I was in bed, I received a text message from Amanda asking if I was still up. I said yes, and she told me that the cake was falling over and she didn't know what to do... So she called me and she told me that she kept on trying to save it but she didn't know how. She ended up sticking 11 wooden dowels in the cake to get it to stop moving... Later she sent me pictures... It's frightening... I have spent about 10 hours on this cake... I guess I shouldn't have forgotten to put the supports in the cake before we put it together. Amanda "the cake master" didn't think of it either... we just had to make sure that top layer was going to stick it together...
It's so sad... now I don't know what I'm going to do for my party. I'm really sad, I don't think it's salvagable...
Well, I'm going to bed, extremely tired. I have a busy day tomorrow.
Have a good night. Love ya'll!

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I woke up this morning and called Amanda to check how the cake was and she said, it's gone. i went over there, and it was all over the table. She said that when she woke up, the top two layers had fallen off. she tried to pick them up and save it, but it had just fallen apart. So when I walked into the kitchen this is what I saw. Her dad just said, "The Party Never Ends!". she has two extra cake mixes, and we have extra frosting and filling so we are going to try and do a bottom layer and then the rest with styrofoam. hopefully it'll all work.

My day today was a lot better than yesterday. Let me explain. Yesterday was a hard day for me. No real significant event that happened, it just started out rough. I woke up and wanted to roll back over and fall asleep. You see, when I'm asleep, I don't think as much. Lately, once I'm asleep I'm really out, I think it's because there were about 5 days where I maybe got 10 hours of sleep total, and my body is just trying to catch up from that and all the hard work it's doing. ANYWAYS, from the moment I woke up, I just felt like it was going to be hard. I missed someone, and as much as some people just want me to get up and go on with my life, it's hard. I'm trying to do the best I can, but when that person was so much a part of your life-even when not in the same city, it's hard to pick up where you left off two months ago. It's also hard when some many people didn't see what I saw, and I guess that was my fault because I didn't let that person come and visit the people who I care most about. Anyways, yesterday I was tired. I was tired of not talking to him. I was tired of not seeing him for a whole week. I should say now, before any one jumps to conclusions, no I didn't see him. But I did text message him. Actually, I got a message from him, and it was just about when I was going to message him. It wasn't huge, just a simple text message conversation to see how the first week of school started. Anyways, it was really nice to have a light friendly text conversation with an old friend. It brought a smile to my face to escape the stresses of reality for a split second.

Anyways, yesterday wasn't too bad, it's just I was really anoyed by things, work, people at work, and then randome things. it was strange. But it was ok.

TODAY was and adventure. I showed up at work at about 9ish, but the person I was working with didn't show up until 10:15ish, so i had an hour of nothing... good thing I brought Harry Potter with me...

well, we finished up the closset, and then shoved everything into the shed. all I have to do (hopefully) at the arc is organizing the arts and crafts, unless Donna calls me in on monday and asks me to do something...which I hope not because that's my birthday, course it does give me more money for college, or maybe to splurge on something small for my birthday...

When I arrived at home, I had to parrallel park my car... in front of my own house... heheh, i thought that was comical. Carrie, Tallia, Christina, my mom, and Diane Jacks were out in the back yard talking so I was able to to and spend time with them for like 4 hours. which was lots of fun because I haven't been able to do that yet. I also was able to hold Eliza for a long time, which I haven't done in about a week or so. She is such a pretty baby. I have been an aunt for so long, that I look forward to the day when I can hold a child in my arms and have the feeling of, "they're mine". It'll be such a nice feeling to know that everything turned out right and I have a family- for eternity.

The next part of the day was about my cake, so if you want to read about the cake aventure, go to the next blog...

cars, computers, cakes

Today was a very eventful day- exactly what I needed. I needed to keep busy so I could keep my mind off some things.
It started with my Dad asking if I wanted to work on my car with him. Over breakfast, we planned out our day. We started on our list by giving my car a tune up. Dad taught me some "auto theory" as he called it, and then I learned (and got to do it) how to change the air filter, the spark plugs, rotor, and distributer cap. that was fun! When we went to Shucks for some parts, I saw Sarah Ballard who had a flat tire on her way home from work. She told me her story of going to Les Shwab because one of her lug nuts was stripped, who said they wouldn't cut it off. so she took it someplace else and got it taken care of. It was fun to visit with her for a couple of minutes and she showed me that she was still peeling and some of her 3rd degree burns from our adventure down the river. That'll teach ya not to wear sun block! poor girl :-(
Afterwards, we went on a quick ride on the motorcycle. Then we took my computer into Best buy to see what we needed to do to get it fixed. After learning that we would have to send it in for a couple of weeks, we decided that we should go home and back everything up on an external hard drive.
Next came the luau with Carrie's in law's ward. Amanda came along to that and it was fun to spend some time with her and my family. while i was there I got a text message from Kevin Kenedy who asked me if he could come to church with me tomorrow, which I thought was pretty cool. I just wish some guy he knew was in town so he could have a friend in elders quorum, but oh well, maybe next week.
Next amanda and I decided we should make a cake and try our newest idea to make it lopsided- which we actually got from a friend, and later my mom suggested the same thing. This idea was to put something under the pan while it was in the oven that the cake actually cooked lopsided. Well... we tried it, and it overflowed. we thought maybe that if we didn't fill it so much that it would work, but after close examination we decided it wasn't good to have the thinner side of the cake over done, and the thicker side barely just right.
We decorated the cake while watching the movie The Holiday which we really liked because we could relate to a lot of the relationships that were displayed there. We wished it wouldn't have such tedious parts in it though. maybe it's a one time deal.
After the movie we looked on the internet to find ideas to decorate my birthday caked, and after a couple of searches and thought changes on searches we found how to make a lopsided cake! It was awesome! We were so excited that we found the actual way of doing it that I think we might have woke up mom and dad downstairs... oops... sorry... :-S but to all those who were wondering, here's the website... check it out!
http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/message/saved/TILTEDCAKES.htm

and that concluded my night. Amanda went home, and now I am going to go to bed after I read a little of Harry Potter... g'night. :-)

I knew there was a reason why...

Today was an interesting but good day. I had a new girl today at work. She's a one on one, but she's so easy, which is nice. Anyways, it was a busy day today. We went and fed the ducks/geese at the duck pond in Kennewick, and it was REaLly HOT! Then we went to memorial for lunch and swimming. During lunch one of our one on one counselors got hurt by his camper. It looked pretty bad, he seemed in a lot of pain. So since he was out and also our site director, we were short staffed in the pool which made things interesting. Then loading up on our vans, we were 25 minutes later than usual, which made us really late getting back to the ARC.
When I got to my car, it was really hot inside, and my water was all gone, so as I was driving on George Washington Way, I saw Arby's and i remembered that Jonathan was working from 4-closing today. So i pulled in and he saw me. He asked me how I was and I said, "I want some water" so he brought me in and got me a glass of nice cold ice water, then he said, "do you want a milk shake?" and i said, "i would love one!" he said, "what flavor, I can make anything you'd like" and I requested a strawberry chocolate one, which he replied to with, "well, i'll do my best, i've never made something like that before..." So I got to spend about 10 minutes drinking ice water and sipping a milkshake [which was free :-) ] just relaxing in a cool air conditioned place before I headed home. It was really nice... I knew there was a reason why I was interested in a Arby's man... :P
heheh... ok so I know that it's not the reason why, but it's a nice perk! :)

My 4th of July

Today was Amazing! So it didn't start out too good. I wasn't feeling so hot. But after 4 naps- 2 half hour, 1 ten minutes, and the other 45, I started to feel ok. I had this stomach thing, and I have no idea why. Anyways, so i got to eat a nice dinner with some of my family. Then headed off to the movies with my best friend Amanda, and also this really good guy Jonathan, his two kids and his cousin, Elizabeth. It was a blast. The movie was a great kid movie, but since the previews started at 7:00, it didn't get over till 9, and the kids were getting really tired during it, which made for a cranky ride home. Then we went back to the Hale House, and walked down to the fireworks. We got to meet Christina's family, and Tallia's family, and Carrie's family there. I wish I could have been there earlier so I could have mingled with them more, but oh well. Since the kids were falling asleep on the blanket and us girls didn't want to walk back by ourselves, we left early-which turned out to be just before the finale, so we stopped in the parking lot and watched it as we walked away.
Then we got water, and Amanda and I drove home. It was so funny... Since Amanda had been working at her house all day since 7:30 in the morning, she was so tired so she was talking a bit of nonsense while I was driving. I don't know what was funnier, Amanda in the car, or Christian trying to sleep while on his dad's shoulders...
aww, life is good.

A Fun day!

So I was running about 5 minutes late this morning for work so I was really worried when the person in front of me was going slow on the freeway. There was a truck in the middle lane going 60 so i was went into the left lane to pass him. Right then I noticed the sign that said, "left two lanes closed". As I moved into the right lane, I saw a line of cars ahead of me and immediately a flashback came from last year when those lanes were closed and I was stuck there for over a half an hour and I was late for work. So right then I pulled off onto the Rd. 100 exit, and gave Jared a call. It took me forever to get a hold of him. I finally had to call Connie at the front desk and fortunately he was right there. We agreed to meet at the broadmore mall. Because I knew he wouldn't be there for about 15 minutes, I stopped at a gas station and was able to buy me some breakfast. Then headed to the mall and found the perfect parking spot right under a big tree. After finishing my breakfast I started walking to a spot where he could pick me up at and right then he came!
We had a new kid today who's 7 years old, and he reminds me of what Philip would have been like when he was younger. that kid new a lot of stuff. I had to use my pump to see what time it was and he said, "you take insulin?" and i was caught off guard, because most of the kids wonder what it was. Then later he started talking about the van and asked "is that a CB radio? C B stands for..." and started saying what AM stands for and FM was. One fun thing that he said was "kim do you have paper and pen? I need to make myself a reminder note" "What do you need to remind yourself?" Jared asked. "To go to taco bell when I get home" We thought that was funny.
When I was dropped off at my car, it was nice and cool since it had been in the shade all day instead of in the weed field by the ARC. THAT was glorious. :)
It was a nice day, everything worked just like clockwork.

I created a new one!

Since it has been so long since i had a blogspot, I decided to create a new one...
For my first post, I wanted to let all my family know something very exciting! I found out yesterday that I received a 1000 dollar scholarship from Seattle Jaceey's Scholarship Program.
Also, I decided on a new place to live for next year. I canceled my other lease and got a new one. I found this place on craigslist and I hadn't seen it but I prayed and THIS one felt right. I had this haunting feeling about the basement apartment I was going to do, and as soon as I talked to the guy about this house, that haunting feeling disappeared. Before it was a 3 bedroom 1 bath, W/D, for 850 + 50 for yard care. The one that I'm going to be living in now is 3 bedroom 2 bath, W/D, Dishwasher, for 800, including yard care. AND it's a house.
It's a small block away from the institute which means it's close to the school also. I'm really excited. He sent me pictures of it yesterday.

Here's the front


here's the living room

and the front bathroom (i'm guessing)













So i'm really excited for this place. My lease starts in July so i'll be looking for a twin bed to take up there also a dresser. i'm not sure if i want one or not... depending on how my bedroom turns out. So that's it! what do you think?