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What a cute girlfriend I have!

She is coming over to make dinner for my parents with me tonight. Nervous/excited! I have never introduced my dad to anyone that I've been dating before. We'll see how it goes.

Father's Day

Went out for dinner with my dad today - you know, with it being father's day and all. Ate delicious food and heard some interesting stories. Despite all of the ways I don't get along with my dad, I have to admit that he is one of the most interesting people I know. He's met so many people, and seen so many things that it always just blows my mind.

Tonight is rather uneventful. Laundry, a bit of cleaning. I'm in and out of my house so often that I feel like I'm constantly living out of bags, even when I'm at home. Sometimes when I know I'll be home for a couple days in a row it's nice to unpack and get things sorted...even if I'll just be leaving again soon.

The other day someone was telling me about the health benefits of apple cider vinegar (ACV), and today I decided to do some research on it. Drinking ACV is supposedly good for you in quite a few ways, so I'm giving it a go. I've had stomach issues for several years now, and hate having to take antacids all the time - so this should help with that. And it's also used for clearing up skin problems like acne which has been bugging me lately. I'll let you know how all this vinegar drinking goes. So far the only downfall I've heard about drinking it is that it's pretty awful on your tooth enamel...which could be a problem, but maybe if I brush my teeth before/after drinking it that won't be an issue. We'll see.

Went to 6 flags last week and it was AWESOME. It was a gloomy day so we it wasn't crowded at all. Lines were almost non existent. Went on all the roller coasters AND only paid $20 for a ticket. Was a pretty perfect day :)

Amanda wore my fanny pack like a messenger bag for most of the day. Here she is posing in a non existent line for that giant drop ride which scared the crap out of us both times we rode it.

Hey Scooby. Sorry about molesting you like that.

Oh yeah, and sorry about molesting you too, Superman.

Dryer is obnoxiously beeping at me. I'm off to tend to my clean clothes now.

Summercamp

Went to a music festival this past weekends, stayed Fri, Sat, and Sunday night. Just got back on Monday. It was pretty much awesome :) It was muddy and loud and splendid. We camped out so that was an adventure. It was so incredible to use a real bathroom on Monday! Oh, and also I went without showering for several days. Mmmm delicious. I am a bit sad to be back in the real world. Here are just a couple pics from the wknd:

Brittny is surprised to discover that we can put up a tent!

I drink coffee out of a bowl.

Music peeps

Fire spinner captures my attention

Living alone

I can't take much more of this living with my family thing. I'm 25 and I think it's pretty normal for me not to want to live at home anymore. Woke up around 10:30 this morning, went downstairs, and was pleasantly surprised to find nobody around. Unfortunately, people were around - I just couldn't see them right away. Reed was still in bed. My mom was outside. I attempted to suckle in the peace and quiet for a short time. Made (and ruined) some oatmeal. Drank some juice. Checked my emails/facebook. You know, the usual morning activities of an unemployed person.

Anyway, the point of this story is that living with my mom is so fucking stressful. She is certainly not mean or rude in anyway. She just has a lot of energy and can't be still. I don't like this. Sometimes it is okay to just chill out, relax, and not worry about things. My mom doesn't understand that. I guess it is a personality thing. As soon as she came in from outside I was bombarded with conversation that I didn't want to participate in. How was the job interview? What was the company? Where can I buy disposable customizable cups? Where is the music festival that you're going to this weekend? How far is that from Springfield? Are you doing anything today? Do you want to help clean out the basement? What should we have for dinner?

This was just the tip of the iceberg. There were follow up questions to all of these, and side comments, and unfinished sentences that made no sense. I finished my oatmeal and returned to my bedroom. I don't like to do this because I feel like I get stuck here. I just like to be alone sometimes. And I like to enjoy some quiet time, without worrying about a thousand things. I do enough worrying in my head that if I can have some time where I don't think about stuff it just feels really good.

The 1st time I slept over at Stacey and Stu's apartment, I remember waking up on the futon - they were still in bed, and it was around noon. I cuddled with Dean for a while, and they came in, turned some music on, and made coffee and breakfast. It was all just really lovely. I didn't fill up with my usual morning anxiety which was incredible. I wonder if I lived alone what things would be like. Damn I just rambled about a lot crap. My apologies.

Cup in mouth face

This is a special tradition in my family. And by tradition I just mean a thing that Reed & I do because we think it's funny.

"Cup in mouth face"

My friend

Amanda/me. I'm the one with glasses and square jaw.

Job Interview

That's right, I have my first of hopefully many job interviews today. I heard back from a couple of the places that I applied to which is kind of exciting. The jobs are probably not extremely ideal, but at least I'll be going out and interviewing/being proactive.