Long time no blog... now with pictures!

Hey there!

Sorry to hear about your health issues, but at least you are getting things sorted out. That's really good to hear about Beth though. =)

Yeah it's weird to have the 4th of July in the middle of the week. It's my grandpa's (on my mom's side) 80th birthday so we are having a party at my aunt Mary's house. It should be really fun. I hope it warms up though because the last couple of days haven't felt too summery here.

I haven't watched hell's kitchen from last night yet so I didn't read that part of your post, but yeah I've been reading the recaplets on TWoP. I'll probably watch it later tonight. I can't believe someone is letting them cater their wedding. I would never go on a show without watching previous seasons. Like last week that lady came up to the counter to complain and was whining that Chef Ramsay was rude to her. Seriously, did she know where she was?

I had a good time at the beach. It was relaxing and I got a lot of reading done. I finished Order of the Phoenix plus two other books! We went to the beach a lot of course. We also went to the boardwalk and played mini golf and stuff like that. Amy and I each got a new kite. Mine has a zebra on it. Probably my favorite thing that we did was when we rented a pontoon boat for the afternoon. I got to drive it a little, but I mostly just like to sit in the front and enjoy the breeze and the occasional splash. I love boats. I should definitely get one some day. Here are some vacation pictures:

Zebra Kite

Driving the boat
Flying my Kite

I still don't have a job besides the Joann's thing. It's very stressful because I'm sick of thinking about it and worrying about it. I called about that school job yesterday and they said they weren't interviewing people yet. I hope I get called. It seems like people tend to be biased against me because I look too young. I think I'd be good at whatever job I had, I just have to figure out how to convey that to others.

Anyway, I'm SO excited for Harry Potter -- the movie and the book, but mostly the book. I'll be at B&N to get it at midnight, assuming I'm still awake after getting up at 4am =)

Talk to you soon!