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Friday, September 9th, 2005
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| Time: | 10:59 pm. |
| Mood: |  happy. | | Music: | Broken Road - Rascal Flatts. |
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Right now I'm in Boone and I can't tell you just how wonderful that is! I'm with Adam and Bekah and Caswell people (Rob, Heather, and Tiffany)! We're getting ready to go whitewater rafting tomorrow and I've never been before so I'm kinda anxious. Plus I just know that the water will freeze me into a little icicle, but it's all good 'cause it's going to be a blast!
As for what else has been going on, I've been doing school in the mornings and guarding at RAC in the afternoons. And last weekend I helped behind the scenes with Chrysalis which was absolutely fantastic! I got to hang out with AP, Matthew Poole, and Laura Lord! What more can a pretending-to-be-Methodist kid ask for? hahaha Yay for meeting new people also! It was grand! Then on the way home I stopped by Southpoint and happened to see the lovely Abby Hinton. :)I was like, "seriously, what more could i ask for?" Thank you Jesus for good times!
At this point, plans coming up include babysitting next Friday and Sunday and coming back up here to visit ASU on Saturday. The next weekend I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. And hopefully the next weekend I'll be going back to Caswell - praise God!
Summarizing it all: life is good! I love having the freedom to do so many things, and I basically don't want to grow up. So that's me right now... <3
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Sunday, August 28th, 2005
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So I'm back home from Caswell. Clayton home. I have a new home. That would be Caswell. I have a new family there too. So really I came home from home. :)
So Rebekah and I got back on Wenesday and spent the next 2 days moving back in and getting schedules set for the next month or so. My calendar is filling up so fast that it would stress me out if I weren't so excited and hopeful about all of it! I think I like the point that I'm at in life right now. Yeah, there's a lot to figure out, but there's so much freedom to do so many things! It's wonderful, and I'm learning a lot about different aspects of life.
So yesterday we (Bekah and me, duh) went to Emerald Point and brought Anna Patton along with us! Yay for driving the minivan 'cause my car is messed up, listening to Jack Johnson, showing AP summer pics, an awesome Mark Schultz concert, the lazy river, lifeguard tan lines, seeing AP's dorm room for the first time, meeting her friend T.W., and finding out that I got a little sunburned. Fun day...
So today my suspicion was confirmed - I flippin' miss Generations Church! There's something about being with people who aren't very genuine in their worship that I just can't stand at all now. Oh, that "something" is probably called the hypocrisy of it all. Yeah that's probably it. It just seems like we have a bunch of modern day Pharisees walking around in our churches in America and I just hope I don't fall into that. I def don't want to get complacent in my faith or my worship 'cause God doesn't deserve that. The people I've been around this summer just seemed so much more genuine in what they did compared to what I was around this morning and that makes me want to just run away from my church. I think I'm going to visit a church in Clayton that Anna told me about sometime soon.
So tomorrow I start school. And I start working at RAC. And I start college apps. Yay. You know I'm going to be praying a LOT.
So I think that's about it. <<<<3333
PS - So Anna Patton, holla!
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This is Anna. Hannah is going to update on her own, but for now i'm going it for her. We're actually at her house right now, but she is packing to go pack to Caswell. Hannah had yesterday and this morning off. She called and was going to surprise me at work, but I had already gotten off. However, Hannah Price is love because she definitely spent the night at my house last night. We had Krispy Kreme and watched Ms. Congeniality II. It was wonderful but, nothing was as great as the good talks and just being around each other. She thinks she is going to stay down there and extra week and will therefore be gone until the middle/late part of August. She looooves the people down there and the atmosphere as a whole. Although she does have to be at breakfast at 6:45. Ouch, that's really early. I'm so glad she came to visit and can't wait for her to come home! <3
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HEY Y'ALL!
This isn't going to be very long, but I just wanted to say a quick word to you guys. This is the most totally awesome summer of my entire life, just fyi. Working at Caswell is the best thing EVER and summer staff '05 rocks my face off! I am having a blast - baking in the sun, playing hard, making friends, praising God, being sleep deprived, and even getting hurt! Everything is great here! The worst things are turned into joys and I've never felt so blessed! God is so stinkin' good, y'all!
And that's about where I'm going to leave it for now. I'll try to tell you all more later - esp. about the wonderful lifeguards. :) For now, let me just say that I hope you are all doing well and having fun! Let me know if you come down to Oak Island and we'll get together sometime!
Much love!
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SO... I just got home from the one and only Camp Mundo Vista where I just spent my Friday night talking to 1st-3rd grade girls and their moms about Costa Rica. Praise the Lord, it went well!
I've received a lot of encouragment about Caswell in the last few days - lots of people have said they'll be praying for me, and some of the staff who's worked there before have been sending emails saying how great it is and how excited they are. That makes me feel better.
I don't know how much I'll be able to post this summer, but I'll still try to keep y'all decently updated on my activites. For now, let me just say HAVE A ROCKIN' AWESOME SUMMER! And to my friends who are graduating: I'm so excited for y'all! Congratulations! And, run before they take your diplomas back! haha. I stole that last one from a card. :)
I'd better bid y'all farewell now. Much love!!!! <333333
hannah:)
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Ok, so you know how excited I had been about the whole Caswell thing? That's how anxious I am about it now. It really hurts to have to tell every stinkin' person you see on a regular basis that you won't see them for almost 3 straight months. It's the pits to know that tonight is the last night for that same time period that you'll be able to sleep in your own bed. I hate change. HATE it. With a passion. Inside I just feel all heavy right now. It stinks 'cause I've done some really cool stuff recently and I've gotten some fun new stuff, and I'm not just free to be excited about a bit of it. Like, I got a call last Friday asking if I could come to Mother/Daughter camp at Mundo Vista this weekend and talk to all these cute little 1st-3rd grade girls and their moms about my trip to Costa Rica. And yeah, I am gonna do it, but at the moment that's just serving to stress me out more 'cause I have to get ready to talk to people. Then, I'll come home from there, get my car and drive straight to the beach. By myself. Which I've never done before. Great. I think until yesterday, I didn't really realize how much this was all getting to me, but after I got home from church I was SO incredibly tired. I didn't want to shower, I didn't want to clean my bed off and get in it, I didn't want to change into my pajamas. I just wanted to lay down and sleep. But Bekah went to sleep in the guest room and I didn't want to be alone. Then I got really angry about all of it. I never ever do that. Then my dad came to tell me good night, and I complained about it all to him. I don't think I've ever done that either. Well it wound up that I showered and cleaned off my bed and my mom came and slept in my room so I wouldn't have to be alone. I still didn't sleep well, though. And I figured out today that it's all this stuff that I just keep to myself and think I can handle on my own, but I still don't feel like discussing with anyone. Does that make me a complete idiot with issues? I don't know. But I think I should be able to handle it a lot better 'cause really how bad is any of this stuff? Try not a bit, hannah. Not one tiny freakin' bit compared to what, like millions of other people handle. And that makes me mad at myself. I should be better. I should be stronger than I am. I should do my best to not make a big deal out of nothing. And when something truly hard does come my way, I should do my best to excel in the situation, not sit in a corner and cry for myself. ::inwardly screams:: Alright, now that I've talked myself into just pressing on, I think I'll try to go get my stuff together to pack. I will talk to you all again later. Hopefully in a better mood if for nothing else but your sakes. I love y'all.
And I've been housing all this doubt:And insecurity:And I've been locked inside that house:All the while You hold the key:And I've been dying to get out:And that might be the death of me:And even though there's no way of knowing:Where to go I promise I'm going:Because:I got to get out of here:I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake:I got to get out of here:And I'm begging You:I'm begging You:I'm begging You to be my escape
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Thursday, April 21st, 2005
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HEY YA'LL!!!!!!
OH my gracious, so much has happened since the last time I updated! Two Sundays ago (the 10th) my family minus Adam went to Boone to help Samaritan's Purse with the Easter shoeboxes for tsunami survivors. It was a rather unexpected trip, but it was loads of fun! We came home late Tuesday (12th), packed on Wednesday (also babysat and went to church), and Bekah and I flew to Iowa on Thursday! We're here visiting our friend Jordan. We've enjoyed ourselves immensely, and I don't know what I'm going to do when I get home. I rather enjoy taking a whole random day to go to the mall, seeing movies at the theater that only cost $1, and going to the coffee shop my friend works at! :) Ah, it is great! I'll try to post some pictures of our trip when we get home. Oh, but a note to my Chrysalis friends - I missed you this past weekend! I need to see ya'll sometime soon! Anyway, I have to depart now. I will talk to all ya'll again somewhere in the near future! Much love! :)
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
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| Time: | 7:15 am. |
| Mood: | happy. | | Music: | RelientK. |
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I think we're going somewhere. We're on to something good here. Out of mind, out of state. Trying to keep my head on straight. I think we're going somewhere. We're on to something good here. There's only one thing left to do. Drop all I have and go with you. Somewhere back there I left my worries all behind. My problems fell out of the back of my mind. We're going and I'm never knowing, never knowing where we're going. To go back where I was would just be wrong. I'm pressing on. Pressing on, all my distress is going, going gone. Pressing on, pressing on. And I won't sit back and take this anymore. 'Cause I'm done with that, I've got one foot out the door. And to go back where I was would just be wrong. I'm pressing on. Adversity, we get around it. Searched for joy, in you I found it. You look down on me, but you don't look down on me at all. You smile and laugh, and I feel the love you have for me. I think we're going somewhere. We're on to something good here, and we're gonna make it after all.
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| Time: | 11:18 pm. |
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Saturday - pretty low-key. stuck around the house and worked on stuff.
Sunday - played piano for offertory at church. went straight from there to RAC for CPR recertification class. yay for eating in the car speeding down Old Garner Road while listening to Hawk Nelson and talking to Bekah! anyway, we both passed the class, so we are certified for CPR and AED again (i'm clear, you're clear, everyone is clear?! i missed you, AP) then we came home and had supper 'cause Maureen + the kids in our class rocked and we got done early! then Bekah and I went back out to church to practice with our handbell group.
Today - was killer getting up. uuuugggghhh. tomorrow's not going to be any better. oh well. the girls' handbell choir went and played at a nursing home today. that went pretty well. ooooooohhhhhhhhh YAY! CAROLINA JUST WON THE NCAA! oh, that's exciting! woot!
on that note, i've got to go to bed now. i'm happy, i'm content, but i'm very tired. have a great night, y'all! ::hugs::
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rundown of my day.....
woke up. fell back asleep. got up at 7. ate breakfast - which consisted of those little dessert cake things, strawberries, and lots of cool whip. healthy? that would be a no. yummy? most definitely. did school. ate lunch. did more school and practiced piano. i'm playing the offertory for church on Sunday. i hope i'm ready for that. went to Anna's. looked at pictures. listened to my new cd the whole way through - twice. worked on Emmaus/Chrysalis project. read some of the Apocrypha. innnnnnteresting. talked about going places/directions. Anna says i'm the "human road map." yyayy. ha ha. :) came home. ate supper - papa john's pizza. yummo! babysat the twins. watched The Incredibles. came home. watched a little bit of The Mask of Zorro. showered. updating journal. gonna clean room a bit. maybe watch another movie. go to bed. sleep in. woot. all in all, not bad.
i think i've refrained from drinking caffeine enough that it keeps me awake for awhile now. oh boy!
the only April fools trick that worked on me today was my dad telling me that the pope died. i think it's slightly twisted to use that as an April fools trick. but it was smart of him. and honestly, deep down, i wish i could've thought of something so believable that tons of people would probably fall for like that. oh well. that is one of the quite trivial things in life.
the cherry tree in front of my house is blooming, and Bekah took some really cool pictures of it. i think i want to put one of them on here as my background. that would make me happy. :)
y'all have probably heard enough about my day now. even though it's so entertaining, right? ha ha. bye y'all!<3
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
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heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy everybody! i'm feelin' a little crazy at the moment, just to let you know! be ready for some very disconnected thoughts and randomness! :) i feel like going somewhere. don't know where, but um, that's ok! see, i showered just a little bit ago, and then i put on some of my favorite clothes - summer clothes!!! and i fixed my hair. and i feel like i look pretty much ok. and i smell like coconut lime verbena from bath and body works. that is the best scent EVER! i like it a lot (with British accent)! oh, speaking of accents, i was listening to this cd a little while ago that had some narration on it, and there was a Scottish dude on there and an Irish dude, and, i swear, i am in love with their accents! oh my gracious, i am so going to the UK some day! and i don't mean like when i'm old and gray. i most def. have to go before i'm 30. not that everyone over 30 is old and certainly not gray. but nevermind. anyways....... hey! get this. i got this new cd the other night by a band called Overflow, and i got Ms. Doreen to play it at the gym today while i worked out! ::it was totally wicked!!!:: ha ha, thank you, the incredibles. anyway, i think i'm gonna peace out now 'cause my mom just totally came by and popped my bubble. gee thanks, mom. y'all have a great night, ok?! alrighty. oh, and please pray for Adam. he had his wisdom teeth removed today. thanks!
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let's start with something fun!
City Southerner
Congratulations! You scored 77! |
| Sugar, you are southern but, poor thing, you have been exposed to too many northern ways. You won’t be seen with the bars in stars parading around on the back of ur truck. Still, you’re in very good southern shape. You are respectful and kind and enjoy a simpler way of life now and then. You enjoy home cookin’ too. All I can say is stay true to ur southern ways and enjoy life |
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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let's hope i put that in here right. ha ha!
anyways, life has been ok. nothing terribly exciting is going on at the moment. it feels kinda weird for everyone i know to be on spring break, though, either last week or this week, and my "spring break" is in a few weeks. but you know what? that's ok. i would've kinda liked to go to the beach last weekend though. i love the beach! but i'll be at the beach all summer...... so i guess i should stop this complaining/whining/whatever it is. anyway, i feel like there should be a lot to say at the moment, but i'm just feeling kinda blank. hmmmmm. i think i'm just going to leave it at this, and maybe i'll be more talkative later and post again. bye, my darlings!<3
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Thursday, March 24th, 2005
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THIS WEATHER MAKES ME SO STINKIN' HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! summer is coming back, and I'm so ready for it!
talking to Jordan last night from like 9 something until 11:30 made me happy! we laughed and laughed and laughed. i'm SO thankful for my friends!
i hope today goes well, for i am in a happy mood, and i'd prefer that it would not go away!
today is 3 weeks exactly 'til I go to see Jordan J!
yay for fun times!<333333
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
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I've been thinking about some semi-longterm stuff today (college, what to major in, etc.), and I don't feel like writing about that AND my events of late, so the events will come later. Anyway, I still don't know exactly WHERE I want to go to school. Thank goodness I decided to take a year after this to finish everything up and figure that out. (Yeah, I'm convinced I CAN actually figure it out.) But I've also been wondering what to major in exactly. Up until last year I thought I'd study piano performance, but when I talked to several people about it and really sat and thought about it, I wasn't sure that I'd really be happy with that. I know I want to study music, but I'm not sure exactly what area to focus on. I've thought about being a music minister or worship leader, but then what would all those years of piano lessons and all that hard work be for? So I was talking to my mom about all that today, and she said maybe I could find a way to study a little bit of both. Or maybe I could study some general music course (music ed. maybe?), and then I could get my master's in church music. I dunno, but it seemed to help some. I was thinking I'd never get a clue, but I guess I just need to stop keeping all my thoughts to myself and ask more people (obviously not just anyone. I KNOW.) what they think. (Oh, and just btw, the whole getting my master's idea kinda surprised me. In a good way. It makes me feel like mom has great confidence in me. And that's cool.)
Anyways, the other long-term thoughts have been about getting married someday. For awhile I was in a whole "I'm supposed to be single" sort of state. Then I went through a very confusing time thinking "maybe I'm supposed to be single?" "maybe not?" Now the marriage thing is back in the picture. Really, I think I'm cool with singleness or marriage. It's still a bit of a conflicting thing in my mind sometimes, because I see some of the greatest couples at my church who make me think "I want a relationship like they have someday." But recently it's also hit me hard to see quite a few people who, at some point in my life, I've been at least semi-close to get divorced. It makes me extremely grateful (but sometimes kinda guilty - which may sound weird) that my parents are still together after almost 25 years. I think I'll have to pray a lot more about it all. No, I know I will. But it's all good. Really, thank you God for days when things get a little less confusing. At least I have some new ideas to ponder more.
Please let me know if y'all have any thoughts. I gladly welcome them.
I love y'all!
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Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
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hey hey hey! i realized last night that i hadn't updated in a while, so..... here i am! the weekend went well. we had a great time friday on the way to the coast - bekah, courtney and i played "catch phrase" for a long time. dude, lots of hilarious things are said when you play that game! for instance, bekah had the word "grave" so she said "what you get buried in!" and i said "a casket" and she goes, "no. think OUTSIDE the box!" oh gracious me, i will NEVER be able to hear that phrase without laughing. then when we got to Caswell, we stayed up playing cards (dad, bekah, courtney, and me). we had cheerwine and lots of candy - and i mean LOTS of candy! ha ha. it was fun! anyways, on saturday we had the lovely job of trimming ALL the pampas grass in the camp. we got to where we were really good at it! it was actually pretty fun, except for the fact that we couldn't ride in the back of the truck. some volunteer had come down before, and the driver of her truck started going when she was standing in the back, and she fell out, got hurt, and the camp had to pay. that made me really really mad. stupid people do STUPID things, and the rest of us have to pay for it. there's more i'd like to say, but it's not very Christian, so i'm gonna refrain from that. MOVING ON, we got home late saturday, and then bekah and i sang with One Way in church sunday morning. we had 21 kids in our 5 yr. old Sunday School class, and mom is starting to get worried about who is going to replace me and bekah when we leave for the summer (which, btw, we found out is May 20, and we won't be home until August 14). anyway, then we came home and had a really good lunch, we watched Duke play Georgia Tech, bekah and i went back to church, and then we went to the Tobin's for an afterglow. actually, i think they're trying to call it "the core" for the high schoolers, but we just hang out and eat and play games and such, and i'm not into stupid names, so........ anyway. the rest of this week has been fine so far. just... fine. well, last night was fun. we had several people over for dinner, and after that my family watched "the Incredibles" for the first time. i liked it! especially that little kid at the end when he said "that was totally wicked!" ha ha. it was cute. oh, and i loved the little designer lady. i think she was my favorite. ha ha ha. anyway, there's not much more to say at the moment. except for this random thought.... i think Chopin is going to drive me crazy. urgh. ha ha. anyway, y'all have a great day!
a saying from each day:
friday - "think outside the box"
saturday - "they look like little gumdrops!"
sunday - "and i guess that's about all i have"
monday - "they make fun of me at school (w. johnston) for sounding redneck and being from johnston county. well, what is up with that?! hello!"
tuesday - "Edna Mode. and guest"
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this day is going to be pretty abnormal. i don't know if i'll get any school done. my piano lesson got moved to this morning at 10, i have to pack because we're going down to Caswell, and i'm picking Courtney up from school at 3. then we'll (the "we" being my family minus Adam, plus Courtney. Adam's taking the SAT again tomorrow. pray for him, please!) leave, hopefully in time enough to get to Southport to have supper 'cause everyone wants some seafood. except me. but that's ok. :) anyways, who is excited about the ACC tournament? i love watching ACC basketball!!! i haven't been able to see like any games up until now, but yesterday i got to see parts of all the games, and that was lots of fun, even though i don't like any of those teams. ha ha. i think it's really wrong, though, that they moved the tourney away from Greensboro. grrrrrr. eveyone was ok with it, but we had to add more teams to the conference didn't we? darn new teams. i mean, why on earth is Boston College joining our conference? Boston. the least they could do is get other teams from our area to join, if they HAD to add new teams. uuuugggghhhh. oh well, enough ranting about that. ::drastic change of subject:: One Way is singing Sunday morning. we have to be at church at 8:15. oh boy. and like no one knows the song, but Mrs. Beth is making us sing without books anyway. i'm thinkin' maybe we should've started practicing without the books about a month ago. but it's pretty obvious that at my church, i'm one of very few people who think like that. but it's all good, right? hey, when i was at church on Wednesday, 2 people said (at different times during conversations), "you're not 18 yet?!" and then Mr. Ricky said he thought i was 19 or 20. i'm like, "what?!" kinda weird.... that's not the first time that's happened - it's been awhile, but i've been told before that people thought i was like 2 or 3 years older than i am. i just think it's crazy 'cause i most def don't think i look that much older than i am. anyways, that just kinda cracks me up. sooooooooo, that's all that's on my mind at the moment. have a great day, y'all!<3
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
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Tuesday quick notes:
~the weather started out so yucky! then later, it totally fit the line "on and off, the clouds have fought for control over the sky." i don't like that kind of weather.
~Bekah and i got our flights booked to go see Jordan! (that's our big, belated Christmas present. we were going to go in January, but that didn't work out.) we'll be gone April 14-23. yay, JordyB! i'm so excited!
~we had Chrysalis reunion group again! yay for us! and our name.............. i just wanna be a sheep - BAAH! (or something like that, ha ha)
~Anna had dinner with us and ate stuff she doesn't like! (my mom felt bad about that, AP) then later we made chocolate chip cookies! at like 8:30! and we had whole milk. ha ha ha! can't ya just feel those pounds packing on?! oh well!
~i realized that i still have not gotten a nametag from Chrysalis that is spelled right. hmmmmmmmm.
~i'm still waiting on my info from Caswell...... grrrrrr. i want it now. for one thing, i need to find out if can get my CPR recertification there or if i have to get it before i go. 'cause my time frame to work with for that is not very nice at all. anyway, i think this is another one of those patience lessons. (hey anna, i'm making that face)
so yeah, anyway, i think i'd better go now. it's time for some breakfast! have a wonderfully fantastic Wednesday!
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deeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaar y'all,
hi!
lllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeee,
hannah<3
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Saturday, March 5th, 2005
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today, Adam drove to the coast. his driving is great. the route he took combined with the overall ride of his car was not so great. don't get me wrong, i like the 4runner, but it doesn't feel too good when you're taking the rural North Carolina back roads to Brunswick County. we're most def. always going by way of I-40 now. ha ha. you know what was really cool today? my Uncle Mike got a new car, and he's had it for a couple weeks, but he didn't tell us. he got a brand new Corvette. it is sweet! and get this - i got to drive it! plus, he said i could drive it over to Caswell this summer while i'm down there. (of course, i won't have it long, but it'll be cool to drive it a couple of times) wow, fun stuff! anyway, i'm going to just make this a short post and say farewell now so that i can stay awake in church tomorrow. i hope y'all have had a good weekend!<333
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discontent.
crazy.
thoughtful/contemplative.
i'm going to Ft. Caswell today.