Summertime!!

So I guess it is about time to start talking about the old summer plans. To start off my summer I have received a call from my old boss that I used to paint for during the summers. He called to tell me that this man whose house he painted was needing someone to come and spread mulch around his house so I called up the guy and the next day (during easter weekend) I went by his house and talked to him and decided when I would start mulching. The other day when I called him to confirm when I would be home he told me that his neighbor would like for me to do some yard work also. So besides those two jobs I am still in need of finding more work to do. Also this summer I am taking a class at the local community college back home. Other then these few things I will definitely be doing a lot of fishing with the dudes and chilling out. Another thing I will probably regret later when I start doing this but I can’t wait to start bailing hay. This is one of the hardest, demanding things I have ever done. Due to the fact my dad owns an old school bailer we have to stack the hay twice, once on the wagons and then again in the barn. I have been bailing hay with my dad since I was in 5th grade. I remember all the times I was too small to throw bails around and then one day during the winter my dad had me help him go out to the barn and restack the hay. I was really excited that I could finally help him. Last summer I did something I really regretted I was trying to hook up the hay tetter to get the rows fluffed to dry out faster and the thing was too heavy to lift by myself and the jack on the thing was broken. So I took rope tied it around the tetter and then roped it around the lift bars on the tractor to try and lift it up. When I did this I was swinging the tetter over to hook up and the rope broke and the tetter fell on my foot in which I was wearing flip flops. I was worried at first when I was lifting the tetter up to get my foot out, that I lost a few of my toes. I definitely learned a lesson from this experience.

This Weekend

This past weekend was my birthday, so Thursday afternoon my girlfriend arrived for the weekend. When she got here we hung out and napped until my other friends were ready to do the pk dinner. Later after pks we came back and watched some tv before we went out to my friend’s apartment to hangout for the night. Friday was my birthday so when we woke up we went to IHOP which was a disaster the waitress were running around with their heads cut off and it just over all took forever. It took 2 hours to get the food and 6 minutes for us to chow it down. After we ate we went to the grocery store so that she could get food to make me a birthday dinner. After we dropped off the food we went down to the river to layout and chill for a little bit. After we got back we played Mario party on the N64 for 2 hours. Then finally dinner time arrived she fixed me bbq shrimp and twice baked potatoes. I have never had bbq shrimp before, but it was actually really good. We stayed in Friday night and watched Law Abiding Citizen which was a very good movie I recommend that if you have not seen this movie yet that you should. Then Saturday I woke up and did some Econ homework and that was a thrill made my whole weekend. After the Econ got the best of me, my friends and I set up some lawn pong in which we use 6 5-gallon buckets and then take tennis balls and use them to knock out the buckets. While playing this we grilled some hamburgers that were really good. So I know it doesn’t sound like that much happened but this was all I wanted to just spend time with my girl.

Life as it is

So this past week was a pain in the ass, had some work to do and also take my biology test that was a kicker on all of that. I was ready for the weekend as soon as I woke up Monday morning. On Thursday I went downtown and started out at PK’s, (I suggest this if you all didn’t know about the Tijuana Toss) every Thursday from 5-10pm. You get an x-large 1 topping pizza (or however many you want) and you flip a quarter for each pizza you have and if u get it right you don’t have to pay for it. After that I went to the Cellar and had a few there, this place is neat it’s like an underground bar that has a real chill atmosphere. I then finished up at Hokie House where they have the “death steps” and I was training to do this last year until I had my incident. I finally counted them on my way up and there are only 19 steps, I was told that there was 21 but I guess this is because not many make it up that far. So each step has a different name of a drink and you’re supposed to have that drink of whatever step you’re on.
Okay enough of the downtown information for now, so Friday I didn’t do relay for life but went by for a little bit to visit some friends. While I was there we went and listened to some very heart wrenching stories of how some fellow students were affected by others they knew that had cancer. I listened to two girls the first girl’s sister’s life was taken by cancer and the way she told the life of her sister and the goals she had really made me take a step back and realize I am grateful for what I have. The other girl was talking about a fellow sorority sister who was hit by cancer last year. She said how her friend sent her a text and all it said was “I have cancer,” she never liked to talk about it but she was always interested in how others were instead of everything being focused on her. She said it didn’t go that way until she was getting sicker and was worried about leaving her family behind. These kind of stories make people realize stuff happens within a blink of an eye. I have to say from this don’t hold grudges, live life to the fullest and make the best of the shitty situations!

Easter Weekend!

Easter weekend was just what I needed! I went home on Friday after class and went to a local whole sale nursery to try and get a summer job. The owner was impressed with my resume and said that when I would be coming in to work he would be looking to cut back on employees. He said that I was worth consideration due to my qualifying information, so I hope I can get at least part time there. Once I got done there I went home to hang out with the family until dinner. After dinner I went over to my girlfriends place and hung out with her for the night. Saturday morning I went and met with a guy who was interested in me spreading mulch for him when I get back from this semester. I am happy I at least have one thing to do when I get back for the summer. Once I was finished talking to him I went to my grandmothers and mowed her yard. I was in my zone, I was so happy to be back and doing some yard work. After I was done at her house I went home and cleaned up around my parents flower beds. Saturday evening we celebrated my dads 50th birthday. Since we live on a small farm, my sisters thought it would be fun to have a farm theme party so everything was about cows and tractors. Then after the celebration everyone just sat around and talked for a good bit. After everyone left, my girlfriend and I watched some of the Sherlock Holmes movie. I have to say this weekend flew by but it was something I was in need of since school has been rough lately.