Blurry Summer

Summer makes the weeks seem so fuzzy. It's so much harder to remember what day it is, and what day you did a certain thing, or how long it's been since you ate lunch... lol. This might just turn into the longest post ever, trying to remember what I've done recently...

I went to church today and then I came back and I ate a red bell pepper as a snack with ranch dressing...yum. =)

Well, I have spent TONS of time at Amy and Rachel's house. We stayed up late most of the time. We picnicked, we tackled, we drove a lot (well, Rachel drove), we danced, we cooked, we watched movies. [I should have done this blog a long time ago so that my fuzzy would be slightly less summer...I mean, my summer might be slightly less fuzzy.]

When Rachel is driving, Amy helps operate the radio; when a song they like comes on, Amy

cranks it up to a massive level and Rachel puts her seat back real far and drives gangster style. And then Mr. Pan can do it too.

Two Thursdays ago we went on a picnic. We grilled and had some brats and burgers and potatoe salad. We even played football (well, kind of...our version of football isn't very, um...official).

And then! We went swing dancing! It's this thing that Chicago has during the summer downtown in Grant Park. Rachel's friends from college came into town, so her friend Jeff taught us some steps. If you don't have someone to dance with, somebody just asks you to dance, and it's fun! I got to dance with this guy who totally knew what he was doing and told me that if anything goes wrong, it's ALWAYS the lead's fault. He taught me the Charleston. Fun!

We had a fun time walking back to the car.

Amy's feet hurt, so we carried her a little ways...

And then there was this general guy up on a horse. Who knows what he did, but we liked hanging out (literally) with him. Actually, he was a little stiff.... hahahahahahahahahaha -- okay, not funny.

The Petersons and I went to go see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. And then we were in the weirdest mood. We didn't want to go home, because we didn't want to be bored. So we sat in the parking lot. For half an hour. We were kinda crazy.

Wow....so what else have we done. We went to have ribs! We had done sushi, but had been waiting for ribs for a really long time.

I thought they were really yummy. I have steered away from them in the past, but these ones were so tender and great. They were really good.

I also went to go see Nancy Drew with Vicky. That night, we went to go play beach volleyball with some friends. It was SO fun.

I have been doing a lot in my summer; it's quite exciting. Coming up this week: volleyball on the beach again, perhaps some Dutch Blitz playing, and getting ready for leaving for the summer. I am going to Kansas City on Thursday, and then after that I am going to Tacoma, Lord-willing. Busy-ness coming up! (But fun busy-ness)

Class

This is a nice little sample of our classroom.

Biking

Yesterday was such an awesome day....

First, I had a great day at home. I was cleaning and getting ready for the barbecue that we had for all the staff from the school. Both my parents were already gone when I got up, so I didn't see anybody until my mom came home around 4:00 to start cooking for the bbq. The great thing was that I didn't feel lonely the whole time! For me, that is amazing. Usually, I have to be with people. But yesterday, it was just me and Jesus and I was totally fine and had super fun time. Crazy dancing happens best when one is alone.

Then, everybody came for the barbecue. That was pretty much just okay, until Mr. Pan rode by on his motorcycle. I have to say that the split second I saw the bike, my heart jumped (literally), I couldn't breathe for a second, and every ounce of blood I have went through my whole body in one, count it one, nanosecond. I have been waiting so long to be able to ride it, because there was this one night when the other people got to go and I couldn't; I have been waiting for a really long time. Anyways, I got to go and Kim and Abby went and it was so fun. I smiled for so long; I'm still smiling.

That's Abby with the gear on and Kim on the bike.

Me and Mr. Pan had to take some biker pictures.

So, the boots: Yes, they were brown boots with black capris. But they're the only boots I have! Mr. Pan said to wear something that covered the ankle, and they were the only thing I had, so I wore the boots, heels and all. And I have to say that it went pretty well...

I like this picture even though my eyes are closed.

And I have to say, the boots MAKE this picture.

Graduation

So, this might be kind of random, since it only matters that much to people who

were there or

know these people, but I had fun, and I like the pictures. I think looking at any pictures are fun, even if I don't know the people in them. I wonder what it is about them? Stories, perhaps.

So then, I felt very much like a photographer at some moments, and these are the photos that were the result:
The Light! The Light!!!

Mr. & Mrs. MannSo pretty. =)So instant, city, something that just looks really cool.

Downtown all alone

About a month ago, Amy and I got to go downtown...all by ourselves. It was super fun. We were shopping for the formal, and I got to buy a shirt at one of my favorite stores; I've never gotten to buy anything there before...White House|Black Market. We were down in Water Tower Place and then hangin' out on Michigan Ave. We went to Starbucks on Michigan Ave. anyway...it was really fun.

But then, we didn't find everything we needed there, so we went to good ol' Target. And, we found everything! We were very happy. Plus, we got some pretty sweet pictures.

Amy looked pretty awesome in the cowgirl hat. Oh, and, this was with her long hair. Now it's really cute and short!!!!

Old School; well, young school, actually

This is an old picture...old. Can you find me?

Amy pics

I promised my sister Amy so long ago that I would post the pictures of us from when she came to Chicago.

School is over

And I have neglected my blog. My apologies. School ended! and I had the most fantastic school after-party (after the math test was over...yuck).
Well...I had the worst math test ever...it took me about 3.5 hours. I was pretty distracted, though. Amy was my proctor in Mr. Pan's stead, and, well, it was very interesting...the math was depressing at times, but the environment was interesting.


Then, we went and got bubble tea!!!!! So yummy...mine was strawberry coconut. yum

Then we sat outside for hours. It was so beautiful outside yesteday!!!! I got the weirdest foot cramp in my arch. It hurt soooooo bad!!!!! Oh, man, it hurt. Mr. Pan said that banana would help, so Christy ran in and got me a banana. The second I took my first bite, the cramp started up again, and it was just bad timing. Christy brought me water, too... anyways...it took a while, but the cramp eventually went away (thanks for all the massaging, guys! =)
We then watched The Illusionist until 2:30.
This morning (or, this afternoon, more accurately, considering how late we slept), Rachel trimmed my hair (just a really little bit, with a little layering). you can't really tell, because it wasn't a cut, just a trim to get the ends off. Then Rachel and Amy made Swedish pancakes!!!!




Good times.