Sitting perched on a cushy couch enclosed by an indoor porch, with the sunset through the glass, beyond the trees, the sound of the dryer in the background, a full stomach from a delicious pot roast dinner, and thoughts of a comfortable bed in my near future. Summer happiness. Yes, I moved into the Butler house today, and I just know that this week is going to be great! I slept in this morning somewhat and found that the fam had called! After readying myself for the day, I returned the call, packed up my belongings and soon found myself headed off campus with Aunt Cheri, my stuff all in the back of her van. We had a fun adventure at the fabric store (so many designs, fabrics, CRAFTY things!) and then I got treated to a delicious lunch at Lenny's sub shop! I even got a free cookie and drink for being a college student AND there was leftover sub for my lunch tomorrow! A quick trip to Meijer then followed, and I'm so grateful to Aunt Cheri and her family for not only having me at their house this week, but for also being such kind hosts and cooking for me.
Now that I've been here for a few hours, I've already had more adventures, including a beautiful walk in the wooks, in which I saw poison ivy AND deer! I had some homemade guacamole AND fresh pineapple, and I got to welcome Allie home from her weekend excursion in Homer. She is on her way to dreamland now, since she has to wake up early for work, but I actually have to wake up early, too, since I'm going in with Aunt Cheri around 7:15. Good thing I'm a morning person! :)
Back-tracking now, Friday didn't end up being the Art Hop excursion that I had hoped for because we didn't leave campus until 7 or so, but eventually Rory and I did end up heading out to a candy store...that was closed. Sad. Oh well, we perused what was left of the Art Hop, but the best part was seeing We Know Jackson, who I now love! Then we made a quick stop at McDonald's, where I had a delicious shake! MMMM! The rest of the night was pretty ridiculous: Rory and I started a competition that will last all week. Basically anything and everything is fair game. Score right now: 1-2. He's winning. But not for long! (I won at building card towers; he won at Hangman and Rock Paper Scissors).
Saturday was a sleep-in day again, but Jess and Nate left at 5:30 in the morning to watch the sun rise at East Campus...it was quite the mystery for me to figure out where they had gone to! I was pretty productive with my thesis, but by lunchtime realized that Adam wasn't coming down to visit as he had planned. Bummer. He better come soooooon! Instead, I hung out with Kyle, Jess, Nate, Rory, and Josh, and we all played basketball outside in the drizzling rain. Then Tyler joined us and Kyle, Jess, Nate, and I went with Nate's roommate to play disc golf. I'm not good at all, and it was extra hard with the mosquitoes who like to eat me, but it was an experience. Jess, Kyle, Tyler, and I all headed to the candy store (my attempt #2), and we had a great time! Jess was super kind and bought me a fudge Snickers bar and 2 truffles--what a treat! I came back to Elmwood with Jess and had an EasyMac dinner. Rory and Josh were watchin a movie, and after I ate, Josh, Rory, and I played some card games. Will joined us because he was headed to Galesburg to see Tara. We played Uno, and it was great! Then we headed for Frosty treats at Wendy's. Rory and Will were ridiculous, ordering combo flavored twisted Frosty's. Crazies! Then later that night we had intense weather with tornado warnings. It was pretty fast, and I was tired anyway, so it wasn't too bad, just LOTS of rain and such.
And there. All caught up. Tomorrow is a BIG day! Office hours for Bronco Bash from 9am til 11am, and then Orientation presentation/tshirt sales from 11-3pm. Writing Center hours from 3pm-6pm and then on home with Aunt Cheri. She says we'll be having chicken stirfry for dinner with strawberry shortcake! mmmmm! Anyway tomorrow is also the day Kalamazoo Central graduates from high school on WMU's campus, so President Obama will be speaking at their graduation. It's going to be crazy tomorrow. AND it's the first day of orientation! Hopefully it won't be TOO insane! (Fingers crossed!) It's also a big week for my thesis progress, hopefully. Meeting with Dr. Malott on Tuesday...
OH! I have an important message for the readers of my blog: I miss my family!!! INCLUDING Uncle Jim, who I've inspired to write a blog himself! I'm looking forward to reading it and finding out everything he's been up to lately! It's been a loooong time since I've seen certain relatives--hopefully that can change soon!
I chatted with Mom on the phone awhile ago. We're starting to chat about stuff for when I come home! It'll be exciting, I'm sure I'll have tons to say over blog! I'm thinking I should probably wrap this up to allow for some bed prep time at some point. Gotta get my zzzz's for that busy day ahead of me! I'll be wearing my Bronco Bash shirt proudly!
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