Woodstock

Today was my first day off. Me and three of the art shack girls that I work with decided to spend our day there. We shopped and ate awesome Chinese at a place called Wok n Roll. How cute right? We also got to lay out for a few hours by the river-the only thing missing was an acoustic guitar.

Woodstock was everything I had imagined. Old bearded men with guitars, Crazy ladies in floral skirts and tons of tie dye, Beatles and Bob Dylan posters, and lots of people enjoying the farmers market.

I think I'm in love, I want to spend every day I have off there just soaking up the culture, It was so great. I think everyone should go. Also today we found out the Dave Mathews band is playing on the field where Woodstock the concert was held later this summer. It's pretty much a must do and it's definitely on the agenda!

I'm going to bed early tonight and am refreshed and ready to take on another week of loud children, annoying children and my crazy teen girls (who actually seem to like me!)

I've been re posted in the art shack and am now just a floater and no LONGER IN CHARGE OF ROCKETS. way too exciting! I really love it in there and now get to do tons of fun stuff like make jewelery.

More updates when more fun things happen. :)

So. 5 Days in I get sick. What a surprise. Basically I'm miserable but it's just a sinus infection so I get to stay.

I've been given a new title, I'm no longer a general counselor, I'm a specialty in the Art Shack. I'm the new Rocket Girl. I get to teach kids to make rocket-good thing they come with instructions! I've also been moved from Freshman (8 and 9) girls to Teen (15 and 16) girls. I'm okay with it, I just didn't want any middle schoolers-they are so awkward!

We have three days until the kids come and thats when camp really begins. I can tell you all, this has already been a HUGE learning experience but a good one. I'm really enjoying my self-minus the illness.


More updates when the kids come!

Timber Lake Camp-I HAVE arrived!

I've arrived at camp atlast!

After 3 hours in the air, 4 hours at the Newark airport and 3.5 hours on a bus, it was a LONG day yesterday.

So here I am, out in the middle of no where with no cell phone service and a ton of people who I've never met and already, I'm having a blast. Everyone is so friendly and so cool and pretty much, it's great.

The campers arrive saturday (less than a week!) and I'm pretty excited for that. I'm 95% sure that i'll be with the 8 and 9 year olds but it could potentially be the 15 and 16 year olds. I think either way it's going to be a good time.

So far so good. Not much has happened. but if you want personal updates, check out my facebook for my camp address and you can send me letters!

Expect better stories in just a few short days when Kids arrive and I meet my Family for the next 8 weeks!

Fargo Tomorrow.

A brief update.  Sitting up waiting for Laundry. I was completely out of clean clothes!

Fargo tomorrow. Way excited.  Leaving around 3. Dinner with the Girls (Sarah, Courtney and Deb) and then who knows but it shall be fun!  Lake on saturday (Sun, Sun Sun :]).  Hanging out Sunday AND seeing miss Amy my other half on my way back to B-town.  It should be a good weekend, if you think of me, please pray for good weather and safe travels.

Check facebook next week for pictures! There will be plenty I promise!

School is almost out for the high school seniors! Congrats all my graduating friends and I wish I could go to ALL of the Grad parties, but alas, I'm out here.  Have a good day all.

I moved a few boxes into the new place today. It's really happening, I have a home!

camp countdown: 23 days. That's less than a month.

Move in countdown: 4 days. That's less than a week.

Morgan, I want a paint horse.

So here I am, its about 11:37 and I'm pretty much wide awake due to my four and a half hour nap from the hours of 5:50 to 10:25. oops, so much for getting up at 6:45.

anyway, my exciting news is that, I'm HOMEFUL. which in case you were wondering is the opposite of homeless. Yes, I have finally found a place to reside.  It's a cute duplex (yellow), 3 bed 2 bath that I'm currently sharing with a girl named Molly. I can start moving in asap. But my bed and furniture from home won't come down until June 1st. I'm thrilled to finally have a place and a place that I really really like.  It's pretty much brand new and is awesome.  Nice carpet, tiled kitchen/dinning room. Lots of storage space, a 2 car garage.  After all the crappy apartments I looked at, I was so happy to find this one!

Got to go home and do the horse races this weekend, we had two in and won both (It was for me, I needed to get my picture taken!) Got to bond with the Newest Hardy child (Our trainers) and see Jordan again, this time I was her favorite.  Austin is just a cutie, but huge.  He's four months and about 18 pounds and Jordan is 3 and a half and only about 24 pounds. 

Jordan loves her brother most of the time but Monday night at our campfire/cook out, she told my mom and I that she was going to give him to the Rodeo (they're from Texas).  She also shared her gum with me (it was pre-chewed, yum right?) haha, and comes out of the bathroom and goes, Morgan. I want a paint horse. completely mater-of-factly like I was supposed to go get her one!  She's a sweet little girl, totally into dresses, pink and horses.  

Austin loved me and I pretty much put him to sleep all weekend (which according to his mom Kari and his Granny Sharon, was a wonderful thing). He was getting angry with me Saturday night when we went out to Pablo's (excellent Mexican food in Shakopee) because I would stop paying attention to him for about 3 seconds.  I love babies! (About 10 people that I've known all my life from the track thought he was mine and I told them no way!)

I just love the races, it was good to see everyone and the wins were definitely bonuses.  (I spent my whole childhood there and it's always fun to see the kids I grew up with, all grown up.  I haven't seen a lot of them since I was about 12)

My aunt came out Sunday.  It's always good to see her AND she brought me my Ed Hardy flip flops (coincidentally, that's our horse trainers name haha) and I love them.  Her and her man came out to ride and just hang out and then joined us at the track on Monday.

I'm going to Fargo this weekend to visit my freshman year roommate and see a few other people I love.  We're planning on going to the lake Saturday so hope for nice weather for me!

Camp is 25 days away! I need to go shopping!

my life this week.

So Here I am.  Finals are done. Grades are posted (unfortunately, not so great this semester). And I still am lacking a place to live next year.  I'm pretty much sick of Realtors and this whole process. I'd just like a home please. I am done in Brookings in 4 weeks.  2 weeks of May and 2 weeks in June and then 1 week at home.  Then New York.  I'd really like to be all moved in and settled by the beginning of June.  

New York is just 35 days away!  I got all my paper work printed off and now just have to go through the process of filling it all out.  And it's a lot of paper work. eww. 

Work is going well, I'm spending a lot of time with small children.  We have a tour pretty much everyday and most of them are first graders.  It wears you out but they are so cute, it's worth it.  

I also got to babysit two boys from church the other night.  They are just so cute, it's unbelievable.  But also sooo full of energy, I felt like I needed a nap half way through the night!  We did watch Kung Fu Panda too, which may have been a mistake, because Jaiden decided to break out the kung fu moves...too funny really.

so that's what's going on right now, nothing too exciting.  Work M-F and hanging out on the weekends.  I'll be home next weekend and in Fargo the weekend after that.  Graduations and catching up with friends from High School is pretty much going to eat up all my time. 

Prom is today and my brother (my little baby brother who now towers over me at 6'3'') is going.  I can't wait to see pictures of him all spiffed up in his tux! I wish I would have decided to go home last night to see Grand March.

Also-Was at the Twins games Tuesday and Wednesday.  13 innings! But totally worth staying to the end to see that Grand Slam.  Did anyone watch the game on TV? See a huge sign with curly red and blue ribbon? It read: Burt Should Circle Us Because the Best things from South Dakota are: Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, The Two of Us and Jason Kubel!  I heard from a friend we were spotted during the game!

stay in my loop!

well. It's finals week and Yes, you're right, I should be studying, but I just can't seem to FOCUS.  Only 3 tests stand between me and summer (and the end of my 4th semester of college, yeah, I'm getting old!).  And what a CRAZY busy summer it's going to be.

Chem, Econ and Bio.  In that order. Oh boy, it's going to be tough to take tests when it's finally nice.

I finally found a place to stay for the month of May.  My friend Jillian who happens to be graduating has decided to win the best friend award and is letting me rent her room at a very cheap rate!  Jack and I are still looking for a place to live from June 1st on...but having a roof over my head for this month relieves a little anxiety at least.  

I have a job for the rest of May and June until I leave for camp.  I'll be employed full time at the SDSU Dairy Bar and Plant.  38 hours a week, Monday through  Friday.  8-4pm.  What am I going to do with the rest of my time?  I think that I'm going to be very bored but at least it's only for a few weeks and my weekends are packed full!  (But if anyone has any book recommendations, they will be duly noted!)

For those of you who live in Minnesota (especially the Wright County Area), I'm going to be at mom and dads a few different times through out the summer and would definitely love to see you all!  I have a trip planned to Fargo and Dairy Camp as well.  A Girls Twins Getaway right after finals as well!  This summer may be shortened but it's not going to be any less fun!

The countdown to camp: 46 days.  FOURTY SIX until I board that Airplane and take off!  I'm getting to be way too excited!