Hi all,

    So sorry I have not been updating this! It has been way too long! Here's something new for you all to read. I'll try to get on here more often.

Life has been so crazy! I meant to write a new blog sooner but I just haven't had the energy. First, I'll tell all about the Fall Festival with my best friend. Then I'll share details of my week.

Ok, for starters, I had chosen to wear a long black dress of mine so I could be Emily Dickinson for the Fall Festival. The straps are a bit too long so I needed my grandmother to adjust them for me. David was already planning to go up to see her on Saturday so I figured I'd send the dress with him. Well, I ended up just going with him and Julie. My grandmother wasn't home, however, and while I was there I started feeling sick. I was having horrible cramps and ended up borrowing a Therma Care heating pad from an aunt who lives there also. We waited a little while longer but I felt so bad that I decided I wasn't gonna wear the dress so we left to go home.

We got home and Julie filled the bath tub with hot water. I grabbed some clean clothes and swallowed a pain pill. Then, I took a 5 min hot bath while trying to eat a cheeseburger from Wendy's. Once I got out, I went to bed to take a nap. By then, I decided I wasn't even gonna go to my best friend's and was trying to get up the nerve to call and tell her. An hour later, I changed my mind and got up to pack my clothes and find another outfit to wear since I did not feel like wearing a dress. My final choice: a cute western shirt and fitted jeans. (Check profile for pics of me in my costume. There are four located on the 'view more pics' page.)

So...Nicki and I spent the afternoon together and then her mom took us to church. There were games and tables set up everywhere for the kids. It was really neat! One place had a table with icing and sprinkles to decorate cookies with. Another place was set up for "pin the nose on the scarecrow" and close by was a moon walk. There was also a table to face painting and one game with candles that were lit and you had to use water guns to spray them until the fire was out. We had a booth set up for "fishing" and a row of three pumpkins that you had to toss hula-hoops over. I had my still and video cameras with me so I filmed off and on through the whole visit.

Nicki and I were in charge of supervising the kids in the moon walk. We also spent time walking around visiting with friends and we also joined in a cake walk. (Neither of us won anything. Haha!) Finally, it was time to eat. There was so much food! Hotdogs, chips, chili, coleslaw...the works. Cakes, brownies, rice krispy treats, banana pudding and so much more for desert. YUM! Nicki and I sat on the back of the "hay ride" to eat our food. Her dad came over and sat on the seat of the tractor and all the kids thought we were going on a hay ride then...but we were just eating. We did go on a hay ride later, though and I video taped about half of it. It was so cool. Nicki sat next to me near the back of the ride.

After we got back from the hay ride, we sat around the fire and talked. Nicki's dad and our youth leader, Jared, took turns playing guitar and singing songs. I listened for a while and video taped part of their "performance". After a while longer, we left to go home. Nicki and I went to bed early and got up around 8am on Sunday morning to get ready for church. After church, we ate at Wendy's for lunch. Then went back to the house to hang out...but I ended up falling asleep in her room and didn't wake up until Nicki came in to tell me that Julie was there to pick me up. SORRY, NICKI! Anyway, that was my weekend and now to tell you about my week so far.

Monday was a blurr. Tuesday, I went out with one of my bosses to fill out applications in an attempt to get a full-time job in a photo lab somewhere. The job training program I am in at right now ends on Novembver 29, so I need to secure a job soon or I will be spending too much time at home and not making any money. YIKES! I had to completely redo my resume because she didn't like it. Then I had to fill out an online application for Walgreens only to find out she misunderstood and it was supposed to be CVS. So, I ended up filling out an online application to CVS later as well. We were late leaving for our day out and only stopped at Eckard and Wolf Camera to fill out applications so I felt like I didn't get enough done but she's taking me out again next week so maybe we'll be able to get more done then. I also have to fill out an application at Walmart between now and then. Boy, it's hard work just trying to get a job!

Wednesday was also kind of a blurr. But today...was AWSOME! This morning, when I got over to my job at a local pizza place, I got to prepare my favorite pizza! 15 potato pizzas were made by ME! How cool is that?! It was so much fun! Then, I was cleaning a few display signs when the manager offered me a whopper from Burger King. I got to stop and eat then I went back to work only to see someone else walk in with three boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts! OHHHHH! (I got two. One lemon filled and one raspberry filled. YUM! They are spoiling me!) Then, around 1:00pm, I was told that I could stop and take lunch. I finished what I was doing and took lunch around 1:30pm. I get free lunches there so I grabbed a plate and filled it up. Since I had the whopper earlier, I was only able to eat 3 slices of pizza today but I had 9 slices on Monday! When I finished lunch, I took my tray back to the kitchen and cleaned up. A few coworkers were in back eating sliced cuccumbers with hot sauce. I tried one and have to admit it was really good...even though I was full. I was grinning for the rest of the day and even chatted a bit with the driver who picks me up and takes me to and from work.

Last thing now. I have recieve half of my new BIG investment and the other half has been ordered. I should get it sometime next week. Of course, I will not be going out tonight because 1: I am broke and 2: I don't have all of my new toy to show off to my friends. So, I am debating on whether I want to spill my secret now...or make everyone wait another month to find out. Hmmm...we'll see after I get the rest of it in.