So a few days ago, my mom’s car broke down on the way to dinner with some old family friends. We some how make it to the place by coasting for like a mile and, had a wonderful dinner and then had to call AAA to tow the car back to the house. Talk about stressful! We road home in the tow truck which shook most of the time and made me nervous the whole way home.

So now we are renting a car for the week. Of course our car broke down right when we really needed it! I just got back from a trip to West Virginia last night. I had fun but I wasn’t there for long. I went for a really cool driving course that challenges the driver to do all kinds of wild turns and spins. I had a blast, but after 6 hours of hard driving, I came home and slept for 12 hours… maybe more.

Ahh, it’s good to be home. Tomorrow I’m taking the cats to the vet, the fat one is getting a hair cut. lol. This could get interesting.

I’m at Cape May right now and I am so excited! Aunt Dorothy and Joelle will be here in a few hours so I will have some one to chill with at the beach. Sweet.

Plus, the long list of hot guys that are just in the hotel is a huge plus. I had to laugh yestorday when the guy at the radioshack gave me his number after I bought some ipod stuff for the road trip.

Mom was joking last night while on the road that the fog made her feel like she was in a bad scary movie. All that we needed was a werewolf to pop out and try and eat us. Had to inform her that after three hours in the car, I was in no mood for supernatural animals trying to eat me and that she should just keep driving on through the fog because I wanted to start my vacation!

So I have a new camera, a friend to chill with, and a huge beach to enjoy. This week is going to be awsome!

I love summer vacation. I spend my evenings reading books until I can’t hold them up any longer. Jana would be proud. lol. I brought almost $200 worth of books a few days ago. I’m starting to think I spend more time deep in a book than I do in the real world. My cat Krystal thinks I’m reading to him so he comes and sits next to me all night until I put the book down.

Since my mother’s graduation, we’ve been spending a lot of mother daughter time together. She started her Iraq training yesterday and comes home with wild stories. I must say, my favorite one is when a woman crashed her SUV and it rolled a few times. When rescue found her she was unconscious and they had to remove her clothes. Well, the guy wasn’t the smartest guy in the world and thought he would take her pulse from the opposite side of her then he was standing and well, she woke up. She beat him so badly, she put HIM in the hospital! *cracks up* She woke up confused and found herself naked and with some strange man over her and whooped him good.

Moral of that story, talk to the person you are trying to save or they might wake up and kick your butt. Lol. Apparently, hearing is the last to go so it is important to talk to a trama person even if they aren’t awake and screaming at you. Hehe.

Cristina seems to be having a ton of fun in Spain. We still talk as much as possible each week but I really can’t wait for her to get back to the states so we are closer in time diff. This whole 8 hours is really not working for us! I keep changing my facebook status to “Spain needs to give me back Cristina” or something along those lines.

*gets email and yells at mother* “MOM! I’m in the same room as you! Stop emailing me!” I swear, and they say children don’t listen. My mother is on the phone and she is emailing me. *shakes head* She used to text me that dinner was ready when normal mothers would just yell at the stairs. I kind of miss the traditional style of calling for your kids. You know, before cell phones and emails.

Alright, I’m off to download some more music and plan when I’m going to do my homework for some online courses I signed up for. I couldn’t just stay still all summer.

Oh and next month I’m working on Sigma Care Packages. I’m so excited. First got to get mom ready for Iraq, than I can work on stuff for the next school year! Ahhh… one year down!

Does it ever end!? I can’t stand paperwork and it seems like all it ever does is find its way back to me! And what is with all this mail doing here in my name? Only a few years ago the only mail I would get would be a package and it had to be a holiday. Now all I seem to see are forms and bills!

I must add that the puppy dog look no longer works on my mother when it comes to forms. It’s horrible! Lucky Cristina, her mom still fills out her forms! So not fair.

My mom had her graduation yesterday. She was studying for her Graduate this year and the family came from everywhere to see her graduate. My Aunt Zena, Grandmother, Grandfather,  and my Great Aunt Oquilla came from all over the US for my mothers big day. 

I spent two days running around trying to make sure everyone was happy and keep the peace so now I’m tired! I kept my mouth shut and didn’t turn into a wise mouth which normally gets me in trouble. As my family and friends know, I can be very sarcastic and what my grandmother calls a “whipper Snapper”, what ever that means.

My mother’s class was HUGE! 700 people! My gosh, it never ended! It was a blur of people until they got to my mothers section. To my surprise, my grandmother cheered the loudest. I just looked at my aunt is disbelief and she was like what? That’s grandma for you. That tiny lady sure has some lungs!

After it was over and my grandfather had about 200 photos covering 5 minutes, my mother who of course knows everyone, had to introduce us to the whole class. Again, another blur of people. Of course they all said the one thing I can’t stand to hear, you look just like your mother! AHHHH!

I look so much like my mother that I can’t walk down the street in some cities. I have been stopped on the street or in buildings by strangers asking my name and then hugging me, telling me that they knew who I was form the moment I walked in the room. I’m starting to think I’m a clone.

Well its the next day and most of the family is gone. The only one that has stayed behind is my Aunt Zena. I’m so excited! I love hanging out with her and shopping with her. She totally understands me. We are going book shopping tomorrow and clothes shopping. My mom is happy to have her baby sister here and I’m thrilled to have my aunt.

Today, the three of us went to go see The Happening. It was pretty good. Now we are chilling at the house, trying to agree on a movie to watch with dinner and where we should go shopping first tomorrow.

Alright, I’m off to dinner with my family!

Hey, if you guys want to add me to facebook to get to know me, please let me know that you are a future Lynn student. I don’t add people I don’t know. So just send me a message saying who you are and  I’ll add you, thanks!

I’m partying with my family! My mom’s graduation from Grad school was this morning and the whole family is here!

Things to think about before you ship off to college. Are there things you get on a monthly basis, face cream, percriptions, magazines, just remember to forward it to Lynn. Talk to your pharmacy about making sure you can get everything you need once you arrive in Boca. There is a Walgreens down the street from us which comes in handy if the school nurse wants you to take something. Yes, you are going to get sick… often. Welcome to college.

Now, cars. If you have a car, begin crying now. Gas prices sucked when I left. I don’t even want to think about how high it is going to be when I get back! I spent all my money filling up my tank. Hmm,  I wonder if depression is on the rise in America do to gas prices? That would be a cool research  project. Anyway, random moment for today. Now, if you are planning on getting a drivers license anytime soon, it would be a great idea. Most American kids already have one, but a lot of international kids might not. It will come in handy. You don’t have to have a car, some friends might let you borrow theirs when they have class or something. I just know that some days, it would have been great to have some one else who could drive around. Say the time I got stuck 10 minutes away from school, sick to my stomach, in a ton of pain and no one could come and get me because they didn’t have license. There were cars, but no one to drive them.

Also, the storm alert. It goes off when lightening hits 5 miles within the school. Its loud and is annoying at first but you get used to it. The first time I heard it, I thought we were under attack. lol. And it sucks to wake up to, half awake, still in that confused mode.

I’ve also noticed that a lot of freshmen are concerned about making friends. It’s funny. I’ve moved so many times in my life but I  was worried about making friends when I got to college as well. It is kind of silly looking back on it now since I did just fine. My advice, go to the freshmen meet and greet party. It sound pretty stupid, and I felt like I was back in high school again, but I met Michelle there and thank goodness! We are both bio majors and stick together. She’s moving next door to me which I am so excited about. All I have to say is, give it sometime. Wait a few days for everyone to relax. People will start to open up. Talk to the other freshmen in your classes. That’s how I met Cristina. Just be open minded and go for it!

Well, thats all for now. I’m helping to make dinner and fighting off two tuna hungry cats.

I’m home. It’s fantastic! Although, my mother ditched me for Africa. Lovely, but I still have my cats, the condo, her car, and TV! Its a mini party in here! The cats are thrilled, I have a ton of good food stocked up in the fridge. Everything is perfect! Now all I have to do is wait for my mother to get home so I can pretend like she didn’t ditch me the day before Mother’s Day.

Oh ya, I’m job hunting. It’s awesome. I’m looking for a job at Union Station at one of the stores.

I never thought I could be so happy to be packing in my life! After all the moves I’ve done in 19 years, I should be my normal grumpy self. But no! Not this time. I’m thrilled to be putting everything away and putting it in storage for a few months. Fly home to be with my cats and my mommy!!! Good food! Just… all the great stuff in life! haha.

I just got home from the movies with Cristina and Samara. We saw Made Of Honor. Great movie! We loved it so much that we couldn’t even remember what we had seen two days ago. It was a sad moment.

I’m off to bed so I can get up early to pack. More packing! Does it ever end? Well its got to by tuesday evening cause I’m flying home on Wednesday!!! Freshmen year is down to its last few hours! Oh and what an amazing roller coaster ride it has been!

I think I figured it out. College, the whole thing. College is easy, go to class, do homework, keep room clean. Its EVERYTHING ELSE that is hard.

I’ve had to deal with so much I never expected this year its amazing. The paperwork never seems to end. Something always is broken, needs to be replaced, restocked, who knows what, which all cost money. There just seems to be new challenges every day that I never thought of before.

My mother informs me that it all gets easier… but I’m not so sure how much I can trust her. This is still the same woman who told me about Santa and the Easter Bunny.

Freshmen 101: You have a lot to learn.