New camera!

My sister was in Northern Colorado this weekend so we had fun playing with my new camera.

This is me and the dog playing dead. This is Danielle and the blue swingset (neat!)



And this one is really attractive.
All in all, a good weekend. Unfortunately it was slightly marred by the reading of a really sad book, My Sister's Keeper. I never want to read again, it was so sad. Thanks a lot, Emily.

One week...

In exactly one week I will be done working at Starbucks. What will I do with myself? I am so excited that I might cry.

Since that means my pretty-neat discount ends in one week I purchased an espresso machine for my mother to play with for the next two years, and then for me to have (assuming it works) when I get back. In other news, I have been working on "Starbucks the Musical" in my head for about a week now and I'm pretty sure it is a really good idea. Why on earth hasn't it been done yet? I have two years of good thinking time, I will develop this idea further.

Placement!!

Sarah, pack your bags, you will be visiting me in Kazakhstan. We'll jump down to Dushanbe, Tajikistan and thank them personally for the Russian Tea House they gave to Boulder. (Did you know they are one of Boulder's sister cities? I didn't until recently.)

So, the unexpected (sort of) part... Instead of leaving in October or November, I am supposed to take off from Denver August 19th. I am taking this news with enthusiasm. My parents seemed kind of rattled on the phone... we're doing dinner tonight. Ha ha, I'll let you know how that plays out. I think they would have been more freaked out before if it really hit them that this is what I am doing with the next two years of my life. August kind of hit too close for them. This is good.

I am excited and a little freaked out, but mostly glad to finally have everything sorted out. Here's three years of planning, and hoping, five months of applications and interviews and phone calls all finally coming together.

Last night Sister Haley came over and she, Em and I played Trivial Pursuit with some Pink Truck. After a shakey start, I am proud to announce that I won, but mostly it was a lot of fun and I am going to miss them a lot. A lot, a lot. Emily, if you read this you need to visit me too. I'll meet you in Greece or India or something.