i hate blogging. and i dont think i'll ever keep up with this. sorry. better just talk to me directly to get the dish :) 

...are you still out there?

I knew I couldn't commit to a blog. I can't commit to any sort of scheduled writing. In fact, the reason I'm writing again is because I'm having a hard time committing to a research paper I'm supposed to be writing right now! Never before have I wanted to pay someone to do my homework more than now, but I'm certain that's highly out of the question now that I'm a grad student...

Hello! Welcome back! I've missed you. Things are quite certainly different than the last time. Geographically, I'm in Chicago. Professionally, I'm a graduate student in psychology here. Forecastually, (that's not a word), the weather's turned and fall is here. I know this because there is a red leaf on my fridge that my roommate from Texas picked, ran upstairs with, and awed over for a solid 15 minutes. She has never seen snow. I'm about a half step up from her, having only lived in Colorado (the mildest kind of cold) from September-November (the mildest of winter months). More on Chicago and school later. That's all anyone ever asks me so it's easy to tire of talking about it. You'll have to excuse me. 

I had some ideas that I wanted to write down before I forgot them. Don't laugh, that happens to me a lot. I've probably found the cure for cancer but then forgot it even happened. I'm thinking, if I don't stay in Chicago once I graduate, where do I want to go? Yes, I know. I WILL go where God leads me, but let's say He lets me do the picking. State-side, Colorado is number one on the list. Not the Springs, they're a little too quite for a single lady (holler) who wants lots of activity, but Denver and Breckenridge are surely high on the wish list. There are 3 other states that also appeal to me. In no particular order- California, North Carolina, and Maine. I feel like if I'm going to stay in the United States I want to make the most of it. I know I've always sworn off California but San Diego keeps tugging at my heart strings. It is quite the location. It's not the highest on my list, but it's definitely not ruled out. North Carolina has always been there as a potential spot. I like everything I know about North Carolina. If nothing else, maybe I could get a lakeside cabin in the woods here to retire to and grow old with my husband, or my cats. Depending on where God leads me in that department, too ;) And Maine. I haven't actually been to Maine, but exploring is part of the appeal! I had never been to Chicago but here I am and it's worked out well so far. Wherever I go immediately following school, I'd like to have a job, a community of friends, and access to regular snowboarding. Surely that's not too much to ask for. 

I guess I can't write a return blog and not talk at all about school or Chicago, so I'll let you in on some stuff. But as soon as I get bored with talking about it I'm going to stop writing! You'll just have to ask me later if you've got more questions. When I said I was studying psychology, I really meant industrial/organizational psychology, which in a nutshell means psychology in the workplace. For example, this research paper I'm writing focuses on locus of control and how that affects job satisfaction and job performance. Terribly intriguing, right? :) Well, I'm pretty interested. I feel like Ross on Friends, who is way into dinosaurs and is going to be immersed in his studies for the rest of his life. No turning back, I'm never going to escape the world of I/O! I'm already a member of SIOP, and the I/O conferences will be every year from now til forever. Ok, that's about all the school talk I can take for now. 

I do live with roommates, but I have my own bedroom. My window has an incredible view, which anyone who has visited me can attest to. Right now someone on my floor is cooking or just cooked chicken and it smells so good that I went and took chicken out to cook too. The power of persuasion my friends. I miss my car, Kobe, but I have a weird fondness of Chicago's public transportation. I also have a spot in my heart for Chicago's homeless and I feel totally useless in helping this situation at all. The best I can do for now is the occasional chat and cup of coffee with my friend John, who lost his home in a fire half a year back. If anyone is interested in starting up a homeless shelter, let's talk because I have some ideas and a huge desire to make it happen. 

You know, I think I'll try to start keeping up with this again. Maybe I should switch, or rename it, or something, because I don't live in a van anymore. And I just feel like I could be more creative than blue with colored dots. We'll see. If I move, I'll definitely let you know. Thanks for rejoining me, it's nice to be back :) Hope all is well with you, and I'd love to hear from you/see your face in Chicago. Don't be a stranger!

california is ok, but where did this month go?!

Well Invisible Children is officially a chapter closed for now, and I've moved on to the "I'm doing nothing but seeing people I love and going to new fun places this summer" chapter. Because you know what I've come to realize? This could be my last summer off ever. EVER. woof. So I'm going to make the best of it.

To start my long titled summer off right, I came straight to Fremont, Ca to visit my family up here. About 3 days after I got here I went to Lake Tahoe with former roadies Austin, Zack, and JoLeah, honorary roadie (slash roadie to be?) Cory, and his friends. I had no idea Spring Break '09 was scheduled at Lake Tahoe! I still had a great time. I got to enjoy friends, relax in the sun, and see one of the most beautiful night full of stars I've seen. I miss those roadies already. After a quick 2 days, it was back to Fremont.

My Nanna is turning 95 tomorrow! What a celebration of life right? That's what we thought too, and that's why we got her Coldstone ice cream cake :) Tomorrow I'm taking Nanna out for breakfast brunch. Things get a little crazy here sometimes but it's been really good to spend time with the fam. 

Having said that, I'm pretty excited to go back to Florida in June! I'm sure the excitement will wear off as soon as the 100% humidity and the realization that I'm living in Cape Coral kick in. But still, there are beautiful people in Florida that I'm excited to see :) Plus once I get to Florida, How It Ends is just a few weeks away!! How It Ends is a campaign in Washington DC where I'll be joining thousands of others to lobby senators and other politicians, informing them of the crisis in East Africa and asking them what they will do about it. Big things started at The Rescue, and are definitely still in the works. http://www.resolveuganda.org/node/844 We want to go check on progression and remind our government of the injustice taking place that we cannot afford to turn a blind eye to. After that, I get to see all my Lytton Ladies and Zana! 

Then, quicker than I can imagine, August will come and that means grad school. I'm not particularly stoked on more school, but I'm in no hurry to start a career or anything like that so this is looking pretty good right now. If anyone knows anything about the PeaceCorps, let me know. Cuz I'm seriously considering doing that after graduating to get experience and get my loans paid off. 

I'm not really settled with this entry cuz it seems like a lot of factual info about me splattered on a page, but if nothing else it's good for me to write it all down and have some kind of map of where my life is now and where it can potentially go. And to catch up whoever wanted to be caught up :) That's me right now, let me know about you! 

Happy Easter!

Hey friends! Happy Easter/Passover :) I was talking to Emily Hetu about which holiday was my favorite and I thought about it. Christmas is of course an amazing time of year, and also an amazing day because it's the birth of our Lord. But, it's really unfortunate what Christmas has turned into. Partially because of the greed and self-centeredness some people show while so much of the world is suffering, but also because of the fact that the non-Christian world has taken a Christian holiday and tried to make it have nothing to do with Christ. It does. No one takes Jewish holidays and tries to make them unJewish, why Christian ones? Get over it, it started because that's the day Christians celebrated the birth of their Lord. If you want an atheist holiday make one, but don't take a Christian one and try to make it unChristian. That might sound stupid, but I think when I said it the first time it was pretty impactful, at least to me. I felt like I learned something. So anyway, my answer was Easter, not only because I love Easter plays and spring and bright colored dresses, but because no one can deny that Easter is about Jesus. Yea we have bunnies and egg hunts and stuff but still, it isn't about spending billions on unnecessary stuff for each other. Also, Easter is celebrating Jesus' resurrection, which is what makes Him, and Christianity, different than all other gods and religions. :)

So Easter! We were SO blessed to spend Easter Sunday with Tiffany and Ben Keesey at Tiffany's family house in Irvine. Tiffany's mom is the cutest and we got to meet a lot of her family. Dinner was awesome and we got to relax and hang out with the Keeseys as friends rather than coworkers. Then we FINALLY cleaned Baxter and had team dinner. Then the boys got weird while I was driving, as usual. Great Easter.

I want to tell you a terrible story about a snake that Emily told me! So Emily's friend had a big snake, either a python or a constrictor or something. Whatever it was, it was a really big snake. But it was a friendly snake so at night she would let it sleep curled up at her feet like a dog. I know, not normal, but she did it. At one point the snake stopped eating the mice and rats she would try to feed it. It didn't eat for about a week so she took it to the vet to see what was wrong. The vet ran a couple tests and couldn't find anything wrong so he asked if the snake was doing anything else funny. She mentioned that he was. In fact, she noticed that at night he stopped sleeping curled up next to her but slept alongside next to her, cuddled like a person. The doctor told her she needed to put the snake back in its cage and never take it out again. She asked why and he told her that the snake had been starving itself and stretching out next to her to measure her because it was preparing to eat her. ?!?!?!?!?!?!? So crazy right?! I'm SO mad at that snake, the nerve!! Ugh. I'm leaving you with that :) Happy Easter, don't sleep with snakes, and come to The Rescue on April 25th in a town near you. 

Summer?

Last night I thought of all this stuff I wanted to blog about and now I've forgotten most of it. BUT Im still writing so maybe I'll remember. It's April 11th, 2 in the morning. We're at Rebecca Willis house. She was a Middle America roadie with LoBaz, Eugenius, and someone I dont know. She seems really cool and Im so glad to crash her floor, even though their snake got out earlier this week and is somewhere in the house. I will probably wake up with a snake entangled in my hair. Also, she has a Swedish cyclist named Andre (who just warned me that he snores bad) couch surfing here tonight so we're all packed in :)

This week was UCLA, another glorious Paul Mitchell (no sarcasm, I love those future professionals!!), Pepperdine, Biola, and I can't remember where else. I can't lie, I am NOT a fan of UCLA. Janet Ikpa killed it, and her IC team did fabulous, it was just the disengaged air of a lot of the students there that turned me off. I've never been rejected harder than while handing out fliers at UCLA. But Cord and Janet were stars, and the spoken word poetry that night was so cool; I've never experienced that before. 

I didn't get to go to Pepperdine, because I was at UCLA, but Biola brought with it some phenomenals. Hannah, Andre, Ben, Ben (Darrel), (Real) Darrel, and of course the IC crew that came- Lisa, Rachel B, Kyle, and Jared, who spoke. It was fun to watch someone else do the talking at a screening and it was refreshing to be reminded that this isn't a routine but an urgent cry for justice. The Biola crew bought us breakfast burritos and we tagged EVERYTHING with Rescue stickers. Biola is going to do big things for The Rescue, just watch.

Tonight we were supposed to have a screening with Toms Shoes but it fell through so instead we got Sprinkles cupcakes and went to the Santa Monica pier. We played on the fitness beach and went to the little carnival. I'm no good at rigged carnie games, but i really wanted to go fishing! That's on the list to do with the next person that wants to take me. Just a warning, I can't take my own fish off my line. Tomorrow is the OC street team meeting and then Sunday is Easter!!! I can't wait, we're spending the morning with the Keesey's and the evening team/family bonding.

Soo the name of this post is summer, and this is why: I may be returning to IC this summer. I'm not sure if I'm going to, and then further I have to decide if I want to be a roadie (SUMMER CAMPS!!!!!) or an intern (permanent address, normal-ish life, not gaining 5 more pounds). Any and all comments on this are welcomed. I'm still internally thinking through this. Lots of decisions to make! I think I may have found an apartment in Chicago right next to a park and a Dunkin Donuts lol. 

2 weeks til The Rescue!!!!!!!! Goodnight, and a very Happy Easter :)

Welcome, April

People keep telling me they read my blog. And here I thought nobody read it! You little cuties :) Last night Ashley and I went for a late night drive around downtown LA. We drove up and down Rodeo Drive, and saw probably the most expensive homes and shops we'll ever lay eyes on. Then we bonded over our top 3's, and ended the night watching American Idol with Fetus. We still can't get over how much of a doll Scott is. Today SoCal was at the infamous USC, home of the Trojans. I expected to hate that school because of deep seated football rivalry (Go Gators), but I really liked it! Part of me wondered why I didn't go there, seeing as how my school was almost as expensive... I'm actually regretting it a little. Anyway. We spent most of the day passing out fliers around campus and in res halls inviting ppl to the movie that night. Then I had lunch with Jon Meadows, Ben Friday, and Adam Clarke!! SO nice to see sweet, familiar faces, even if it was just for a minute. The screening turned out to be a songwriting competition! It was 6 finalists who had written songs inspired by the conflict in East Africa that had won a competition out of a bunch of songs. It was so cool to hear how IC and this global issue had inspired these artists to write such heartfelt things and perform with such passion. We (the roadies) got to judge the competition which of course was tough because they were all so personal and intimate. The guy who won is named Ryan and sang his song called Will Power. It was this gospel choir style song that I can't describe with words other than his. Hopefully, his song will be featured on the filmmakers blog for winning the contest. After the competition, we showed The Rescue to an amazing group of students that Cameron (not Cruz; USC Cameron, the other phenomenal Cameron in our lives) brought together. The screening went really well; we played with some of the club after, got the BEST milkshakes at Millions of Milkshakes, and met plenty of people with serious roadie potential. Serious guys! I can't wait to see what USC does for LA's Rescue, as if it wasn't already going to be the sickest one. Well, second sickest after San Diego, that is. And now it's 3:30 am and that means the time for bed has come and gone. Thanks for reading Glenn and John Kelly! I might crash weddings with Glenn this summer. We'll see. I realized tonight that crashing a wedding is on my to-do list sometime in my life. There are hundreds of weddings waiting to be crashed so let me know if you need a partner to celebrate a stranger's happiest day with them, I'll be down. If you haven't yet- watch The Rescue. If you're reading this and haven't watched it yet, you're a walking contradiction of a friend. But seriously, you're missing out on helping something that you most certainly can be a part of. That's all. Goodnight!

Another beautiful Sunday in LA

http://www.cameron-cruz.com This is my friend Cameron! We're staying at his house, he's bomb, and you should give a little listen his way. We're about to do a screening at Downey First Baptist Church. There's no one here yet, and it's supposed to start 2 minutes ago.... :) I hear they're all on their way. Tonight we're going to see I Love You Man (yesss) and then tomorrow we are all doing individual screenings for African Studies classes. Hopefully tonight we're doing practice Q&A to prepare for that! Ok time to go round up kids for this screening!

less than a month left

Wednesday was amazing! We went to Paul Mitchell the CAO Institute in the morning. As always, the future professionals were just phenomenal people with such obvious talent and hearts of gold. They always take to our message of social justice well and want to be a part of the work, and also want to be friends too which is so fun. After the screening, Jessica gave me a facial and Melody cut my hair. THANK YOU BOTH, on behalf of me, my team, and the SoCal region that has to look at me daily lol. After she cut my hair, Melody straightened it! There's me with straight hurr. I may adopt the look more often? Who knows. 

Later that night, we went to Cal State Long Beach and met Sam, our awesome should-be-roadie contact (that makes 2 Sam's I want to see on the road...). I really liked Cal State Long Beach, both the campus and the people. You know when you step into a new place you haven't been before but you automatically feel comfortable, safe, and welcomed? That's the vibe I got at CSLB. We met a few really great people there then rushed over to APU, where there were more great people waiting. The screening was after chapel so I felt kinda connected there too, as I do a little to every Christian U we go to. I met a girl named Jade and her boyfriend Matt (or Mike, I always confuse the 2!) who started Selah clothing company in 2003 after seeing the first Invisible Children movie. She thought that her part to help was making clothes with a great message and donating 100% of the profits to Invisible Children, so that's what she has done. Hearing stories like Jade's are so encouraging and such a great reminder that there are thousands of awesome people in the world who can give me a lesson in being selfless. 

Over the next couple nights, the Rescue plan was made more clear. It's finally out! If you want to know more, you know what website to visit :) and if you don't, that's totally ok and I'll happily tell you over and over. It's www.invisiblechildren.com. Find a city near you hosting The Rescue on April 25th and sign up! The rest of the details are on the site. 

On a last note, if you pray I would really like prayer. I have been pushed to the point of exhaustion and have been sick for over 2 weeks now. I would really like to be restored to full health for so many reasons, only a few of which include the benefit of myself and my team. I'm thinking more so the kids in E.Africa. I know God works through our weaknesses but I'd really like to be healthy again so if you don't mind praying for me, please do. 

I'd love to pray for you as well! Just send me a message or leave a comment and I'll be sure to. Thanks for who you are and for reading my mind :)

-Ash 

see look i'm blogging more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtX8nswnUKU

like Casey told me, I like cat videos. Whatever, I love this little girl and her vid. "agh, Agh, AGH!"

Today we're in Apple Valley. It's in High Desert. On our way to church, Ash and I saw 2 tumbleweeds go by, and the wind had blown a shopping cart onto the highway and it was furiously blowing into oncoming traffic. Ahhh, High Desert. Tonight we're doing a screening at a church in Palm Springs (more desert). Tour is growing on me. I like these people, and I like doing screenings. Last night at High Desert Church I played this game called Can-Can Kabachi? That's completely wrong. Anyway, to play everyone has these like 2ft long ropes and you stand in a circle connected by the little ropes and then you run around and try to throw people into a garbage can in the middle. That makes no sense. But trust me, it's IN-TENSE. A girl fell on the ground and the guy next to her dragged her into the trash can. That's about the same time I quit the game. I've never been one to just walk up to random people and start talking to them, but being on stage somehow gives me permission to start talking to whoever and it usually works out well! 

I'm SO excited for Wednesday. If you don't know what Wednesday is, I'm not going to lie, I'm slightly disappointed. Wednesday is the reveal of the official rescue plan!! And seeing as how I know less about The Rescue than most middle school children, I can't wait for the revelation. Wednesday is also the day we go to a Paul Mitchell, and hopefully I can get my hurrr cut. Out of control. Anyway, keep your web browsers (?) ready for Wednesday!!

Thoughts from Cal State Fullerton

I'm still apologizing for being a terrible blogger. Oh well. On to better things!

So the other day I realized I'm not really a roadie. It was the day I woke up at noon and I was in a plush bed in LA with a gorgeous view and ate breakfast at a table next to Tim Allen. Then, I realized I really was a roadie later that week, when my eyes were crossing while I was driving because I was so tired but I stayed up til 2:45am trying to make the inventory count match the money we had and then forced myself to stay up and shower because it was the first one I would take in 3 days and my hair was starting to dredlock itself. How's life on the road? Bipolar. There are really sweet high points and some challenging low points, but I haven't cried either out of joy or sadness yet so there's still more experience to come.

A few days ago I was at a high school and came in for the end of the movie. It was the part where the "credits" roll and there's a line that says "thousands around the world will gather." I pictured what April 25th is going to look like, when I am surrounded by literally thousands of people who have left the comfort of their homes for one night to sleep out in a park with me, in solidarity with 3,000 child soldiers. Some people there will have seen a flier or heard from a friend and committed one night, while others will have been IC warriors who have literally given blood, sweat and tears along with money and countless hours of their lives to speak on behalf of the voiceless. Even though it was my 35th time seeing that part of the movie, I started tearing up. I know Invisible Children isn't a Christian organization, but I think that's one of the most Christ-like things I've ever seen. Well, am going to see.

Speaking of which, if you are reading this and you haven't seen The Rescue please go immediately to www.invisiblechildren.com and sacrifice 35 minutes of your day to see something close to my heart. Chances are if you are reading this, you're probably my friend. And if you're my friend, I'd think you'd be somewhat interested in what I'm doing with my 4 unpaid months of work. So check it out friend. Thanks.

I can't remember if I've said this or not, but I got accepted to graduate school in Chicago! I know, I'm so excited. (Living in SoCal, I was tempted to say I'm so amped or I'm stoked on it, but sometimes I just refuse to act like I live here. Take that, SoCal). This means that I will officially be living in the windy city. I'm SO excited. I've been looking at apartments, thinking of cute coats and boots I could buy, and making a "Chi City Dream List" with all the things I want to do when I get there. Then, today I realized that meant I'd be a resident of Illinois, and that does not sound appealing at all. So I may not ever leave the city. We'll see. I'm gladly accepting "city girl" tips, seeing as I've never been one before. I'm also accepting "how to live in weather too cold for God" tips, because I'm trying to pretend I can manage. Haha. I may actually die.

Certain things remind me how much I miss Florida and all that in entailed. Is is stupid to reminisce on high school and college with a tinge of longing? I think it's ok, because then I look at where I am right now in my life and I couldn't be more satisfied. Unless of course I could breakdance. And I could really be closer to God. That's something I'd like prayer for, if you're one to pray.

I PROMISE I'll try to post more! At least a funny video or something. Much love from the van down by the Pacific...

xo Ash

WOW....

So, Ash and I decided to vacuum the van yesterday while the men bought a megaphone from the swap-meet. Both very important tasks. So Ash and I pull up to vacuum and some guy pulls his gold Benz up next to us from the car wash. I, being the girl who has to say hi to everyone, say hi and he does the same. He starts talking some small talk about his day off and I kind of blew him off and kept vacuuming. So he leaves, without actually vacuuming his car(?), and I wave bye cuz I mean I'm not interested but I'm not trying to be mean ya know? 

Geoff and Orion met us up, we finish cleaning, pack up, and pull out. As we're leaving the parking lot, gold benz pulls back in. At this point I'm like, ok he totally came back to chat Ash and I up. Whatever, we drive away and go about our lives right? PLEASE READ what was sent to the general email address for invisible children:

On a bleak cloudy day I had just washed my car and pulled up to the vacuum station and saw my vixen. We exchanged words and moved on. I later returned to find her just finished and pulling out. My heart fell and my dreams disturbed though we only briefly met two hours ago. 

Is there a way to find this wonderful outgoing beauty?

She was driving/cleaning a large black van and I a Convertible BNZ.

Simon

619 384 ****

WHAT!? Do things like this happen? Really. All I could do when I heard this was hide my face in embarrassment and disbelief! So I was out of words UNTIL.... HE SENT PICTURES!! Oh yes, he did. Simon if you are reading this, you are probably really nice but did this the wrong way. And I am not the girl for you, I promise. 

And we're back!

Sooo I'm really bad at blogging. Eh, I knew this would happen. A LOT has happened. And now I'll try to fill you in.

So I lived in a house with 50 other roadies, all of them amazing just how they are. And I mean that. Notice I said I lived. The only sad part of tour launch is that I miss all the other teams!! Deep South broke down in Arizona. Sorry guys, Yuma looks like it sucks :(

So let me take you back a little. We've been having some good times all month long at that house. John Kelly was convinced his room was haunted and slept on the couch, Matt and Deric got kicked out of the Shire, other people took that as an invitation to hook up in there I guess. Then last weekend I had the most amazing weekend! IC surprised us and got Brian McLaren to be a guest speaker for just the roadies- so cool! Ok so I haven't read his books yet and I don't know exactly what he's about, but it was a treat none the less. Then the staff had another surprise for us-- Jon Chu (choreographer of Step Up 2) needed extras for a dance video and we got to go to LA and be in a freakin sick breakdance video!! It gets better. Jon Chu needed an extra for a speaking part, and I got to be that girl. I get pushed away by my face, true story. I'll post it when it comes out. But in the meantime, check out the League of Extraordinary Dancers (LXD). They're the best bboys I've ever seen. Check out my facebook for pictures.

Then there was launch week. aka hell week. SO busy. Second busiest week of my entire life. But I know it'll be worth it and I'm so stoked. The day before launch we worked from 8am til 4am. BUT we got to see the final cut of The Rescue that we're screening this tour. I'd tell you how great it is, but it was 3am when we watched it so I fell asleep, naturally. I did stay awake for the update video, which yours truly is also in. My teammate Geoff has a close-up spot in there, he's the cutie with the buzzed head if you see it. In true "the Ashleys" fashion, we decided to go to Ihop at 5am when we got out of work :) it was a great way to kick off launch. 

Launch day consisted of Big Mama Bethany waking us up either her lovely singing (no sarcasm, even though it was unGodly early I recognized she's a pretty good singer!) at 7:30 am, doing some final cleaning, check-out, and heading to Mt. Soledad. It has an amazing view of the city and the coast, pictures on facebook soon. We had breakfast, heard from 3 of our roadies (amazing story and great job speaking Rima), and said our goodbyes. I miss them SO much already! Can't wait to reunite in 3 short months after the kids have been rescued :) 

So where does SoCal launch to you might wonder? Great question (what's your name? The question was... oh wait, I'm not on stage yet...). We launch to Mallory's house in Huntington Beach, just an hour north of Sandy. Her mom made us chili and cornbread and lots of cookies. Thanks Mrs. Heida :) We napped, ate, napped more, ate more, ate more, and did a little work. Today, Friday the 13th, we woke up and did a whole lot of (not a whole lot of, more like some) work. I'm slow, whatever. Then we made tacos for dinner and had frozen yogurt. Now, we're rolling and counting tshirts and watching Pride and Glory. 

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! Any suggestions? If it isn't cold maybe we'll hit up the beach? No idea. I just need to finish Salesforcing (the program for work, just the word makes me shudder) and I'll be good to go. If you're in West Palm beach, I miss you! If you're my family, I miss you so much. Jen I need to come see you guys soon. 

Oh and I found out today- I got accepted to Roosevelt University's grad school psych program in Chicago!!!!! So I'm going to grad school and no one can stop me :) And in CHICAGO! Mom, buy all the White Sox season tickets you want, I'll go with you to all the games :) 

If you keep up with this, I'm sorry that I don't. But thank you :) Have a goodnight! Oh before I forget- check out www.invisiblechildren.com to find The Rescue screening nearest you and go see it! And bring the roadies food and tell them how great they are! Alright goodnight :)

Welcome to Sandy Eggo

I'm officially a roadie! I live on a top bunk in the master bedroom with a bathroom and a sliding glass door that is in perfect position to watch the sunset from my bed. Pictures to follow. 

I've met probably 20 people and they are all amazing. Tonight we had out first little house meeting and looking around, I realized I didn't even know 1/3 of the people in that room. There are so many awesome people to meet. I really want to take time to get to know all of them at least a decent bit. 

Tomorrow, the other girl from my team comes in. I am jut so excited to meet her! So far, neither of the guys are eligible to drive so looks like I'm Team Mom. There is a LOT to take in but it's all great stuff :)  

I haven't left yet so don't get excited...

Well hey! I'm glad you found me. I'll be blogging here all spring long (at least, that's the hope...) so check in for updates :) If you're in the Palm Beach area, keep your ears open for a video screening possibly Friday? It'll also be my last night here. Thanks for checking in and I'll talk to you soon :) 

also, GO GATORS!!!