Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday! I am 24 years old! I can't believe it. Where does the time go?? I don't have any real plans for my birthday, but I do have to take Jase to the airport. He's going home to good ol' North Carolina to look for practices and such with his brother. I wish I could go so badly! But I guess someone's gotta work and bring home the bacon... Since Jase is leaving today, we can't really do anything so we celebrated last night. Downtown Ann Arbor was having a summer festival so we went to check it out, but it ended up being pretty lame. We left there and walked to the Cottage Inn Restaurant. It was sooo good. Then we came home and ate some of the cake that Jase had made for me as a surprise while I was at work yesterday.

This morning Jase woke me up with breakfast in bed. One of my favorites - eggs and toast. He's so sweet!

Last night I went over to my friends Keith and Angie's house to have dinner. Angie and I then went over to Logan and Ann-Marie's house for cake and ice-cream. I brought over the cake that Jase made because there was no way that I was going to be stuck by myself with that whole cake over the weekend! Keith and his friend took a piece before we left their house, hence the half-eaten, not so pretty cake. After dessert Ann-Marie and I went to see Baby Mama in the theatre. It was pretty funny. Even though I missed Jase a whole lot and wish he could have been around today, I seemed to make due just fine and managed to have a great birthday. Yeah!!

We Love You, Brittany!!!

Last week I received the news that one of my best friends, Brittany, had drowned while swimming in Mexico. She was my first 'friend' that I ever had. We met in second grade and were close friends all the way through college. It's sad that life just continues on and she will only be a memory in my mind. She was really and truly a special, special person, and the world will never know how great she was. She was so beautiful, inside and out. I will miss her so much and will never forget all the great times that we shared together. I love you, Britt!!



Left to right: Brittany, Ellie, me, Laura, and Meghan.
We love and miss you, Britt!

Back in "Chapel Thrill"

Despite the circumstances, I was so happy to go to Chapel Hill and see everyone. I got to see all my girls! Back in school we used to call Chapel Hill, Chapel Thrill, because we thought it was so boring. But not this time; it was so good to see everyone and catch up on the latest. I sure do miss them!



The Crew. Left to right: Laura, Jessie, Anna, Marilyn, me, and Ellie. Where's Brittany? :(



Jessie, me, and Ellie.



Ellie, Meghan, and me.



Me and Ellie.

Cedar Point!!

This past week Jase and I played hookie from school and work and went to Cedar Point with some friends from church. We had SO MUCH FUN!! Neither one of us had been to an amusement park in a long time so it was great to be able to ride some rollercoasters. We found, though, that when we were younger, we were able to handle many, many rides without getting sick. These days however, after about 5 or 6 rides, it was time to take break and make sure we didn't throw up all over the place.

This was the very first ride that we rode. It was absolutely insane!! Top Thrill Dragster is what it's called. It's 420 feet tall and goes from 0 to 120 mph in 4 seconds. It pulls you back and shoots you like a sling shot. You go up one way and twist, then come straight back down with another twist. The whole ride is over in 17 seconds, I think. Even though it's short, it's still enough to get your heart racing.


Left to right: Nate, Missy, Me, and Jase. After this picture we rode the Millenium Force rollercoaster, my favorite!

Some of us girls trying to rest after a long day. From left to right: Missy, Me, Trisha, and Kelli.

Jase and Nate coming off of a ride. They didn't feel too well..

This is us about mid-day. We rode so many rides and had just gotten off one that was pretty nauseating. We seriously felt like hurling.

It was so much fun that we may just have to go next year!

Bye Bye Jonah : (

Being that my last day of work is Thursday, I wanted to post a picture of Jonah (the little boy I nanny for) so I can remember what he looks like. It's hard to believe that I've spent this past year of my life basically raising him. I'm definately ready to move on a have a change of pace, but I sure will miss the little guy!!