Thursday, November 25, 2004
Weeeee I decided I should update
We only had school Monday and Tuesday of this week...and honestly I don't remember much about them lol...I had a history test that wasn't too bad and I did well on...Physics quiz that was easy because once I did the word problems I actually completely understood what we were doing...that lab just didn't teach me anything lol but now I get it...We had a debate in English, which my group lost...oh well lol I did plenty of work on it so I'm still hoping for a good grade.
Tuesday night was our concert...oh my gosh...I think that was the worst we've sounded in weeks lol. Yay for an oblivious audience. Literally. My parents didn't know what I was talking about when I asked if they heard the random 5 seconds of silence in the middle of a song (the snare had a solo and it wasn't on). Anyway...Steven, Hannah, Liz, and Matt came...so after the concert, Corey and I went with them to Sparks...much fun :-) It was very interesting...Hannah, Liz, and Matt were in regular clothes...Steven was wearing a tie...and Corey and I wearing our band clothes (for him, a nice shirt and pants, for me, an icky black dress that we've nicknamed a parachute). Matt and I had a long argument about my dress...because see a guy clearly picked them out...because the fronts flop down and the shoulders fall off...and to keep the top on at all, I have to sit with my shoulders in a way that makes the front flop even more...and so Matt kept telling me to fix it...but no one had any saftey pins or anything...so eventually we ended with "how about you just don't look down my dress?!" hahaha. I was paranoid that I was going to spill something.
Wednesday, Corey came over^^ and we watched Iron Chef hehehe...a sweet potato battle, yummy...and part of a movie. When he had to leave, I thought I was going to cry (he'll be gone the rest of break at his dad's house)...I just couldn't make myself let go of him...He was so sweet though...he said "Just think, some day I won't have to leave...I'll already be home" which...oh gosh...I can't even describe how good that felt to hear. I love you Corey <333
Wednesday night and most of today I spent working on my evil plan :-D hehehe I'm having fun with this-the actual carrying out of the plan and teasing Corey about it O:-) Almost no stores were open today though, so I couldn't do some of the stuff I wanted to work on because I need some supplies. I still got a bunch done though, and I'm excited about it :-D and I'll probably get most of the rest done tomorrow.
Thanksgiving stuff-we went out for lunch today...yummy...and that's it lol. Dinner=regular food. My family doesn't get too into this stuff. After lunch we went back into normal-people-mode and Justin took me shopping because he had to get some stuff too. However, the only place open was K-mart...which had almost nothing lol. We ran into Rachel and her parents though, so that was nice.
I must say though...I've got a ton of things to be thankful for...especially all of my wonderful friends. I love every one of you!
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We only had school Monday and Tuesday of this week...and honestly I don't remember much about them lol...I had a history test that wasn't too bad and I did well on...Physics quiz that was easy because once I did the word problems I actually completely understood what we were doing...that lab just didn't teach me anything lol but now I get it...We had a debate in English, which my group lost...oh well lol I did plenty of work on it so I'm still hoping for a good grade.
Tuesday night was our concert...oh my gosh...I think that was the worst we've sounded in weeks lol. Yay for an oblivious audience. Literally. My parents didn't know what I was talking about when I asked if they heard the random 5 seconds of silence in the middle of a song (the snare had a solo and it wasn't on). Anyway...Steven, Hannah, Liz, and Matt came...so after the concert, Corey and I went with them to Sparks...much fun :-) It was very interesting...Hannah, Liz, and Matt were in regular clothes...Steven was wearing a tie...and Corey and I wearing our band clothes (for him, a nice shirt and pants, for me, an icky black dress that we've nicknamed a parachute). Matt and I had a long argument about my dress...because see a guy clearly picked them out...because the fronts flop down and the shoulders fall off...and to keep the top on at all, I have to sit with my shoulders in a way that makes the front flop even more...and so Matt kept telling me to fix it...but no one had any saftey pins or anything...so eventually we ended with "how about you just don't look down my dress?!" hahaha. I was paranoid that I was going to spill something.
Wednesday, Corey came over^^ and we watched Iron Chef hehehe...a sweet potato battle, yummy...and part of a movie. When he had to leave, I thought I was going to cry (he'll be gone the rest of break at his dad's house)...I just couldn't make myself let go of him...He was so sweet though...he said "Just think, some day I won't have to leave...I'll already be home" which...oh gosh...I can't even describe how good that felt to hear. I love you Corey <333
Wednesday night and most of today I spent working on my evil plan :-D hehehe I'm having fun with this-the actual carrying out of the plan and teasing Corey about it O:-) Almost no stores were open today though, so I couldn't do some of the stuff I wanted to work on because I need some supplies. I still got a bunch done though, and I'm excited about it :-D and I'll probably get most of the rest done tomorrow.
Thanksgiving stuff-we went out for lunch today...yummy...and that's it lol. Dinner=regular food. My family doesn't get too into this stuff. After lunch we went back into normal-people-mode and Justin took me shopping because he had to get some stuff too. However, the only place open was K-mart...which had almost nothing lol. We ran into Rachel and her parents though, so that was nice.
I must say though...I've got a ton of things to be thankful for...especially all of my wonderful friends. I love every one of you!
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
This is a random survey Hannah sent me...feel free to steal it if you get bored over Thanksgiving break!
Spell Your name backwards: Refinnej
Date of Birth: 12-12-87
Male or Female: female
What are your nicknames: Jen, Jen-bean, Nut, Juniper
Does your name/nickname mean anything: there are a bunch of definitions but I like “white wave” best
Residence: NC
Occupation: student
Height: about 5' 5”
Natural hair color: brown...u’d think theyd ask for ur actual hair color too if they bother specifically stating “natural” but yeah. I got it highlighted so it now has gold and blond streaks
Eye color: brown
Do you have any pets: nope
Piercings: 1 in each ear
Tattoos: nope
Shoe size: 7 1/2 or 8
Are you a righty or a lefty: righty
What are you wearing right now: Hello Kitty pajamas and cute little slipper sock thingies and a bathrobe
What are you listening to: me typing
What are you eating/drinking: nothing
*~*~Guys/Girls/Love~*~*
Have you ever been in love: am now <333
How many people have you said "I love you" to: most of my friends and family...as far as like guys in a more than friends way, 2
How many people do you think you've been in love with: the one I’m in love with now...I don’t think I knew the true meaning until Corey and I started going out <333
How many people have you kissed (not counting friends or family): 2
How many people have you dated: 2-3, depending if you count the one in 6th grade that I don’t think counts
What do you look for in your significant other: personality...he can make me smile no matter how upset I am...being around him makes me feel safe and comfortable...and I never want to be away from him. seriously...I get pathetic after a few hours apart
What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex: hair and smile
What type of guy/girl do you usually go for: mmm I’ll sum it up by saying Corey.
Are you interested in anyone right now: Corazy^^
If you are who is it: see above
Do you believe in love at first sight: ehh I guess it’s possible maybe but not to me
Do you remember your first "love": mhmm because the only one that counts is right now^^
Who is the first person you kissed (That special kiss): Matt
Do you believe in fate or destiny: yes
Do you believe in soul-mates: yes
If so do you believe you'll ever find yours: I honestly think I already have
*~*~Family~*~*
Are your parents still married: yup
How many siblings do you have: 1 brother
How old are they: 21
How many siblings does your mother have: 4 (2 boys, 2 girls)
How many siblings does your father have: 4 (also 2 boys, 2 girls)
Where are your parents from: mom=south Georgia, dad=deleware. what a combination lol
Do you know how they met : nope
Is your family close: not really...well i mean, my parents are, and we all get along decently, but we’re not one of those families that have the parents as the kids’ best friends
Does your family get together for holidays: ehh if you count Justin coming home from college?
Do you have any nieces or nephews: nope
If your parents are divorced - Do you have step parents: n/a
What is your nationality: American
What is your heritage: Irish (1/2-3/4), Austria-Hungarian (1/4), maybe French (0-1/4)
*~*~Music~*~*
What song do you swear was written about you or your life: changes daily lol
What's the most embarrassing cd you own: I don’t think I really have any embarrassing CDs...I have tapes though from when I was younger...I think it’s a tie between Britney Spears and Spice Girls lol
What's the best cd you own: mmm probably one of my burned ones
What song do you absolutely hate: anything rap
Do you sing in the shower? yup!
What song reminds you of that special someone?: “When I See You Smile”
Are you musically inclined: mmm I think playing 2 instruments, used to play 3, more than that if you count bells and bass clarinet lol...yeah I’d say yes^^ even if I haven’t managed much on Corey’s trumpet yet lol
*~*~Favorites~*~*
Color: purple, blue, certain shades of aqua
Food: chocolate!
TV Series: Everwood
Season: summer and winter...whenever we’re off from school!
Subject: in general, math...this semester, physics
Band: changes daily
Outfit: usually jeans and a casual top that’s not a tshirt
Radio Station: oldies or mix 101.5
Book(s): Harry Potter series...though I must say I reread a few of my childhood books recently and got totally readdicted to The Little Princess and The Secret Garden
Movie: no idea
Cartoon: uhh...its 4:42, just had to say that lol...uhh...well I haven’t seen it in over a year, but I always liked As Told by Ginger
Action Figure: don’t really have one...hehe unless you count Cat Woman ;-) haha
Holiday: Christmas
Time of day: night
Weekday: meaning I can’t choose Saturday? I guess Friday
Sport: uhh well I don’t play any, but I like watching gymnastics and ice skating and anything horse related
Potato Chip: original or cheddar and sour cream...though actually I tried these dill pickle ones at ASP this summer and they were really good even though they sound kinda gross lol
Drink: sweet tea^^ especially mom’s...much better than most resturants
Board Game: Clue!
Video Game: DDR since its like the only one I know how to play
Soda: don’t like soda
Website: blogs
Magazine: uhh...i dont read many magazines
Cereal: cinamon apple cheerios...sometimes the other kind of cheerios with the bananas and strawberries in it
Number: 42
Dessert: most chocolate things
Extreme Sport: eww sports lol
Fruit: toss up between strawberries and peaches, but i like most fruit
Hobby: does hanging out w/corey count as a hobby?
Childhood Toy: oh lots...I guess mostly stuffed animals, but I still have my American Girl dolls and stuff
Amusement Park Ride: roller coasters
Teacher: This semester...I guess Ms. Beiles (physics) but I really really like Mr. Koechling too...overall...Ms. Becker would definitly be up there with the other two but I don’t know which I’d put in which spot.
Candy Bar: lol pretty much any of them except snickers, mr goodbar, and the ones with dark chocolate
Salad Dressing: caesar
Thing To Do On The Weekend: spend time with Corazy <333
Hot Drink: Hot Chocolate
Element: lol the first thing that comes to mine is sodium because of Melissa...but probably silver I guess
Spectator Sport: haven’t we already had this question?
Person To Talk To Online: Corey and Anna
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Spell Your name backwards: Refinnej
Date of Birth: 12-12-87
Male or Female: female
What are your nicknames: Jen, Jen-bean, Nut, Juniper
Does your name/nickname mean anything: there are a bunch of definitions but I like “white wave” best
Residence: NC
Occupation: student
Height: about 5' 5”
Natural hair color: brown...u’d think theyd ask for ur actual hair color too if they bother specifically stating “natural” but yeah. I got it highlighted so it now has gold and blond streaks
Eye color: brown
Do you have any pets: nope
Piercings: 1 in each ear
Tattoos: nope
Shoe size: 7 1/2 or 8
Are you a righty or a lefty: righty
What are you wearing right now: Hello Kitty pajamas and cute little slipper sock thingies and a bathrobe
What are you listening to: me typing
What are you eating/drinking: nothing
*~*~Guys/Girls/Love~*~*
Have you ever been in love: am now <333
How many people have you said "I love you" to: most of my friends and family...as far as like guys in a more than friends way, 2
How many people do you think you've been in love with: the one I’m in love with now...I don’t think I knew the true meaning until Corey and I started going out <333
How many people have you kissed (not counting friends or family): 2
How many people have you dated: 2-3, depending if you count the one in 6th grade that I don’t think counts
What do you look for in your significant other: personality...he can make me smile no matter how upset I am...being around him makes me feel safe and comfortable...and I never want to be away from him. seriously...I get pathetic after a few hours apart
What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex: hair and smile
What type of guy/girl do you usually go for: mmm I’ll sum it up by saying Corey.
Are you interested in anyone right now: Corazy^^
If you are who is it: see above
Do you believe in love at first sight: ehh I guess it’s possible maybe but not to me
Do you remember your first "love": mhmm because the only one that counts is right now^^
Who is the first person you kissed (That special kiss): Matt
Do you believe in fate or destiny: yes
Do you believe in soul-mates: yes
If so do you believe you'll ever find yours: I honestly think I already have
*~*~Family~*~*
Are your parents still married: yup
How many siblings do you have: 1 brother
How old are they: 21
How many siblings does your mother have: 4 (2 boys, 2 girls)
How many siblings does your father have: 4 (also 2 boys, 2 girls)
Where are your parents from: mom=south Georgia, dad=deleware. what a combination lol
Do you know how they met : nope
Is your family close: not really...well i mean, my parents are, and we all get along decently, but we’re not one of those families that have the parents as the kids’ best friends
Does your family get together for holidays: ehh if you count Justin coming home from college?
Do you have any nieces or nephews: nope
If your parents are divorced - Do you have step parents: n/a
What is your nationality: American
What is your heritage: Irish (1/2-3/4), Austria-Hungarian (1/4), maybe French (0-1/4)
*~*~Music~*~*
What song do you swear was written about you or your life: changes daily lol
What's the most embarrassing cd you own: I don’t think I really have any embarrassing CDs...I have tapes though from when I was younger...I think it’s a tie between Britney Spears and Spice Girls lol
What's the best cd you own: mmm probably one of my burned ones
What song do you absolutely hate: anything rap
Do you sing in the shower? yup!
What song reminds you of that special someone?: “When I See You Smile”
Are you musically inclined: mmm I think playing 2 instruments, used to play 3, more than that if you count bells and bass clarinet lol...yeah I’d say yes^^ even if I haven’t managed much on Corey’s trumpet yet lol
*~*~Favorites~*~*
Color: purple, blue, certain shades of aqua
Food: chocolate!
TV Series: Everwood
Season: summer and winter...whenever we’re off from school!
Subject: in general, math...this semester, physics
Band: changes daily
Outfit: usually jeans and a casual top that’s not a tshirt
Radio Station: oldies or mix 101.5
Book(s): Harry Potter series...though I must say I reread a few of my childhood books recently and got totally readdicted to The Little Princess and The Secret Garden
Movie: no idea
Cartoon: uhh...its 4:42, just had to say that lol...uhh...well I haven’t seen it in over a year, but I always liked As Told by Ginger
Action Figure: don’t really have one...hehe unless you count Cat Woman ;-) haha
Holiday: Christmas
Time of day: night
Weekday: meaning I can’t choose Saturday? I guess Friday
Sport: uhh well I don’t play any, but I like watching gymnastics and ice skating and anything horse related
Potato Chip: original or cheddar and sour cream...though actually I tried these dill pickle ones at ASP this summer and they were really good even though they sound kinda gross lol
Drink: sweet tea^^ especially mom’s...much better than most resturants
Board Game: Clue!
Video Game: DDR since its like the only one I know how to play
Soda: don’t like soda
Website: blogs
Magazine: uhh...i dont read many magazines
Cereal: cinamon apple cheerios...sometimes the other kind of cheerios with the bananas and strawberries in it
Number: 42
Dessert: most chocolate things
Extreme Sport: eww sports lol
Fruit: toss up between strawberries and peaches, but i like most fruit
Hobby: does hanging out w/corey count as a hobby?
Childhood Toy: oh lots...I guess mostly stuffed animals, but I still have my American Girl dolls and stuff
Amusement Park Ride: roller coasters
Teacher: This semester...I guess Ms. Beiles (physics) but I really really like Mr. Koechling too...overall...Ms. Becker would definitly be up there with the other two but I don’t know which I’d put in which spot.
Candy Bar: lol pretty much any of them except snickers, mr goodbar, and the ones with dark chocolate
Salad Dressing: caesar
Thing To Do On The Weekend: spend time with Corazy <333
Hot Drink: Hot Chocolate
Element: lol the first thing that comes to mine is sodium because of Melissa...but probably silver I guess
Spectator Sport: haven’t we already had this question?
Person To Talk To Online: Corey and Anna
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Ok update time! I don’t remember much about the early part of the week where I left off...except that I got lots of projects and such >< rawr. Anyway...
Tuesday Corey took me home from school since my parents were still at the funeral...and he had to do some errands...so I asked if he wanted some company and he said sure. Lol so we rode around and went to banks and grocerty stores and such for like an hour and a half...You’d think that would be sooo boring haha but I had a blast...just because I was with him...especially since I was with him at a time that I’m not used to getting to be with him.
Wednesday...I did homework. Until about midnight...and got up a little after 5 the next day. Blegh. Worth it though...because Thursday I went to help Corey and some scouts with his Eagle project, installing a wireless internet system for a church camp. I finally got to meet his dad...even if Corey didn’t introduce us :-P We introduced ourselves lol...he was nice...and knew a surprising amount about me lol...He knew I had an older brother in college...random stuff like that :-) And one time he even said “You’ll have to come down with Corey and Hannah sometime.” Oh and we schemed to get pictures of Corey because his mom wanted some but Corey wouldn’t let me take any of him haha...so his dad took some pictures of Corey when he wasn’t paying attention...even a picture of him taking a picture. Hehehe. The wireless stuff didn’t quite work out because there was some faulty equipment, so we’ll have to go back another day. It was fun though...despite a few of the younger scouts being kind of agrivating. Oh and I got nicknamed the Research Staff because the IBM guy had me look up how to configure some stuff online...yay for having no earthly idea what I was talking about and managing to find a site that was what he wanted hahaha. Oh, some of the scouts played hide and seek and sardines during a break...and the absolute best moment was when the guy that was hiding decided he’d rather come talk to me and Corey but didn’t tell the others...so we sat at a table in a big, open room...and one of the scouts came in, glanced at us, and went to search in the kitchen.
Friday, Corey and I both woke up a little bit sick. Yuck. That night we stayed in the bandroom for a while because it was raining but marching band was supposed to perform if the rain stopped...but it kept pouring...so I did some of my history project and hung out with people and such...Melissa and Austin are going back out :-D I don’t know if I ever put in here that they broke up but I’m glad they’re back together. 5 min before halftime, we were told we could leave...Corey went to get the car so that Melissa and I wouldn’t have to get totally soaked...so Melissa, Austin and I hung out under one of the props haha...and Austin was supposed to be watching for Corey because I couldn’t see around the prop and Melissa couldnt see around Austin hahaha but Austin apparently can’t see. I asked him “are you still watching?” and he said he was...like 30 seconds later Corey ran up to us spazzing that we hadn’t seen him hahaha so we blamed Austin. Then we all got wet going to the car, though Corey was totally soaked lol *pats him* Luckily he got to change when we went back to his house for a minute because his mom drove us to Pilgrimage.
Pilgrimage was cool. We didn’t do much Friday night since band people came after the session had ended...but we found out rooms (I was with Anna, Melissa, and Rachel) and talked for a long time haha. Oh and Steven and Corey got a room to themselves since the total number of guys wasn’t divisable by 4. Wow that sounded to Mathy. Yeah. Anyway...so apparently they were watching TV...and called Rachel’s cell while our chaperone (Mrs. Hadden! She rocks) was in our room...Steven was like “Is there a chaperone in your room?” and Rache was like “yeah...why?” and he said to turn the TV to channel 5 after she left. So we were thinking something funny must be on, but we were thinking the chaperone comment was b/c it was like cursing or bad jokes or something. We turned on the TV...and we see a random drunk girl...and then the camera panned over to a girl in a thong. Within like 5 seconds, the TV was off hahaha....We called them back and asked what on Earth they were doing...especially why they wanted to TELL US they were watching it hahaha with MY BOYFRIEND in the room...Melissa wanted me to get on the phone and pretend to be really mad at Corey but I didn’t want to be that mean and I was scared I’d start laughing...but I let Melissa talk to him haha. She told him I wanted to break up with him! He didn’t believe her though, luckily. I talked to him a few minutes later anyway and told him I loved him anyway lol. He was laughing at Steven’s stupidity of calling us...apparently they just found it while flipping through channels and Steven though it’d be funny if we knew they saw it. You two are so lucky we’re understanding girls :-P Apparently some other people got in trouble for watching it though haha.
Saturday, we got up nice and early...yuck haha...but then we had a great program...Awesome songs...I think one of the most amazing things I saw was the fact that everyone seemed to forget about being selfconcious. We had to do some dances that I know plenty of us wouldn’t normally do all out...and yet we did. It was wonderful...especially considering how many people were there! I believe the total was 6,347 people from 295 churches. After that we did a walk for hunger thing...I was so tired though...and my legs weren’t cooperating...and it was cold...so uhh yeah we kinda cheated and didn’t go around even one whole lap haha and it was supposed to be two. Steven and Rachel were the only ones I know of that did the full thing though so oh well. Then we had lunch...and then Ms. Toby pulled all the girls onto one of the busses and we had a long talk about cliches and girls being mean to eachother...apparently there’ve been some big issues lately, which I’ve been lucky enough to avoid and not even notice happening...A few people got up and made speeches about things...then the other bus left without us haha and there were like 3 girls in each seat so a bunch had to go back to the hotel in the vans.
Anyway...we got back and had the afternoon free. Melissa, Rachel, and I hung out in Corey and Steven’s room (they let us as long as the door was open) and watched Spaceballs on TV...Then we ate dinner and went to another session. One girl gave an amazing devotional...She was the youngest of three siblings. Her older brother were mentally retarded. Her mother was an alcoholic prostitute. Just the situation itself sounded bad enough. She told us how she ran away when she was like 15 and came to Raleigh...couldn’t find a shelter and had to stay with a stranger...got a job but she had to say she was 18 so she got caught a month later and she was brought to a detention center where they called her mom. Her mom said she’d come get her, although the police offered to send her back home, and her mom didn’t have a car or anything. So they released her...and her mom never came...and eventually the police man that found her in the first place found out that her mom hadn’t come...He is now her foster father. I just can’t even imagine going through all that.
I was much more awake for that session, but I could tell Corey was really tired and he looked and sounded like he didn’t feel good...so when we got the chance to stay for the concert, we decided to go ahead and go back to the hotel. I went up to my room for a minute and then went down to make Corey go to sleep...and brought him some medicine and some vitamin C hehe...So he lay down and I sat next to him...we had the TV on for a while...but he eventually closed his eyes...and I’ve discovered he falls asleep if I stroke his cheeks for a while, so I did...I just kept smiling the whole time, thinking how wonderful and absolutely adorable he was, even though he was sick...Finally I thought he was asleep...I kept debating whether to leave for fear of me falling asleep too (which would NOT go over well with the chaperones haha; we think they duct taped doors after 11) or to stay to be sure he was fully asleep...Eventually I took his glasses off and got up and turned off the TV...and then he opened his eyes...he told me later he just wanted to wake up to say goodnight because he’d been like 3/4 asleep hehe...He couldn’t talk though, I guess because a combination of him being half asleep and sick. He finally got out “sleep well” with some hand gestures lol...and he kept trying to talk...so I went back over to his bed, kissed his cheek, and left...and despite him being sick and me having to leave him...I couldn’t stop smiling...I had the image of his sweet sleeping face in my mind for the rest of the night^^
Sunday we went to the last session...which brought up some memories...the devotional made me cry, though I mostly controlled myself. It’s seriously making me think about doing a devotional at youth...I’ve got a pretty good one in mind. We’ll see. Then we went home...watched part of a movie on the bus, I forget which. Then I did homework the rest of the day, yuck. Corey slept though, so that made me happy :-)
I’ve been randomly adding to this entry since Sunday evening, typing out a few lines whenever I got the chance, so I’m sorry it’s kinda choppy. Anyways, I hardly remember anything I did this week lol. So I’ll just talk about the few things I do remember:
Wednesday I went to the library because I realized that my lack of block quotes made my paper well under the required minimum length. So I spent a few hours there...and didn’t do my history homework at all...yuck...except one awesome part^^ hehe...Corey saw my away message and decided he needed to come *cough* check out some books...apparently he was “spying” on me really obviously for a while but I was so involved trying to find more quotes that I didn’t notice...so he came up to me...stood right in front of me...and I wasn’t really paying attention except I saw that someone was there so I thought maybe I was in someone’s way haha so I looked up and there was Corazy! Nice surprise, and great timing too because I was kinda going insane looking at all the material lol. He only stayed a minute because he knew I had to get back to work, but it was a wonderful break <333
Yesterday (Friday), Corey took me home after school and stayed until almost 9. Over 6 1/2 straight hours with him :-D <333333333333333 Best afternoon/evening I’ve had in ages even though it did feel a lot shorter than it actually was. I was randomly really tired for a while and he was mocking me...and I tried to make fun of the way he was mocking me but I ended up saying “intimidate” instead of “imitate” lol so that was interesting. When he had to leave, I walked him out to the driveway and he kept almost leaving and then coming back to kiss me one last time, hehe...which made me giggle, even if he did compare it to being addicted to soda hahaha I love you Corazy <333333333333333 hehe
Tonight I went to Liz’s house. We had a huge bonfire hehe. I wish Corey had been there to see it though, but he’s at his aunt’s house for the rest of the weekend. I think the kidney’s casually preverted talk-especially since I was being more open about it than usual anyway-kinda freaked Melissa and Austin out...but I had fun lol. And I got to straighten Davey’s hair! Hehehehe...but part of it wouldn’t get straight, even when Laura tried. And I put some eyeshadow on him because we couldn’t find a sharpened black eyeliner. Oh and, skipping around a bit, Laura sang us a really really prettyful song^^ We taught Matt how to give a back rub, and I got one from Dave :-) which made my back feel much better; thanks Davey!
Tomorrow...I’ll get up, do my physics if I can figure out how (so much for doing that at Liz’s lol), reread/read for history, have mom call my history stuff out (I have a test Monday), and go to youth. Then two days of school...and then it’s BREAK! Yay! Well sortof. Corey’ll be gone the whole time :-( He hasn’t been at his dad’s house in ages because of marching band though, so I guess it’s fair-I’ll just miss him tons. We might be able to do something Tuesday after school though...I want to straighten his hair and take a picture of it because it’s gotten really long but his mom is making him cut it in December...and it’ll really show how long it is if it’s straight hehe. Only another quarter of the semester left and then we’ll have Christmas break! I hope Corey gets some time here for that :-) Every minute I’m away from him feels like a week too long.
So...a week and a little over 4 pages later...I think I’m finally done. And that’s good because my eyes are barely willing to stay open hehe. So I’ll end with this: Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams! And Corey...whenever you actually get to read this, I’m guessing when you’re at your dads...I love you <3333333333333 *plans on going to sleep and dreaming sweet dreams of him*
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Tuesday Corey took me home from school since my parents were still at the funeral...and he had to do some errands...so I asked if he wanted some company and he said sure. Lol so we rode around and went to banks and grocerty stores and such for like an hour and a half...You’d think that would be sooo boring haha but I had a blast...just because I was with him...especially since I was with him at a time that I’m not used to getting to be with him.
Wednesday...I did homework. Until about midnight...and got up a little after 5 the next day. Blegh. Worth it though...because Thursday I went to help Corey and some scouts with his Eagle project, installing a wireless internet system for a church camp. I finally got to meet his dad...even if Corey didn’t introduce us :-P We introduced ourselves lol...he was nice...and knew a surprising amount about me lol...He knew I had an older brother in college...random stuff like that :-) And one time he even said “You’ll have to come down with Corey and Hannah sometime.” Oh and we schemed to get pictures of Corey because his mom wanted some but Corey wouldn’t let me take any of him haha...so his dad took some pictures of Corey when he wasn’t paying attention...even a picture of him taking a picture. Hehehe. The wireless stuff didn’t quite work out because there was some faulty equipment, so we’ll have to go back another day. It was fun though...despite a few of the younger scouts being kind of agrivating. Oh and I got nicknamed the Research Staff because the IBM guy had me look up how to configure some stuff online...yay for having no earthly idea what I was talking about and managing to find a site that was what he wanted hahaha. Oh, some of the scouts played hide and seek and sardines during a break...and the absolute best moment was when the guy that was hiding decided he’d rather come talk to me and Corey but didn’t tell the others...so we sat at a table in a big, open room...and one of the scouts came in, glanced at us, and went to search in the kitchen.
Friday, Corey and I both woke up a little bit sick. Yuck. That night we stayed in the bandroom for a while because it was raining but marching band was supposed to perform if the rain stopped...but it kept pouring...so I did some of my history project and hung out with people and such...Melissa and Austin are going back out :-D I don’t know if I ever put in here that they broke up but I’m glad they’re back together. 5 min before halftime, we were told we could leave...Corey went to get the car so that Melissa and I wouldn’t have to get totally soaked...so Melissa, Austin and I hung out under one of the props haha...and Austin was supposed to be watching for Corey because I couldn’t see around the prop and Melissa couldnt see around Austin hahaha but Austin apparently can’t see. I asked him “are you still watching?” and he said he was...like 30 seconds later Corey ran up to us spazzing that we hadn’t seen him hahaha so we blamed Austin. Then we all got wet going to the car, though Corey was totally soaked lol *pats him* Luckily he got to change when we went back to his house for a minute because his mom drove us to Pilgrimage.
Pilgrimage was cool. We didn’t do much Friday night since band people came after the session had ended...but we found out rooms (I was with Anna, Melissa, and Rachel) and talked for a long time haha. Oh and Steven and Corey got a room to themselves since the total number of guys wasn’t divisable by 4. Wow that sounded to Mathy. Yeah. Anyway...so apparently they were watching TV...and called Rachel’s cell while our chaperone (Mrs. Hadden! She rocks) was in our room...Steven was like “Is there a chaperone in your room?” and Rache was like “yeah...why?” and he said to turn the TV to channel 5 after she left. So we were thinking something funny must be on, but we were thinking the chaperone comment was b/c it was like cursing or bad jokes or something. We turned on the TV...and we see a random drunk girl...and then the camera panned over to a girl in a thong. Within like 5 seconds, the TV was off hahaha....We called them back and asked what on Earth they were doing...especially why they wanted to TELL US they were watching it hahaha with MY BOYFRIEND in the room...Melissa wanted me to get on the phone and pretend to be really mad at Corey but I didn’t want to be that mean and I was scared I’d start laughing...but I let Melissa talk to him haha. She told him I wanted to break up with him! He didn’t believe her though, luckily. I talked to him a few minutes later anyway and told him I loved him anyway lol. He was laughing at Steven’s stupidity of calling us...apparently they just found it while flipping through channels and Steven though it’d be funny if we knew they saw it. You two are so lucky we’re understanding girls :-P Apparently some other people got in trouble for watching it though haha.
Saturday, we got up nice and early...yuck haha...but then we had a great program...Awesome songs...I think one of the most amazing things I saw was the fact that everyone seemed to forget about being selfconcious. We had to do some dances that I know plenty of us wouldn’t normally do all out...and yet we did. It was wonderful...especially considering how many people were there! I believe the total was 6,347 people from 295 churches. After that we did a walk for hunger thing...I was so tired though...and my legs weren’t cooperating...and it was cold...so uhh yeah we kinda cheated and didn’t go around even one whole lap haha and it was supposed to be two. Steven and Rachel were the only ones I know of that did the full thing though so oh well. Then we had lunch...and then Ms. Toby pulled all the girls onto one of the busses and we had a long talk about cliches and girls being mean to eachother...apparently there’ve been some big issues lately, which I’ve been lucky enough to avoid and not even notice happening...A few people got up and made speeches about things...then the other bus left without us haha and there were like 3 girls in each seat so a bunch had to go back to the hotel in the vans.
Anyway...we got back and had the afternoon free. Melissa, Rachel, and I hung out in Corey and Steven’s room (they let us as long as the door was open) and watched Spaceballs on TV...Then we ate dinner and went to another session. One girl gave an amazing devotional...She was the youngest of three siblings. Her older brother were mentally retarded. Her mother was an alcoholic prostitute. Just the situation itself sounded bad enough. She told us how she ran away when she was like 15 and came to Raleigh...couldn’t find a shelter and had to stay with a stranger...got a job but she had to say she was 18 so she got caught a month later and she was brought to a detention center where they called her mom. Her mom said she’d come get her, although the police offered to send her back home, and her mom didn’t have a car or anything. So they released her...and her mom never came...and eventually the police man that found her in the first place found out that her mom hadn’t come...He is now her foster father. I just can’t even imagine going through all that.
I was much more awake for that session, but I could tell Corey was really tired and he looked and sounded like he didn’t feel good...so when we got the chance to stay for the concert, we decided to go ahead and go back to the hotel. I went up to my room for a minute and then went down to make Corey go to sleep...and brought him some medicine and some vitamin C hehe...So he lay down and I sat next to him...we had the TV on for a while...but he eventually closed his eyes...and I’ve discovered he falls asleep if I stroke his cheeks for a while, so I did...I just kept smiling the whole time, thinking how wonderful and absolutely adorable he was, even though he was sick...Finally I thought he was asleep...I kept debating whether to leave for fear of me falling asleep too (which would NOT go over well with the chaperones haha; we think they duct taped doors after 11) or to stay to be sure he was fully asleep...Eventually I took his glasses off and got up and turned off the TV...and then he opened his eyes...he told me later he just wanted to wake up to say goodnight because he’d been like 3/4 asleep hehe...He couldn’t talk though, I guess because a combination of him being half asleep and sick. He finally got out “sleep well” with some hand gestures lol...and he kept trying to talk...so I went back over to his bed, kissed his cheek, and left...and despite him being sick and me having to leave him...I couldn’t stop smiling...I had the image of his sweet sleeping face in my mind for the rest of the night^^
Sunday we went to the last session...which brought up some memories...the devotional made me cry, though I mostly controlled myself. It’s seriously making me think about doing a devotional at youth...I’ve got a pretty good one in mind. We’ll see. Then we went home...watched part of a movie on the bus, I forget which. Then I did homework the rest of the day, yuck. Corey slept though, so that made me happy :-)
I’ve been randomly adding to this entry since Sunday evening, typing out a few lines whenever I got the chance, so I’m sorry it’s kinda choppy. Anyways, I hardly remember anything I did this week lol. So I’ll just talk about the few things I do remember:
Wednesday I went to the library because I realized that my lack of block quotes made my paper well under the required minimum length. So I spent a few hours there...and didn’t do my history homework at all...yuck...except one awesome part^^ hehe...Corey saw my away message and decided he needed to come *cough* check out some books...apparently he was “spying” on me really obviously for a while but I was so involved trying to find more quotes that I didn’t notice...so he came up to me...stood right in front of me...and I wasn’t really paying attention except I saw that someone was there so I thought maybe I was in someone’s way haha so I looked up and there was Corazy! Nice surprise, and great timing too because I was kinda going insane looking at all the material lol. He only stayed a minute because he knew I had to get back to work, but it was a wonderful break <333
Yesterday (Friday), Corey took me home after school and stayed until almost 9. Over 6 1/2 straight hours with him :-D <333333333333333 Best afternoon/evening I’ve had in ages even though it did feel a lot shorter than it actually was. I was randomly really tired for a while and he was mocking me...and I tried to make fun of the way he was mocking me but I ended up saying “intimidate” instead of “imitate” lol so that was interesting. When he had to leave, I walked him out to the driveway and he kept almost leaving and then coming back to kiss me one last time, hehe...which made me giggle, even if he did compare it to being addicted to soda hahaha I love you Corazy <333333333333333 hehe
Tonight I went to Liz’s house. We had a huge bonfire hehe. I wish Corey had been there to see it though, but he’s at his aunt’s house for the rest of the weekend. I think the kidney’s casually preverted talk-especially since I was being more open about it than usual anyway-kinda freaked Melissa and Austin out...but I had fun lol. And I got to straighten Davey’s hair! Hehehehe...but part of it wouldn’t get straight, even when Laura tried. And I put some eyeshadow on him because we couldn’t find a sharpened black eyeliner. Oh and, skipping around a bit, Laura sang us a really really prettyful song^^ We taught Matt how to give a back rub, and I got one from Dave :-) which made my back feel much better; thanks Davey!
Tomorrow...I’ll get up, do my physics if I can figure out how (so much for doing that at Liz’s lol), reread/read for history, have mom call my history stuff out (I have a test Monday), and go to youth. Then two days of school...and then it’s BREAK! Yay! Well sortof. Corey’ll be gone the whole time :-( He hasn’t been at his dad’s house in ages because of marching band though, so I guess it’s fair-I’ll just miss him tons. We might be able to do something Tuesday after school though...I want to straighten his hair and take a picture of it because it’s gotten really long but his mom is making him cut it in December...and it’ll really show how long it is if it’s straight hehe. Only another quarter of the semester left and then we’ll have Christmas break! I hope Corey gets some time here for that :-) Every minute I’m away from him feels like a week too long.
So...a week and a little over 4 pages later...I think I’m finally done. And that’s good because my eyes are barely willing to stay open hehe. So I’ll end with this: Goodnight everyone, sweet dreams! And Corey...whenever you actually get to read this, I’m guessing when you’re at your dads...I love you <3333333333333 *plans on going to sleep and dreaming sweet dreams of him*
Monday, November 08, 2004
So I figured I needed to update.
I honestly cannot remember what I did last week besides homework and making some last minute plans for Corey's birthday. Oh well. Less typing for me I guess hehe. I'll start with Friday.
Friday was Corazy's birthday! Weeee hehe so I asked Mr. Rowe if we could sing to him...just because a few days before he told me that if anyone did that, he'd kill them...so of course I asked if he would be willing to kill his girlfriend...and he tried to twist what he said...and yeah so I told Mr. Rowe haha. He let me put a reminder note on his stand because he always forgets. We had to sing to a flute too so Mr. Rowe decided that we'd sing to her first and make Corey confused...I doubt it really worked lol but we sang to him a few minutes later. Then English took forever even though we were watching a movie...and I then I ran upstairs in attempt to surprise Corey before his chemistry class started. Rachel tried to stall him outside the class but it didn't really work haha so I just walked into the room...Yay for Trezona not caring...and Corey didn't look surprised at all haha which wasn't exactly my plan, but I gave him his card and left so I wouldn't get him in trouble when the bell rang. Normal lunch, insanely boring history class as usual...We edited eachothers newspaper articles...the fact that one person had litterally copied and pasted from a website made me dislike group projects even more...I don't even remember what we did in physics except that Melissa and I were talking the entire time about how we wanted to go home! Friday night I went to Coreys :-D and he finally got his Ale8 and awesome T-shirt that Anna and I made him hehehe and a bunch of other cool stuff...and we watched Benny and Joon, which is one of my favorite movies so it made me smile...There's just something about that park scene that I love with the whole hat moving on its own thing...and the best line ever about raisins: "They're only humiliated grapes."
Saturday...wasn't so great. My grandad died. So...my parents ran around making plans for the funeral and such...which I don't get to go to because they're worried about me missing school. I just keep thinking back to the last conversation I had with him...My aunt was staying with him a few weeks ago...He's been pretty sick for a long time with some heart conditions and Parkinsons disease...He's had trouble hearing and seeing for a long time. Anyway...my aunt called a few weeks ago and told me he wanted to talk to me...He could barely whisper so I couldn't really hear him and I know he had a hard time hearing me too...so my aunt did a lot of translating. I haven't seen him in years...and he told me he felt really bad saying it, but he couldn't remember what I looked like...and he asked me to tell him. So I described my physical features...told him I look a lot like my Aunt Beth (one of his daughters) and my mom...and I told him I loved him...and then he was tired so we hung up. It's not that it was a bad last conversation or anything...it's just...I don't know. I just keep thinking about it.
So Hannah came over Saturday afternoon so I could help her finish her Halloween costume for the party that night. She was Piglet and she was totally adorable hehe. The stripes didn't exactly work...haha long story COREY NO LAUGHING AT US :-P but we made some awesome Piglet ears! Then we left to pick up Corey and went to the party at Brian's house...Saw Kelly and Marc and Erin and Brian and the other usual Broughton people...and a few I didn't know but oh well lol...I really didn't want to bring anything up about my grandad...beause I mean, we were at a party...But I had to ask Corey about some ride stuff...and I needed to tell someone...so when we were off to the side I told him...cried for the first time about it...and yet I was relieved to have a shoulder to cry on. Then I collected myself again...luckily no one else saw what happened...The rest of the party was ok. Marc gave us a psychology test that I did really bad on haha...a short term memory thing...I won't go into details because he'd kill me...Kelly and I decided to be in charge of planning pizza stuff...which ruled because she and I both like pineapple pizza hahaha and so does Andy so we got one of those. I spent most of the rest of the time snuggling with Corey...I just kinda needed some time away from the crowd, and it seemed like he understood that...so that was nice.
Sunday was crop walk. Corey, Hannah, Steven, Catherine (and her dog) and I met up and walked around the lake...though I was being slow so Corey and I got separated from the others lol...twas fun though...and it was a really nice day for it. Then Corey came over for a while...went out to dinner with my parents...yay ackwardness...First time he's been around them for much time combined with them making travel plans and such all day and then not wanting to talk about anything like that at dinner and ugh. Oh well. Then back home...Corey stayed for a while :-) and he wouldn't pick something to watch on TV so I made him watch part of a chick flick hahaha. I think the best part of the weekend was when he mentioned he's considering going to state for 4 years before he goes to the CIA in NY...which means I'm really going to push myself to go for scholarships...I'd love to go to Meredith just because I'd be so close by. I'm still paranoid of the State campus though. UNCG isn't too far though...I need to go look around their campus soon.
I think I'll stop there for the night...gnight all.
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I honestly cannot remember what I did last week besides homework and making some last minute plans for Corey's birthday. Oh well. Less typing for me I guess hehe. I'll start with Friday.
Friday was Corazy's birthday! Weeee hehe so I asked Mr. Rowe if we could sing to him...just because a few days before he told me that if anyone did that, he'd kill them...so of course I asked if he would be willing to kill his girlfriend...and he tried to twist what he said...and yeah so I told Mr. Rowe haha. He let me put a reminder note on his stand because he always forgets. We had to sing to a flute too so Mr. Rowe decided that we'd sing to her first and make Corey confused...I doubt it really worked lol but we sang to him a few minutes later. Then English took forever even though we were watching a movie...and I then I ran upstairs in attempt to surprise Corey before his chemistry class started. Rachel tried to stall him outside the class but it didn't really work haha so I just walked into the room...Yay for Trezona not caring...and Corey didn't look surprised at all haha which wasn't exactly my plan, but I gave him his card and left so I wouldn't get him in trouble when the bell rang. Normal lunch, insanely boring history class as usual...We edited eachothers newspaper articles...the fact that one person had litterally copied and pasted from a website made me dislike group projects even more...I don't even remember what we did in physics except that Melissa and I were talking the entire time about how we wanted to go home! Friday night I went to Coreys :-D and he finally got his Ale8 and awesome T-shirt that Anna and I made him hehehe and a bunch of other cool stuff...and we watched Benny and Joon, which is one of my favorite movies so it made me smile...There's just something about that park scene that I love with the whole hat moving on its own thing...and the best line ever about raisins: "They're only humiliated grapes."
Saturday...wasn't so great. My grandad died. So...my parents ran around making plans for the funeral and such...which I don't get to go to because they're worried about me missing school. I just keep thinking back to the last conversation I had with him...My aunt was staying with him a few weeks ago...He's been pretty sick for a long time with some heart conditions and Parkinsons disease...He's had trouble hearing and seeing for a long time. Anyway...my aunt called a few weeks ago and told me he wanted to talk to me...He could barely whisper so I couldn't really hear him and I know he had a hard time hearing me too...so my aunt did a lot of translating. I haven't seen him in years...and he told me he felt really bad saying it, but he couldn't remember what I looked like...and he asked me to tell him. So I described my physical features...told him I look a lot like my Aunt Beth (one of his daughters) and my mom...and I told him I loved him...and then he was tired so we hung up. It's not that it was a bad last conversation or anything...it's just...I don't know. I just keep thinking about it.
So Hannah came over Saturday afternoon so I could help her finish her Halloween costume for the party that night. She was Piglet and she was totally adorable hehe. The stripes didn't exactly work...haha long story COREY NO LAUGHING AT US :-P but we made some awesome Piglet ears! Then we left to pick up Corey and went to the party at Brian's house...Saw Kelly and Marc and Erin and Brian and the other usual Broughton people...and a few I didn't know but oh well lol...I really didn't want to bring anything up about my grandad...beause I mean, we were at a party...But I had to ask Corey about some ride stuff...and I needed to tell someone...so when we were off to the side I told him...cried for the first time about it...and yet I was relieved to have a shoulder to cry on. Then I collected myself again...luckily no one else saw what happened...The rest of the party was ok. Marc gave us a psychology test that I did really bad on haha...a short term memory thing...I won't go into details because he'd kill me...Kelly and I decided to be in charge of planning pizza stuff...which ruled because she and I both like pineapple pizza hahaha and so does Andy so we got one of those. I spent most of the rest of the time snuggling with Corey...I just kinda needed some time away from the crowd, and it seemed like he understood that...so that was nice.
Sunday was crop walk. Corey, Hannah, Steven, Catherine (and her dog) and I met up and walked around the lake...though I was being slow so Corey and I got separated from the others lol...twas fun though...and it was a really nice day for it. Then Corey came over for a while...went out to dinner with my parents...yay ackwardness...First time he's been around them for much time combined with them making travel plans and such all day and then not wanting to talk about anything like that at dinner and ugh. Oh well. Then back home...Corey stayed for a while :-) and he wouldn't pick something to watch on TV so I made him watch part of a chick flick hahaha. I think the best part of the weekend was when he mentioned he's considering going to state for 4 years before he goes to the CIA in NY...which means I'm really going to push myself to go for scholarships...I'd love to go to Meredith just because I'd be so close by. I'm still paranoid of the State campus though. UNCG isn't too far though...I need to go look around their campus soon.
I think I'll stop there for the night...gnight all.
