Happy memorial day. On this fine day I get to work, then when I get off, I have the honor of attending a dinner thingy.
Today at work was quite weird. I ended up being the only girl there today and yesterday. Yesterday I worked with Collin, Bill, and Marco. Today I worked with Collin, Bill, and Tony. Marco and Collin are seniors in college. They go to UCSC (University of California Santa Cruz) Bill is "older" like his late 30s and is always agreeing with me saying I am right then he does what he pleases. I wish he would tell me he wants to try it his own way. I know I would just tell him all the problems with his way, but it would stop a lot of mistakes. I tell him to mark it spactabilis...and he decides he thinks its crookstem. They don't look anything like each other, except they both have crooked stems. One is yellow and one is green!!! The last guy they had mark plants was yellow/ green color blind...our bamboo is yellow, green, bluish green, and black. He did not last long. Collin has worked here for about a year or so and knows what he is doing and except for a few inappropriate comments about women (in which Bill and the other guys kind of joined in on, they were not as bad as some guys I have dealt with), he is alright. Marco has worked two days. So far he studied our web site and came to work and had an idea what he would be looking at. I have yet to train him on quickbooks. He is Italian, real cute, and has a girl friend, and is a business major with an Italian minor. Its freaky to meet someone with a similar major and minor as you. Tony is a fifty year old Indian guy who is cool. He always helps me out and we joke around constantly. He came over and hung out with us and I loaned him my Bow and arrows and my father told him he had to try to live up to the stereotype. which he did not...he was so nervous about shooting in front of us, he put the arrow on the wrong side of the bow...and did not even hit the target... We asked him how if he could not do it standing still, could he do it from horse back...he just laughed. He has been working for us for a while. I found out he met us (sorta) when he lived down the street a little ways. He had heard an accident and was a tow truck driver, so he came to the site and offered help directing traffic and hauling the van out of the chip pile, back through the fence it had gone through, and out from over the tree it hit and broke. Well, it just so happened I was the driver of the van (I had been rear ended by a senor in high school, we were the same age...both 18 at the time, I only know that because the ambulance driver tried to set us up...kept trying to get him to ask me out) I was on my way to biology...but ended up visiting the hospital instead. I never saw the tow truck driver, (having had a stress headache, shock, concussion, and whiplash) but he saw me and so when we started working together, after about six months or so, he finally remembered where he had seen me before...yeah, that was surprising...(its a small world after all)
Well i must be at work at nine...then Tuesday is my day off!!! yeah.

The computer has issues...Among other things, it puts links in things I write and when you click on them advertisements pop up. When I read my blog and things random words are highlighted. Computers hate me...that is all.

Another really annoying thing is my computer keeps getting pop ups...and I cannot seem to get them to stop. There are about ten or fifteen pop up ads every time I look. They are ANNOYING!!! Two more just popped up! AARRGG

Today was a long day. Well, it felt like a long day. I went to work at nine like normal. I had pizza for lunch, it was good. The hard thing about today was I got a migrane at 3:20 and took some new migrane medicine for it...but it did not go away till about seven or so. This one was worse than normal and it almost took me out. Other than that dilemma the day went alright. There were some mishaps at work, but none were my fault, so that's alright too. My dad is tearing up the house. He has decided they have been in the same room too long and they are moving everyone around. Luckily Julie, Jon, and I have our own rooms out of the house so my dad cannot make us change (especially because I just moved in). So, before work I will be moving stuff...after work I will be moving stuff...because even if I am not living IN the house anymore I still have to help because I still eat at home, among other things. So, I am tired so...to bed I go.

Well, I have been keeping myself busy. I went to a civil war reenactment...it was...Interesting. I was a confederate during the civil war reenactment, I wore the small flag on the sticker on my shirt and walked next to the little grey flag that had our letter on it, D. The problem with this is the people in charge of it messed up and gave us a union commander. So all the little kids thought they were the confederate north. They were following the union commander wearing a confederate name tag. So, I guess, due to that confusion, I was a confederate northerner. I went with the homeschool group our family belongs to. I went in Rebecca's place because she was getting her wisdom teeth out, by Dr. Slaughter. Dr. Slaughter's assistant removed my wisdom teeth. My dad cant believe my mom is sending us kids to a dentist with such a name for surgery!!! Anyways, at the place I was allowed to do the stuff with the kids and keep an eye on my four year old brother as well as the other children. I only had Daniel, Roger, Robert, Raquel, and Andrew. Julie and Jonathan were at work. While I was there my mom's friend walked up to me and said that she needed to get home, and said my mom said I wouldn't mind taking Thomas home and watching him. Well, Thomas is 13 so it was not too much trouble. Most of the time, if you are watching that many, you don't notice one more. Well, I was suppose to work two hours that day but borrowed a cell phone and called in and asked if I could work later, she said yes, that would be fine. (later I found out she had overstaffed for the day and it was better for her this way.) We rode a train through the redwoods...OH it was SOOOO pretty!!! I used to live in the redwoods but now I moved down to SC and we live among the bamboo, and I could walk up to a small redwood grove, but it just isn't the same. The train ride was an hour and fifteen minutes. At the top of the mountain they had a small reenactment, it was alright (scared some of the little ones). The one little girl was entertained because she pointed to a "boy" and said something about "him", and I told her that it was a girl out there. I guess now she is going to think that woman fought on the battle field. Another mistake... The train ride was enjoyable even if the little girl next to me pointed out ever forget-me-not (a blue flower, for those who do not know) she saw.
I have been shooting my arrows, I can even shoot them from my window on the second floor and hit the target! It is a ton of fun.
Well, I am tired and I work tomorrow...I also work memorial day, but then so does my sister and my brother so yeah, whatever
I am going to bed...night.

Hoy fui mal...eso es todo. oh, y manana es mi dia libre.

Today was a really bad day!!!
I worked all day with a guy who has worked here a total of THREE days. He knew nothing!!! I went over what he was to learn, over it again, and again. Then I let him do it on his own...and HE DID IT WRONG!!! All the while I am doing what normally two people do with sales,customers, and phones. Then to top it all off, I start to get a headache! Raquel brought me Advil so I could survive. Then if that was not bad enough, I then get to drive with my mom and brother to Half Moon Bay, unload the dingy we were hauling, carry it to the water, watch Jon row out to my fathers new boat, watch Daniel row back, carry the boat back out of the water, and load it back into the van, ride to Oakland, find the car, then I got to drive the car back on a five lane highway and 17 (a 50mph, two-lane road, that everybody HATES, going over a mountain, and is full of turns. It was my second or third time driving it and my second time driving since Christmas break.) Now I am home...Morning will come early. To bed I go. Goodnight.

I will hopefully get internet in my apartment soon...as soon as Jon feels like giving it to me...could be a while. He said hopefully by the end of today. I will then blog more...it is easier to blog when two or three others are not watching over your shoulder...must go and Finish making lunch. When I get internet be prepared for a ton of blogging...

Well, I am headed to bed but wanted to write a bit first…it’s really strange but I find it helps me sleep to put my thoughts here first. This is my first night with internet and well, its down. I can handle that though. Really, I can. AAARRRGGG I just love writing that. Every time I do, I think of my little sister Anna Raquel Gullman. Anyway, things of today. My hair was wavy because my sister French braided it yesterday. I did not work today and only entered the office once on an errand for my mother. I watched Cheaper by the Dozen tonight two of my sisters. It was so funny, one of them while watching the movie said, oh my, there are so many kids. That’s too many. Or something to that effect. We laughed and told her it was only two more than us, there was not that big of difference. It seems she had not thought about how many of us there were. It also helps that we do not act like the kids in the movie. When there is a parent in the room, you act like an angel. After the parents are gone…have at it.
I also went and saw my sister’s art in the Cabrillo College student art gallery this morning. That was extremely strange. Do I look like I know anything about computers or like a computer nerd??? We are walking around and the guy behind the desk starts asking me questions about his computer. It was an IMac…and since that is what I had at school the first semester, I knew a little bit. However, I have not used it all this semester, getting my new wonderful computer. He is down loading music from the internet and needed help getting it to stay on the computer. I don’t know the first thing about downloading music!!! The whole while I was there he played his “music” it was Reggae and some such stuff. So, after clicking around on his computer some, I made something up (which he fully believed) Apologized for not being more helpful and escaped…my sister was going to be late to work if I did not leave. Another thing, Sorry to those who love “modern art” but I think it’s the ugliest stuff on the face of God’s green earth!!!! It is disturbing the way they twist the human body and call it “beautiful.” Yes, God created something wonderful when he made man (insert “human” or “people” here if you have taken Dr. Ronnie Hood, he has issues with only men being represented…even in the Bible.) Anyways, I was quite unnerved by what they considered the “best” art of the school. I should have known the art would have been twisted because I went to that school for a year and a half or something like that, and even took one of the art classes (an experience which if some of it could be forgotten would be a wonderful thing). I am glad that all the artists in our house do the more traditional work. My father is an excellent painter and taught us kids quite a bit.
I played computer games for like a few, ok so maybe only a couple, hours today. Read blogs, and tried to figure out school loan stuff today.
We also went to Cosco today. We got milk, meat, DVDs, and other stuff. Milk is almost 3 dollars a gallon. We went through two gallons in ONE day my mom said. Jon is getting busted for drinking too much (he thinks he is sneaking it…) We got a few DVDs…Cheaper by the Dozen, The Big Fish, American (I think), and something like Patriot (they are mainly for my dad to watch). I also saw Monty Python and the flying circus on 12 DVDs for like 90 dollars…funny that, I had never heard of it till school then I go out and there they are…strange. WE did NOT buy those. We picked up the meat to do some stock cooking. I was browning beef, mixing up stuff for meat loaf, and stuff. Our dog decided I was its best friend for the afternoon.
I called my only friend in the area, and she was on her way out the door to dinner but she said she wants to get together sometime. Should be a blast. I am just glad she is still in this country for the time being. She is working on getting back to Colombia…where we met.
I decided to go through some of my boxes. And I picked a fun first one. It is full of some stuff I collected from other countries. Stuff from Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, South Africa, and the USA. My Central and South American stuff is in another box. Which I will hopefully find later.
Its midnight, when I said I would go to sleep, so Chao para ahora, y Dios te bendiga. I must work this weekend although I get Sunday morning off to watch my sister compete. She is in a swim meet all weekend. Oh, and my mom and sister signed me up for a babysitting job, so I get to do that tomorrow night. Funfunfun. There will only be four kids so it should not be too hard. Ha, ha, ha, and that is four kids from two families…I so wonder what it would be like to grow up in a small family. I grew up with six and now there are ten of us. It must be awful quite with only…what…like four people in the whole house. I wonder…

well…so much for a day off. Collin, one of my co-workers, asked me to work for him in the afternoon so he could drive to LA…he says he owes me, so now if I ever want time off…I know who to ask. Work is not that bad…I really enjoy working with Sandie again, but I do not get along very well with Julie, who has been “over stressed” because she lost her wallet and that makes her “unable” to work properly…so I end up with more work. *sister comes running in* Rachel, I need you to drive me to work *looks at watch* *sees that she has to be there in 15 minutes* Ok Julie I can drive you to work. Rachel, I will meet you at the van. *runs around getting dressed and ready to go* *runs down the steps and meets her at the van* I am driving there, Julie says to me. (Isn’t that wonderful, she runs into my room gets me to come out and then wants to drive ME.) I tell her ok whatever, and we get in and drive over. She told me I did not look awake and she knew I had not driven in months. So, we get to her work with a few minutes to share. I go shopping for some stuff and use her really nice discount card (sometimes she gets up to 50% off) Then I head back…It is a good thing that driving, once you know how you don’t tend to forget and that the roads on a Thursday morning at 10:00am are pretty empty. Nothing went wrong. I did not speed for once. I hit every light green. At first, the mirrors were a little off, but I got used to it. With so many drivers in our house, we do not tend to adjust the mirrors. The seat has to be adjusted some because my mom has it so close to the petals and when she gets in after my dad drives she cannot reach the petals. I am a few inches shorter than my two sisters and my two brothers. I am much taller than my other four brothers and one sister. I tower over my mother and am shorter than my father is. I am considered one of the tall people because there is inches difference between me and the taller people and a foot or more between the shorter people and me. Now I need to head into the main house, grab something to eat, and help my mother clean up some. Supposedly, tonight is Chinese food…honey walnut prawns are the BEST!!!!! This weekend my sister is competing in a swim meet. Oh, and my father and two brothers are gone for five days. They are working in La Honda more at MSB, www.msbtechnology.com then they are going sailing for a few days on the new boat my dad bought to charter. Should be funfunfun. When dad leaves its….Party time!

Well, I went to the bank today…got my tax return…went to work for an hour and a half or so. Then I took the dog to dog school with my MoM. Because it was a 4H thing a “kid” had to be training the dog. Well, I was the only one available so I ended up taking it…to be in 4H you have to be 18 or under…I guess I looked the part. Oh my, that dog was hard to get it obey me…it kept yapping and growling and being rather annoying…and the lady kept telling me…Down your dog, heal your dog to here and have it sit. And a bunch of other commands to me…and then I had to tell the dog…and I did not know some of them…It took me a moment to figure out how to “down the dog” we always down food…down clothes…but a dog? Well, it turned out to mean to make the dog lay down. Then if I got a command wrong…and had the dog sit instead of lay…or did not praise “loud enough” she would give me that look that certain people are very good at, like “you poor stupid person…why do you not know this?” and it would so irritate me! I have been around dog trainers before and never heard that terminology. I have also only been around that dog for like a week…I sometimes forget its name!!! I call it Dudley (the name of our last dog) and its name is Chudly (the same name as the dog that I grew up around) My dad…due to the fact he cannot remember many names…and he has ten kids...go figure…he would name all the dogs the same name(s) Chudly and Dudley. My mom got one and called it K-9 (after the dog on Dr. Who, a British show), and that was the only dog that had a unique name…and it was the dumbest thing on the face of the planet. It ended up getting hit by a truck…and nearly took the truck out. It was a rotweiler mix and the brain must have been forgotten when God created it…it would run up to my goat and stand there while my goat hit it repeatedly on the head with her head. Yeah, that was a dumb dog… Cats are much better…they don’t HAVE to go to school…hummm a cat school…now that would be interesting.
Well, I have watched Sinbad and Brother Bear…both cute movies and it is 2 am so…tomorrow is my day off but I have to clean the main house and we are stock cooking. We went through 4 gallons of milk in 2 days. Jon is getting busted for drinking too much, because milk is like 4 bucks or so for a gallon and 99 cents for the second. My first day back, I was late to breakfast and we had run out of milk by the time I got there, so I had to find something else to eat. Anyways, oh yeah, Jon said I may get internet tomorrow! But of course he said that yesterday and the day before that so we shall see. HE managed to get some…but MINE can wait…or so he says…and yes I know there have been problems but he likes to hold it over my head that HE has control over MY internet…grrrrr BROTHERS!!!!! Moreover, I drove again today because my sister after an hour and a half at work got sick and needed to be picked up. Then we picked up CHINESE FOOD…yeah, that’s what I am talking about.

Oh, my…a lot has been going on lately…
I started my old job again at Bamboo Giant …there are many new people working for my father now. As I go about my day, I keep seeing new people…and it seems that everyone knows me and if they do not they are told, oh, that is Rachel, the owner’s daughter. Sometimes that annoys me. I have been working there since I was fourteen doing sales and things, and I trained the managers and others, but I am not introduced as a co-worker. No, they call me the owner’s daughter, which then makes the other employees somewhat scared of me, they seem to think I have some influence over my father or the business. I guess I did and still do, but it would be nice to be known for being me or for something, I did, instead of people around me. I have always been the Gullman girl, or one of the gang, some people act if 10 kids is something impossible, and they would bug me about being from a big family when there were only six of us. They used to also call our family the Brady Bunch, because there were three boys and three girls, so they would sometimes call me the oldest girls name…which I cannot remember off the top of my head. Therefore, I am mostly called one of the kids or the owner’s daughter. Sometimes I feel as if I were alone I would be invisible. Then others tell me that I am unforgettable, but never tell me why. So, I guess people would still notice me even if I were an only child…*shutters*…and I guess my family is not THAT bad. There I go again…ranting and raving about nothing…well almost nothing…we are hiring new people tomorrow and normally when the hear I am the owner’s daughter, they try to get me to pull strings for them or something. I hate being manipulated and used by others so they get what they want. Anyways, on to a happier subject…or not

Since I got home on Saturday, I tried the whole relaxing thing…well, I tried to try it. I was allowed to “sleep in” on the weekends…I was allowed to sleep until 8 am and once even as late as 9 am. I have stayed up late watching movies and normally have a sibling or two come and join me. I have watched The Princess Diaries, Charlie’s Angels, Sweet Home Alabama, Lilo and Stitch, The Princess Bride, Gilligan’s Island, Leones de Segunda Mano (Second Hand Lion), and I think that was it… Some of them were the dumbest movies I had ever seen! I was told that Charlie’s Angels was a great movie…well, it was not anything I would write home about. The depressing thing was seeing the actress from Everafter (Which my brothers, whoops, “accidentally” misplaced, and I love and have seen at least 20 or so times and want to see it again, my sister and I have it completely memorized) in the movie Charlie’s Angels. I have plenty more movies to watch…which I may, I also have like a hundred (slight over exaggeration) books I want to read before school starts. I have started on the books that Anna loaned me already.

It is interesting talking to someone who knows nothing about computers…and sometimes its really funny. Tony, one of the guys that works for us at Symphony Products, knocked on our door to ask my father a question. I was in the room. He told my father that he was having trouble with the computer. He said, “it turned into an hourglass thing and no matter what I do I cant get it to change back into an arrow. What do I do and what happened?” My dad told him the program must not be responding and he needed to push Ctrl, Alt, Delete to fix it. He repeated my dads instructions a few times, then I showed him on the keyboard of the computer I was working at where those keys were. He said that his was way different and may not have those keys. He had a laptop. Anyways…he goes off to fix his computer and a few minutes later, he is back. He said that his computer did not have a delete key. So, not having other pressing business, I offered to go and help him. I show him where the keys are and close the non-responding program. His computer also had a window up asking if he would agree to the terms to open acrobat Reader, so I asked him if he wanted to open it…he gives me an odd look and says he doesn’t have any idea what that is. Then he tells me he just wants the computer off so he can go do something else… so I shut it down for him. He claims that he would understand Spanish (which he cannot even say one word of, he cannot even say “Hola” without messing it up) a lot easier than any of those computer books. He claims because he is fifty, he could not read the keys…riiiiiight…well, it entertained me for a little bit.

Another annoying thing happened today. I was IMing some of my friends and my brother was running the cables so we could get internet in our apartment. Well, now the entire property does not have internet. It went down in the middle of my conversations and has been down for hours…my brother cannot figure out what is wrong. So, sorry to Jared and Sarah, who I was talking to, I did not want to get offline… Another problem with not having internet is I am trying to finish the registering process for my summer classes…and I cannot get certain information without the internet…AAARRRRGGGG!!!!!!!! I miss having internet.

Working full time is also taking a lot out of me…I have been really tired lately. My mom is glad I am home…and work has got me out of running the kids to all their appointments. I have not driven in months…and I just saw the car I share with my father out in the back parking lot with its hood up. Jim our “mechanic” was messing with it…oh I hope he does not hurt it. It also turns out the suspects in the robberies of late are some of Jim’s good friends. One of his friends, a guy named Troy, has been sleeping in his van in front of our property, and sometimes he would try to get into the gates. It so seems that this place here seems to attract loosers…and (no offence to people of Minnesota) most came from Minnesota. Well, that is mainly because my cousins were from there and they invited all their friends to come strike it rich in CA…and they tried to…but all the money they earned went to buy drugs. I do not understand why people would want to get on drugs…they see others ruining their lives by using drugs then they join them…I just makes NO SENSE!!!

I got a huge bruise about the size of a quarter or so, on the back of my hand…and all I was doing was toasting some bread. Our kitchen is set up with the cabinets up high and the counter underneath. The toaster sits on the counter underneath a cabinet. Well, while my bread is in there I normally poke at it to see if it is done or not. This time I was talking a joking with my mom and sister while doing this. I reach over to check it and touch the bread the exact moment it decides to pop up. Wonderful reflexes took over and I yanked my hand away and ended up slamming it into the bottom of the cabinet…I could not feel my hand for a bit and it was oh so painful! So now I have a cute little black bruise and bump on the back of my hand…and my siblings keep teasing me about being bitten by the toaster… It may also not have been so bad if I had not done this on my lunch break and had to go and pull someone’s order, and carry fencing, and haul plants for someone…and it also happens to be the day we were rearranging the office (which I get to continue working on tomorrow)…and the other employees had issues…one did not show up until after 2 pm and the other girl was there in the morning but because she lost her wallet the day before she could not talk about anything else…and said she could not work because she could not get her mind off it so Sandie sent her home. So it was Sandie and I in the office for most of the day. I got a lunch break…but Sandie did not… Other good news…Sandie was so happy with my work and how I worked that after two days she decided to give me a raise…which is so totally cool…it was not a huge raise but it is shocking that she gave me one. I know my dad did not have anything to do with it because he has never asked my “boss” to give me a raise. So, I guess the extra effort I have been putting in was totally worth it.

Speaking of which…I need to sleep because I have work tomorrow morning…just me and the girl who was sent home today…we shall see how that goes.

Other interesting thing…I had a customer come in…and normally some personal questions are asked…I pretend and ignore the ones like… “do you have a boyfriend” but ones like “what school do you go to?” and such I normally will answer. Well, this one customer asked me which school I went to and when he heard I went to school in Texas he said… “I went to texas once because I was offered a job in Dallas. I went down there and relized that I could never live there…everyone running around in their big trucks with guns in the back…and you know those things are loaded! I could not come from Santa Cruz…” well, then he got worse…talking about how he was for peace…and gave that peace symbol. Then talked about wanting a photo of President Bush…crossed out with a large red circle with lines through it. I so wanted to tell him that the owner of the company he was buying from owned guns and was a republican…but he had just bought over $12,000.00 of bamboo and I did not want to risk making him mad or anything. So, I just changed the subject and asked him if he wanted three 25 gal. Vivax or just two… Some people just seem to have too much money… our cheapest plant that we normally have in stock is 50 dollars…and some people have no problem with paying that much. Also, buying a 10,000 dollar hedge is not uncommon…that could pay for a semester of college for me!!! It seems so wasteful. Our main competition is in Florida… so we don’t have to worry much…there are others around but they are so small we don’t worry much about them “stealing” our market… I have been selling bamboo long enough the price should not shock me…but, oh, I don’t know…its their money and they can use it however but I wish they would use it to help someone instead of gaining privacy from their neighbors.

I have a friend that is having a lot of trouble right now…I do not remember what happened to her father but he is not around and her mother is really sick. She is trying to get into school, but has no money…she wants me to support her or find someone who can but I cannot support her because I can barely cover myself through school. Therefore, if you could pray for Carolina…she has asked me to pray for her and to ask and see if I can find someone who would help her through school because she cannot do it alone. She needs financial help, and wants to become a lawyer if I understood correctly. She is Colombian and speaks only Spanish…only learned about 12 words from me…shows who was the better teacher. There is not much opportunity to work in Colombia so she cannot just go out and get a job. She was living and working (not for pay…just for room and board) at the YWAM base in Medillin, Colombia because something with her mom she was not allowed to live in the same house as her and her grandmother who raised her died this past year…leaving her mainly on her own. We did our Discipleship Training School together, she taught me Spanish and helped me while in Colombia…, and I needed it too… So, PLEASE pray for her…I want her to be able to make it into school if possible…and if that is not God’s will, pray that he will show her his will. I feel so helpless in this situation because there is nothing I can do for her. Colombians hardly ever get to travel…and I mean like never…so she cannot come to the USA to work or anything…and I cannot pay for us both…I have got to give her situation over to God because He can handle it better than I. She has asked me to find someone to support her but I do not know who to ask or how. I have never done that kind of thing before and do not know how to go about it. So pray that something will happen…PLEASE!

Well, I am off to work…tomorrow and the next day are my days off!!! I cannot wait.

Well, we have been being robbed for quite some time... We have installed a few alarms...Put locks and barbed wire on things...But they still manage to get in some how. They striped our motorhome, storage sheds, and my dads shop. They took tools, bikes, food, blankets...and much more. So, while I was at school I heard about these robberies...and tonight the police came by because some of our stuff has been recovered. Right now my parents are out with the police trying to identify the stuff and things... I may get told more tomorrow... Hopefully we will be able to set up alarms enough that they will find somewhere else to rob... We are pretty sure we know who they are...most likely my cousins...but we shall see...

I have been reading blogs and having fun...my younger siblings were put down for a "nap" Meaning they were sent to bed where they had to be quietish and I only had to go back there once due to the yelling...they were telling the other to be quiet or mom would come...
Our dog which they got right before we went back to school this semester has been taught a few things...They taught it to sit, lay, go to bed, dance...and even play dead when she hears the word bang. A customers dog came into our yard from the front parking lot, and my four younger siblings wanted to keep it...after I walked it out to the office to return it to its owners, a discussion continued for quite some time about the height of the dog...the funny thing was is they were telling each other how big the dog was and disagreeing...when they had all seen and petted the SAME dog! None of them would agree...and they all walked around saying the dog was so high or it was humongous... They were slightly unhappy because they could not keep it...
I must work in the garden for a while before showering and going to watch a all-guys choir...from the school my sister is going to go to...APU (Azusa Pacific University) There is about two girls to every guy...so an all guys choir should be interesting...My dad says that the choir goes around to prove that guys actually go to that school...after going to LeTourneau it seems rare that there would be a shortage on guys...oh well, maybe Julie (who is going to APU next semester) will have to come visit me at my school (LeTourneau) for a while...

I am HOME!!!!! I made it home...Finally...It has been a week... I left school on Friday and stayed at my Grandmothers till Wednesday, left there and headed out and got out of Texas that night. From there we headed to Santa Fe, NM and then on to the four corners and then continued into Utah. We saw Wilson's Arch (named after Joe Wilson who had a cabin near by), and then went and saw a lot of arches like Landscape Arch, Tunnel Arch, and more in the Arches National Park. After looking at arches till about one or so we drove up to Salt Lake City. The Saltair (a place with showers so you can get the salt off after you swim) was closed (it closes at five), so we did not swim...I had also cut up my hands pretty bad hauling metal sheets for the roof and did not look forward to what salt water would feel like. I swam in the lake the last time I was there so it was not as if I was passing up a new opportunity... Then we drove across Nevada...the state of nothingness and casinos...Through Reno and then towards SF (San Francisco) then down to SC (Santa Cruz) where I live. We made it home Saturday night in time for church. Now I must say goodnight to all my siblings and go out to my apartment. (We don't have internet out there yet...so I am using one of the computers in the house.) So I am alive for those who may have worried... Hopefully I will have a day or two before I am expected to work...we shall see.

Wow, I have been busy, finals week has been really hard for me. It is still really hard for me...Being sick and having finals do not go together... And then packing on top of it all...I seriously think my clothes have multiplied... Well, it wont be the first time I stood on a suitcase to close it. Well, I am just thinking...after finishing finals and packing I get to go see my mom. After I am done visiting my Grandma (where my mom and dad are and we are meeting them) the four of us, mom, dad, brother Jon, and I, are going to drive back to California where I get to move into my new apartment. Then I get to work, and take courses in a community college. I get to use the computers in the house so I will be able to blog or email...IM may have to wait. Soon, I will have a phone and internet in my room, then I will be able to do more things... When and if I ever have time this summer. I will most likely spend the first week moping about missing my friends...then I will get over it enough to survive...and before I know it I will be back. I am going to have to get used to being one of 10 kids again...and being quiet and calm all the time...and I will have to get used to having my own room...I have only had my own room for about four months or so out of my whole life...I do not know if I will like it or not...you cannot blame your roommates for the messiness...hum...we shall see. As for now... I must study for my Fitness and Psychology final...at 7:30 and 9:45 in the MORNING! Yeah, funfunfun...