a random day in the life of a coffee addict...

I wake up to a phone call from Liz and she is wondering if we are still on for today(lunch with her and ash) I say YES! then i fall back asleep.. haha.. she then picks me up and we go to armstrong... to pick up ash of course, as we wait for her, Liz becomes way to hiper..lol.. and starts taking random pictures of her car... her dashboard, mirror, seats, etc... so then comes ash and she also brings along chelsey and bre. As I hand my camera to ashley(like I do everytime, for no reason at all), they(chels, ash, and bre) become all of a sudden hiper. haha.. interesting combo.. and liz and I talk about our last car rides, and liz trying to stay focused.. haha. then we stop at pancheros... where we order.. I do have to say that I ordered two tacos that were $5 and they were the tiniest tacos I have ever seen they were at the most 6 inches long... great... after trying to eat really fast, so that the girls would be back to school on time and I would be back in time for work... Bre randomly took very very funny, but random pictures..lol.. and so we rushed back, but while we were about to drive away after dropping the girls off, chels... dropped her stuff... haha...it was a sight to see.. and then liz and i sped away.. well liz did. I was dropped off at my house... and while I was there I thought since I always get really thirsty at the bank, I would brew some coffee and put it in a big water bottle so I would have enough...so while the coffee(which normally I don't like straight black coffee, but this stuff is really good, it is called Manogany, from Caribou) and I filled up the 34 ounce(Yes I filled it to the top) water bottle... haha.. the people at the bank thought I was insane, and that I wouldn't be able to finish the whole thing... but I did,... and now the coffee is just kicking in... only 8 hours later... of course.. hahha... lol.. anyways... then I went to see an old friend (emily) that goes to Bethel College, and that was in adventure in itself, I mapquested it, and I ended up mapquesting a different bethel... and needless to say ended up in the bad part of St. Paul... finally I found a gas station, in which, no one knew where Bethel College was, and a random guy said he knew where I was going, then he asked where I was going and I said Bethel College, and he said oh I don't know where that is... and then he(the same guy that said he knew where I was going, and then said he didn't know) wanted to me to believe him when he said that the capitol of Minnesota was really a "very fancy college"... he said he had only been in the states for a few months, and that he already thought very highly of the colleges here... I tried to explain to him that it was the state capitol... but he just wouldn't believe me.... so I left, and I called emily, and thankfully she helped me out... around 10 phone calls later to emily, and I was at Bethel... then I took a tour of her dorm, and met her roommates, we then went to Arbys.. had a great time there, an stayed till it closed... I do have to say I had a very interesting day. But I had a lot of fun! : )

my "date"(rachel's hockey game)

The evening started off with me picking up fries from wendy's on the way to Matthew Nyquist's house...(for those who don't know matthew... he is 5 and he is the brother to two of my friends...).. so anyways... I drove over to his house, and then on the way to the hockey game(which was in Blaine) and on the way there I had to keep quiet... cause matthew said that you can't watch Polar Express without "shushhing"(being quiet)... so we finally arrived at the game, and the first thing matthew did once we got in was to go play the "Hunting" game... he was actully pretty good.. amazing how a gun and a game, even without any money can entertain a little kid for a very, very long time... I went and got coffee while he got a sponge bob popsicle.. haha. We then went and bought $5 dollars worth of pucks to throw on the ice after the 2nd period... to try to win some big bucks(needless to say we didn't win...) and matthew had to much candy for his own good.. running around like little boys do.. but I think I made alot of the other fans deaf... I was cheering for Rach so loud... hahaa.. it was an intense game... one hit after another... the Blaine girls tripped, cheated, threw fists like no other... but the girls from Rach's team(including rach) took it well considering the circumstances.. haha.. oh boy... then the game ended with the score at 3-0(with Blaine winning). We left to go home, and matthew turned to me and said... our next date... we are going to go sledding, get some hot cocoa, and then go watch veggie tails in the movie theater.. how more romantic can you get?? lol.. haha.. oh boy...

In the last year....

So as I sit here thinking about what I should right I need to thank Jon Lundy for helping me get started on the whole blogging thing. 

So here I go... In the last year things have been pretty busy, and not only busy, but very crazy... I will give you a rundown of what happened... hope fully you don't get to bored..

Well it was offically the year I graduated.. along with 500 other people in my graduating class. I think after having beat the Junior girls in powder puff 36-0, having the boys basketball on their way to the state championship, running between hockey, football, soccer, and all the other sports that I loved to watch, there was also the craziness of being in the highest band, with the expectation of being the best of the best, from marching band, to pep band, the Orchestra hall concert, and other various concerts as well as a earlier trip to Hawaii. Along with being a nanny full time of a five year old hiper girl, who insisted that she drank coffee everyday(and she shocked me when she really did drink a whole mug of coffee), many church activites, running the siblings around, and of course getting together with friends you can defintly say that I was living life in the fast lane. Although on January 11th everything seemed to come to a complete stop. One of my close friends Chris, who I had went to middle school, and high school with, worked with at target for more then a year, and was in various classes tried to end his life that day. After going through a day and knowing that I had not been that great of an encouragment or that I could have been a greater friend or anything from making him end his life the way he did. Yes life is tough, and yes God gives you trials, but He will get you through them, and He will always be with you. Thankfully Chris was a Christian, but it is still hard for me to imagine that it has been a year without his friendly smile, his laugh, and his whole persona. I miss the kid a lot, there isn't a day that has gone by that I haven't thought of him. But through it, I have been able to witness to people I didn't think I would even have a chance to talk to about day to day things. It has been amazing to see how many people I have been able to get to know better. It was also neat to see at the funeral that the church was so full that there was no room anywhere else to fit anymore people. 

But then things started up, and life went on and I was once again busy with everything.... I started filling out college applications and trying to decide what college I wanted to attend. I decided on going to North Hennepin Community College to get my generals done, and then transfer to who knows where to get my small buisness degree so I can open my own coffee shop in Columbus, Montana. After some weeks the Boys varisty basketball team went to the state championship and only being seconds and literally couple points off the boys placed 2nd at state! : ) then came the spring concert, and then Graduation... I walked down to get my diploma and shake hands with about the 10 people that I was "suppossed to know" such as officals and other head people of the Robbinsdale School District. As I was walking down to get my diploma I was remenising over the last 18 years of my life, granted I only remember at the most 15 of them, I remember being one of two girls who would play football with the boys, get dirty and then wanting to tackle who ever I could to get the ball. then middle school flashed in my mind, of the akward gym classes that took place with the random gym teachers... and then high school, which went by way to fast... and then walking to get that diploma.. wow, seriously where did those years go? Then came graduation parties, saying goodbye to a close friend who went off to West Point. It was hard to say goodbye, but it had to be done. Summer came and went like a blink of an eye, from helping out as a counselor at elementry camp, going to senior high camp, going on a missions trip to NY. and also doing other off things around and of course hanging out at the pool almost everyday, and working alot, the coming college semester approched without warning. I began working at Mountain Mudd a coffee shop in that is family owned in August.. and also at US bank. I was working way too much for my own good( around 80-90 hours a week, and going to college part time) thankfully I was getting good grades. But I ended at Mountain Mudd in November. I then started working at Caribou in December and I absoultly love it. I have amazing people to work with and things are going great. Christmas was spent at my grandparents house(mom's side) due to the fact that it was more then not our last time saying our final goodbye to my grandpa who is serverly dying from Lukemia. Thankfully my grandpa is a Christian and has been a pastor for over 40 years. It is still hard to think though that he is going to not be there to be the pastor who marries me to the love of my life(whoever that may be), see my future kids(if God chooses to give me kids someday) grow up, or anything else that happens. But I know that God has given him a purposed life, and that he has done nothing short then living it to the fullest for God's glory, which ceases to amaze me everyday. I am also thankful that this year that Brittni(my sister) and I have been able to grow alot closer. The year ended with some great family friends, going bowling, pizza, and then to their house(Schlottman's) then being in a very small room with about 10 kids(8 of them being boys) all under the age of 12, with plastic arrows and fake guns going off and ping pong balls being thrown across the room at you... it was halarious but very chaotic. But to really say we ended the new year, the four oldest kids, Zack, and Ben Schlottman, and Brittni and I went to perkins and celebrated to say the least New Years! It was quite a fun time... So far this has been a start to another fun filled and hectic schedule year. But I am thankful that I have such amazing friends and family! 

For those who read this whole thing.... congrats... good job on getting through this entire long version of this past year... sorry there are no rewards... lol... haha