I had no lunch today...

Anchors Away!

I love the summer. The days are just packed, even if they are only filled with doing nothing. Today was a great day, filled with sunshine, in the sky as well as inside myself.

Work wasn't too hard or long but I was glad to get off today. I spent all morning and part of the afternoon drilling holes through boards into the concrete floor with an impact drill. Upon the completion of each hole, I would take a concrete anchor and blast it into the hole I had just made. I did have a couple of breaks today while working though. When the inspector showed up to do his thing I had to vanish because I'm not technically licensed or whatever. Mr. Bickle and I also had to put up the NBT banner so I got to go on the roof to do that. During my lunch break I fooded with the people up in the strawberry booth. Part of the time I was drilling and setting anchors I had to crawl under the floor joists to reach some of the areas. There is not a lot of head room down there, let me tell you.

My allergies are going crazy right now, and there taking me with them.

John

Reign of Fire

The Sun was relentless. The shade did little to lessen the discomfort. The boards were rough. My hands are sore and splintered. I have exhausted any sustenance received from the day's meals. The job is completed. I am satisfied with my work.

John

Photog Phailure

I fail at photography. I have this great camera and I always take it everywhere with me too, but I never come home with any pictures. Despite my lack of any photographing my expiriences, I had a great camping trip. The weather was almost perfect, except for a little rain the first night and the following morning, but after that it was clear, if not a little chilly. We played a lot of board games and went shooting a couple of times. I enjoyed myself so much, I can't wait to go again. I love camping!

John

Chapped Lips, and Chapstick, and Things Like Chemistry

I had a good time tonight canvasing for NBT, but now my lips are chapped. It may not have anything to do with that, it's more likely that it's because I was working at church today surrounded by foam dust, saw dust, and concrete dust which probably completely dehydrated me.

I didn't get back from my piano lesson until after 2:00 so I didn't have lunch until then. Having lunch that late meant I wasn't hungry at dinner time so I didn't eat. Not eating made my tummy hurt so I ate an Odwalla bar and had a Pepsi. I feel fine now.

I'm working tomorrow with Mr. Martin painting a foundation. My only day working for the rest of the week is tomorrow because of the Father/Son campout so I'll be working my tail off.

John

Crunch

Sorry all. I didn't realize that I had work this week as well as the father/son campout. I won't be arranging any frisbee this week; however, Tim is planning one for Saturaday. See you all later.

John

The Rain Falls

Went to the Rose Parade today. We had a lot of fun in the rain. I loved the pipers. Sara and I color commented. We were wet. Adam bought burgers. I got new shoes. I can't wait to play frisbee. Who's up for frisbee on Tuesday?

John

Sorry

No frisbee tomorrow. Change of plans. See you all later.

John

Covered In Sweat...

The gross thing is that it's not my own. Today we worked at the Strawberry booth. It was kind of fun but I was really tired towards the end. About that one gross thing... as is my custom when it comes to selling strawberries, I put on the gator suit and went out on the sidewalk to attract attention. The gator suit is stored in plastic bags in a plastic container, when I pulled it out I was overwhelmed by the "stench." Not a good way to store the gator suit. Anyway, it was gross and smelly and damp and odorous and that was not a pleasant experience.

John

What Can Can I Say Of A Day In This Life?

This week has been kind of slow motion so far. It's not that nothing has happened, it just seems like that. Last night we went out handing out fliers for NBT this summer. Hannah Schlagel, Elizabeth, Kevin, and I went with Pastor; afterwards, he took us to Starbucks. We were officially labeled his "eager beaver" team. We drove around handing out fliers to any young person we saw, or to any house that had any indication that there were children or teens taking up residence. I'm sure some of them thought that we were weird, but that was kind of the point.

Today I did stuff. We went to Bridgeport Village and I stopped into the J. Crew; I saw a couple of things that interested me but I didn't end up taking any of them with me. That completed, we made a stop at Union Gospel Mission before getting supplies for the Singspiration at Costco. When we got home I read two Spider-man comics.

John

P.S. I just want to say thank you to all my readers, and let's continue to be cordial to eachother.

P.S.S. There is Frisbee on Saturday, let's all come have a fun time being pwned by me.

Here's Val from the 'W's

Hi.

June, Green Grass, and a Half-Empty Pint Glass.

It's strange to think that June has already started, and yet, not so strange. The Rose Festival kicked of it's centennial celebration this last weekend with it's very own firework show. It was amazing and fun, and it seemed like there were a lot of people there compared to previous years. That same night Amadan opened the Rose Festival under the big top at the Washington Mutual Waterfront Festival. Amadan is an Irish/Celtic band that's from Portland, and we a had a raucous good time. On Saturday, after the homeschool graduation and Elise Jones open house, Anna, Evan, Sara, and I headed downtown by way of the crowded MAX line to the Starlight Parade. My three favorite parts about the parade were the Kell's Irish bagpipe band, the Last Regiment drummers, and the Cloud City 501st Stormtrooper Division. All in all between fireworks, Amadan, Graduation, open house, throwing Tim in the pool, Starlight Parade, volleyball and a picnic, singing, singing(no, this is not a typo), and playing a great offering, I had a pretty good weekend.

John