today was....

.... wonderful. i got up after the first good night sleep in a long time, volunteered again at the orphans overseas booth, drove with my windows down listening to all the sounds outside, cleaned my room, layed in the grass and had an awesome day. my sister, traci, and i wanted to take nikolette to the tulip farm to take pics. well, we didn't think all of western oregon would be going there too. we were in traffic for freakin two hours...LAME. but no worries, we stopped at the brooks truck stop and had a great time. we came back to my parents house and played with nikolette and took some cute pics:







the first one is my favorite. she is chowin' down on a pear and the dog is waiting 'till she can get a piece. we had fun. traci and nikolette spent 2 hours in the back seat so i'm pretty sure they are buds now. nikolette is such an awesome baby. it was a great day, the sun was therapeutic.

other thoughts:
*wish i could quit my job to travel with an aide organization
*can't wait to move out
*i miss zach
*i miss kristina
*i was desperate for some sun
*i need to make more time to read
*lately, i can't listen to the news...it always makes me angry
*the differences between young/old on church issues are fascinating
*traci is a good friend
*i am looking into dance classes again
*balancing friends/boyfriend time is so tough
* god has been putting interesting thoughts about the future in my heart lately
*wouldn't mind having a good cigar to smoke tonight
*life is good....

peacelove