school. blah.

monday, august 17th. yaaaay. school started today. my online class did, anyway. so... i did my first 'assignment' called 'icebreaker'. i had to talk about myself & post it in the 'fourm' section or whatever. yaaaaaay. not, actually. whateverrrr. i'm just like, greatttt.. audios summer.

kinda sad.

but inspires me to write a summer review.. maybe i can do it someday.

i'll keep ya posted on how intro to human bio goes...

FRAYED KNOTS...SAY WHAAAT!? &i'm 17 :)

okay. rewind 2 weeks. starting last monday, we had youth week! last year it was great, so i was looking foward to it this year. mel & jonathon were our fearless leaders, and will came up with our name [uhmm, translation, he was hte only one who came up with *A* name, period] and we's wur the Frayed Knots. much, much MUCH better than Bloody Ax Murders (bam) so yeah. thanks for saving us from a horrible name will (: siiiince i don't have my after-nine's [yeah, thanks mom] i only got to stay for the whole thing 2 nights, but i was able to play in the games 3 nights. night number 1, mega game thingeys. basically, we got to shoot 'machiene guns' [epic fail] and push bo (hilary) around in a big socccer ball. yaaaay! night 3. messy night. amy and i had to crack open eggs and drop them into cups ontop of each other, and i'm very happy to say we BEASTED it! then taylor & hunter threw the eggs at each other, and michael slid the egg down dave's shirt. it was hilarious. then it was the mega relay, which was like canada's version, only BETTER! i had to sit in pudding [ewwww!] and then the log roll thingey, and the zig-zag thingey. yeah. its pretty safe to say we BEASTED. uberly! 'frayed knots, say what say whaaaaatttttt. friday night was the lock-outttt! wooo. it was so much fun. ice-skating was AWESOME, i only busted my knee ONCE, and i got to hang out with maggie slaughter some! shes really cool (: frankies was SHMAZING. simply SHMAZING. i rode the spinney thingey with josh [since amy's a WUSS. jk, ily!] and ONLY ONCE. it was amazing tho. amy video'ed it! since i was FINALLY 16, i could do the road course, and lemme tell ya. i pretty much beasted. 1st time was a fail tho, cause the course is SLICK, and you had to figure out how to drive it. 2nd time was better. 3rd time, my OWN FATHER spun me out. THANKS DAD, love you too. 4th & final time, i beasteddddd. there were 13 people on the track, all from our group, so it was smazing. i passed amy, josh, mr. chad, mr. jeff b., dad, &mr. tad, and i was like nose-to-nose with mr. robert... it was amazing (: theeen we ate, and amy, josh & i ended up eatting with bo (hilary), michael, elaini, and will. it was hilarious, except for when will & i ran out of drink, and i went and stole my dads, and i had drink and he didn't. hah, sorry suckerrrrrrrr. jk, you know ily (; anyway. supper was gooooddddd. then BOWLING! on the way from frankie's to the bowling alley, it was midnight, a.k.a. my BIRTHDAYYYY! so like a billion people called me on the way, haha. maygen's phone call was so sweet (: ily babeeee. anyway, bowling was so much funnnnn (: i gots a strike tooooo! right when "crank dat" came on. i felt like the song gave me luck. (: haha.. then we went back to the church and basically did nothing.. had a FAiL attempt at sardine's, then we ate breakfast at 4, listened to bert sing w/ rockband, aaaand yeah. we were pulling out at 6:07, lol. theeeeen we went to harris teeter to get stuff for my birthdayyyy! burgers, ice cream cake, and baked beans. i think sooooo (: anyway, i was in bed by 7:15, and i slept till 2, got up, checked my 17 missed calls & 8 voicemails, went back to sleep, got up at 5 and got readyyyy. miss peggy & sherlon and papa came over, we ate, then i opened my presentssss! i got a pearl for my necklace, versachi sunglasses, money, 2 vera-bradley pieces, and enough money for an ipod touch!

which, if your amy or meagan or annie, you'll understand my naming problem. it was going to be maggie, but THEN, i saw the proposal. it will now be named andrew :D &if you've seen the movie, you'll know why& stuff.

so, last friday parker finally got new shoes, so i could start riding again. i've ridden 3 times since then [friday, wednesday, and today] and oh my gosh, can i ever feel it in my knee. my knee hadn' hurt pretty much all summer, since i hadn't been riding and i haven't skiied, but since i started riding again, owwwwwieeee.


but, on the good side, parker has been doing great! i'm having to push more, [which i LOVE!] but we are still having a little trouble with our right lead. [imagine that] but thats okay. i'm really happy with how hes doing after all summer off. i'll still prolly only be able to hit the state fair in october, but thats okay. i'm having a ton of fun riding and messing around and stuff. today, i shampoo'ed and conditioned his mane and tail, and then my hose split so i had to switch hoses, siiiigh.

annnyway. thats about whats been going on lately...

GO WOLFPACK! wait, i mean, uhhh... TOBS!

woooo!

i spent wednesday night wiff muh best fraaaan! and lemme tell you. nothing makes life better than going to a baseball game, becoming friends with the usher, and eatting ice cream at 2 am, and just laughing yourself crazy with your best friend. it makes errrrything better! and, sleeping til 11 cause you CAN, and eatting BREAKFAST at 1 cause thats what you wanna do, then playing cards wiff your ovverr fam-wey.

AAAAND, i'm leaving today to go to lake gaston w/ skinny wanda, katharine, emily, waddles, maria, and AMY EWIZABEFF! <---, aka, the best fraaand.

&we're still waiting on kathryn's baby...

SO. get at meeeeee :D

life sucks?

i got to thinking.

isn't it just easier to say "life sucks" when stuff is going bad, rather than to recognize that it could be a consequence from our previous actions?

and idk. care to disagree.. its just something i've been thinking about.

so there. a deep theological thought.. sorta.

nope, didn't die in canada.

hi! still here.

got back from canada. i can't EVEN explain that trip, it was by far one of the best things thats ever happened to me, and most definately the best week of my life.

but i'll talk more about that later.

i'm still alive, still breathing, but barely.

it hurts.

alot.

&when you think you can't take it anymore, thats when best friends come in handy.

so yaaaaaay! for amy elizabeth speight! i love you baby girl (:

pack too much?

allllrighteyyyy! getting ready. SO. EXCITED.

OMG!!! but i'm really gonna miss my friends :( oh well, i plan on making more (:

so yeah.. more later. gotta get back to packing :D

xoxo ; jo

&just live

getting readyyyy!

phewwww. so we had our 'pre-trip' dinner & party tonight. i'm just, SO excited about it, i don't know what to do! I'm so excited to meet the people. to be in canada (: to see the stuff, and most importantly, see what God has instore for me. i've been praying alot lately that God will mold me into what i need to be. if i need to be more outgoing, or if i need to be more shy. i just want to be what He wants me to be. &, just, yeah. im so excited.

tomorrow we're going to start packing. &getting stuff together & ready & yeahhhh.

so please continue to pray for myself and our team as we get ready to go and serve God :D i'm just so excited &thankful that i'm able to go and do this... ahhhhhhh :D

& i've also fallin in love with matchbox 20 todayyy, thxx to sheena (: & 3am, which i just heard for the first time this week, and yeahhhhh. amazinggggg.

&eli mattson. from AGT, last year. just, AMAZING. so amazing. even tho sheena doesn't love him as much as i do, i still wub him alot <33

&yeah. i guess thats all for now (:

xoxo ; jo

&LiVE