Week 1

My Plan for the week

I make a checklist of all the things I want to do in my day or week. Since summer is so short, I like to get in all the things I want to do before it is over. I can be a little scatter brained, so making lists helps me get my life in order.

My checklist for this week includes making pillows for my mom, painting a picture to hang over my bed, preparing a birthday present and cake for a friend, use my coupons (I love coupons) at the Half Price Books store, and of course get my homework completed. I plan on traveling back home for the grand opening of a restaurant that my dad and other family friends are opening on Wednesday. I am ending my weekend with some great music at the Mothers Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) bluegrass festival. 

What I did / Where I went

This past week, I spent a lot of time lying by the pool reading. I also spent some time listening to great music. I went to the Dave Matthews Band concert at Riverbend in Ohio. This made the 4^th time I’ve seen Dave. Every time it gets better and better. He played an acoustic and electric set that blew my mind! The weather was perfect and I enjoyed the time spent with friends. Excellent evening!

My parents came to visit and pick up my couch. My friend recently bought a house so she graciously gave me her much nicer couch to me for free! I’m very lucky to have parents that are retired and love to visit me in Lexington. They came and helped move the couches as well as take me to dinner and ice cream! (I will never be too old to go out for ice cream with my mom and dad!)

My friend from Ohio visited me one evening. We went downtown to listen to live music at Thursday Night Live. If it isn’t evident already, I really enjoy music and jump at all opportunities to see live performances! On Friday we went to Natural Bridge for hiking and Miguel's pizza. We wanted to canoe, but they were all taken. 

I traveled back home to Grayson for the weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday with pool volleyball and good home cooked food. I try to visit home a lot in the summer since it can be difficult during the school year. The hardest part about moving away has been missing my friends and family. Fortunately, most all of my friends back home are teachers so they have the summer off as well! My parents took me to dinner again on Saturday (so I may be a little spoiled) and then topped off the evening with a porch of friends and music playing. By the way, the moon was beautiful on Saturday night!

Sunday was also spent lounging by the pool with family and friends. I went out to the farm to feed the animals and gather eggs for my week back in Lexington. I may live in the city now, but I will forever be country at heart!

What I learned

  This week, I have learned that you should always be prepared with a barrier, such as a board, to block the extremely hateful turkey when trying to gather chicken eggs. The turkey at the farm can’t lay eggs so she sits on the eggs laid by the chickens. She is very bitter when someone tries to take them from the coup. A barrier must be created so your hands don’t come out with chunks missing from being pecked!

I also learned not to procrastinate doing homework because a Harry Potter marathon could be on the night it is due!

What I decided for my website

Since we haven’t started our websites, I haven’t decided anything yet!