I'd say I was sorry that I haven't been on here in a while or some other blah blah blah lingo, but honestly I just haven't had the time.
Its the roadtrip of my summer! Spent the night in the RV last night but we were still up at 6 am when we set off. The Beast (aka the motor home) took some getting used to at first light but once we learned to hold on to the bed above the driver's cabin it wasn't bad at all. I'm so glad we have The Beast (come to think of it)- its really nice not being crammed in the back of a car/SUV and having to deal with my little sister 24/7. "Stop kicking me...", "I can't get comfortable...", "Don't talk to me..." blah blah ugh. But today was much, much better because we all had plenty of room to sleep, lounge, and eat snacks (Juicy Juice rocks). We drove almost twelve hours- twelve hours!- today and by 3:30 I was sick of just sitting around in this heat trap like some thawing turkey. Yeah, I just made that outragous comparison.
I arrived in Seattle Thursday around midnight (ugh) and Friday dad took me to get my new camera. I love it: no joke. Its a Sony and awesome. I got to try it out at Renae's graduation Saturday. I'm so proud of her and I still am having trouble believing it. Sunday, we held a small graduation party for her. Gossip and Drama- who would of thunk it huh? Old Church ladies gossiping away and sipping coffee in the house, "here's some money, congratulations...so like I said Dorthy, Michigan was quite nice...". Outside on the deck there was plenty of drama and it made me giggle inside. Poor Nae, going through so much. She's got to deal with all this drama she doesn't deserve and has so much homework! We were talking about it tonight, actually. Heck, I'm not even taking her American Lit. class (online) and I was moaning about it right along with her.
Today's drive, by the way, was absolutley beautiful. Oregon especially was so interesting and I took most of my pics driving through there. Forests, rivers, different colors and tones in the waters, mountains, plains, and plenty of railroads winding along the hills. Well...I liked it. But maybe that's just because I'm weird and stuff.
Tonight, after we hooked up the camper at the RV site in Boise, Idaho; we went to the hotel that the Caulfield's were staying at. It is sooo nice there. We ate some pizza, went down to the indoor pool, came back up for showers, ate more pizza, and then hung out in my cousin Katie's room for an hour or so. Not failing to mention how much I beat on my cousin Brandon in a short 3 hours or so, lol.
Now that I've procrastinated to attempt sleeping, I think I'll log off for good.
Days of mochas and chapped lips,
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