summer is over

The first 5 days of August were full of work, drinking water, and more resting.

The first weekend, August 3 and 4 I spent with Josue and my family at my grandparents' house playing with 3 adorable kids, Ella, Max, and Oscar. I'm not really sure exactly how are relation is classified (the kids' mom, Breanna, is the daughter of my mom's cousin, Martha). We had fun playing in the pool and hanging out with them. They were so smart and quick to respond to everything and just so funny. They said whatever was on their minds and were always making us laugh. Like one of the boys asked Josue how old he was and when he said guess, they said 100? And were serious. Or a very concerned Oscar asking Maria why she wasn't married and why no one would marry her. But then at the same time they could tell us all about the stages a caterpillar endures to become a butterfly and how the sun isn't moving, its the Earth that is spinning/orbiting the sun. I also liked feeling like a role model/older sister to Ella for the weekend!

August 7 my mom, Dan, and I took Maria to the Indiana Academy to move her in. It is crazy that my little sis is already going away to school and only just turned 16 in May. I am both so happy for her, and so proud of her. She is really grown up and independent and ready to take on whatever life throws at her. I love to hear how happy she is that she went there and about all of the new friends she is making. She even tries to give me advice, that all I have to do is just talk to people and it's so much more fun having friends in her classes, but unfortunately it just doesn't come as easily to me as it does to her. She has always been more outgoing and effortlessly makes new friends. It's awesome!

August 9 I spent the morning finishing up a project for my mom's classroom door then hung out with Hilary and finished a painting we started last summer.

 

Saturday August 10 Josue and I had a lot of fun together spending the day shopping in Lafayette! I'm thankful he never gets frustrated with my lack of driving skills and directions, and happy he likes to shop! Oh and help me decide what to buy/give his opinion on the clothes I try on and carry both of our bags. 

Sunday August 11 Josue and I went to the Indiana State Fair with my dad who also met a friend there. I realized that it was not Josue's scene (nor was it mine, but farther from his) but he still had fun spending time together regardless. I was really thankful he came. We were impressed with the bmx/motorcross show that we caught.

Monday August 12 I went back to work for new employee orientation. This was kind of weird as it was my last day, but I had missed the July session. It was also hard as I was just a laundry assistant and the other women's jobs were seemingly more important than mine. Not that they seemed inferior, though they did, but I found a lot of the information we talked about just wasn't very relative to my work. I was really impressed with our instructor though and thought she was so caring about her work and had a very welcoming personality.

I spent one night that week at Depauw with my friends Alex, Steph, Hannah, and Becca. It was so good! I am so thankful for all of them and that we stay in touch (we first became friends when Hannah and I were freshmen on our high school soccer team and the other three juniors)! I loved hearing stories about their summers and the previous school year. We all have such different experiences and personalities and its fun to get to share them all. Oh and of course, I can't forget there was the typical making of chocolate chips pancakes around midnight by Alex and Hannah (though enjoyed by all 5 of us) and Alex and I the ones to fall asleep last. I love that somethings remain the same as much as everything else is constantly changing.

The rest of the week was hard as Maria was gone and Josue, my mom, and Michael were all busy with school. I spent a lot of days going to Hilary's grandparents house with her to paint. We had a lot of fun doing it and are quite the experts I would say myself.

I also was inspired and took on a painting project of my own (with Hilary's help). I'm really happy that I decided to paint my dresser and love the way it turned out. I can't wait to see it in my new room.

My last weekend at home, August 16, 17, and 18 I spent mostly with my family and Josue. My mom's cousin John was in town so we spent time eating dinners and talking with him. It was so cool to hear about all of his world travels, Josue also agreed. I also spent time with Josue taking his senior pictures. I thought about how I had wanted a nice camera last Christmas, but was never able to make a decision. After a lot of research, but still on a whim I decided to spend some of my laundry money on a new camera. I'm so happy I did, I think I found one that really fits me! And was so happy I got to use it to take pictures of Josue. We had a lot of fun and are both happy with how well they turned out!

Tuesday August 20 was Josue's first soccer game! My mom, Hilary, and I drove to Webo to watch and Dan met us there after work. I love to watch him play and am always so impressed with him regardless of his team's overall loss. I was so happy, as was he, when he scored by taking a corner kick. It just curved and sailed right into the back corner of the goal without anyone touching it. Pretty much any time he had the ball I was so excited for him and nervous, hoping it would always go his way.

Wednesday August 21 I spent a lot of time at The Bowery downtown. It was great to catch up with so many friends all at once, Morgan, Megan, Darcy, and Sam. I also loved hearing all of the stories of each of their summers.

Thursday August 22 I went to lunch at Little Mexico with Hilary and Megan and their moms.

Then Hilary came home to help me pack and work on a surprise project for Josue. We successfully went to his house before his game and hung up a banner reading "Happy two years" and Josue's favorite picture from our summer. I was so happy that I pulled it off with the help of Hilary! And that Josue was pleasantly surprised. It was awesome!

Then we went to his game with my mom and later Dan. Morgan was there to support her brothers as well, it was fun getting to talk to Morgan and Hilary! I have some great friends. Josue brought the team from 0-1 to 1-1 and tied the game against Northview. I was so excited by his goal! After his game I was happy he decided to come over and hang out even though he was understandably exhausted. It was my last night in Crawfordsville and I wouldn't have wanted to spend it in anyone else's company. Though I knew we would get to say one last goodbye in the morning, it was so hard dropping him off at his house that night.