I just got this picture via e-mail thanks to my moms older sister. It was taken in early August 2008 during our family reunion after my moms moms 80th birthday party. We were on the deck where we were listening to music, dancing and drinking. My aunt Julie literally laid down on the deck in the middle of the little circle of us that were dancing, and snapped this picture. I think she took several others of us during the dancing, but this is the one I've seen. I thought I'd share it with everyone.
I was just thinking about the past year, and all the chaos that has happened since the beggining of the year. First off, I had a terrible winter 2008 semester, and realized that nursing is what I really want to do right now. I also had a job interview in January with the Great Lakes Loons (www.loons.com) for a food service position during the home games, and got a job there scooping ice cream, and making sundaes, bannana splits and ice cream cones. So I spent April through September at Dow Diamond scooping ice cream during home stands.
I spent time at church playing in the bell choir and working in the nursery where I chased kids around for hours on end.
Around July 4th, my parents and brother went on a trip to Wisconsin leaving me home because of my job. So I spent about a week home along, where I slept on the couch every night, watched the crappy Midland Fireworks, sent off a few fireworks of my own, watched way to many movies and too much TV, saw Wall-E in theaters twice, and worked Loons games. I also worked the Single A Midwest leauge all star game, and enjoyed it SOOO much. Then August rolled around, and it was time for the family reunion. My parents and brother left early to get there to spend time with my dad's parents since I had a couple games to work before my break began. I ended up driving the two and a half hours from Midland to Ludington where I took the four hour trip on the ferry across lake Michigan. Once in Wisconsin, my dad and his parents picked me up, and we went out to lunch. After lunch we dropped my dad's parents off, and drove the hour and a half to my mom's parents house. It was there that the reunion officially began with some tubing, and relaxing with books around the house. On the second day of the reunion was my mom's mom's 80th birthday party. That party was fun with all the drinking, food, music, family, and friends. During the party, seven of the cousins including my brother and I recited an ode we wrote for our grandma from memory.
In early september the fall semester began, and I began on the long road to becoming a certified Pharmacy technician. Since then i've also been working on writing a second screenplay, a novel, and worked at my school work, played in my chruch's bell choir and worked in the church nursery. I'm definatley looking forward to a new year, and new great memories that I'll be able to remember with a smile on my face.
In other quick, right now news, I'm sitting at Delta College, watching the school closings hoping that Delta Closes before my class is supposed to start so I dont have to go and can go home.
Okay, I just got some news via youtube about one youtuber that needs help right now. I have the link to the video as to what happened to him (HappyCabbie) so you can see it for yourself.
Right now I'm sitting in class, writing this. I know...you probobly are wanting to tell me not to. But, today is a review day before our final exam on December 18th. We have a quiz on Tuesay. I really don't want to think about this, so I'm sitting here blogging. Maybe I'll even blog about some of what we're reviewing.
15 G x ___ . _____ = 15g .250=100x = 15g.250 100mL 250mL _______ = x = 37.5g 100
Yep. That's the kind of math I have to do. Pretty simple huh?
I found a card I recieved for my high school graduation in my desk...here's what it says (the italics)
You write papers you study papers you research papers you turn in papers and when you're all donw, they hand you a peice of paper! Here's anouther for your collection. Congratulations
SO that's what the printed part of the card said. My Aunt and Uncle who sent me this card wrote: "Erin- With great love and admiration for all your hard work and positive attitude. Best whishes"
Here's anouther card, this time from my former piano teacher after I helped out with a music camp during the summer of 2007. It reads: "Dear Erin Thank you for all your help with Joyfull Jubilee. I really appretiate how you just step in wherever you're needed-Did you know you would be helping with a dance? I hope you had as much fun as I did. It was amazing how it all came together. See you soon! Rae"
Here's anouther card I got reading: "It is in hoping that we dream, in dreaming that we seek, in seeking that we find our life's desire. May all Your graduation dreams come true, and may all your tomarrows be beautiful. Congratulations and Best Wishes."
Anouther card from my stash of cards I recieved after my graduation: "Happieness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Hawthorn"
"Cant escape the sounds of the city the sounds of the horns and the screams with the sky cold and grey buildings left to decay its a city of broken dreams with the crash of the steel and hammer fill my head with a rythm so pure and the sounds of the street are alive with a beat that make me hopefull and sure in the flash of the world is alive with music one saving deep in my soul and the beat of the drum feels like heaven my empty life suddenly whole in a world that'll toss and turn you you do what can to survive so I dance so I move to a beat to a groove that all meant I feel alive alive all the people who live in the city are struggling just to get by though they dont have a lot they accept what they've got I would rather die so I turn on the movie thats playing night and day in the back of my head and I twist and turn and I pray and yurn for a life that I've never left In a flash all the world is alive with music one saving deep in my soul and the beat of the drum feels live heaven my empty life suddenly whole with only a dream to guide you you've got to have passion and drive so I spin I dance for a dream for a dance for a moment to feel alive alive some people see things for what they are a cop moving traffic a roar of a car but I hear a rythm and I see a smile on the cop who is busting i movie style inside the gym guys are jumping rope but i see a dance that fills me with hope and thats how i make it through every day by looking at it in a different way in a flash all the world is alive with music beating in time with my heart and the rythm, eletric is calling to me soon your new lifes going to start though at times it can over take you it doesnt mean you shouldnt try to escape from the dark make your move leave your mark dont give up dont give in let a new day begin for now and forever you'll feel alive alive alive" "Alive" sung by Julie Reiber
I've fallen in love with this song. You can hear it on myspace. I have it on my myspace at www.myspace.com/soccermaniac
Here's a video of Julie Reiber singing "Invisible" which was written by Bobby Cronin. She's got one heck of a voice. "Then I turned 8 oh my life was great playing and dreaming..."
"Then came 13, 14 and 15... 16 was sweet 18 could compete... I was to be the bride... mother cried pop was filled with such pride my heart stopped tell me why it was my time to die now Im stuck here causing such fear crying moaning and groaning since Im all alone mother lived 10 years more after John died at war... grace went next... why was I ignored anger fills my heart which lingers help me find the light as the haunter I am haunted searching day and night help me find the love I lost when I died I must confess what no one did guess empty from distress worthless I felt invisible you see Mr. right would often lie... I tried to make him see how much he needed me but then accidently I cut to deep and I died a suicide he made me feel like I'm invisible crying for help I'm invisible I remain in vein invisible why am I still alone invisible why tell me why am I invisible no chance to say goodbye so I will always be invisible."
