Been a while...

It's so weird. I sit in bed almost every night and think of what I would have said had I written a blog that day, but then I never actually write one. It's not that there isn't anything exciting going on in my life, in fact there are shitloads of things going on in my life. I've just been so overwhelmed with those things that I don't seem to have the motivation to write about them in here. I figure it's about time to stop slackin' and update this thing.

It's officially summertime here. I know, kids are still in school so it's not OFFICIALLY summertime, but the weather is starting to get unbearably hot so it's fucking summer to me. Pieter and I have spent a few days at the pool already and I've managed to keep both him and myself sunburn free until yesterday. We decided to have a BBQ at the pool with Kristen and Sean and we were roasting in the hot sun for seriously 6 hours! The only person who survived without sunburn was Kristen but that's because she gets her tan on almost daily. Pieter is sitting on the couch with bright red raccoon eyes right now. I feel horrible, but it's nothing I could have stopped. Whenever he goes under water he comes up and rubs his eyes, and removes the sunscreen along with it. Is it strange that I find him even more handsome with sunburn face? I think it's because I can finally see the little freckles on his nose. I received the worst of it. My face is seriously so bad that I will be staying indoors probably for the next 2 days.

Omg, I just realized I haven't even mentioned my new car in here! For the past, oh, 6 months I've been nagging Nick about getting a new vehicle. Somehow he ended up with a new street bike. Not exactly the reliable family car I was suggesting. But then one day, one AWESOME day, I was driving with Penny and saw this beautiful Volkswagen GTI pull up next to us. I said, "man that's a pretty car. I'd so learn how to drive stick if I had something like that!." That night, after half a bottle of wine I remembered I hadn't mentioned the car to Nick yet. I sat down on the computer and pulled a picture of it up and he said no. He wanted the VW Jetta, the new diesel one. Eh, better than nothing right? We ended up at the VW dealership the next day where he test drove an automatic (with the trip-tonic shifting) diesel VW Jetta because they didn't have any manual ones on the lot. I HATED it. It felt jumpy if that makes any sense. We went home and I researched all the options I was interested in. Nick demanded it be stick shift, so that reduced my options to 2 and I for sure wasn't going to be ridin' home in an M3 any time soon. So, yay for me, we went to the VW dealership the next day and test drove the car I have now :-) I'm still not 100% perfect at driving it yet, but I'm no longer scared to go by myself anymore.

On Saturday we took Pieter strawberry pickin' at a local organic farm. It was fun but seriously too dirty for my car. We collected 3 buckets full of them and also brought home some baby squash, potatoes, leaks, and cauliflower. I really wish I would have brought my camera.

Speaking of my camera, Nick, Pieter and I will be making the long trek to Louisiana to photograph a wedding. We leave Thursday afternoon and get back Sunday evening. I'm so excited to see my twinny twin twin AND we get to stay at their new house. This will make for some entertaining nights I'm sure.

I should also mention, that my trip to CA in July/August has been canceled. Nick will be taking a trip to London with his mother (adjbhadfjhaljkfgh....for those of you who know me, you know what that says.) My parents are flying up to Washington to see my Grandma and Oma, so the last thing I want to do is spend MORE money. I'm definitely upset. So if anyone wants to come visit me while Nick's gone, I'd appreciate it. It's going to be an insanely boring 10 days by myself. Then again, no Nick means no randomly sung hymns or raps, no ass in my back while I'm trying to sleep...oh oh and no smell of tea tree oil in the mornings!

I do have more to put in here, but I'm thinking I need to get to my midterms. I love online school. I don't love 2 math classes.