meeting the family...the WHOLE family

So this weekend mike and I went up to his mountain house. we went up on thursday and met his grand parents up there, and on friday night the rest of the family came up. i met all his aunts and uncle and cousins. at first it was super awkward because they put mike to work for most of saturday and i has to put myself out there and try to talk to people while me alone. it was really difficult at first because they all had that cousin bond and stuff. they are a really close family. the girls wet into town and i tried to talk to them but it was too hard! so i just kept to myself. but as the weekend went on it got alot better. i starting talking to everyone and now im not shy around them at all! overall the weekend was nothing short of AMAZING! i had so much fun. and the best part is that i got to spend every moment with mike and i could spend even more time with him.

however there were a few really awkward relatives who thinks that they are funny. there were only 2. one was Stosh (spelling??) he would say things like "where's Michael? you guys should be together making out or something" just weird comments like that. and then the one fam friend told me that i had really nice teeth and then he called me a devil...like "oh you devil you" it was weird.

Cailin

Post-retreat-depression

Back to the real world...(BIG sigh.) A world in which voice, characters, and conflict mean entirely different things than they do in a comfy little cabin in the middle of the Shenandoah valley with fifteen other writers. It was fantastic. The best year yet (which I say every year...and mean it). I wonder what next year will bring?

SCHOOL IS ALMOST OVER!

HMMM WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I BLOGGED? oops sorry about the caps but im too lazy to go back and retype the whole thing.

thank the dear lord that school is almost over, these past couple weeks have been horrible. lets go period by period

english: i had a term paper sue that we were working on in class for like 3 weeks... the day before the due date, I went to work on it in class only to find that it has been completely deleted. i was so frustrated and pissed off that i couldn't even start it again in class. so i went to the library for the first time and did my entire term paper in about 6 hours. it was nott fun!

religion: we had to take this survey thing that was like "1-strongly agree 2-agree 3-don't know 4-disagree 5-strongly disagree" and then we had a bunch of questions and she picked one person who put a 1 and another person who out a 5, then they had to go up and duke it out in front of the class and argue. of course i was picked. mine was "homosexuals should have the right to marry" i put 1-strongly agree and i had to argue with this other guy who put a 5. lets just say can't even look at him anymore. he is such a jerk, everytime i see him i want to wrap my hands around his close minded little head and squeeze....and i sit behind him in my 3rd period. ugh

math: i sit behind the close minded/cocky/jerk kid i argued with...enough said. oh, and im failing math withagood old 70, blah...

latin: i DESPISE this class...well the teacher. i can;t even express the words to explain this man. basically he thinks he is Gods greatest gift to the world. by the time this year is over...im walking out of this class. i will let you know how it goes. i only have 11 days left to do it.

chem: this class is a complete joke...yet in still failing

LUNCH: UGH this period is paradise. i get to see mike! :)

history: boring boring BORING class. thats all i have to say

shakespeare: ahahahahaha this class is the worst. i got yelled at for looking at the clock...mr.velten loves me...NOT!

and thats my day. but these are just the bad things that have happened in these classes since my prom.

omg i went to mike prom and it by far surpasses my prom. it was SO much fun. i went to this kid buddy's house after....hahahah o god good times. and the best thing was that i didnt really know anyone but they made me feel completely comfortable.

im leaving for the mountains with mike's family this weekend. im so nervous! but im so excited. i can not wait until summer!!!!

only 11 school days and 22 regular days until summer!!!

Venting

Hm. So this new guy over here at work insists at calling me 'Hon' or 'Dear.' The first time it happened I didn't answer him because I had no idea he was talking to me. I mean, who calls a basically complete stranger that you just started working with a few days before - hon? No matter that I'm actually a year older than him and a level above him at work. Grr.

It's almost as innapropriate as when I signed my email 'love you' to my boss at my last job. But that was a complete and mortifying accident that the entire company knew about five seconds after it happened because my boss kept saying, 'I didn't know you loved me' whenever possible. But, this guy means it. And I've heard him say it to another girl - who didn't answer him either, thinking he was talking to his wife on his cell phone. Also, I have witnessed him call our very serious boss who does not like joking at all unless it is work related and scientific in nature - a nickname.

He is looking for trouble I tell you.