So last night, I decided to go see Saves the Day at Rowan, because my good friend, Jess McCole, told me that there were still tickets and the show didn't start until 9ish.

So I babysat until 6, and then drove down to Rowan  University. One of the easiest drives ever, I must say. Very similar to driving to Philly, lol. Maybe because it's close to Philly, lol. ANYWAY. Got there, got my ticket, stood in line for about....15 mins? Those 15mins were filled with people in front and in back of me SCREECHING about how excited they were for Day 26. All I could do was "LOLLOL" the whole time. I mean HONESTLY? Day 26?? No thanks. So while waiting in line, I saw my buddy Jeff Kummer, and then Jess came and saved me, lol. We hung in the student center for a little and then headed over to where the show was at about 9:30. Now while waiting in line, I was told that STD was going on at 10, and to be back around 9:30. Well the show, like most, ran late and Jess and I walked into Day 26 STARTING. Ugh. It was worth laughing at, but absolutely excrutiating. I wish that Puff Daddy was there, though. Although.. he may have been. So around 10:15ish, STD came on and Chris goes "Sorry we're late. Danity Kane had to play a few songs before us." How he even knew that Day 26 was affiliated with DK, I don't know.. Lol. Then they started and played a pretty good set:


-Anywhere With You
-Holly Hox, Forget Me Nots
-Firefly
-Get Fucked Up
-Eulogy
-Driving In The Dark
-Shoulder To The Wheel
-Stay The Same
-Cars & Calories
-What Went Wrong
-Radio
-Sound The Alarm
-At Your Funeral
-The End
-Freakish
-Kaliedescope

ENCORE:
-Always Ten Feet Tall
-Rocks Tonic Juice Magic

There may be ONE that I am missing from the beginning, since I didn't start keeping a list until a few songs in. But it really was a good mix. The after show was uneventful.. Said goodbyes and then drove home. Talked to Mike, he told me about his show. OH. I did listen to the new Stephen Lynch in it's entirety, FINALLY. It's pretty funny. "Crazy Peanuts" and "Medievil Bush" are still my 2 favorites. Hahaha.

Ok, I am going to go eat breakfast and then possibly go tanning, and then go swim before work.

Today I OFFICIALLY accepted the Supervisor position that I was offered nearly a week ago. I have been getting nothing but compliments from fellow staff, parents and other team members of the club.. which really makes me feel good about myself and the effort that I have been putting into the job. I almost sad that I will be leaving it in September.

My mom told me today that I should start looking for jobs in NH. I don't doubt that I will get SOMETHING there. I mean, seriously. I am a people pleaser and person. I always put customers and such before myself, making sure that their experience is a good one. (AKA why I am getting promoted, lol.) Not to mention I have a pretty wide variety of job fields.. haha.

This weekend was really great. I obviously spent it with Mike (although I am jealous of Jess' V-Day!). It was the first time I spent Valentine's Day with a boy, lol. I really could not have asked it to go better than it did, although a bigger bed would've been nice, hahaha. I went up to Nashua after work on Friday, got there about 7. We went to dinner with Mike's (and my future) roomates, Matt and Steph, to a place in "Downtown Nashua". It was good. I got sushi, and it was no Fuji Yama Mama, but it was pretty decent. Then we went back the their apt and watched TV, had a few beers, and then retired to the respective bedrooms. Saturday, Mike and I went to Boston. We stayed at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers. It was nice, a historic hotel APPARENTLY. The door to the room reminded us of Titanic, lol. We were going to go to Fire 'N' Ice, one of Mikey's faves, but there was a 2.5 hour wait, and we were STARVING. So we ended up going to an Irish pub attached to the hotel. It was a great choice. I had two delicious Pomegrante Martinis and a Shepard's Pie. Mike had Blue Moon and an orange glazed 1/2 of a chicken. It was really nice. Then we went back to the room and ... well, yeah. Haha. The next morning we had brunch in bed, I went home, and it was just a really nice time.

Except I still hate CT. Really, with all of my heart. Lol.


I am also in the process of closing a deal on a Pink Blackberry Curve, and I am STOKED. I cannot wait to join the BB craze. :)
 

The second week of February has started off really well.

This is only the 6th day that LTF has been open, and today I was offered the position of Supervisor in the child center. Not even "Supervisor in Training", an actual SUPERVISOR! Since it was the job that I initially applied for, I'm obviously going to take it, haha. It means that I might not get to do the camps in the summer, but I almost don't really mind too much. I was very happy when I was offered that, and very flattered to know that I was really doing a good job. I told Cherene and Lisa that it was really hard for me at camp because only the things that I did wrong were pointed out, and I was rarely praised for the good things that I did. So it is really nice to be in this enviornment and get praised when I do things correctly and above and beyond.

And on Sunday, Blink 182 announced they were reuniting! Ack! Such good news. SUCH good news.



And I have finally started a sleep schedule. It's only 11:15 and I am really ready for bed. Haha. Wooooooooooooooooot. Love it.

Ok. I am going to bed. Lol

So tomorrow is FINALLY the grand opening at Life Time. I cannot even explain how happy and relieved I am about that.


I am working 10 - 1 at the Child Center and then 5 - 9 at the Rock Wall, helping them get people harnessed and signed up and all that. I am very happy and very, very excited. And in my 4 hour break, I'll be planning for my Fit Start class that I will be offering on Friday at 4 and 5 pm.


It's finally falling into place. I love that I was tired the INSTANT I slowed down from working. That means I'll actually have a sleep schedule, and I still get to hang out and see people, haha. So, so, so relieving.


I also am proud to say that I picked up another day of babysitting too! So I babysit M, W, and Th now. So happy.


I am really liking my life right now, haha.

Does my TEN library bring me to tears everytime?

I've listened to 32 of 68 songs that I have on my iPod (not including the Path, that is listened to on it's own) and certain songs make me bawl my eyes out. I just don't get it.

 So it's literally been ages since I last wrote on here..

A lot of things have happened since we last spoke, Live Journal. A LOT of things.


First thing's first. I didn't cover this in my last entry, which was in November. Camp went pretty well this summer, but I am no longer an employee of Camp Speers-Eljabar. After 5 years as a staff member, I have decided to call it quits for the time being. There was some stuff going down that I, not only didn't want to deal with, but didn't want to be part of. I don't know yet if I feel relieved or if I am saddened knowing this summer I won't be heading back there.. We will find out.

Starting in September, Mike and I started to see each other again. At first, it was nothing serious. Then I went up there for Christmas, and realized that it was a really good choice. I am a lot happier this time around, and I think that he is too. I think what happened the first time was that we rushed things a bit, and didn't really know how to handle the distance and all that. Plus, we're more "grown up" now. It's been 2 years since we first started dating, 3 in May. The 'bit' of time spent apart was nice, but I felt kind of empty without him in my life. As corny as that sounds, haha. So we'll see how that goes. He's probably going to read this and I feel like an idiot for being so gushy. Haha.

I am still babysitting Molly, going on my 2nd (maybe 3rd?) year. I got my annual $2 pay increase, so I am now paid $14 an hour to babysit for her, haha. Which is kind of awesome.

Speaking of getting paid...
I got a new job today. I am now officially a team member at Lifetime Fitness which will be opening in February in Berkley Heights, NJ. I am (I think...) going to be a Supervisor In Training, which isn't initially what I signed on for, but I really just need a job and this place is pretty awesome. So I will be supervising part of the time and then just a team member the other part and this will be happening in the Child Center. I also mentioned that I wanted to be full time, and in order to do that I'm going to have to work in another area of the gym too, so I might work with the Member Activities team. Or the cafe. Lol. I am also going to do their rock climbing training, which will be awesome because I have been jonesing to get on a wall since I found my harness. That and I didn't get to climb all that much this summer, since I was usually belaying. I am very interested to see how this turns out. I hope that I am there until summer at least so that I can work with the summer camps, haha.


I think that's all that's been going on with my life lately. I hung out with Jess tonight, which was the perfect celebration hang. We had Ikea meatballs, watched "Best of Will Ferrell" and then played her Fake Wii and it was just awesome. Maybe going out for dinner/drinks with Candace tomorrow night? Have to see how the weather goes.. It's supposed to fucking snow, and I am PISSED. Oh well! I have a job now! Yay!!!!

Goodnight. 

 LOL.


PEOPLE ARE SOOOO DUMB.

YES... I am still alive.

YES... Camp starts in a few weeks.

NO... I am not 100% ready.

YES... I might die because of my nerves.



short, sweet and to the point.

I'm a little sad that it's 2:20am and I'm still awake surfing the internet. I have a really full day ahead of me today and I don't exactly know if I'm ready for it yet...


For those of you that don't know.. one of my campers passed away on Friday. He was a really great kid and I haven't dealt with it well.. and the services haven't even happened yet. I am going to get to see a lot of good people, I just wish that it wasn't at a funeral service. The next few days are going to be extremely hard, but I am really glad that I have the support of everyone around me, not just camp people. Josh is here, and hopefully sleeping in my basement. It's so good to see him, I really have missed him. I kind of really want him to come back to camp this summer, I think I might go crazy if he doesn't...


Anyway.. I should probably try to go to bed..

Oh, and did I mention that it's been a year since TEN broke up? This has been an awesome week, let me tell you...




PS.- If you didn't catch that sarcasm, please smack yourself in the head. Thanks.

So Thursday and Friday are Jake's services. I'll be attending both.

Josh and Caryl are both coming in on Wednesday, and Lily is coming down on Thursday morning.

I really wish that we all could have gotten together like this on better terms, but as Josh said...
It shows you how much of an impact this kid has had on all of us. I have been working all weekend on arranging for kids to get rides and such to my area, and it finally worked itself out today. I sat down while Molly was taking a bath and worked it all out. I really am grateful for the family that I have at camp. Without them, I don't know if I could have handled this.




It's going to be a hard week, but I can pull through with the help of my friends. <3

Jake.

I can't believe it. I am in complete and utter shock.

You were one of the most beloved campers that we had a camp, and you've been taken away from us.
I will miss you, and keep you in my heart always.


I just wish that I didn't find out from fucking FACEBOOK.

Alright so this past weekend I was at camp. It was kind of weird being there and not living there.. I don't know. I've never just done A weekend.. I made it through though! And just barely at that. It was so damn cold, haha. I honestly have never been that cold in my life. Well, except for the time that Finch was playing at Vintage Vinyl waaaaaay back in early 2003, and Mike DeRosa and I (and a million other people) waited on line for 7 hours in the cold. Haha, that was fun though. ANYWAY, back on track. It was fucking freezing, not to mention there was ICE everywhere, and I didn't have boots. I just had my sneakers (with 19 sock layers). Bad choice on my part. But yeah, I think they want me to go back in March to help train people for the new season and to work. I might do it.. I don't know yet. I do want to get my High Ropes certification back, since I was denied that this summer, and I think they regretted it too.. Haha, sucks for them! I told them to let me do it, and it didn't interfere with ANYTHING. Lame lame lame lame. Man, I am really good at getting off tpoic today. So. Moving on. They talked to me about my summer job. I am getting one of the two that I really wanted. I am super excited about it, and one would really help me get jobs at different camps. It's starting to become surreal that I've decided this is my last summer for a while at camp. Although, I said to Sarah Palmer this weekend that if I were in Oregon and camp called me with a full-time, year-round position that I would pack everything up and go. Which is really hard  to say, only because I want to experience other places, but I know that no matter what, this is always going to be my home, and my number one place. I mean I have the symbol tattooed on my thigh for god's sake! Haha. It's just a matter of growing up. And the whole concept is weird for me...


On a lighter note...
Heidi is coming out this way again this weekend! I am so excited, I miss her so much. We're going to have a blast. We're going to see All Time Low and Your Sweet Uncertainty with Steph and my brother! Aw, it's the little guy's first concert. He's really excited, and so am I. I'm glad that I am the one taking him to his first show. The COOL sister, as he puts it, haha. And I couldn't agree more! So that's on Saturday. He's also going to get his first Wawa experience, and MAYBE Waffle House. It's going to be great.

I'm also dog/house sitting for a family down the block from Molly this week. Woot, monies! I need it to pay my mom rent, and to get my Finch tickets. I will probably kill people if I don't get to see Finch. And not to mention I would cry for days. I also have to get my Limbeck ticket. I think I am only going to one of the New York shows... and I hope that it's the show they play Hi, Everything's Great at. I love that album.

February actually has the potential of being a really good month.. for one, Flavor of Love 3 is premiering! The only thing is that YSU is playing a show the same day that it premieres, but I can handle it. Haha. Gotta love re-runs!

The Lindsays and I have been toying with the idea of going somewhere for Spring Break, which would be March 20th - 24th.


I think we're going to go to San Diego, CA. I'm kind of really hoping that this works out.. I've never been to Cali before and I think it would be a lot of fun, especially if we could work it so the ENTIRE Crew could go. Even with just the three of us, it would still be a good time. Sun, sand, drinks, tanning, shopping, and friends. My kind of vacation.. :)

Jesus. That's weird to say..

It's been a year.



I don't know what I mean by that, haha.



Um, I guess this year has been good. I was at camp for most of it. Surprising, I know, lol. I gained some friendships, lost some. Not really complaining about that. Basically, shit happens. Ummm. I went to a few concerts, probably the least since 2004. I guess I'm happy, it saved me a bit of cash, lol.

I'm not good with this summing up thing. Haha. It's been a year since I started babysitting for Molly, which is REALLY strange. I was talking to Amy (her mother) about it the other day. She said she's going to give me a rai$e. w00t. Haha. I feel like the years have started to fly by. I don't know. I am getting ready to start making plans to be out in Oregon by next January. I hope that it works out, I really need to experience some place other than New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I know that some people don't like hearing that, but it really just is time for me to move on. That's really hard to say, especially about camp. That and my grandmother are going to be the hardest things to leave on this coast. She really isn't happy with my decision, but she understands that I need to start moving forward with my plans in life, haha. Who knows, maybe I'll actually go back to school out there.. MAYBE.


Anyway, I hope that everyone's holidays were good.
I'm off to watch Cheaters and then go to bed.



See you in a few months! :D

...I realize that my life is pretty good.


I have gotten to the point where I don't care what happens with anything. AT ALL. Well except if something happens with my flight to Oregon, then I would be devastated. Other than that, I am pretty content.


I feel like this is a new me. I know it's weird, but I do. I got a great eval from camp (all those rants about how I'm not appreciated there have paid off), I love my babysitting job, and I love the friends that I have. What could be better (aside from me moving to Portland)?




Love you all.

So here I am. Back at home for a few days, sitting up at 1am, listening to a mix of The Starting Line, Paramore, All Time Low, 2Ge+her, Daphne Loves Derby and the Higher. It's pretty great, I must say.


I miss home. I miss people here (more people in Oregon), I miss life. As much as I love camp, this season isn't as great as past ones. Because I come home 2 days a week, I feel so distant from everyone, and they seem to be ok with that. I mean I'm not really complaining all that much, just because I'm too tired to do so, but would it kill you to at least invite me to hang out? I guess that it would, but whatever. I cannot wait for the season to end, and that's really hard for me to say, seeing as camp is my life and I now have the symbol branded into me and all that. I just think that I am going to feel relieved when I come home for 2 months. I am picking up an extra day of babysitting, and maybe getting a job somewhere that I can transfer when I move to Oregon in about a year. Speaking of.. I will officially be going back for a wonderful and peaceful 9 days starting December 7th and sadly ending December 16th. I cannot wait. I need it so bad. I miss the Crew more than life and it's so hard having them across the country and only seeing them a handful of times in the span of a year. Once I move there, life will be easier on so many levels.

Moving on... about missing life. I hung out with Jess today for the first time in what seemed like AGES. We went to dinner with her family, and then watched Knocked Up. I fucking love that movie, haha. It's so hilarious. If you haven't seen it, go rent it/add it to your Netflix queue/whatever. It's that good.

More about life... Shows. I have been going through widthdrawls ever since I went to see The Starting Line and All Time Low in Lancaster. I have made a list for my mom as to what I want my 22nd birthday gift to entail, and it's all shows, haha. Mainly TSL/Paramore shows, one or two ATL shows and possibly a Brand New/Thrice show. I am pretty excited. I'm also pretty excited to see High School Musical: ON ICE for Molly's 10th birthday on November 20th. That is going to be a great week, I really can't wait.


Speaking of waiting, I hate this fucking computer. I need to get my own. We have to have a bug or something. Or maybe it's the fact that it's almost 8 years old. I think it's time for a new one, haha.






Anywho... I guess that's it.

peace, love & happiness

yay.


spring-themed and all time low.

<3

i'd like to be one of the first to say congrats to the new york mets for going 3-0, and sweeping the 2006 world series champs, the st louis cardinals. should be a good season for them this year.


speaking of good seasons, the yankees are going to do well, also.
we finally stopped trying to buy one guy for a trillion dollars, and got about 4 for the same price.
but pettitte is back! thank god, too. he is such a good dude, and i hope he has a good season.


i need to keep up on my stats and shit this year.
i love this time of year.

so i've been listening to make yourself sick a lot lately.
i can't help it, it's such an amazing album, haha.
and it makes me think of 2004. which i love.


anywho.
i finally put in my 2 weeks at red robin.
good thing it's really like a week and a half.
next wednesday is my last day.
i can't wait, haha.


next thursday starts my demise.
it's the first of the last 4 TEN shows.
i don't know how i'm going to act, or react for that matter.
i'm scared. like, really, legit scared.
it's going to be hell.


"i don't think i'll make it out alive."