Not a good day...

Today's not a good day...Its hard to believe that its been 3 years since I've seen my good friend, Rebekah. She got married in Mexico, October 22nd 2006, and the last day I saw her was October 23rd 2006. Right now, three years ago, I would be asleep in the back seat of my parents' car, on my way home from Chicago airport. I flew into Chicago from Mexico around 11:30pm. Only a few hours before that, I was hugging my best friend, for the last time. Right now, I should be spending my weekend in Mexico for my friend Josh's wedding. I would so rather be there then working. I miss them both so much. I miss the 800 Meatballs, my 2 best friends. One of the greatest things about them both is that, even though they live in Mexico, thousands of miles away, they are still my 2 best friends. Even Rebekah's husband, Cesar, who I only knew for a week, is one of my best friends. In 1 summer, I made 2 lifetime best friends, and in 1 week, I made several lifetime friends. I miss them all so much. So for the first time in a long time, at 1:45 in the morning, I cry for them. I'm not quite sure where these tears came from...I was able to keep myself fairly happy all day. But within seconds of laying down to go to sleep, I start to cry. Maybe part of it is because the song "Rain" by Breaking Benjamin came on, maybe its because my Mom mentioned that its been 3 years since I've seen Rebekah, or maybe its because I dropped a wedding present off for Josh's Mom to take down for me. Whatever it is that has left me in tears, depresses me. I haven't been this sad in a long time. So for now this is not a good day...maybe even not a good weekend.

It only took my 33 months to pay off my car and realize that I didn't like it. It sat too low to the ground, it was horrible to drive to work at Double JJ in the winter, and some other reasons I can't think of right now...So I sold it. Sad to say that out of the $13,000 I just finished paying on it, I was only able to get rid of it for $2000, but I sold it, so I won't complain. For the past year, I've wanted a Jeep. I tried trading in my car, didn't work, either time. So with the $2000 I made from my car, I bought a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, which I LOVE a lot more than the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus. So for now, I'm a pretty happy Jeep driver.

Not much has gone on since my last post but let's see what can think of...

A few weeks ago Michigan's Adventure ended for the season and I can't say that I'm disappointed. of course I do miss my friends and a couple of my Managers, but that's what makes the beginning (and I mean very beginning) of the season fun.

I'm still working weekends at Double JJ and I'm glad to say I'm not working in the Waterpark...retail is SO much better.

A couple weeks ago, Amanda decided that she was going to get a puppy with her "end of season" bonus from Michigan's Adventure...of course my parents said no, but that didn't stop Amanda from showing us a picture of this beautiful little Basset hound puppy. For our family, that was like sealing the deal. A few days later we were driving home from Grand Rapids, watching Trixie enjoy the ride of her life...



She is a beautiful little girl from Kentucky, where you may be surprised to hear that some shelters have a 90% kill rate, its horrible. But thanks to a lady in GR, Trixie was rescued with her siblings.



We're lucky because she's a pretty good dog and really smart too. She's made herself at home and even helps around the house.



Mom loves it when she helps do the dishes.



So Amanda got what she wanted. Now I just have to figure out how I got stuck with the Vet bills.

Other than that, there really isn't anything else that's new. Maybe next time.