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1. What sign marks the end of the summer for you? The trees changing colors, it getting cooler, etc
2. What plans, if any, do you have for the rest of the summer? I'm going to Valdez at the end of the month, YAY!!! I haven't been there since 2016!! Jo has never been on a glacier cruise, so I'm excited for him to see the awesomeness of everything haha. Mom thought about going to Juneau to visit her friend, but I'm not sure if that'll happen. And the fair in August, yay!
3. How would you describe your summer so far – too hot, too cold, too wet, too buggy or what? It's actually been pretty hot, with rain here and there. Not a ton of bugs, unless you go into the woods or something..
4. Summer often means open windows and the sharing of conversations, music, games and so forth with everyone. What sort of neighbor are you? Loud or considerate? Very considerate..I try to make the least amount of noise possible, and cringe SO hard when I drop something haha
5. Aside from spouses and pets, have you had any trouble with pests recently? LOL not really :P

It's really weird how quiet Pretty Kitty is..I'm used to Abby yelling at me haha

today's journal: san francisco 2003! )

15. If you apply your makeup, do you do it in a specific order? I don't wear makeup

16. Were you born with naturally straight teeth? No, I had braces twice as a kid
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Today was the Literacy Council's volunteer appreciation picnic (we didn't have it last year, of course) and had to get another picture with Elias!
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He saw me wave to him and my gesture to come over, and he got so happy and excitedly came to where I was, awww. He's probably the happiest kid I've ever met, and always loves visiting everyone at work (especially his dad lol). I think he turns 5 this year..wow!

This was the last pic I took of him, in 2019:
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Wow, look at how much he's grown since then!! I love his smile lol

A couple English language students got up and made speeches about how all the teachers have changed there lives, which was awesome. Making a speech in your own language is hard enough, I can't imagine doing one in another language! Ryan and Jo came too and got to meet some of my coworkers, which was cool! Denise said we'll have to do another game night sometime..definitely!

For today's childhood journal entries, I'm going to post my trip to Washington, DC in 2002, and Mammoth, California in 2003. It's really fun typing them up here and making current day observations haha. I love my little observations from then too ("the lawn was very green!")

under here! )

13. Do you like when friends stop by unexpectedly? Sure, especially if I haven't seen them in a long time!

14. How old were you when you moved to your current home? I was 20

Today's trivia: Gatorade was named after the University of Florida Gators. A group of doctors invented the drink in a science lab on campus in 1965

Friday five

Jul. 9th, 2021 04:18 pm
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1. What was your favorite past time in high school? Fencing, going online, reading, etc
2. What is your all time favorite board game/card game? Betrayal at House on the Hill, Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, etc
3. What is the last movie you saw at the theatre and what did you think of it? 1917..I haven't been to the movies since covid began here! It was amazing though, one of my favorite movies now!
4. What is something (no matter what kind of mood you're in) that makes you happy the moment you do it, see it, or hear it? Seeing a cat, getting a surprise smoothie, etc
5. Do you believe that crop circles are made by human or alien? Some very bored humans :P

After typing passages here from my 9th grade school journal, I got inspired to write more memories, this time from my regular journal I kept for many years (2001-2008!! I named it Palmy haha. It's falling apart, so it'll be good to have the memories in more than one spot!). These entries will be from my Hawaii trip in 2003, which was also in 9th grade, so you'll be seeing a theme haha. Enjoy, and yeah, I made a lot of spelling errors again, sorry :P (I'll put my comments in brackets in bold)

under here! )

7. If you had to move to a new city, where would you move? Hmmm..it would be cool to live in Valdez, if it didn't rain so much..

8. What did your parents do when you were growing up? Like, their job? Dad inspected planes for American Airlines and mom was an air traffic controller

9. When someone knocks on the door, who do you think it is? Donald lol..though he finally got the message and now just comes over to get CDs to listen to, which is fine lol
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Dad's in Payson right now, so I asked him to send me the journal I kept in 9th grade for English/Writing class..I love going back and reading things like that, and I was definitely entertained haha. I'm going to share some things I wrote here! A couple things to note:

I made a lot of spelling errors, but I feel like I have to keep them in for authenticity, even if it is painful haha

When I wrote "speech," I meant speech therapy, which I had to take in school for autism. As you'll see, I did NOT like my 9th grade speech therapist lol

I was obsessed with the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, and adopted the characters' form of cursing, "shades!" I VERY easily catch on to certain things people say and start saying them myself lol

We had topics to write about, but you had to keep writing even if finished with the topic (you could just have written "I'm bored I'm bored I'm bored," but you HAD to keep writing), so I always went off topic haha. Let's begin!

9-10-03: "I want to live in the Scottish Highlands when I'm older, and I'm going to build my own house, which will be 4 stories with 3 balconies and a courtyard!"

Oh MY haha, 32-year-old me wonders how expensive that would be LOL, and way too much to clean!! I would like to see the Scottish Highlands someday though..

9-17-03: "Things to make the world less irritating: the democrats would become Christians and stop dissagreeng on EVERYTHING, no [Universal Academy, the school I went to] band, my brother would stop trying to annoy me, if my computer wasn't slow, adults woudn't get annoyed so easily, people stopped talking while another was talking, people would like trees and not destroy the WHOLE rainforest, school would have less homework, Mono Lake's alkali flies would live here instead of horseflies, the Marriott and Courtyard Marriott hotels would be less expensive, when you left on a trip, you could make up all your homework & tests"

Haha wow, what a list. :P I almost fell over when I read the first thing listed..how things change haha (except for Democrats and Republicans not agreeing on anything, that'll never change :P)

more! )

I hope that was as fun for you to read as it was for me :P

13. What browser do you use? Firefox
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One thing I've learned when going through stuff in the garage: we never threw ANYTHING away..I've found price tags, empty boxes, and we still have our baby clothes and toys! Wow lol. It's interesting to see my old journals and schoolwork and stuff, but it's also..strange. A lot of projects I don't even remember doing. When I was bored in class I wrote out entire scenes from Lord of the Rings from memory. I must have driven my teachers crazy with my obsessions with Scotland, LOTR, Viggo Mortensen, etc..I constantly mentioned them. I found one of my swords though, which was pretty awesome. It's just WEIRD seeing all this stuff again lol

I get to see Dana tomorrow, yay! It's also supposed to snow..not fairrr lol

I'm loving the LJ Revival!! I'm always worried it'll shut down and I'll lose all the memories from here, so I'm glad people are rediscovering it!

a couple pics, and the pokemon update! )
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Woww I can't believe it's the last day of 2011. This year was the fastest ever

Good things
It started off really well. I was excited to start the new year. Watching fireworks at home was awesome. Later I went to Chena Hot Springs and saw a bunch of shooting stars and satellites. It was amazing
I started my 3rd term with AmeriCorps
I went to San Diego to visit Dana. Went stargazing in the desert which was cool
I started on the cash register for the first time in June..I saw I really liked it and wasn't as scary as I thought. I am more confident now
My birthday was AWESOME. I was showered with love and gifts and was just happy. I got my first tattoo and went shopping at Barnes and Noble
I went to Valdez and Cordova..I fell in love with Cordova. I went on an AWESOME glacier flightseeing trip..there were glaciers EVERYWHERE. I saw Childs and Miles glaciers which I couldn't drive to since the bridge was washed out. Amazingg
I kayaked to Shoup Glacier in Valdez
Went to summer BOW which was really fun
The winter hasn't been treating me that bad..the darkness hasn't bothered me as much as before. Maybe cause of Paxil or being distracted..or I'm used to it now
Aaand more

Bad
Some depression/anxiety still, but better than before
Repeating thoughts
TMJ (gonna see a specialist next month), worsening psoriasis..
...the good totally outweighs the bad haha

Hopefully 2012 will be awesome too!

Day 183- A picture of something that reminds you of coldness )
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1. What is the one place you never want to live? Iraq
2. Do you consider yourself to be a "picky eater"? Sure..I eat more things than I did as a kid though
3. What do you think people say about you behind your back? Sometimes I think bad things..but I hope they don't
4. If you could own and operate any major business what would be? A bookstore?
5. Do you feel as if you are a black-and-white only person, or a person who sees many gray areas? That is to say, do you have strong opinions on everything, or do you recognize the need to compromise? I can compromise

Wow..I can't believe this is the last day of the year already. This year went fast. First it started out with depression for whatever reason..then I got my apartment and slowly adjusted and got much happier. This summer was filled with fun adventures. I got to meet [livejournal.com profile] rdyfrde and meet HammerFall and see them in concert. I tried going off Paxil but had horrible withdrawal symptoms and my mind was negative and judgmental on everything. I feel better now that I'm back on it. Aaand much more. I hope next year is good too

our recent cold weather set a record )
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Well since school's out, I wanna write the memories of the year here. Well, after school I went to the mall with my friends and saw Chronicles of Riddik. It was ok. And I got another Rhapsody CD. "Emerald Sword" is my fave song on that album." I can't wait to see everyone next year. OK...memories now.

*Fencing. Fencing was great this year! I learned so much! I remember asking the coach to teach me to twirl the foil and she said no. I tried it anyway, and I kinda got the idea. I can't wait for fencing next year.

*Going to Hawaii in the middle of the school year. That was fun!

*Our classrooms were all in portables, and so we had to go outside to change classes and stuff. Well, one day, it was *pouring* rain, so me and my new friends (this was near the beginning of school) said we were getting lunch (since it was lunchtime), and we ran out in the rain and into the main building to look like we were getting lunch. Well, after a few minutes we went back out. The door wasn't 30 ft to the portable, and I was running, but by the time I got inside my hair was *dripping!* It was hilarious!

*PE was interesting. We always played soccer. I was bad at soccer; I never went after the ball. Well, we played so many times I got good and I went after the ball and everything! I was proud.

*Scarborough Faire-Yep, the Renn Fest. We went on a field trip. It was fun, even though half the things were closed.

*The college trip. Wow, that was a tiring week! I discovered SoBe, and now I'm addicted!

*Mrs. Astrup/Ucinski. She was one of my favorite teachers. We became great friends. I'm glad I met her! And I remember she brought her puppies to school. They were soooo cute! She was a great joker, too.

*Another PE memory-we were gonna play softball, and I look over and see Nick, twirling the bat. (That's how I knew he could twirl things) So I walk over to him and ask him how he does it. He showed me, and told me to try it. Well, I walk to the coach and try to do what he did. Well, a day earlier I was at my old school's courtyard and really hit my leg hard against a bench. (The dent is still there-after what-2 months? And it still hurts!) Well, while I was trying to twirl it, the bat swung against my leg right where the bump was. Boy, did that hurt. My whole leg was on fire. Then, while I was in pain, they said it was my turn to bat. I'm like "great." That was the only time I ever asked Nick to show me how to twirl something, and now I can't for some reason.

*There was this house with 2 horses on the way to school, and after I saw Hidalgo, I noticed one horse looked like Hidalgo, so I named him Hidalgo. The other I named Snowmane. I looked forward too seeing them everyday.

*The band. The 7th and 8th graders played when I had writing-Mon, Wed, and Fri. I mostly didn't pay attention to what thay played cause it was kinda annoying, but then they played a song that got stuck in my head every time I heard it. Well, I asked the band teacher what song it was and he said 1812 Overture. I liked the song everytime they played it.

*Found out one of my teachers was 30 something and had gray hair and arthritis. Her face was pale. She looked more like 60.

*Yesterday, there was a "Field day" and we got to go on a waterslide. That was fun!

*Speech. In the middle of the year I had to go to speech cause I have Asperger syndrome. I've had speech since 3rd grade, and all my teachers were cool. Well, this one was *horrible!* She treated me like a baby and did other things too many to name. I might have her next year...AHHHHHHH!!! *times 1 billion*

*PUDDING!! LOL, that arose when one of my friends said that and my other friend, Kayleigh, burst out laughing. Soon, everyone burst out laughing when someone said that at random. Then there was monkey tequila. Someone was hyper or something, and laughing hard, and someone said, "breathe, in, out, monkey tequila." It stuck.

*My 1st fencing tournament. Well, I got 3rd place, and someone hung up a piccy of me and others in the tournament, and everyone knew about it. I suddenly became famous.

*Genna. WAY too hyper and liked to flash me in the bathroom when we were changing out for PE. I soon learned not to look in her direction when she said "look, Heather" LOL

Well, that's all the memories I can think of now. If I think of anymore I'll post them. *sigh*

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