My parents got home tonight from spending two weeks in Europe. I talked to them for a while about various things, mainly about me going home. It was pretty much decided that, as long as my roommates have a spot for me, I'll drive to Waverly, IA on Sat. and spend the night there. Then, on sunday I'll drive back to MN with a brief stop in Lakeville to drop off some of my clothes and maybe take a little nap and shower or something, and then get back in the car and continue driving north to Park Rapids, MN where my family will be spending the week at a resort there. I was a little bummed at the beginning of the summer because this would've been the first time in my life that I would've missed it. I mean, we've been going for what....27 years now? Maybe 28....anyway, we go there and, for the majority of the time, sit and cruise around in our boat. Last summer, though, it was waaaaay cold and we didn't get one day of sun while my brother and I were there. Kind of a bummer. But it's always a good time. Ever since I've gotten older, our family seperates ourselves more and more from the rest of the resort....partly because our cabin is on the very end.....but mostly because we don't need to partake in the group activities anymore. If you don't know where Park Rapids is, look at a map of MN and find duluth...and then go pretty much straight west from there and it's in the middle of the state. Right in resort country.

So yeah, I've got two big driving days coming up fast. And that's going to be rough on me....'cause if you know me at all, you'd know that I hate driving long distances...especially if it's by myself. I mean seriously....even if I'm back in Lakeville, G-master drives me everywhere if we're going to hang out. Her first question is always, "do you need a ride?" I'm suspecting that I'll have to take a few breaks to take a nap. ha...yeah...

Tonight I watched "The Saint," while picking up around the house. I realized part way through the movie that the last time I had seen it was a few weeks before we moved from Rockford to Lakeville. Over at Steph Jones' house...with Angie Heins.....now she was one casualty of the move that I'll never forget. Going into the end of 8th grade I had a HUGE crush on her. She was always kind of a flirt...but for some reason she and I would always kind of end up "together." Anyway, my parents decided on the move like a week after graduation....the weekend of her birthday party, come to think of it. So I couldn't do anything about how I felt. Bummer. Big time. Oh well....nothing I can do about it now. I haven't seen her since I was back in MN for their prom when I was in 9th grade. I really haven't seen any of my friends from there for a long time....except Steph....who always remembers to call me and send me a card on my birthday. yeah....she's a good friend...