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Greetings from the UK! My mom and I arrived safely with no troubles. We are staying here at my cousins home. Yesterday and today have been lazy days. We've visited with family and had time to get over jet lag. Tomorrow we are off to Stratford upon Avon, the home of old William himself. Wednesday is probably a tour of Warwick Castle. Next week is 3 days in London. There is no telling where else we will end up. Everyone wants to take us somewhere special. The weather has been cloudy with a few showers. The temperatures have been in the 60's, possibly the low 70's. I'm amazed at how we speak the same language yet the dialect still causes huge barriers in understanding one another. I'm learning quick how to pick up the slang terms. I think I'll be speaking with a cockney accent in no time! I don't have much more time to write. I may be able to post later in the week. If not, I promise to give a full update when I return home in 2 weeks! Ta-Da!

It seems like everything is packed and ready to go. I head out for England in 16 hours! I cannot wait!!! I bought a t-shirt that says "Everyone loves an American Girl" to wear while I'm in London. My dad says a terrorist will probably see that and shoot me down. You have to love my dad's sense of humor! My brother and I went to see Nacho Libre today. It was a stupid, funny movie. We have movie dates every once in a while. I'm glad we got to have one before I leave the country. I'm only going to be gone for 2 weeks, but it seems like I'm going away for months! My song for this trip: For anyone who is a fan of 3 Doors Down...."I woke up today in London as the plane was touching down..."

A few weeks ago my cell phone died as many of you know. Thanks to the help of a good friend, I was able to purchase the Pink Razr V3. Fast forward to this past Sunday morning. Someone stole my brand new cell phone. I had left the phone in my purse inside the College and Career classroom before service. No one was back there but me. I turned my phone on vibrate, put it back in my purse and shut the door behind me. I didn't think anything about leaving my purse unattended. It's church for crying out loud. When I got back to the room, I picked up my purse and set beside my chair. Towards the end of class, I dug through my purse to find get my phone and it wasn't there. I figured someone took it as a joke and would return it. When class was ended I asked who had my phone and no one had it. I didn't have time to question everyone, so I left. I thought whoever had it would return it to me soon enough. By mid afternoon I was beginning to get worried. I headed up to the church

I'm warning you in advance. If you don't want to know anything about the new movie The Break Up , do not read this post. You have been warned! Tonight my friend, Science Guy, and I went to watch the new Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn movie, The Break Up. The movie is hilarious. I'm talking about laugh at loud funny moments. I'm sitting in my seat thinking, who can I talk into coming and seeing this with me again tomorrow. I'm enjoying this movie that much. Towards the end of the movie, I start getting really angry with Aniston's character, Brooke. For those of you who don't know what the movie's about, it is based solely on the break up of this couple (Brooke and Gary) and their fight over the condo they live in. As the movie begins to close, we come to the typical part of the movie where the guy realizes how big of a screw up he is. He sees the error of his ways and gives a heck of an apology. To which Brooke replies, "I don't feel the same wa

"I'm not going to tell you I can't live without you. I can live without you....I just don't want to." -- Jennifer Aniston from Rumor Has It I've always had an issue with being wanted rather than being needed. I guess it stems from the fact that I'm such an independent person. I've always been raised with parents who were doers. That makes me a doer. It's very rare that I actually call on someone to help me with much of anything. On the flip side, because I'm such a take charge kind of person, people often rely on me. People need me all the time. I do like being needed. I like the fact that people feel they can rely on me and that I'm a dependable person. However, the fact that I'm needed all the time does wear me out. There are times where I don't want to be needed. I just want to be wanted. I know of certain situations that I've walked away from because I felt that everyone needed me, but no one really wanted me. There is a hu

It seems to be one punch after another. I'm not sure if it's all this bad is just a "season in my life" or if it has always existed and I'm just old enough now to realize it. Either way, it really needs to stop. A man from our church was found dead Saturday. He has one son who is a part of our youth group and the drama team. That boy doesn't have any family that he's close to. There isn't a mother in the picture. That boy's whole world is gone. I can't even begin to imagine. My pastor and his wife have signed a letter of resignation. My pastor has suffered from a stroke that left his memory pretty fragmented. We also found out he has been diagnosed with alzheimer's. We will have to vote in our Associate Pastor as our new pastor next week. I have no doubts that our Associate Pastor, Bro. Cantu, can handle the job. He's been doing so now for a while due to circumstances. I even already speculated something greater was plaguing my pastor.

Sorry for the long delay in posting. It's been extremely busy here the past week. Here's an update! School is out for the summer! I'm not sure who looks forward to the vacation more, the students or the teachers! I did get a contract with the school district to teach in August. However, the superintendent is still not sure what school or what class he's going to put me in. I'm not concerned. I have a piece of paper saying they have to pay me. That's all I'm concerned about! I sent in my FINAL payment on my car! OH Happy Day!! It's so good to know that my car is bought and paid for. It's been a long 5 years through college and all to get it paid for, but it is done. My dad says, "You can start looking for you a good new car now." HA! No I sure won't. I've stated that I'm not planning on getting a new car until the tires fall off and the engine blows up on the one I got. I like that extra few hundred dollars a mont