I'm too bored to blog.

This summer has been realllllly slow.

Okay, so maybe it doesn't help when your summer job doesn't start until the second week of June, half your family is still in school, and your boyfriend is nine zillion miles away, but still. I feel like June should be halfway gone and it's barely pushing mid-May. I'm never going to get used to this college-kids-being-done-crazy-early-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-world thing.

Well, anyways. I kind of forgot all about the blogging world until I was reminded of it earlier tonight thanks to Trevor's paper-writing claim to fame. But hey, Trevor, I've already written one this summer (don't ask why), so I think we're tied now. Anyway, I've spent my summer making lots of progress and doing lots of lazy things...causing me to be way too busy being bored to blog.

I started the summer off pretty well. After the first couple days of waking up at noon and going to bed at 2, I decided to be a little more wise mature. I started waking up at 9 and going to bed at 2. I spent every waking minute cleaning and organizing and unpacking and repacking and washing and sorting and throwing and basically sorting through my entire life. The memories were great and terrible and awesome and sad all at once. It was a real emotional rollercoaster every now and then. To show for all my work, I now have the most organized room you will ever see. Every single picture I have is filed away in an album. Every single clothing item I own is hung or folded and stored away neatly (and by color!). Believe it or not, I even spent time sorting my hairties out today. Yes, sometimes I can be a little Type A when it comes to organization. In addition to the neatness, there's this massive pile of clothes and shoes and trashy/cheesy chic flicks and random objects that I'm planning on getting rid of later this summer.

Life reorganized? Check.

During much of my sorting time, I've been watching a TV series called "Chuck," which, if you haven't heard of it, I strongly recommend. It's the classic nerd gets stuck and falls for the pretty girl but can't quite have her plot. There's actually a lot more than that to it, but it's really awesome. I finished the entire first season today, and I started it on Monday. Whooooops. That's lots of tube time. Fortunately, my brother only owns one season.

Brain trashed? Check.

I've already read two books. Both by Nicole Baart. A bit cheesy? Yeah. Still worth it? Definitely. They even both have a sincere, redemptive theme running through them.

Summer book list started? Check.

Dang it. My posts always get way too long. Sorry to anyone reading this.

David graduated from college. I suppose that's a pretty big deal, so I spent about four days doing that. We started driving last Wednesday night, got there Thursday night. Went to Baccalaureate. Went to Commencement--heard AND saw THE LAURA BUSH give the address. That was legit. Had a picnic with his fellow AEX housing group brothers and their families. Hung out with Kim Brinkerhoff--even more awesome than standing less than twenty feet away from Mrs. Bush. Drove home. Spent two hours recharging the battery of Madame Gaga (Chris Bylsma's name for our monster of a green van) at 2 AM. Finally made it home.

Family road trip disaster number one of the summer? Check.

Finally, I've been mowing. I only mow two lawns a week, but they're both kind of ridiculously huge with lots of curves and turns and trees and shrubs to go around, so they take forever. Plus, I have to use the WeedWacker on both of them, so an hour and a half each is the minimum time commitment. Those jobs have also caused me to have my first two sunburns.

Increasing my chances of getting skin cancer? Check.

Although it may sounds like I'm busy after just typing a novel about everything I've been doing, I'm really not. I've watched an entire season of a TV show while sorting hairties. I'm bored. Fortunately, my weekend's looking a bit more exciting. Starting with...

...substitute teaching!! Woo! I substitute teach tomorrow. Basically, I go to every class with a sixth grade girl who has Austism. I'm subbing for my mom (long story). Mom shares lots and lots of stories about her job. Should be interesting, to say the least.

After that, Tulip Festival through Saturday... with Janine (and a sleepover!). and Mia. and Jordan. and other awesome Dordt people. Plus some awesome high school friends. Should be a blast. Maybe I'll finally get busy not being bored and have some time to blog. We'll see.

Finally posted again on my blog? Check.