CATCH UP (PART I)

WOW! Only ONE MONTH left of summer and I have not blogged at all! TSK TSK on me! I had all these great plans for detailed blog posts, but since I'm behind I will do a two part "catch up" to summarize my summer thus far.

1. FLORIDA

Before my internship started I went to Panama City Beach, Florida for a week with my family. It was a 17 HOUR car ride, but we made it through some how. (I even managed to pull a 6 HOUR driving shift straight in a row!)



It was such a relaxing vacation to spend every day at the beach riding the waves and reading my books.

2. FISHING

Since Dekalb is nothing but boredom during the summer, Jimmy and I had to make our own fun. One of our favorite things to do is go to Lake Shabbona to go fishing. It's definitely not as good as Timberlee fishing it was still a good time. The two songs below ALWAYS put me in the mood to go fishing. (Click links to hear them)

   "You get a line, I'll get a pole,                                        "You and me go fishin' in the dark,

We'll go fishing in the crawfish hole,                           lyin' on our backs and countin' the stars...

  five card poke on Saturday night,                                  down by the river in the full moonlight

     church on Sunday morning"                                                    we'll be fallin' in love"

BOONDOCKS by Little Big Town                        FISHIN' IN THE DARK by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3. DAD'S BIRTHDAY

The end of June was my first chance to come home after starting my internship. It was so great to see my family and for them to see Jimmy before he left for Americorps. This was also a perfect weekend to come home because it was my Dad's birthday! I would have to say the highlight of his birthday was going bowling.

DISCLAIMER: My family is extremely competitive about bowling. My dad even calculates scores each round so we know what we need to bowl the next time to stay ahead of each other.

So naturally it turned into quite the competition. I was proud of myself for getting a score OVER 100 on my first game, because that is usually a struggle for me haha. However that really irked my Dad because he lost to me AND didn't make it over 100. That made for a very intense second game of my dad trying to beat me and jimmy trying to beat my dad. (See scores to the right) We are crazy about bowling to say the least but I always have a blast!

Stay tuned for "CATCH UP (PART II)" featuring my internship and visit from Jenny!