Finally

It has only been a couple of weeks, but it feels like ages since I last wrote. I graduated from high school with an honors diploma and started a full time job at a military merchandising company—I mostly work in a warehouse. I really enjoy it, I've been learning so much! I  assemble matted prints, help out in production, pull stock, file, and I'm going to keep learning more and more. I've never worked full time before and the weekend is a huge relief.

I sang a solo at graduation in the senior song. I was so nervous, but it went pretty well. :) It was so good to see my family. My dad and his parents were there, and my second cousin. There were also a bunch from Oregon. I've been trying to spend as much time with friends as I can before I leave for college in September, and it's difficult with so little free time. So far it's been going well though. I'm in the real world now...

I'd like to start a new blog. This one has carried me through high school, and I'm ready to start fresh. To those few that might possibly still read, I thank you.

http://foreverkfiz.blogspot.com/

JOB!

I got a job!!! A full-time job! I'll start after graduation—I am so freaking excited. It's at U.S. Allegiance Inc. They make all kinds of military merchandise. I feel so good right now, I have a plan. I hate not having a plan. Now I can make a budget and start saving for college and buy new clothes and shoes and all this stuff and AHHH I can't wait! They seemed really nice too!

Also my birthday is this Friday! Sorry, wow, so many exclamation points. But I'm happy! I'm turning 18. :) And my party is going to be so much fun, and so many friends are coming. And finals are almost all over! Just random projects left. SO CLOSE!

Cake from Noe's birthday 

Bratwurst!!

Wrapping Up the Break

I realizea lot of what I'm posting is boring, and it's probably because I'm on spring break at home with nothing to do, but I'll work on coming up with actual stories and things to talk about. Today I went down to my grandparents' house for Easter. There was a delicious potluck and a quite enjoyable game of Bump with my mom and uncles. School starts tomorrow and I'll be back to rarely posting, I'm sure. I had a great time with my family today. My grandpa turns 70 tomorrow and the day after that my grandma turns 65. Crazy! We're all pretending he's turning 60. ;) Other than that, I got shoes for the Mr. Thunder Pageant, I applied for a job at McMenamins, and I found my ipod! Yay.

P.S. I forgot to mention a while ago that I decided not to do softball. Too much stress with my classes and I just wasn't feeling up to it.

These are 3 of the 5 cousins I saw today and my brothers. And me.

Leaving soon...

It was raining at the mountain the last couple of days so I was called off from work. Since I got my food-handler's card, they had me running food to people as well as dish-washing. Now I'm done 'til the winter season. I am leaving for Virginia on Friday and I'm going to miss everyone so dearly. I'm going to write so many letters. Right now I'm just trying to have a positive attitude and to not get worked up about missing everyone. At this point, the only things left on my summer list to do are summer reading and shopping.

I'm kind of melancholy right now and having writer's block...

Licensed Driver!

A lot has happened recently... First of all, about a week and a half ago, my bestliest friend Kacie arrived from Texas!!! Unfortunately no accent, but she's here until next Friday. I'm so happy that she's here. :)

Also, TODAY I GOT MY LICENSE!!!! :D I got marked down a little with the driving but I was pretty proud because none of it was related to my actual driving; it was just a couple little things that I did. Not important. Anyway, I used my own car for the test. I considered using KP's car because it's an automatic but when I tried it out this morning, it was just extremely uncomfortable and weird. I'm better with my stick shift.
We also floated the river today! The weather wasn't incredible, but tomorrow it's going to rain so at least we did it while we could. I'm exhausted. I swam a large chunk of the float and Kacie and I biked home. We've been doing a lot of that since we don't want to stay home and the parental units have work...and they're just tired of driving me around. Not anymore though! ;) I drove to Domino's and picked up pizza this evening. First drive by myself. I'm really excited that I'll be able to know my way around much better.
I'm not really looking forward tomorrow morning...I have to take the 8:15 bus to work for an orientation. I'll be up at the mountain again this summer. I'm hoping to go roller skating soon...

Some Matters of Business

Yesterday Andy and I put new speakers and a new stereo in my car. :) They sound so much better. I learned how to hook up all the wiring and everything. I really like learning how things work like that. I also scheduled my driving test... I know I shouldn't be but I'm still kind of nervous. I know it won't be too bad though. I'm scheduled for June 27th at 9, and I also have to take the 20-question test. I'm surprised it's so simple for something so important. I think it shouldn't be so easy because then a bunch of morons are allowed to drive.
I'll probably start working again in the next week or two. It'll probably be about 4 days a week. If I get my food handler's card, a much wider range of opportunities will open up for me. Until then, I'll be washing dishes and bussing again. But it's good! I have expenses for my car and insurance saved and this will help with that some more. It also just gives me a bit more freedom. I can't wait to get my license...

Phone fail

I had a rather lovely evening tonight! Michael Jackson dance wii game...mini pizzas...the game of Real Life...Cuppa Yo...all very good things. A less good thing is that today at work I dropped my phone in a sink full of water. I took it apart a bit and let it sit in some rice for a few hours. It was still having issues but I let it sit for several more hours when all of the fun things were happening so now it's working fine. I feel like I really need to memorize some numbers now to save me some stress in the future. I've decided that after this season, I don't want to work up at the mountain again. I'd rather be somewhere closer and not so cold. I'm not sure if I'll be working during the summer or not. I'll probably be able to drive myself to a job by then. Summer is probably my favorite season. I'm really tired of the cold.

Huzzah!

I finished my scarf! I'm so proud! I didn't make any mistakes and I taught myself how to 'bind off' to finish it. I'm so glad it's Friday. We have a three-day weekend. I should get my first paycheck tomorrow at work! It's supposed to be really busy up there. I also had my first behind-the-wheel session at driver's ed. Just in general, I am not a fan of driver's ed. However, it is quite useful. There has been really nice, warmish weather lately and I'll be sad when it's gone. I'm pretty much ready for the snow to leave now. Here I go, talking about the weather. I think it's a sign that I should stop writing. So bye!

Christmas

     Yesterday was Christmas! I've decided that it's much more fun to say "Happy Christmas!" Who even says 'merry' anyway? Oh I'm feeling quite merry today. No.
     I'm sooo happy! I received a new camera and a piano bench with storage in it and a bunch of knitting stuff! I can now take beautiful pictures that are good quality! THANK YOU FAMILY! I LOVE YOU!
     Today was my second day of work. I didn't work yesterday so I stayed a bit later today. I got a $3 tip for it! But then I left it in the uniform laundry... Meh. Tomorrow I won't have to. It's really nice to be able to snowboard though! I get a free season pass. I'm just bussing tables and washing dishes but sometimes I'll see people I know.

Good Things...

Today's Joe's birthday! He's 12! Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and I'm starting work at the mountain! I'm quite excited. This is a really short post but that's what's going on. :)

Winter break!

It's here!!! At last, freedom! Although I got homework from 3 teachers... But whatever! I can actually do some things now! Well maybe. I got a job. :) I took a drug test today and will probably start work on Monday at the mountain! I need to go Christmas/birthday shopping soon. And learn how to drive in the snow. I need to learn some Christmas songs on guitar. I'm wondering if there will be karaoke at the Christmas party tomorrow...because there better be.
I wonder if anyone is opposed to these very short posts I've been writing...there's not enough information to make a long post lately, I guess.