Junaluska Chronicles

Somehow I've still been able to make the yearly trek to Lake Junaluska for Carolina Campmeeting. This is my 15th year! Carrie got to share our house again. We met up in Knoxville by accident and drove the rest of the way together.

There couldn't be a nicer place to have campmeeting. Not only is it beautiful but most people stay on campus so you never know who you're going to bump into. Academy buddies, MPA faculty, old church members, conference office people, old bosses, people you know from all over that you didn't think would be at campmeeting. Of course, this becomes a problem when you want to get somewhere on time and you must stop and talk for 20 minutes to Mrs. So-and-so who was your Sabbath school teacher eons ago. Mom, Carrie, and I walked around the lake on Friday morning and happened to meet Stanley (Ryan's dad) on his way around the 5k.

There were two bad things about the long weekend:
#1 The Ryans were long distance
#2 I spent $130 on veggie food (at campmeeting discounts!)

But Tara came for a visit from New Zealand! 3 of the 5 bridesmaids were here to help put the wedding invitations together while watching James Bond escape a volcanic erruption.

Tara mentioned the fact that we've been friends for 10 years now. Scary isn't it? Perhaps its even more scary that 4 months from now Tara's gonna be married... This could quite possibly be the last 2 am all-in-one-bed girl talk ever.

It was nice to be with Mom and Dad too. Mom got to come up for the entire week!
(We didn't try to match for this picture, honest.)

Homeward bound (don't you LOVE the mountains!)
Carrie and I stopped in Knoxville attempting to see a movie but the theater didn't have what we wanted to see. So we shopped instead but my only purchase was a deck of Dutch Blitz cards. Sigh... Now its on to a very busy week with clinicals plus working at least 36 hours. I was at Memorial's ER today and got to see a patient get shocked for the first time. He woke up quite quickly but I think he was glad we did it!

Visit to the wavepool

We all got in, but I'm the only one that braved the waves to ski. I think I'm ready for a rodeo now.

Boating day gone bad: Somebody floated their jeep along with the boat. At least the windshield wipers still worked.

Picture of the Weekend

In honor of a Sunday off! (and edited to my own tastes)

EIGHT Lasts
1. Last cigarette: Never even close
2. Last beverage: Does water count? If not, probably orange juice or Silk Chocolate Milk
3. Last phone call: Carrie
4. Last text message: Carrie (but it's usually Stephanie)
5. Last CD played: The Jaclyn's Mix CD Carrie made me summer '04
6. Last bubble bath: I don't remember, I've probably had 2 my entire life
7. Last time you cried: cried or shed a tear? um... sometime middle of last week maybe
8. Last meal: Bran muffin, strawberries and Silk yogurt, crazy bread from Little Ceasars

EIGHT Have You’s
1. Have you ever dated someone twice? I think three or four times is more accurate
2. Have you ever been cheated on? Unfortunately, YES
3. Have you ever bought condoms? absolutely not, although I've had them shoved at me several times by healthcare people who think everybody MUST be doing it
4. Have you ever kissed someone & regreted it? At the time, no, later, yes
5. Have you ever fallen in love? definitely
6. Have you ever lost someone? many times
7. Have you ever been depressed? yes
8. Have you ever been drunk and thrown up? This is precisely why drinking doesn't sound fun to me

Name SIX things you did in the past three days
1. Ate at the Heilmans house
2. Played Dutch Blitz (and won, hee hee)
3. Sat in a graveyard
4. Rubbed Ryan's feet at least twice
5. Wrote a 9 page paper on Illeris' Three Dimensions of Learning Model
6. Went to Walmart twice (far too many times for me)

List FOUR people you can tell pretty much anything to
1. Ryan
2. Stephanie
3. Carrie
4. Tara

List THREE favorite colors
1. Blue
2. Green
3. Brown

List TWO things you want to do before you die
1. Travel Europe (Definitely have to agree with this one, Stephanie. Let's go together!)
2. Get married

SO FAR IN 07′…
Been to school – Yes but why am I still doing this exactly?
Done something you swore never to do – As a general practice, no, so probably not
Laughed until you cried - Maybe just a little bit
Went behind your parents back - Does this apply to me anymore?
Met someone who changed your life – Maybe one of my patients
Gotten close to someone- closER to someone...
Found out who your true friends were - I already knew that

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF……
1. Bush: Just leave the guy alone and let him do his job, you couldn't do it much differently and neither could anybody else.
2. Gay Marriage? I think this term is an oxymoron
6. Who is the best hugger that you know? Ryan
7. Do you believe in love at first sight? Based on my definition of love, No
8. Is there something you want to tell someone? If you're my friend, I love you and I'm glad you're in my life
9. What brand of shirt are you wearing? Limited
13. How many kids do you want to have? 2, no more, no less
15. Do you wanna change your name? Nope, unless you're talking about an eventual last name addition ;-)
16. What did you do for your last birthday? My parents were here, Ryan left a rose on my doorstep before going to take an ACT, I went and played the organ in the morning, maybe we went out to eat at Tony's and to a Lookouts game?
17. What time did you wake up today? 8:15 WOW, that is highly unusual
18. What were you doing at midnight last night? Ryan was driving me home
19. Name something you CANNOT wait to do: go boating this afternoon
20. Last time you saw your dad: my cousin's wedding last month
21. What is one thing you wish you could change about yourself? I would become less afraid and be more of a risk taker
27. Least favorite month? January, its a depressing month, you've eaten too much, the holidays are over, school goes on forever, its cold, need I say more
32. Coke or Pepsi? Mountain Dew on RARE occasions
34.have you kissed or been kissed by anyone in the past week? Definitely ;-)

PGA here he comes: Ryan relives his 34 (that's 2 under par!)

Ryan figured out that he can manage a full golf swing using Tyrone in the living room... in slow motion of course.

Things I don't like:

TRAINS
People who make things more difficult and longer than they have to be
Campus safety
Corporate offices
TV remotes that are not chained to the TV
Filling my car up with gas
Carpenter bees
Lazy landlords
Waking up in the middle of the night
When nice people die
Theory - I've decided it's overrated
Finding sources
APA
The distance to Carrie's house

Things I do like:

Ryan
The distance to Ryan's house
Silk key lime yogurt
Dishwashers
Baseball season
Cool evening breezes
Organ music (if I could get to the organ to play it)
Cell phones
Good books
Summers with NO school
Campmeeting
Pizza Hut breadsticks
Girlfriends
New stamps
The adjective FREE