farewell minnesota

trees and lakes. i like them. kansas doesn't have them. this is the source of my pain today. i mean, i have the hardest time accepting it when i can't go jump in a lake whenever i very well please. it irritates me to be able to see for miles in any direction. i want to be able to drive down to the edge of a lake at 12:30 at night and smoke a cigar with my underaged friends!!

i hate sidewalks. i hate ponds that have a paved path around them. i hate houses that barely have enough space to walk between them. i hate video games and cable.

hesston is a nice little town. but my heart belongs in the boondocks of minnesota. these redneck hicks are a part of me. i am a redneck hick. i like gardens and long driveways. i like having little neighborhood kids around all the time. i like trailerhouses god dammit!! 

*sigh* i love my hesston family. i love school. but i hate leaving.

ack! summer's is overwhelming

so it seems my last entry was in june. that was quite a while ago. i'm gonna do a real quick rundown of my life this summer since i last updated:

camp was fantastic. six weeks of fun times in iowa. met new people. had some laughs. played with kids. and then got paid for it. not bad at all.

my camp: glorious. i mean, iowa's great, but it's nothin like ncc camp. i love u all.

^ me and my fellow sumo gangstas. word.

^ me and the other stunning female staffers takin it too far at banquet.

and then i got home. and went to work teaching/song leading at VBS at my church. cutest kids eva. eva eva.

 
^ nelly heather and i in our VBS island apparel.

^ i told u they were cute. this is crazy hair day at bible school.

^my brother and his friend, also during crazy hair day.

^ me with some of my class. yes i am wearing rainbow suspenders. it was mis-match day.

not 2 days after teaching the small children about jesus, me and a couple of my friends headed to the casino for a night of free-pop filled fun. it was great cuz if it's your first time there, u can give then 10 bucks and they give u back 20. so we played only with the money they gave us and ended up braking even and making an extra 7 bucks or so. plus i got a purse full of free moist towelets and matchboxes and like 4 cups of free pop on my way out. god bless slot machines.

and then this weekend, me and my fam smushed 8 people into a 7 passenger van and headed for a family get together in wisconsin. it was great times. and at the martin gathering, an awkward time was had by all. woot for family.

other than that, i've been working for dad as often as i can so that i won't start the school year flat broke.

speaking of which, i had a dream last night about opening weekend and i've been missing all my hesstonites ever since. i can't wait to the begin the year of the naked in less than 2 weeks. woo woo!!

in conclusion, it's been a fantastic summer. so if u have the opportunity, teach some kids about our lord, laugh it up with family and friends, make some money, and then go gamble it away. it's sure to bring u happiness.

 

so this is going to be a supremely boring but vastly important post. there are some random but very pretty pics thrown in here just to spice things up.

this is my summer contact info. i'll be working at crooked creek christian camp. here's the info.
snail mail: Crooked Creek Christian Camp 2830 Coppock Rd. Washington IA 52353
email: make sure to put my name in the subject line (and i may not get the email the day u send them; they're printed off and delivered to me) ccccamp@lisco.com 

phone:(319) 653-3611

on weekends i'll be living at my friend shane's house. to reach me there, the info is:
snail mail: 1406 Foster Woods Rd Wellman, IA 52356
phone: (319) 646-2506

for the week of june 18-24, i'll be at a whole different camp so just call my house if u're for some reason desperate to get a hold of me. so how bout u write me nice things sometimes. that'de be cool