I have discovered that most frequently I write on this thing when I feel like A. it has been a rediculously long time since I last wrote. B. I have nothing better to do. or C. I really should be doing something else, but am procrastinating and justifying my procrastination using option A. Today... I am option C. I should be working on a budget for Chattanooga Sports Ministies, the organization that I work for, but budgets just aren't very much fun, and I haven't updated in a rediculously long time :)

So, life these days. Lets see. Summer is now officially over. I shed a tear about that one. I used to sleep in, go to the pool, hang out with friends, and all sorts of other stuff. Now I go to work every morning, come home from work every afternoon, and well, still go to the pool sometimes, go to soccer games, and hang out with friends, so I guess that it is not all bad. Right now my boss is on a missions trip in Peru, so I am pretty much on my own. I have been working on this yearly budget, but it just really ist much fun. I am also currently house sitting and have decided that I never want to have cable. It is soo addictive. But for this week I am accepting my addiction and letting it flourish. :)

Lets see, something really fun that I did recently was to go out on the TN River on my friend BJ's boat. BJ and his wife live on the mountain and it is really anoying to cart a boat up and down the mountain, so they have been storing it in our backyard. The other weekend BJ, his wife Jamie, Brian, Anna Steere and myself all headed down the river on the boat. It was awesome. We rode for a while and then stopped where this was this giant rope swing into the river. Super fun, and then went downtown and drove aroudn for a while. By the time we started heading back it was pitch black and Brian had to use the spotlight to try and find bouies (no idea how to spell that one) so that we didnt crash. A little on the scary side, but pretty funny.Here we are in  the boat. You must admit, my hari looks spectacular:)

 Also funny story, the other day, before school started up again, a funny thing happened. Brian called and said, hey, can I come over and hang out. Anna and Corinne and I were in their room and so we hear Brian come in the door, and he comes in and walks by the door in his bathing suit.. "Did you guys know that BJ is in the backyard, sitting in his boat, having a beer" . In writing this doesn't sound that funny, but it real life it was histarical. We proceeded to the back to find that Brian was telling the truth. There was BJ, in the back, in his boat, enjoying a beer. I thought it was histarical :) Here they are:

Janell and I have been feeling extra adventurous this summer. It has been great. it is nice to have someone who likes to do some of the same stuff as me, and it is great having the time to be able to hang out. Anyway, the other day Janell and I decided to go canooing. It was pretty great. We got on the river and started paddling, and about five minutes later it started to pour. haha. it was awesome. We were completely soaked and probobly could have died, but it was awesome. Also something to note is that the two of us were able to successfully get the canoe on and off the xterra without any problems. Here is evidence. Also worth noting, this is the Xterra that I am buying in about a month. :)

Other than our great adventures, we end up sitting around the house and chilling a lot.

Quite enjoyable.       

It is kind of sad not to be in school anymore. I had to go up to campus yesterday to get a couple signatures and it was so wierd to be back up there, but not going to classes. I went into the computer lab to try and get some of my old stuff off  the network... I can't log in anymore. It was sort of a reality check.. I am no longer a student. But I think that I like it. Right now my job is kind of hard cause I feel like there really isnt THat much to do. I mean, there is, but it is hard to be super motivated since we have all year till the summer stuff starts up again.

I made a new friend this summer. Brian and Aaron play baseball for this adult summer league. The team is run by these two twins, Travis and Trevor, their dad helps coach, and their sister keeps stats. Anyway, I ended up going to pretty much every game and so I got to know Rachel, the sister pretty well, as well as the twins. Rachel and I have started haning out more, which is fun, and yesteray we went walking together. it is nice to be around a family and I really enjoy going to their house and chatting with Mr. Harrison as he works on his flowers, and hanging out with Rachel and the boys. I am trying to reqruit their little friend Sonya to play on my soccer team.

Well, I guess this is pretty long. I am still procrastinating, but I guess I need to move on to bigger and better things :) Hope everyone is doing well.  Meg.... UPDATE YOUR BLOG!!!.

Love you all, Banana Head