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5/28/2014 0 Comments Rule #32Last night was a much needed break from the usual routine. With a family dinner to our favorite kind of restaurant, a Japanese hibachi grill. It was a great way to end the diet break (now officially back on it today). Now, don't be mistaken, I'm not actually related to any of the people in the photo to the left. But when Katie and I were campers, those two were our favorite counselors and would always beg Steve (the camp's director, and currently my boss) to place us in a group with the two of them. Unfortunately they were also Steve's favorites and he didn't think it was right to place the two best counselors in the same group, leaving everyone else to fend for themselves, to it rarely happened that we would all be in the same group together. Fortunately our love for them only grew, and soon we told them that they were officially our camp "parents". And it all took off from there. Soon our parents were "having kids" left and right. Below is a picture of our original camp family... That's Mom and Dad with their five main kids. Now it's down to the four of us, having our family dinners about once or twice a year. We all still work at Camp except for Curtis who, (like father like daughter) is spending his time working on independent films and other such ambitions. It's refreshing to have such a nice change of pace and catch up with those whom you haven't gotten to see in a long time. I always find it funny how we can pick up right where we left off, as if no time at all has passed between seeing each other. The evening was filled with delicious food, great people and, of course, lots of laughter. I'm not sure what it is about those three, but whenever I get together with them I always seem to laugh harder than I think is safe for a person to do. Fortunately I see more that one family dinner in this year's future due to Katie and I being in college now and, therefore, full of free time from May to September. And it's nights like these that make me remember Rule #32: Enjoy the Little Things. Thank you for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayExplosions by Ellie Goulding
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5/26/2014 0 Comments Whoops!So I realize that I have been severely slacking in the blogging department, and I wish I could blame it on being too busy because I really can't. Over the past three days I did work over 32 hours, but before that I pretty much sat around for a week pulling my hair out from boredom. I simply couldn't find the motivation to write for some reason. I was really in a bit of a slump. Today I'm hoping that the slump will finally be lifted, as I'm finally returning to some regularity. for about the past week I have been severely lacking in the "diet" department. I allowed myself the week to indulge and go off my Paleo AND gluten-free diet (which I've been on since June) since I told myself I would do the Paleo for three months and I have, so as a reward I got a week to enjoy the things I haven't been able to eat in a year. ....I'm pretty sure I've undid all that I've worked so hard to accomplish. I mean, who would have known that so many of the people I know would have had to many reasons to bring me cake?! I had forgotten how friggin' amazing that stuff is. And, of course, now that I've gotten a taste for all those amazing, gluten-filled treats again it's going to be rather hard to jump back into my Paleo way of life. And I honestly want to be on my Paleo diet again. I felt so good on it, and I was finally at a weight that made me actually like the way I looked (which I think might take a couple weeks of hard workouts to return to after this week of downright pigging out). But hopefully I'll get back in with ease and be back to enjoying the way I look. Unfortunately my gym membership doesn't start until June 1st at the Greendale YMCA since I have a free summer membership for working at one of their summer camps, so until then it's triathlon training and workout tapes in the living room :) And, of course, chasing the kitten around the house. The kitten has now officially been named Luki after much thought about what boy names worked. Unfortunately we had been calling him Lucy for two weeks, thinking he was a she and so we went with Luki, which is basically the same name so it still felt right. He's loving his new family and is one of the most affectionate kittens I've ever met. We joke that he is practically a dog. He always wants to be around people and ALWAYS wants to be held and pet by everyone. Every night he joins me in bed and wakes me up with kisses at the wonderful hour of 5 a.m. when he's ready for play time, which I cordially turn down the invitation to, so as to get a few more precious hours of sleep. :) Hope to start writing more regularly starting now, but I've said that before. Thank you for checking in, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayLatch by Disclosure 5/12/2014 0 Comments Playing a Little Catch-upOk, so it has officially been seven days since my last post. Whoops... I wish that I could say my days have been just too busy to post, but that would be a lie. Truth is, I just haven't had anything to say. Not much was going on since I was in a bit of a "transition mode" coming from school and permanently moving back home for the next four months. I'm getting out of the essay writing state of mind and getting back into the "work, work, work" mindset that I used to have before college started. Now things are actually starting to pick up like I had hoped they would, and what I seem to find is that I have more to say and to write about when things are hectic and chaotic and less to say when times are more relaxed. Let me give you a little snapshot of the days to come and what they will be filled with: I am still working about six shifts a weekend at The Harrington Farm, the wedding venue I work for. I work about three weddings a weekend and work three setting shifts as well. So yeah...there go my weekends. I also have been hired as one of the two directors of the Leader Program at the YMCA camp that I work at in the summer. It is a lot of prep work, which will be taking up a lot of my time. It means planning events, trainings, social events, plan activities, etc. In addition to getting that all ready, I also will be going into camp almost everyday that I'm able to in order to help Steve, the camp director, get everything ready for the summer that which is fast approaching. This involves hours in the office doing paperwork, helping plan other events, organizing schedules, staffing and so on and so fourth. The fast-approaching camp also meaning I will not only have to plan and hold trainings for the Leader Program, but I have my own trainings that camp and the Y hold for us to attend as well as Open Houses for new families that I have to work and certificates that I need renewed. Oh and I am also going to be working on a video project for Chickee's Dance World's upcoming recital, marking their 30th year of teaching dance! Plus there are family events and vacations to attend, friends to visit while we're all back, camping trips to plan, triathlons to compete in, kittens to play with, and - of course - I have to fit in my exercise somewhere in there everyday. Needless to say: here comes trebel (office reference, hope you're reading Audrey). Seems like there will soon be much to discuss! Stay Tuned for some more insightful posts and less "catch-up" posts to follow! Thank you for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayAwake My Soul by Mumford & Sons 5/5/2014 0 Comments A Rose By Any Other Name...Say hello to my little friend... That's right, Sunday night I adopted this little bundle of joy from a little that my friend's cat had about 14 weeks ago. Unfortunately I only had time to spend a few minutes with her before I had to head back to school, but I will be home Thursday for some quality kitten bonding time. Naming this little critter has proven to be a difficult task, especially when I'm not there to get to know her personality. At first my mother and I loved the name Dog. But it just doesn't seem like a female name to me. So then I though Woof, since it was similar. This lead to Wolf, since she looks like a wolf almost, which lead to Wolfie. But none of them have really seemed right. I'm stuck with Lucy right now, but that is subject to change at anytime. I can't wait to start spending more time with her and I hope she soon gets over her fear of a new, foreign household and being separated from her mother and siblings. Sorry for the short, and infrequent posts lately. Finals week will be over soon and then it's smooth sailing, and twice daily blogs to catch up on how far I've fallen behind. Thanks for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayI Need You by M83 5/1/2014 1 Comment The End of a BeginningYesterday was a rather frightening day for me. Why is that? you ask. Well. It marked the last day of classes for my freshman year of college. Never has time flown so fast as during these past two semesters. I literally remember the fear edging into me as I lay in bed the night before moving in on that fiercely hot August day, thinking tomorrow night I will be sleeping in my dorm room.... It was a scary thought, because for so long college had been just an idea, an event that was always in the future. But that night it was too close for comfort. I wanted to go, but didn't at the same time. And now it's over. I'm moving back in a few short days to being working my life away so that I can afford to come back in the fall...it's a viscous cycle... What's even more frightening is that if this year went by so fast, can you imagine how quickly my next three years here will go by? Before I know it I will be paying bills, getting a "big kid" job and, well, becoming an adult. AHH! Can't I be like Peter Pan? Never grow up and never have any real responsibilities? But, no, at the same time I am excited. I am ready to make something of myself, and work hard to get a job that I both love to do and can pay the bills. It's so close I can taste it. But if my experience with this year of college has taught me anything, it's that those days will be here before I know it. It's such a strange feeling, but not a bad one as I know there are many great things coming. I'll be in L.A. this summer, Paris in the Spring, and New York the summer following that! Oh, and I couldn't forget that cruise in November! Things are happening, but it's a bittersweet goodbye to my Freshman year of college. Thanks for reading, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayBeating Heart by Ellie Goulding |
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