australian adventures...or just stuff.

on my way up.

2007-05-04T16:53:00.000+09:00

i'm now i guess half way up the east coast(on the gold coast).
i'm staying with a girl who i met on my travels and she said i can stay with her as long as i please.
i may stay here for longer than expected because the weather is beautiful and i can just relax!! i can take up surfing more because i had my 'beginners' lesson in sydney with one of my new friends!!
i had heaps of fun in sydney...seeing fireworks over the harbour bridge and opera house, going to a german pub, having filthy kebabs, making lots of friends whilst eating dirty babs, eating the most glorious chicken burger ever at oportos, with extra chilli(chilli pepper, not chili..chili...), going to toronga zoo and making friends with giraffes, & experiencing a service at HILLSONG church!
i truly love sydney. i am invited to a wedding next year in michigan!! random!

yyea...so life is good. australia is my 2nd fave continent on this earth.
God bless you all.

2007-04-24T08:25:00.000+09:00

travelling is weird. seeing new stuff and being excited about it is fun.
melbourne was a really cool city...but by the time i knew my way around and saw what i wanted to see...i was like...NEXT CITY please.

playing at playgrounds by yourself if exhilirating.

i'm now in sydney. i'm staying with a friend of a friend who is now my friend! her name is eloise.
its raining outside. i want to go into the city...but i'm comfortable where i am.

i met this bloke at planetshakers city church on sunday and we hung out all day on monday. it was really cool. he ended up driving me to the airport and that was nice.

i feel like i dont want to tell a bunch about what i'm doing so that i'll have heaps of stories when i come home to share..with photos to illustrate. it should be fun.

it will be fun.

i dont like thinking of titles.

2007-04-15T15:07:00.000+09:00

this past week has been way too busy for words, but every moment was precious.

easter was on my birthday this year and it was wonderful. the fact that i wasnt at home for my 21st kinda hit me hard when it got up to the day...but my 'family' here treated me well and made me feel as special as they possibly could. we had a day at the beach for a friend, sophie's, baptism, and then we had the best ever cake (caramel mud cake) for my bday. we chilled out in the afternoon and then went to the drive ins for some good fun. we played pictionary and friends and family called from home which was very lovely.

this week consisted of:

sand boarding down sand dunes
learning how to bake aussie desserts
shopping (what week doesnt consist of that?)
having a sleep over at nikki's place and watching depressing - world trade centre
last day at pronto's
being prepared for an organized food fight after friday night church, but that being cancelled
being so pumped for skydiving and then God didnt want us to go b/c it was too windy, so we just all hung out
planning to have our bday party at the beach today (in an hour), but it is raining a whole lot, so we're having it at the cottrell's, which is good, too.
making our cake right now, julie's making the icing and says it tastes too buttery, so she put vanilla vodka in it...and now it tastes great..haha.

our main tasks for tomorrow:

trying to fit our doubled wardrobe into all the same luggage that we brought
having a celebration of yaagerbombs later in the evening

what i learned this week is that, GOd's plan is better than our plan, even in the little things. so dont stress, dont be disappointed, just delight yourself in the Lord, our God.

if anyone wants to get a hold of me on my travels...you can literally call anytime...b/c time differences get way too confusing...the number to call is...

00 111 +61 435 028 684

rotto.

2007-04-06T17:51:00.000+09:00

oh dear.
we had our 'weekend' away at rottnest island....from thursday morning til friday afternoon...
let me list some interesting events...

decided on taking the "jump on, jump off bus" instead of hiring bikes...(good move)
explored many o' beaches around the island

found this one deserted cove and just hung out til it started to rain

got some real good coffee at dome

watched a great sunset

had quokkas invade the boys 3 man tent, which resulted in a bad smelling tent, which led us to all 5 of us sleeping in a 2 person tent....oh what fun...

got up nice and early after an awful sleep to watch the sunrise

had fun at the beach and had a good sand fight before heading off the island to perth

yay for a very memorable getaway...
happy easter.

a week ..in the life of jillian leah friesen.

2007-03-18T16:19:00.000+09:00

OH before i forget, techinically this is LAST week, nikki (from work) took me to a footy game (first ever!) and it was a hoot & hollerin' time...besides the men behind us that were cursing at the players...it was lovely....haha.
(to the left, is myself and nikki...at the game...way too excited, maybe?...nah!)

we went to a small group at tim & nerida's house this past tuesday and it was wonderful. the people in our small group are genuinely great. tim & nerida are the leaders of the small group...the have kids of their own and the rest of us in the group range from ages 18-28 (i think). anyways, their dog had puppies! maltese/shih tzu mix...3 of them. it was the cutest, ever. (to the right, is Blaire, holding a pup).

i went for a little shopping trip on wednesday at my favourite store here, supre. i got 2 tops, some skinny leg jeans and a sun dress! here are some photos:
on wednesday night we were invited over to a couple from church's house for dinner. Chris and i were picked up and brought to their house (Mike & Julie is what they were called) and we had a nice dinner on their patio with their 2 sons and daughter. there were really great and the conversation was all good...and chris and i got on well with their 2 sons.

thursday we went to a bbq to our friend eva's. we had some lovely lamb chops and sausage with some salads...and the company there was nice. (hah, short, but sweet response.)

friday we had our church and whatnot and then we had some people over to watch "robin hood - men in tights" unfortunately i fell asleepabout 20 minutes into it...but i had a laugh prior to that.

on saturday(st pattys day! & jayjay day), julie and i intended on going to see these things called the pinnacles in Nambung national park...but it is 250 kms up north and we cant rent a car and our friend who told us we could probably use his car, sold it...so that didnt end up working out...instead...we went shopping at Karrinyup mall and oh what a joy it was!

we went to...big W which is the equivalent to our walmart...i have no clue why they chose to change the name..but keep the slogan?

later that night it got semi-eventful when we went skating at 'skaters on ice' and it was our friend, scott's 2nd time EVEr going...poor guy...he fell and ended up with a concussion. i actually havent heard from him today, but i'm trusting that he's doing okay. we took him to the hospital last night and left him in the care of the doctors and his brother.

and now the week is done! another week is beginning...(this is a dumb blog, im thinking...but i'mnot going to apologize...b/c if you werent interested, you could have stopped reading...easy enough.) OK. i'm done.

blah blah blllaahhhh. i talked to my step mom and dad today and it was nice! yessssss!

blah.

its really simple..

2007-03-10T16:53:00.000+09:00

God revealed this simplicity to me today:

"if a Man died for you...

would you not want to honour Him, and live your life, everyday, for Him?"

i do.

Lila.

2007-03-09T17:01:00.000+09:00

a couple days ago, i did my bi-daily walk around the building, giving away the bread i get from work and i went up to unit 312 and a malaysian lady, probably mid-60's comes to the door, who is so so little and she has really bad reumatoid arthritis. i give her the bread and she is so thankful...and invites me in...so i go in...and hang out with her for a little bit. she asks me which unit i live in and i tell her i live in unit 12, on the ground floor underneath her. she asks me about our bbq and how come she never smells any meat being bbq'd? i tell her that meat is expensive...and ya...
and she said, well, i'll shout you a round of meat.
and i said no no no no thankyou but no.
after me trying to refuse mulitple more times she says that she is doing this from her heart and that when i can afford it, i can do something similar for someone.
she gave me 20 dollars to buy meat, and then i ended up just chatting with her for about an hour. i left her my mobile number and told her if she needed anything ever, to call me.
so she made my whole life. she was the sweetest little thing.
this is what came of lila's generosity:mmmm good eatin'.

today i got a lot of good emails from good people. it was nice.

annette's craziness.

2007-03-01T15:06:00.000+09:00

this is something that annette told me happened to her:
(read annettes part with a thick swedish accent)

setting: walking dogs in a dog park.

guy: hey, how are you going?
annette: great! you?
guy: oh good, today is my partner & my 1yr anniversary & we'll be going out for dinner tonight.
annette: oh nice! so, i assume you are gay?
guy: (taken aback) what?! no!
annette: well, i just figured b/c you said partner, and well, you look like you are gay.
guy: i said partner b/c we have both been married before and we only had a ceremony celebrating our love, not a wedding.
annette: okay. well, i guess its not that bad, b/c this is probably not the first time someone has thought you were gay.
guy: no, this is the first time.
annette: (getting nervous) ok, well, see you later, dont tell your wife about this!

oh my gosh.

i love her.

yesterday pete gave us each a scone, and they were so so good, and annette says, "oh, peter, these are 10 of 10"
yesterday she also says to me, "oh wow, you are a vacuum"

alright. thats it.

g'day.

2007-02-25T20:38:00.000+09:00

and that it was...
a good day.

we went cliff jumping today and it was insane! i had sooo much fun. we went off of 3 cliffs, the first being 8metres, second- 10m, third - 12m. i love it and hate it all at once. we played with jellyfish(the safe ones) and hung out in the swan river. it was a great day.
we then walked along a sand bar into the river about a mile...which was also cool.
chris and i did these fun things with cat, scott, belinda, and matt.

yesterday we went to 'cohunu koala park' and hung out with some australian wildlife.

it was extremely neat and julie and i had a wonderful time there. on our way to the 'zoo' we were misled by transperth's directions there...we got to the right spot, but when transperth told us we could walk the rest of the 1700m there, they didnt mention that it was impossible because you had to go on the freeway. sooo...we ended up getting lost in a elderly village and had some fun watching them lawn bowl and finding our way outta there.

february is almost over, hard to believe.
next weekend we are possibly going down to a beach town called mandurah with our church friends. it should be a nice time. and we get to see tanya again!

if i can pray for anyone in any situation thats going on right now, i would love it if you'd either comment or email me prayer requests. i'm working on getting to know God better, and just talking to Him about everything, so if i can do that with giving things to God for your sake, i would be ever so grateful.

ACK!

2007-02-18T18:58:00.000+09:00

I have re-discovered my love for concerts!!!

snow patrol was absolutely amazing. i love it.
jolly good show.
the venue was so so sweet. none like i have ever been to.

this place was out in the middle of nowhere and was a bit difficult to find with awful directions..but we made it! we were sitting down for the first 3 songs and i was like, "excuse me i cant handle this, i need to go into the crowd" so we made our way into the drunken masses of people and plopped ourselves about 10 rows from the front.

concerts are so fun.

today we went to church and kicked around with cat. she is one cool cat.
this is her:

shes so gorgeous and i'm so thankful that we became friends instantly.

i have updated my flickr, if you wanna get linked over there - you can click on the badge thats underneath my links on the right. (easy peasy!)

i smell of food.

2007-02-17T14:00:00.000+09:00

i worked today and saturdays i get paid time and a half of what i'm already making (which is like 17 dollars)..far out. love it.

last night a couple girls from work and i went to annettes house (the swedish lady) and then went into subiaco to go to a bar. it was pretty fun...i like going out with different people. it'll happen again, i reckon, and i like that.
annette was a riot.

the other day i came home with a few loaves of bread from work and knew that we had tons in the freezer still, so i approached a guy on the way home and gave him a loaf and he was so happy about it. and then i went to one of the neighbours and introduced myself and gave him a loaf too. both were very gracious and i realized how easy it is to make someone smile.
i love that.

we're going to see snow patrol tonight! its gonna rule. its raining today though and its in an amphitheatre, so i hope its still on. we are renting a car and chris is gonna have to drive up there. its kinda dodgy, b/c none of us have actually been behind the wheel down here...we'll just have to make sure of us turning onto the correct side of the road...it should be crazy.

toodles.

how great is our God?

2007-02-11T23:33:00.000+09:00

so good.

i'm tired now, so this will just be a point form version of a great weekend of new friends and new churches.
we went to that church thing on friday night and it was amazing. tanya picked us up and she is just wonderful. we met her friends at the church and everyone was just lovely.

today we hung out all day with them, cat (tanya's best friend) picked us up for church and stuff and it was great and we went out for lunch and to visit julie at work and then hung out all day and went to another church thing at night at another church. its just so great and these girls -tanya and cat are so so great and they are just what i needed. we have friends now. good christian friends who we truly love already which is so...God. He is so awesome. The timing was perfect and its just going to be great from here on in, i just know it.

anna

2007-02-09T17:03:00.000+09:00

nicole smith is dead?
so weird. slash sad for her situation.

oh the joys...

2007-02-08T22:52:00.000+09:00

of hopping from job to job.
so a couple days ago i got a job at this pizzeria place called "woodpeckers woodstove pizzas"..it was okay... i kinda felt sketched out there...but then on my second shift, the boss-man pissed me off good and i told myself, okay, looking for another job!
(oh ps - i'm at my job at pronto's still....this is just another job that i'm picking up to keep myself busyyyyyyyyy.)
basically he just didnt treat staff they deserve to be treated and was super controlling and i didnt need to be told what to do even though it was my second shift - i freakin ran the show the whole night while another girl just butter bread. i was like....whhhat?!! i was walking home praying and wondering if i should for sure quit..and then i saw a lady closing up her restaurant when i was just down the street from home, and i didnt really think about it, but i just walked across the street and talked to the woman (who was the owner) and asked about any positions opening and she told me to come in the next day...sooooo i went in this afternoon and she told me to come in for the dinner shift for a trial.
i then walked into subiaco and talked to boss-man and told him i found another job that was closer to home, so i'm giving my 2 shifts notice...and he said "so you think just because you found a job closer to home you can just quit this job?" and i said, "thats right..." meanwhile, i wanted to kick his shins. so i told him i'd come into work on friday...and he said ok...
then he called me back a bit later and told me not to bother...so i'm like - "excellent."
so i went in for my "trial" tonight and it was goooooood. its a nice little place - called aperol (its an italian cafe and pizzeria)...the people seem nice and it'll be good to keep me busy!!

ack. ok. so this week flew by b/c of all the dramas. woohoo!
i am tired...i only ot 3 hours sleep last night - i woke up at 515 today to go to work...mmmmm. lovely.

ok. i'm done.
ps. i have the best sister ever.

swedish co workers...

2007-02-01T14:13:00.000+09:00

oh how i love them.
my coworker(and friend) , annette...is from sweden and she is hilarious and makes me laugh SO MUCH. typing out things she does wouldnt be funny to anyone else, except for me...
but i'm glad she makes me laugh and makes my time at work very enjoyable.

oh annette.

i've discovered my love for plain M&M here. i loooove m&m peanuts...but plain ones are striking my fancy these days.

i cant believe its already february.
it seems like so long and so little ago that i was home. its weird.
this week ACTUALLY flew by. it had wings and all.

julie and i walked into perth (city central) and went into this aboriginal store and the guy in there taught us how to play the didjeridu!!! julie is gonna get one before she goes home. it was hilarious. very cool. if you wanna watch a video of us 'playing'...go here.... http://youtube.com/profile?user=jillianleah

we then went shopping and i purchased a cute summer top and a black dress for 20 bucks. woooh, cool! yes, i know.

julie is hardcore about watching friends. who knew someone could out-do me in that area?! not me, dude. i'll catch up...dont you worry.

i need to wash my hair. i'll probably do that today.

january 23rd...

2007-01-29T21:34:00.000+09:00

...was my one year FPRBM anniversary.

a celebration is in order. (i forgot about it).
this anniversary means i have spent about 150 dollars on energy drinks, in 2006. i am completely satisfied with that.

do something in celebration today! thanks!

hmmm.

2007-01-28T21:22:00.000+09:00

i talked to a bunch of my best and good friends from home today on msn.
it was very very nice.
i miss people a lot, but thats not going to stop me from having fun.

its supposed to get a bit cooler tomorrow (34) hallelujah, i can actually step outside without my whole body turning into a puddle on the ground.

my new favourite show is "so you think you can dance." i love it so so much.

things are good in our household.
we're planning on going to Bali in about one month. i'll give details when we know 'em.

this is random.
but thanks for the comments on the last post. i really love them.

ok. please enjoy your days and nights.

free food, i'm there.

2007-01-22T17:09:00.000+09:00

yesterday i went to the salvation army church, in floreat. it was a walk down the road and it ended up being quite pleasant. i was greeted by the pastor as soon as i stepped in the church and he introduced me to a girl named, laura, who he told me to sit with. she was very kind. we sat also with a guy named joel, and i met a few other people my age, as well. i think i'll go back next week and see how i like it. the worship is different than my church from home. but the people are nice. and the message was how we shouldnt just be a building, but a church. a safe place for people to come. for new people to come. spread the love. was the jist of the message. after the service joel and i got free donuts (like a 12 pack) from 'donut king.' - they donate their old donuts to the church...i ate about 3 for lunch...ick. not too bad. joel then drove me home and i sat around for the afternoon and made, pierre. (he appears to the right)
i went for a walk down to the beach and saw an amazing sunset and i just soaked it all up. it was grand.

today was my first day of work. it was fun. the girls i work with are nice and my boss' too. i made sandwiches. and i cleaned. and i got to make myself a sandwich for lunch and before i left i indulged in 2 "flat whites" (which are there, coffees...or lattes.) yum! THEN, best part of my day...it was slow today b/c it was the first day they were open after the holidays...so there was a bunch of bread and muffins left over...we all get to take home bread if we want...or else they'll just throw it out...and me, i was ALL over that plan. i ended up bringing home a big baguette thing (but more round...some italian bread i think) and 1 1/2 loaves of bread, and 2 raspberry white chocolate muffins! wooooooie. it was fab.

anywho. today is fprbm...and i only brought 4 AUD to the supa and the one that i usually get for 1.70 was sold out..and all the other ones were over 2 bucks..(i had to buy one for julie too) so i bought a "choco energy boost"...i'm nervous about it...but it was cheaper...i havent drunk choco milk in a 'supa' long time.

ok...goodnight.

lazy days...

2007-01-20T21:13:00.000+09:00

these last few days have been my last few days of unemployment. i have enjoyed the relaxed pace of this week. and this week went by fast, which i was praying for, b/c i didnt want to just be sitting around looking at the clock.

monkeys are funny animals...its great to watch them and to think that they are super similar to humans and to picture humans doing the things that they do. its creepy, also, if you think of it like that. (i was watching a monkey diary thing on the tube)

i made dinner tonight. allllll by myself.
i kinda just realized by looking at the picture that it looks like mush. but whatever!
it was a lovely hashbrown-mush-casserole. (and i made it!)

umm so i start work on monday. and i'm sooo soo excited about it. 7am i have to be there..and it takes me approximately 17 minutes to walk there...so i will be leaving at 640am...and for people at home, you can be thinking of me at about 5pm on sunday, b/c thats when i'll be starting work, your time!

well, we're watching friends! and i'm distracted...sooo...catch ya'll lata!

ps comment on my blog if you would like to (b/c i'd like you to) by pressing the blue link that says "0 comments."
THANKS! (oh and you dont have to be a member, thats the beauty of it.)

i send my love....

we're going to make soup for dinner

2007-01-17T15:22:00.000+09:00

last night we walked 4 m iles down to the beach and it was lovely! we thought we could catch a bus down there, but as we were walking, no bus passed us, so we walked, which made us late for the comet...but we saw it over some trees, bright with the tail and everything...but when we actually got down to the beach and didnt have any obstructions in our way to see the sky...it had disappeared, but we were still left with God's beautiful sky with venus shining bright and the ocean at our feet...so we dropped our clothes, and went for a late night swim! it was a great night. it was probably the most fun i have had here so far. mmmm.

then we had to walk home all wet...but that didnt stop chris from stopping to drop his clothes again and run thru some city sprinklers for a good 2 minutes while i was trying to get a decent picture.
(ps- when i say drop our clothes, we were wearing our swimmers...no worries.)

all was grand.

my boss called me last night and talked over the job with me and it seems like its going to be so fun and i will be starting monday at 7am. she asked me if i knew how to make coffee and i told her i used to work at starbucks and she got extremely excited. (there are no starbucks within all of western australia...all i have to say is that my work better have some good espresso.)

i have 2 sorts of silly 'committments' while i'm down here...the first is well on its way...julie and i are going to watch the entire series of FRIENDS during our time in perth...(we're already on the last disc of season 2) and the second one i just began today...i'm listening to every single song IN ORDER on my ipod...i began with a long session of 'nsync...and now i'm at new found glory. this one will take a long time. this is how i amuse myself ... you'd think i'd find something better since i am in australia and its amazing...but thats all i came up with.
oh and of course there is fprbm which will live on my entire life. ohhhh the goodness.

the perfect day

2007-01-16T16:39:00.000+09:00

it was today...if i could have the weather anything i wanted for the rest of my life., i'd choose the day today - it was 25 degrees...no clouds in the sky (although sometimes i love clouds...but it was super clear today), there was a slight breeze...but it meshed perfectly with the temperature. mmm.
we are probably going to the beach tonight to see "comet McNaught"...it should be pretty neat.

no internet at house yet...there are some difficulties...i'll try something with pictures soon at the library here... (ack!)

i walked for a long time yesterday and went through "kings park" and it was nice and a bird hopped onto my leg...i got scared and yelped and then it hopped off, nonchalantly-it was a great day.

i just finished reading 2 corinthians this morning and man, that book keeps giving me more and more hope (the Bible, that is..) Paul at the end chapters is boasting about his weaknesses and he says that this is fine by him b/c with him showing his weakness, it only makes God's power more recognized. that is sweet. i am indulging in scripture more and more these days and it always leaves me with an uplifted spirit. God is good, my friends.

i called my boss today and she called me "love" and she sounds so sweet. i'm excited to start work (january 22). shes calling me back tonight so we can have a little "chit-chat."

ok. library's closing!
go in peace.

home sweet home.

2007-01-10T13:53:00.000+09:00

WELL my mood has changed from my previous blog...

i am in a place here where i have never been before, and instead of missing what i have at home, i will take advantage of this time i have here and..for the most part...'home' will be the same when i return...lets just say, I'm so glad i have Jesus to lean on when i feel like i have no one else.

we live in such a cool place here. i say 'cool,' lightly...in a "neato" kind of way..and less of a "temperature" way...it is a hot one here in western australia...yesterday we made our first trip to the INDIAN OCEAN...ow ow its a beaut! [this comp that i am on in the "cambridge public library" is not allowing me to access the pictures that i have on julie's jump drive...(ack!)] but yes, that place was wonderful and despite me putting on sunscreen and us only being there for about 2 hours....i am BURNT. in the oven way too long...my sleep last night was rather painful. my stomach is a lovely pink colour, as is my knees, shoulders-down to my wrists...and the tops of my feet...and a few of my toes too.

the address i have here is
jill friesen
c/o goworkabout
po box 606
claremont, WA
6910

phone: 011 61 435 028 684

i'm excited for the next couple weeks...i believe i begin working in about a week and a half...so in the time i have before that i get to familiarize myself with the city and enjoy the heat and go to bed at 7pm and wake up at 630am. (i dont know if i'm still jet lagged or if i'm exhausted from the heat...but i'm definately getting my hours of sleep in.)

anyways i hope everything is safe at home wherever 'home' is for you folks.
take care.

we made it...

2007-01-06T15:07:00.000+09:00

i am currently in "sicilian subiaco"...alone...

to be honest...as soon as i got into our flat, i immediately started to want to go home. i know this will go away and when i get busy with my job and such, i'll be fine. but i really am sad. keep me in mind please...i just need some uplifting thoughts and such...i will be off to read my bible soon and see what God has to tell me.

its a lovely place here in Perth, though. we were in hong kong yesterday...we completely missed thursday..as in it did not exist for us b/c of the awkward flight that cancelled it out. hong kong was neat. we walked around allllll day and it was tiring and cool (i havent hooked up my pics to the comp yet...but i'll send em through as soon as i do).

the weather is incredible here...its a nice little suburb we live in.

ghostbusters is on tonight and we are making it a movie night (it starts at 630...and i will be asleep soon after). it feels like 8pm already and its only like..uh..i dont even know...like 3pm...GOSH I"M TIRED.

we just ordered coffee here and the guy brought us espresso and it has had no effect on me...apparently coffee here is called "flat white"...ya...weeeeeeeird.

i want to talk to someone from home. i think its impossible though. this is a really depressing blog...i'm sorry.

k - bye lovelies.

travel tip #1

2007-01-04T05:11:00.000+09:00

Check the baggage requirements before you begin packing 2 suitcases that weigh 45 pounds each and 2 carry ons that weigh a total of 30 pounds.

My baggage limit was 44 pounds of checked baggage (uh oh) and only one carry on item of 25 pounds.

I had a good time after that...

if you could only imagine...
we;re off to the airport...i got my luggage down to one bag - 44 pounds and one carry on of 22 pounds. <insert round of applause here, please>

check y'all lata.

in addition..

2007-01-02T10:56:00.000+09:00

to packing...i hate goodbyes.
i'm in boonton, NJ...
NYC tomorrow!
i'm tired...and full.
the next few days are gonna be different than i've ever experienced!...weird!
love you all.

i hate packing.

2006-12-31T11:22:00.001+09:00

thats it...i hate packing. i do...so so much.

for britt. (and all to enjoy)

2006-12-28T08:20:00.000+09:00

oh my dearest biff.
the things i do for your pleasing, eh?
this is my blog. i need to learn to love it. i dont assume that it will take long for this to occur...for now...i'm just a beginner-blogger.

so this day was nice - it began with a sweet awakening to fergalicious on the radio and looking over to my bed (i was sleeping in my sister's bed) and seeing two of my greatest friends. my dearests, julie and karissa. so after jumping onto them ... i got ready quickly and drove on over to starbucks where i met britt. good ol' britt. it was a nice time and it was much needed...our hang outs lacked for a busy 2 months. so i headed home b/c i needed to shampoo my hair for nikkis house....but didnt really think everything through b/c i needed to get gas on the way...so this required me to pump gas with a towel on my head. which was a first in my life. and it was QUITE enjoyable, i must say. i got stares and it was quite excellent. (i recommend adding this to your "life to-do list." i headed on over to nikkis and we hung out for a solid 5 hours while she perma-straightened my hair. loo0oooovely! well worth it! and time well spent b/c we got to bond nice and good whilst being beautified. when i was pulling out of her driveway in my honkin truck..i realized that jenica is home now, as this thought occurred in my head - i cranked the wheel the other way and headed down the street for another visit. jenica was home (woohoo) and i sat down and visited with caleb and the vandermeer's. it was nice.

and now i am home.
i will be having another visit shortly to the rosa's...i grew up with those rosa girls and dont see them too often and it will be nice to see them once before i leave for my long 'working holiday.'

ack. this blog seems to have sucked a little...but as i said before - i'm a beginner. i'll get better...

hold me to that promise. (keep on reading)

bright eyed and bushy tailed

2006-06-28T15:13:00.000+09:00

one of my best friends used that to describe how she'd see me in the morning...bright eyed and bushy tailed...right...definately always how i wake up.

right now, i'm avoiding sleep. i'm not sure why.
perhaps because....
its only 2:12 and i think my bed time may be later than that.
its a lot less effort to just do what i'm doing, than to close up the computer and close my eyes and just...lay.
i'm avoiding sleep because of something i'm thinking about...

well let me tell you...the first two are true. third, not so much...i mean...im thinking about stuff...because, quite honestly, when are we not? but...do you know when you are thinking about things so much that you dont think you can sleep...or when are are upset, or have a really strong emotion, sometimes the best thing to do is sleep... "i sleep so i dont have to feel" is a lyric from an ARMOR FOR SLEEP song. its so true. is that avoiding issues? i'm not sure if this is the right way to handle feelings or not? huh.
its not like i am sleeping to get rid of the feelings...well actually, ya...i would be...temporarily..and most of the time they are slightly faded when morning rolls around.
hah, ironic enough, i'm getting tired talking about this...i dont really know how i feel about this...so actually i dont know if anyone will read this..but at least i passed some time and got my body to wind down into sleep-mode.

night to all.