Oops.

It's been a long time since I've written in this, and boy has it been a hell of a month. I'll start roughly where I left off.

Camp started, and it's been significantly better, and also significantly worse, than last year. It's better because I got over my "slutty summer" phase and my "gossip queen" phase, and slid into my grown up, responsible, work-comes-first era. (I do not call this one a phase because I plan to hold on to these qualities and grow on them.) It's been worse because Mike is no longer there, and things in the office haven't been going to smoothly. Also, most of the new staff suck. A lot. (I say "most" because there are some exceptions, but I will only get into detail about the crappy ones.) They are constantly on their cell phones and neglecting their kids. They gossip and swear and don't take their job seriously. It's endlessly frustrating. And don't get me started on the C.I.T's. But what I will say about this summer is that the kids are phenomenal. I have closer relationships with more kids and I am really enjoying even the difficult ones.

While I do love summer, I'm also very excited about going back to school. Oh yeah! I am officially a Fitchburg State College student! I registered for classes and took my I.D. picture and everything. I'm majoring in Elementary Education and Moderate Sped with a minor in Math. Not being in school did terrible things to me, so I can only imagine that going to school will make [most] things better. I'm actually even looking forward to homework. Jeeze.

Now for the less exciting stuff, my Uncle Bill passed away at the beginning of July. Nick came down for the week planning on going to a birthday party, but ended up going to a funeral. It was really sad and during the eulogies I lost it. I cried so hard that I had to use my brother Jesse to keep me up. I don't think I cried because I was sad as much as I was crying about how good he was. I know that sounds incredibly cliche, but he really appreciated life more than anyone I knew. Fortunately, Nick's visit wasn't all bad. My family and I went to see Iron Man at the Strand and it was excellent. Then on Saturday, we went up to New York again to swim at my aunt's boyfriend's house. It was really, really fun.

This coming weekend, my dad and I are going to Virginia to visit my Aunt Mirna. I'm looking forward to spending time with everyone again, this time on a much lighter note. Unfortunately, my dad and I are going this weekend because he's leaving for Oregon the first week of August. That's really going to suck a lot, too, but I suppose it'll be good for him.

Anyhow, I don't really have much else to say. I've been super lonely lately, and none of the boys that I know are worth dating, even if they'd have me. (Hopefully school will fix that, too.)

That's all, for now.