we drove allllll day....
we stayed just outside of chicago, in a place where there were constant sirens and there were cops at literally every street corner. and we were 2 of like, 5 white people that we saw. laura and i brought allll of our stuff inside so that nothing would get stolen, and we pretty much hid in our room all night.
to quote a sign at our hotel: "if you like to smoke, please go to one of our another hotel"
and another one said: "we appreciate your Co-Operation" (i guess it's hyphenated now)
so.....that's that. haha
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
day 44
so....
sunday night i stayed in lincoln at jordan's! woop woop! and then monday morning i met up with miss anna white and chatted with her for a couple of hours, which was so great! then i went to campus to take a nap at the library for a little while, and around 230 when kat williamsen got out of class, i met up with her and we chatted for an hour or so, which was also really nice!
after that i stopped in to say helloooo (technically, goodbye) to mr alex kolbo before heading home. when i got home, i had din din with the fam, then skateboarded with emily miller and kayla moore (woooooo hoooo!!!!) for a bit. after that, i went for a run and then just kind of hung around the house and went to bed.
today (tuesday) i went to verizon to fix my phone, i ran at the wabash, then i started a bucket list adventure with kayla moore and katie bazzell (aka saltballs). we got through a few things, but that's an adventure that will need to be continued..and will probably include emily miller when it is!
after that my fam and i went to the school board meeting where some parents of elementary school kids presented an idea for treynor to start a soccer program. once again, mr. elwood is a total slimeball jerk. but anywhoo, it went pretty well and i'm excited to hear the final decision.
after that we went to creighton stadium to watch the usa women's national team play sweden! it ended in a 1-1 tie. it was so much fun to watch though!
and now i'm home..doing laundry and little things like that. tomorrow we hit the road for detroit!!
sunday night i stayed in lincoln at jordan's! woop woop! and then monday morning i met up with miss anna white and chatted with her for a couple of hours, which was so great! then i went to campus to take a nap at the library for a little while, and around 230 when kat williamsen got out of class, i met up with her and we chatted for an hour or so, which was also really nice!
after that i stopped in to say helloooo (technically, goodbye) to mr alex kolbo before heading home. when i got home, i had din din with the fam, then skateboarded with emily miller and kayla moore (woooooo hoooo!!!!) for a bit. after that, i went for a run and then just kind of hung around the house and went to bed.
today (tuesday) i went to verizon to fix my phone, i ran at the wabash, then i started a bucket list adventure with kayla moore and katie bazzell (aka saltballs). we got through a few things, but that's an adventure that will need to be continued..and will probably include emily miller when it is!
after that my fam and i went to the school board meeting where some parents of elementary school kids presented an idea for treynor to start a soccer program. once again, mr. elwood is a total slimeball jerk. but anywhoo, it went pretty well and i'm excited to hear the final decision.
after that we went to creighton stadium to watch the usa women's national team play sweden! it ended in a 1-1 tie. it was so much fun to watch though!
and now i'm home..doing laundry and little things like that. tomorrow we hit the road for detroit!!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
day 42
CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAYYYYY!!!!!!!!
things went smoothly. we were outta there in time for the second half of the world cup finals. CAN I GET A WOOP WOOP FOR SPAIN ANYONE?!?!?!?!!!!!
anyway, the volunteer with a pool also informed us about her $8000 stereo system that she's got in her car. i'm oh-so-thrilled to have that information logged away in my brain forever. thanks pool girl.
um....oh! george's team won!! i'll give them props for keeping me and laura's legacy going strong. however, they're the smurfettes? the name kind of tarnished our legacy a bit. but i'm gonna look at the glass as being half full. regardless of their team name, they won.
AND an added bonus is that george's nickname is papa smurf. and he's rockin a new blue bucket hat. if this were facebook, i would "like" that.
after the tourney and schtuff, i skateboarded around L town for a bit, chatted on the phone with schmabriel, sat on a rock near a creek, then proceeded to run right through this creek in a state of excitement because while i was on my rock, liz marsh and jen webers rode by on their bikes!! i was sooooo surprised!!!! ahhh it was so good to see them! =]
after that little surprise rendezvous, i met up with mr. alex kolbo and we got nuvibe (yum) and went to see toy story 3 (in 3D of course) and it was soooooooooo good!
excuse my run-on sentence.
now i'm having a SPENDY with jordan grubauch =] and then tomorrow i get to see anna white AND kat williamsen!! it's gonna be a good day.
shout out to everyone whose name i name-dropped in this post.....and to everyone whose name i didn't mention :D
later gators!
things went smoothly. we were outta there in time for the second half of the world cup finals. CAN I GET A WOOP WOOP FOR SPAIN ANYONE?!?!?!?!!!!!
anyway, the volunteer with a pool also informed us about her $8000 stereo system that she's got in her car. i'm oh-so-thrilled to have that information logged away in my brain forever. thanks pool girl.
um....oh! george's team won!! i'll give them props for keeping me and laura's legacy going strong. however, they're the smurfettes? the name kind of tarnished our legacy a bit. but i'm gonna look at the glass as being half full. regardless of their team name, they won.
AND an added bonus is that george's nickname is papa smurf. and he's rockin a new blue bucket hat. if this were facebook, i would "like" that.
after the tourney and schtuff, i skateboarded around L town for a bit, chatted on the phone with schmabriel, sat on a rock near a creek, then proceeded to run right through this creek in a state of excitement because while i was on my rock, liz marsh and jen webers rode by on their bikes!! i was sooooo surprised!!!! ahhh it was so good to see them! =]
after that little surprise rendezvous, i met up with mr. alex kolbo and we got nuvibe (yum) and went to see toy story 3 (in 3D of course) and it was soooooooooo good!
excuse my run-on sentence.
now i'm having a SPENDY with jordan grubauch =] and then tomorrow i get to see anna white AND kat williamsen!! it's gonna be a good day.
shout out to everyone whose name i name-dropped in this post.....and to everyone whose name i didn't mention :D
later gators!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
day 41
ran the tourney.
BARB helped! she's our new favorite volunteer.
......barb 4 president...4 lyfe....
um and alexander the great (aka alex kolbo - it's his street name) came to the fields to visit! that was a very pleasant surprise!!!! =]
anywhoo today went smoothly..not too much excitement. i fell asleep in my chair at hq. no big deal.
then din din at olive garden. haha i didn't attempt to eat $27 worth of food this time. um our waiter was flirting with barb and giving her like a bottle's worth of free-sample wine. and he was very prompt. a good fellow.
after din din i ran on a bike trail, then hung out with bryan for a bit. now i'm trying to sleep but i can't because it's thunderstorming out and i LOVE thunderstorms!!!! ahhh!
plus i realized that i almost forgot to blog. but obviously i didn't completely forget because here i am, blogging! =]
welllllll, zat is all!! ima go watch this t-storm now. gute nacht!!
BARB helped! she's our new favorite volunteer.
......barb 4 president...4 lyfe....
um and alexander the great (aka alex kolbo - it's his street name) came to the fields to visit! that was a very pleasant surprise!!!! =]
anywhoo today went smoothly..not too much excitement. i fell asleep in my chair at hq. no big deal.
then din din at olive garden. haha i didn't attempt to eat $27 worth of food this time. um our waiter was flirting with barb and giving her like a bottle's worth of free-sample wine. and he was very prompt. a good fellow.
after din din i ran on a bike trail, then hung out with bryan for a bit. now i'm trying to sleep but i can't because it's thunderstorming out and i LOVE thunderstorms!!!! ahhh!
plus i realized that i almost forgot to blog. but obviously i didn't completely forget because here i am, blogging! =]
welllllll, zat is all!! ima go watch this t-storm now. gute nacht!!
Friday, July 9, 2010
day 40
alright yall
today we set up and painted the fields. the volunteers we had were really helpful and all....but they kept talking to laura and i like we had never done a tournament before. they were giving us the most obvious pointers. haha we were just like "oh, ok. thanks." but really we were thinking "uhh yeah duh."
anyway, one of the volunteers has a pool. she told us about this stupid pool ALL day. finally, when she was telling us she had a pool for like the 40th time, laura goes "oh, you have a pool?" hahahahahaha i almost shot gatorade out of my nose. i tried to play it off like it was just a sneeze though. i don't think it worked very well.
then, while unloading tables, laura jammed her thumb. wimp.
we were done around 4-ish in the afternoon, so we came back to the hotel for like 10 min before the jif delivery guy finally called to say he was here to drop off the jif (he was supposed to come around noon). soooo we went back to the fields, unloaded jif, and then came back to the hotel again to shower and schtuff before dinner. we ate at ruby tuesdays and we had the best waitress EVER! shout out to the one and only alyssa bergman!! =]
at dinner, i also ran into deidre bergman, ericka bergman, and melissa petersen! so that was a pleasant surprise! :)
after din din, i went to hang out with jordan grubaugh - we watched a softball game and chatted about life. haha she's awful at keeping book though so.....that's that.
um after the game, i went to e-mart's house to visit him, ash-hole, and t-mart. i also met a guy named harvey (he plays football with e-mart and t-mart) so yay for new friends :] haha
and nowwwww i'm back at the room, ready for bed. gotta get up at 6 in the mornin! oy!
today we set up and painted the fields. the volunteers we had were really helpful and all....but they kept talking to laura and i like we had never done a tournament before. they were giving us the most obvious pointers. haha we were just like "oh, ok. thanks." but really we were thinking "uhh yeah duh."
anyway, one of the volunteers has a pool. she told us about this stupid pool ALL day. finally, when she was telling us she had a pool for like the 40th time, laura goes "oh, you have a pool?" hahahahahaha i almost shot gatorade out of my nose. i tried to play it off like it was just a sneeze though. i don't think it worked very well.
then, while unloading tables, laura jammed her thumb. wimp.
we were done around 4-ish in the afternoon, so we came back to the hotel for like 10 min before the jif delivery guy finally called to say he was here to drop off the jif (he was supposed to come around noon). soooo we went back to the fields, unloaded jif, and then came back to the hotel again to shower and schtuff before dinner. we ate at ruby tuesdays and we had the best waitress EVER! shout out to the one and only alyssa bergman!! =]
at dinner, i also ran into deidre bergman, ericka bergman, and melissa petersen! so that was a pleasant surprise! :)
after din din, i went to hang out with jordan grubaugh - we watched a softball game and chatted about life. haha she's awful at keeping book though so.....that's that.
um after the game, i went to e-mart's house to visit him, ash-hole, and t-mart. i also met a guy named harvey (he plays football with e-mart and t-mart) so yay for new friends :] haha
and nowwwww i'm back at the room, ready for bed. gotta get up at 6 in the mornin! oy!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
day 39
sooooooooooo.....
as laura said, we've been home since tuesday (june 29) afternoon. we just couldn't say anything til friday when she went to surprise kyle.
basically, i was home for just over a week and i hung out with friends and familia.....had bunches of fun and....now we're back on the road. kind of. haha this weekend's tourney is in lincoln, so we're still close to home. tomorrow we'll set up the fields and paint the fields and all that jazz. so that's about it for now! sorry for the lack of details over the past week!
nighty night!
as laura said, we've been home since tuesday (june 29) afternoon. we just couldn't say anything til friday when she went to surprise kyle.
basically, i was home for just over a week and i hung out with friends and familia.....had bunches of fun and....now we're back on the road. kind of. haha this weekend's tourney is in lincoln, so we're still close to home. tomorrow we'll set up the fields and paint the fields and all that jazz. so that's about it for now! sorry for the lack of details over the past week!
nighty night!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Day 34
Soooo the reason that we haven't been writing in this blog for a couple of days is because I went to Rapid City to surprise Kyle for his 21st birthday which was today! I told him I had a tournament in Las Vegas this weekend (which we were supposed to but after some great negotiating skills we got out of it) but really we've been off of work since Tuesday afternoon which is when we got home from Bettendorf. So let me fill you up to speed on what went on these last couple of days. After we got home from the Ohio weekend, I dropped Shan off at her house and then went to my own house. It felt so weird to be home again. On the way home we had received information about a possible truck switch. As in we would switch from Ryder to Penske and have to switch out EVERYTHING from one truck to the other and repack it all. As you might have guessed, me and Shannon complained about it for majority of the way home to each other. However, Wednesday morning we received more information that we did NOT have to switch out trucks!!! But that we did have to fix our generators. I called at least 30 places on Wednesday and that is not exaggerated one bit. All the places wanted to charge a $30 estimate fee. Me, being the money saving genius that I am, influenced my boss on what a waste of money it would be to have to go through with their 3 estimate policy. I found one place in Treynor that would estimate for free. Yet, that still wasn't good enough for the company. It is now Sunday and I still have not gotten the ok from the head honchos to start ordering parts. Apparently it doesn't matter that 2 out of our 3 generators are broken. Or that we have a tournament this coming weekend that we need them for. Or that this is holiday weekend so no places are going to be open till Tuesday. Or that it takes at least 3 days for the parts to come in plus another day or two for the labor to occur. So yeah, hopefully we won't have to inflate that stupid soccer ball inflatable for this weekend since we won't have any generators to use. Anyways, I flew out of Omaha on Friday morning and got to Rapid City in the afternoon. I basically just bonded with his parents until he got home from work. He was speechless when he saw me sitting in his kitchen. It was awesome!!!!! We just hung around his house Friday night and watched She's out of my league. It was predictable but comical. Then Saturday we went cliff jumping at Dakota Point which is in the Black Hills. It was the first time I've ever gone cliff jumping and it was soooooo much fun. I got a HUGE rush off of it. We just did the small one (25 feet) but next time I'm hoping to go to the 40 ft one. Before I went, I wanted to go off the 90 ft but after seeing it, there is no way I will do it. Not because of the height but because you have to jump out at least 7 feet from the cliff in order to not hit the rocks at the bottom. NO thank you! I'll stick with the ones that I can just walk off of. The rest of the day, we ran errands and worked out, watched another movie (The Crazies), and called it a night. This morning, we got up and went to church. It was awesome since I hadn't gone this whole summer because of work. Kyle wasn't too happy about it but oh well ;) Then we went to brunch at the Country Club with his grandparents and just hung around the house until his family all came over. I got to meet two of his cousins and an aunt and uncle. Food was delicious and Fay (his madre) made this excellent peanut buster dessert. SOOOOOO GOOD! That's about all the main exciting points that you have missed so Ky wouldn't have any idea about me coming. I fly back home tomorrow and then we have Lincoln this weekend. I'm not too sure what Shan has been doing without me, but I'm sure she's been loving being at home.
-Laura
-Laura
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