Oh the rain. It seems like it rains everyday of the week. But then the sun comes out and make everything hot again.

On Thursday my friend Casey and I went to Sioux Falls to go shopping and we met up with Isaac. We did a ridiculous amount of shopping/browsing and went EVERYWHERE. Besides the mall, we went to Plato's Closet, Barnes and Nobles, Best Buy, Scheels, Target and Kohls. My best purchase of the day was new soccer shoes. Scheels had just got them in a week before and I love them.. can't wait to play in them! At Target and Kohls, Casey and I played dress up with Isaac and found outfits for him to wear.. he ended up getting one that he could possibly wear to a school formal.

The main point of our trip to Sufu was to see Isaac's baseball game in Tea. He plays for Wynot and he played the whole game at short stop. He did really well but I was disappointed he only got to bat twice.

Yesterday my friend Jessica wanted to go to Yankton to see her boyfriend and told me I should go with her so we took a spur-of-the-moment road trip. We left at 5 in the afternoon, got there at 7:30 and left at 11. It was the shortest trip to South Dakota I have every made but it was totally worth it! We went minigolfing and of course I got to see Isaac again.

This weekend is my town's SummerFest celebration. This morning I ran a 5k roadrace (on 5 hours of sleep since I got home pretty late last night) and my time was 26:12. Its not bad, especially under the humid weather conditions and little sleep, but my goal was to get UNDER 26.. I came close, but hopefully the next race I run I will accomplish that goal. There was also a craft show and some garage sales that I went to and this afternoon is the parade. My mom and youngest brother are on a float for the cubscouts so my other brother and I will watch it together at the park.

Tonight I am going to my friend Audrey's bonfire and there is a street dance with live music tonight also, so we will have some sweet free music for our get-together.

I have been very busy working. Last week I worked 35 hours, which is a lot for me. But it was totally worth it to get to the weekend because my boyfriend Isaac came to visit me! He got here on Friday afternoon and we went to see Year One, which wasn't as good as I expected. But I guess that's what you get for a Jack Black movie. Then we went to eat at Bracco's in Okoboji and we got a table on the deck that overlooks the lake and the sun was setting and it was just plain gorgeous. After supper we went to the Arnold's Park emporium and visited my friend Ashley at work and of course, went to the Sugar Shack, aka, the greatest candy store known to man.

On Saturday Isaac and I went to a restaurant called Ben and Lee's. Its a very hip cafe-style place. Then we did a bit of shopping and got the movie Marley and Me, which I had not yet seen. We watched it on Sunday afternoon and it was so sad! But I really liked it.. much more than Year One ;). We also watched Pirates of the Caribbean with my little brother Teague because it is his favorite movie.

Today it is 90 degrees outside with not a cloud in the sky. It would be more enjoyable if it wasn't so humid. I would consider going to the beach if I wasn't working, but alas, I am. My mom took my brother Tyler to register for classes at Augustana today and so I got some stuff to do at home today instead of at the office so I could babysit Teague. I think he is old enough to stay home alone, but my mom thinks otherwise. Anyhoo, I best be ending my break and getting back to typing up lease agreements and such. Joy :)

I spent this weekend at my friend Allie's cabin. It's on Big Spirit in the Iowa lakes area, just north of Okoboji. Its only like 20 miles from my house so I always feel like a local among the tourists during the summer. Its kind of ridiculous how many people vacation there, but its still fun to go to the beach and what not.

I swam in the lake for the first time this summer.. its been so cold and rainy lately that I just haven't had any desire to swim yet. But this weekend it was hot and sunny and gorgeous. I got sunburn on my legs which was a bummer, but no where else so that's a plus. I also went to the Taco House and Hey Good Cookies for the first time this summer.. I feel like I haven't been doing anything this summer! At least now it feels like the fun is beginning.

On Friday I had to work in the Jackson law office. My only job was to answer the phone, so I sat there for five hours reading my magazine and playing solitaire on the computer. They didn't mind, so it was all good. The phone rang only five times in the morning, then there was a two hour period around lunchtime when it did not ring at all. And it rang four times in the afternoon.. but three of the calls were from the wives of the lawyers. It was by far the easiest job I have even gotten paid to do.

Today is a very rainy day.. I hate rainy days.. they make me feel sick.. I thrive in the sunshine :)

My first week of work was good.. boring, but good. I did data entry the whole week. I won't complain though because I'd rather have a boring job than no job. And its not hard work, so that is definitely a plus. I get my first paycheck on Tuesday so I am stoked for that! SHOPPING!!!!

On Thursday my friends Jolene and Casey came over and we played board games... Trouble, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Mouse Trap, and Pictionary.. it was great fun.

Tomorrow is my brother's graduation party, which I had to help get ready for today... cleaning, making foods, etc. I feel like I helped more than my brother did, and it's his party! Ridiculous...

Tomorrow night my friend Allie is having a "barbecue" at her cabin in Okoboji. I have been there many times already this summer but I haven't gone swimming yet!!! This is definitely a first for me. I usually go swimming in the middle of May when the water is freezing but extremely clear. By the end of July the water is disgusting with algae.

After tomorrow I don't have much on my agenda to look forward to.. some bonfires, hopefully going to the pool when it opens, and just working. I am planning on going to my boyfriends baseball game in Tea on the 25th, but that is a ways away still.

Today was my brother's graduation. He had a much smaller class than me.. 76.. mine was 112. I still can't believe I graduated TWO years ago. I went to a bunch of parties, saw a bunch of people I hadn't seen in a long time. So it was a pretty good day.

This week I was sick with strep throat. It was nice to finally have an excuse to do nothing all day ;), but I wanted to start my soccer training this week. I ended up only running one time and I still haven't even touched a ball.

BUT GOOD NEWS! I got a job! A family friend who is an attorney in town hired me do computer-ish work at the law office. I will just be cleaning up the hard drives on all the computers and making sure they are all the same, as well as making sure everyone has the same passwords, email addresses on the same servers, etc. I will also have to learn about Windows Live Office and Amicus Attorney because they are both programs that I will have to deal with and I think eventually teach everyone in the office how to use! I am also going to ask if I can redo their website because I think that would be great for my portfolio and it is something they mentioned needed to be done.

So after work everyday I am going to train for soccer.. running, core/ab work, biking, touch drills, juggling, EVERYTHING SOCCER. I really want to improve this year, even though I improved alot last year. I WANT TO SCORE A GOAL THIS SEASON!

I might also have another job.. I interviewed at the grocery store in town for a weekend position and they will call me tomorrow to let me know if I was hired. I need to earn lots of money this summer because we are going on a caribbean cruise for choir over spring break next year and it is going to be expensive :S So my goal is to earn and save.

Besides work, nothing is going on this week.. but my brother's grad party is next Sunday so I guess I will have to help get ready for that.

This weekend I went to Yankton to spend the long weekend with my boyfriend Isaac. On Saturday we went to see Angels and Demons. Last summer I started reading the book but only got half way thru it and didn't have time during the school year to finish it. The movie was really interesting actually, and I felt like the half of the book that I read was only the first 20 minutes of the movie! So there was alot that I did not know what going to happen.

On Sunday, Isaac was supposed to have a baseball game in Newcastle and we drove all the way there to find out it was cancelled. But since we were only half an hour from Sioux City we just went there instead and went to the mall. I got a gorgeous purple dress to wear to my brother Tyler's graduation next Sunday.

Yesterday was the only nice day of the whole weekend so we went for a walk and got shakes from the Tastee Treat. Then, we went to walmart and Isaac got his ears pierced :S Crazy.

I still haven't found a job, but I have applied at a dozen places... its just a waiting game now. My mom did talk to the manager at the grocery store in town tho, and they need weekend help so they will be calling me this week. Working on just the weekend would be better than nothing like I have now!

Tyler ran at the sub-section track meet last Thursday and qualified for sections in the 4x2 and 4x4 relays so I will go to Luverne this Thursday to watch him. Then on Saturday my brother and I will go to Mankato to our cousin's graduation party.

It has been quite some time since I last blogged and a lot has happened since then.

Finals week flew by.. I ended up getting a 4.0 once again this semester, which makes it 4 in a row. It was kind of unexpected though, because I thought for sure I was going to get a B in critical thinking.. but I guess I earned and deserved that A.

Once I got home, I applied for a few jobs and had an interview at the county newspaper, but unfortunately I still have not heard back from them. I am getting very impatient and am in dire need of a job since I am not working at the restaurant I did last summer.. so I wish they would hurry up and call me with their decision!

I also spent the week making two scrapbooks for my brother's graduation.. one for letter awards/academic awards/concert programs/etc and another for newspaper clippings. I also helped my youngest brother with his state report. He research Nevada and did a report on it along with a display board. All the 4th graders had them on display at the State Fair last week.. they were all so excited and proud.

Tonight was my other brother's choir concert. This was the only concert he was ever in because he just joined choir during the 4th quarter of his senior year. At the end of the concert, the director gave a 5 minute thank you to him explaining how he played the drums for swing choir, acted/sang in the musical, sang a solo at the choir contest and received a superior rating, and then joined choir. I also went to his band concert at the beginning of the week and he received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. He is an amazing sax player. I'm really proud of him.

Hopefully this week I can find a job and get hired. I am craving a shopping trip but need to earn the money first! Other than that, this week should be a lot less busy.