day 090. [welch boys]

I can't believe that today came just as fast as it did. If you're out there wondering what I mean by this, I'm talking about the fact that today was my last real day in Oak Harbor. Again, if you haven't been paying attention I'm leaving Oak Harbor to head back down to Portland for school. I'm so pumped and ready for this school year, but I'm realizing that I'm going to miss Oak Harbor.

So since most of you have read my encounters with the youth group and the church I'm realizing that I would love nothing more than help out with the youth here in Oak Harbor. Obviously though it's not my calling. I've been called to do some work in Portland! That's what I'm going to do this year. Some honest to God, God work :)

Anyways, to what I did today on my last day in Oak Harbor. I ended up going to bed pretty early last night because my head was throbbing. With that though I woke up around 6 this morning. So I had a pretty early morning. I did my devos and I was also able to catch an episode of Pokemon. Even though I woke up that early I took a nap before noon.

When noon rolled around I headed over to the intern apartment to pick up my buddy Sean Welch. I've had different hangouts with him this summer, and I'm sure you've read them. We went out to China City to eat. We just talked about camp and what God had done through me. It was nice to get to talk to him about it. We also just talked about this upcoming school year. It's so important for me to be back down there. Not just because I'm going to school there, but I was called to be at that school. This seriously might sound weird to some of you guys, but it's the truth - I was called to be at the University of Portland. God had something in mind for me when I chose that school. I've gotta work it this year. I'm so excited!! AHHH!! TOMORROW!!!

Afterwards I knew I wanted to say bye to the Kingma's. So we went over there hoping that they'd be home. With our luck ... THEY WERE!! Well, all of them [Mrs. Kingma and Jordan] with the exception of Mr. Kingma. I love that family so much. Such an awesome family. Sean and I were there for a few hours just catching up with Jordan and Mrs. Kingma. It was so good to see them. To think the last time I saw that whole family, let alone go over to their house, was during senior year. That was two years ago! KRAZY!! O_o

Sean had to get going so I dropped him off home. When I got home though I finally found it in myself to finish packing. Also my last two books finally came in. Around 8 though Sean's little brother ... Steven came by so we could hangout on my last night. On our way to where we were hanging out we picked up Sharmaine because she wanted to hangout with us, haha. We pretty much treated her like the little sister she is. We were just flat out RUDE to her, but in a loving way :D

I could tell you where we went, but ... I won't. I mean I'll tell you we went to the beach and then Safeway, but what good would that do you? Once we got rid of her (haha) Steven and I went to the Donut House to get DONUTS!! We also got Sharmaine one because she made us pinky promise. Well, Sharmaine I had some of my fingers crossed when we made that promise. If you want to see her donut then you can go to flickr to see what we did to it ;)

Well, that was my last night in Oak Harbor. I leave tomorrow. I'm excited. I'm anxious. I could honestly pee my pants right now because it's full of fluids and the pressure on my bladder is INSANE! bahaha. Love you guys :D

PS. Steven did more damage to it than I did :)

PPS. In fact, if you want to see some of the pictures from today, my last day, just check out the flickr.

PPPS. Also, today is the last day of the third month :)

day 085. [packing]

Seeing as I leave on the 27th, all I've been doing this past week is working and packing. Today wasn't any different. The only difference was I didn't have to work today, which meant I slept in for the first time all summer. By sleeping in though, I mean I woke up at 10:30 AM. Yeah, I'm actually not one to like sleeping in unless I'm sick.

So seeing as I woke up "late" I just decided to go on a run this morning; a much needed run, ha. I've been slacking on my working out this summer, but I hope to get it back up during the school year. Once I did my run I decided to just kind of lounge around the house for a bit. I did my devos somewhere in there, haha. Also, I managed to clean up my room seeing as that was getting a little messy too.

Now, since I leave in less than a week I've actually managed to get myself together and pack a week before compared to last year where I packed with only a few days before I left.

Since I did pack most of my clothes already, what was left to pack was my books and other supplies that relate to school. I'm using these crates that we've had around the house for as long as I can remember as shelves this upcoming school year. I'm in the process though of waiting for my other books to come in. I'm pretty sure I'll have enough room in this crate to house the books that come in. As for the other crate that is packed, it's all of my "office" supplies as well as just my other reading books.

When I was done with that though I headed over to the church to meet up with the people that came home from Jr. High Camp. We shared some quick stories and then we were on our way. Seeing as I have no energy to want to go out because I've packed for most of the day, I just plan on staying home for the night and just relaxing. Maybe even pop in a movie while I finish cleaning up my room.

Man, I can already tell that summer is wearing off of me already. I'm seriously in school-mode now, ha.

day 082. [judgement day]

I had the pleasure of getting to head Donuts & Devos this morning. That also meant I had the pleasure of getting the two boxes of donuts, two cartons of orange juice, and a carton of chocolate milk. I should thank Pastor Russ for filling me in on the whole getting reimbursed for these purchases. That's $21.95 dollars I'll get back. In the words of Jordan Otruba this morning, "As a college student, any dollar helps."

College students are seriously the step above homeless. Just think about it. It's so true. If you deny it, you're just lying to yourself, ha.

Speaking of college though, I managed to order my books today. The total came out to $277. Had I bought the books from the University of Portland bookstore it would have cost me nearly $400+. Yeah, not going to happen. Spring semester might be the last semester where I'll buy any of my books from the UP bookstore. Other than buying my books I managed to also do some packing of clothes. I really need to stop being so apathetic when it comes to my packing for school. It's not like camp where I can pack the night before, haha.

Aside from that though I had the opportunity to be a judge today at the 4-H Photography competition. Let me tell you something - this was my first time being a judge for anything photography related. It's a tad different, for those that don't know. I'm honestly used to being the one who enters things in. For the first time though I realized I hadn't entered anything in at all this last year.

I was amazed though with some of the photos. For the age that some of these kids are and the composition of their photos, you want to ask if they really did take the photos. Some of these kids are only 11 and they have better composition compared to people who are around my age. It made me want to go back in time and do better at photography when I was their age. Either way though, I'm good at it now! That's all that really matters.

While in Langley though I got to see Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Hall [both of them are parents are 4-H'ers]. It was nice to talk about camp to both of them. I was fortunate enough to have both of their sons [Stevie & Danny] in my cabin at camp.

Being there at the 4-H Fairgrounds was fun too because I did get to hang out and have some fun. Other than that, that's what I did today.

Tomorrow is going to be a fun day :)

day 027. [kurt]

So today was my last day of classes :)

On top of that I got to see Kurt today. If you didn't know, he went to Australia for study abroad this past Spring Semester. He's now an RA in Villa and I'm super excited to know I can give Kurt hugs to Kurt and not other people, haha

Anyways, I got an A on my BibTrad Paper that was turned in on the 17th of last week. Knowing that I wrote that paper in a rush made me a bit more confident for the two final papers I had to write for the class.

The History final, I figured that I could get a B+ and still get at least a 93 in the class. But I didn't count on that for an accurate reading on how I should do my final.

When I finished my finals I went to Panda Express with Melanie just for a quick bite because we were kind of hungry. When we got back I decided to start packing. I say start because I never got around to packing my stuff. I ended up needing to go to the bathroom and I ran in Teige (AHD in Villa next year) and Geoff (a fellow Villan). We all chatted for a bit in the Corrado hall way. Geoff had to get going, but Teige invited me to come to his apartment in Villa. Let me tell you, I was super excited to go into Villa seeing as the last time I was there was when I left for Oak Harbor before I came back down here. He and just hung out for a bit and then the next thing I know Kurt and Chris came by to hang with Teige, this was all before Caitlin and I went to dinner with Kurt.

Come dinner time, Caitlin and I let Kurt choose where we were going to eat. He chose Thai Ginger. I can't complain with that seeing as I love that place. Rather than it just being Caitlin, Kurt, and me having dinner, we invited Chris to come with us as well. It was a lot of fun hanging out with other Villans! If you can't tell, I really love my fellow Villa men. We're just so awesome ;)

When Kurt brought Caitlin and me back, we took some photos (obviously). Afterwards though Caitlin and I decided to walk near the train tracks. I'm pretty sure we walked a good few miles there and back. I know I was exhausted from it and totally felt gross, so I took a shower, bahaha.

It was a good day. Nice weather. Got done with classes and finals. Crossing my fingers hoping I did well, which I'm not too afraid of. Getting to see Kurt and hanging out with other Villans in Villa!!

As for tomorrow, I need to pack seeing as I leave tomorrow :(

It has been a lot of fun in Portland, but for my followers, get ready for some posts about my home life. Might not be nearly as exciting compared to what I've done down here, but it'll be in my environment :)

PS. I think the best part about today was when Melanie and I were driving back from Panda and I saw Kurt getting into his car. He was going to get coffee with Andrew Hansen. If you're also a follower of the library blog then you'll know who Andrew Hansen is. Anyways, I made Melanie stop in the middle of the road so I could run up to Kurt and give him a giant hug. It was the best :)