enjoy the second quarter of 2008 by having one new and fulfilling experience in April, May, and June. Woo Hoo!

My experiences were new and I think I a waiting on the fulfilling part.

April: I had suffered from a staph infection since January. I got a kidney infection and had a fever of 102 degrees. Therefore I earned Cipro. This was my first experience with this drug. WOW! In 24 hours all the staph was gone. I felt so amazing. What a powerful medication. I consider this new and fulfilling because it gave me my life back.

May: I had the loss of a friendship that mattered more to me than I could ever know. This was new to me. I was the most vulnerable in this realtionship and learned how important this was by it’s loss. I’m waiting on the fulfillment part and yet I do see it on the horizon. I also experienced living in the forest during frightening fires. Fulfilling, no…but I have a much different perspective on life. Life is fragile, hand with care.

June: I started engaging in long conversations with strangers in the local bookstore. I have continued to do this. There are so many interesting stories. I have always enjoyed impromptu conversations with people, but this is different, I search them out. One a week.

June was a busy busy busy month, filled with preparations for July and August. My “new and fulfilling” experience, in particular, came about half-way through the month. I took extended leave from work in anticipation of my July travels, but I took the leave about two weeks early. I spent that time truly enjoying my summer, no strings attached. I saved up some of my money so that I could really enjoy the summer as I pleased, and it was so much fun! Long, lingering days with my love; exciting, laughter filled days with my friends; relaxing and exciting memories, just of my summer. It was wonderful.

My dearheart broke up with me in the middle of May and I have been struggling with it, but on time will heal my wounds.

Sigh

pretty sure i accomplished this, in spite of recent unpleasantness, but not really up to searching back through memories for details…

I went on the Hokulea, swam in Kona bay, and tried some other new stuff that was really great. Yeah. It was good.

got my temps(: and did really well at summer basketball stuff.

and probably some other awesome crap, but i dont remember. :P

i suppose that’s what i get for being away for so long(: it’s good to be back.

April, I did some roadside surveys for the Huron River Watershed Council (I did want to be a surveyor at one point.) Not as much fun as the River Rouge Cleanup I did before.

May, finished my first semester of college!

June, turned 24 (and wasn’t completely bummed about it :)

actively house-hunting. well, apartment-hunting/roomie-hunting. that’s why i haven’t been on as much. eeeeeeevery single day, craigslist, craigslist, craigslist! i met some nice people, and flaked on some nice people. i saw places i’d love to live, and places you couldn’t pay me to live. and i may have found somewhere =) i’ll find out on tuesday! oh, and i stopped living paycheck to paycheck too. or, really, really tried to. i didn’t overdraft my account a single time in june (which is amazing for me, i used to be horrible with money!)

So many things happened in June that I could perhaps write a novel. But I’ll refrain… ;)

At the beginning of the month, I went to Florida with my Aunt and Uncle. They took me to Disney World, which wasn’t the highlight of my Summer but it was definitely great spending so much time with them. On our way from Florida we stopped at Gulf Shores, Alabama for the beach. That was fun. They treated me to a birthday dinner at a very special restaurant in which I wore a skirt for the first time in years and was felt so incredibly amazing.

Wearing a skirt was new and fulfilling enough for the entire month of June…

When I came home from that trip, I was surprised a day later by a birthday party that turned out to be the greatest day of my life (so far)! And at the very end of June I went Louisiana for a camp that brought all of my friends so much closer.

And the newness and fulfillment is still with me, even though we’re almost to mid July (are we? I might have lost track). I’m excited for what will happen in the third quarter!

Ok July morning totally made the whole June better, after all the term tests and exams I needed this night with friends, the sea. It was cold, but everything is OK when you got somebody to keep you warm… I totally enjoyed the second quarter of 2008 and especially the end of June.