My Summer So Far

Okay I was trying to think of something interesting to blog about since I haven't blogged this month and I really don't want to, when my cousin, Skyler, mentioned the fact that I have 12 people living in my house. That is kind of interesting I guess. The week before the last day of school, my Aunt Wendy, Uncle William, and four of their kids, Skyler, Reagan and Rebecca, and Mckenna, all moved in. They moved in to the family room and Ashley's room and bathroom, Ashley moved upstairs into Hannah's room, and Hannah moved in with Emma in her room. I got to keep my room, but I reorganized it to make myself feel better. It took them a while to get settled in, and I certainly didn't envy their task of organizing the family room where their kids were sleeping when I saw that you couldn't even see the floor because there were so many boxes and furniture all over the place. They finally got settled, and I kind of like having them live with us. We have dinner every night now because we take turns making dinner and choice night is a bit hard with 12 different people trying to find food. The house certainly isn't cleaner, but I love having the extra help with cleaning every day. Who knew that the twins and Kenna could be so helpful? They also brought their shih-tzu, Ginger. I absolutely love Ginger.

My Grandma and Grandpa Stevens came home from their mission in Mongolia last Wednesday. They weren't supposed to come home until October, but Grandpa had a heart attack and the hospitals there weren't good and he was having a lot of chest pain. They came back to Utah and are staying with my aunt and uncle for a month while they do stuff to him at the hospital and he rests. I don't know what they're doing, something to do with a balloon I think. Anyway, the doctors know what they're doing. It was so nice to see them again after over a year, and a couple of nights ago, Ashley, four of my cousins, and I listened to Grandpa tell stories about Mongolia for an hour and it was really interesting.

It's been fun having more cousins at my house and I've been hanging out with some of my other cousins more. And I've been playing video games a lot more than usual, I played Guitar Hero 1, 2, and 3 with Skyler, and then I've been playing Medal of Honor a lot. That game is so fun. And a couple nights ago, I watched "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" with some of my cousins at the John and Marjorie's house. I used to love that movie when I was younger, and I still do. I forgot how weird it is though.

School ended a week and a half ago. Two days before the last day of school, we had field day which was tons of fun and I got dunked in the dunking booth. The day before the last day of school was 9th grade Lagoon day, so I went and hung out with Sammy and Ben. On the last day of school, I went to school, got my yearbook signed, opened up this trap door and got to go in the crawlspace under the seminary building, got my yearbook signed in Chinese by the Chinese teacher, and then hung out with Sammy. We went to Empire to eat Chinese food with some of our friends (I said "xie xie" to the Chinese waitress who replied "bu ke qi"!! It means "thank you" and "you're welcome". I felt proud.) Sammy and I then went back to her house for a while, then we went to my house, and then Ben came over, and then Ethan came over, and then Ethan went home, and then we went to a couple stores, and then we went back to my house, and then Sammy had to go home for something, and then Ben and I went over to Mike Evan's house, and then I went home. It was fun.

A week ago, Sammy left for Europe on the 9th grade trip. I was pretty sad. I hung out with Ben at Lagoon after work that day. Every day I send Sammy a 10 page long text message because she can't text me back. She was able to send me one text (which was actually 12 pages) at 2 in the morning, and a message on facebook. I've been pretty bored without her and I feel very unsocial at the moment because I don't usually hang out with anyone unless it's with Sammy and all of the people I hang out with with her are guys. So, I've just been working a lot.

I'm trying to work as much as possible since work is a little more bearable since I don't do games anymore and rides is better. I work 5 days this week. Ashley works a lot too. Last Friday and Saturday were really rainy at work though. I was working a water ride on Friday called Rattlesnake Rapids where you get really wet, and not too many people wanted to get even more wet when it was raining so I spent the whole day just talking with the 5 other people working the ride including a guy from Bulgaria. We were teaching him new words and asking him what songs or artists he knows ("oh yes, I know Lady Gaga"), and teaching him "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes". We had tons of fun, and now he's my friend on facebook. I had fun that day of work, and whenever someone did go on, we would just quickly put them in a boat and then keep on talking and the supervisor didn't even care. Saturday was miserable though, it was super windy and rainy, and when I was walking outside, I kept on almost falling over sometimes. It was really cold, and the park was a mess from leaves and branches and trash flying everywhere, and I spent two hours in the morning just sweeping over and over even though everything just kept on coming right back. I was sure they would close the park, but they didn't because there was a stupid dance competition. Like we care, let them do their dancing, they don't need rides to do it. I was mad that I had to stay there for seven hours on a kiddie land ride and I was freezing and upset. It was one of the worst days of work.

Anyway, that's been my summer so far. And sorry I don't post as much, it's just not as fun as it used to be I guess and I never feel like posting anymore. I need more exciting stuff to happen for me to post about then I would probably post more. Sorry if there are any mess ups, I hate editing my posts. Have a happy day everyone.