Lake Maxinkuckee

Well, since I have been stuck getting my room ready the past several weeks. I decided it was time for me to have a break. One of the last sunny weekends we have had (when is the rain going to stop anyway?) me, my dad, brother, and Jonathan headed up to Lake Maxinkuckee to do some boating. Rich Schwartz has one bad ass cottage up there on the lake with the prettiest boat I think I have ever seen! It is one of the speed boats that you can fill the back up with water to create a surf wave behind it. Yes! You can actually surf on a surfboard behind it. We stuck to some skiing and jet skiing though. Jonathan did some fancy wakeboard which was fun to watch. (Wish I knew how to do it) I attempted several times to get up on one ski but just can't do it! So frustrating! We cruised over to check out Culver from the jetskis, and Jonathan showed me all the buildings he remembered and where he lived. It looks more like a fun summer camp than a punishment to get sent there to me! Then we decided it would be fun to launch the jet ski's over the wake from the back of the boat. I hit the wake wrong a few times, and boy did I wipe out! It was fun though, but I had some pretty big bruises to show for it! Wish it would get nice so we could go up again before the summer is over!

Mr. and Mrs. Austin McClain

Well Meghan and Austin finally tied the knot earlier this month! It was a beautiful wedding out at Oakbrook and brought so many of us old high school friends back together. The wedding was on the 5th and the guest list was HUGE....I'd know since I kept the books! But everyone who was anyone was at this wedding! The couples were as follows: Me and Jonathan, Krystal and Kent, Jennifer and her fiance Eric, Jennie and Logan, Blair and Laure (minus their new baby Isabella aww) Ryan and Brooke, Zach and Meghan, Brock and Amanda, and Brooke and Jesse. It was soooo awesome to see everyone and get to spend time with them all! Plus I got to see a bunch of other people at the wedding and reception.

Meg's Bachelorette Party

Well, this is a little late post, but I have been waiting on Krystal to get her pics developed cuz some of mine didn't come out very well. ANYWAY.....two weeks ago we had Meg's Big Bachelorette Party down in Indy. We went over to Molly (maid of honor) and Catherine's (bridesmaid) to have a "pure romance" party.....aka SEX TOYS!!! I was inspired and focused on all your options in the bedroom! After some messing around and taking pics with some of the "equipment," we all changed into our partying outfits and headed downtown in a stretch limo!

We first went to Talbot St. which is a gay bar downtown. Oh did I mention Krystal and I were dared to flash all of Meridian Blvd? Some of these girls that were friends of Meghans apparently didn't know that me and K were up for just about anything. Ok...so off to the gay bar we go, we hit up the drag show...which was AMAZING!

Then we drove down to Broad Ripple to LandSharks for an hour or so and then over to Seven to party with the big dogs. Somehow we cut through all the lines to all of these place even though Broadripple was packed! I believe Molly was quite a celebrity cuz everywhere we went as soon as we pulled up to the bar, someone came out and took us up to the very front. Now that is what I call PIMP!
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fter Seven we headed home, all a little drunk and tired. I waited until everyone crashed and then snuck out to drive home. I was suprisingly sober by about 4, and missed my hunny buns so much....especially after the "pure romance" party haha. So I went home to snuggle in our own cozy bed. Once you stay with someone every night, sleeping alone feels that much more lonely. What a perfect way to end the night!

All in all, I had a SPECTACULAR time. Nothing is better than a night out in BroadRipple with the ladies in a limo, especially for my FIRST bachelorette party. Here are some pics from some highlights of the night. I posted all the pics on my yahoo site.
Us with our posing with our "toys" In the limo Here comes trouble-these girls should know better than to bet me and Krystal Meg and the Queens Dancin at Seven

AGH!!! School starts tommorow!!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe it is already here. School starts tommorrow and I am still frantically trying to get things ready and its 10:00! I was in my room for over 12 hours today and 9 yesterday. Oh my what we go through for these kids. I am both nervous but also very anxious to have a class I can call my own. I just want the first day to be over with and then I can relax and try to be a good teacher.....well I have wasted too much time typing this, precious time I have before I pass out from exhaustion. Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight!

Cedar Point

In leui of my new job we decided it would be a great time to get out of Indiana and do something FUN! before I had to enter the work force. So we headed off to Sandusky, Ohio to conquer some coasters at Cedar Point. Originally it was supposed to be me and Jonathan and my bro and his girlfriend Nicole. But OF COURSE Bon Air called on Friday and said I had training the EXACT same days we had reservations to go the next week. Sooooo we had to do some quick rearranging and my bro and his little hunny couldn't get off work. I was soooo bummed and had looked forward to go with my bro....but luckily Jonathan's brother and two friends got to go.

We went last Sunday and Monday and hit up all the major coasters plus spent some good quality time at the swim-up bar in the water park. Oh the joys of being of legal age! My personal favorite was new "Top Thrill Dragster." This coaster shoots you from 0-120 mph in four seconds straight up at a 90 degree angle.....and then straight back down going 120 mph at a 90 degree angle. Then the brakes come up and slow you down as quickly as possible. (They also don't tell you that you are going to be corkscrewing on your way up and down which I thought was the scariest part at those angles and speeds!) We conquered this bad boy in style....FRONT SEAT BOTH TIMES!! I even kept my hands up the entire second time, which proved to be quite difficult. We also of course hit the classics, Millenium Force, The Raptor, and the new Wicked Twister which I also highly recommend. I would not recommend however riding Snake River Falls....NO MATTER HOW HOT YOU ARE! You will NOT get cooled off....you will get DRENCHED like a mutha!

Top Thrill Dragster....look left you can see it launching

Pimpin it in the front car with our hands up!!Goin so fast gnats were hittin our face!

On the Skyline....we had many plans for this ride once it got dark but it got closed down...haha

Entering the real world

Yep that's right, I am entering the real world! I got a call saying Bon Air would like to hire me as the new third grade teacher! Yep you heard me, my dream grade just what I wanted, THIRD! I interviewed in beginning of July for seven positions around Kokomo Center Schools. It was a TERRIFYING interview with FIVE (yes FIVE) principals. I was sooo nervous, and I have a hard time with interviews because I have a hard time bragging about how good I am! Anyway, they told me they would contact me for a second interview to look at my portfolio. ( Did I mention over 100 people applied for those seven positions? Yah so they had a lot of weeding out to do) Anyway a few weeks later, I got a call, no second interview Bon Air just wanted me! I was so excited I forgot to ask all the important questions and had to call back human resources the next day. I was pacing back and forth with excitement! The catch is it is temporary for the entire year while the other teacher is on her second year of maternity leave. (Don't ask me how you can stay on maternity leave for TWO years) But maybe she will decide to stay home with the kids and I will get to stay. Anyway I am just excited to get started, but the room is COMPLETELY BARE and needs TONS OF WORK!!! So don't expect me to have much of a life for awhile!