It's been awhile

I've been so busy lately, it's hard to get a chance to write on here...and it seems like everything that I want to write about, or vent about keeps building up and it's almost overwhelming.

Cornerstone: It was fun. Got lost on the way there because I had wrong directions, and the signs pointing to the site was for the backgate...which we could not enter. This situation provided Ben with a lot of chances to make fun of me and my inability to get places. Whatev. We got there the morning of my birthday (at around 2am). The only person who called was Ashley. I was very thankful for that. I got some texts after I woke up in the morning from people I didn't even expect! I don't think anyone at Cornerstone actually remembered. Ben said Happy Birthday, but that was about it. Chip got me a Copeland shirt the very last day though, so that was awesome. I was hoping that we could do something, like go out, for my birthday when we got back, and I was assured we would...but that hasn't happened yet. I suppose it's too late now. I'll just hope that next year I'll actually get to do something special. This is year two of not really doing anything.
Anyway, on the negative side of being at Cornerstone and seeing all kinds of sweet bands and people, I developed an allergic reaction to the pesticide that was sprayed on every inch of the site and had itchy skin the entire week. At first, it was only on my feet, but it got on my ankles, arms, and hands. I'm just thankful that it didn't spread to my face. Did I let all that stop me from crowding my way up to the front row of Copeland? No way! I was in the front row right in front of Aaron Marsh, and it was fantastic. They played every song that I wanted to hear! It was wonderful.
We camped with Landon and his band. They're all pretty nice guys. I also saw Dustin and Caleb's band. Wow. Umm...they look absolutely ridiculous. Dustin looks like a fat lesbian goth chick, and Caleb is this angular, skinny, tall boy. Their music wasn't bad, but it wasn't good live. Sounds better online.

4th of July: Went over to Ben's house for a bbq with his family. The kids were outside playing with fireworks when we discovered that one of them had flung one towards the house. It went into this small hole, caught animal hair and fuzz from the siding on fire and burned up through the wall of their house. The fire dept. was called in time and nothing huge was damaged. Hopefully, their homeowner's insurance will pay for it. Ben and I hung out, ate, and then drove up to P-Hill to meet up with Beth, Josh (blech.), Chip, and Chelsea at Beth's dad's house. We all went swimming, drank some wine, smoked some cigs, and just had a good time. I'm not really sure how it happened, but me, Ben, Chip, and Chelsea ended up skinny dipping while Beth and Josh had a fight inside. We got out, dried off, and found out that Josh had left. He texted Beth later and said that he had been arrested for drunk driving. No one believed him. Later on, Chelsea and Chip went to get Taco Bell and Chip came back alone. Apparently, Chelsea was a bit more intoxicated than we had thought and she was being taken to the P-Hill jail. What an end to the night...

Tonight: I'm going to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! I'm pretty excited. Chip's getting out tickets and a bunch of us are meeting up in Lee's Summit to go see it. Ben hasn't seen all the movies, so he's missing out tonight. I've been looking forward to this since I found out the release date for the movie in January!
This Saturday, we're all going to Worlds of Fun...it should be a good time. I went last year on Father's Day and had a great time.

I guess I don't really have anything else to say...and if I do, I'm just tired of writing right now. I'm going to go work on a creative project.