It's official. My parents no longer have any kids left in high school. Cara has GRADUATED (!!) and come August, she will move downtown to Georgia State University. On May 31, Leah will go back to North Texas, and at the beginning of August, I'll head back to Fabulous Starkvegas. And you know what that means? That means my parents won't have any kids at home. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Weeeeeeird. Right now they can't wait, but they'll miss us when the time comes... atleast a little. I hope.
Congratulations to Cara! And congratulations to my parents for 20 successful years of parenting!
All the Eggerses have flown the coop!
Semi-Starry Night
This is about as much stargazing as you can get done in the lovely suburbs of Atlanta. Kind of sad, but it's better than nothing. I used to want to be an astronomer, which gave way to an aerospace engineer, which morphed into my chosen Mechanical Engineering major, but I still want to work for NASA someday! We'll see...
Summer!
I love summer! I know it's not technically here yet, but as far as I'm concerned, it's been here for nearly a month. Sunshine! Flowers! Pools! Playgrounds! What else could you possibly want, right? I'll admit, though, I have been a bit lazy. Maybe a little too much computer and not enough non-electronic creativity, but I have the whole summer ahead of me! So I'm getting off my butt. I'm off to do something awesome!
Well, right after I eat dinner.
Catch ya on the flip side!
I am a huntress.
Today I had an ordeal. I started to type the story out, but then I realized, what account of this story could possibly be better than the one being written as the story unfolded?? And so here I present to you, the reader, the moment-by-moment, high drama, gripping-the-edge-of-your-seat, real-life, intense story of March 26's Exciting Thing of the Day. Enjoy. [Editor's note: "Rafael" is my sister. No, it is not her real name, her real name is Leah. Rafael is her superhero sidekick name (She's the sidekick to my alter ego, Hombre, Secret Agent of the Deep.)]
1:07 PM me: ahhh theres a wasp in my room!
ahh
im going to die
Rafael: YIKES
me: its on the ceiling
1:08 PM i have nothing to get it with
ahhhh its coming this way
Rafael: they kept flying at me on my bike today and i kept spazzing out
you don't have any raid???
me: i dont know what to do
no
1:09 PM oh no its on my desk
ok im going in
Rafael: open the window and get out of there
me: wish me luck
Rafael: good luck
me: the windows are open but the screens are on
so i dont even know how it got in
drat it flew back up to the ceiling
well
1:10 PM Rafael: you probably have a hole in your screens or something
1:11 PM me: i guess so
i dont know what to do
Rafael: i'm telling you
pop off the screens and book it outta there
don't come back
unless you have either a boy or a can of raid
1:12 PM me: oh my screens are loose at the top
| 6 minutes |
1:18 PM me: ok the windows are open
now i just need to herd him over there
Rafael: eesh you're braver than me
1:21 PM me: haha ive got this giant window screen and im trying to "encourage" the wasp to move towards the window
Rafael: aahhhhh
me: but he froze and is just staring at me
and im afraid to get any closer
1:22 PM Rafael: LEAVE THE ROOM
1:25 PM me: SUCCESS!!
Rafael: NOW CLOSE THE WINDOW!!!!!!!
1:26 PM me: oh my gosh what an ordeal
so it was on the wall right above the window
and i was hoping it would just fly down a little bit and find freedom
1:27 PM but when it started flying it was heading back towards the middle of the room
so im standing here with this giant window screen
1:28 PM and the wasp is flying right towards me so in a brief moment of clear headedness i stuck the screen out, right at the wasp, hoping it would make him turn around
but instead he landed on the screen
Rafael: ahhhhhhhhhhhh
me: so im standing here holding a screen with a wasp on it
and i go "ahhhh!!!"
and then inch toward the window and stick the end of the screen out
1:29 PM and he flew off and landed on the open window (we have windows that swing open)
and real quick i slid the screen back in place
Rafael: EEESH
me: and now he is still sitting on the window on the other side of the screen
hahaha
gosh
1:30 PM Rafael: alkfja;slkdfjas;ldkfj
i am so scared for you
i would have left my room
and called someone crying
me: haha
Rafael: and not returned til tomorrow
me: but then i might have lost him and i never would know if he left or was hiding in my bed
1:31 PM Rafael: true
i probably never would have returned ever
1:32 PM me: youd have to eventually
hes still sitting there
Rafael: ahhh
me: once he was safely outside
1:37 PM i feel like we formed a bond, he and i
1:39 PM Rafael: well that's sweet
wasps are vile creatures
1:41 PM me: agreed
(he just left)
nevermind hes trying to get back in
Rafael: EEEEEK
me: geez take a hint buddy
Rafael: buy some raid and just douse the window
that's what i would do
when i had a cricket problem last summer
i just sprayed raid EVERYWHERE
me: i flicked the screen where he was sitting and he buzzed off
Rafael: i probably poisoned myself
me: hahaha
but the crickets left?
1:42 PM Rafael: yeah
1:43 PM i found dead ones by all the doorways
GROSSSSS
me: nasty
nasty nasty
1:44 PM Rafael: yes ma'am
1:46 PM ok, finally caught up on my flickr photos
!!
1:47 PM me: yay
1:48 PM Rafael: ok i have to go to class
me: bummer
have fun!
Rafael: ick
good luck with your wasp
:) later gator
me: HES BACK!
bye
WHAT A FLIPPIN JERK
Rafael: hahahahahhahahahaha
And there you have it. As you can see, I'm lucky to have made it out alive, and I may not have if it weren't for my cunning resourcefulness and quick-thinking.Also, Leah's inspiring advice and encouragement helped LOADS!
I have gotten lazy.
I need to find better things to do with my time. Right now I'm lounging on my bed with the TV on, although I'm not really watching it, and I'm gorging myself on the double load of Easter chocolate I got by combining my mom's wonderful Easter package with the Easter bag Zack's mom gave me when I was at his house. What else do I have planned for the day? Nothing. Don't get me wrong, I have a whole list of things I need/want to do in order to feel and be more productive... The chances that I will actually do them are... less than great. But what I'm actually doing right now is using some sort of reverse psychology to trick myself into diving headfirst straight through that list as soon as I'm done typing! I'm no match for myself.
On a completely unrelated note, I was riding my bike to meet my adviser yesterday and I rode past a young gentleman walking around the drill field in a floppy yellow banana costume. Strange? Yes.
I think it's time for me to SPLIT and go do a BUNCH of more productive things.
Those were banana puns. I crack myself up.
Happy Easter!
Well, it seems that I am running just a tad behind on everything right now... first spring, now Easter. But, as they say, better late than never! Easter is really an amazing day. Besides the fact that it is an opportunity to stock up on all kinds of sweets (such as chocolate bunnies, Easter egg Whoppers, and wind up chickens that dispense gum balls out of their rears), it is also a celebration of the miracle that Christianity hinges upon. Jesus Christ, a completely blameless, innocent man, being tortured and murdered for things he didn't even do, and then raising from the dead 3 days later? It doesn't get much bigger than that, folks! But wait, it actually does. Perfect eternal life with the Almighty God in Heaven, a gift we will never begin to be worthy of, a free gift given completely and wholly 100% out of love... now that's huge! For Christians, Easter should be the happiest, most joyful, most celebratory holiday of any of them. Yeah, it's even cooler than April Fool's Day and Halloween... hard to imagine, I know, but it's true!
"Your love has captured me
Your grace has set me free
Your life, the air I breathe
Be glorified in me"
Zack and I, all decked out for Easter. The big secret is that this is actually a reenactment, taken for the sake of my mother, because I missed out on the traditional Sunday Easter dresses picture, due to living in Mississippi. So this afternoon when I got out of class I texted Zack and told him to change back into the clothes he wore yesterday. He did, I did too, and we ran outside (it was cold!), had our friend snap a few pictures, then we all retreated back to the warmth inside. Now see, if I had never told you that, nobody would ever know this picture isn't really Easter!
Your life, the air I breathe
Be glorified in me"
Zack and I, all decked out for Easter. The big secret is that this is actually a reenactment, taken for the sake of my mother, because I missed out on the traditional Sunday Easter dresses picture, due to living in Mississippi. So this afternoon when I got out of class I texted Zack and told him to change back into the clothes he wore yesterday. He did, I did too, and we ran outside (it was cold!), had our friend snap a few pictures, then we all retreated back to the warmth inside. Now see, if I had never told you that, nobody would ever know this picture isn't really Easter!
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