6 inches

That's about how much hair I got chopped off today. How thrilling. I haven't had hair this short in quite a while! I actually really liked my hair long, but I was ready for a change, and I'm not really supposed to dye my hair too drastically ever since my mom had to spend $80 at the salon trying to get the black out of my blond hair 3 years ago. Oops.


And in other, even less exciting, news, I went to the doctor this morning and had to get a shot in EACH ARM! Gah. The left arm was an HPV vaccination (that one hurts!), and the right arm got the Meningitis vaccination. Which it turns out I also got a year ago, so now I'm doubly protected! Great to hear!

All the Eggerses have flown the coop!

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!

Semi-Starry Night

Semi-Starry Night, originally uploaded by abbylee123.

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!

West Texas

West Texas, originally uploaded by abbylee123.

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

1:36 PM me: i took pictures
Rafael: ew ew ew

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.