It has been one CrAzY week! It all started last Sunday with my Grandpa's 90th birthday party. Instead of having a family reunion with my mom's side of the family, we decided to throw a bit party for my Grandpa. After all, 90 is a milestone and needs celebrating. The party went a little long, but it was a lot of fun. There was more celebrating on Monday, my Grandpa's actual birthday. My mom and I went to visit him for his actual birthday with cake and balloons.
The craziness continued on Wednesday when... Are you ready for the exciting news? I GOT A JOB!! As most of you know, I've been unemployed since last August, so almost a year now. After lots of searching, I finally found one! It's only temporary for a couple weeks, but it's a job! So what am I doing? I'm working at the orchard that I worked at all throughout high school. Since it's summer, I'm managing the strawberry patches for people that want to pick their own berries. I loved working there in high school, and I'm loving it now. I get paid to snack on a few strawberries, read a good book, and get a nice tan. And for only 4 hours a day! So I still have plenty of time for my soc class and hanging out with friends.
Aside from work and school, I went to the city's weekly festival a couple days ago called Thursdays on 1st. It happens downtown every Thursday June through September. Each week has a different theme. This week was Trop rock Night. We ate yummy food, looked at street vendor carts, and listened to Brent Burns in concert. He plays a lot of tropical rock music like Jimmy Buffet. Even though the concert was moved inside because of the approaching storm, it was still a lot of fun.
Next in line was the dreaded storm, which started almost the second after we pulled in the driveway Thursday evening. At my house it was mostly rain, thunder, and lightning with a tiny bit of hail and strong winds. However, that storm broke a Minnesota record. Previously, the record was 27 tornadoes in 24 hours in Minnesota, which happened back in the 1940s I believe. With the storm we hard Thursday night, there were 39 tornadoes throughout the state. One of those 39 hit the north side of town, causing some houses to be no longer livable and took part of the roof off Menards. Some towns are almost completely gone. It was one intense storm.
Yesterday (Friday) led to more working, as did today. However, I had more excitement this evening. first of all, a good friend of mine from high school came home this morning from the Air force. I haven't sen him for 6 months, so we got together this evening. Rochesterfest also started today, so we got a group together and went to see "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for free at the city park. It was similar to the infamous play, but slightly confusing. It was a play about actors doing the play. A friend of mine brought her puppy, Bo, with, so we had great entertainment during intermission. After the play, we wandered the park talking and catching up. He will be here til mid-July, and then heading to Korea for a year, and then Italy. So looks like I'll be seeing him a lot over the next month to make up for a lack of communication for 2 years following.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment