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Originally Posted by katelynisspecial

The 'her' referred to my friend Frances, or Kitty. I went to her house in Virginia Beach to stay, and then she came back here to visit for a week as well =)

Ahhh.
I thought it was a family gathering you went to.

Haha, there are tons of Spongebob things at King's Island, but I love him =P

I have yet to see a single episode...I cannot tell if its something of quality...or just the next evolution of Beavis and Butthead.

My feet are doing pretty well =D
I get tired, but not really pained.

Cool.
To your health!

Also, I have my license now as of June 24th. So I drive myself to work sometimes, but sometimes my mom takes me also, because then I won't have to use and then pay for the gas xD

Hey, congratulations!
How did your test go?
I still remember mine, and how it was all pins and needles, and the feeling of disbelief when I earned my license.

Sure enough the next day was one of the worst-case-scenarios I ever had while driving. Things happened to me that day that have yet to repeat in over 20 years of driving. Blah.
What bad luck.

And now that you have your own car...how does it feel?

I loooove books. I always have, haha.

Cool.
Which reminds me...that Vampire universe you love, is there a film coming out about it?

And I could've won that contest! I love Avatar, and I never get sick on it. We had someone ride our ride for like 7 straight hours before, it was crazy because two times is enough to make me queasy!

Wait...
*thinks*
Ahhhhhh!!
You only get queasy on the ride that YOU operate...
Not the Avatar ride.

When I read the passage, there was no correction to the antecedent, so I thought you meant the Avatar ride for both 'never get sick on it' and 'two times is enough to make me queasy'.

But in this case, the possessive pronoun 'our' is referring to a completely different ride!

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For myself, the summer is almost over.
Although I am still working through an internship, and also pick up some night hours (so 2 days a week, I leave home and do not get back for 14 hours)

My father is doing better.
But it still means that during the one week break between semesters, I'll be making a trip back to New York to see him.

Let alone, there was a flood in the house I grew up with.
(broken pipe)
And some things were destroyed.
My brother (who has now made: Major - it's shocking) is coming back from his fifth tour in the middle east.
He is debating whether to restart his life in the U.S., or just go for a sixth tour.
But he'll also be back around the same time I'll be in Syracuse.
The whole family might be able to be together again, since 2.5 years ago.

But I have to admit, a good portion of the trip will be to record, sort, sell, donate, or trash many of things I grew up with.

Just imagine your room now, and everything you are collecting.
Now time-skip 20 years into the future.
Now figure out what you will actually keep. And you can only keep 10% of what you have now.

Yeah....it's tough....so many memories, but I do not have any room. And the house will be put for sale soon.

'Course the easier it gets to throw away the past, the easier it is to....well, be an Adult Schmuck, if you catch my drift. I'm still amazed at the older generations apathy on so many things.
On the other hand, I finally can understand the power it gives them.
But that's a bittersweet philosophical detail that I hope you don't have to face anytime soon.