catch me if you can

Updating this blog is kinda like when you you write in a diary for a while, and then leave it, and then when you come back you feel like you have to update before you can write what you really want to write, but by the time you update-- you're so exhausted that you don't write what you really want to write. Aware of this phenomena, I decided to give you the summer on fast forward-- sort of a "summer in brief" with the aid of some pictures. After tonight, I'll write. Hmmm... that sounds nice. Yes, I'll write.

Hokay. So. I spent a lot of time with my family this summer in Dripping Springs... aren't they adorable?!

I got 3 of these, "these" being flat tires. Two of them were in one day. Sadly, It is NOT the first time I've gotten two flats in one day. Mom always said I was gifted. Anyways-- I'm killer at changing tires now-- but don't call me because I'm sick of it :)

Then, Bethie got married. No surprise, but still so weird. She and Warren are very happy together. But it's still a little weird. She's younger than me, and did I mention that it's still a little weird? Eh... I'll get over it.

Moving on... I tried my hand at painting something with emotion, but no one got it. One person actually thought it looked like a girl with intense cramps. I'll stick to painting words on posters from now on.

Julie came home! She and I literally talked almost everyday this summer. She was in DC, working at the State Department. I am now the proud owner of a shot glass from said State Department.

And finally, Nicole came home from Oxford! We missed her a bit... can you tell?

Then there was work week... where we worked. (For those who are not familiar with this barbaric ritual, work week is the intense period of preparation before recruitment. It typically includes yelling til your voice abandons you, sharing a cold with all of your sister until they all sound like men and chain-suck cough drops, and going crazy from too many hours spent inside the house. And yet, we continue to do it year after year...)

And then the end of Recruitment! These are a few shots from the final day of Recruitment, known as Bid Day. I have some incredible new sisters!

And then school started. I survived the first three days, then took off to Ft. Worth for a conference, came back and saw my family, did a ton of laundry, followed by a ton of homework, and then it is off to school again. We're waking up extra early tomorrow to try to get Dalai Lama tickets-- oh dang-- that's like 5 hours from now. Ahh... back into the swing of things...