Long weekend..

I haven't put a post up in close to two weeks & I got in trouble this weekend for it. Three people randomly said "Hey, I read your blog all the time!" Friday Derrick & I went out to eat with my dad and grandma. It wasn't as bad as I expected. I guess my dad told Derrick that he REALLY likes him haha & that he better take care of me. Cute, I guess... Saturday was volleyball sectional! Yay, go Barr-Reeve. I'm soo proud of those girls. We hadn't won a sectional since I was a freshman in high school. My sophomore through senior year, loogootee had taylor wittmer. There wasn't much we could do, they were just a better team! Then last year, well lets just not talk about that craziness! BUT they finally got the job done and i'm so proud of Megan and the way she handled the whole situation. She was so happy and she knew Patrick was sitting right on her shoulder cheering her on! =]Team huddle right after they won and before the kids stormed the court. =]

I left right after the first game and went up to northern DC for the annual Shack Party at the Beasley's. We rode on the rhino all day. I went back for the night game then rushed back up north for the night ride.

Regina & I.... =]
It was a bit windy.. haha.. Derrick and I at the lookout.
Cole and I climbed up on the top railing of the Iron bridge. Derrick was freaking out! I don't know how many times he was like "alyssa! you get off there!!" ok dad!

I stayed at Derrick's & we got up super early to go hunting this morning. =] It was the first time i've went. We hadn't been there very long and Derrick starts hitting me on the leg and was like Deer, deer, ddddeer! lol i was like OK calm down. It was behind us so I thought geez it must be a few or something really big if he's so excited! I turned around and was like omg are you kidding me?!?! It was a buck but the thing was little and looked like it had weenie roasting sticks coming out of it's head. Two spikes with two little bitty prongs at the top. So we obviously didn't want to shoot at it and we got the deer call out to start messin with it. Pretty descent morning for my first time. So i'm going to go study and take a second nap for the day! haha Then tonight will be time to watch the Tampa Bay Rays! =]

I'm def the favorite now.. =]

I discovered something today! Don't ever let a 10 yr old pick out any picture they want to make for a jack-o-lantern. I wanted to carve pumpkins ALL weekend, but derrick didn't think that was such a good idea. Yea well, now I remember why. It had been forever and I really thought Kalen would love it. I bought two cute pumpkins. A medium one & a really big one, and he was beyond excited. So of course he wants to carve out Ozzy Osbourne. I was like uhh no, get real! Why in the world would he want ozzy?!? So we settled on Mario & I told him I would give it my best shot! So while he played football, by himself?!?!, in the front yard, I slaved away at carving the pumpkin. This is the final product! Don't laugh either, I think it's kinda cute for a not very artistic person who had no real carving tools!

awe.. i think it's pretty cute! =]

haha.. kalen loves it. he doesn't want it to sit outside!

So now that i've spoiled my brother all weekend long, it's time for me to head back to school. yuckkk!

Oh yea, I got spoiled a little this weekend too. Derrick took me to go shootin & to French Lick one night.

Gettin ready.. I guess... love that lil hunting fool!

I was aiming for right above the first R & mine's the one in the red. So not to bad for the first time to shoot that 20 gauge. & I think he was just aimin for the top of the R's, but of course he hits it practically right on the dot. I don't think I really looked I just wanted somewhere close to his! lol oh yea, & we stole Tye's sign for a target.. haha ooops!

anyways.. i'm gonna head to bed. back to purdue i go, in the morning. =[

Finallyyyy. =]

Mom CALLED me last night! I went with Derrick & his grandma to French Lick b/c they're big gamblers. (Just what I need, NOT!) After we ate and went upstairs I looked at my phone & had two voicemails. I thought surely something bad had happened. The first one was mom saying everything is going great and the generator at the school still isn't working. It has been done for some time now & they think they may get it working this week so they can email us, but everything in haiti just happens whenever it happens. You cant put a time schedule on anything there, because you'll always be late! One of the couples that went down with them had bought international service for just this week. She said in the voicemail it was costing her 1.70 a min. I didn't know that she called from an area number until I returned Jason's call and he said who's 812 number was she calling from?! I looked in my call log & just had to call her back! =] oopps Costs money, but it doesn't matter when you haven't heard from them yet. I talked for about a minute and got off. So pray they get the generator working! Emails would be great to hear how the week is going.

email me already....

Most of you know now, my mom & sister left for Haiti on Friday. Last thing I heard was they were getting ready to board the plane in Miami and I've yet to receive an email saying that they arrived. Starting to get a little worried. We usually had freetime Saturday evening when we got there and Sunday after church.

Anyways, hopefully the emails come soon. So i'm goin to update on the weekend & for whenever mom gets on here to read whats happening at home. Kalen had basketball practice yesterday morning. I was laying in bed & heard him say Dad, I'm watching tv for 30 minutes and then i'm getting ready for practice because I don't want to be late! It was 7:30 in the morning and his practice didn't start until 10!!! I thought are you kidding me Kalen? Go back to bed! So he went to practice and stayed the night with his friend Mitchell. He has a bad habit of telling me, Jason (my stepdad), or whoever takes him to practice that mom said, "I can stay the night with whoever or I can go play with whoever after practice." Then he goes to practice saying, "hey can I come to your house after practice because I don't have anything to do today!!!" Little brat. He thinks he's sneaky, but we've caught on. He said that yesterday, but I guess mom really did say he could go. =] I left and went to a family reunion with Derrick. It wasn't as bad as he acted like it would be! Then we went back home and shot the 20 gauge shotgun. I'm think I'm a natural! lol. He said yea, we'll see once we get in a treestand and you're shakin like a leaf & won't pull the trigger! OOOHH, Just wait. I'll show him what's up! =]

So that's pretty much it for the weekend, and the Colts are KICKING BUTT today! I know mom would be happy to hear that. =]

Write more later... =]

lots of new info.... =]

so i haven't wrote anything alllll week! I'll start off with a little bit from last weekend. I spent pretty much my whole time at home building a new dog pen. It's Huck's pen, derrick's dog. Practically my dog, I play with it sooo much more than he does! =]

School went extremely fast for me this week. I didn't get back until Monday night. I have tons of classes on tuesdays, only two on Wednesday, and a few on Thursday. I work Wednesday & Thursday nights after class. During the time in between I do homework & try to eat & study! I don't always get all three done! I got off work at 8:15 Thur. then drove home afterwards. Didn't get home until 11 after having to stop to eat supper & get gas. I would've stayed longer, but my mom & little sister were leaving for Haiti Friday morning. So after getting home at 11:20 and finally getting to bed, I got up at 5:45 to take mom & kirsten to the church. It was so sad. I wanted to go so bad. It was even worse thinking that I'm off school 2 days next week and my teachers for Wednesday would've been very willing to let me do my work ahead of time. The only day I would miss any material would've been Thursday. Only TWO classes, because my other one got cancelled. =[ No class on Fridays. Oh well, too late now!

The team that's going to Haiti. haha Obviously you can pick out my proud mom in that Purdue sweatshirt! =]

So now I'm mom for the next week & the only girl in my house. I took Kalen to the ND football game last night. He liked it, I guess. I thought he would be sooo excited to go. So I said, "Kalen, do you want to go with me and Derrick to the football game tonight?!?" He said, "Well Alyssa, I don't know, I need some time to think about it!" I was like are you kidding me? Really what else would he do besides sit at home and watch disney channel. I finally talked him into it and we went to eat at Essen Haus in Odon. He was pretty excited. Once he started getting his food he said, "Wow, this has like everything I want. I want to come back here in 3 days!" "Umm, why 3 days??" " Alyssa, duh, I don't want to eat the same thing everyday until then!" Geez, what was I thinking?

Kalen & I being silly on the way to the game! Anyways, I got to go get ready for a family reunion with Derrick. I'll write more later... Love & miss you mom & Kirsten.

Jess, you lil rat! she tagged me. =]

oh gosh... ok..
Here are 6 things i guess.
1. I was super smart in high school... ha BUT then i got to college & became the dumbest! haha no.. not quite.. but somehow, college just isn't working out so great. it's rough! I have learned that I just don't know how to study.. I guess that's the first thing that's on my mind right now, because I don't know how I'm ever going to survive my anatomy test next week!

2. Ok, I'm totally a trader! I go to Purdue now & I'm transferring to IU. That's sooo wrong. Here's a little story about that. I was waiting in line at the Bursars office & saw a friend from last year. She asked how my year was going & I said, well it's alright. Not the greatest, i guess, because I'm in the middle of figuring out my transferring situation. She was like wow really? Where to? Oh, I'm just going to IU. Before she could even reply, a guy in the back of the line (in the bursars office remind you!) YELLS out.. literally YELLS. F*** IU... i was like really? do you wanna start a riot, right here & now.. cuz i'm totally game!!!!! =]
He shutup!

3. I've discovered my new favorite thing is hunting! I'm super excited for this gun season. I'm actually looking for a new Bow for christmas on the internet right now. =] I think i found the perfect pink camo one. =] yay!

4. I feel like I know or am associated with more people than what is humanly possible. I was always hanging out with a different person in high school practically every night. My close friends are always like yea this one girl that you probably dont know was talkin to me. & i'm always quick to say who? of course i end up knowing them!
Another funny story, my friend Megan Knepp is from Sarasota & of course the good ole facebook tells you who your mutual friends are! So one day I said Megan! Oh my goodness, you know Todd Garrett tooooo?!! He lives in Alabama! He goes to school in Tennessee, but went to Hoover High School, famous for the football show Two-a-days! He was actually on the first season. I met him in Florida & she met him because a friend of hers goes to college with him. How random!

5. I love Physics! I really don't know why... welllll i loved physics, then i got my test score back yesterday! haha. it was cuttteeee. not. No, honestly, I really do like Physics. I guess it's because it's just real. Its the reason and the way thing work.

6. oh oh oh... i know my last one. Not many people know this, but I tried out for Colts cheerleading. Even though I obviously didn't make it, it was soooo much fun! I'm considering trying again only because I met a bunch of really fun girls. I definitely don't expect to make it, but it's fun to be able to say that I did it!

hmm... i don't even have that many people that I know on here!
I tag Abbie, of course, & Lauren B.