I'm home!

We're all home safe & sound. We had some sicklings the past couple days & ayrika was sick the majority of the way home. Poor girl. I was ready to get home thats for sure.. Too much time with people.. starting to eat at my nerves. Anyways, I have to go eat lunch with my sister at camp illiana. I still haven't seen her yet. So i'll post another one later today or tomorrow with pictures! =] Missed you all!

Update

I need you all to be praying. Today we found out that there are a lot of riots and protesters going on downtown. I guess the haitian elections are this sunday. last time they had elections the ministry here had to cancel church because the government said no private or public vehicles were allowed on the roads. Yesterday one man was killed downtown. He must've got a little out of hand when it came to protesting. The UN shot him and so it's a little violent. Pray for the people here and that they calm their anger. Also that we will be able to have service on sunday. Church in Haiti is amazing. love you all. Only a few more days left in Haiti. Hopefully a post from home Tuesday night.

Haiti

Just an FYI.. we're here in haiti! I've been trying to get access to a computer for long enough time to check emails & make a post. So here i am on day 4 and got it done! Just wanted you to keep praying and pray for the nannies we're teaching. They are shaping haiti and making a great impact on this country. I love and miss you all!!

My weekend in Louisville

Derrick, Kev, Sarah, & I had a blast this weekend! It was so much fun. Friday we went down to the IU vs Louisville game. IU should've won but lost it on stupid errors. We ordered pizza & hung out at the hotel afterwards. Saturday morning we got up & walked around downtown. I LOVED the horse statues. We went to Louisville Slugger and bought some cute stuff. I got my brother a wall bat that has pegs on it so Kalen can hang his mit & baseball stuff up. Kirsten gets a shirt that I get to share. I mean I bought it! We went to eat at Joe's Crab Shack & enjoyed the amazing weather while sitting next to the river. Then it was off to the concert! We tailgated with a bunch of people & got a nice tan! =] The concert was AWESOME to say the least. It started at 4 p.m. First was Lady Antebellum, then Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, Sugarland, then finally Kenny Chesney. Sugarland was my favorite. Even more than Kenny. They were awesome. Kenny Chesney sang the song, "I Lost It." It was the first time in 6 years that he had sang it and it was sooo awesome that it made me cry! Towards the very end of the concert it started raining. That was by far the funnest part. Me & Derrick and Kev & Sarah just danced in the rain and sang at the top of our lungs. Don't worry, sarah & I totally owned the song "We went out last night!" So here are some pictures....
Derrick & I watching the game..I LOVED this horse! =] I wanted to climb up on it & they were like you're gonna make it fall over!! I was like are you calling me fat?? haha. They were convinced that it wasn't very sturdy, but I jumped right on up there! =] I think it's a cute picture. The four of us eating Joe's Crab Shack on the river. It was beautiful out!Tailgating before the concert. So much fun!Dancing in the rainnnn!!! =]

Boat Club <3

This past weekend was soooo much fun. I can't even explain it! I absolutely love just leaving the house and not worrying about anything. We worked friday evening until 8. I had all my stuff packed in my car, so i drove straight to BC when i got off. There was a decent amount of people that came out friday night. I had fun just hanging out with Derrick & the rest of the gang. Woke up bright & early Saturday morning. The weather was awesome! Me & sarah had huge hopes of getting some sweet tanlines! I already had some from last wednesday. I love the sun! =] Sarah & I left early to go to Delaney's graduation party. We just put shorts & tank tops over our swimsuits. D* loves us & didn't care what we wore. But you know i've been told Ive been talked about ever since. Mom told me multiple people told her what we were wearing. Wow, what's new! People talking about Alyssa Neidigh. I'm used to it. There's always something to say in this small town, but i'm over it! =]

Anyways, we gave her the graduation gifts & she loved them! Had a bite to eat & headed back to the BC. So many people came out Saturday night. Some people I wondered how in the world they found out, but word gets around quickly. Sunday I was in the absolute WORST mood. I woke up & Derrick was gone, sarah was gone.. Nobody was up. They had went to take a shower at Kev's. Ugh... hello! Alyssa definitely needed a shower too! Sleepin in a tent all night & campfire smoke everywhere! I went to Kev's & there they were all squeaky clean & loungin around watching tv. So that started off my bad mood. Stupid I know, but I didn't like being left there! Then Derrick left me again at Kev's. So that just added to it!
Even though he made me mad I still love him. Can you believe this face. I think he had a bit too much to drink, and he thought he was being funny. Anyways, we had a bunch of boat rides & cornhole games that day. The absolute best part was that Alex Myers & Halisa Conley came out to hang out with us! I work with both of these girls. I've known Alex since I was little, but I've really gotten to know Halisa through work. We had a BLAST together. Second thing I was excited about was actually hanging out with Brittany Miller. We've had our rough moments but we've really worked hard to get over it since we've graduated. We for sure made a lot of good memories this past weekend! "I wanna go back to the firefly field!" We'll never forget that line for sure!

So monday came & it rained all day. We were home & unpacked by 10 am. Slept ALL evening after having a huge yummy lunch at Derricks house.

Well I must get to bed. I have a meeting at work at 8 in the morning. Then I have to come home & pack. Derrick, Kev, Sarah, & I are going to Louisville tomorrow. We're going down to watch the IU vs Louisville baseball game. I really don't care much, but I guess IU won the Big Ten so they are in the Regionals. Then we're staying the night & we have a huge concert on Saturday. We're going to see Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, Sugarland, & Lady Antebellum. I've heard rumor the Zack Brown Band is playing instead of Sugarland, because she's been sick or something. Who knows. I'd rather see Sugarland though! =] =] I know we have plans like every weekend. BUT i might as well live it up while I'm young, in college, & not married with kids! There's time for that later! =]

My Sissy's growin up!

Today was Kirsten's 6th grade graduation. I went to her 6th grade videos on Tuesday. They were pretty cute. It was kind of funny cuz mom was clueless. She said "Alyssa, what's 6th grade videos?" I said, "Well obviously you didn't come to mine!!" Kirsten looked so cute in her new dress and she's turning into a beautiful teenager. They had a dance after the awards program. Oh my, it explained exactly why I could never be an elementary school teacher!! UGH! I literally wanted to beat some kids. They're CRAZY! They wanted to turn the lights off in the cafeteria! I was like "you little brats are already holding hands, so leave the freaking lights alone!!!"
Me, mom, & Kirsten..

Mom & Kirsten..

Well, I hope you all have a very safe and fun Memorial Day weekend! I am so beyond excited to spend the weekend with Derrick & our friends at the boat club. =]

Upcoming fun. =]

Me & Derrick with the new truck! =] Not a great pic of the truck but he looks cute! ha
The funeral for Derrick's uncle has now passed. It was very sad to see his dad break down as we all filed out of the funeral home. I know Dennis doesn't know this but I love that guy to death. He's become like another dad to me. He & Derrick fix my car when it needs help. He came with Derrick to get me when I broke down on my way back to Purdue one time. It was Derricks fault that it broke down. Long story, but true! =] He's never said a mean thing to me! He taught me how to tie a really good fishing knot & how to put on the perfect plastic worm. Who knew it really mattered which way you put that plastic worm on. I wish he wouldn't have taught me though, because derrick just loves to make me fix his when he gets caught in the tree or whatever! Anyways, he's just a great guy and seeing him break down today was really hard.

I'm beyond excited for this weekend!!! =] Yay! Memorial day. I love memorial day because it means the first official weekend of campin at the boat club. This summer I'm taking my video camera every time we go and I'm going to try to make a cool video at the end of summer. I'll never get that worked out i'm sure, but at least i'll have awesome memories! Me & Derrick have been getting ready for this big campin weekend. We got the tent out today and dug out the old lawn chairs. We washed out the huge cooler. It was kinda gross since it hadn't been used since last summer. We need to go to the grocery store & buy stock up on some hotdogs and all that stuff! I can't forget my pink fishin pole either! =]

The little girl in the picture is Brooklyn. She's Derrick's little cousin and we became best buddies the past two days. She's ADORABLE! She loves to dress up and put on jewelry. We went on two "field trips" while we were bored at the viewing. One was around the block and the other was to the gas station to get some goodies! =]

I spoiled the girl already. She just couldn't believe how much gum she had to chew!

I hate "F" words.....

FIRST OF ALL: This Saturday the 16th, my family is having a yard sale. It's with Mark and Amy Graber's family. We have one every year before we go to Florida. BUT this time, everything I sell will go towards my Haiti trip. There's some Vera Bradley, Girls clothes from toddlers to Children's large. (Amy's youngest daughter to my sisters age) I have some clothes in there. Hollister & American Eagle jeans and shirts. There's some boys stuff. (mainly my brothers) So if you would like to come. It's going to be at Mark & Amy's house. On HWY 50 right outside of Montgomery, heading toward Loogootee. You can't miss it. Right after the Fuhs' turkey barns on the left. =]



Interesting title I know. I'll explain.
It seems like the past week has just not been such a great one. It's not necessarily the fact that everything is wrong in my life, because it's not at all. It's a lot of people around me that are going through hard times. So my first "F" word is Funeral.
Last week my mom, grandma, & I had to go to a funeral. Dave Parman is from Monroe City and was always a VERY GOOD friend of my uncle doug. They went to Cardinals games together, played guitar with him, and was an amazing christian person in Doug's life. Well his wife, Barb, passed away from breast cancer last week. She was only 45 years old i believe. It was so sad. They have a little boy who is my sisters age and I can't imagine what kind of week he has had and how hard the weeks ahead will be.
My second "F" word is Flu. UGH, i've been plagued. Tuesday I slept in later than normal. I'm usually up by 9 now that I'm done with school. I like to get up and watch Kathy Lee & Hoda on the Today show. =] I slept in until 10:30 and I just couldn't seem to get up. I felt fine, and then noon rolled around. I started getting chills and shaky. Mom has blood sugar problems, so I thought that could've been my problem. I hadn't really ate anything. Well, eating didn't help. I was in that hot, cold, hot, cold mode. Which I knew meant fever. I took a shower because I had to go to work at 4. That didn't help. I got out put my soakin wet hair in a pony, put on sweatpants and a sweatshirt, and I wrapped up in a blanket. I was freezing even though I had a 101.2 temp. I tried to sweat it out but that didn't help much. I was soooo achey and I couldn't get comfortable to save my life. I called into work and finally fell asleep. My fever ended up gettin to at least 102.5 when i checked it later on and it finally broke around 9 that night. I was supposed to work 8 hours for another girl on Wednesday. I got up and felt fine. Went to work and then started feeling bad again. Boss wouldn't let me leave. Well let's just say, when I developed more symptoms, he didn't have a choice. I was SICK! I went home 2 hours early and lounged around.
Then today came along. I feel better but we're back to the other "F" word now. This is because poor Derrick's uncle passed away this morning of a massive heart attack. It's his dad's brother Gary. So now they're going to be planning for a funeral within the next few days.
I guess the only good thing I can come up with is that Derrick is getting a new truck tomorrow!! =] He got a really good trade in value on his truck now. So he picked out this brand new ruby colored, Chevy Silverado. We're going to get it tomorrow around 2. I love being involved in all this stuff! I'll post some pictures soon! =]

UPDATE..

Ok, so I don't officially hate the bachelor anymore! haha Everyone has been telling me they're sick of seeing that when they look at my blog. I never can find the time to write even though I'm a daily blog reader. Amy Graber, my mom's Amy. Ha It's funny to say that, but there's a reason. First, there's a ton of amy grabers. Secondly, my best friend is Amy Graber and my mom's best friend is Amy Graber. We have to keep them straight! =] Anyways, I was at the campground and she said "Alyssa, you have to change your blog! I check it everyday and it's ALWAYS the same." So, here it goes.....

School has been amazing! I am so glad I decided to come home this semester. Even though it made my christmas break miserable. Mom was mad at me and wanted me to stay at Purdue. That caused arguements literally everyday and there was a constant tension at my house over Christmas. I finally made the decision on my own that I was staying home and it has worked out so well. I have a 4.0 this semester. I LOVE my classes. Math and Physics practically. I know, you probably hate math, but I'm a math nerd. It just works for me. Most people don't like physics either but for some reason I just get it! It's really just a bunch of equations that explain why things happen on this earth and how it works. Its really neat when you can go outside and push a little kid in a swing and know the logistics as to why they move in that motion and how fast they will move. Ok, sorry to bore you!

In the fall I'll be moving to Indy. I'm kind of scared again. I changed my major from Prepharmacy at Purdue to now Electrical Engineering. I wanted to go to University of Evansville, because it's closer and smaller. Mom really wanted me to go to IUPUI. Of course, she got her way. Now I'm in the Purdue school of engineering. Hope it goes better with Purdue this time around. I don't know where I'm going to be living yet, but I know who I'll be with. Her name is Kara Minderman and she went to Vincennes Rivet. She dates Travis Schaffer if you know him. She's one of the nicest people i've ever met. I've never heard a bad thing come out of her mouth. She's very positive and I definitely need that!

ALSO!! I tried out for cheerleading at IUPUI this past Saturday. and......... I made it! =] I even had a huge downfall during tryouts but it still went well. I hyper-extended my elbow on my running tumbling pass. It was awful. I tried so hard to hold back the tears, but it hurt so bad! Then we had a short practice with the new members right after decisions were made, and they had me partner stunting! There's 5 or 6 guys on the team and they wanted ME to partner stunt. I was kind of surprised.

Lastly, I've been trying to work a lot and I'm taking a bunch of hours during May. I won't be able to work much during June, because of my mission trip and family vacation. I'm getting so excited! =]

I'll leave you with a few pictures of things that have happened recently..... =]

Derrick took me and Sarah both on a date to Masons. Kev had to work. He had two girlfriends for the night! =]

I got to go visit my girl, Haili. She goes to IUPUI too and is best friends with Kara, the girl I'm living with. I miss her!

This is all the girls at Lindsey's after the Barr-Reeve vs Loogootee game I guess. Fun night! =]

Abbie, Sarah, and I celebrating Kev's birthday at the mexican restaurant in Bloomfield. Yes, my hair is brown. I colored it so it would go back to my natural color. It doesn't look near that dark anymore. It actually worked and I think with a little bit of sun, I'll be back to normal! =]

Lastly, me and that boy of mine. He wanted to eat and not take a picture. So this is the best we could get! Stubborn little brat!

OFFICIALLY HATE THE BACHELOR!

So for those of you who don't watch the bachelor, well don't start. This was my first season and I am devastated. UGH! Jason, the bachelor, was down to two girls. Melissa, who is a texas girl, used to be a DCC (Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader), the most bubbly goofy girl ever, and the one who made him soooo happy. Then there's Molly. She was head over heels for him, but we all thought she had a dark side. Well Melissa won! Yay! THEN, the after show came on & it was supposed to be a ton of drama. He broke up his engagement with Melissa and five minutes later brought Molly on and told her he was still in love with her. AND they were kissing, right after he broke up his engagement! MANWHORE?!?!? i think so. So now, we (me, chelsea, brooke, ayrika, ashley, melissa, katie, steph, & rhonda) ALL hate him.
Makes me so sad for poor Melissa. He proposed to her on national tv and broke up with her on national tv. You're probably thinking oh alyssa....
Sorry! we're addicted to this show and after knowing the background of Melissa, and Jason too, it's heartbreaking. Maybe Melissa will be the new Bachelorette! I'm going to bed. That ruined my night! haha

This week...

I forgot to mention some stuff in my post yesterday. Yes, can you believe it? Two posts in two days from me. Rare event!
Anyways, Ayrika & Chelsea wrote a little about how they are going to Haiti this summer. Well, I am too!! This will be my third trip to Haiti. I miss it so much and I really feel like I need a good spiritual boost. I go to Antioch and it's such an emotional mess there. One week we're looking for a preacher, the next week we have one in mind, and then the next week they aren't coming anymore. I understand the reasonings, but it's frustrating! So I'm going to Port-au-Prince Haiti with New Hope christian church. They have a group of high schoolers, a couple college kids, and some adults too. It's pretty even in ages. It's weird not knowing very many of the people but I'm not alone. There's a little BR group going. Me, Chelsea Miller, Brooke Lengacher, Stephanie Graber, & Ayrika Lengacher. I know ayrika is from ND, but we say we adopted her!
Next business... The Bachelor. haha I used to make so much fun of the girls in high school because they would miss the bachelor night for ball games and such. Then they would come to school and fight over who got to take home the recorded tape first. I was like girls, you're not going to die. Well, now I love it! I wouldn't fight over a tape, but I don't like missing episodes. BTW, Melissa is going to win for sure. We're like a little Melissa fan club on Monday nights at Chelsea's house. It's nice to get together with the girls and not think about school, talk about the most random of things, and eat lots of cheesecake or whatever sweets we can get into!
Last thing... I started my new job today. I'm working as a pharmacy tech, like normal. That's pretty much the story of my life besides my lifeguarding at Camp Illiana. Anyways, I started at Williams Brothers in washington. I'm training and just figuring out the organization and flow of their work. I did pretty well today actually. It helps a lot having background with medication names and an understanding of what is going on.
Well i'm going to get back to the Purdue game that's on now and get ready for American Idol!!! =] Have a great week. Two posts in two days allows me to not post for like a month! haha jk!

2009 thus far..

I feel so bad because I've had like 3 people say, "Alyssa,!!! you need to update your blog. You never write on it!" I'm just the worlds biggest procrastinator & I always say I'll do it later. I have pictures! =]

Derrick, me, Clay, Gabe, Tye, Meredith, Garrett, & his new gf Amanda, & Derek Clidienst all went skiing a couple weekends ago. Derek tried to teach us girls how to snowboard. I feel sorry for the guy, because I am HORRIBLE! I didn't really try too hard though. I gave up after one trip down the bunny slope. I probably could've got the hang of it eventually.

Derrick & I at paoli peaks.. taking a little break.

Yea... see how good I am at snowboarding.. NOT! good picture opportunities!

I guess my life has been consumed with school, family, my boy, & basketball games. I got a 98% on my physics test, I'm still on an emotional high about that one!! Yesterday was Valentine's day, obviously. Derrick & I went to Terre Haute for a day of shopping. I haven't been up there in ages. I got to Derricks house & he had something for me.. =]

I was super excited... Sad to say it, but yep, i'm "smitten". I had to steal Sarah Walton's word. haha We always tease her saying she's a smitten kitten! She's def happy about her relationship! I was excited to see not only a dozen roses but there were daisies & carnations & more.. I definitely appreciate Derrick. I learn more and more everyday about him & i know he's kind of person I hope to marry. & yes, that's my first roses from a boy! haha.. Silly, i know, but completely worth the wait now that it's from him! AND knowing that he truly has meaning behind it, not just for the occasion. So I took a lot of pics because I have some flower setting on my camera & I don't really get many chances to just go take pictures of flowers! haha

LOVE THEM! Mom told Jason they were from her "other man". He said, "Cool, glad he has money to waste." I said "Hey you shutup, that's not funny!" He thought he was just too funny...

So I guess this is enough for right now.. I need to get to bed... Chelsa, Ryan, & Brycen... you're still in my prayers! Hope everyone has a great week!

Derrick's Birthday

I'm so disappointed in myself. I'm not a very faithful blogger! I just read them. =[ Anyways, I had some new pictures, so it's a worthy time to post. Sunday was Derrick's 23rd birthday. I keep telling him that he's getting old and making me feel really young! =]

Derrick and I initially were supposed to go out to eat with Kev and Sarah Sunday night. Sarah ended up having to work and I wanted to have a surprise dinner. Derrick had asked if it would just be us four and I said, "Kev is coming for sure, but Sarah may have to work and doesn't know if she'll be back in time." So Derrick calls me and tells me sunday afternoon that he was going to go hunting until dark and wanted to cancel his birthday dinner. I was soooo upset i said, "DERRICK! You're ruining your surprise!" What surprise?? I had to tell him that he just couldn't geese hunt all night because all of our friends were coming to eat too. So the boys decided to pack up a little bit early and we went to eat at 7. Kinda late, but it was still yummy and we had a lot of fun!

Derrick and I after dinner. Getting ready to head out into the Snow..

His face turned as red as the hat!! It was pretty funny. He said he expected it though.

Well I better head to class. This presidential stuff is just too much for me today.

Everything...

Christmas break. This will be an all inclusive post, i guess. I don't even know where to start! Christmas was good. I knew everything I was getting since I picked it all out, EXCEPT my mom got me a pink Browning car decal. It's like the outline of a deer head. Most of you probably wont even know what that is except Desiree!=] Anyways, mom said, "Wow, the only thing she's excited about is her sticker that cost 6 dollars!" haha. Well yea, because I didn't know I was getting that! I feel like an expert in high school basketball and college & professional football. I've watched enough sports for the next half a year! I even went to my first IU basketball game. My dad got free tickets and gave them to me & Derrick. The poor boy had worked 10 hours that day, but I knew if I didn't tell him then he would be mad the next day!
Oh yea, the best thing so far! My sister decided she wanted to color her hair a little darker. I don't really know why. So I told her I would do it if she bought the color. We went to pick some out and I liked this one color, but she insisted it was no different than what she already had. I said whatever, don't listen to me, do what you want! So that's exactly what she did. Well, she didn't listen to me when I said you only need to keep this in for 5 more minutes either! hahahaha.. oh gosh. She ended up with BLACK hair. hahaha. The next day consisted of washing her hair 15 times with Tide Laundry detergent. Then we let it soak in & wrapped her head in Suran wrap! haha Put the hair dryer on it to pull the color out. It's still rough but looks a lot better.
Oh yea, I got a ring for christmas from derrick. It's super cute and he's so thoughtful. It's a ruby heart, my birthstone, with diamonds around it. =] I was surprised and very pleased!
The last thing... I am going to VU this semester so I can get away from Purdue, and then I will most likely be going to IUPUI in the fall. Well I must get a job since I'm staying home and still have to pay my lease at Purdue. So I'm going to work at Williams Brothers as a pharmacy technician. Suitable since I have experience with pre-pharm school & working in the hospital pharmacy. I had to go take a drug test. I assumed it would be hair but of course it was urine. Well let me tell you, I can't pee under pressure. So after three tries I got that accomplished. That was last monday. The pharmacist called me yesterday and I was like yes, i'm going to get to start soon. NO! The drug test people messed it up, and I had to go take it again. I was sooo frustrated. I wanted to say, do you realize I had to go 3 times!? Now I have to wait another week until I get a reply.

Well, that's plenty for now. I just felt like I haven't posted in ages and i'm sitting at home doing nothing right now. Hope everyone is having a great year so far. I'm looking forward to some really great thing happening and changing in my life this year! Hope that's the same for you!