Holy cow I thought that got deleted and almost had a breakdown. Thank goodness it didn't.

He squeezes out the wins like an automatic juicer - Tony LaRussa

I've finally managed to get in and regain the ability to write new posts. Everything looks weird on my screen but oh well as long as it posts. I know you all were greatly saddened when I went on that long hiatus. I do feel as though since we all completely slacked off on Newsletters we should at least get on the ball with the journaling. That way I at least feel some connection to all of you.
Opening day of Major League Baseball is tomorrow with a great match-up between the Cards and the Mets. Should be a good game and I'm super pumped about it being on ESPN so I can watch it. I love Baseball season. And warm weather. And summer.
My life has been pretty boring unfortunately. Perhaps in my next entry I'll make up something fun and exciting to write about. I'm almost done with the no driving thing. It's been a huge pain and I can't say enough about how great my coworkers have been about not just taking me to and from work, but to my other job, to babysitting, to the store, etc . . You name it and they've done it for me. Most of the time I didn't even have to ask. I was just gonna take the bus and they were like, "No way, I'll just give you a ride." This whole experience has been rather eye opening for me.
Work is going well for the most part. Love my team. Love the kids. Hate the way the place is run. Same old, same old. Even though I really want the break, I'm actually usually kinda sad when the weekend comes. I do kind of miss it on those two days.
I applied to three grad schools. I'm not really expecting to get in to any of them, so I'm trying to figure out if I want to keep working at Namaqua and apply again next year or come back to St. Louis or what. It's hard planning your life. They should give you a manual or something at least.
The Rugby team should be here this next weekend. Hopefully I will have my license back by then so I can go watch them play. It would be cool to see the team even if I don't know many people on it. I hope they're having a good season. They're gonna have a hard road though cause they start out against Air Force which kinda sucks.
I came to one of those earth-shaking conclusions the other day that I come to oh so often. This time I figured out why I'm feeling so off in life. Ok I didn't really solve that but I did maybe figure out why I feel more down here then in St. Louis. Lack of physical contact. I think you all know that I'm a big supporter of hugs, laying with people, playing with people's hair, etc . . . I just like physical contact with the people that I like and love. I could give hugs all day long. I do get a ton of hugs from kids each day, but I realized that other than that (which is a little different then your friends) I come into no physical contact with anyone. I realized this because I have been becoming better friends with Melissa on the day team and twice in the last 2 weeks she gave me a hug at work. I couldn't figure out really why I thought that was so great or anything and then this whole revelation came to me and I was enlightened. Whenever I visit St. Louis I get like 30,000 hugs and that boosts my mood considerably. So that was kind of all pointless and probably no one cares but me, but oh well. You may not really care about these crazy random thoughts I have, but too late you've already the paragraph.
I absolutely CAN NOT WAIT until Sarah Teague's wedding. I am so pumped. I think that it is gonna be an adorable wedding and a ton of fun.
I wish we could all see each other sometime. Halleh are we still gonna do a float trip? Is it really gonna be separate from the younger girls? Is everyone going to alumni? If we are gonna do a float trip maybe if we pick the date super early (like now) then everyone'll be able to come. I wish we could all go somewhere together or meet somewhere together or something.
Ok well that's enough for today. Today's journal was for catch-up purposes and I promise that from now on they'll be more interesting and fun. I miss you girls and love you! UPDATE YOURS TOO. THAT'S MY PEER PRESSURE AT WORK! It usually works on Elizabeth so hopefully it'll work on you too.

Hmm I want to see if this really works before I post anything long. I've been trying to update for months now with no luck.