What a Mess.

My oh my! I suppose a post is slightly overdue here, isn't it?

Hello again, to whomever reads these random writings.

So, to kick things off, I've had a rather interesting start to my morning within the first half hour of being out of bed. Like two minutes after I gathered the alertness and strength to drag myself out of a nice comfy bed, my brother is knocking on my door asking me how to make a green tea latte`. Since he can't remember instructions worth beans half the time, I end up writing out a recipee. I thought after that I'd just start up my laptop and get started with school.... Nooooo. Of course not, lol. Because just as soon as I hit the start up button on my compy, I over hear Nathaniel down stairs shouting for mom, who at the time was in the bathroom (Her "Oval office" as she likes to jokingly call it). Most times I would overlook such shoutings cause it's usually him asking where something is... Fortunately for everybody I hadn't yet plugged myself into my mp3 player, so I actually heard what he was shouting about. "I TRIED TO GET THE MILK OUT OF THE PLASTIC AND NOW IT'S LEAKING!!!" ... Yes, another disaster thanks to Costco's new milk packaging system. Though usually the mess is made because pouring from them causes drips everywhere. Not this time. Ya know how they come wrapped together in plastic? He was trying to cut them apart to get a new jug, and somehow in that the scissors went off at the wrong angle and sliced through the bottom of the milk jug, causing a very steady leak. After getting the milk out of the plastic and seeing how bad the leak was, I knew I had to do something fast, so I grabbed the next most logical container- the old milk jug that was under the sink. Hey, I figured if we were just now getting a new jug, it couldn't have sat under there by the trash for TOO long. And I was desperate. In the end we only lost about an 8th of the milk.... But be warned: If you ever have a puncture in the bottom of an unopened milk jug, when you go to take the seal off the top to pour it into something else, the leak on the bottom will suddenly spurt 10 times worse when the pressure is released.

In other news, I got all 26 of my entries back from the Asotin County fair, with two white ribbons and the rest reds & blues (mostly blues :-) ). I should have over $64 headed my way in the nearish future. Also, I landed a short-term job working as a photographer's assistant! It only pays $5 an hour and is going to be rather off 'n on, and it won't last past summertime cause she's moving, but hey, it'll be good experience anyways. I read this is how most professional photographers start out their early careers. So I'm rather excited. I start tonight.

Oh, and on a last randoms side note before I go to do what I SHOULD be doing (a Science quiz....), I got an email on Sunday from Pastor Harris-- I'm the first person to have sent in their camp sign-up form this year :-) Obviously, you can tell who is excited for August :-)

And with that update there, I bid you adieu, for I must get on with school...oh goodie. =P

Sarah/Misty