Yes, I know, I have not written for a while. I currently have quite a shiner on my right eye; I hit my eye on my door frame last Thursday after cleaning my fish tank. I had left a gallon of water outside the door and forgot about it. I was gonna go to dinner, and "oops, I left this out here!" I exclaimed and bent down to pick it up and bring it inside and "Boom!!" went my head against the door frame. Yeah, dumb.

I went on a backpacking trip this last weekend and it was amazingly fun and interesting. The first day wasn't as fun as it could have been because of my stupid irritable bowel syndrome, but it was better by the evening. We went to Buffalo River in Arkansas and camped the first night. Saturday we backpacked 8 miles and came to a lovely campsite on a gravel bar next to a tall bluff. It was beautiful. I got to go with 10 other wonderful girls and get to know them. They all exceeded my expectations; I was scared we were gonna end up with a whiner or two in the group. Nope, not one bit. So I didn't see my eye the entire weekend because I did without mirrors (yay!) and when we got to our destination (5 miles on Sunday) I saw it looked even worse. And even better is I get to tell my stupid story to everyone cause they all ask how I got it. It is green and brown. Thursday it was a pretty lavender color. Hmmmm....

Blindside is gonna be in St. Louis this Sunday and I need to find a way to get there! Karissa wants to go with me as well but I am not sure that we are gonna be able to find a ride. Oh well. It makes me sad but what can I do. I might get to see my best bud Mandy in Chicago coming up here in November!! I really hope so.

I am feeling really fat and gross today since I haven't worked out in I don't know how long. Not good. I just watched this video called "When Billy Broke His Head" about people with disabilities and it helped put things into perspective. Being in super good shape or whatever isn't what life is all about. Why on EARTH do I forget that and get all fret-some and worrisome about it. I need to go to the music store to get some new guitar strings. Yay! Beck has a new cd out!!! I am so excited. I am hoping maybe one of my family members will remember how much I love him and get it for me for my B-day. Or maybe I will just buy it later. Or maybe I will get it for Christmas...

Speaking of which I wonder how the heck and what the heck I am going to do for Christmas break.... First of all, will I get off, second, what am I gonna do about money, third, how am I gonna get to Houston, TX and Reno, NV? Yikes. I'm sure it will all work out but....I am worrying about it still. EEEEK!!!

"My name is Lucy and I really LOVE celebrity gossip...."-Lucy on our backpacking trip

Emperor's New Groove quote of the day:
"I'm a crumbling canyon wall and I'm gonna take you with me--not-ah, not today pal!!! Uh huh, uh huh, uh-huh-uh-huh-uh-huh!"-Kuzco
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