my week

Life throws shocking curve balls that are quite tough and hard to deal with- especially when it concerns your dear family.
But, for the most part, this week has been really good, with times that are even quite exciting.
laura cochran drove 9 hours from kentucky to surprise kristen and me for our birthday. She was here till wednesday morning, and when she left, i was still totally taken away by the surprise. I've never had a surprise party. the closest i'd come was in high school, my mama wanted to plan one for kristen and me, but needed help, so we surprised kristen. but, laura's surprise was incredible! We hiked at the park, played in the creek, went to the lake to eat and swim, and she was here for our little family b-day celebrations which was really cool. she tried to curl my nearly uncurlable hair, and we talked a lot. and i mean a lot. i love her to death and im excited to see where our friendship goes this year at school. wednesday was long, but i saw a snake and got to lead youth at my church, so that was an experience. thursday, i dont remember what happened. i think i hung out here at home. oh yeah, i worked at the office and looked at some game books in the church. friday, i had a lunch date with my cousin, went to the lake to get stuff ready for l-team retreat next weekend, and then came home, ran with daddy, and went to kyle's football scrimmage with my parents.
today, it was really cool (weather wise). it felt great. so i read/walked outside and ran. then i went and fed and petted a horse we are babysitting, and then chadwick (my best friend from high school) drove up. we went apple picking in our pasture and climbed the tree. then we walked all through or pasture looking at the ponds and finding how they connected with fences, and then goin to the cows. we didn't have to climb through barbwire till we got where the pasture meets our yard and the cows wouldn't move in front of the gate, and one is sick and could charge us, so we crawled out the side. it was fun. then we just talked about now, highschool, and whatever else. mama and ashley fixed a great supper and kyle brought ellen over to eat with us. then we watched the last half of O Brother Where Art Thou that we started last saturday before Laura came in with SURPRISE! (my parents knew she was coming). it had great and bad parts. a lot of symbolism and pointing out hypocritical christians. i liked that thought provoking stuff. and of course the music is fantabulous.
then, we got in the hottub for a little bit, and then we were starting to head to bed when Kevin shares some upsetting and shocking news. lets say we didn't handle it to well and my parents ended up upset at me. (dont worry, im not pregnant, just disagreement on thoughts). so, then that led to more, and then me understanding more of why my granddaddy killed himself when my mama and her twin were mine and kristen's age.
the concluding thought- drinking one drink may not be wrong, but if not drinking that first would prevent the problem of alcholism, reduce divorce, rape, child/spouse abuse, wrecks, murder, and suicide. i dont know, but it makes since to me to just never take a drink, if not for moral reasons for logical reasons.

love