Old Settlers 2009

Another Old Settlers and come and gone and it was a busy one! I have a feeling this blog is going to be mega huge, but there are lots of things to talk about and lots of subjects. So here it goes...

Thursday (June 20th): I hop in my little red Mazda and head down the interstate to Nebraska. I arrived in NB a little after 3pm. Kris, Lyn and the girls got held up in Lincoln after flying so they got there around 4pm. That night was just a lot of catching up, playing with the nieces and settling in.

Friday: Get up and go take family pictures! They turned out awesome. Hopefully I'll be able to post some of them sometime. But right now they are just proofs. The little girls were so good and behaved really well and he got some really cute pictures of them in their Husker outfits! Friday night Dustin arrived from Kansas. He had been helping his dad with wheat harvest, I hadn't seen him in 10 days so I was very happy he made it to NB! We ended up at the bars in NB catching up with some old friends. I couldn't believe downtown NB. There were many beer gardens with bands and you could hear music all over the streets. It was very festive and almost downtown Lincoln like! Odd.

Saturday: I didn't do the 5k this year. :( I just haven't been up on my running and wasn't in the mood to get up early to go and run. I also had a slight headache for some reason from the night before...weird. Anyway, at noon Jamie, Renae, Dustin and I played a golf scramble. It was the first time we did it and it was a lot of fun! I was horrible. I also pouted cause I was horrible. By the end of the game it wasn't too bad. I think I need different clubs and might also need left handed clubs (Dustin and I discovered this a few days later). Later that night I had my 10 year reunion. It was rather boring. No one showed up to the reunion that I was like "omg, i haven't seen them forever!!". Most of the people there I have seen off and on through out the past 10 years. But it was still good to go. After that we headed up to the beer garden and finished off the night.

Sunday: Parade day! Really the parade isn't that excited but its what goes on. Melissa and Sydney also came to NB that day. As always, Sydney is sooooooo cute!!! And now she is smiling and actually making eye contact with you, so its fun. I can't wait till I see her again! After the parade Dustin and I decided that we had beer garden tickets to use up so we headed back to the garden. Now this usually happens and I don't know why I don't learn...but the Sunday afternoon beer garden always sneaks up on me! Yes, I got drunk. It turned from one beer at 4pm to multiple till about 11pm. Ack! But it was great fun...it is way more easy to socialize at the Sunday beer garden. That night us siblings and sig others all hung out together and it was awesome! I think I'll remember that the most out of that weekend.

Monday: Dustin and I had to book it to Lincoln to look at houses. We probably looked at 5 or 6 and found 1 that we really liked. However, there is a still a bit more time to look. I prompted to freak out later that day after I found out I got rejected from another job. I just felt like crap and was completely down on the situation. Dustin was very supportive and tried to tell me it would be ok and I calmed down somewhat. He left to go back to Kansas and I met up with Tigh, Nikki and Becky! from Chicago. We had a few drinks and it was so good to catch up with old friends. I miss them like crazy!

Tuesday: I had brunch and shopped with mom after she dropped the Bedsaul family off at the airport. :( Then later that day I went to campus to beg for a job and try to figure out something. I talked with 3 people. The first turned into talking about going back to school. The 2nd was actually decent and I'm minimally hopefully I could maybe get a job at his institution. The 3rd was a visit with Dr Dewey. It was great chatting with him and I hope he can help me find a job. I left campus feeling a ton better than I did the day before and I'm hopeful that something will work out.

Wednesday: I went to WW in Lincoln and weighed in, I also got to see my old leader! I'm not sure if she remembered me right away, but by the end of the convo I think she did. She told me that they are always looking for subs and could use help on Saturdays and Thursdays...odd...thats what I work here. :) After that I took off to Kansas and partook in my first ever wheat harvest. Its very much like corn/beans harvest....just wheat. Dustin and I mostly hung out with Nick and I finally got to relax for the first time in a week!

Thursday: Dustin and I golfed, which is when I discovered my clubs SUCK and that I probably need news one. Oh and I bet him on one hole. :) Later that day we hung out with Nick and Andrea.

Friday: Another semi relaxing day before the big 4th of July (on the 3rd) blowout at Nicks. We went there around 6pm, stayed till 330am...because I threw a cranky pants fit. I just can't drink late into the night anymore. All of Dustins friends can keep going, but I'm such a wuss, I totally wussed out. But I thought I did well! Next time I'm setting up camp in Nicks...or the car...or just driving back. :)

Saturday: Packed up and headed back to Dustin's in IL.

The trip was great fun and awesome seeing friends and family! I am so glad that will be the last monster trip I need to make back...ever, well hopefully for a very very very long time. Right now I'm just focusing on finding a job and hoping Dustin sells his house. I hope one of those can work out otherwise we are in bad shape. Things happen for a reason and I just keep trying to tell myself that.