im like a bird.

so i admit it i have been the worst ever when it comes to keeping up with my blog but the truth is the internet connection at my house sucks so bad im not even sure this post will go through....
anyways. so i went on my big trip this weekend. we drove up to millinocket on thursday night and then on friday we went rafting. we went down the penobscot. it smells a little bad. the rapids were awesome. our guide was extra awesome. the weather was not so awesome. my hands went completely numb. oh and i had a panic attack when we went through the first rapid. it was a class 5 give me a break. the waterfall wasnt scarey at all. it was really awesome actually. we went over it twice. they had filled our empty space on our raft with two extra awesome guys. one was one of the skydiving instructors and the other was a parachute packer from ireland. we ended up making friends with them and drinking beer together at the bar that night. we met archie that night to. he was the second skydiving instructor and ended up being the one i jumped with. saturday morning bright and early we went to the airport and hung out in the hanger for a couple of hours waiting for the weather to clear enough to jump. and then when it did we were in this mad dash to go. it was a little intense. jen and i went up in the first plane together. im not gonna lie there were definately a few tears shed by amy. but they were when we were still on the groung taxiing. i cant even begin to explain how amazing it was to jump. luckily i didnt have to do anything except listen to archie and breathe because i dont think i would have been able to handle much else. we went through a cloud. it tasted different. i want to go again super bad. i dont know when i will be able to go but i am definately going to try to do it again and again forever. i love it. i kinda want to do it at sunset... or sunrise. that would be extra amazing. anyway i am going to try to post this and see what happens. i have some pictures that i will share as soon as i get somewhere that has a better connection.

loves.
ames.

ps. i broke my camera yesterday... im heartbroken.
pss. i want a new camera for my birthday.
ppss. maybe everone can pitch in like twenty bucks or something.

so these might be a little late.

so as promised i have some pictures to share. they arent new anymore but they are still fun. a couple of weeks ago ron and his nephew lance and i went to popham beach. they played while i tooks some pictures.

they thought maybe it would be fun to splash me.

i have decided that i ♥ seaweed very much.

i found some crabs. this one was pretty small but not the smallest.

lance went from being afraid of them to wanting to hold them to killing them.

i like leg pictures.

lichen is very photogenic.



and of course we played in the fort.

we went for one last romp on the beach before heading home.

we wanted to be sure he was nice and clean before loading him into the car.

im pretty sure i will have beach sand in my car from now until forever.
in other news...

july is officially my favorite month for clouds. they are ridiculous. and by ridiculous i mean amazing. everynight as the sun gets low the clouds get amazing.
i ♥ the summer sky.
i dont ♥ my house.
i have all kinds of other things i could talk about but i dont want to. im tired.

loves.
ames.

buncha crap.

i have been cleaning like a maniac pretty much since i got up. i need to procrastinate a bit. the internet has been half working the last couple days. i am pretty glad about that. cleaning my room is making me feel even more annoyed than i normally do about the amount of crap i have. i have a lot of crap. how do i end up owning so much junk? i am going to have a lawn sale and try to sell some of my crap. if that doesnt work maybe i should just have a bonfire. i kinda like that choice better. i think i have some pictures to share so i am going to pause this for a minute and see if my camera batteries are charged enough to upload some crap.
alright so i guess there are 295 pictures on my camera. that is going to take a bit.... so lets see what else can i ramble on about? um. well lezlie is home. she came out with trisha and kelly and i on friday. we went on a booze cruise for the 4th. i spent some of the next day with nate and then wasted the rest sleeping. i got up in the evening and started my bedroom cleaning project. i really need to go do laundry but i dont want to... im dragging my feet as long as possible. so ya lezlie is home and we are going to our 10 year class reunion next weekend. im not as excited as i want to be. i wasnt a big fan of high school and mostly i just want to go so i can laugh at people who look ridiculous. but it really doesnt sound like that many people are really going. whatever. if i drink enough i can make it tolerable. then the next weekend we are going on our whitewater rafting and skydiving trip that im pretty sure i have already mentioned. we are camping a couple of nights so i am getting pretty excited for that trip. its going to be super duper hecka fun. as long as my heart doesnt explode.

words from the kitchen table in pittston.

so the internet at my house is officially crap. stupid crap. i am at lezlies parents house waiting for her to get out of the shower so we can go to auburn and hang out with trisha and kelly. i like them the best. we are going on a booze cruise out of portland tonight. that should be fun. dj kate is spinning and lots of my friends should be there. i finished my project out here today so i am pretty excited about that... lets see what else can i tell you about real quick? um. well kristin moved out last weekend. she went to new york the week before last to look for a job and apartment and found a job that she started this past monday. i was able to find a new roommate way quicker than i thought i was going to be able to so that was pretty awesome. rick is one of rons friends and he moved in last weekend. the house feels a lot different now but i think it will be ok. i am officially leaving for virginia the last week of august. alison has a one way ticket to the great maine state and we are going to drive my car back to va. i am starting to get excited but also a little stressed about money. i have been pretty good about saving but i also have a lot of expenses coming up in the next month. my car insurance is due and my registration is due. both of those things are ridiculously expensive. it makes me a little mad that it costs so much to drive. i think i should get some kind of discount for driving such a fuel efficient car.
oh so i just watched a video of the rafting and sky diving that i am going to be doing in 2 weeks. it kind of freaked me out. the rapids are category 5. which is pretty scarey. but i am more afraid of jumping from 14,000 feet. that is a lot of zeros. fourteen fucking thousand. watching the people on the video do it gave me goose bumps. i think i might cry a little. or pee a little. one of those 2 things is definately going to happen. alright so i hear the blow drier running which means that lezlie is probably getting close to being ready. i will try to update again soon if the stupid internet at my house will work.

loves.
ames.

ps. happy fourth of july.
viva la independence... of whatever.