May 10th

I caught a fairy in my clothes hamper! Or maybe the way the sun was shining through my window and onto my hamper made it look like it was lit up from the inside.

May 9th

The flower garden at home is all a'bloom. The grass is unmowed, the plants are ungroomed, and a section of the fence is still down from weeks ago when a large branch fell through it. To some it may look messy, but to me, it is beautiful. I imagine it's some secret place where no one has been in quite while, so everything is wild and overgrown. I think it's lovely.

Mogley gets a haircut when summer comes. Our big fluffy black dog becomes a slim, silly puppy again when he comes back from his "puppy cut." This maybe isn't the best picture, but I thought he looked awfully cute. His ears stick right out from his head, and the hair on top of his head stands up.

May 6th

Friday morning I went on a 16.7 mile bike ride with Cameron, Steph, and two Joeys. I missed a turn and biked past this little cemetery, where purple flowers grew around the old graves. It was so beautiful, I stopped my bike to get a picture. I had to turn around and bike a little ways, uphill, to get to the turn I had missed, but if i hadn't missed it, I never would've seen this.

That afternoon we had a "Shippee kids graduation photo shoot," at which everyone from Shippee, as well as honorary Shippee kids, and some extras who we just liked as well, gathered to take some photos. I will really miss this group, but I know I will see many of them again. I had a wonderful time at UConn, thanks in great part to these amazing people. Time for the next adventure.

May 5th

Campfire! One more before the year ends, complete with a night hike and lots of s'mores. Steph looks super excited in the first pic. I like the second pic because it looks artsy to me. Without a flash, the shutter speed has to slow down to take in enough light. Thus, things look blurry, because they move. Or, well, technically I'm the one, holding the camera, who moved more than everything else did. But whatever. it's cool. Anyway, we didn't get lost at all that night, which is a big plus! As far as I know, no one was miserable, so that's also a good thing. I had a great time. It was a great event to have as the year came to a close.

May 3rd

Joey took the seniors out to Bidwell Tavern for wings, nachos, and a beer. Because he'll no longer be our RUF minister, since he's moving to plant a church in VT, he can drink with us. A good time was had by all. 

May 1st

Mayday, Mayday! And what a wonderful day it was. John, Joey and I went to the Trolley Museum in East Windsor. It was so much fun. John had a brochure which he'd picked up from the Big-E months ago, and we decided to go check it out. I thought it would be interesting, but I never expected to have as awesome a time as I did! We got to ride an old trolley, and check out lots of other old trolleys and firetrucks and buses. I made a video of our travels. You can watch it here!

April 30th

On Saturday, the Agents and people from other performance groups and friends of people in the aforementioned categories gathered to pull off the Tour of a Lifetime, organized by Scott, assisted by Aaron. At each stop one of the tour groups made, we had some crazy thing happening. At the infirmary, a bunch of zombies stumbled out the door and away into campus. Later in the tour, we had an epic battle between a pirate and zombie champion. The pirate won, and the zombies scattered. I think the tour group was very amused, and very confused. It was so much fun, though, for us, and hopefully for them as well.