Back from the dead... Also known as: Friday, October 13th, with a new moon.

Ok, I hope it won't be like this every year when school starts. Just like Lego said, I didn't miss it that much (blogging, I mean), but now that I'm back, I'm wondering how I ever lived without it. I feel like I've missed so much, and I really miss all of you guys. I hope everything will be like it was again soon.
That's the thing about me - I don't like change. I hate having to move on and continually adapt to newness. Is everyone like that? Or do some people relish the continual movement and freshness of their lives? I like new, just not change and adaptation.
Sorry.
Ok, so this mini story of my life may take place in several parts. Part I, starting now.
"Ladies, gentlemen and other persons: Please pay very attentive attention to this serial, or at bare minimum feign, profess, simulate, or produce any other type of masked emotion to pretend you are interested. Please turn off all pagers, cell-phones, televisions, radios, palm-pilots, lights, electronic clocks, electronic musical instruments, baby monitors, model airplane remotes, or any other electronically controlled devices that may become distracting to you with the exception of your CPU and monitor components of your computer. We ask that you remain in your current postition at all times, and do not make any changes to that position. (i.e. do not close your mouth that may be hanging open, do not change your hair length or style, do not apply or remove any makeup or other cover-up devices, do not make voluntary use of muscles not used to govern natural, involuntary bodily functions). Lastly and most importantly of all, do not slurp your soda or loudly and obnoxiously crunch your popcorn, as this is disturbing to your neighbor and can cause annoyance, which, as you know, leads to irritability, which is the number one symptom of the first (Prodromal) stage of feline rabies. As a last word, we hope you survive through Part I without loss of any important items, such as brain cells, shoes, or pet wallabies. Thank you, and enjoy your trip home after the First Part. We hope you are coherent enough to wish to return for Part II at the end.
Ma chere, mademoiselle. It is with depest pride, and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now, we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents: you dinner.
Be our guest, be our guest/Put our service to the test/Tie your napkin 'round you neck cherie/and we'll provide the rest/Soup tou jour/hot ourderves/why we only live to serve/try the gray stuff it's delicious/don't believe me, ask the dishes/they can sing/they can dance/after all miss/this is France/and a dinner here is never second best/come on unfold your menu/take a glance and then you'll/be our guest/oui our guest/be our guest...
Trying to memorize, have the first verse down, and the tag. It's coming along though.

So, I guess Part I can be vacation. Last week we went on vacation to Ashland, OR. We left Saturday morning, and I promptly discovered that I had forgotten my chemistry book "somewhere." I knew it wasn't at home, it obviously wan't in my bags, so it had to be at the co-op church, or someone took it home. We were near the church so we went and looked around and through lost and found, but it wasn't anywhere! So I called a friend who had started taking the class but had switched after the second week to see if I could borrow her book. She was home and said yes. Thank the Lord, I got my chemistry done, and my teacher had noticed that I forgot my book and had taken it home with her! So I got all my homework done.
We drove to Portland, and spent the night with my mom's aunt and uncle (the same aunt I went to India with). We went to Chinese for dinner, and I drank 8 cups of tea (it's addicting...yeah), then we played cards together until about midnight, and then went to bed. We have a few games that we always play together when we go down.
I'm so glad I type 45 wmp. I just got tested, hehe!
So the next morning we packed up and headed south. And speaking in up-down terms, north. I didn't know southern OR was so mountainous! Now I know. We got to our hotel about 5ish, and got settled in. I took a shower, then we got ready to go.
I don't know if you know, but Ashland every year hosts a great Shakespeare festival. That's why we went. They do lots of plays, basically. So Sunday night was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
I really don't want to talk about it much, because I know I can't do it justice. It was sooooo good! I'd much rather tell people face-to-face or over the phone, but since I can't, I'll just say that the actor who played Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde was absolutely fantabulous!!!!!! (Yes, I made that up and I have copywrite). Really though, he did such a great job! The play overall was very good, maybe even fantastic, except that they changed the story a little. Ex.: They gave Jekyll a sister and a niece and nephew, and also added a maid and added some not-so-great stuff to it. What else can you expect though? It wasn't too bad, for a live play in this day and age. The cast made up for everything.
Ok, so Sunday's over. Wait no it's not! This it too funny not to tell! I was pretty much famished at the end because we never really ate dinner, so we were gonna go to a fast food place really quick and grab something (because they were the only places open after 11:00). So we pull into Burger King parking lot, and just as we pull in - the lights go out and they close. Go figure. Just our luck. Then all the McDonald's and other places are closed at 11:00. Finally, we found a Jack in the Box that was open. Thank goodness!!!
Ok, now Sunday's over. Monday we went to Crater Lake. So blue!!! I'll try to post pics of it tomorrow. If you haven't seen it, all I can say is: go see it. It was really incredible! But cold!!! Rogue River was also fascinating. Then Monday night we went to this Family Fun Center in the same town as our hotel, where we'd noticed a cute mini-golf course place thingy. So mom bought some tokens and we played some arcade games, won a bunch of tickets, bought a hackisack and a bunch of Tootsie rolls, then played golf. Let's just say it wasn't great where I was concerned...but it was a lot of fun!!! Putting's not my greatest area in golf... Anyway, they also had a little driving range there, so dad and I split a bucket of balls and hit at the driving range for a while. And: I hit the golf cart dude who was sweeping up the golf balls! don't panick, he's protected by plexiglass, but it was kinda cool. I don't know why I yelled Fore, there was nothing he could have done and he couldn't possibly here me, plus he wasn't in any danger. Habit I guess.
Teusday we just sorta bummed around most of the day. We played games, went to Borders bookstore and read and hung out, then drove around looking for something to do. When we couldn't find anything, we went back to the hotel and watched some baseball. Playoff games stuff. I hope St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series!!! Then dad and I went to the driving range again, and mom hung out and read. We met at Sherry's right next to the hotel and had breakfast for dinner, before going to see the Merry Wives of Windsor. Agian, fantabulous! It's a comedy, and they sure played it up! It was really good. They had some fantastic actors/actresses! Both plays were extremely well done.
So, the hotel had high-speed, but it was beyond finicky, so I couldn't really post. We did the number game and got up to 309 (mostly because we used the mile marker signs until we reached WA again, cheating, pirates). The hotel also had a killer continental breakfast (why do they call them that? continental?) with awesome waffles that you make yourself. They have the batter made, and they have this awesome waffle maker thay you basically just pour the batter in, flip the iron, and wait for the timer to go off. Perfect every time. And really good syrup, and whipped cream and strawberries!
Wednesday we came home, and I got to see my kitties again!!!!!!! *goes crazy* Kitties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my cats.
Ok, that's vacation. My eyes are starting to close, so, adieu! Parting is such sweet sorrow and all that rot and rubbish. Stay tuned for Part II. Namarie.