Do you see now how cute it is?
Anyways, the move to North Carolina has been a fairly good one. I have always wanted to load up my car with everything I have and take off across country, and well, I did it. Honestly I didn't think I would do it at 20 years old, but life has never gone as I had planned. I have to say that I think driving here was a blast. Everyone told me, "Oh, how miserable", "You're insane, you'll probly fall asleep out of boredom", etc., etc.. It was the complete opposite. It was so exciting the whole way. America is beautiful, I got to stop and see friends and relatives that I would never normally get to see, I couldn't believe how much fun I was having. I stopped off at my roommate (from when I lived in Wales)'s house in Boone, NC which is high in the Appalachian Mountains. It was like a story book. There were windy roads, beautiful trees, antique shops. We went to Grandfather Mountain and Tweetsie Railroad. Ridiculous. Then I went from there to where I'm living in Wilmington, NC. Here we have the ocean, and it is glorious. We are surrounded by nature at my house. We have turtles, alligators, and squirrels that sit in little squirrel chairs. Check out this picture of the squirrel! So handsome.
Since I've been here I've started working at the Home Depot again, and I'm trying out this church called Port City Community Church, that I like so far. They seem really missions oriented, and also have an enormous college group. The small groups are starting up in the fall and I plan to join one of them. I will not be starting college until next fall, however, I think that the time will go fast. For one, I'm going to Nairobi, Kenya to see my lovely sister this October, and in the summer I plan to meet up with my sisters in London, right in time for the 2012 Olympics! I hope. That said I will have to be buying tickets and making reservations SOON. Or else traveling there will be miserable during the Olympics, as well as expensive. Expensive is one thing I cannot yet do. Then there are the little things such as my parents coming to visit, and Mute Math coming to town on their new album debut tour. For those of you who don't know, Mute Math, besides being one of the best bands around, is my absolute FAVORITE band, and I will someday marry the band as a whole. Yes. I will.
Living with my Aunt Mary has been really great. She is very entertaining and she does cool things with me, like kayaking.
This particular location is Greenfield Lake. You might think it was named that because it looks strikingly like a green field, but of course, it is not named for that, and that is the unexciting case. It was very cool because there were tons of little water-passage ways to kayak in and out of while weaving through these sunken pine trees. It was very Louisiana. We had hoped to spot a gator, but we did not. Although we did see lots of turtles and birds. There happened to also be hordes of paddle-boaters out on the lake so kayaking enabled us to get away into more private areas where they couldn't fit. Can I also just say that there is no way to look cool in a paddle boat? Especially when you are wearing a life jacket. If there ever was a boat that would never, in any circumstance flip over, it is a paddle boat. It's a tale of people who routinely avoid anything thrilling seeking a thrill. Anyways, I'm hoping to maybe go sea kayaking soon. There are also a ton of really enticing inter-water ways (whatever you call them) that go behind peoples houses. It's how people get their boats to and from the ocean, but they look really fun to kayak in, and I'd like to try. Anyways, that basically catches you up on what I've been up to lately. I was in a blogging mood, which is rare, so I seized the opportunity to share with you. I hope you come visit me, and we can hang on the beach and eat Squiggly's ice cream. It's my new favorite thing.
This would be the KitKat/Strawberry flavor. So good. Love you all,
