this will probably be my last post before i leave for family vacation. there's not really much to update on right now...life is normal. i've got some summer reading i have to finish, and other than that there's really nothing for me to do the rest of the summer. so, i don't have anything to stress over! anywho, i'm so excited about my vacation to france. i'm not gonna be able to communicate with the people there as much as i would have hoped, but i think i know enough of the language to survive over there.

i had an x-ray done yesterday morning (at freaking 6:30 am!!) on my gallbladder to make sure there were no problems with it, and i had to lay completely still for a little over 2 hours with an IV in my arm. for those of you who don't know, needles and anything of that sort tend to freak me out, so it was a bit difficult, and i definitely had to rely on God for peace about it. i turned out alright, and we got the results back. i'm perfectly normal! yay!! so i think no more IV's for a while.

well, we had a 4th of July party at our house, and that was loads of fun. a bunch of people, mostly college group, came over and we went out on the boat and stuff. we got to watch fireworks from the boat-until the lightning started. then we thought it best to go inside. lol.

my friends are officially gone to russia!!! i shall miss them. but i'm glad that i will be out of town at the same time they are, so at least i won't have to stay here without them!!! and i will see them all when music camp starts, and i'm SO excited about that!!! i think music camp is probably the best part of my summer every year. working with those kids is a blast.

okay, so maybe i did have some stuff to update on....lol. but anywho, i am off to Paris!! au revoir, mes amis!!! je vous aime tous!!!