Surprises

i never realized how great a guy my dad is. like, i give him such a hard time because he's not the christian father I always wished I had. but really, he is a wonderful person deep down inside. i mostly noticed this today when he was talking about how ridiculous one of his employees is being. and i saw how much he cares about other people and about our family and stuff. my dad provided a generator, wood to board up windows, water, and everything to prepare for this hurricane for his employees. he GAVE it to them so they could keep their families safe. he's still paying his employees for fourty hours this week, even though there's no work to be done and money with the business is extremely tight. he cares about them like they're his own family. and they just don't appreciate it. i can only hope i'll be as lucky as they are when i get a full-time job.

AND, the only reason he puts up with all the crap he gets from his employees is so the job can get done quickly and efficiently so he can be able to pay for us, his real family. he goes through every means necessary to be able to provide us with a home, food, light, comfort, everything. he pretty much gives us everything we want and need. and we don't appreciate him enough.

i may say some horrible stuff about my dad, but don't let that fool you into thinking he's a horrible guy. i'm just a selfish, immature, ignorant young girl. i love my dad. he's wonderful.

on another note, i'm leaving tomorrow morning. me and my mother are going on a very last minute road trip. as of right now, our plans are looking somewhat like this:

wednesday: leave in the morning to drive to colorado. get there sometime wednesday night.

thursday: tin the morning take a tour at University of Colorado at Boulder. finish by the afternoon and drive to colorado springs to visit Daniel Barina at the United States Air Force Academy and have him show us around. (I have no intention at all to go there. but i figured daniel would enjoy the company) then when that is done, drive up to Fort Collins and stay the night.

friday: morning tour at Colorado State University. I don't want to go there, but mom wants to visit. and while we're in colorado, we might as well. finish that by afternoon. this is where the plans get iffy. but we'll just assume we won't be able to stay with a friend this night. so after the tour we drive over to oklahoma and geta hotel for the night.

saturday: i will be in shawnee and spending as much time as possible with Marie Evans. I might get an official tour of the campus if it's available. but yeah.

sunday: if jon's back in norman by then, we'll probably stop in norman to say hey and spend a few hours with him. but if that doesn't happen, i'll be okay because i'll be able to see him in a week and a half!!! and then we'll head home!

i'm so excited. i will take TONS of pictures and upload them all to facebook. you'll feel like you were there :)

updates about colleges i'm applying to:

OU

LSU

Baylor

OBU

(maybe) CU

i really probably won't go to CU because it's too far away. i can handle oklahoma and louisiana. colorado is like a 16 hour drive though. :(

and on ANOTHER note, i found my "homecoming" dress today. simple black dress for 16 bucks that i can pretty much to whatever. formal, casual, that ambiguous thing called "semi-formal" it works for all. i can't wait to wear it on my date with jon :) AND i saw matt mitchell at the mall. we were both waiting in line for taco bell. so we talked up a storm. seriously, i've never talked to him so much in my life. it was exciting. he's really cool. and i hung out with alexa and amanda (we went shopping together) they're really cool too. it was nice seeing friends again hahaha.

anyways this was an obnoxiously long post; i apologize. i will update about the colleges later!

i'm bringing my laptop with me so i can upload pictures/post about each college each day! yay!