Ridin' Solo

It's been another busy summer week.  Last Saturday Robert, Grant, Kelsey, and I went to Pomme de Terre lake.  Super fun!  We grilled hotdogs, swam in the lake, and hit up 3 G's for some frozen custard once we got back into town.  Later that evening my parents came home from El Salvador.  It was great to hear their stories.  They finished the foundation and got about two rows of blocks laid for the walls.  They also met some wonderful people.  About three hours later my brother came home.  It was a bit strange for me to go from being queen of the house to sharing it with three other bodies.  I think we've all adjusted now though.
For fourth of July we kept up the Grabowski tradition of eating dinner at Memaw and Pepaw's house, shooting off fireworks, and then going to the town firework show.  It was good to see people and catch up for a bit, but it was also semi overwhelming to see so many people I know all at once.  You can only say, "Hey!  How's it going?" so many times before it gets old.  After the show we went swimming and called it a night.
I got a facial Tuesday. :)
After Robert finished work on Tuesday we drove to his house, ate dinner, went swimming, caught up with his friends, and spent the night.  Robert woke up early on Wednesday to get his 21 year old license.  He also got his mom's old car (2006 Toyota Camry) which is a nice upgrade from his 1999 Ford Ranger.  Here are some pictures to accompany the process.

It was nice to have a week of not having to drive to and from Springfield.  For the rest of the month my two classes are totally online.  I'll wrap things up by going in for face-to-face class three days in a row the first week of August.
Robert and I watched the first four parts of "Africa" a National Geographic special to get pumped up for his trip.
On Friday we went to Incredible Pizza with our family friend Carl.  Robert's dad was heading back home from Alabama and got to stop by to join us for dinner.
Robert and I had to say goodbye on Saturday.  I've known for months that this day would come, but as it grew closer it made me increasingly sad.  It's so tough because I can't beg him to stay.  After all, he's going on a mission trip to share God's love with others.  Can't blame him for wanting to join in on this cool adventure.  The trip is July 10-23, but they left Bolivar on the 9th, spent the night in KC, and drove to the airport today.  They get back super late on the 23rd so they'll spend the night in KC and drove home on the 24 which means he's officially gone July 9-24.  That's 15 days, about twice as long as we've ever been apart.  I'm trying not to be a pansy, but it seems like FOREVER.  I have some school work and babysitting to do which will occupy some of my time, but mostly it's just more fun to do things together.  We might just be studying, but at least we're doing it together.  We might just be eating dinner and watching the Cards play, but it's so much more fun to do it together instead of alone.
Oh and my one and only task from Robert while he was gone was to feed his fish every day and water his flowers every other day.  I went in for day one this morning.  The fish was dead.  I'm a bad girlfriend.

Another Week Passes

Another eventful week. :)  Robert started getting the ball rolling for his summer job.  Did I mention this before?  He'll be working at the church 30 hours a week doing janitorial projects (cleaning the carpet, painting, mowing), living in the dorm as the summer RA (this will only include two weeks of work because that's the only time his dorm will have campers, but the rest of the time he gets to live there and eat for free), and about 10 hours a week at the school cafeteria.  Hopefully he'll be doing some yard work for neighbors.  If you need any yard work done or have random projects let us know!
I'll be babysitting and taking classes this summer.  I'll be babysitting Cooper and Miles for my dear friend Carey three days a week.  Getting to hang with their family is such a treat!  I'll continue to watch them three days a week during the fall semester.  And in the fall I'll be babysitting for some SBU professors three days a week.  They have a very precious 14 month old little boy who will be fun to be around too.
Robert schedule his wisdom teeth extraction time this week.  Eek!  It'll be at the beginning of June that way he can get all healed up before he goes to South Africa.  He's going on a mission trip with our school and will be gone July 10-23.  He still needs about $1000.  I'm not sure if anyone actually reads this, but if you're able to donate and would like more information just write a comment or send me a message.
Bummer news: Wednesday the Ford dealer called which got me totally excited.  He said that Ford orders are really backed up, and my car won't be here til the first week of July.  It's a bummer because it was supposed to be here within three weeks from now.  The biggest deal is that I'll be driving to Springfield (60-70 miles round trip) to go to school six days a week for the month of June.  That's about 1500 miles ish.  It would be awesome to have my car then because it'll get 40-48 mpg while my current car gets 22 mpg.  Boo!
Also, it's been a total debacle with my Drury email stuff this week.  As I suspected might be the case I'm already out of the loop since the other nine people in my cohort already go to Drury.  I'm the only one without a Drury email, and the professor has been sending up important emails apparently.  Sweet.
I'm the RA on call this weekend so I'm working in the dorm office for seven hours.  Then I get to babysit my dear friend Elise's little sister Christi.  Should be fun!  Robert and I are leading music at the Encounter tomorrow at church.  You should come!