Do ya'll still read this??

Hey girls!! Figured you would want an update since I left Seattle!!

I flew to Denver 2 weeks ago and drove to Houston with my friend Nick (also from camp). I got to see my sister and the kids for a few days and then we headed to camp!!

This past week is what they call work week... and it is exactly that. We meet in the mornings and one full time member will give a talk on the word of the day (integrity, commitment, attitude, recognition, or enthusiam)... usually they are pretty entertaining. Then they basically just delegate jobs to everyone and you do that job until you are done. This week I helped clean out A/C units, made bulletin boards, painted posts, cleaned, etc. I did help catch a snake that we found in the softball shed and it's been fun being able to catch up with all the old friends. All the new counselors come in on Monday so I'm excited to meet some new people. This weekend is boater's inservice, so i'll be out on the lake all day today and part of tomorrow. (YAY!!) Other than that i can't think of anything too interesting.. how are ya'll??

<3 ashley

last leg

almost back to TX! I'm excited, but i feel like the months of anticipation have hindered me from really getting rooted here. guess that will have to wait until august.

grey's anatomy is at an all time AWESOME right now... i sob every episode. i know none of ya'll watch that anymore.. but i love it

Countdowns...

5 days until Jessica gets married?!?!?!

15 days until i fly to Denver and start that monstrous drive to Houston

20 days until my summer at camp starts

151 days until the Austin City Limits music festival :)

??? days until I begin nursing school... ugh

SO April wasn't very fun...

Good thing it's almost May!!

April's highlight however, was my trip to TX. The only way it could have been better is if it had been longer. Good thing I go back in 3 weeks :)

This song has really reflected my life these days... you've probably heard it out there on Christian radio somewhere...

HOPE NOW -- ADDISON ROAD

If everything comes down to love
Then just what am I afraid of
When I call out Your name
Something inside awakes in my soul
How quickly I forget I'm Yours

I'm not my own
I've been carried by You
All my life

Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free

Refusing to dry my hair...

SO instead I sit here and write to you my precious girls!! :)

It has been some time since I've updated you sweet ladies on my life, so I thought I would use this little down time to do it.

Currently I'm packing for Dallas... I leave in 6 hours!!! I wish all of you would be on the other end of that plane... but alas I shall survive!!

This past week i've just been working and anticipating the trip. I got to go shopping for some cute summery stuff, just to find out there are isolated thunder storms the entire weekend i'm there... what are the odds?

I went hiking on monday on Mt. Si. It is part of the cascades and a great trail. It is eight miles (4 up 4 down) and the top is awesome. On one side you have a great view of Mt. Rainier and the other you can see Bellevue and Seattle in the distance. Totally worth the 4 up (after the fact). The first 3 miles were dry and warm and then we hit snow and ice the last mile up... it was still hot though. Who would've thought i would be in shorts and a t-shirt in the snow in april.

Life here is great :) i am loving it and making friends... i hope my time away from here doesn't change that.

miss you
<3 ash

i'm being stalked...

by the Bachelor...

seriously Jason Mesnick has now come into the coffee shop twice (yesterday was the 2nd time for a Grande drip with room for him) and then tonight low and behold he walks into Boom Noodle... haha

Girl Power, Local Celebs, and other stuff...

So I was at the gym yesterday and Beyonce's "Single Ladies" came on the tv... you know what? that video just emphasizes the confidence that is in that song. It oozes girl power from every pore... you should watch it when you are down... :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g

In other news, i guess my coffee shop is the official location to interview our most recent bachelor from the ABC show... i've now served him his grande drip coffee with room...

I'm going to TX in 8 days... so excited :)