Diahappy

You may be wondering what I'm happy with...and it's my hair!! It's finally not damaged! So now I can straighten it and it doesn't look frizzy; it looks good. I haven't been able to straighten my hair since the end of January, so I'm very excited about this. Now I'm not stuck with just curly hair, I can just jump back and forth.

This is how my hair looked. I took pictures with my Peanut yesterday because I realized I haven't done that yet. I've had him for four months, how could I have not taken pictures with him??(: I also made Peanut sleep in my room last night because I'm still a little scared, ever since I saw Paranormal Activity...sad, huh? Even when I wasn't sleeping in my room on Sunday night, I didn't sleep well. But that's because I was camping overnight in a one person tent with two other people. It was fun, even though we didn't camp for a long time. I went with my friend Jessica, who I haven't seen all summer!

We hung out in the tent a lot of the time past 9 pm, because it got cold outside. Before that we were walking around with the dog. It was fun to just catch up and such. Well, I've got to run! That was just my little catch up time(: Now I've got to get ready for today's school registration. I refuse to believe the summer is coming to an end though!

DiaParanormal Activity

Okay, so I know I've been talking about movies alot...but that's been a lot of where my entertainment has come from lately! Don't worry, I've been doing other stuff besides gluing my eyes to tv screens. But nothing worth writing about ;). So, the latest movie worth writing about was PARANORMAL ACTIVITY! Such a good movie, no joke. I love the creativity the director had in making it look like some sort of documentary. That really did make it look more lifelike. Maybe that's why the movie was so scary. But it's the first scary movie that has ever kept me up at night. I woke up once every hour through the night (it didn't help that Sydney was sleeping next to me and muttering in her sleep). I can't remember what I was dreaming about, but I know it had something to do with the movie. The creepiest part of the movie was that it had no commercials and no credits...And even the main menu was just words, no pictures or moving designs. That also made it kind of lifelike I suppose. But other than that movie, I can give you a little update of what I've been up to. David got surgery on his ACL, so he needs prayer! Unfortunatly, I haven't gotten a chance to go see him yet :( But he's on painkillers and all that. I've just been hanging out with friends, pretty much. Last night Sydney and I watched Paranormal Activity. We wanted to go to Sugarfest, which was a concert that benefits diabetes. But we couldn't get a ride! I felt like I was betraying my diabuddies. Sigghh. On Thursday I hung out with Trevor. Most of the time we were shopping for his school clothes with his mom. That was a lot of fun! Even though he complained most of the time, he and his moms are great shopping buddies. That's just a brief update of my life and why I haven't been blogging as much. Oh! I applied to work at Borders today, so I could really use some prayer because I would LOVE a job there. Especially since I'll be spending 4 years of college studying English, and Borders is a book store.

DiaBACK

Ohmygoodness! A week ago, my computer mysteriously broke....and we've finally got it fixed, thanks to the very generous Jim(: So that's why I haven't been on my blog for a while. Don't worry, I didn't mysteriously disappear off the face of the earth...just the face of the internet. I can't even think of what's happened since I last posted! But I can tell you that last night I went and saw "Despicable Me" in theaters with my friend, Melissa. That movie is so funny and so cute! I highly recommend it. I want to get one of those minions as a stuffed animal...they look like they'd be fun to cuddle with(: I also went and saw Step Up 3D in theaters a few days ago, but I don't recommend it as much. Especially since this is the third time they've tried to do a movie with the same old plot... Sometimes people just need to know when to call it good. But the dancing is still always fun to watch. Oh, and I'd like to point out the elephant in the room....My blog got a makeover(: Special thanks to Cristin for this! Well, now that my computer is working I'll have loads more updates later(: But just one more thing before I go.... I got my nose pierced!

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I'd like to say I don't think about my future a lot...but I do. I've already figured out what my perfect occupation is, where I'd like to go to college, and even some of the extraccular activities I'll be doing while I'm in college. I don't always mean to plan ahead like that, it just kind of happens. And today I got another blast of excitement for my future. Sydney and I were just getting back from the mall and she was opening her appartment door when she turned to me and said, "I feel like this is our appartment." We talked a little bit about someday sharing an appartment but, of course, it's not for sure. But I just started thinking about how much fun it's gonna be to someday live on my own and create my own adventures in life! I love my parents, I'm not saying I don't. In fact, here's a picture of my loving, beautiful mom that I'm actually pretty close to.

But someday it'll be tons of fun to not have to tell my parents whenever I go somewhere (not that I have anything to hide, believe me). And I won't have to be told what chores to do. I know it'll be scary...and even scarier, it's only two years away! But I'm still excited for that next chapter of my life. For now though, I'll enjoy the freedom I have of not paying bills and not grocery shopping. I don't want to get strung out about the future. I just like to think about it every once in a while and smile(:

As for the present, I'm planning on getting more in shape...physically and spiritually. I have two goals for this remaining month of summer. 1) read my Bible and spend time with God EVERY DAY. 2)exercise at least three times a week. Exercising is actually good for my diabetes too, so I should have started doing it when I was diagnosed...too bad I'm lazy. So those are two things that can improve my character at this time! I also need to clean my room...but that's not exactly a summer goal, just something I'm dying to do since my room is embarressing to look at. My friend Victoria has been giving me tips on how to remodel it, and I would love to do that! As soon as I get around to it(:

Diabeautiful

One of my favorite places to relaxe and talk is under the night sky. The stars are one of the most beautiful creations God gave us, and I believe it was so we could have a glipse of his greatness in them. Tonight, me and one of my best friends, Sydney, sat by a river underneat the stars talking about whatever came to mind. It was so nice, and also very encouraging to talk deeply with one of my friends about God and life and such. I tried to upload a picture so you could see for yourself how amazing it is, but unfortunately this computer is having technical difficulties... So next time you're up late, just go outside for yourself to see it(: Stargazing is definitely one of my most favorite things to do.

Dianews

So yesterday was pretty eventful. Tuesday I made my way up to Albany to visit my friend, Melissa. I haven't seen her in a while, so it was nice to catch up and talk about everything. And, of course, we had a few moments to celebrate my new pump(: She's one of my few friends that acknowledged I got my pump, even though I've been looking forward to it for 8 months now. But everyone else has something bigger on their minds now. Anywho, we talked for a couple hours and I got to meet her dad and nana for the first time. Then we decided we wanted to watch Paranormal Activity that night. I've heard from more than one person that that movie is SCARY! Unfortunatly...Red Box didn't have it available. So we settled for the movie Triangle. So let me do a short review of this weird movie.... It wasn't scary, first of all. Even though it's put in the horror section, don't be fooled. It was definitely creepy though. This might be a spoiler alert, so if you're planning on watching it you might want to scroll down. But here's the basic plot outline.... the main character, Jess, gets on a yacht with a few aquaintances. She was supposed to bring her autistic son, but he never came along and the answer to why was unclear at first. And she's been acting kinda schizo since the beginning. Then, the yacht ends up in a huge storm in the Bermuda Triangle, and the passengers are forced to board a huge cruise ship that's pretty much deserted. However, all of them except Jess pretty much get shot and die (that's all within the first fifteen minutes). Then when Jess meets with the killer, the killer tells her the only way to get off the ship is to kill them all. In a nutshell, she ends up being the one that's killing her friends. Because every time they all die, they show up again from their yacht. Agh it was so weird I can't even explain it. And I guess I won't give away the ending but, believe me, it was the weirdest part of all. I'm dying to say it, but I actually think the movie was worth watching. It was super creepy and you get really frustrated with her the entire time...but I think there's some kind of underlying symbolism and I think it has to do with the cycle of abuse. But you can discover that for yourself. But anywho, after this move me and Melissa went in her hot tub for about an hour, then headed up to her room and eventually fell asleep at about 1 30. Yesterday, we went to the coolest park I have ever seen. It had an old train that you could climb in and all over, a bunch of funky shaped rocks, and the prettiest garden ever. We took some cool pictures but keep in mind, we're teenage girls so we modeled a little bit. And after modeling just a little bit in that place, we decided this would be the coolest place for prom pictures! With all the pretty roses, the cool rocks to stand on, and that vintage train...it'd be so amazing with us in our fancy dresses. We only stayed at this park for a couple hours. Then, we made our way to the Osborn Aquatic Center in Corvallis. I actually went off the high dive there. I screamed and flailed my legs, of course. But I did it! Just like the rock climbing at camp. I don't think I'm scared of heights...but maybe I am. But anywho, after that we went to our church youthgroup, called Riot. That was the last one until September :( but our church is doing a high school bible study, so at least we still have something.
I'm still loving my pump, in case you were wondering(:

XOXOXO

Diasmall group

By the way, I finally found a picture of my whole small group from Great Xscape camp(:

Ready, from top left to bottom right.... Rachel, Porshla, Natalie, Kelsee, Kelsey, Kristin, Grace, me, and Sarah!(: That was my small group at camp. Unfortunately, Jackie isn't in this picture because she was taking it. But she's the other small group leader.

This is a picture that more greatly expresses how odd we all are(:

Dianews

A movie I don't particularily recommend... Stepfather. It was good, but very slow. And only one part was really scary. I watched it with two of my good friends, Sydney and David. Sydney was lucky enough to sit in the middle and have me and David practically beat her up the whole time..Poor Sydney! At one point I was completely wrapped around her in a hug and squeezing her guts out. I get pretty scared during supsense movies, so that happens to anyone I'm sitting next to(: Apparently David's the same way. Last time we watched a scary movie together, David and I screamed in Sydney's ears the whole time. I don't know why she keeps taking the middle! Lately we've been watching a lot of movies together, the three of us, because David pulled his ACL. Which is in your knee and is pretty dang important apparently. He usually plays football and baseball all day long, but now he's on crutches. The three of us like to joke around that we're the weirdest group of friends... The Diabetic (me), The Mexican (Sydney), and The Cripple (David). :)

Then, after Stepfather, we watched Bench Warmers. This movie is pretty stinkin funny. I didn't think it would be, but I watched it since David didn't seem to give us much of a choice...but I definitely recommend it if you feel like laughing. Of course, it was pretty late and we were all tired so that could have contributed to the laughing. We stayed up watching movies until about 12 30, until finally me and Sydney headed to her house to get some shut eye. However, our eyes still didn't shut until about 2 30 in the morning...We stayed up talking about who knows what for two hours!

Well, that was my adventure for yesterday. Today I'm facing an even bigger and scarier adventure....dying my hair from a box. AHHHH!!!! I love my cushy chair at the hair dresser's, but since her husband was in the ER last week my appointment was cancelled. And since I'm desperate, I'm turning to red hair dye from a box. Scary? Yes. But my small group leader promised me it'd be okay, and she's even coming over to help me...And besides, what have I got to lose? I love changing my hair. So even if the red doesn't show up or it turns out a different shade, I'll embrace the change. Life is about embracing change, after all(:

Diabuddies

Well, this is my first blog post ever...exciting, right? Consider me the noob at blogging cause I'm not sure what I'm doing yet. But my small group leader, Natalie, has been talking about her blog for soo long. I finally decided to join in on the fun(: The other night she was all excited about the latest award she got and it made me want to finally look at her blog, which I should have done a while ago. It looked like so much fun that, well, here I am...blogging.


So, today I hung out with my diabuddy, Grace. It is so much fun talking with someone that knows all the diabetes medical terms. We jump in and out of diabetes discussions like normal people talk about the weather. Not to mention we had to catch up on middle school talk, since we haven't hung out since 8th grade! (It's true...diabetes brings people together.) I also updated her on everything that went down at Gales Creek Camp this year. Gales Creek Camp is a week long summer camp for type 1 diabetics. I got back from it last week but, unfortunately, Grace couldn't go this year :( But, we'll both be going next year together! And, let me tell you, if you have type 1 diabetes then GCC is the place to BE! It was so much fun, and it's just nice to be around other diabetics, like I said before.

This was my testing group at camp, and some of my friends that I hung out with there. We tested our blood sugar together every day(:

Ever since diabetic camp, I've been super busy...I've gone to bed at about midnight every night. Well, maybe that's partly my choice. But seriously, I've been busy. Today I actually woke up at 11:40 am, which is the latest I have EVER woken up. I thought my parents were playing a joke on me at first and had switched all the clocks in our house...Then I scrambled to get ready for the day, because I hate sleeping in. It wastes so much time out of a perfectly good day. So how late I slept in should be a testiment to how exhausting crazy my life has been this summer! But it's been completely worth it. I still can't get enough time with the people I care about.

And so, speaking of being exhausted, I'm going to watch my Criminal Minds, cuddle with my kitty, and go to sleep(:

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO