Also..

This week has been good. Sooooo much less conflict within our team since we had a family meeting last Wednesday night. I feel like since then I understand everyones point of view and just feel more free, because we can all openly discuss our issues and now we know that we can deal with them in love. I love my team. We are so much like a family, haha. I have a video I need to upload to facebook or this blog of a couple of nights ago after dinner... the boys were doing the dishes and Andrew was dancing, no surprise there (he can move his hips in ways that I'm pretty sure no guy should be able to...), and I walked into the living room to find Chelsea and Rachael in a full on wrestling match on the floor. I went and got my camera.

So I love them. Nothing new.

Today Chelsea and I went to the Camp Creek Marketplace, a huge shopping center with a Barnes and Noble, Target, Sally's, BJ's, and lots of other department stores. I bought a toothbrush cover finally so that I can put my toothbrush in the toothbrush mug without fear of contamination. And at Sally's I got some dreadlock wax... and hot pink and bright purple hair dye.

Then we went to Barnes and Noble and got drinks at the little cafe and used the internet. I read a Twilight fan magazine. Yes I did. I am seriously excited for New Moon to come out. I know I'm lame, but that's ok with me.

Actually, we have been reading Twilight outloud in our bedroom at night. Chelsea reads it to us three, and I always sit on her bed with her. It's a good bonding activity. We are only 1 chapter and and epilogue away from being finished with it.

Um.. Also last week Chelsea and I went to see Whip It at the Midtown Art Cinema. It was great. It made me want to get into a fist fight with another girl (hopefully team conflict doesn't come to that... but I'm just saying...). It inspired me to think more about playing a sport at UW next year.. maybe rugby.

(And also there is a British flag)

The end.

Why the Piggly Wiggly is from Satan:

I hate the Piggly Wiggly.

Now... Jeff told me not to knock the PW, but...

On Saturday we went to buy groceries, after not buying food for like a week and a half. We drive up to the Kroger, and they tell us we can't go in because of a power outage or something. Anyway it was closed. So we drove up to the Piggly Wiggly....

The bread was not marked with prices. Everything was overpriced. The produce was sketchy. The selection was aweful.

That's how I feel. Yes, I am bitter a little bit.

I love my neighborhood.

I love all the trailers and how they are painted bright colors. I even love the ones that are empty and boarded up.

I love the Spanish music that we hear late into the night when our nieghbors are having parties (aka every weekend).

I love the acorns that fall on our roof and make a lot of noise (we have no insulation).

I love ti when it rains really hard and our streets turn into muddy rivers, and there is no point in trying not to get wet when you go outside. (Everyone asks me, "Is this just like Seattle?" haha)

I love Tara and how much she LOVES the kids and their families. She is so inspirational to our team. And she is going to buy us Snuggies. For real.

I love our tiny house. Our tiny bedrooms. Our beautiful new bookshelf. Our big kitchen. Our bathroom that now has shelves in the closet. Our red door. The fact that our bedroom doesn't have a doorknob.

Basically. I love this niehgborhood. It's crazy to me how fast a new place can feel like home. Looking back, I can't even remember my thoughts about the trailer park when I drove through it with my family before Mission Year started. Now it seems like a completely different place to me. The house with the teddy bear over the fence is where Jazmin and Daniel live. I know all the streets and can't imagine not knowing them. It's weird. I love it. Did I mention that?

It's October now...

... which means we can walk places by ourselves. And yet, here I am at the library with 3 of my team mates. I just can't get away from these people!

I am totally kidding. I love my team. It seems like we've been living togethere for so long, but it's only been a month. I can't really imagine living without them now either... but maybe I should give it a little more time, haha. I thought I would need a lot more alone time, but I haven't ever just wanted everybody to go away yet. I work with them all day and then hang out with them in my free time.

Basically, living in community is great. The end.

p.s. it is also really hard sometimes. Especially when someone is in the shower when you get up and you have to pee really bad. Just a heads up.