america...yeah!

well hello kids...

today is the fourth. my family and i attempted to see fireworks put on by the great town of summerville. unfortunately that didnt work out to well. by the time we actually found a place to park without the fear of being towed or attacked by rioters, the only fireworks we could see were a few spurts of color behind a house and several trees. and by then my mom was about to go crazy. an all around good time had by all. i love the holidays.

i got back from salkehatchie on saturday. i had a blast of a time. i mean, i normally look forward to it and the general experience is enough to make me happy, but this year was special cause i really havent been able to talk to or hang out my youth group in quite a long time. i still go to my church but i havent exactly been a part of the youth in quite a while. i just dont really feel a part of the group like i use to somewhat feel before. but this week was wonderful. we had a really good time together - laughing, singing, dancing, working, and playing foosball. i was on the site of mr. james bacote and his daughter. most of the work was inside. its my fourth summer doing salkehatchie and in the past years i've always worked on a roof. at the end of the week there was this one final result that showed our work and generally we were the only ones that noticed. but this year was extremely different. almost everything was done on the inside except the front porch and a new pump house outside, and every room looked completely different in the end. the entire house was painted inside and out. the bathroom was fixed. new sheet rock was put up. new kitchen cabinets were put in. the water was fixed and turned on. curtains were put up. new couches and carpet were donated and brought in. it was absolutely amazing. i was in awe at the end of the week. me and my good friend allyson were on the same site together. it was really nice to spend time with her this week. she's gonna be a freshmen at usc next year and i could tell shes really excited. after two years of school, i can say i know what that felt like and i made it through. i know she'll be fine. we met some really cool new people too. almost the entire camp was younger than me, but by the end of the week i'd actually grown attached to a couple of them. michael and adam were among my favorites. those two cracked me up and i really hope i can continue to keep in touch with them, rather than just maybe getting to see them next year if i go back.

anyways, check out my pictures. i had to make a second pic site cause the first filled up. so the second one is
http://community.webshots.com/user/serenacorine2
and the original site is the related link on the right. enjoy friends.

currently:
trying to catch up on physics,
watching the oc (i'm revisiting the classic,)
thinking about making some tea,
and wishing i could read harry potter
instead of doing homework (story of my life.)

p.s. to all my good salkehatchie friends...
all i have to say is "matt damon!" hahaha