Fill it in!

It's Friday and I'm home, so I'm going to take up Lauren on her prompt/fill-in-the-blank question this week (check out her blog on add your own link!):

"If I could get away for the day, I would go...."
to Disneyland!  I say this mostly because my parents and youngest sister are actually there today and I would love to be there with them.  It's so great - I think I fell like this mostly because it's such a family tradition for me.  My dad's from LA, and so growing up, we'd take a road trip every couple of years down there to visit family, and we would ALWAYS go to Disneyland (also Knott's Berry Farm, In&Out Burger, and the horse race track, among others).  I know that some would say I'm too old to really enjoy it, but that's just not true!  The rides are still fun, the mood is just so fun and happy, and there really is just something completely magical about it.  I am a firm believer that everyone should visit at least once (if I could, I'd go once a year).  Favorite ride, you ask?  Well, it's between two - Pirates of the Caribbean and Splash Mountain.  Both are great on a hot day!

Long time, no write!

Oh dear, June was a busy month for me!  Sadly, I don't take photos, so I can't put my month into pictures, but I'll try to sum up the highlights in a few words:

• Alpha Gamma Delta - that's my sorority, and the past couple of years I've been not only doing finance advising (which I feel like I'm still not very good at) but also helping our House Association raise money for a new house.  In the process, I've made friends with one of my chapter's (Zeta Zeta) founding members.  She is FANTASTIC, and I spent a whole afternoon with her just chatting and writing Thank-you notes to alumnae who donated to our cause.  It was fantastic!
• Oregon - that's my homestate, and normally I visit a couple times a year.  This month, I flew out for my baby sister's graduation and it was WONDERFUL!  Admittedly I was feeling not-so-excited about the trip beforehand, since travel plans were a little uncertain, and I thought for sure Baby-Boat (Shannon) would be too busy with her high school friends to hang out much, but quite the contrary.  We bowled, laughed, and hung-out to my heart's content.  I loved seeing mom, dad, Jo-and-the-boys, Catie, Tracy-in-Olympia, and Baby-Boat.  Lots of great memories were made, see Tracy's blog for fun pics.
• Keane - that's one of my favorite bands, and I got to see them live at Boston's House of Blues for a great show with my friend Sonja.  Their new album (Strangeland) was released this year and is FABULOUS!  Check them out and take a listen for sure - You Are Young is a great place to start.
• Shakes and Sarah's wedding - these are two of my good friends and they were just married on June 30th.  Shakes is a good friend from college (WPI), and so the Institute Group (the core group of my friends that all met freshman year in the dorm call Institute Hall) got together for a week beforehand in a rented farmhouse in NY farmland.  AMAZING.  It really was a great trip, filled with lots of food and hanging out.  The week culminated in a beautiful countryside wedding and I already miss my friends.  CONGRATS, SCHUMACHERS!

There it is, June all nice and summed up.  I hope to write more than one blog post this month!