so this is love...

well the heat has officially set in - but good news! i am not (completely) miserable (yet). ha! i put in my application to extend until august 15th and i'll find out sometime between April 14-24. i bought a wooden bead seat chair at wal-mart the other day to use on the kilimanjaro seats because (disclaimer - this is gross) - so many people have what we call swamp butt - sweaty, nasty butts that leave the seats SOAKED for the next person who has to sit in it to drive. there's nothing worse than finding out my next assignment - only to realize i'm taking over a truck from an old fat (but usually extremely nice) man on a 90 degree day. ha. kilimanjaro safaris now stays open until 7pm - so i'm usually not off until 8ish. we've been working really long days since spring break - going in at 8:15am and staying until 8pm makes for not much of a life right now! oh well - the people i work with make my job enjoyable no matter the hours or the weather conditions.

i've settled down with a few good girlfriends that i will be sad to see leave soon. lisette is from california - and i think i've 80% talked her into staying and extending with me. if she does, we'll live together for the summer. then there's jen from vegas - as of now she is leaving may 23rd - but everytime she hangs out with me and lisette, she leans more toward staying too! and sara is definitely here until august.

in other news my 21st birthday will be here in less than three weeks! both my parents are coming down (how strange considering they have both been down here separately - ha!) from friday the 25th until the 30th. dad came down for easter and we had fun doing things i haven't been able to afford to do on my own - dinner at fulton's crab house and the irish pub, etc. i even got to lay out on easter while dad watched the basketball games - and i managed to get absolutely FRIED. we had a really good time. anyway - dad's birthday is the 25th of april- so we'll be celebrating his birthday as well! they're staying at coronado springs for a few nights - and then we'll all stay at the animal kingdom lodge for my birthday. i'm super excited - and we already have lots of fun dinner reservations while they're here. i'm pretty sure that we're having a kilimanjaro black and white (zebra) party to celebrate my birthday sometime after the 30th!

i registered for classes at meredith yesterday - for the fall. and all my mcgs are living on the same floor next year so that is a plus for heading back to raleigh. i'm trying to decide where to work for the fall - any suggestions? i'll only have 12 hours and lots of free time - but i'm not really feeling working on the weekends =) starbucks is an option - but i kinda want to try something different. oh well - i'll think hard.

hope everything is going well at home - and that the semester is starting to quiet down! i only have three more of my classes down here - i will be so glad to be done with that!

love you all!
xoxox