I get by with a little help from my friends

OK, now that I have the time, let's get started.

This has been a really long week I must admit. Wednesday, I hung out with Chelsea all day and we walked to 7-11 and Little Caesar's. Which was technically not walking because her mom drove us there. So, we bought a bunch of things that are not-so-healthy for us at 7-11, as we always do, and then walked next door and bought a pizza (which was delicious by the way). I made her buy the Italian cheese bread because it tastes so much better. I don't think it's worth the $4 you pay for it, but it is DAMN good. So, we were looking for a spot to sit down and eat our pizza and whatnot, and decided to sit on a wall, when all of the sudden, Drew and Becca appear. Which surprised Chelsea only because they had just broken up the night before. It surprised me because I haven't seen or talked to either of them since the spree, and before that, practically never. When she clued me in later about what went down, I was a little confused but she told me that they had "broken up, but not really" although I'm still not really sure what that is supposed to mean, or what their standings are as of today, considering it's been 5 days since I last heard anything. But anyway, they had just gotten back from EarthLore and I thought it would be a really good idea to go there too because I hadn't been in quite literally forever, so when they left, Chelsea and I packed all of our food up and set off. I ended up carrying the breadstick box with slices of pizza inside and the bag of candy, which looks really strange when you're standing inside EarthLore. Well, once I got over the awkwardness, we walked around and looked at things and then bought a destiny bracelet in every color. And, Chelsea bought some bumper stickers for Anna and herself. I was thinking about getting some tea, but decided against it. So, when we left, I realized I had to go to the bathroom and I figured we could just walk to Kroger's or Wendy's and use the bathroom there, but much to my surprise, her mother decides to give us a ride home.
After what I can only describe as a glorious release, Chelsea and I go back to my house and spend the night there with Katie and Lizzi as well. Well, the thing is, Lizzi showed up to my house before Chelsea and I, so she was all confused, and Ronda was drunk and stupid and not helping anything, so eventually I got really pissed and yelled at her, which wasn't exactly her, it was my dad because she was drunk and refused to take the phone, so Lizzi just gave it to my dad. When we finally got the whole thing figured out, we met Lizzi at Katie's house and then just walked back to my house. At this point, I realized that we should watch Brick, so I made my dad drive us all over to my mom's house to get it. Of course, no one was awake when we got over there even though it was only 11. So, I pounded on the door and yelled and finally someone let me in and I grabbed the movie and split.
We watched Brick for the first part of the night, and it was agreed all around that it was a REALLY good movie, and this is the billionth review I've given it, so please, take my advice and watch it. Randomly during the movie though, Tam and Drew and Jake kept calling her because apparently Tam told Jake that Katie and Drew were fooling around and Jake got hot, and all in all it was a big mess, until Tam called and told Katie that she was going to call everyone and tell them that she lied. So things cooled down and Katie didn't get any more calls and movie watching went as planned. Then of course, it ended and we were left without a real plan. Mostly we talked for about an hour and thought it would be good to do a little secret spilling. We had it all ceremoniously set up, there were candles, and a big pot filled with water, and matches because matches make everything seem cooler, and we wrote down secrets on paper and shared them with each other and then burned them. It feels really nice to do it, and if you don't believe me, try it for yourself. But you can rest assured that there was no shortage of tears. Well, before we knew it, we had gone through 4 large candles, the water in the pot was mixed with ash and bits of paper and wax and was more like a gross soup than water, and it was also 6 in the morning. Well, no one wanted to go to bed, in fact we all wanted to go get donuts and stay up all day. Which is exactly what we did. Sort of. I mean, we got donuts and everything and we were out for at least another hour, but Chelsea and Lizzi kept falling asleep whenever we stopped moving. Katie and I on the other hand, were quite full of energy. That I'm-so-tired-that-I'm-actually-not-tired-and-bouncing-off-the-walls energy. So we decided to go walk in the woods because she didn't believe our neighborhood had woods to begin with, and it's just plain fun. But, our woods aren't quite as appealing and we hadn't walked on one of the paths, just tried to forge our way in, so we went over to the woods near Chelsea's house. And then we got the bright idea to wade in Bell Creek. So, we rolled our pants up just over our knees, which is no small task when you're wearing skinny jeans, took off our shoes and socks, and went in. Over all, the Creek gets no higher than your knees, although occasionally it can get up to your thighs, but it's really pleasant. The mud is really slippery because the banks are nearly vertical, as Katie found out when she fell in. After that point, we ditched everything that we weren't wearing and trudged on. We really didn't go very far, but it seemed that way because we took our time finding ways around obstacles. Eventually we reached a part that was too deep to just walk through, and I wasn't to enthralled with the fact that we would have to walk a ways on a thoroughly brush-covered bank, and we turned back. We managed to claim a few islands and found some walking sticks while in there, but mostly just got covered with mosquito bites. The back and tops of my knees were the only skin that wasn't covered or in the water and they were just attacked constantly. In fact, I'm itching them right now.
In any case, we came back to my house, well, I came back to my house. Katie went home to change and wash her clothes. I walked in and found Chelsea passed out on the couch, and Lizzi was more or less awake, but still groggy, although she had to leave relatively soon thereafter. Chelsea and Katie stayed and Natalie came over shortly as well, but I was really, really tired and fell asleep on the couch. They started drawing on my face and Katie was playing with my legs, and there really is no polite way to say "Fuck you" to a friend, so I just waited until they left. Now, if they are reading this, and feel bad, don't. Because I really don't care that much and I would've done the same thing to you guys as well. Well, after they left, my dad drove me back to my mom's house because I was really tired and didn't have anything, and some other reason that I can't remember. I fell asleep right away there as well and next thing I know, it's 8 in the morning.
Well, from there until about 3:30, there wasn't much that was interesting, but after that, we picked up Carl and went to the festival in Taylor to see the fireworks. There was this deafening awful country concert, so Carl and I got some money and high tailed it to the lake where it was quieter. Eventually, the fireworks were going to start and we had to go back and endure that terrible music, but things seem nicer when I'm with him and I didn't mind so much.
The fireworks were great as always, but I have a few complaints. First of all, the music this year was absolutely horrid! Last year, they played nothing but Beatles songs, and this year, it was nothing but songs about our country. It was WAY overly patriotic and it was almost sickening. The very last song was the Pledge of Allegiance and people were standing up and reciting it along with the song and it made me want to gag. Second of all, it was pretty short. It started after 10 and finished before 10:30, granted it was nicely co-ordinated and it was more like a show rather than just guys lighting off a bunch of fireworks. Afterwards though, I was really tired and a little angry at my family for being so obnoxious and pig-headed. I mostly fell asleep in the car on top of Carl, but it was a little uncomfortable because my leg kept falling asleep. And not like what most of you have felt, it was like, my leg had no feeling in it and also I couldn't move it. I actually had to lift it up on top of my other leg and start massaging it to get blood flowing again before I could feel it. Eventually, there was more room in the car and I actually lied down so my leg felt better, but that meant that we had to drop Carl off and I was less than ecstatic at that point.
But the next day, which was yesterday as of late, I went over to Carl's house again all afternoon for his sister's grad party. There was a water fight with buckets and hoses and balloons and a piñata that everyone was obsessing over a little too much. Eventually, when most of the people left, we all went to play laser tag and had so much fun! We kicked so much ass, it wasn't even funny. Actually it was pretty funny. The last game, Sharon's entire party was the red team and we had way less people, and the ref joined the blue team, and we still won. We had an amazing battle plan. I mean, the only way you can describe it was epic.
After that, we all went to the Hand-i-Dip and got ice cream, which was actually a slushie that Carl and I shared. We stood around and talked and such and watched them close it down for the night, and eventually everyone left. And Sharon's boyfriend John left in a different car and he had her wallet and keys, so we couldn't exactly go anywhere until he came back. Luckily, we didn't have to walk far to find him and we did leave, though, I wasn't separated from Carl for very long. He sneaked back over maybe an hour and a half later. My dad had just gone to bed at that point, so I wasn't sure if we should risk jumping right in to sex. We ended up using that time and energy for some things that are a little quieter. Although we didn't quite do what we had planned, it was still nice to feel him next to me. It had been so long since last time, and even if we were just sleeping, I loved every minute of it. It just seems like he has to leave way too soon. I just wish he could stay all night.
Plus, he's leaving soon for another camping trip, and then after that, I'm leaving to go to the cabin for a week, and then when I come back he'll have two-a-days. And only a few weeks after I come back, school is going to start again. Time seems to be flying by as the summer winds down. I know that we're right in the middle, but why does it seem like it's closer to the end?