July 8, 2004

• Though I can't wait for school (who knew I'd ever say that), I don't want this summer to end too soon. This is the best summer I have ever had.

  Tuesday Gina called me up and we randomly (and very last min) went to Ravinia with Lily (my biggest fan), Kyle, Abby, Todd, and Janna. Some disco band called Abba was playing, but it really wasn't about the music. It was about the experience of having a picnic and hoping it doesn't rain and taking the train and being in each others company and laughing and getting high off fives (as in high fives). I had a really good time with Gina.

  Oh, I guess we were supposed to bring drinks, but Gina forgot to tell me, so we didn't. When we got there, I started telling them this story about how we had been walking along when all of a sudden this guy who was 6' 10" walked up to us and folded his arms and cornered us against the fence and demanded our drinks. Todd and Abby believed me. It was great.

  Then yesterday I went to Great America with Emily and Kristen (from youth conference). It was so much fun. I wish more people from our "familiy" could have come, but I had a real good time with Kristen and Emily, and my brother got dropped off later. I think we went on every roller coaster open a couple times except for the iron wolf. Raging Buffalo was fun (that's what Kristen accidently called it), but my favorite is still Superman, which is even cooler at night. The Demon was also fun at night. Kristen and I convinced Emily to break with her fear of the Giant Drop, which was amazing. I saw a side of Emily I'd never seen before when around 8 she got everyone except for me to ride the Logger's Run a few times. lol. I was the only one not freezing and wet, and I'm glad cause it gave me the opportunity to do something I hadn't done since a week or two before school was out. That made me both giddy and happy.

  Anyway, we had a really good time despite a few brief showers and a brief period of post lunch exhaustion. After Great America Kristen came over for hot chocolate to warm up, which was really cool. I really had a good time with her.

  I wish that I had always been doing things like this- going to Ravinia and Great America and the movies with friends. It is really making me cherish this summer. Between so many good times, so many revelatory experiences, and Jonathan, I think this is the most special, sacred summer I have ever had.

  And now for the first time ever I just heard a song by the Graham Colton Band called "Don't give up on me". It's not bad.

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