Summary

Oh, guys...

I'm apparently terrible at updating stuff. Although anytime that any of you update, I most definitely read, so you are not updating in vain.

This summer can be summed up pretty easily, I feel. Work, Adam, Warped Tour, Eating and Free Box.

Natural building is tough. Don't be fooled. I've been keeping a journal of my work over at erinisbuildingstuff.blogspot.com. So if you really are aching for details, that's a good place to start. Or just wait another couple of weeks and talk to me in person.

Adam's been up here almost the whole summer. He's gone home and to Canada a few times, but I would say that he's been here almost 75% of the time. He would come to work with me, so nobody seemed to mind that he was staying here. I guess it's good that he was here, because I have hardly seen anybody else this summer. Lilly a few times, but nobody else, really.

Lilly, her sister and friend and I went to the Warped Tour to set up a booth for the Rainforest Action Network. We handed out stickers, temporary tattoos and information and got people to sign a petition asking Bank of America and City Bank to stop funding coal fueled power plants. We also got to see several shows, including The Horrorpops (my favorite), Katy Perry, The Color Fred, Motion City Soundtrack and many others. I spent far too much money. Our table was right next to a table of anarchists, so we made friends and I bought books.

I've been eating a ton. My garden is beautiful. It hasn't been the entire time- it got pretty overgrown for a while, but Richard hired Katie (the gardener from last year, former SENS house resident, Berea Grad, awesome person in general that some of you may or may not know) to come clean it up really well before Libby, David and Zac(h/k) get here (so that it's not entirely overwhelming.) I've been trying to eat as locally as possible this summer, buying my food primarily from the farmer's market and Happy Meadows, if I can't get it from my garden. Last night I made pizza using local tomatoes, basil, garlic, onions, mushrooms, and amish cheese (and organic flour!) Be jealous, my children.

Also, the free box down the road has been my main supplier of weekend shopping. Today, somebody awesome decided to get rid of some very cool vintage dresses and skirts and I snagged them. Which is not to say that I will wear them daily, but I will love them daily.

I'm going home next week. I have only been home once this summer for about a day and a half- my sister moved out to Montana and I was visiting with her and the rest of the family during that time. So next week is going to be nice- no working or worries or anything. I'll have time to visit Chimney Rock and Asheville and some of my favorite people (although several of my favorite people will already be going to school...) Then, back to Berea and getting to see some more of my favorite people (YOU GUYS!), getting housemates and going to class.

I'm enthusiastic about all this.