Why I loves boating, ice cream, and my Wisconsin family... ooh, and why I feel super important.

So, two weeks from tomorrow is the official start of LIFEST! This is both incredibly exciting and really really scary. There's so much to do between now and then, and everyone in the office is working like crazy to get it all done.

So I was supposed to be traveling to Creation East in PA this week, but that plan changed. Last Wednesday I was given the assignment "Artist Advancement Leader" for the Indie Band Talent Competition at Lifest. Basically, what I have had to do is write up emails and letters to the bands, send them out, then call every one of them individually and register them in our online database. They have to pay a registration fee, so I set them up with that, and then I get them hooked up with discounted tickets, parking passes, campsites and the like. Later this week I will be putting together packets of information for each group with all of their tickets, passes, an info packet, and a map of the grounds detailing where they're going to be performing when.... I've made spreadsheets, and judging rubrics for the competition, and have been on the phone answering bazillions of questions (yes, bazillions IS a word, and its spelled just like that) I've learned more about the music industry and backlining equipment than I ever thought EXISTED! You know how they say "knowledge is power"? I got the power first, and the knowledge second...haha.

So anyway, they needed an intern to stay back and help in the office, because as Lifest approaches, the phone rings more and more. So I stayed, since I have so much to do anyway, and someone had to do it! I was a little disappointed at first, but then I kind of realized that its all part of the ministry, and its all important.

OOh, side note. Since I got this important task, I GOT A COMPANY CELL PHONE TO USE! And its like, the most exciting thing ever. I feel so important.

And speaking of exciting things, I have been told that since I am missing Creation East, I will be traveling to Creation West in Washington State. I'm so totally psyched about that, because where I am right now is as far west as I have ever been. So in the end of July, I will be hopping in the good ol' RV and traveling West to Washington for one of the two largest Christian Rock festivals in the world. How cool is that?

Other big news... I went boating and tubing on Father's Day with my family here, and it was awesome. It did rain a little bit... does anyone know what rain feels like on your face when you're traveling at 60 miles an hour? Its kind of like little pellets of pain. But it was a lot of fun, and I didn't really mind. The tubing was AMAZING... I'd never been, and the day was hot and the water was cool, and I have never clung on to anything so tightly as I did to that inner tube. And let me tell you - I went flying around on that sucker... My knees and hips are bruised from bouncing around, and my entire upper body hurts. But only when I move or breathe. Its totally awesome. I am feeling a bit better now, but still rather like I lifted the Liberty Bell.

I went shopping on Saturday with Kim, which was a lot of fun.. we got some awesome sales at Bath and Body works... so thats good news for all of you who will be in close proximity to me in the near future. Just kidding. And then she took me to Coldstone Creamery.... awesome ice cream!! I had Chocolate Peanut Butter perfection, and it was just that... Chocolatey, Peanut Buttery Perfection.

Hmmm.... pressing news, pressing news... Nope, I'm not coming up with anything major.

Will write again whenever I get my act together again... you never know! :)