Tuesday, July 13, 2010

holland, summer 2010

back in holland for the summer.
i love this place. i love holland for its location on lake michigan, for its beautiful but quaint downtown, for hope college, for the friendly faces that greet me almost everywhere i go, for the farmer's market, for the friends that are here, for the weekly summer events that this city offers, and for so much more!

since i've been back to holland, i have been working full time at the van wylen library. van wylen is a wonderful place to work because my co-workers are awesome, the bosses are great, and we have weekly patron count contests in which the losers have to bake cookies for everyone else. i have not lost yet, but i have been close. this week, my good friend sarah russo was one of the few with the lowest number of points in the contest, so she baked cookies--delicious vegan/choco chip/cranberry/walnut/oatmeal cookies. WOW! they were GOOD.

this past weekend, i got to spend time with a lot of wonderful people!
thursday: kelly, maria, lyndi, and her friend lori
friday: hillary, emma, parth, david
saturday: mom & dad, emma
sunday: emma, sarah, eric, david, maria
monday: christopher

while i love being in holland and being close to the people i love here, i do miss home. i miss megan, alyssa, and lauren; i miss mom, dad, and natalie; i miss my grandmas, aunts, cousins, and uncle; and i even miss my cat, even though my allergies flare up around her. i love holland, but i really miss the comforts of home, such as: watching sports on tv on summer nights with my parents while the sunset shines in through the family room windows, bonfires in the backyard with mom or with good friends, alyssa and megan, lauren and her dog sonny, talking with natalie, bike rides with mom, dad's breakfasts and other good meals, etc. etc. etc. it's hard to be away from home when you don't know when you will be home next. i don't want to complain, though, because like i said, i love holland, and i love my job here.

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