Adventures around Europe. Well some of it....

So this last two weeks I have been in Europe with 15 members of my Senior class following Easy Company of the 101st airborne division. It has been absolutly amazing and eye opening. First things first. The food. It was so delicious and fantastic. All the crepes and nutella, so yummy. The pastries were also to die for. We visited London, Cantebury, Normandy, Rouen, Paris, Bastogne, La Roche, and Munich. All the cities were so beautiful and my favorite would have to be Normandy. Although we only got to visit Omaha, and I would like to visit all of them someday.

The way I would describe London is, full of tradition. Seriously, those british hold on to tradition like no ones buisness. All thier funky hats and wierd ways of marching. My favorite part of London was all the history behind it and learning what they all went through. During WW2 they were attack by what is called the blitz, the germans would bomb the hell out of London and no one really felt safe. I loved learning about thier view of how things happened in WW2.

Normandy was my favorite. The way the american cemetary is aligned and looks so perfect and serene. It was so beautiful. That was a place I know I could live and just spend time. The beach, so peaceful today but at one time 70 years ago, it was full of guns. There is really nothing else I can say about Normandy.

Paris. The city of love. The city that is competly filthy. It is a very dirty city, but what major city isnt? it was over crowded and beautiful at the same time. The eiffle tower makes everything look so small. That little piece of history that should have been torn down 100 years ago still stands tall. Paris, the city that gave themselves up to save thier own history. The Louvre was an excelent museum. So many beautiful paintings and sculptures. I loved it, along with versilles.

Bastongne, The town that absolutly loves americans. They are so grateful for what the men did over there. The one thing that hit me was that the town was completly leveled, yet they are so grateful that the men of the 101st didnt give up the town. They actaully have a square named after General McAuliffe, you know the famous nuts guy. They also have a resturante named Le Nuts and really good ham.

Munich, well the only real thing we did in munich was go to dachau. Dachau was something else. It was so peacful and so beautiful. It made it hard to imagine that 70 years ago it was full of hatred, sorrow, and death. While I was there looking at this spot where two men were executed a butterfly flew by and landed on the plaque. It was so serene, so odd, and so out of place. Here was this place that was so sad, and a little butterfly is fluttering along. It made me think that there were probably butterflys fluttering along when the camp was in buisness. They didnt know what was going on, maybe a prisoner had the same experiance I did right before they were shot. Maybe they got to see a little guy just like the one I saw. All I know is that I do not want to go back there. It was so overwhelming, maybe I was the only one to feel that, and maybe I was just over tired, but it was so sad.

The trip ended with Munich and shopping. Shopping seems to make things better. It was an amazing experience and I recomend that every willing and able american take a trip to some part of Europe. maybe to get a diffrent view on the second world war like I did, or maybe to just unwind and eat amazing food. All I know is that I am deffinatly going back.

sounds like life.

Sounds like life to me it ain’t no fantasy
It’s just a common case of everyday reality
Man I know it’s tough but you gotta suck it up
To hear you talk you’re caught up in some tragedy
It sounds like life to me

Went to the doctor yesterday. Got the news I didnt want to hear. Surgery. The good news? I can finish out my softball season, as long as I can live with the pain. My date is definatly getting pushed back and I have no idea when I will leave. It could be july, august, september, october, november, or december. I have no Idea when im leaving and that kinda sucks. I wish I could just leave right when I graduate. It would have been the perfect day to leave. not too early and not too late. but thats not going to happen. I might have to wait 3 or 4 months after july..I guess I just have to try and make the best of it.

More than studying, We have lives!

School has been such a wierd afterthought this year. With 44 school days left in my highschool career nothing has really changed. For this semester my goal really is straight B's. And I think im am accomplishing it very well. I leave for Europe in 5 days for two weeks, then have one more week of no school. Once I come back to school I have one more quarter left then highschool is over. I have to say Im pretty excited to be done and over with it. Whoever said highschool is the best years of you life are completely wrong and stupid. Highschool sucks. period. no ifs ands or buts about it. Moral of the story? There is way more to life than highschool and Im excited to find out what there is. All in all, I cannot wait to graduate.
xoxo KV.

cowboy crazy

Ive been pretty guy crazy latley, not saying I really want to date at the moment, Ive just been thinking a lot about what kind of guy I really want. I listen to country music SOO much that the type of guy i want has become a cowboy. Now I realize that not every man looks like the below picture. But without the hat and belt buckle, he would just look like an everyday normal tool. Lets face it, cowboys are hot. They have muscle from working all day and they are always tan. The hat just adds an extra WHAM!.

I dont want a country boy just because most of them are smokin, but most of the time what they stand for. A true country boy would never cheat you, he knows what he wants, and he most of the time has moral and values. So its for the accent, the hat, and the way he acts. and lets face it ladys. This fella^^^^ smokin. :] so this is my cowboy obssension. and I am going to marry one, We will live on a farm with horses and chickens.

Any man of mine

Since the begining of time women have always wanted the perfect man. Latley I have been thinking a lot about what kind of guy I really want. So far I havent had the best luck with guys and I think that is because I honestly have never sat down and thought about what I want in a guy. Well today I decided to make a list for what exactly I want in a boyfriend and husband.

First off I want him to be a good christian, I want him to rely on christ and God and to be active in his church. I want a man who is a MAN. I dont want a little boy, I want him to be a man inside and out.

1. Strong Christian faith.

2. A manly man

3. He must respect me and my family, he cannot be rude to my parents or my sisters.

4. He MUST repect me.

5. He has to be able to make me laugh

6. He cannot have a short temper

7. He has to like sports perferably baseball

8. I prefer to have a nice guy

9. A family orientated guy.

10. A cowboy:)

. Although looks are not the most important thing in a relationship I believe that it is still important that you are attracted to the guy. So these are the physical things I look for in a guy

1. Eye color I dont really care about I like any color as long as he has eyes.

2. he has to be averaged sized with muscles. I like a guy who is stronger than me and who looks it.

3. I have a thing for brunettes.

4. He has to be taller than me.

5. Achne kinda freaks me out, so I would prefer to have a clean face.

6. Taller than me.

Well thats about it. Theres my list of what I look for in a guy and I hope to find a guy like this in the future.

Orange you glad I didnt say banana?

Today was my mothers reunion for her church that she grew up in. It was extremely boring and I was ready to fall asleep. It took place at an orange grove and it was a very lovely home. so during the program while this old guy was singing a very slow boring song megan and I snuck out and walked around the area down this dirt road. There were some guys in the yard next to the house we were at riding thier dirt bikes around. one of them was pretty cute. Yea I know im boy crazy. We walked by this house that looked pretty creepy and pretened I was Indiana Jones. Then we had orange fights. We were throwing oranges at eachother and played soccer with a grape fruit. We went back to the house and I jumped on the trampaline with my little cousins Isabelle. We pretened we were birds. I then went back to the barn and it was over. So we drove home and went to in-n-out, needless to say it was a pretty fun day.

Back to my knee. I went to the Doctor yesterday and he told me that he thinks there is nothing seriously wrong with my knee. He thinks there might be a small, small tear but nothing a little rest cannot fix. So no surgery. The problem of whether or not I can still get a Rescue swimmer contract is still there. I dont know if I will have enough time to rest my knee and pass the test. See I have to have the contract for two months before I leave and at the rate that Im going I wont be ready to take a test anytime soon. So I have to make a choice. I really want to be a rescue swimmer because I really want to help people, and I really want to fly. Keep me in your prayers cause Im kinda stressing out right now. On a good side I leave for Europe in 9 days!!!!!:)

meniscus

So life is not exactly going the way I planned. Things feel like they have been falling apart latley and its not a good feeling. There is still hope but I will find out tomorrow. So Friday I went out running and while I was running my knee gave out and I fell. We went to the doctor he told me that I might have a torn meniscus. I havent been playing softball for a week along with running. I might have to get surgury and if that happens then Im done with softball and I wont get a rescue swim contract. I would just have to go in with an AD contract and after two years I can put in for rescue swimming. I just have to remind myself often that its all in God's timing and that he has a plan. It just kinda sucks because this is my last year to play and its hard. I know im a real good catcher and ball player. I just have to remember to look at the big picture and not just this year. Pray for me peeps:)