*YLR*

…in approximately 10 hours…I will be headed to church. To get in a car to go to Madill, OK. To go to camp!

All I know right now is that my group’s name is "Hot Coals" and our color is black. If the coals are hot…they are red. But not THESE coals apparently…lol. There are 13 members in my group, including Sarah O. and myself. I have KP duty with Eric, Joe-D and one of the Greenvilles. Which means that whatever meals we are scheduled to work…little will be done during and it will probably end up being a self serve line haha.

I’m excited, but all this is making me realize how glad I am to be living in Oklahoma for the summer. I can step back and regroup and grow up while I’m in OK. This week will give me a chance to be completely carefree for the first time in awhile, with my biggest worry being what place my team is in for the day.

Leave me lots of notes to come home to…I like my diary to be flooded with them.

*Love Until Later*

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In a few hours I go to deposit $137 into my Texas bank account. (I have one here and one in OK) Which sounds nice, but it will only reside there until next Monday, when I will withdraw it to pay for my rent. Financially I’m going to just take a chill pill for a LONG time…I ripped up my check card and everything. Call me drastic, but it needed to be done. The bank doesn’t update the online site often enough, the companies can take weeks to turn in the charges and like I just recently found out – the ATM isn’t always correct either. Even if you haven’t touched your account in over 48 hours.
When I started making all this money I kept thinking of ways I could spend it, and cute things I wanted. I have recently learned, that I’m not as materialistic as I think I am. Currently, there are things I want, but none of which I have a desperate urge to buy. I fought off a lot of cute iPod mini accessories on eBay the other night, and now consider myself undefeated. I’ve learned that just because I’m getting money, doesn’t mean I need to go spend it. Other than gas, I’m determined not to buy another thing until I’ve got $500 in my account. Even then I’ve decided to get my nails done and sign up to tan for a month and give the rest to my parents so they will finally get off my back about the money I owe them. No wonder I immediately want to spend my money as soon as I get it – it turns out that’s how I was raised. Because as soon as they hear I’m making some – it means I have to repay them INSTANTLY. Oui.