Starr, in shorts, with friends and the flying Marine.
The Marine
Starr’s turn to fly
So fun!!!
I can say that there were several groups of girls that went flying that day. A few of them “lost it” while still on the plane. One of them commented “always a great time getting sick in front of a hot marine lol ”! Starr managed to make it back to the sorority house before losing it and felt horrible the rest of the day, she ended up missing all of her Friday classes.
I think the experience was worth the pain and possibly the missed classes.
From the college newspaper about a previous visit to CSU by this Marine:
Starr’s Facebook status when I woke up this morning:
On my way to fly with a marine!
My thoughts: What?! Who?! Where?! How long has this person been flying?? You didn’t ask for my permission!! (I know, she doesn’t have to ask for my permission anymore, but still…) How long until it is safe to panic??
I still don’t know most of the details except that she is fine, she had fun, he’s been flying for 8 years. From what I gather, it sounds like it was some sort of recruitment activity for the Marines.
While I was trying to remain calm, she had a blast. She was so excited. He let her fly the plane and he did some tricks. She said “I did two barrel rolls! Maybe three…I had my eyes closed!”
The first thing she wanted to do was talk to my dad, her grampa, who was a marine pilot and later a commercial pilot until he retired.
Second thing was to sleep off her motion sickness.
Starr and her sorority sisters woke up very early this morning so that they could volunteer at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Denver. Breast Cancer Awareness and Education is their sorority’s philanthropy and this is an annual activity for the girls. They provide pins and goodie bags to breast cancer survivors. Meeting and talking with these women is a highlight.
I found this picture posted on Starr’s Facebook this morning:
“It was so early and so dark this morning, but this is so worth it!”
Starr has always been emotional after the event. High on the positive energy, touched by the survivors and their stories as well as the stories of those who’ve lost loved ones. After a previous years event, I asked her how it went. As she opened her mouth to answer, she started crying instead. It took her by surprise, she didn’t realize that she was that close to tears, but the combination of joy, hope, courage and sadness that she experienced came tumbling out in an emotional jumble.
Cancer sucks. I love that the girls are involved in making a difference.
I know this. Every fiber of my being knows this. I have experienced horrible. I know the difference.
Yet, it has been a week. Actually, it has been a couple of weeks of thing after thing.
Starr frowns on complaining, and I try to comply, so I will leave it at that and go do the dishes. At the moment, the dishwasher is still working.
Since “breaking up” with me (Jason commented on that post and said, “You can’t break up with your mom, duh!”…and that appears to be true!!), I have seen Starr every single day. Except for yesterday. We didn’t see each other yesterday.
It felt weird!
What am I going to do when she leaves town?
The Plastics Revolution – “Light Of Day”
I stumbled across this video the other night and it left me happy. Those smiles are contagious!
*It’s been a rough week, nothing major or earth shattering, just life bumps!
*It is a beautiful day so far this morning, cool temps, sunshine, gentle breezes, a hay fire just north of town. The smoke is driving my sinuses crazy and is ramping up my headache, so I have closed the house up. It still smells like ashtray. I hope they are able to get it under control and that it doesn’t spread.
*Starr announced the other day that she was breaking up with me. Yep.
Actually, I was relieved. She has been hanging out over here more often than not for the past week as she recovered from Fall Recruitment and a bad cold. I am sure that she just meant that she was planning on spending less time over here and, as much as I love her, that is a good thing!
She said that after class, a friend would be bringing her by to pick up the rest of her things. I told her that she would find her things on the front lawn.
*One of the cats managed to poop on the office door! How? Why? What the… Seriously?! Hopefully, he hasn’t learned a skill that he intends to use again in the future!!
*Starr called this morning and said, “I know that I broke up with you, but I’m having a little bit of separation anxiety, so I will be over in about 10 minutes…okay?” Turns out she just wanted some kitten love, food and the use of my printer…I feel so used.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Here is 22 seconds of cuteness I thought I would pass along:
Read this man’s experience using the iPhone as a blind man. I know that it doesn’t take much to bring tears to my eyes these days, but reading the joy in this post did it for me once again!
The other night, however, a very amazing thing happened. I downloaded an app called Color ID. It uses the iPhone’s camera, and speaks names of colors. It must use a table, because each color has an identifier made up of 6 hexadecimal digits. This puts the total at 16777216 colors, and I believe it. Some of them have very surreal names, such as Atomic Orange, Cosmic, Hippie Green, Opium, and Black-White. These names in combination with what feels like a rise in serotonin levels makes for a very psychedelic experience.
I have never experienced this before in my life. I can see some light and color, but just in blurs, and objects don’t really have a color, just light sources. When I first tried it at three o’clock in the morning, I couldn’t figure out why it just reported black. After realizing that the screen curtain also disables the camera, I turned it off, but it still have very dark colors. Then I remembered that you actually need light to see, and it probably couldn’t see much at night. I thought about light sources, and my interview I did for Get Lamp. First, I saw one of my beautiful salt lamps in its various shades of orange, another with its pink and rose colors, and the third kind in glowing pink and red.. I felt stunned.
The next day, I went outside. I looked at the sky. I heard colors such as “Horizon,” “Outer Space,” and many shades of blue and gray. I used color queues to find my pumpkin plants, by looking for the green among the brown and stone. I spent ten minutes looking at my pumpkin plants, with their leaves of green and lemon-ginger. I then roamed my yard, and saw a blue flower. I then found the brown shed, and returned to the gray house. My mind felt blown. I watched the sun set, listening to the colors change as the sky darkened. The next night, I had a conversation with Mom about how the sky looked bluer tonight. Since I can see some light and color, I think hearing the color names can help nudge my perception, and enhance my visual experience. Amazing!
Actually, it is not belated. She made this video on my birthday and showed it to me on her phone as we were walking to dinner that night. She has been just so very busy ever since, that I have been unable to download it off her phone until yesterday. She is sick and spent day crashing on the sofa (poor thing!). A great time to steal her phone and finally grab my video!
The video is glitchy (it was glitchy on her phone too), but it is still sweet. Starr (center, bottom!) and some of her sorority sisters wishing me a happy birthday!
Name? Kelly. Mysterious? Not really. Passionate? Yes. Lazy? Sometimes. Outgoing? Not a bit. Trusting? Mmhmm. Artistic? On good days. Crazy? Could be. Trustworthy? Absolutely. Graceful? I wish. Sarcastic? Often. Deserving? You bet. Forgiving? Yes. Religious? No. Spiritual? Yes. Uncertain? At times. Confused? Sure. Distracted? Daily. Silly? Yeah. Talkative? Not. Punctual? To a fault. Breakable? Quite.
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The plane
Starr, in shorts, with friends and the flying Marine.
The Marine
Starr’s turn to fly
So fun!!!
”! Starr managed to make it back to the sorority house before losing it and felt horrible the rest of the day, she ended up missing all of her Friday classes.
