the previous enrty was wrong b/c i apparently can't count.

i actually leave in 2 months and 14 days.

Yay for new tattoos!!

this is it close up (it is japanese kanji for love) and it is correct

yes it is on the top of my foot, and yes it hurt like a mother...

Ok, so to finish my last entry. I met a boy, his name is Scott. He is 22 and from PA. He works as a paramedic for a private ambulance company, and when he isn't working a medic shift he works a construction job. He is also a Sgt. in the army reserves.  So, yeah. I guess you could say we are dating, but I'm not really gonna say that because that would imply that we get to see each other.

Speaking of seeing each other, he was going to try and come down here this weekend. But then Thursday afternoon his unit got called up and left for New Orleans (I think) today with 5 ambulances. And I don't mean they were drivin- they were flyin. I am pretty sure they were going to New Orleans because he was questioning wheter they would get hazard pay and when I asked him why he said "because we are the ones getting shot at." Yeah, that is a comforting thought. I am worried because I know as a medic Scott won't be armed, and with people shooting at those there to help...yeah. This is so crazy. You would swear it was the apocolypse (sp?).

Yeah, so the University of Nebraska system (we have 3 campuses Lincoln- the flagship, Omaha, and Kerney) is opening up for students whose universities have been closed due to damage by Katrina. We are going to give them in-state tuition and get them going in fall classes. I think it is good. I hope that the students that come can find a home here while their's are being rebuilt.

That is all I've got for now. I will update more when I have more information

As my sister would call them, here are my "jambo notes." While they may not be day-by-day, or as detailed as hers they are mine. But mine are better anyways because who wants to know about the actual goings on when you can hear about rule breaking...

Overall the jamboree was good. I had a really good time. I always think the best parts of jamborees, campouts or activities that we do with other people besides our crew are best because of the people we meet. Needless to say that female youth staff was not exactly accepted by all that were there, and we had a few problems with bathrooms and showers, it eventually got worked out. Then there was the scoutmaster that chose to yell at us one night, harass and chastize anyone in a green uniform the next morning, and get sent home. The girls in the tent were great. I like them all. The boys I met were great too. All really nice guys. The best part of the time I have to say was the cute army boys (not just the cute medic). There were some very nice looking MPs, and 1 cute army medic (out of 2. I will explain later). I do know that some things that happened made the news, and I don't know what to tell you. There were some serious lagistical problems, but that happens when you put up a city of 42,000 in a day, have it up for a week, and take it down in a day. The major problems were weather and water. It was hot and humid (It was even hot for me.) I am talkin 100 degrees and humidity so high that the heat index is 110-120 degrees during the day. The other problem is that the boys that were there didn't drink enough water. They should have been drinking at least 2 nalgenes (32oz a piece) between meals- if not 3, and they weren't. They may have been drinking 1, but that is a stretch for some of them. Other than that the other problems were just lines for staff registration that were 2.5 hours long, and not having proper facilities for all the staff in every camp (i.e. no bathrooms or shower for the youth female staff in the Thomas Rd. Staff Camp).

Now for the good stuff (at least the begining of it). Being at a Boy Scout camp there were certain rules we had to follow; no tank tops, no short shorts, no being in a tent of the opposite sex, no pda, no fratranizing, 2 deep leadership (i.e. a girl and guy shouldn't walk alone together- always girl, girl, guy or guy, guy, girl when walking), pee and shower buddies (i.e. take someone with you when you go to the bathroom or shower), 1030pm starts quiet hours, 11pm cerfew (sometimes 1130pm). I think that was it, well at least the major ones.  Lets just say that I broke just about everyone of those. All except the no tank tops, and no short shorts- those I didn't break.

That is all for tonight. My hands are tired. I will write more in the coming days.

Alright kids, I know it has been a while. I am home from the National Scout Jamboree safe and sound. I have a lot to tell about it, but currently I don't want to type it all. That and I would like the time and space to do it alone (i.e. I want to be able to use the computer without my sister in the room. Yet it seems as though whenever I am in here she has to come in and be here. And it is only when I am in here. I HATE that). Anyway...I will type it all in eventually. We will just say it all ended well.