they're real!

woke up, watched some tennis, hung out with some old friends, hung out with a new friend... it was a good day today!
i'll give you guys the highlights (because although it's only 8pm over there, its 11pm here, and i am exhausted...)

-woke up, had breakfast, showered up, put on my bellflower tshirt, and practiced unicycling!!!

-venus won her 4th wimbledon today, and i didn't have to wake up at 6am to watch it... i am loving this whole east coast time zone thing.

-fun time hanging with my friends back at their place on the lake one last time before i go on my trip and before they head back to cali... and while i drove on the 31... i mean, highway 31... no speeding here... cruise control at 55 all the way... in your face cops :)

-made my way to a city i haven't been to before... allegan, mi..

-went to this campground place called tri pond and met up with a cousin of a friend back home... she also goes to calvin, and she works at this campground (which she gave me a tour of, and i think it is actually really cool... cool ponds, funny kids).

-i held a 6 day old goat, which is actually really cute and really soft... i'd say this baby goat (named barley) gives tippy a run for his money. and the mama goat has a huge go-tee (how do you spell that... if it were spelled goat-tee, that would be hilarious, because i really think thats where the name comes from).

-so i joined this gal (who is quite hilarious) and a couple of her friend for a little kayak trip down part of kalamazoo (fun word) river. it being 8pm and all, ton of bugs... it was a lot of fun. we kayaked and cruised down the river for a little over an hour.

-by the time we stopped kayaking and pulled our kayaks on the bank, i thought what i thought was a spark, but then it quickly disappeared. i looked down the trail, and saw multiple ones... flying up, glowing, then disappearing. no way... fire flies!!!!!!! i got so excited i was nearly jumping... i quickly asked them , you guys have fire flies!!!! they're real!!!! honestly, until tonight, i never quite believed that fireflies were true... kind of like santa clause, i accepted their existence in stories and movie for dramatic effect, but i never thought they were real. so they laughed because i was so excited, and they showed me how to catch em and watch them glow. pretty much the coolest experience ever, walking with a bunch of fireflies glowing around you

-as dorky and weird it sounds, fire flies are magical hahaha they are pretty much my favorite insect... unlike the mosquitos that ate me alive while i was so fascinated by the fireflies.

that's all folks