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Though I have been neglecting my duties as a blogger to keep my blog updated and ship-shape for all viewers, I must assure everyone that I have indeed been watching and following your blogs. I have been stewing over my own post, but since is has reached such a time since my last one I decided to skip all the extra stewing and planning and just go ahead right my usual too-long catch-up post.

Summer is slowly trickling to an end, my friends. I hope I have not completely wasted my precious days free. I have spent a lot of time milling around in my jam jams, but I think that that time isn't as empty as it was last year. A good trip to the VA Chelaks was also an accomplishment, along with lending a hand in the theater summer workshops with the childrens. We are also about to embark on a journey tomorrow, which I hope to keep you updated with.

As many of you know, my birthday recently passed. It was kind of bittersweet, really, though. We woke up early to do nothing, until Mum wanted to go to the Biltmore Estate. I told her no, once you've seen a large, old, dusty mansion once, you've seen it a million times. I had told her the night before when she was making suggestions of what we could do that we could go to Brevard, but it seems that she ignored me. Anyway, it reached the end of the day and we ate our delicious (though almost overly rich) lemon cake quietly. It came to open presents, and to tell you the truth, I didn't expect much.

But man, was I wrong. I opened the first package and it was a box of chocolates, okay. Then I got the bigger box and tore it open and, WOW! What I had been wanting, maybe even brooding over for the past few weeks, a brand new (and super tiny) laptop computer! Roger here is extremly beautiful and a sleek, shiny blue. It's fairly easy to use, except for the fact that I can't get the webcam software to open up. I also got a laptop sleeve, but because my Acer Aspire One 11.6" is an awkward size, the one Mum gave me was too large.

So she got me another sleeve, and it was too small. I'm currently trying to find one that fits in stores, but since today is the last day before we leave on our trip, I don't know how much luck I'm going to have.

I've quite taken to wearing skirts now. They're nice and airy, and I must say that they're also quite liberating. No more pants to weigh me down, no! McKenzie has also followed in my lead.

Pim decided to be stupid and scratch my beatiful Roger. Now its wonderful smoothness is forever ruined by the small blemishes left by McKenzie's awful cat.

We've developed a small obsession for Harry Potter lately in spirit of the new movie coming out. I expect it will blow over.

There's a bed that was once on top of my own that is currently sitting in the middle of my room. Quite a hinderance for navigational purposes, but useful for everything else.

I've got a new backpack. I've had the same one since first grade. My new one's nice.

McKenzie says she'll get me a replica Harry Potter prop wand for my birthday. I don't know, though, they're pretty expensive.

Rosie's style for a while was wearing a lanyard around her neck. She wore it for quite a while, about over a week. I decided to take if off, since it got caught around one of her legs a lot and it would fall off if she ran. She likes taking it off the ground and playig tug-of-war with it. She's a cutie.