5 a.m. is gonna come quick

so tomorrow will be my first day to work a semi-early shift at Starbucks (of which I am now an employee). I have to be there at 6:30. I almost liked working there saturday. I was getting good at marking cups and making change. I had the most accurate till (money drawer) out of everyone there. I still need some work on figuring out where all of the buttons are.
there area like 1 million different combonations of drinks that one can choose to have.
I really enjoy seeing all the different types of people who are coffee drinkers. I have met a lot of foreign people too and that makes me happy.

in other news:
my dad has almost choked to death twice.
last week mom and dad and i were watching tv... well mom was sleeping as usual, but dad and i were watching something. out of no where my dad starts to cough like his life depended on it. it was frantic chokey coughing. and mom was ripped from her sleep she stood up and i picked up the phone and began to dial 911. it was a really traumatic experience for me. my life could have been forever changed in that one moment. my fear is that he has emphazema (sp?) and that these coughing fits will only get more frequent and much worse. ugh. stupid cigarettes!
stupid tar! stupid nicotine.

mom and i have had some break throughs in our relationship. that has been good. she has been reading some of the books i have finished, and she likes them for the most part.

bo, the brother, is getting married in 3 weeks. kinda weird. but happy weird.

betsy, the sister, is coming to town for the wedding. her husband who is a minister is officiating the wedding. and i will get to play with my new neice! little hannah girl. hooray!!! i hope that she is happy for the time she will be here. she will be 2 1/2 monthes old. crazy how fast they age.

speaking of aging... i will reach the big 23 on the 18th. gettin on up there....
overall i am enjoying life right now, even though a lot of stuff is still really up in the air.
its time to get some zzzzzzzzzz.