Amy J. Bennett

My Great-grandmother, “Me-Me”

June 22, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

No journal post from today, this was an essay written in 6th grade.

My great-grandmother, “Me-Me”, is the most unforgettable person I have known because she is loving, helpful, generous and funny. She has done a lot for me when I have gone up in the Appalachian Mountains, where she lives.

Me-Me is very loving because when I was a little baby she took care for me. She said she would hug me gently all day long. Now when I go up to Pennsylvania, she hugs me or you could say squeezes. It really does not matter because it shows that she loves me. When I am watching a movie and she is sitting in her chair, I get up and walk to her and sit on her lap. When I do she hugs me gently like she did when I was little.

She is very helpful to me when I am up in Pennsylvania. When I wake up she helps me pick out my clothes. If I pick something out she helps me decide what looks good together. Also, when I brush my teeth she gets my tooth brush and toothpaste.

Me-Me is generous too because when we go to the store she asks me what I want before she looks in her purse to see if she can buy me anything. When I wake up in the morning she lets me pick out what I want to eat whether it is cereal, poptarts, waffles, or pancakes.

Me-Me is funny because when I go up there, I try to tell her something or ask a question and she answers something completely different. We all start laughing. She cannot hear really well, so sometimes she does things like that. She cannot help it that she is almost deaf.

She is still loving even if she makes mistakes. She is still loving, helpful, generous, and funny.

What you should know now:
That was a horribly written paper, but I miss MeMe and I still remember sitting in her lap in “her chair” and her fixing me brown sugar and cinnamon poptarts.

College friend

June 21, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

On a whim I did a google search for a college friend of mine. We met in the second semester of freshman year in a programming class. I’m pretty sure he liked me but then realized Scott and I were dating and by first semester Sophmore year, he totally renounced liking me questioning why he ever had. We had the oddest relationship I have ever had. No one could understand why we were friends. He was EXTREMELY smart and we usually were the top 2 of the class. I think I managed to get better grades on at least a few tests. Anyway, he was really quiet. He had a sense of humor but it was very dry and he never opened up to many people. I think he had a handful of other girls I know that he was friends with, 3 of which I also became friends with. But we did everything together. We had all of our computer science classes together, even some physics and such. We did our honors projects together, staying up was past midnight once to get one done. We ate lunch together, walked around campus together, etc. He did other things with other people and M went to school there too so we did stuff but a lot of my memories of college are with D. We weren’t flirtatious at all really and we didn’t even talk that much but we always were together. We even drove all the way to Virginia for a programming contest at VT once. We didn’t talk too much there either. It was a strange thing. He actually reminded me of my dad. You just sort of know he’s there and doesn’t mind your company but doesn’t talk a lot. I do remember laughing quite a bit though. He would always whisper something funny about the professor or someone or something going on. And he was always making fun of someone for something and giving you a hard time about something. We met up a few times after college with the other 3 girls I mentioned but then never really kept in contact. In fact, if I remember right the last time I saw him was for one of those girls’ wedding. He attended it with a date and I remember thinking she seemed to be a good fit for him, I’ve always wondered if they got married.

Last night on a whim I thought about him and searched for him and found his master’s thesis. It mentioned a company he worked for and I remembered him talking about working for them before. I somehow found an email address to that company on some conference information he had attended and emailed him to see if it was him. He was always HORRIBLE at returning emails so I didn’t expect one back from him. But I got one tonight. Nothing major, very D like…I’m still alive, how are you basically. I gave him the short of my life in the past 7 years and hope to hear how he’s doing.

On a side note, it looked like he forwarded his email to his home account, also on gmail. Which I think is really funny because D is the one that introduced me to my beloved Google way back in college. In fact, I also remember him being the first person telling me about mp3s. He always seem to have his pulse on the newest stuff. I think it’d be cool to hang out with him again now. As strange as it was, I do miss D.

June 21, 2007

June 21, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Fast forward 13 years and I’ve had quite a busy day. Last night didn’t end until today at 1:30am. I am slammed at work and with the summer at hand and no preschool and no L this week, I can’t seem to concentrate during the day. I seem to go in circles, apparently working but not really accomplishing anything. So I’ve been spending a few evening trying to catch up. So I was tired this morning.

At lunch I made pancakes and eggs for us and then we got in the pool. The water had gotten a little cool because of the rain so I spent my time laying on the deck. And yes, we have a deck. Or at least a partial one. The main deck has all the boards, it just needs the railing. There’s a smaller deck that attaches that he’ll work on next. He’s off this weekend so I assume he’ll be doing that then.

This afternoon I went and picked up my rings from the jewelers. They fit perfectly and I’m enjoying them. Ladies, you remember when you first got your engagement ring and you kept looking at it. Holding it up on the steering wheel as you drove, taking a peek in a passing mirror, staring at your hands at the keyboard…that’s sort of how I am now. It feels weird to have a new set after all this time. This one is much different and just has a different vibe about it. I know the stone is not real, but I’m mentally preparing myself for my hopefully 10 year anniversary present! I can’t imagine how much staring I’ll do after that.

Lexi amazingly took a nap this afternoon and I had to wake her up at 6. I got take out from Olive Garden and took it to Mom and Dad’s new house where they are still working on it before the furniture gets moved in tomorrow. The house is really looking different and really, really good. Her bonus room is painted brown on the walls and then a green on the ceiling. It’s the exact colors of my house and I love it. I wanted to stay in there.

The girls seem to like their house. Mom calls it the princess house so the girls will be excited about the move. But Emma started asking questions tonight as to why they had to sell the old house and they couldn’t live there anymore. I’m sure she misses her other house, she loved going there.

Scott is working again tonight so I’m on my own. Probably will stay up for a little while and work. I’m really, really tired though so I doubt it will be long.

June 21, 1994

June 21, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’m so close to not posting this but it’s hilarious to me and the only one I can find from June 21. Now I wish I had written every day!

Tonight Scott came over, as usual. We were out on the hammock for a long time. It was so sweet. Lying on a hammock under the stars with the one you love. How much better could it get? I wish we were married! If I was a betting woman, I’d bet a lot of money he’s good in bed. [cringe, TMI I know] I’m sorry [see I knew even then], that’s just the way I feel! It’s going to be at least anywhere from 2-4 years until we’re married. That’s so long to wait, but I guess I have to! Tomorrow me, M & K are going to MC’s, MJ’s, and K&R’s. I’m not going to see Scott until after church tomorrow. It’s his day off too. Well, there’s not much more to talk about. Oh, we are leaving a week from Thursday I believe for PA. Scott is staying for 5 days. We are going to have so much fun. Well, I better go!

Love ya,

Amy (soon to be) Bennett

What you need to know now:

That one is painfully embarrassing. I was 15 at the time and Scott and I had been dating about 6 weeks. Scott and I had some good laughs over this one the other night. I was right on the 4 years until we were married and it’s so odd seeing I signed my name as Amy Bennett 4 years before it actually became that.

That trip to PA was the trip Scott got to meet MeMe, my great-grandmother. She died that September and it was the last time I saw her that week we visited. I’m so glad he got to meet her and she approved of him although made the comment to my mother that I was too young. Maybe you do get wiser as you get older…I never regret being with Scott but I do sometimes wish we had met a little later in life. Sometimes I feel like I never got to date much…I mean real dating. Even though this was 6 weeks into it, I honestly believed (and still believe) we were meant to be and now it’s 13 years later so what can you say.

Beth Moore Study Night 1

June 20, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

So I never really advertised the bible study to any youth until yesterday but had some people call around today and also posted it on our site. We had 6 girls and 2 other leaders show up. Which really is a good number for a small group study and about what we averaged for the one last fall.

It was really good for the first one. I think the girls realized how good of a speaker Beth is. I’m pretty sure they were worried that it was going to be boring staring at a tv for 45 minutes and hear another person talk but she is such a dynamic speaker, it’s hard not to watch and listen to her. She really is so funny and yet intense at the same time. Even though I’ve seen that introductory session 3 times now, I still got new stuff out of it. I just love the concept that living controlled by the Spirit will not just change your life, it will change your day. It’s in the little things of just getting through the day in love, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control. I mean, wouldn’t it be great if we all had a little more of all that stuff. I’m looking forward to it. And there were a few girls in there that I think really identified with some of that and will be paying attention to what she says. I hope they do their homework not just so it’s checked off the list but so they will be studying through the week and really get it. I see so much potential for all of them and I just hope they grab onto it and run with it. But even if they don’t do the weekly work, just listening to Beth Moore for 45 minutes every week will make anyone a little better.

whirlwind day

June 20, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

I started the day pretty tired and then headed into the office right at lunchtime for a marathon of meetings all afternoon. I left as soon as I could from that to head to bible study and then immediately went upstairs to get ready for youth group. After that, I had to go home and switch the Land Rover for the van and go get the girls. Lexi fell asleep on the way home and I put her straight to bed. I also put Emma in her jammies and put her to bed. So now I’m here, not much to report from the day, just a couple things to note.

One is that Scott decided while I was gone to work to take Lexi’s crib down and left her with just her toddler bed in there. I saw it in the garage in pieces when I drove up to switch cars tonight and I was like No, he didn’t. Lexi has been saying she wants to keep her crib and Lexi is very particular about having certain things certain ways so I’ve been worried she wouldn’t sleep in it, read: she would end up sleeping in my bed or not at all. And Scott is gone to work tonight, so thanks for leaving me with that. He kind of laughed when he stopped by a little bit ago and said, Uh, yeah, I was halfway done putting it together and realized I would be gone and thought uh oh, I might be in trouble for this. But, Lexi fell asleep on the way home and I put her down without waking her up. If she’s woken up since then, it hasn’t bothered her. The biggest deal actually will be in the morning and she can crawl out of bed instead of waiting until I decide to get her out. Usually I do go get her but if she happens to start sneaking around the house before I wake up, it could be disastrous.

I’ll post the other stuff about the bible study in another post….

June 8, 10, 1992

June 20, 2007 by Amy 2 Comments

I don’t have any entries for the 20th so I’m going backwards to two posts that I found.

June 8, 1992

OK I went to YNO [Youth Night Out – an outing we did once a month or so with our youth group] last night and I met C. He’s from Germany and has been living here for three years. At first when I met him, I was running all over the place. Then I told S I wanted to meet him, but I was nervous. She said to “go ahead, girl.” So I did. We just talked at first, then I told L I want to go watch the game (basketball finals) but no one would. So she told C to. He agreed and we went downstairs, but the game was over , so we went back upstairs. Wait, wait, wait. Before that, I told him he reminded me of AA [another guy in the youth group] and he didn’t know who he was, so I took him to AA. He said he didn’t look like him. Anyway, after the bus left, we had a pillow fight (Me & J) Then J, S and C were sitting on the couch, and Josh told me to come sit down. I sat right between (very closely) J&C. (C&J are very good friends). Then I got J to show me how to tie a tie, then C to show me, then JS. It was time to go, so we (S, C, me L, J, J, S, and C) went outside. We were saying goodbye to everybody and all the girls were shaking C’s hand & saying “It was nice to meet you” But I said it too and gave him a hug. So we left. I really like him, but I will probably never see him again. He invited me to his party, (birthday – he’ll be 15) but I can’t go because of church (Wednesday). On Thurs. the youth group is going to Carowinds and I am leaving for Penn. and plus he said he wasn’t going. So, I will just have to find somebody else. Today I went to Carowinds with Heather, J, J, M, L and S. It was fun except that J kept following me around, walking beside me. So he likes me [of course he does if he walked beside me]. I wanted to know more about C from J but that was kicked out the door. I really want to call him, but I’m to nervous; I wouldn’t know what to say. He probably doesn’t even remember me – or at least care about me. It’s not fair! I have to admit, S was right, it’s just a crush.

Amy

PS I keep thinking about him! All the time

PSS I am way over L

PSSSS he’s so cute!

he’s going into 10th grade

he was wearing a Hard Rock cafe shirt from London – can’t remember what kind of shoes he was wearing

I hope he doesn’t have a girlfriend

June 10, 1992

Yesterday morning I got a phone call. I said, “Hello”

“Is Amy there?”

“This is she.”

“This is C, I’m at Carowinds and wanted to see if you wanted to come.”

I about had a cow. Of course my mom wasn’t home. I told him that and he said to get a ride with L, so I did. But when it came time to go, I was worried that Mom would get upset if I didn’t ask her if I could go. So I stayed home. Two minutes after L left, Mom pulls in the driveway I ask her if I can go, I wash the dishes and I’m off. I told J I’d meet them at 2:00 at Sundae Isle. It was 2:05 and I was at Sundae Isle, I don’t see them. They (J, C, L and N) said if I wasn’t there at 2:00 then they would know that I couldn’t go. So I go back to the front gate to call home, and I see them. So we head to the og flume J, L and N sit down first. There is No room left. So C&I have a boat to ourselves. So I sit in the very front I get soaked. Well, we go on to Rip Roarin Rapids. I sit with him and we ride it 3 times in a row. Then we go to that indoor thing, I sit beside him. the deal is over and we walk out. So then I get a strawbery coler. Everybody goes on White Water Falls except me. Then we go on Meteorite and I sit with him. Then – no first we went on the swings. Then we go to the front gate because C has to leave. Everybody shakes his hand but me and we hug. The rest of th etime is not worth telling. then to the party. All we did was swim, eat pizza, play Trivial Pursuit and swim again. Today all I did was get my stuff together for Penn. We’re running errands right now and we’re at the car shop getting the car polished. Well, better go!

Amy

Amy hearts C

What you should know now:

I don’t remember ever seeing C again and he doesn’t seem to be mentioned in my journal again. “Summer lovin, had me a blast” lol

Starting bible study again

June 20, 2007 by Amy Leave a Comment

Finally I’m starting up another round of a bible study with the youth girls. We kept waiting on the guys to do one and they never did so I’m just gonna do it while the students are on summer break. We’re doing Beth Moore’s fruit of the spirit study. I had done most of of it on my own last fall and it’s great.