magnetic resonance imaging

Today i got an MRI, weee. it was pretty cool. There were signs everywhere like this, like "the magnet is always on" or DANGER magnet!, i wonder what would happen if you went near the room with a lot of metal on. I had to fill out a form verifying that there wasnt any metal in my body, no implants, shrapnle, etc. but it really made me wonder...had i ingested anything metalic recently? ha I got to wear a cool hospital gown. crap its horizontal, i'll fix that later. All i have to say is its a good thing i'm not clausterphobic, cause its a pretty narrow tube that you have to lie in for like 30 minutes. i got to listen to music, and i fell asleep at the end of it. Its a lot of vibrating and kind of sounds like a jackhammer with different rhythms. fun times! Well i must take a nap, i've got a sleep over with nate and david tonight, and that means little sleep! so i've got to rest up!

summer life

I've finally come to grips with the fact that my blog is not going to be as cool as anyone elses blog, by cool i mean not as eloquently written, or as picturesque, and not as interesting becasue my summer life is very very dull and ordinary. But it is my life and my story so i will write it lest i forget it. So here it is.. A glimpse into my day. Today i did two things...thus is my week. It will be my last week of freedom before all of my work, volunteering and schooling start up again. Boy summer did fill up fast. Anyways back to today. I woke up, not on my own accord but my mom coming in informing me that 1. demolishon in our kitchen started today and 2. i had a doctors appointment with a geneticist. So i proceeded to shower and i made coffee and as usual forgot about it until much later (normally i remember right when my head begins to twinge a little or i snap at someone) So after i was showered and dressed i sat down on my bed and thats where it all started. the beginning of the end. I opened the case of the first disc of the first season of grey's anatomy and slipped the disc straight into my computer. I watched it until i remembered my coffee, which was when my mom told me it was time to go to my doctors appointment, we had to go early to pick up some paper work. Doctors appointment, 3 hours of my mother and i talking about my family history, everyone in my families medical history, all the aches and pains i've ever had, all to see if i have a connective tissue disorder...which i dont...but do. I get to go get an MRI on friday. Which i think is totally kick ass, never had an MRI before. Its to check my spine, no need to worry i am fine, this is all just to make sure i am fine and will continue to be fine. I learned quite a few things today. 1.everyone in my family lives really long 2. my armspan is shorter than my height, which should be equal (check it out, its cool) 3. there are three types of connective tissue (colligen, elastin, and fibrillin) 4. i have really stretchy skin. overall a pretty cool experience, that hopefully i will never had to repeat, but will on january 7th. yay. its amazing how busy geneticists get. weird. so i get home at about 5, i shelled some peas that we had picked earlier that week when we picked strawberries...mmm. i like shelling peas. so tasty. ate dinner and then resumed watching greys anatomy, and i watched the entire disc, today. 5 episodes. that show is like crack. i know i should stop watching...but i just...cant. i love it so much. and now that i've finished it, i think i will go to bed. ALSO...i found this picture and love it. yeah i'm a dork...whats it to you.

home

Yes i am finally home again. "the zoo will be closing in 5 minutes, the zoo will be closing in 5 minutes at that time all doors and gates will be locked" i hear the familiar voice of the man at the zoo calling out while i sit in my living room, signifying that it is 5 minutes till 5 o clock. The Norfolk zoo is just across the river from my house, and everyday at 4:30, 4:40, 4:45, 4:50, 4:55, and 5, i hear that mans voice. yes familiarity. it is so nice to once again be at home, to hear the trains, sirens, and yes of course the man at the zoo, once again. Home is never quite what i expect. i always expect eveyone and everything to be exactly the same as the way i left it, and of course that is not the case. For example. i came home and the kitchen is now in the dining room. my kitchen is being remodeled, how kind of my parents to wait for me to come home to do it, (why not why i was away at school?) so now the refridgerator, the oven, dishes, tables and various other kitchen like items are moved into the dining room, in boxes and paper bags, its amazing how much you can fit into cubards. and we have a week until they demolish the old kitchen. Good bye red countertops and green lenolium floors!! but only a week with the kitchen sink, so we have a week to make all of our food for the next month. (or so my mom thinks) should be quite exciting. and it cant be nearly as bad as when we remodeled all the bathrooms at once. when all we had was the kitchen sink. oh that was a bad time. Its been so great to see my dear friends once again, and of course i havent seen everyone yet, since i've only been home since monday, and not everyone is home yet. I will update this with more details and pictures later, with stuff about chicago, pictures of my friends and where i live. etc. But right now i must go to choir practice and learn 10 songs well enough to perform them, in one month, in austria. (with a choir that isnt very good, i hate to say it but its true) i have a feeling i will sorely miss covenant chorale after this rehearsal.

i am so proud

My dear brother has finally graduated.

It seemed like it was going to be a perfect day for a graduation. a little overcast but warm. That was until i stepped out of the hotel to get into the car, and the lightning flashed and water started to pour from the sky. Fantastic, i had left my jacket in the car, so i was going to have to make a run for it. So once in the car my dad and i starting making our way to MTSU, and as usually we took the longest most round about way of getting there, what a great time to take a tour of murfreesboro! rushing around in the rain. Eventually we got to the conference center, around 25 minutes late, but no worries graduations last like 2 hours anyways. We barely missed any of the speaker, George S. Clinton. Then finally what we had all been waiting for the calling of names and giving of degrees. It all started with the School of applied science, where numerous graduates had RN written or sew on their hats and robes, symbolizing they had just become registered nurses. then the distance learning degrees, the liberal arts college, and then at last the college of communications, the one my brother would be graduating from. So it went, the speaker reading off name by name, from A to Z through each college, a process that seemed to last an eternity, then at last, DEVIN JARED LAMP, i had forgetten that my brother had a middle name. but alas We stood and Screamed and waved our arms! YES my brother had finally finished college, after 6 continuous years of education. he had made it, and with a pretty damn good degree. I smiled my face beeming with pride. Done at last!
siblings!



Please stop taking pictures.
AH yes then we went to dinner at BC Mcneils, a very fancy nice restaurant, mmmm. where dad continued to take an absurd amount of pictures. but all the food was absolutly fantastic.


Ah then we had some fun times at the hotel with the fam. games are a way of life in the lamp/cessford family. Dice cards, you name it we'll play it. unless spelling is involved.



then gifts were distributed this bling necklace my brother is wearing aparently was one of my grandpa lamp's treasures, he wore it all the time. which is quite odd. since my grandpa did not live in the hood, nor was he a player. i find it quite hilarious.

free...

GREAT NEWS! i have survived and finished my sophomore year of college. all day friday i proceeded to pack all of my things into bins and suitcases. Stripping the room bare of all personality. Saturday morning my dad came up to help me load everything up and we put all my things into storage and filled the car with all of my crap. i had no idea how much stuff i had occumulated over the past year. it was ridiculous. I kept saying, "well i think thats it! no wait i forgot out this box, or that suitcase."
I am now reveling in my freedom, no classes no papers no tests. Simply waking up when i want/ when my parents yell at me. going to bed when i'm tired. Going to shows and hanging out, I'm loving it. I'll be travelling for the next week with my family Up to chicago. i have no idea what we'll be doing or where we'll be going. But hey thats the way i roll.