Weber’s Weblog

My name is Amy.  My father named me.  The day that I was born, my grandfather quit drinking.  I was his first grandchild.  I spent more time with my grandfather than my parents.   It took me a while to learn to walk because I was always held.  I thought that my name was Grandpa’s Girl, I told this to my Kindergarten teacher.  I also told her that my mother fed me out of a garbage can (I was referring to candy….).  This made the school very curious about my home life.  I was born in May (which is Amy scrambled).  When I was young, this confused me; I thought that every ones birthday involved their own name scramble.  My sister is my best friend.  We talk 95 times a day, sometimes about nothing.  I have a three year old brother, Tucker.  He told me that if we went fishing together, he would put the worm on the hook for me, since I don’t like to.  I can’t wait to see this.  I look for the good in every situation.  Sometimes it takes a while to appear, but I know that good comes out of every bad situation.  I believe that everything happens for a reason.  

obsessions:

• I have always loved school, I think that is why I am going to school to be a teacher.  September was my favorite month because it meant back to school.  On my first day of school, I packed by bag with all of the books that I had, I thought that was what you did.  The bag weighed more than I did.  I love learning and I love teaching kids.
• I live to help people.  I spent a week in a high school volunteering my spring break in South Carolina.  We helped rebuild houses for a poor community.  Nothing is more rewarding than helping others.
• I love going to the thrift store.  My new years resolution was not to buy any new clothes, presents, ect. Haven’t broke it yet.  I love old things.  I don’t know what it is, but I am drawn to something with history.   
• I write.  All day I write poems in my head.  My favorite time to do this is before bed and in the shower.  I never have a pen here, so I generally forget, though, I still feel like something has been realized or released.  If I didn’t have writing, I would be lost.  It helps me to make sense of my world.  e.e. cummings is my favorite poet.
• I am obsessed with traveling.  My first trip out of the country was to Costa Rica.  Since then, I havent been able to stop.  I have also been to Ireland, Italy, and Puerto Rico.  I love going to new places and meeting new people.  Cultures and different people fascinate me.  I love learning how other people live.  
• I grew up in the country, so I love all things having to do with nature; plants and animals.  I can’t kill an animal, not even an ant.  If I find a spider, I bring it outside.  I make my boyfriend do the same…

pasttimes

• reading
• writing
• watching football
• canoeing
• tubing
• camping

I always have the best intentions when picking up new hobbies, though, I never go whole heartily because my list always seems to be too long.  I want to learn too many things for this lifetime!  

Presently, I am trying to learn how to:

• Play the banjo
• Take care of an orchid
• Cook 
• Sew
• Change the oil in my car
• Belly dance  
• I just learned how to knit, I knitted one washcloth and then put the knitting needles down.  I am not even sure if I could remember how to start one again.