What's Up With Jessica?: The Weekend

Sunday, January 14, 2007

The Weekend

PICTURES ARE HERE!!! ENJOY!!!

This weekend was fantastic, but hardly low key! Saturday morning I was hoping to sleep in a a bit and Sandra phone went off at 6:50am. The good news was that her ring tone was awesome and that the phone went off just AFTER I had finished a really nice dream. Unfortunately, I was wide awake afterwords! Oh well that was so bad and we had a great morning and afternoon. Our mom, Rosie, Sandra and I went to run errands. I got a new phone, two new pairs of shoes, a journal for thoughts I can't or don't want to type in here, a little notebook for stuff during the week with UWP, and ran to the bank and the post office. The day itself was fun and pretty productive.

Saturday evening we went to the potluck that one of the host families organized. I made a cheese, sausage, and cracker platter, Sandra made a Chinese dish made with tomatoes and eggs, and our host parents brought cookies for dessert. It was amazing to see so many people from the cast show up with their families. There was sooo much food and everyone pretty much did what they could to make platters native to their countries. It was nice. After dinner, Karaoke was set up. What a great time! The cast started out with some James Brown (I Feel Good) and we all progressed from there. I took only 78 pictures on Saturday!

Today was a blast as well. We got more snow today...very pretty. We left for the Rodeo, my first ever, at about 10:45am and left there about 5pm. We visited the petting area, the show animals, and then a 2pm we went to the actual Rodeo event. Very fun! The very first event was a little scary for me as we saw a cowboy get stuck to his bucking horse. He finally got loose and everything was okay, and the rest of the Rodeo went off without a hitch. After the Rodeo we had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It was very good and for the most part, Sandra approved the food to be similar to Shanghinese food. That was pretty much the whole of our weekend. This week we have to do UWP stuff 6 days!!!

Love,

Jessica

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Bun,
It's finally winter here. A big snow fall of about 2". The plows were through already to take care of the blizzard at about 11:30 pm. Only 78 pics! The pot luck sounds like something I would enjoy. Talk to you soon. Love you lots 'n tons
Mom; January 14, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Linda Burmeister said...: Hi Jessica!
It is great to read your blog. I got your note yesterday. Was not sure that the trip was on, but Julie emailed me. I am so proud of you! Wow, you did great with sponsers...what a following you have. I know you appreciate it too. So, how exciting. Denver is beautiful and you were there with that awesome snow. So, Sandra your roommate? Where is she from?
How many kids in the group? Where do you go next! I will check your blog daily/weekly and you will be in my prayers and in my heart! I am so excited for you. Hey, Joe got a part in the winter play at ML, only 2 freshman got parts, how cool is that! Take care, have fun...I know you are! Love Linda; January 17, 2007 at 7:32 AM

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Tour Schedule

North America Denver, Colorado, USA (orientation) 6 January – 5 February Farmington, New Mexico, USA 5 February – 12 February Tucson, Arizona, USA 12 February – 19 February Dallas, Texas, USA - 19 February – 26 February Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA - 26 February – 5 March New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 5 March – 12 March Nashville, Tennessee, USA 12 March – 19 March Greater Valley, Georgia (Alabama), USA 19 March – 26 March Venice, Florida, USA 26 March – 2 April Europe Dates Antwerp, Belgium 2 April – 9 April Utrecht, The Netherlands 9 April – 16 April Leipzig, Germany 16 April – 23 April Bremen, Germany 23 April – 30 April Gothenburg, Sweden 30 April – 7 May Copenhagen, Denmark 7 May – 13 May Asia Dates Thailand, Bangkok weeks 1, 2 & 4 Chaing Mai week 3 14 May – 11 June

A Thank You

Thank you to the following people who have helped me to reach my goal, emotionally and monetarily, to travel with Up With People. I hope it to be a life changing experience that will give back not only to me but to others for years to come. I can't thank you all enough! My mom, I love you so much! Gabriela Moersfelder and Family, you are truely a great friend and my Guardian Angel in disguise! Mom and Gabriela, without your strength and motivation I wouldn't have gotten this far. Thank you to my friends at Applebee's who were willing to volunteer their time to help fundraise! Mr. and Mrs. Bryant of Century Fence in Waukesha and Roy at Applebee's- for the most generous and touching tip a server at Applebee's could get; you made my day. More donations that made this all possible: My sister- for having connections, American Legion 375, The Schmidt Family of Mukwonago, Mrs. Kuehl's 3rd Grade Class and everyone else that helped in the coin drive at Section Elementary in Mukwonago, Eddie Reinke, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Wisconsin including the agents that supported me during my raffle, Kinex Medical in Waukesha with the help of my roommate Patty, Carol Alex, Mary Kosalos and Grace Magnus, Pick 'n' Save in Mukwonago and West Allis, Wisconsin, Cathy Walters and Family, The Johnson Family, Bob Stigsell, Janet Curtis, Ernest Patrick III, Ralf Hollmann and Maru Medina, The Burmeister Family, Raffle Sponsers: Country Inn and Suites of Brookfield, Great Frame Up in Brookfield, Panera Bread in Brookfield, Starbucks in Brookfield, Gooden's Sporting Goods in Mukwonago, Antigua Real in Mukwonago, Marcus Movie Theatres, Outback Steak House, And of course, Up With People! I apologize if I have forgotten anyone as there are many to thank. Shoot me an email if I left you out and I'd be happy to add you!