Family.

You know that saying,
"we put the fun is dysfunctional"?
Well for my family that is a bit of an understatement. I would attempt to compare my family to one of those awesome sitcoms that everybody loves and laughs at once a week like clockwork but there is none that even come close.
So for me coming home tends to be more of a headache than anything else. Especially when I'm home for extended periods of time. As much as I long to write a sob story about poor me and my family issues this blog is to document my adventures. So instead of the tragic story of a girl with daddy issues I will tell you about my fun filled adventure today.
The first part of the day consisted of brunch with my older brother, sister-in-law, and two nephews. After lunch we decided to go and play some putt putt golf. Now little does everyone know this girl right here is a putt putt golf champ! (insert overwhelming amount sarcasm here)
Not only am I bad at putt putt golf I'm horrible.
Thankfully though putt putt skills don't exactly run in my family.
Between Lucas thinking that putt putt should be played more like hockey and Brady practically spitting his gum on the green it was a eventful experience.

 Thankfully my amazing photography skills captured this beauty. Yes, that white blob falling from his mouth is his gum. What can I say Auntie taught him good.

After showcasing exactly why it is that I should play putt putt professionally we journeyed back to my older brothers house.
Here's where the fun begins.
Now just so you know I happen to be a HUUGGGEEEE Harry Potter fan. This should explain my behavior in not only this post but future ones as well. So upon arriving to Damian's house Lucas began to show me all of his awesome new Harry Potter stuff. More like rubbing it in than showing if you ask me, but hes 8 so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

It started off by him showing me his talking Sorting Hat.

After showing off this awesome hat my sister-in-law told me possibly the best news I have ever heard. They have Harry Potter for the Kinect.
Now this game is what I would describe as a dream come true. You get to act out many of the tasks that Harry Potter does. So of course you need to dress up to play this game right? Well in my world you do.

I am a firm believer that you are never to old to play dress up. Especially if your nephew has multiple cloaks and wands. So while playing dress up I also like to use my imagination to travel to awesome places like, yeah you guessed it, The Ministry of Magic!

 
While most people probably think I am beyond nerd status I find this to be one of the best Saturday nights I have had in a long time. Putt putt golf and traveling to The Ministry of Magic? Does it get any better?






 

Failure.

They say you can't fail if you don't try. So here's to failing. Writing has never been a strong suit of mine. My grammar..... let’s not even go there. Since we are avoiding my grammar we might as well add spelling to the list as well.

Why create a blog if overall you suck at writing? 

This blog is meant to help organize my ideas of how to take over the world.

Or at least get to know it better.

This blog is my first date in what I hope to be a promising relationship of documenting my adventures as a progressive minded girl who wants to travel the world. 

So since we are playing the let’s get to know each other game I guess I'll start.

I like long walks on the beach, candles, romantic boat rides..... oh wait,  not what you want to know? My badness (is that what the kids are still saying these days?).

My name is Andrea. 

I'm a young progressive female who grew up in Washington State.

The past four years of my life have been spent in the lovely state of Montana.

I will be graduating college soon with a degree in Wildlife Biology, but will be attempting a career in politics.

Why politics you ask? Nobody really likes politics right?

Well you see I'm that girl, that girl who would rather talk about what small grassroots organization is helping to empower women in Africa than talk about the $300 shoes I don't own. I love the idea of being able to truly make a change in this country. Now don't get me wrong I understand that there are in fact a lot of issues in the way in our government works but each one of the issues is something that people in other countries are dying for the chance to fix. 

It is through traveling that I have grasped an understanding of how the world truly views our livelihood as Americans. This is a journey that I wish to continue. We can only better ourselves by bettering the planet as a whole.

Across my left shoulder the words “I am because we are” are forever inscribed in black ink. This is a saying I use to remind myself both in my travels and in my career path. As individuals we are good, but as a species we can be great.

But that's me, a non-god fearing girl who wants to help the world.   

                                                                              Me in El Salvador December of 2010