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I am really really sore right now. This weekend at work was SO physically taxing, between like 3 hours of broomball (only fell twice though lol), and this INSANE Biggest Loser 20-min cardio workout we did for "exercise time." We were all hobbling around like old people, it was painful but really quite amusing as well. I am still super-sore, and am wondering if I'm sick as well because I felt slightly nauseous (is that a word? lol) this morning/on and off during the day, and had random bouts of vertigo. Oh, and a headache. Which was greatly aggravated by Dajuanna accidentally punching me in the face during this game we were playing and causing me to cut my lip on my tooth (and her finger started bleeding too, poor girl . . .). This is the lowest number of campers I've ever had on a weekend, there were only 3 girls and a boy, but we still had a great time. Lots of playing games and such, and we watched Galaxy Quest last night (the theme was Integrity this weekend); that's like one of the worst movies ever, I dread having to watch it again in 2 weeks with Team 4, but oh well. For some reason the kids really liked it.
So basically I came home and slept for 4 hours, with lots of blankets on me so it was really hot and my muscles would start to feel better. I do notice a slight improvement now but it's still far from normal. Hopefully I'll feel significantly better tomorrow, and actually have something of an appetite again. I don't want to have to miss school.
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[05 Feb 2010|09:57am] |
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So I feel kind of bad, because I woke up, came downstairs, and ate Doritos and Vanilla Coke for breakfast. That's kind of disgusting, right? Oh well, it's not like a daily thing lol, plus if I hadn't eaten them, my brothers would have devoured them anyway, the bag was almost empty. What a funny thing to rant about.
Anyway. I am happy, though, that my internal clock seems to be waking me up at about 9am. This has gotten to be quite helpful, because since Christmas break I've been worrying that I'm doomed to wake up around 11 every morning without the help of an alarm clock. But today I set mine for 10:30 because Wednesday and Thursday are always late nights for me and Friday is a good time for catching up on sleep, and still woke up at nine. Gotta count every accomplishment ;)
I've been having a lot of conversations with Christians lately who want to grow closer to God but having a hard time doing so. I've heard some really great stories and have shared some of mine, and I hope that ultimately the time spent will benefit both the other person as well as myself. Last weekend I worked up at camp, and after the staff meeting, Josiah and I stayed and talked for like 6 hours . . . we didn't leave camp until after midnight. Now THAT was an intense discussion, and there's still a whole lot more to discuss. Last night I talked for a bit to Josiah's friend Jason who I've known vaguely from camp as well, but have never really had a long talk with. That was pretty awesome as well. And I really love the fact that we have the ability to pray for each other. I've learned over the past few years, and admittedly it is a unique concept, but that when you are feeling particularly bad, and need a lot of things to happen/change, or just need something to pick you up, one of the best things to do is to pray for other people. Not exactly sure why this is the case; I have a few ideas but I don't feel like ranting that much, so just try it sometime if you don't believe me. You have to be sincere though :) I really do love the fact that since starting college I have met so many people that really are serious about their relationship with Jesus; I've had Christian friends my whole life, but it wasn't something that we've ever commonly talked about all that much. It might just be the age, too, though; as you are drawn deeper into it there is going to be more revelations and understandings and a genuine pursuit of it. It's just been a really great experience for me. I love college. (And may I also note that I've had AWESOME relationships/conversations with people who are Muslim and Jewish as well, anddd people who quite honestly don't give a something whether God exists or not. On Wednesday I went to this Islamic tea party and it was really great; and not only because the Arabic coffee was chock-full of caffeine lol).
I'm working again this weekend. I've never worked 2 weekends in a row before but I think it will be fine, and luckily this semester the homework load is a lot lighter for me than last, so I'll survive in that area as well. I'm sad that I didn't get to go through last weekend with Team 1 though (I work with Team 1 and Team 4, two different groups of middle-high school-aged kids from inner-city Detroit). That weekend's theme was respect and we watched Freedom Writers (an AWESOME movie, go rent it if you haven't seen it yet). We had the most amazing debrief EVER, and talked about all kinds of stuff, not just respect: racism, violence, whether white people think they're better than black people, etc. I feel so privileged to be working at a place where the supervisors truly care about the well-being of the counselors (and the campers of course!), and where I can directly be impacting someone's life, especially young people who probably don't have a lot of positive influence in their lives. And yummy food is always a plus ;) the only thing I'm a little sad about working this weekend is that Steph will be home and I won't get to see her =/ such is life I suppose.
I'm really trying to notice and appreciate blessings in my life lately. There are so many things that we take for granted, and honestly taking those things into consideration is enough to make a bad day into a good one. That's what happened to me last Monday, I left school feeling really frustrated and kind of mad at myself (some of the reasons: we were taking a quiz about binomial nomenclature and I did NOT put Carl Linnaeus as the creator of it, how stupid right? And then I was trying to do my online Spanish homework and went through 3 computers with no cooperation on their part whatsoever) and then I was driving home and thinking about how many good things had happened to me: I wasn't late to class, found a perfect parking spot, Stacy gave me a donut, had a great conversation in phil. of religion, etc . . . and I was like wow, this really was a good day after all. It's just too easy for us to think only of the negatives, without even realizing all the amazing things that have happened/been given to us. The fact that I was able to get out of bed at all is a blessing. I'm not in pain, not crippled, don't have a terribly messed-up family (could use some work though), I have somewhere to call home, I have friends and family who love and care about me, I can see the sky and feel the sun and the breeze . . . goodness, now what right have I to complain about any day?
Anyway. I should go pack and such for the weekend.
Ah one more thing I want to mention . . . cutting out paper hearts in Spanish class is really relaxing. I felt like I was in elementary school art class and was really afraid I would get called out on it, but if Kantor noticed, he didn't seem to care. He's a sweet guy. And I have a lot more paper hearts for making Valentines at small group next week ^_^ tehe
Have a good one, peeps :D
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Skimming through my friends' posts, I'm realizing that about 4 of you still update consistently. Way to go, guys! ;) I'm still trying to re-get used to facebook, since it's been nearly 2 years since I used it regularly . . . or something like that, I don't know.
Anyway. Life is life is life. I have like 100 pages to read for my Alternative Energy Resources class (who doesn't want to learn about the history of oil usage, right?), haven't got my Social Psych book yet in the mail but it doesn't seem to matter for that class, I wonder whether I'll need that book at all. Philosophy of Religion continues to be interesting and boring at the same time, I've never had a mix like that before - doesn't seem possible, but that's seriously how I feel in that class, my mood changes so much. It also kind of frustrates me how everyone seems to understand what everyone else is saying in response to questions such as "Can God change history?" and "Can God create a stone so heavy He can't lift it?" except for the professor. I've raised my hand every class period so far, and haven't once felt satisfied with the response he had to my comment. Oh wells, such is life I suppose. Umm ornithology continues to be the class I'm most geeked about . . . literally, I mean who enjoys learning about birds this much? Tehe. Ummmm oh Spanish II. Teacher is definitely an improvement from last semester, not sure the class time use is, though . . . all we do now is read out of the textbook and volunteer to answer the (rather lame) activities. It's nice that he lets us out 15 minutes early all the time, and doesn't make us memorize skits and perform them at the front of the room for credit, or give us book work, and his teaching skills are much better than my last prof (probably helps that he is simultaneously teaching Spanish at Franklin HS too) but in some ways the class is kinda boring.
Umm so that's me, academic-wise right now. Other than that I have really been talking to people about their faith a lot. God brings me the most random situations and poof, I have 4-hour long conversations with people, meeting strangers, etc. I wonder if maybe I have to learn to say no to people sometimes. I feel kinda guilty that I don't have a more consistent job; I love the one that I have, but it's only 1-2 weekends a month. Thing is, my schedule is so spotty due to all the extra things I've volunteered to be at/take on/lead/etc that I don't know that I could successfully have another job. And the things I am doing now are important to me, people will always come first.
It's interesting to me to realize how many older friends I have now, too. Several of my closest friends now are between the ages of 27 and 41. Especially 41, that's just a few years younger than my mom, and yet it never seems like we have enough time to talk about all that needs to be covered. I'm really exploring my faith and realizing how much deeper I can go than just where high school had brought me, back when I thought I was so deep in there was no really monumental discoveries to be made. But now, it's what I seek out the most, and since my first semester of college I feel like my primary reason for going is to investigate my faith and talk to those around me about theirs, and it's so interesting now too because I have a few friends who are Jewish (not that I didn't before) but also several friends who are Muslim, and quite hardcore about it too, so we've had some really interesting conversations and hopefully those will continue into the future too.
I think I procrastinate too much though, in nearly every area of my life right now. I'm not sure what my reluctance is in a lot of these areas, it's not like the tasks are terribly strenuous or tedious, but maybe I'm just trying to take on too much? Though this semester is a lot less stressful for me than last, now that was a true lesson in time- and stress-management. I'm only taking 1 less credit than in the fall, and same number of classes still, and now some of them are upper-level . . . actually 4/5 of them are, which is a first, but I don't have any labs or recitations which is very nice. I'm still teaching catechism on Monday evenings though, and now I'm helping out at my church's youth group as an adult leader which is pretty awesomeeee.
Tonight I'm hoping to get at least 30 pages of this book read, and possibly fill out this scholarship app for school which is due Feb 1. I'm hesitant about the scholarship thing though, because 1. It's kinda tedious, 2. I don't know whether they'd even consider me since my tuition is already being paid for by the school through another scholarship, and 3. I feel bad applying for a scholarship if I have the financial coverage to take classes when other people might not; what if they need the money more, you know? Granted, my family doesn't have a ton of money right now, my dad is working on buying a house and my mom is paying bills and I'm trying to help as well as pay for gas and car insurance, and money for books and stuff would be really helpful, but I'd hate to take the money from someone who needed it more (providing I'd get it in the first place).
Well that was probably too long of an entry. Better go and get started on my infinitely long to-do list lol.
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So basically, I am IN LOVE with this semester.
I don't have any labs or recitations for the first time since starting college, so I have a bit more free time, and I really like all of my classes: Philosophy of Religion, Spanish II, Alternative Energy Resources, Ornithology (I'm a big dork and am really excited to learn about birds lol), and Social Behavior. All of my professors seem really sweet and I think the classes will all be very interesting as well :D yay
Um also . . . if anyone posts anything on here that they really want me to read, please let me know . . . I'm not planning to spend a whole lot of time on here and probably won't be checking my friends page very much, but if there's something important/significant/awesome/terrible/life-changing going on, PLEASE let me know!!
Yay love you guys
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[05 Jan 2010|01:59pm] |
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Wow . . . it's been so long since I've been to this website that I can hardly remember how to use it anymore, lol. A lot has gone on in this past . . . year and a few extra months. Does anyone still read this?
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I don't know what it is with me, but suddenly I feel like every day is brand new, and such a gift. I mean, I suppose this is a really good way to feel, right, appreciating your time on Earth and everything . . . it's just that I haven't really felt quite like this before. I feel like there's nothing repetitive about anything. Every day I get up and see the sun shining and the leaves ever so slowly changing colors, and every day I'm filled with the same awe and appreciation, as if I'm seeing it all for the first time. It kind of makes me feel like a little kid again, and I have to say that I really like it. Just walking outside from class and seeing the blue sky makes me so happy. And I feel like each day is filled with potential. Life is good :).
Obviously I'm not going to be able to update on everything that's been going on, since I haven't written in here in probably a month . . . but we'll see how far I can get. I'll probably end up starting with recent stuff and working backwards, just so I don't confuse anyone ;).
The past few days have been absolutely gorgeous. Like, perfect weather. Yesterday I went to church, saw the blood drive sign in the front of the building, and thought, "great, I didn't drink an excessive amount of fluids yesterday, and I haven't had breakfast yet." I guess it didn't help that I hadn't gone to that particular church in 3 weeks or so, or I would've been prepared for it. Soo Joe and I went to Panera with Lukas and Monika and their parents, as well as Catherine. I drank 5 cups of water and ate 2 bagels, which were delicious and kindly paid for by Mrs. Rudis: "I'll treat you guys, after all you're starving college students!" haha. Then we just sat around and talked for awhile, mostly about old memories and funny stories about Steve that I can interrogate him about ;). After breakfast, I ran home and changed out of my church clothes into a T-shirt and capris. and drove back to church where I pretty much walked in and donated blood. Like, usually there's at least a few people in line, but today it was pretty much empty. I had gone in a lot later than I ever have, but apparently it had been slow all day, which was kinda unfortunate. The overall experience was really good, my nurse seemed a little grumpy and not very talkative but that was okay, she did a good job with everything. I was done in probably 7 minutes which is definitely one of my faster times. And I think I'm becoming desensitized to the needle, which is for sure good. Maybe it's just because I know what to expect now. I hardly felt anxious at all. And I think back to my first time donating, almost exactly a year ago now, and how anxious I was and how it took like 15 minutes for me to finish, and how I had to lay on the cot for like 10 min extra because I felt all tingly. I only have to donate 3 more pints to hit the gallon mark and then I get a pin, apparently, so that's pretty exciting ;). After that I went home and tried to drag my siblings outside to enjoy the weather. I only succeeded in getting Mary outside, which was okay but I wish Jason would've come out at least (he was on the computer). That's one thing that really stinks about new technology - I remember when I was little, I'd be constantly outside when the weather was nice, wouldn't even think about it . . . and now you hardly ever see anyone out anymore. The tornado that went down our street a few weeks ago made me realize just how isolated we are - when everyone came outside to look at the damage and everything, many people were unfamiliar with each other, people who lived just houses away. It kinda made me sad. And now I want to throw a street party or something, haha, but I'm not sure how that would turn out. Anyway I took a short nap, and then Allyson and I walked up to Randolph and just sat there for awhile and talked like we usually do. After awhile she decided she really wanted some juice, so we went back to her house and sat on her front lawn with juice boxes and these little Peep marshmallow "cocoa cats", which looked rather frightening but tasted pretty good lol. We must've looked crazy. Then we drove out to the dock on Newburgh lake and sat and talked some more, took some weird pictures, and watched these swans eating the scum out of the bottom of the lake. It was really quite peaceful. Then we went home and my siblings and I watched HP5.
Friday the SB crew + Steve went to the Olive Garden for lunch. We had a cool waiter which was good cuz otherwise I think the person would've been a little skeptical about us, some of us get a little crazy (no names mentioned, of course) ;). Then we hung out in the parking lot for a bit and watched Rob and Steve chase geese. Fun times, right? lol. Caitlin dropped me off back home at this point cuz I had to pack and stuff for camp - Friday night-Saturday I was up at this camp in Howell being trained as a counselor, which I will hopefully be in the weeks to come. The director said he doesn't see anyone who was there not getting hired cuz we were a "great group". Really I had a blast. I only knew one other girl there, Cara, from UMD InterVarsity. There were 5 or 6 kids from the IV group at State, one girl from UM Flint, one from OCC, and a few others from other colleges that I can't think of at the moment. We got really close as a group, probably facilitated by all the team-building/trust games we'd played on Saturday. I'm really excited for this job though, I know I'll really grow as a person through leading these kids (it's for intercity Detroit kids, learning about drug abuse prevention and coping skills and stuff).
Nothing terribly exciting on Thursday, although there was free food after the IV meeting provided by the Women's Resource Center :D. Wednesday wasn't a terribly happy day. It was kinda rainy out, and as I was exiting the Science building on my way to CASL, I definitely stepped on a frog. I felt horrible, like seriously I kept thinking about it for the rest of the day. Poor froggy :'(. Anyway I worked the Proxe station for probably 2 1/2 hours, talked to maybe 8 people. It went pretty well but CASL isn't generally super-busy. Next week we're setting up in the UC so that'll be a bit more active, I think. As we were heading up to the second floor of the UC for the evangelism team meeting, this woman was like "free spicy food!" and I'm not a big spicy-food eater but I hadn't had lunch (and neither had many of the other peeps I was with) so we crowded in and chowed. It wasn't too bad. Umm except this spring roll I ate, it was like Korean or something I think, the noodles looked like transparent worms and there were gray-brown chunks in there as well that were supposed to be pork I think but kinda tasted like mushrooms . . . eh. Meeting went well, small groups went well, and then I got my sociology test back - 94, yeahh. Adoration was great that night, and then when we got back to Steve's house we just went to the park and went swinging till like 11:30. It was nicee :).
Ok I think that's about all I feel like writing about the past, lol. This week is gonna be busy, probably MSBOA tonight, long day Tues, proxe station and all those meetings Wed, IV and then baking party Thursday, and Steve's party Friday. Eww and I have a comp paper due tomorrow that I've hardly started on :/. Better get on that.
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Well the last few weeks have been pretty busy. I've decided I probably won't even attempt to catch up on everyone's lj, since I'm probably 150 entries behind or so on my "friends" page.
I'm still really enjoying college . . . last week was rush week, I went to a few of the recruitment events and everything seemed really great. I was really fighting with myself over whether I should join a sorority or not. The sororities at UM-D aren't the stereotypical partying, hazing, crazy sort of sororities, but very focused on sisterhood, mutual support, and philanthropy. The events and service projects they do are really cool and seem like a great way to give back to the community while having a blast at the same time. There's definitely some good stuff going on there. However, after going to the Gabriel Richard Center on Friday, and listening to what the priest and speaker had to say, and really listening to God about all of this, I decided that a sorority wasn't the place for me, not yet. I'm definitely planning on joining one in the future, but for right now, I want to focus on building my relationship with God. There's been a lot of talk about evangelicalism lately, it seems like, and I think this is the direction that God is pointing me in right now. While on Saturday there was definitely more than one pang of regret as I watched the freshmen with their new sisters, I feel in my heart that I have made the right decision for right now, and I know that my focus now on my faith life will definitely help me in the future, as well as in a sorority later on. The past few days have just been amazing. There was definitely some changes in my life happening as college started, and now I feel these changes in my relationship with God as well. Things are getting more serious, more down-to-earth, literally. In the past, I feel like a lot of my time and focus has been in lifting my heart to Him. Now I feel more like He's compelling me, like I need to be more trusting, following His plan in blind faith, basically at the drop of a coin. I feel like I'm being trained for some specific end, though I can't see what it is yet, nor do I even have an idea. But I'm excited to see what God has planned for me, and I pray for the strength and endurance to continue to follow this plan, no matter what I may want personally (as was the case with this sorority business . . .). But over these past few days, with the speaker/mass at the GRC, and the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship conference at Oakland, I've been reawakened to the love and power of Jesus and what I can do with this knowledge. I feel truly blessed, and am so thankful for these experiences and opportunities.
Anyway. Definitely wasn't planning on ranting about all of that lol. But I guess that's what lj is for, right? Just getting your thoughts out. But for now I think I'm gonna focus on my chem hw, and renewing my library materials, since it's almost midnight and I forgot to do it the past few days (oops!). ;)
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So I pretty much love college. Had some interesting experiences so far but it's great, and I don't know why but I feel like it's just right - like, I thought it'd be weird not going back to high school or whatever, but for some reason it all seems so right, and familiar, somehow - almost like deja vu, I don't know. I met some really cool people today and went to the Christian fellowship meeting on campus and everyone seems really great, we went and hung out at DQ afterwards and the freshmen got free ice cream. I also got a free cupcake and a free bottle of water today . . . those people at orientation were so right about the free food, haha. And I can't wait till Welcome Week, it's gonna be a blast :D
I apologize for the vagueness and obscurity of this entry, hopefully I'll be able to update better soon ;)
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I get so behind in the world of livejournal that it's not even funny. Here I am trying to catch up and reading everyone's entries from like a week ago. Sorry about that guys :\
People have begun to depart for college, and I'm trying to make the most of the time that I have left with the others. Stephanie left on Wednesday and I didn't really get to see her before then, sadly, though she'll be home for Labor Day. Which was really cool until I realized that I'll probably be at my cabin then. Soo I'm not sure what's going on with that. I'm so thankful for the Internet though, it makes keeping in contact with people so much easier. And so she still has to listen to all my dramaish problems and such, with certain select people ;). Caitlin left Thursday, luckily we went for a walk Wednesday night and talked for like an hour and a half so that was nice. I think Jamie and I should start planning for her birthday pretty soon; it's on the homecoming game so she'll be home and such. Meghan left Wednesday I believe as well . . . I'm really glad I made it to her party Friday, it was good to see her again as well. Xy left today, I got to see him a little last night at band camp which was really nice but there was some other stuff going on as well, which was unfortunate . . . Eric, Caitlin, and Emma are all leaving Saturday, I think I'm going with Rob and Aubrey and possibly Jamie to visit Eric at work this evening. I'm sad to see everyone go, yet it doesn't seem too bad to me . . . maybe it just hasn't sunk in yet, and I'm sure after a few weeks when I begin to notice that a lot of those people aren't around anymore, I'll be really sad, but right now it just seems like everyone's leaving for vacation or something, and I know that I'll see them again, over breaks and weekends and everything. And this certainly isn't the end of our friendships. For now, I just wish everyone well and hope to talk to you soon.
Alumni night yesterday at band camp . . . they day was nearly perfect. Jamie, Amanda and I stopped at Awrey's to get cake, we later sang happy birthday to Laurin whose birthday is today and a freshman named Katie whose birthday was yesterday. And I passed out the brownies during the bonfire lol. Amanda drove us up to band camp, it was so exciting to be there again, and it felt right to me. I know some other people were commenting that it made them depressed or they just felt weird about being there, but to me it just felt natural. I spent 4 years there, made my contributions, and now I've moved on. But it was good to still feel the band camp spirit, and know that things will carry on with the future classes. We got there as free time was ending (Brian, Sharon, Will, and Kegan were there already) and I kinda felt like we were celebrities, everyone was swarming around giving hugs. Then Crystal and Kella and a few other people put on their performance for the talent show just for us, Crystal even put on her pink outfit for it haha (they're doing Loathing from Wicked). During sectionals I went around and visited a few of the sections, lots of changes in field staff this year. Sue wasn't there, which was sad; Leanne was in charge of clarinets this year. And Brad was gone as well. Then we met up with Rob, Eric, and Aubrey, and hung with the drum majors in the pavilion for a bit. During marching we went back to the girl's cabin and talked for awhile, then sat in the pavilion and watched and talked a bit more. Things on the field seemed quiet this year, which is good for getting things done; but it seemed more like a dull quiet than a diciplined quiet. It didn't seem like it had the usual intensity. But then again, we were there on terrible Thursday, so that might've had something to do with it, lol. Sat with the drum majors during music rehearsal for awhile, and then we went off to the docks and walked a little ways on the path through the woods, and picked some blackberries, which were DELICIOUS lol. When we got back to the pavilion, Luke, Emily, Colette, and Jen were there as well, so we sat and watched the marching a bit more. I was really proud of Joe, Alex, and Christina, they all seemed on top of things and their conducting was all together. It made me think of how in the beginning, Alyssa and I would struggle to figure out Dan's beat pattern lol. Then we left for Applebee's and had like the slowest service ever. Stopped at McDonald's and Taco Bell on the way back to get food for people. I rode with Aubrey, Eric, and Rob, and it was one of the funnest car rides I've had for awhile, we were blasting music and singing very loudly and horrendously haha. Got back during practice time for thumbs-up, saw a bunch more Alumni, helped a few ranks when they got thumbs down, talked to Katie, heard about the latest band camp drama with the freshman raid and Katie and such, and Rich's unfortunate accident, almost got (accidentally) kissed by Christina and had Joe and Alex teasing us for the rest of the night haha. The bonfire was fun, I talked to a ton of people and we had the whole birthday celebration. Dealt with some stuff going on . . . hopefully the dance will go well this evening lol. Finally got home around 1:15, Joe had gotten home before me and had a surprise for me :D.
Saturday through Monday I was up at the cabin. Up on the cabin, in fact, for a lot of the time. We're working on redoing the roof. Saturday was spent ripping up old shingles and throwing them down onto a farm wagon the farmer across the road lent us; Sunday was tarring the gutter area, which was a nasty job, I had to wash my hands with gasoline when I was done to get all the sticky black gunk off and there's even now a little left on my fingernails; Sunday was cutting strips of the rubber roofing stuff with a boxcutter, skinning my knuckles on the roofing, and nailing everything onto the cabin. I also went for a walk with Mary to the woods next door to collect red trillium seeds, and we saw a mother raccoon with two babies, they were adorable; found a baby mouse in the garage but it sadly starved to death overnight :(; saw like a billion monarch butterflies, I guess they're migrating South now, but I felt like I was in a butterfly house haha; saw a hummingbird for the first time this year; went swimming a few times with the siblings/cousin; gathered bucketfuls of apples, it was intense, but my grandma didn't feel like cutting out all the bad parts so I guess that was kinda waste of time lol. It was a great weekend though, and at night I went on the swing overlooking the lake and spent some time with God, I feel like my relationship with Him has been getting stronger lately, which is of course a very good thing.
Went to music under the stars on Thursday with Mike and Jamie, to see Katie Dibiasse and Sean Ryan and Kella performing. Grant, Jessica, and Logan were also there, so we played spoons. Mike ended up spraining his ankle from walking on a park bench and then tipping it over and falling funny, he seems to be doing all right at band camp though so that's good. Like, he was able to run a lap yesterday, haha.
So I came home from clarinet lessons this morning and found a box of Fruity Pebbles on the table. Which I promptly ate some of. Oh my goodness I haven't had those in soo long, it reminded me of when I was like 8 and going out in the backyard to sleep in the tent. Aww . . .
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So I just went for a nice longish run around the neighborhood and came home and took a cold shower and I feel GREAT :D. Today was so fun. VBS Day 4, probably the worst craft we've done over the span of this week, tons of glue everywhere (we made banks out of tubes and plastic plugs, and decorated the outside with small green tissue paper squares and cut-out leaves). So yesterday we had a little bonfire-type thing at the end and this little 7-year-old asked if I'd sit next to him so I said sure. Next thing I know he's shoving everyone else away from me saying "Get away, she's MY girlfriend!" and throwing his arms around my waist. Then today I was helping him with his craft and he just grabs my hand and kisses it. I was just kinda like "haha thanks . . ." little kids are really cute but Peter's just a little too obsessed with me I think. lol. Tomorrow's the last day and I'm kinda sad, it's been a great week and I'm gonna miss it, though it did kinda wear me out . . . after 3 hours straight of breaking up fights and helping kids with crafts and cleaning up tables, you need a good nap. Hm so after that Lauren picked me up and we met up with Andy at Rotary!! That was so fun; we "took the road less traveled by" as usual, first getting stalked by a woman and her dog, then crossing the river in a complicated manner to find a really sweet shelter made of logs and bark, like I was almost able to stand up inside of it and Lauren could climb on top of it and it wouldn't collapse. We also found a spot where someone had had a campfire, found some bottles and cans . . . and then saw a guy in the woods behind it with a metal detector. Soo we decided to go back across the river. We crossed at a slightly different spot than the first time and realized we wouldn't be able to get through all the undergrowth so we ended up crossing back, walking a ways, and then crossing at a point where we could actually fight our way back to the trail. For most of that time Andy was making loud noises, whether to yell and point out prickers that he'd come to (he was walking ahead of Lauren and I), or singing random songs very . . . beautifully, lol. Later I headed over to Jamie's to hang out with her and Joe who I haven't seen in over a month. We went on this path through the woods and caught up on everything, then walked down 5 Mile and saw Steve drive by so he pulled over and walked with us. After Joe headed off to work, us three went to Subway for like an hour and then to the Dollar Store where we walked up and down every isle making jokes about like everything we came across. I don't think I've laughed so much in a long while.
Yesterday Emma and I went for a road trip adventure while trying to find Holly State Recreation Area where Eric, Caitlin, and Betty are camping for the week (neither of us could go because we were too busy . . .). Emma's GPS took us to some other branch of Holly Recreation which was basically a dirt road through a forest with random cow farms here and there and a Jewish camp, as well as a drunk guy riding his bike down the middle of the street clutching a bottle of beer, with 5 more cans stuffed in his handlebars. We were really only a few miles away from where we needed to be but it took us almost an hour longer because of that. It was really quite fun though, so no one complained ;). Once we (finally) found their campsite, we all went off to the beach and went swimming. Betty nearly killed me by jumping onto my head when I mentioned that I saw a big fish in the water, and we would find random stones and fling them out into the middle of the lake. Then we went back to the campsite and I built a sweet fire while Cait and Eric made dinner, veggies and meat wrapped in tin foil to place in the coals. It was delicious, as was the s'mores and hobo pie that followed. I also found this sweet stick somewhat resembling a hand that could roast 3 mallows at once ;). Emma and I headed home once it started getting dark, taking our own route instead of the crazed one her GPS wanted us to take, and went to visit Claudia once we got back to my neighborhood. At her house I saw Martin and Cierra which was GREAT cuz I wasn't sure if I'd have the chance to talk to them again before they all went off to college. We wandered around a little and I listened to them telling me about some drama involving a teacher lol, then headed up to the park and Emma asked me to step on her back like I used to after band sometimes. So we just took turns stepping on each others' backs and for some reason thought that was hilarious, like seriously I couldn't stop laughing. I think it was just how gross it sounded. Ugh. It did feel really good though.
Monday was Lauren's party. Had a fun conversation with Nick and Eren, danced in the rain, talked to Angeles and her bf for a bit, played an intense game of ERS with Nick and Eren (with other people slapping in later), etc. Then headed over to the youth group pool party where I called Alex with Sarah, and got an intense team together for volleyball. It was like 3 on 15 (my team being the 15-member one) and we pretty much failed, it was soo much fun though haha. I'm really gonna miss seeing those kids every week next year.
Saturday was Shannon's 16th birthday party and Jeremy's going away to boot camp/grad party. Also Pat's party that I didn't make it to :( but those were fun. Sunday was Brianna's birthday party and we played some crazy volleyball ;).
It's only 11:36 and I'm exhausted. I think it might be from all this VBS stuff but today in general was a long day I suppose, too. Ok I think this entry is quite long enough ;)
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Hm so last few days have been great. Saturday I went putt-putting with Kim and Steph, it was a ton of fun . . . we saw Mr. Coates and I waved frantically while Stephanie and Kim hid their faces lol. The people in front of us were hilarious, and we were preceded by an extremely loud crowd of 8- and 9-year-olds. They were cute, and they'd "help" me with my golfing, haha . . . like everyone else was annoyed with them, and here I am exchanging high-fives and stuff lol. I think we should have a cheering section every time we go putt-putting ;) and that's my story of my 11 boyfriends, as Stephanie called them. Afterward we went back to Kim's where we had Easy Mac and ice cream, and I was dominated in Dominos haha. Next morning Kim and I spent a good 20 minutes trying to wake up Stephanie, mostly utilizing Kim's dog - we had him vaulting over her and licking her face (assisted with peanut butter hehe) and she still wouldn't get up. My goodness. Soo we got everyone together and finally found a Subway that was actually open, got some sandwiches, and drove to the canoe rental place after some indecisive conversations about where to leave Stephanie's car. Canoeing was GREAT, I was very proud of my steering abilities, and Keval just cracked me up although later I learned that apparently he rarely if ever is in the back of the canoe when they go on trips. Anyway I was in a canoe with Stephanie and we were pretty hardcore about it lol. I'm really glad she came . . . sadly Xy couldn't go canoeing with us because he ripped his toe open canoeing the day before, apparently? (couldn't wait I guess, lol) so we made Steph come and despite all her stressing and complaining I think she did, in fact, have a good time ;). And I'm glad you made it to work on time as well, chica. Hmm had a fun ride back to the canoe rental place (me, Steph, Kim, Lauren, and Alisha all in the backseat, wahoo!) and took off for KENSINGTON!! So we went swimming and the water was disgusting, at first we were all trying to avoid all the nast (very hard to do) but 10 minutes later found us throwing seaweed at each other haha. Then we kicked a soccer ball around, Alisha and I found a Tube of Death (glue for patching rafts or something, it was like "may be fatal, do not induce vomiting if swallowed, but call a physician immediately" etc), and ugh there was this foreign guy in a Speedo lol.
On Monday a guy crashed a motorcycle into a tree like 3 houses or so down from me (around the T of the intersection) and died . . . it was terrible. There were cop cars everywhere and they tied yellow tape across our street, with a cop car parked on the other side of our driveway so we couldn't get out for a bit (not that we needed to . . . ) I heard it happen, I was upstairs at the time. I'm still not sure of the exact situation, I've heard a few different stories, but basically he (accidentally, I'm assuming) accelerated way fast when he should've been breaking, went up on the grass across the street from my neighbor's, across the street, jumped the curb, and crashed into a tree on someone's front lawn; somehow hit his back on it (maybe flipped over the handlebars?) and was killed instantly. He was in his 30s I think. So sad, please pray for him and his family and friends.
Anywayz. Monday night was my night with mom since Mary was sleeping over at the cousins' and all the guys are at Boy Scout camp for the week. So we made lasagna and played tennis for about 5 minutes until mom saw a "stray" dog walk by and freaked out lol, and went swinging at Randolph, then came home and watched Marvin's Room. Weirdest movie ever. It like doesn't even end. They're practically in the middle of a scene and then *poof* the credits come up. Well at least that's one less movie to keep in our house lol.
Went to Castaway Bay with Kim and Stephanie Tuesday, came home yesterday. It was kinda cool to be somewhere with no parents, we could just come and go as we wanted . . . this whole being 18 thing isn't bad lol. It was a fun time, I slept most of the car ride there but we stopped at SONIC which was very exciting ;). We met Steph's friend Brian from her Washington DC trip, he was really nice; I think it's funny how she seems to surround herself with Catholics hahaha. After the water park we went back to the room and ordered a pizza, which interestingly enough was cut into strips instead of wedges. I wonder if that's an Ohio thing or something, because I remember the only other time we've ever ordered pizza in Ohio (at NCYC in November) it was also cut into strips. And it wasn't from the same pizza place or anything either. So I don't know. It was good though. Then we played Phase 10 which I won, I think, I can't even remember lol. And I made the nasty coffee and put a ton of junk in it to make it taste better (I really don't like coffee but I think it's fun to make it in hotel rooms for some reason lol) . . . also managed to dump it all over the table, it was great. I always have an adventure when I make coffee. Steph and I stayed up till like 5 AM, first watching Shark week (we got kinda mad at the show, Mythbusters I think it might've been, cuz they were trying to show how not to become sharkbait by trying everything experts said NOT to do and see if they'd get attacked, which they never did, so they basically forced a shark to bite them - like it was an accident on the shark's part - just so they had something to show for it), and then sitting out on the balcony talking about everything and listen to the weird frog noises lol. Wednesday Kim and I went back to the water park for a bit but Stephanie didn't feel like getting wet; we went to Friendly's for lunch and had a waitress who wasn't the most on top of things. I decided that Sweet 'n Low is MUCH better tasting than Splenda, and had Splenda dumped into my water by Stephanie . . . so I put some in her Coke :D. We're so mature, I know. On the way back home Steph bought a lottery game for $5 and won $20, so that was sweet.
Today's kinda slow, which is good. Pool party later, I think.
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I need something to change. I feel like I'm slipping into some type of trench, every day being a repetition of the previous one. Which really makes no sense, because a lot of things are changing in my life right now. College is a major one, obviously. I need to get going on figuring out whether I need to change my schedule now that AP results have come out, and purchasing books . . . then I'm doing something with someone nearly every day. Life has really been quite good lately, but I feel like it's becoming almost TOO comfortable. I feel like I'm in need of a road trip, a really wacky adventure, or something. I feel like something needs to happen to help me discover something about myself that's hiding at the moment. I need to take a risk, or something.
Yesterday was Joe's birthday. We went to the pool with Jamie and Caitlin, had pizza and the standard dilapidated cake (it's somehow become a tradition for Joe's birthday to find a cake at Awrey's that appears to have been dropped several times), attempted to light the candle several times but it was quite windy so that kinda failed. Walking toward my house we came upon Rob who was waiting to go to youth group with Leslie so we talked to him for awhile, and Jamie got out her long-distance spray lotion and got Joe and Rob pretty good so they smelled all nice and pretty ;). We sat on my front lawn for a bit and watched Joe leap away from even more lotion assaults, quite hilarious. Then I went over to Eren's to watch The Omen with her and Eric. First we went to the library, which didn't have either version, but we discovered that if you're careful you can go in barefooted and no one will notice (I don't know if there's a policy against that, but I would assume so . . . ?). After finding the movie at Blockbuster (the older version, apparently that's better), we went to 7-11. DO NOT go into 7-11 barefoot, you'll most likely contract some type of dread and unknown disease. Eren wouldn't listen to Eric and my advice, "Oh, I don't get sick easily," but after about 3 minutes of walking on that floor she decided to wait for us outside. Anyway. The movie was really thought-provoking, I thought, though not good to think about while you're trying to fall asleep, I had to keep thinking of other stuff last night. Eric and I were curled up on the couch periodically hiding under blankets, Evran was clearly freaking out, and Eren was like falling asleep, I don't know what her problem is ;). We'll have to have another movie night in the near future to watch the sequel.
I'll finish updating a bit more later, I've got some stuff to take care of right now . . .
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So I'm not even going to attempt to catch up.
I'll just rant for a bit ;). Summer's been going good so far. It's only just decided to get hot in the last few days, but nothing too unbearable. Today was the church picnic (some fun times with bingo, capture the flag, and cheap plastic toys that none of the little kids wanted lol), and Amanda's grad party. She is seriously one of the sweetest girls in the world.
I hate it when people are jerks. Like seriously, if someone has a significant other, lay off them, you know? Don't make stupid threats and attempts to exert power over them just to prove that you still do have power. Cuz you don't and you're just being a jerk and causing drama and concern for everyone else. Especially when you're LYING. Like honestly, how immature. I'm very sorry that you're insecure and apparently don't have a wonderful family life, that's really unfortunate . . . but you don't need to make others' lives miserable at the same time. Just get over it and move on. He's not yours anymore.
I think I need to make my relationship with God a bigger focus in the next few weeks. I haven't really stayed out late swinging at all this summer, I tried a few days ago but the lovely dog next door wouldn't stop barking. I love, though, how the most randomest things will remind me of His love . . . :)
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I've once again been a hardcore slacker in this. Which is kinda sad because there's a ton of amazing stuff that's been going on and I'll want to remember in the future. Problem is, I'm lazy, and have a slow Internet connection. Still. ;)
Today was a slow day, cleaned a little, went in for a physical and almost didn't have to deal with needles till my mom decided it'd be good to have my cholesterol checked so they took some blood. Ugh. Went to the Spree pizza dinner with Mom and Mary too, and saw Brittany and Devan :). As we were walking back to the car it started pouring and the wind really kicked up, and everyone was running in all directions while we huddled under an umbrella. And . . . my mom was laughing her head off. The whole. Entire. Time. It was really quite amusing. I love my mom :).
Yesterday was an absolute blast. MSC grads and honorees (that's a word, right?) went up to Meghan's cottage for the day. I got a nice sunburn on my shoulders and back, but it doesn't hurt too bad which is a definite plus, though I got a slight scolding from the doctor today lol. The water was really cold in the beginning but towards the afternoon it got nicer. My dad explained that it'd be colder there in Lexington than it is by our cabin because the west wind pushes all the warm water in our direction, so that's cool I guess. Eren and I found a ton of wild strawberries on the slope down to the beach and they were DELICIOUS, like probably the best strawberries I've ever tasted. Nick brought perogies which made me happy :D. We skipped some nice rocks as well, I have to say. Stephanie and I experienced a life-threatening adventure and were theoretically turned away from Canadia, which was sad after all our excursions. I rescued two bugs from the lake, and Stephanie freaked out. Xy, Eren, and I went for a walk on the beach and I found a lot of pretty beach glass (okay, only 3 pieces, but still . . .) After dinner I went for a walk with a few ppl and had a nice talk with Rachel, which was really good because we haven't had a prolonged conversation like that in awhile and she's such an awesome girl. Then we went to a park, where we piled on a suspension bridge and managed to NOT fall off, which was a good thing ;). And then we got ice cream at DQ, where Eren force-fed me hers with the complaint that she couldn't finish it herself, and THEN goes back and buys something else and tries to force THAT down my throat as well. Nice try. Umm Stephanie was hugging me in the parking lot and made a passing guy all weirded out lol. Once we got home, a bunch of us headed up to the Spree for the last 45 minutes or so, just wandered around and chatted with random people. It was fun but I was pretty exhausted. And so I came home and slept. Good story, I know. ;)
My grad party was Sunday. Thankfully it didn't rain at all, though we thought we saw some lightning in the distance. I pretty much just spent the first hour and a half greeting people, and the rest of the time attempting to talk to everyone and making sure people weren't awkward (ex the 2 people there from SHS). Once the majority of the people left, though, I played volleyball which was SO FUN, and later we played Nuke 'Em - Hodges vs all (all being Xy, Keval, Eren, and Chris) and we actually did okay lol. We left around 2ish, and I walked home with the sibs. Earlier Sunday I went to Caitlin G's, Jess's, and Rachel's grad parties, which were all really fun as well (and had like amazing food!). Luckily the weather stayed good for all of theirs as well.
Saturday was an insane grad-party-hopping day. I think my final count was 8, though I had like 15 invites. I feel bad when I can't make it to peoples' but I guess you can only do so much in one day. Jamie's was really fun, I got to see my old 6th grade teacher (next year will be his 50th year teaching!) and invited him to my party too, which he did come for awhile . . . the only teacher there, actually. We played volleyball and I got taped to the pole of Jamie's basketball net, and the tape was stinky lol. Then I went over to Kelly's and there was a BOUNCE HOUSE which was a ton of fun but I got a pretty nice slash on my thumb from something. Eren, Kim, Xy, Keval, Jeremy, and I also went for a quick walk up to Rotary, and us girls were barefoot so that was fun. Got home around 1:30 and crashed.
On Friday the majority of my family and Xy went to see The Water Horse at the Canton Cinema for $1. It was a really cute movie, probably not one of my top favorites but pretty accurate to the book from what I remember of it (I read it back in 5th grade or so). We also went to Border's to get Jason's Acc Eng summer reading books, and I found this sweet book on medicinal plants . . . then headed over to Petco and looked at the kitties, they were ADORABLE. I wish my mom would let us get a cat again. Went to lunch at the Fortune Buffet and had one of those crazy laughing moments when my mom goes into like an uncontrollable laughing fit and I can't help but join in. I really don't know what those waiters must think of us lol. It's a ton of fun though. We also went to Aurey's and got some stuff for my grad party - too much, actually, which was a good thing, because then I had brownies to take to the cottage :D.
Okay I think that's enough for now. Hope everyone's summer is awesome so far!
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May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
The sun shine warm upon you face
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of His hand
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I've been so bad about updating lately. Therefore this entry is going to cover a vast expanse of time and there will be quite a bit of rambling. Feel free to NOT read this, it's just for my own references ;).
( Today )
( Friday )
( Thursday )
Um previous days will be continued in another entry because I want to sleep a little more before the SANP :)
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Prom.
AHHHHH.
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Finally went to the cabin today. Even though we were only there for a few hours, it just felt so great to be back again. There were like a bazillion trilliums in the woods next door and we dug some of 'em up and replanted them in front of the cabin - that area is most likely getting bulldozed this year to make room for a subdivision, which is highly depressing because it's really pretty. I went for a nice long walk on the beach with Mary too and we took some cute pics lol. We also found some sand lions which was really cool, I haven't ever seen any up there before.
Gave blood yesterday, it went much better than the other two times even though I kinda forgot to drink a lot the day before. And there's hardly a bruise today so that's good. But more about that later because I'm being told that it's time for bed ;).
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Last AP test tomorrow, wish me luck!!
P.S. Umm prom is just a dance, right? I mean yes it's fancy and end-of-high school-ness, but honestly is it really worth all this?
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I'm getting so bad at writing in this.
Hmm, what's new with me. Well the first pretty fun thing since last time was the Plymouth rabbit shelter ceremony thing, although I have to say it was more pathetic (on our part) and amusing than anything else. There turned out to be about 7 people: me, Mike, Justin, Amy, Quinn, Aubrey, and Trevor, plus Quinn's mom and little sister. We played random songs that sounded quite empty lol, along with various warm-ups that we could play together and sound semi-normal. At some points during our "performances" I'd just burst out laughing at the hilarity of it all (when we were playing add-ons, for example) but all the people there kept going on about how great we sounded and how thankful they were that we came. And the rabbit shelter judge dude came and talked to us for awhile; apparently he's flying in his private plane to 14 shelters around the country and deciding which one to award $1,000,000 to, so I guess it is pretty big. He seemed like a pretty cool guy. And then they let us go in the rabbit shelter and see all the bunnies, they were sooo cute. And we got $5 gift cards to McD's so we headed over there afterward and had a party lol.
Music Fest was last Wednesday. Both the MB practice on Tues and the actual concert part seemed really short compared to the other years, which was both good and bad; good because I didn't have to sit there and be bored through the 6th grade's infinite number of pieces, but bad because it was my last one . . . out of 8, I realized. It makes me feel pretty old lol. I was worried before the MB performance that I would forget to do something or go out of order, but then during the Victors I realized that I'd be fine if I just didn't worry about it - so I didn't and I was, lol. It's sad to think that I'm no longer really a member of the CHS marching band, or drum major, but it didn't really hit me then and I don't think it has now, either. Probably won't until maybe around Smith-Walbridge time, or band camp at the very latest, I'd think. I'm excited to go and visit as an alumni though, I'm gonna try to make one of those cat cakes that Mrs. Hering showed us a pic of and bring it lol. And then after was the 31 cent scoop day at Baskin Robbins and Mike and I got there at like 9:58 and they wouldn't let us in which was sad. But we did see Stephanie, Kelly, and Katie, and I took a pic with them wearing these absurd little plastic fire helmets they'd been handing out lol. So that was pretty cool.
Last night was the Homeless Experience, meaning I slept outside St. Colette's activity building in a cardboard box. I have to say, this year was the most comfortable sleeping-wise, I was never really that cold and was actually pretty comfortable, despite sleeping with no more padding than my sleeping bag (which I didn't even have to go into, I just had my froggy blanket and a hoodie). Last night around midnight I ran around the grounds with Sarah, Catherine, Mike, Robby, and Chris, throwing extra balls of duct tape around and having people lead me around with my eyes closed, which was quite fun lol. The speakers this year were really intense (of course, they always are . . . ) but I listen to stories like theirs and wonder how I could ever be so ungrateful/take for granted what I have, or think that my life is difficult at all. I don't have to worry about where I'm going to sleep at night, where I'm going to get my next meal, stealing from my parents to get money to buy drugs that I'm tired of taking anyway but can't seem to give up, being raped on the street. You hear stories like that and it just kinda shocks you into reality, that people actually do live like this and face the potential for violence and death every day. And I remember the speaker last year, saying how he knew someone who actually spread feces on himself to keep muggers away while he was sleeping. Can you even imagine having to do that? And we think our lives are so hard. It made me feel really guilty and ungrateful, and also think that I really wouldn't mind working as a social worker when I get older.
Today was U of M placement tests, I drove out there with Mandi. Didn't take the math placement because of my college credits (hopefully I won't ever have to), but I'm supposed to call the admissions office Monday and find out for sure. I was really proud of my essay, it turned out to be 6 pages and one of the most sophisticated sounding things I've ever written, I think. I wish I could've saved it. Then after getting slightly lost on the way home we stopped at Taco Bell and were highly amused by this crazy worker. And now after a nice long nap I've planted my baby cucumbers and hanging with the cousins (they're currently playing with Pokemon cards haha!).
I really really want to go to Canada. This has been one of the longest periods of time for probably 7 years that I haven't been there, and the thought of all the little leaves and springtime flowers that will soon be gone makes me want to go there even more. I'm not sure why I didn't make it up there this winter but it was a pretty big disappointment. Now that I think of it, I don't think I've been there since last September. Ugh. I could use a good bonfire.
The end of the year is coming up fast and I don't think that's hit me yet, either. There's a lot of last-minute things that I have to do, and my schedule is a bit crazy. The AP English test is this Thursday and I haven't even begun studying for that. On the plus side, my math final was last Thursday, and therefore I no longer need to worry about math class or math hw, which opens up 3rd hour to other projects . . . like that author project that's due the day after tour. Hm, Friday was the Senior Gallery performance and Steve and I played for Kenny's tap-dancing which I think went REALLY WELL despite what he thinks, everyone loves him anyway ;). That was a crazy experience though, let me tell you, Steve and I were like umm we can't play this part, so hopefully the piano covers it . . . and then Mrs. Porter decides it'd be a good idea not to play at that part at all haha. Oh well, I suppose we did all right too ;).
I hope the weather is nice tomorrow, because I have a lot of reading to catch up on and I'd really like to do it outside. And I have a few chicas to catch up on, too . . . I hate it when the few days I'm not busy happen to be the busy days of other people. And I haven't hung out with my dear Aunt Judy in forever, which needs to change. It was sad how the most words we've exchanged in awhile were through reading parts in a play. And I didn't even have a good part. That was terrible.
Anyway I think that's an obnoxiously long enough entry and if you read that whole thing you should be proud because you are very persevering (or hm maybe just bored lol!). Good luck to all of you that have an overwhelming amount of APs to study for, or whatever else is going on.
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