Snow Days

Im glad we had a couple snow days in a row.  It was nice to take a break and relax.  Hopefully we all didnt foget about 1984 and were all able to focus on are quiz tomorrow.

Last Minute Blog

I realize I've waited a little longer to blog than I should have, but I guess it's because I knew I had a lot of time to do so because of all the time off we had. :) So, I had a pretty good week being able to just relaz at home, watch movies I haven't watched in forever, and hang out with my sisters. I actually got to go sledding! :) I haven't gone sledding in just about forever (or so it seems). My little sisters and I had to shovel all the snow in front of our porch, under our deck in our back yard, and out to our dogs pen on Wednesday afternoon. Afterwards, we decided to go sledding down one of the huge snow piles my dad has been building up all winter using his plow on the tractor. It was pretty fun. We went the on Thursday as well because it was so fun! Then we (me, my sister Kaylee, my mom, and my dad) went to Hesperia's Snowcoming Saturday night after decorating for four hours on Friday and then for three more hours on Saturday before the dance. We had a good time, as always, but were also very tired afterwards. We came home around midnight and didn't go to sleep until about 1:30 this morning (I guess that's why I slept in until 11:00 instead of 9:00). Well, I guess that's just about it. I didn't really do anything too exciting this week, but I had time to just breathe for once. Now I'm getting ready for bed and waiting for morning to come and bring another week... one I am sure will be busy. :)

Snow days

The snow days were great. I got a lot done with homework and reading. I feel like I don't know what day it is anymore! lol Its not good. Well i'm kind of nervous about the essays now because I never got to conference because of the snow days. Hopefully my moms advice will be good enough.

Thanks 4 the Snow Days

I have had some time to work on my op-ed essay and have fixed things that Ms.K and I went over. I hope most of it is fixed and I hope that I receive a good grade for it. I also started reading Johnny Got His Gun and felt like I was kind of confused in the first couple pages. I won't say much because I don't know if people have started reading it but I figured we still had to even though there were snow days. I have heard that the book is really good and that is what I am expecting. I still am dreading the test on 1984 but I know its better to get it over with.

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Having the last few days off has been nice because i've been able to get caught up on some homework. Im hoping that this week we can start Jonny Got His Gun, I dont know anything about the book but I've heard its really good. I also can't wait to get our tests for 1984 done and out of the way!!!

Senior Year

Well I know this really is off topic because I'm not really talking about College English, but whatever.

Anyway, I've been thinking about how much I have changed since ninth grade. In ninth grade I had three really close friends and now it's our senior year and I don't talk to any of them. Not because I think I'm better than them, but because we just drifted apart, plus I think I matured a lot! For the most part I hang out with a lot of people that I never dared to speak with four years ago. It's just so strange how much a person can change in four years! I've definitely opened up. I think I'm pretty much up front with everyone about everything. Last summer I had a realization that I have no idea when my life will end, so I need to live this life while I'm here. And at camp last summer (National Leadership Conference.. which I know Jake and Luke went to for their first year, but it was my second year) I had my quest group help me over this wall (both literally and figuratively) and I just knew at that moment that I had to stop pushing people away and start opening up. I've become so vulnerable and I know this is true because since the beginning of senior year I've done things that I have never done before! I'm so proud of myself and I hope all this strength that I've gained will help me next year when I'm at Grand Valley State University.

Totally just ranting, sorry!

Feels good!

I'm getting my portfolio done!