Homecoming Week!

I'm so excited. This week is gonna be great, and then the weekend will be even better...if I can live through it. So this week we get to dress up, and then Friday is the football game. After that, we have the parade on Saturday-my first parade in the marching band!! And then the dance is that night, Applefest is the next day, and Monday...well, I don't have too much to do, thank goodness. It's going to be insane, but that's the best part.

I just finished this incredible book called Tuesdays with Morrie. Every person in America today should take the time to read this book. I first heard about it from Kerianne =) and then my sister had to read it over the summer for junior year english. After my mom read it, I decided to read it, and I'm so glad I did. Not only is it heart-warming, but the messages are timeless, relevant, simple, meaningful and beautiful. Everyone can learn from the whole-hearted, honest, beautiful way that Morrie lived his life. With no regrets or holding back or rushing around. In today's world, we are saturated by our unforgiving culture. By simply reading this book, I am now trying to live in the way that Morrie teaches. He is and was such an inspirational, intelligent, relatable man, and everyone can benefit from listening to his humble teachings about life, death, love, marriage, the world, feeling sorry for yourself, regrets, family, emotions, the fear of aging, money, our culture, and forgiveness. I highly recommend this book.

Picture Day..bum bum bummm

Tomorrow's picture day, and i don't know what I'm wearing, how I'm wearing my hair, what background I want, what jewlery I'm wearing or how my make-up's gonna be...typical. But I guess I'll figure that out later. I also have to study for a global test. It's so gorgeous out right now, and I just want to fast-forward to the football game on friday, cause so far its lookin' like thats going to be the most exciting part of my week. And now I have to do...who knows what with my mom.

It's beginning to look a lot like Autumn

I'm seeing it. Everywhere. Summer's gone and now its Autumn. I mean, there are scarecrows in front of ShopRite, they're selling Halloween candy, it's only about 53 degrees today, the fields are full of pumpkins (you know, on the way to school that field) and the leaves are even starting to change color (i can see them from my global classroom) Now that I've accepted the fact that summer's over, its easier to embrace autumn. Besides, its one of my favorite times of the year. Whereas my brother is already excited for Christmas....So far, high school hasn't hit me like a ton of bricks. The work load is moderate, I see my friends (every once in a while) and my teachers aren't slamming us with tests and quizzes. Hopefully it won't hit me like a ton of bricks. But I highly doubt it, cause it always happens. About 3 or 4 weeks into the school year, teachers decide "these kids are a year older, we might as well treat them like it." and all of the sudden you're cramming in studying for 3 tests on top of two hours of homework. But I've decied not to think of that yet. I saw Mrs. Hanson at Shoprite (can you tell i went there this morning?) and had a brief ache to be back in middle school. But as I was standing there, explaining my high schol experience to one of the greatest people I know, I realized that as much as I don't want to admit it, high school has grown on me. and I really do like it. I'll always look on middle school with fondness, but it is in the past now. I was looking through my yearbook yesterday, and it seems like so long ago. I don't have that desire to be in middle school anymore. I'm looking forward to spending the next 4 years in high school, and then onto college.
I was talking to Michelle the other night, and we realized how scary its going to be having our friends driving. And not in the "they're going to be such bad drivers. lol" way. As in, if they crash and die, we're going to have lost a friend. And neither of us are ready for that. I don't think we ever are ready for something like that. But we both know people who will drink or get distracted while driving, and all of the sudden, they're gone. and what do we do then? It's such an adult concept that we're going to have to face in a matter of years. Not even two years for some. And then what if we're driving and we crash, and kill one of our friends in the back seat? I don't know about you, but I'd have a hell of a time dealing with that. Hopefully, we'll experience that in very small doses. But there's no guarantee that we'll be sheltered from the horrors of losing friends to drinking and driving and drugs. That's what growing up does for you. And we'll have to get ready before we know it.
That just sedated me quickly. I did not intend on writing that much. But then again, that's always my excuse when I give you a novel =)

Jimmy can crack corn but I don't care

Speaking of Jimmy....nevermind. So it's Friday, even though it doesn't feel like it. Thursday was fun though, and it was nice to have it off. And now we have the whole weekend. Except I have to do quite a bit of studying and practicing, and chocolate selling. I just saw the welcome to the black parade video, and I forgot how amazing it is. My air-conditioner is officially out of my room, and I'm really glad. It's nice to have the air-conditioner, but I'd rather have my window anyway. Since its the only one I have in my room anyway, the air-conditioner makes it feel like a jail cell, cause it blocks out all the light. So now I can see the view in my backyard again. I have allergies, and they are HORRIBLE. I can't smell or taste, and I always need to have tissues nearby. I'm also pretty tired. I'm trying to elaborate on the little that happened, because nothing interesting has happened, and I don't have the energy to delve into the "deeper layers" of things

What time is it? summertime...oh. never mind. its just the weekend

Since school is in session, and the weather is still beautifully warm, weekends are starting to feel like mini summer vacations. especially when you're fortunate enough to have a pool to swim in. But I still can't wait until autumn. It's such a great time of year. It's cool, but not cold, you get to wear sweaters, the sky is always beautiful, you get to pick apples and eat apples and rake leaves and drink tea, and carve pumpkins, and go trick-or-treating. Everything smells good, the trees are magnificent, leaves crunch when you walk, and apple pies are the food of choice. Not to mention you get to celebrate my birthday, Halloween and Thanksgiving. But for now, I'll embrace these last few "summer" days, because they next time they'll come is next year.


Now if only the VMA's weren't on past my allleged bedtime...

High school....oh boy

High school is insane. the running around, the pushing through the crowds, the high expectations, and the crazy teachers (coughmr.markcough) the first day was by far the most hectic. I was trying to figure out where to go, and i only got to my locker once. By the second day, believe it or not, i was much more comfortable with the routine. and the third day, today, was even easier. so went my first "week" of high school. it's quite a large step up from middle school thats all i can say. i hope that after a few weeks it will cease being so alien to me. but for now, it' still strange to call my self a high schooler. and now i have to eat and get to my first football game. WOOH-HOO. btw, i love guitar hero.