Lazy School Daze...

Hey Everyone!

I hope everyone has had a great week, and is not near as stressed out as I am right now. I have so much stuff going on in the next three weeks it is literally making my head spin… well… I guess not literally.

This was kind of a crazy week for the people of this high school. The juniors were taking their ACT’s on Tuesday. IF any of you didn’t know, this is pretty much the test that will determine what college you get in to and which colleges that you don’t get in to. I am a sophomore, but it still affects me on a big level. Most of my teachers were proctors that day, and were not in class, therefore, we didn’t really do much in any of those classes, it seemed like. All it seemed like is we sat their and talked and laughed and goofed around all the way through the school day. On Wednesday, the juniors were taking their PSAE’s, or their prairie state tests, which are only offered to the juniors in high school in Illinois, and it also has stuff to do with the college you go to, also. So, that day, once again, we sat there and talked and laughed and goofed around all day, because we had no work to do what so ever. Needless to say, those were two pretty good days of school. Hardly any school work, and friends in every single one of my classes to talk to.

The next day was also planned to be a pretty good day, because, once again, I got to get out of school. But this time, I actually got to leave the school building. I am in the jazz band at my school, and I play the trumpet. We were going on a jazz tour with the chorus, and travelling to all of the other schools in town to play our wonderful music for them. At first, I just thought it was a good excuse to get out of school but it was actually pretty fun. I got to go back to my old school, and see all of the teachers that I had missed so much from my high school days. It was definitely worth getting out of school for.

Friday, I also got out of school. Today, I went to the different elementary schools in town with my Creative Writing class and we showed them poems that we made a Power Point presentation for to see if they would like them or not. It was always fun to see the kids different reactions to all of the different poems that they got to see throughout the day. It was also a very good excuse to get out of school for the day, again.

I am so happy that I got to pretty much chill this week, but now I have all of this make up homework to deal with, and that is so not worth it. Sometimes being in so many activities is kind of a pain in the butt. Oh well, it keeps me from being bored all of the time. Stay Busy, Everyone!

Love,

Me <3

Summer is Coming

Hey Everybody!

Summer is quickly coming in on us, isn’t it? I seriously can not wait until I can drive around, do whatever I want, go wherever I want, and get a great tan while doing it, even though I am really pale and don’t really tan that much as it is.

What are your plans for this coming summer? Other than going on the New York trip, and going to a Cardinals game in St. Louis the week after that, I am not going on any other vacations. I wish I could, but some things just don’t work out the way you had always planned for them to be. Where all have you been on vacation? I have had some very great vacations in the past, and they will definitely over shadow the fact that I most likely will not be having a big family vacation this summer.

The place I always remember going to as a really little kid is an amusement park called Kings Island. It is in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I have probably been there a total of probably 10 times. Yes, I said ten times. My family has always loved going there, and so have I. We have made so many trips there, I can never seem to keep them straight in this head of mine. This is the place where I came to love going to amusement parks and theme parks, and riding roller coasters. My favorite roller coaster will always be there. It is called the Beast, and it is probably around forty years old, and is a humungous wooden roller coaster. In fact, it is the longest roller coaster ever built anywhere.

Another place I remember going when I was a little kid was the monster of all vacations, the place where every little kid wants to go, Disney World in Orlando, Florida. When my parents told me they had first bought plane tickets to Florida, I was about 7 years old, and I though it was the best day of my whole entire life at that point, and it was, up until the day we actually left for the airport in Indianapolis. When I got to Florida, I thought I was in a dream or something. I got to stay in a Disney hotel, and I remember it being the nicest hotel I have ever stayed in, in my whole entire life, even to this day, and I have stayed at a lot of pretty nice hotels in my lifetime. I got to go to all of the Disney parks, ride all of the rides that I wanted to, and watch all of the shows that I could have ever wanted to watch. The food was great there, too. To this day, it is probably still one of the best vacations I have ever been on in my whole entire life, just because of the great time I had there and all of the great memories that were made over that long week of fun in the sun.

Love,

Me <3

Books!

Hey Everyone!

I am so glad that it is finally Friday, the best day of the week, in my opinion, and lots of others too, I am sure. This week has seemed to drag, don’t you think? It was our first week back after spring break, and every one at school just seemed so quiet and tired. I guess that just shows that our spring break needs to be longer. (:

Now that the play is over, I am not near as busy as I was before. I actually have some free time on my hands. Crazy, right? If you know me, I absolutely love to read. Recently, I have been stuck on one author, and I love him. His name is Nicholas Sparks.

Many people probably know who he is, but I will tell you just in case you didn’t. He writes pretty much romantic novels, and a lot of them have been turned into movies.  Some of these movies include Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook (probably his most wellknown book and movie, and also my favorite), Nights in Rodanthe(ß I have been there. (: ), Dear John( another favorite from him), The Last Song( another good one with Miley Cyrus) and The Lucky One(his newest movie, it comes out the 20^th, and I cant wait to see it!). here is a list of all of his books, and I put stars by the ones that I have read.

• The Notebook (October 1996) * * *
• Message in a Bottle (April 1998)
• A Walk to Remember(October 1999)
• The Rescue (September 2000)
• A Bend in the Road (September 2001)
• Nights in Rodanthe(September 2002)
• The Guardian (April 2003) * * *
• The Wedding (September 2003) * * *
• Three Weeks With My Brother (April 2004) - A non-fiction account of traveling with his brother after the men lost both parents and their sister in quick succession.
• True Believer (April 2005)
• At First Sight (novel) (October 2005)
• Dear John (October 2006) * * *
• The Choice (September 2007)
• The Lucky One (October 2008) * * *
• The Last Song(September 2009) * * *
• Safe Haven (September 2010)
• The Best Of Me (October 2011)

I highly suggest that if you haven’t read any of his books, that you get to it and read one, at the very least. I am sure that you have heard of many of these books, just sit down and read one. Yeah, they may be a little girly, but they are really good and teach you a lot of life lessons, at least that is how they affected me. I could probably finish a book a day if I wanted to. My ultimate goal is to sometime read all of his books. Yes, they really are that good. Well, I will talk to you all next week. Happy reading every one! See you later!

Love,

Me <3