May 2010
3 posts
Today is soooo much better! Thank you too all of my wonderful friends. You guys make me feel so special! I don’t know what I would do without all of you.
Worst. Day. Ever.
Procrastination nation this weekend. I have never been much of a procrastinator but I have gotten progressively worse this semester. Now I understand why people complain they didn’t have enough time to get homework done, they didn’t have enough time they wanted to use for homework time. This school year needs to end soon because then it’s college! I am so incredibly excited for...
April 2010
3 posts
Little siblings can be the most revolting human beings on the earth. I just found my two tie-dye shirts, which I have been looking for all week long, in the bottom of my sister’s dirty clothes hamper? She is on her way up to the mountain so I called her and asked why she took my shirts and she proceeded to feign innocence, she sounded surprised that I even had tie-dye shirts. The dirty...
Pause button, please. April is speeding by and at this moment I really need it to either slow down or be over with, after ODS that is! COLLEGE. How to decide?
College, why must you be so expensive? I know you shouldn’t base a decision off of financial aid, but really, how can I justify paying $35,000+ a year and coming out of college with enormous student loans? This college must be damn good.
March 2010
1 post
Lamesauce. Waitlisted. Twice. Ahhhh I hate college decision time. I think I might prefer to get rejected rather than waitlisted, I don’t want to commit to a college and then get a spot at one of the other colleges. That would be too stressful. Ah well.
February 2010
7 posts
PACK ATTACK! My room is entirely covered in clothes and crap except for maybe four square feet. By tomorrow, this hurricane will hopefully have passed and be on its way!
Sitting in chairs backwards is grand. So much to dooooo. Not accomplishing half of it…
Homework shmomework
Quick update for a certain person who dropped calc: heifer and her side kick were playing jack johnson the entire period so we turned our classical music up extra loud. Yay for passive-agressive math fights.
Today was a surprisingly good day. Smoothie and movie day in history, free baja for lunch, no math teacher which meant computer lab and meatless meatballs. Wow, february is a great month. Something to look forward to: Scotland! I checked the weather today and it sounds just like Portland…but a lot colder. I can’t believe I’m actually going. I still keep telling myself that...
I love the piano. Really, it’s just great. It helps to study when you have very loud piano songs being played by your sister. I am trying to drown out her dramatic playing with some classical piano, not working so well…
I don’t even like candy, especially crappy candy but I really want some Reese’s right now. Oh man. They wouldn’t even taste good because I am sick, but I need some of that fake peanut butter and chocolate goodness.
January 2010
7 posts
Chugga, chugga, we move along. Almost there!
Singing Alone
I just finished an hour and a half of guitar playing. My fingers are calloused white and my thumb is black. I’m really improving, I can tell. I got bored over playing the same old couple of songs and no one was home so I picked up my dumpster-guitar and started playing freely. I ended up writing my own song. I should have been studying, but instead I was writing a song. The song is...
January, I said goodbye already!
January, I have already asked you once, please end. NOW. Finals make everything so much more stressful. I have so much to do, I can’t even breathe for a spare moment or relax. Only 10 more days and then goodbye to this horrid month.
E=mc^2
Wow, I had almost completely forgotten what it feels like to have energy! Whew, do I feel great!! Today was an ordinary energy day until I got to swim practice. I was really pissed off from a math test so I decided to swim really hard. Now I have the most ridiculous swim high I have ever gotten. I could climb Mt. Everest right now. I feel the best, energy wise, as I have felt in months. This makes...
It's hard to breathe without oxygen
January is the worst month out of the year. It’s after the holidays so everyone is still winding down. What makes it even worse is New Year’s Resolutions. So many people need to stop going to the gym, I have no where to park! They also need to fix the air filter at the pool, I seriously am having breathing trouble. This month needs to end soon. At least mercury will be back to normal...
January 15th, Please
This explains a lot about my life recently: http://astrology.about.com/od/advancedastrology/p/MercuryRetro.htm. I’m not normally one to believe in astrology and mythical stuff but this is too close to not be true. My oven is fixed, now we just need a fridge. I hope this doesn’t bode badly for college…luckily they won’t make their decisions until AFTER the 15th.
A New Perspective
It’s amazing how many things we take for granted in our lives. In my own: a washing machine, a fridge and physically able parents. Recently, all of these things have gone bad. First the washing machine, which we replaced a couple of weeks ago, now the fridge. We have all our food in coolers and at neighbor’s houses. I imagine it’s a good way to lose weight because I am not eating...
December 2009
12 posts
Airplane ride from hell
Get ready for a long post. I’ve had some pretty bad airplane trips. When we came back from New Zealand, I took a heavy sleeping pill but it didn’t work and I sat and stared for 14 hours. But I have to say, last night’s ride pretty much topped off the worst of the worst. We get on the plane and there are a couple of white trash ladies sitting with their kids behind us. Before the...
It should be a white Christmas
It’s winter break and I’m writing college essays in Colorado. The ground is covered in snow and it’s still coming down. Yet, I’m inside, writing about diversity. This is one of the hardest college essays yet. I want to go to this college so badly that this essay has to be perfect. But how can I perfect it when I would rather be out frolicking in the snow? I can feel a snow...
My dryer likes to sing when it's done. And shrink...
Next to nothing
College and scholarship apps are so draining. I can never think of what to say and my thoughts always sound worse on paper. Essay after essay after essay. I’m done. I don’t want to write anymore essays that determine the next 4 years of my life!! Oh wait, I hear another application calling me name. I’ll end this pointless essay and start another. Yippee.
Personal trainers make crazy workouts
Today at swim practice this little girl heard my name and then got really excited. She said, “Oh, you’re the one my brother always talks about.” My coaches laughed and I tried to change the subject. It was so awkward and hilarious. Little siblings are annoying in general. Especially mine, though. She told me about her day today and how they had a dance at school. Apparently one...
A freshly washed, crisp $10 bill. I'm glad it...
Think for yourself
My loving sister wants my bike for Christmas. My bike! Granted, I do have two bikes, but I got them at a garage sale for really cheap and they have gone through a lot with me. One of them is a mountain bike and one is a street bike. I am not giving one to her so she can bike to the mall or go around blasting Lady Gaga. Oh wait! Maybe if I give her 100-200 songs from my Itunes, like she requested,...
Louder please?
Screaming has become a common background noise in my house. 12 year old girls certainly have loud, screechy voices. I think I have lost a couple decibels of hearing over the past couple of months. I really wish people had volume controls. I would put my sister permanently on “mute.”
Brrrrr.
I have never seen such a windstorm before. 5 degrees outside, with a -20 degree wind chill and horzontal winds. People’s wiper blades were scattered all over the parking lot and people were literally getting blown a couple of feet. There was snow inside our room from the storm during the night. It was a definite no-ski day. Now I am exhausted and cold. So much for a relaxing weekend. Maybe...
Chlorinated
It’s swim season, which means that I reek of chlorine. There’s no escaping it. It follows me everywhere like an annoying sibling. It’s not so much that I notice it, but that others comment on it. I’m sorry, I can’t help it!
Some days are just not good days. Today is one of those days. It’s a Monday and it has been pretty bad. Nothing extreme has happened, I have just been in a bad mood all day. Every little thing is annoying me. I blame it on you, Monday.
November 2009
9 posts
Cheery
Cheerios are amazing. mmmmm.
What a Relief
Whew. Three down, a few more still to go. College applications are ridiculously stressful. And the Common App, I have never seen anything more confusing and time consuming in my life! Hitting the “submit” button was a scary moment. But, now my Common App is done! Yippee!
Ella me molesta
If this goes on for much longer, I am going to hate all outdoor school songs. I love outdoor school songs, but not when my sister sings them. She completely ruins them for me and will not stop singing. Get me out of here and take me back!
Rain, Rain, Stay Today
Some days I hate rain. Other days I love it. Today I’m loving it. It is the perfect weather for attacking a looming pile of homework and college applications. Maybe I will finally clean out that stack.
An Astronaut and a Mom
“Cheetah” is the cutest boy I have ever met. He likes to wear his sister’s clothes, including pink shirts and skirts, and loves playing with barbies and groovy girls. And his dream job? “I want to be a mom!” Oh how I love kids. They are hilarious.
The Life of a Dear Friend
This is for my little drama queen.
In a galaxy far far away, there were two planets, Mars and Jupiter. They didn’t get along at first and Mars was being a typical male planet. He moved closer to Mercury, forgetting about Jupiter. But it was only for one night. That night, while torturous for Jupiter, was enough for Mars to realize how super awesome Jupiter was. He looked at her blueness...
How much longer?
What could be better than eating curry for dinner in front of the TV and watching Freaks and Geeks? I am addicted to that show and its greatness. Afterwards, listening to Iron and Wine and attempting to do homework (not so much). Senioritis has hit, my friends. Wait! Who is this news to? I wanted out of high school as a Freshman. But somehow, I have survived these four torturous years. I’m...
The Other Side
Today is the beginning of a week of true peace and quiet. As I watched my sister board the bus to Outdoor School with her classmates, I couldn’t help but smile. Yes, I might miss her this week, but I won’t miss the noise or fights. We are both going to have fantastic weeks. It was weird being on the other side of the spectrum. I was a family member helping load my 6th grader’s...
October 2009
4 posts
A little peace and riot
Little siblings are ridiculous. One minute they are happy, the next they are crying and then screaming at you. Every day they cry; they got hurt in soccer, can’t play the flute because of their braces, or because life is sooo incredibly hard. It’s neverending. I never need to go to a play because I have enough drama in my own house. Next week I will have some real peace and quiet...
1+2=3
Why is calculus so difficult? I wish I was back in beginning math, working with addition and easy algebra problems. Better yet, I wish I had a teacher that would TEACH. I could probably understand the confusing workings of calculus if I knew what I was doing…just a thought. Calculus is the bane of my existence at the moment.
“If you fight terror it’s based on fear, if you promote peace it’s...”
A Place in The Woods
There is nothing like Outdoor School. There is nothing like Namanu. Every time I go, it is different and magical. It all goes by too fast. This week was a hard one and not my best, but still amazing. I have never been out with so many people I know. There were 5 people from my school and I knew 3 others from previous weeks. I started off the week super stressed out from school and stupid...