Summery Goodness

I'm planning on finally starting to get back into writing more now that the long anticipated lazy months of summer have arrived.

So... how did I spend my first day of summer break? Doing nothing, of course! There's no better way to celebrate the end of a year marked by painstaking hard work then by spending half of the day sleeping and the other half of the day relaxing (yes, there is a big difference). Anyway, I'm looking forward to doing a lot of things outdoors this summer. It would be nice if this weather would improve a little bit. This perpetual cloudiness just isn't cutting it.

I haven't been blogging much about any significant events of my life, and I certainly don't feel like doing a major recap on the things that have taken place in the last few weeks. So, I suppose I'll just keep the memories to myself.

Graudation is coming up very soon. I'm very excited (and sad) for school to be officially over.

Expect to hear (or read) a lot from me this summer. I'm going to get very bored very quickly.

P-P-P-Poker Face

(they should change the title of the song to puppy face)

So, my sister came up to visit last weekend. She taught me how to play poker which was kind of fun even though I suck at it and I'm sure if I ever played for money I would be left without a penny to my name. Anyway, it reminded me of one of my favorite pictures of my puppy! Enjoy.

(5 more days left!!!!!)

A Night to Remember

Hello there!

I have an English term paper due tomorrow so I think I'll blog as an excuse to put off writing it.

Last Friday was prom and I can honestly say I enjoyed myself. In the days leading up to the event I had a sort of "lets just get it over with" attitude, but I actually ended up having a good time. The only thing that bothered me the whole night was that Nora and I kept being harassed by everyone we knew to dance more. I figured our friends would be proud that we even got on the dance floor, but, apparently not.

Anyway, going to prom reminded me that my days left at Middletown High School are very limited. I wish I could just enjoy the rest of my senior year, but since my teachers choose to keep giving me pointless work, that's not going to happen.

Grin and Bear it

I had a somewhat interesting week.

After APs were over, it was time for the NHS induction/graduation thing. It was a lot quicker than last year and I actually almost enjoyed it. One of my invited inspiring teachers gave me a 25$ gift card to borders which I thought to be a lovely gesture. I also got to see Mrs. Mac again! She was my 6th grade English teacher and she was probably one of the only nice people I encountered throughout those horrifying years of middle school. I was worried that she wouldn't remember me, but her enthusiasm suggested otherwise.

The dessert that they served afterwards was very excellent (especially the cream puffs). While I was rushing over to snatch me some eats, Claudia tried to hi-five me but hit me right in the nose. Being the fragile child that I am, my nose immediately started gushing out blood. Luckily, Alexis was there to help, and she seemed to know exactly how to handle the situation.

Yesterday, while I was working at Panera, I encountered the meanest customer I've had in the 5 months I've had this terrible job. She was rude, she kept complaining and yelling, and she even went as far as to insult me. I'm sorry, but if I'm being nice to you, you better be nice to me. Of course, I just had to smile at her, hand her the bagel, and tell her to have a nice day. I wish I had just a little bit more nerve. If I did, I would have jumped over that counter and shown her who's boss. Unfortunately, college is very expensive, and I need this job over the summer so I can save up my money.

Double Trouble

So I took the AP Biology and Physics Exams today. 8 hours of standardized testing. It was a very mentally exhausting day.

I felt kind of uncomfortable being in a little office all by myself taking the bio test with Ms. Degra watching me in a hawk-like manner. She kept saying things that made me feel slow like "fill in the name of the school. You go to Middletown High School. Make sure you write Middletown High School." I think anyone taking an advanced placement test knows the name of the school they go to and how to color in ovals. It also didn't help that she started eating at one point during the exam, either. There was only a desk separating her and myself, so I could hear her chewing which was just about enough to make me want to take my own life.

Anyway, now that those 2 AP tests are over, Physics and Bio should pretty much be free periods. I'm glad that my life is finally beginning to become less stressful as we approach the months of summer.

Heat Wave

Today was an absolute perfect day to lye around the house and do nothing at all. I woke up at about 10 AM, took a cool shower, and immediately went outside on my deck to avoid wasting a second of the gorgeous weather.

I felt very in tune with my environment today. My neighbor plucking a very peaceful tune on his mandolin was the perfect background noise to read a good book in. While I read in the shade, I enjoyed a glass of iced green tea while my puppy-panting feverishly at the intense heat-sat on my lap. I felt very guilty that I hadn't gone to church when I heard the bells chime, but it almost seemed like more of a sin to sit in a stuffy building on such a glorious day.

I did get some things accomplished: I went to the coin drop for the national honor society and then went to work. (I love to see everything in bloom)

I still think the highlight of my day was the time I set aside to be lazy and lounge about.

Bursting in Bloom, All the Flowers Assume...

the nice weather is finally back! Stress has been getting the best of me lately, so perhaps tomorrow I'll go out in the near 90 degree weather and try to relax and renew.

Not many interesting things happened this week. At my job (which at this point I absolutely can't stand) I burnt some cinnamon rolls because I forgot to take them out of the oven. What a surprise? I'm always screwing things up. So, I got yelled at again by the new bitch manager, Melanie. If I can find another job, I'll be saying sayonara to panera. Before I leave, I'll tell Melanie where she can put that French Baguette.

There was a crow with a broken wing walking around our yard. We couldn't let scrappy outside because we were worried that she would try to attack the crow but the crow would probably attack her. All of his crow friends were circling around him, probably calling "Hey! What are you doing down there?? Come on!" (in bird language). We have a net in the garage and my mom told me to go get the net and get rid of it. I don't know what she expected me to do with a net, but I was certainly not prepared to try and catch a crow in one. So, when my dad got home he chased it out of the yard with a rake like farmer joe. I feel kind of bad for that crow, but they're kind of evilish looking birds.