Spring Forward (Day 189)

We missed church today because my mom forgot about the spring forward thingy, which was totally fine with me. I got to sleep in for an extra hour today before I had to get up, do laundry, strip my bed, start homework, and catch up on my week of blogs. I seem to have the same routine every Sunday, but that is okay with me because I always feel great Monday morning when everything is ready. I am on this last blog and it is 4:45 which is good because it is still kind of early. Hopefully, I can get i-tunes tonight as a prize for doing all of the work. I’m watching The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog because there is NOTHING else on. That’s the only problem with Sundays…I have to watch like Rescue Heroes and such on the Qubo channel. But I really like when The Magic School Bus comes on. And we get an extra hour of daylight J

Hibachi grill (Day 188)

I had to pick up the yard, take out the trash, do laundry, and vacuum today before I could go to Hibachi grill with Mr. Hemler, his son Chris, Kalyn, Zakira, Jervonne, Mr. Hammer and his wife, Michael, other Chris, and Deon. It was a lot of fun because we got to see everyone the last time before we all go off to college and Mr. Hemler has to find a whole bunch of new aides for the bowling team. I would totally do that if I wasn’t graduating. It was a really fun 4 years and it went by really fast. Freshman year it was just me, Angela, and Jervonne and the CLS kids, and then Angela left and Kalyn and Zakira came. And this year, we had Christina and Brooke which was cool. We were all seniors except for Aaron who will be all alone for the next 2 years. J

Kennedy's house (Day 187)

So after tennis today, I went to Kennedy’s house and then went to dinner with her family. It was fun because he two little brothers, Isaac and Thomas would annoy her and she would get mad and yell at them. I think that’s funny because I do not have any brother and it was funny to see someone other than Nick bug her. I got to meet her Aunt Jane, and spent more time with her mom and dad and brothers. We talked about AVID and Prom and life…it was fun. It was fun hanging out with someone’s family other than mine because mine can be really boring sometimes and my sister never really visits unless it is some kind of holiday or special occasion.

Dona...(Day 186)

“Defeat may test you; it need not stop you.” Dona you are the reason that many of us have remained in AVID. You are AVID. You represent everything good at New Town and it would be the end of AVID if you walked out. You said that you lost your desire to teach, but your students have not lost their desire to learn from you. The person that stole from you made a mistake and I am assuming didn’t know you very well. You are an amazing person and every single person in AVID 12 and your other classes love you. We have basically grown up together with you and we know you could never truly walk away from AVID, no matter how bad you feel. My parents used to tell me in my worst days, “I love you no matter what.” And “Keep moving forward.” Our challenges are what define us and no matter how bad it seems at the time, you will keep going because you are strong and have the support of your AVID family behind you. “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

McDaniel and Salisbury! (Day 185)

Scholarships are really hard to find…just saying. I have spent every time I have had on the computer looking for scholarships, but none of them are available to me. I have to be majoring in engineering or have some super financial need. And it’s bad because I don’t qualify for any financial need because my parents make money, but aren’t paying for any of my college. And of course, schools aren’t giving me any money. The only school so far that has offered me any money is $2000 a year from Salisbury and a onetime $3000 from Drexel + $1000 for doing the FAFSA before the deadine. Ugh. College is really complicated and I really don’t know where I want to go anymore. But I got into McDaniel :)

And it begins...(Day 184)

I am feeling like this tennis season is going to be really good but also really challenging. The boys side is looking really good with the new kids like Nick and Jason and Khalil, but the girls side seems a little lacking. I had to explain the rules of tennis to a freshman the other day and she questioned absolutely EVERYTHING. And then didn’t understand. For example, I explained the lines in reference to the rules and she was like, “if I play singles can I use the double line?” so I said no because the DOUBLE line is for DOUBLES players and the SINGLE line is for SINGLES players. And then she was like, “well I think I am going to play singles and use the doubles line.” To which I responded, “that would get you kicked out of the game and I don’t think you will be playing singles because the people from last year already have those spots.” And then she was like, “no, that spot is mine.” And I left her alone because firstly, there are 2 single spots and she doesn’t know that and secondly, she isn’t getting them-they belong to me and Kim.

Banks (Day 183)

We talked a lot about banks today. Like in E.P.I, we compared the different types of banks and financial institutions. The 5 are Brokerage firms, Credit Unions, Insurance Institutions, Savings and Loan, and Savings. Then for homework we have to go deeper into one of the ones on the list and write down benefits and interest rates and if they have fees…etc. I will most likely choose the Credit Union because I am part of one thanks to my parents and I think that would be easier to find information on. Since not everyone gets in, I think they have more benefits for their members.