Make-up (Day 174)

I have spent the day making up the work for this weekend and catching up on blogs. My room is actually clean for a change and you can even see the floor. *Smug face* So ha. It looks really good if you don’t look at my shelves. But I won’t take picture of that. So it looks clean to everyone who doesn’t read this blog. Nobody really does anyway, so nobody will ever know. Which is fine with me. J So I found out my mom was hoarding my mail. Only not really. Just not giving it to me (which I guess is hoarding) as a privilege when I finish all of my work. Which I have almost done. Today was a good day and I actually did all of my work including my tedious Calculus homework and notecards…

Driving (Day 173)

I spent like 5 hours today driving. L I mean it was fun at first but then it just got really boring and tedious. I had a driving lesson from 3:30-5:30 so I actually had to practice today. Which meant I had to chauffer my mom to whatever errands she decided she needed. And Saturdays are usually errand days. But I felt really prepared for my lesson. The guy was a bit strange though. He kept laughing when I made a mistake or when he criticized something like he thought it was funny. Needless to say I didn’t. And at one point he made me park while he went into Starbucks to get coffee. And left me in the car L but said, “Don’t touch your phone.” I was like umm…ok? Bye? But after that, he was more normal and I actually learned something from him which is good.

College (Day 172)

I’m feeling really good right now. I mean its senior year and I have gotten into 4 colleges (Towson, UMBC, Drexel, and Salisbury). And I am really close to getting my license. I mean I still have to worry about scholarships and a summer job and the AP tests in May. But I am more than halfway through my senior year and college just seems so close. I am really excited to leave high school but I know that it will also be really sad because I really love the people at New Town. Well not exactly all of them, but I love all of my friends and most of my teachers. I have been really lucky with the teachers and people I have met and the things I have been able to do and be a part of. It has really made me into a successful persona and hopefully will serve me well at whatever college I go to. Eek…now I have to decided what college I want to go to and what I want to do…ugh.

100 (Day 171)

100. That’s a pretty large number. Try finding 100 pieces of information on books you haven’t read in quite awhile. That is where I am right now. I have 60 notecards and I need 40 more. That’s a lot, even for me. I love reading. I do. But I don’t like analyzing things because I think that when you analyze a book, you lose the real purpose of the book. Books, I don’t think are meant to be over analyzed. Sometimes authors write a book because it is about their life or it shows their opinions about something. When you over analyze it, the book loses its real meaning. Take “The Stranger” or “Waiting For Godot” for example. These books have no real analysis because there is no real analysis. I think they were created simply to entertain. That is the real reason for these books. I just saved thousands of kids time. You’re welcome.

AVID PARTNER! (Day 170)

I love my AVID partner!! Yay Yemi!! J We have actually been helping each other and it’s definitely helped my grade. I now have a B in Calculus as opposed to the C that I had last quarter. I feel like if we keep working that we can both get As and then pass the test in May. I think we make a great team because we have a lot of the same classes, have the same work ethic, and we both are in the same house. I also learned during the Caesar Flickerman interview that we have some of the same interests. And we both love The Hunger Games! It’s pretty cool that Carney and Dona were able to pair us up and somehow know more about us than we know about ourselves. I feel like I know every single person in AVID but not as well as I thought I did. I think it was a really fun experiment and it will definitely help me out. I hope I help you too, Yemi.

House meeting (Day 169)

We had a house meeting today and it was really LAME. Legit. There were maybe 15 kids who actually showed up and we had to meet in the hallway. The HALLWAY. Not even in a quiet part, but right in front of the library. We are still in third place and I keep telling the kids that we really need to start earning points and stop losing them for dumb stuff, but the students who always lose the points rarely come to the meetings. And several seniors never come either. I get that its early, but its homeroom and you have a pass! Some kids are like, “well I lost my pass.” Hmmm…sure seems like a personal problem. Maybe you should come and talk to me! Ugh…I am not that scary and I always talk to everyone and I’m really nice. So if you have a problem, come talk to me and maybe we can fix it and move into at least second place! COME TALK TO ME PLEASE!

Yay Free DAY!!! I have absolutely nothing to do today. Except scholarships…and an application to work at either Grove Point or Conowingo Camp. My choice would be Conowingo except they are doing a purging of counselors and starting over. That most likely means I will not be getting a job there because they don’t need interns. I beg to differ. Camp was always the one place I could be myself and get away from all of the negativity of the real world. I was with counselors that were not afraid to embarrass themselves and sing at the top of their lungs or make another child feel better. I always wanted to be that counselor who brought the magic of camp into the light for some unknowing child and I thought I could do that but the Vice President of GSCM isn’t too fond of me. The last year of training to be a wrangler, we saw her for what she really was and she didn’t like that we were running camp. She decided it was time to change traditions and make new ones, even though Conowingo has been running on traditions since it was founded in 1989. I believe I should be given a chance to work at camp because I know the traditions and I know most of the girls who come and they know and trust me. Camp was the place where I grew into who I am today and I want to be there to help another young girl find herself, whether the staff like me or not.