There are so many things that are annoying around the holidays, but I'll only name a few recent ones. A big thing that I'm sure almost everyone would agree with, driving in snow is a pain in the butt! I've fish-tailed, skidded, got stuck, and just plain sick of scraping snow/ice off my windows. Now you ask if when I'm old enough to move out if I'm going to move out of the snowy-winter states, well no because I like the change of seasons. It sort of doesn't make sense but that is alright.
Another recent annoyance is at the Library. Certain patrons feel the need to come into the library and try to fool us with their lies because they did something wrong and wont admit to it. In one instance a patron brought in a book that was two years overdue that had a broken hardcover. We had told them that we wont accept it because it is broken. They persisted that two years ago we had checked it out to them like that, which we wouldn't have since it was in that bad of a condition. In a result they got all mad and hadn't talked very nice to us thus getting themselves banned from using the Library until they make a settlement.
Also another patron came in and owed some money for a DVD that was overdue. If you're late on a DVD it is $1/per day. Well they paid for the charge but wondered when the DVD was due because they said they brought it back on time and that they wanted a receipt. Well I had already cleared it because they paid for it and so I had no way of looking up when they brought it back. So I told them that and they were like, "So there is no way for you to look it up?" well..that is what I had JUST said.. they were like well other libraries can do it. Ok well we aren't other libraries thanks...if you want to compare us to other libraries in a negative way then why don't you just go to the other libraries. So I gave them a receipt and they stood there like they wanted their money back. Obviously they didn't bring the DVD back on time because we also give a one days grace so it would have to of been overdue for four days in order to have charged $3. Ended up just giving them money back when they insisted that they didn't care about paying the fine, well obviously they did because they went to the full extent to explain that they work a low paying minimum wage job. By then I about had it with their stupid why this why that and didn't really care. It isn't my fault that they work a low paying job. So they took back $2 and gave us $1, you know a whole $2 makes a difference.
Oh then another time I was checking On Order slips for Brian and I had just checked the book drop and got a couple books that people had put on hold. Well there was a slip for a book that I had just got a hold for and so I told Brian. He said that the person seen the book that I had in my hand and didn't want it because it was a 3-in-1 book, that they wanted just the stand-alone version. My first thought was well if you want the stand-alone book go buy it your fricken self. There is no reason to buy a stand-alone book when we have a 3-in-1 book with the next two books in the series. And if you don't want to read the next two books in the series then just read the one and return it, simple as that. The stand-alone book was $17.50, which that money could be put towards buying other books in that series instead of wasting it on another copy of a book we already have. It is so aggrivating how people are so stupid towards things like that.
Mood: Annoyed
Reading: Eldest - Almost done!!!
Listening To: Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Wishing For: Snow Day Tomorrow
Another recent annoyance is at the Library. Certain patrons feel the need to come into the library and try to fool us with their lies because they did something wrong and wont admit to it. In one instance a patron brought in a book that was two years overdue that had a broken hardcover. We had told them that we wont accept it because it is broken. They persisted that two years ago we had checked it out to them like that, which we wouldn't have since it was in that bad of a condition. In a result they got all mad and hadn't talked very nice to us thus getting themselves banned from using the Library until they make a settlement.
Also another patron came in and owed some money for a DVD that was overdue. If you're late on a DVD it is $1/per day. Well they paid for the charge but wondered when the DVD was due because they said they brought it back on time and that they wanted a receipt. Well I had already cleared it because they paid for it and so I had no way of looking up when they brought it back. So I told them that and they were like, "So there is no way for you to look it up?" well..that is what I had JUST said.. they were like well other libraries can do it. Ok well we aren't other libraries thanks...if you want to compare us to other libraries in a negative way then why don't you just go to the other libraries. So I gave them a receipt and they stood there like they wanted their money back. Obviously they didn't bring the DVD back on time because we also give a one days grace so it would have to of been overdue for four days in order to have charged $3. Ended up just giving them money back when they insisted that they didn't care about paying the fine, well obviously they did because they went to the full extent to explain that they work a low paying minimum wage job. By then I about had it with their stupid why this why that and didn't really care. It isn't my fault that they work a low paying job. So they took back $2 and gave us $1, you know a whole $2 makes a difference.
Oh then another time I was checking On Order slips for Brian and I had just checked the book drop and got a couple books that people had put on hold. Well there was a slip for a book that I had just got a hold for and so I told Brian. He said that the person seen the book that I had in my hand and didn't want it because it was a 3-in-1 book, that they wanted just the stand-alone version. My first thought was well if you want the stand-alone book go buy it your fricken self. There is no reason to buy a stand-alone book when we have a 3-in-1 book with the next two books in the series. And if you don't want to read the next two books in the series then just read the one and return it, simple as that. The stand-alone book was $17.50, which that money could be put towards buying other books in that series instead of wasting it on another copy of a book we already have. It is so aggrivating how people are so stupid towards things like that.
Mood: Annoyed
Reading: Eldest - Almost done!!!
Listening To: Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Wishing For: Snow Day Tomorrow
Today I was on my way to school and I was going my normal way I go to school really slow because of all the snow.. well I got to one of the stops that is sort of on a incline and there were cars coming but they were a ways away. So I tried to go but I was going super slow so I decided to wait. Well a truck pulled up behind me and I was like well ok..so the cars passed and I took my foot off the brake.. well I started sliding backwards! and I was like oh my gosh!!! So I put the brake back on.. then looked to see if I put my car in reverse, but I didn't.. was like hmm ok. I quickly tried to go forward again but I was stuck and wouldn't move so I tried moving my wheel around to see if I could get some traction or something. Meanwhile there was this kid wanting to cross the street ahead of me I'm like crap I hope he doesn't cross because my foot was pretty much down the floor on the gas (not really because that would be super dangerous but it was way down lol). But if I got traction and go 60mph I'm going to hit him and he'll die >.<..the guy behind me was probably like what a retard!!! haha...
Today I had to work which was alright, I worked with Tina. It was her birthday and so we got some cheesecake, yumm! After work Mom and I got ready to go to the City of Alma Christmas party at the Elks Lodge. We talked for a little then left. It was funny because going into the place we were right behind Lorrie and Rod. Was like hey guys!! We signed in and I got this little bad that can keep stuff warm or cold, its nice. We found a table to sit at and so it was just the four of us. Later Carl (Tech guy at library) came and sat down with us along with another elderly couple. Apparenltly they knew my Grandpa. Meredith was suppose to come to the party, she said she's been wanting to go since she was little. We seen her Mom and she told us that Meredith wasn't coming because they couldn't stay with her. Lorrie and I was like well we're here o.O.. so she didn't come. We got some snacks that they had out like a cheese and cracker tray and then veggies and dip. They started to dismiss tables for dinner and we thought we were going to be last even though we were right by the tables lol. Eventually we got to go stand in line and got our food. There was swiss steak, chicken, mashed potatoes, rolls, and cake. I looooved the mashed potatoes, it was nice because we got to serve ourselves. I got some really yummy chocolate cake. The guy who knows my Grandpa went and got me another piece even though I said not to, haha was just like ugh ok >.< 50 ="P.">
Last week on Monday the 10th it was a pretty cool day. For our Chemistry final exam we had to go over to the Elementary school and do a presentation to the little kids about the Scientific Method. Jessica is in Mrs. Kolb's classroom and that is the one Briana and I went to. The kids loved us, we brought flash paper over and bomb bags. Did a few of those first and then lit some elements on fire to see what color they burned. I used the overhead to put down how many kids thought what element was going to burn what color and so on. Took us about 35-40 minutes? Mrs. Arnold was kind of pressing us for time but Mrs. Kolb didn't mind =]. It was kind of nerve racking but Mrs. Kolb helped keep the kids under control and it was overall fun. I'm totally glad it is done and over with though!!
I know I've said this before but Amanda is coming for Thanksgiving and I'm excited. Twilight is coming out tomorrow night at midnight but I'm not going to see it then. Going to wait until Amanda comes here =D. The plans that Mom told me was that they're coming up Thanksgiving Day around 11 a.m. and that they were going to go home on Saturday. Suuuucks! But Manda convinced Aunt Debbie to let her drive up following her and stay until Sunday, yay!!!!! It's one more day but still! I can't wait =].
Last night I stumbled upon my old journal that I wrote before I started this blog and it was fun reading some of the things I wrote about. Maybe sometime I'll put an entry on here from it or something!~
I know I've said this before but Amanda is coming for Thanksgiving and I'm excited. Twilight is coming out tomorrow night at midnight but I'm not going to see it then. Going to wait until Amanda comes here =D. The plans that Mom told me was that they're coming up Thanksgiving Day around 11 a.m. and that they were going to go home on Saturday. Suuuucks! But Manda convinced Aunt Debbie to let her drive up following her and stay until Sunday, yay!!!!! It's one more day but still! I can't wait =].
Last night I stumbled upon my old journal that I wrote before I started this blog and it was fun reading some of the things I wrote about. Maybe sometime I'll put an entry on here from it or something!~
Wooot today was Election Day =D!!! I went to school dressed in red white and blue, it was cool. We had mock elections also at school to where everyone could vote. Turns out that Barack Obama won for president at school and Nancy Gallagher (Meredith's Mom) won for district judge! I went to work and decided to park further out that way people that came to vote wouldn't park next to me and ding my car up. It was hilarious, Kyle lost a bet with one of our patrons, who is a State fan, that Michigan would beat State. So as a result Kyle had to wear a Michigan State shirt all day while he worked. Every time someone that liked state that knew Kyle hated state they would tease him about it and he would turn bright red!! Later Brian came out and asked if I knew what was going on down by the river because there was a policeman walking around down there and there was kind of a group of bystanders watching from the sidewalk. I said I had no clue and just kept working. Well around 6:20p.m. I was working on typing up slips for Brian when a cop came in. I first thought that he just wanted to ask questions and see if we seen anything or whatever. He asked me if I knew so and so, which was my Mom!!! First thought that came to my mind was, what happened to her?! or is it Ryan?!..so I was like yeah that's my Mom. He was like,"OK, so you drive the car?" I'm like yeah its mine. He's like,"Well unfortunately someone backed up into it". I was like...oh..my..gosh! Of course I ask is it bad and he says yeah its bad. Images fly through my head of it being a total wreck and you know being un-drivable which made me all upset and I think I made him feel bad because he obviously picked the wrong answer, lol. Lorrie came out and was listening to what was going on and when I got all upset she was like it'll be OK Meggie!! aww Lorrie ^^! I went and got my license so he could look at it and went outside to go see the damage. As we were walking out to my car I calmed down a little and he goes,"hmm I know your brother, Ryan (from seeing my last name). I've had a few encounters with him". I'm like," Oh gosh yeah, haha. I'm nothing like him!" That made us both laugh. Went out there expecting something way worse that it really was. All that was damaged was there was a dent in my bumper that is really deep and about 3 inches in diameter, eep. Then my trunk lid has a big dent all the way across it and scraps all on my fender with chipped paint and dents. He had just missed my tail lights thank goodness. I'm going to take some pictures of it so I might post them lol. He asked what insurance company I have and I said Progressive I think but wasn't sure. Had to go back in and get my keys so I could open my car (would of been logical to do that in the first place but meh). He checked it all out and said that I'm good and that I can pick up a police report tomorrow. Said thanks (hope I did at least!) and went back inside where I debated on calling Mom. I didn't want to get upset again so I decided not to. The rest of the night was pretty quiet from then on and went by relatively fast. Drove my poor wounded baby home and parked her in the driveway. Went in and walked in their bedroom where I go,"So did they call you yet?" they're like uh...who? "the cops" no? "well...someone backed up into my car and damaged my bumper/trunk..." I got all upset again and it sucked! I mean it could of been way worse, but being this is my most expensive thing I own (bank owns it really but you know what I mean), having it damaged when I've only had it not even 4 months. I told them the story and everything and then Mom wanted to come out and see it. She looked it over and said it'll probably all have to be replaced. The police know who hit my car because from what the cop told me the guy felt really bad and called in. I guess what happened was that he was using his company's vehicle and it had a trailer on it, he was backing up and just saw the empty spots on either side of me and just backed right up hitting me! Hopefully the guys company will pay for it or his insurance. My poor car!!!! =[...
As for who won the presidency, Barack Obama and for who won the district judge, Stewart MacDonald. Not so big on Barack but we'll see what he has to offer. I'm glad that Stewart got it but also I feel really bad because that was Meredith's Mom and her whole family worked hard to campaign and everything.
As for who won the presidency, Barack Obama and for who won the district judge, Stewart MacDonald. Not so big on Barack but we'll see what he has to offer. I'm glad that Stewart got it but also I feel really bad because that was Meredith's Mom and her whole family worked hard to campaign and everything.
Boooo, Happy Halloween!!!! Haha, originally Amanda and Becca were going to come here for but they wanted to stay there, which I understand. Sucked though because I wanted to hang out with someone or do something at least. It was nice though because we had it off of school due to end of the marking period, can you believe it? 1/4 of our senior year done with! I didn't have to work which was nice. Ryan and Keisha brought Spencer over at like 2:45 p.m. and wanted me to watch him for 15 minutes. Well Guildwars was having their Halloween event and it started at 3, I said yeah but that I wanted them to be back so I could do my event. Well Ryan had to do some stuff so they didn't leave until 5 minutes till 3 argh! Spencer was outside and they had just fed him, great. I asked when he was going to poop and they said it took awhile for him to go. I hurried inside after they left and brought him with me well he wanted to go back downstairs so I went after him and brought him back up sitting him down on this towel and telling him to stay. I got on Guildwars and got everything set, well just as I did he got up and ran over by my door and proceeded to take a poop on my carpet. Omg I was so pissed, but not so much at Spencer because he was giving me signals that he had to go poop but I mean common! I bring him up to my room for like 3 minutes and he has to take a dump? ugh! So I don't know what to do and I take him back downstairs. Luckily Keisha left me his leash so I tied him up outside because they didn't leave me anything else and I had to go clean dog poop off my floor, which smelled lovely by the way. Once I disposed of the poop and cleaned the floor on and around it I noticed that he had peed on the towel I set him on too, I was so not happy. I cleaned that all up then went back out and took him for a walk down the alley in the back of our yard. He met two other dogs but didn't get the chance to sniff each others butts because they were playing fetch with their owner. We turned around and raced home where Jessica and Josh greeted him. I was fed up with him because of him pooping/peeing on my floor made me mad, even though it wasn't his fault really. 40 Minutes later Ryan and Keisha return with Mike, I was still kind of mad because I had been wanting to take a shower and get myself ready for Halloween. I wasn't planning on dressing up but I at least wanted to look decent. Went and took a shower then got ready and everything, wolfed down my burger with fries and was ready to go. Ryan and them took off in their car to who knows where, I didn't want to sit there and pass out candy by myself again like I did last year. Was kind of bummed and Mom asked if I was alright, said yeah like normal even though I wasn't. Just always disappointed whenever a holiday comes because somehow it gets ruined. I went upstairs and decided to wear my Homecoming dress that I had. I looked really good, haha! Mom stayed and passed out candy, I helped her too. Keisha's friend came and went with them to go out again. They went around the block I guess taking Spencer with them. When they came back they wanted Me to watch him because he was getting really wound up and stuff. Pissed me off again because I asked just where they were going and Mike replies,"does it matter?" It's like well obviously it does because I asked where you were going just out of curiosity. I'm not your servant to do as you command. I wasn't going to watch him because we were leaving to go to Grandma and Grandpa's. They tied him up in the backyard and that was that lol! The night was alright, I love dressing up but I wish I could of hung out with someone!
The rest of the weekend was like of just blah. I worked Saturday with Brian and got McDonald's hehe =]. It was interesting because he worked Friday also and I guess some kids who are banned from using the library came in and decided to take a dump on the Men's Bathroom floor/toilet. I have no clue exactly but just what Brian had said a patron said it sounded pretty gross. Some guy from the City came in and cleaned it all up, yay! I'm still reading Eldest, it's going to take me awhile because I haven't been reading as much. I can't wait for Twilight to come out, so pumped! I don't think there's anything else o.O~
The rest of the weekend was like of just blah. I worked Saturday with Brian and got McDonald's hehe =]. It was interesting because he worked Friday also and I guess some kids who are banned from using the library came in and decided to take a dump on the Men's Bathroom floor/toilet. I have no clue exactly but just what Brian had said a patron said it sounded pretty gross. Some guy from the City came in and cleaned it all up, yay! I'm still reading Eldest, it's going to take me awhile because I haven't been reading as much. I can't wait for Twilight to come out, so pumped! I don't think there's anything else o.O~
So my Mom asked me if I would want to go down to Indiana with her to go see of some of her old co-workers and friends. Of course I want to go! But not only is that sweet we can go shopping and Jessica wont be coming with us. Call me a mean sister I don't care, Jessica and I just don't get along for long periods of time. Maybe once she gets over her 'I'm a little Princess and can do whatever I want' attitude then maybe we can bond better, until then no. But the whole reason behind going to Indiana besides to see friends and whatever is to go see one of Mom's co-workers, Anna dell. Anna dell worked with Mom for along time and apparently she is dieing of liver cancer. I feel so bad for her and Mom. Other than the sad moments it should be overall fun just taking a road trip with Mom, just us two alone.
School is going alright, Got information on cap and gowns today, what fun(boring). I made a pimp-butt brochure for Chemistry class for the PRMP project, I love it. Studio art has gotten boring because I have no inspiration like what so ever. Advanced IT is majorly boring, this whole week we did nothing. I mean it is completely lame she is making us do HTML. Honestly why do I care? I dont. I rather do Photoshop but nooooooo we did that in Intro IT(our class didn't), pisses me off.
In other news... I can finally eat hard foods now, yay!! I stopped using the rinse and stuff but lately my mouth has been hurting a little so I'm not sure if I should start rising again. I'm totally excited because The Twilight Movie is coming out on the 21st!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that I can go see it if they have a midnight viewing =].
School is going alright, Got information on cap and gowns today, what fun(boring). I made a pimp-butt brochure for Chemistry class for the PRMP project, I love it. Studio art has gotten boring because I have no inspiration like what so ever. Advanced IT is majorly boring, this whole week we did nothing. I mean it is completely lame she is making us do HTML. Honestly why do I care? I dont. I rather do Photoshop but nooooooo we did that in Intro IT(our class didn't), pisses me off.
In other news... I can finally eat hard foods now, yay!! I stopped using the rinse and stuff but lately my mouth has been hurting a little so I'm not sure if I should start rising again. I'm totally excited because The Twilight Movie is coming out on the 21st!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that I can go see it if they have a midnight viewing =].
Today was the Powder Puff game and I was pondering if I wanted to go or not. Considering that I've never been to a Powder Puff game made me decide to go. It's my Senior year and I hope to do everything possible like games and such. I'm not going to the Homecoming dance though, I went my Freshmen year? and it was boring none the less. Hopefully though I can get Mike to go to the Homecoming game with me... Ok so I was a bit nervous about parking because I normally park on the West-side of the South parking lot near the exit so that way I have an easy time of getting out. I ended up parking on the East-side of the South parking lot because it is much closer to the football field. Corbin Lott pulled up next to me and so we chatted for awhile, he was going to the basketball game I guess. I made my way over to the field and when I was about there it had started to sprinkle a little bit, I thought..oh great. Also I was a little disappointed that I had forgotten my camera at home, I wanted to get some pictures argh! Oh well so I walked up to the gates, well it didn't look like anyone was at the ticket booths, I automatically thought, "Huh I guess it's free" well as I went into the gates I seen some boxes of canned foods and then I realized that they take canned food donations as kind of your entry. Ryan(Junior) handed me a pamphlet and didn't even say anything about me not having a canned food, phew! I felt kind of bad though that I forgot, guess I could of donated a dollar or something since I thought I had to pay. I went into the bleachers and looked for someone that I recognized so that I could hang out with them. The first person I spotted was Tyler Ackerman. I went and sat by him for a little while and then he left to go get some hot chocolate. I spotted Brittany's parents so I went and sat by them, lucky me I got to sit on a blanket so my butt wasn't as cold =D! We chatted a little and watched the game. It was hilarious watching the guys that were cheerleaders being stupid. At halftime Heather and Brittany came up and sat with us, they were in short shorts and lemme tell you, it was freeeeeezing! We won of course and then the after party they had a bonfire. Although it was half burned out because they lit it 2 minutes before the game even ended. We did some pep rally stuff and warmed up by the fire then went to go get some free cider and a donut, yum yum. After that we left, Britt went with Heather and I walked back to my car (I need the exercise). I absolutely loooove driving, I had my Ipod and I cranked up some music, gotta rock out you know!
School is going alright I suppose, I'm a little bummed out that Amanda isn't coming for Halloween. Another holiday by myself..Aunt Debbie is thinking about coming for Thanksgiving (its about time). Chemistry is going alright, we tested the water samples for the Pine River Monitoring Project today, Briana and I tested for chloride. Art is going good, Stephanie is great as ever and just pops stuff out of her head. I'm now working on this fox thing which looks really good for what I've done. Advance IT is incredibly boring right now...we're working in HTML and it is that kind of work that is just brainless work. It is kind of fun but there is no thinking involved, you get to the test though and it is like..where did this come from? Co-op is fine also, Mom is wondering why I'm getting less hours than Meredith though because I'm on Co-op. I don't know, its nice to not work but I do need a little bit more hours.
I only worked until 5:30 today which was fine for me, I was getting a headache. It was cool because Brian wanted me to type up Order slips for books. About a week ago I typed some up but this time I had to program the typewriter myself. I'm weird I know, but it's something new for me so I finally figured out how to get it so I am able to do it effectively. I thought I was getting so good that in once instance I thought I was going to press 'Play' and then '1' so that the typewriter does what I programed it to do, well instead I pressed the 'Delete' and then '1'. So...I deleted what I had programed, nooooo!!!! Oh well I just had to start over and reprogram it. Tomorrow I'll probably have to reprogram it again so I can type up another order. Call me weird but I loooove typing, give me something to type and I'll do it. Although sometimes it is quite annoying when I can't read what is writen and so I have to go look it up, ugh! That's about all the excitement for the day~
School is going alright I suppose, I'm a little bummed out that Amanda isn't coming for Halloween. Another holiday by myself..Aunt Debbie is thinking about coming for Thanksgiving (its about time). Chemistry is going alright, we tested the water samples for the Pine River Monitoring Project today, Briana and I tested for chloride. Art is going good, Stephanie is great as ever and just pops stuff out of her head. I'm now working on this fox thing which looks really good for what I've done. Advance IT is incredibly boring right now...we're working in HTML and it is that kind of work that is just brainless work. It is kind of fun but there is no thinking involved, you get to the test though and it is like..where did this come from? Co-op is fine also, Mom is wondering why I'm getting less hours than Meredith though because I'm on Co-op. I don't know, its nice to not work but I do need a little bit more hours.
I only worked until 5:30 today which was fine for me, I was getting a headache. It was cool because Brian wanted me to type up Order slips for books. About a week ago I typed some up but this time I had to program the typewriter myself. I'm weird I know, but it's something new for me so I finally figured out how to get it so I am able to do it effectively. I thought I was getting so good that in once instance I thought I was going to press 'Play' and then '1' so that the typewriter does what I programed it to do, well instead I pressed the 'Delete' and then '1'. So...I deleted what I had programed, nooooo!!!! Oh well I just had to start over and reprogram it. Tomorrow I'll probably have to reprogram it again so I can type up another order. Call me weird but I loooove typing, give me something to type and I'll do it. Although sometimes it is quite annoying when I can't read what is writen and so I have to go look it up, ugh! That's about all the excitement for the day~
Woot for Homecoming Week!~ Here are the Spirit Days:
*~Monday~ Pajama Day
*~Tuesday~ Twin Day
*~Wednesday~ Class Choice Day
- Seniors - Country
- Juniors - Reggae
- Sophomores - Doesn't matter
- Freshmen - Who cares
*~Friday~ Orange & Black Day!!!!!!!!
~Parade @ 6:30 P.M.
~Homecoming Game on Friday @ 7P.M.~
Winners for King & Queen: Blake Friend & Jean Mosey
~Homecoming Game on Friday @ 7P.M.~
Winners for King & Queen: Blake Friend & Jean Mosey
They suck getting out! I got them out yesterday and it was alright. Today though they're hurting a little bit more but it just feels like I'm biting down on a metal rod really hard. I don't know...went over to grandma's house last night because I did not feel like going camping last night. I had waffles for breakfast and cranberry juice. Well when I got home I felt horrible and I ended up throwing my breakfast up, lovely -.-. Just ended up eating a yogurt. Uncle Dan is suppose to come and get me at 1 pm to go out to the campground, fuuuun. Tomorrow we're going to some play thing in Midland, I hope its good =D.
In other news... I want to reformat my computer but I had a dilemma where I wanted to put my photos on Ryan's flash drive which is a 1GB. But I had no way to put other stuff + my music which is like 5GB. I thought I would have to buy a bigger flash drive but it turns out I never knew that I could put it on my Ipod until one day Dylan Jerome had his Ipod and he put documents on it. Soooooo! I put all my documents on mine ^^ I don't even need to buy a bigger flash drive, I'm excited =P.
In other news... I want to reformat my computer but I had a dilemma where I wanted to put my photos on Ryan's flash drive which is a 1GB. But I had no way to put other stuff + my music which is like 5GB. I thought I would have to buy a bigger flash drive but it turns out I never knew that I could put it on my Ipod until one day Dylan Jerome had his Ipod and he put documents on it. Soooooo! I put all my documents on mine ^^ I don't even need to buy a bigger flash drive, I'm excited =P.
Mom and I went up to Mt. Pleasant to go to the college night at CMU (obvious by the title). There were about 60 different colleges there which was nice because there was a selection to choose from. Some colleges didn't show up but most the the ones that didn't where not what I was looking for. We went to about 6 different colleges, most of them community because they are the ideal ones I'm thinking about, specially since they have a reasonable price to them compared to universities. After that Mom wanted to know if I wanted to go anywhere else and I did I just didn't know where. I was thirsty and wanted Starbucks so we drove all the way onto the other side of town to go there well half way there Mom was like well I thought you wanted to go to Halloween USA which I did since I've never been there. So we got my Double Chocolaty Chip drink and drove all the way back to the other side to go to the store. We walked in and it was pretty cool they had alot of neat costumes and stuff. I seen Jeff Maine there with some Junior kid, it was funny because he asked if I did the Final Fantasy girl that was in Studebaker's showcase, which I did so I was like yeah >.<. He was like oh that's really good I could never do anything like that, I'm like oh gosh.. "Thanks", haha. We walked around to the cash register to check out because Mom got some things for out at the campground and the guy was like, "They let you in with food and drink?" I'm like uhm o.O yea... lol oops! XD. What would they have done, made me stand outside or throw it away? Uhm I'm definitily not throwing away a $3 drink thanks. It was fun though being able to talk to Mom alone and everything. I'm thinking about going to Mid Mighigan for my basics.
For the longest time it has been hard not having anyone to hang out with. I use to hang out with Britt but we haven't really done anything together pretty much from the beginning of this year. This weekend my family went camping and I didn't really want to go but then again I'm tired of not having anything fun to do on the weekends. So, I stayed home anyways and brainstormed things I could do now that I have a car. I'm kind of reluctant on that though because of the price of gas and if at all possible I could reduce the use of my gas it would be nice. It doesn't mean I'm not willing to do things, just to drive around by myself I see as kind of a waste of gas. Luckily though Mike got on and we started talking, I was bored and really wanted to do something. He said that he wanted to walk to Ryan's work and so I asked if I could go too! He drove over so we walked to Ryan's work and chit-chatted for awhile before Ryan had to start closing. It was nice to have someone to talk to. Mike's my friend and I'm just glad that we did something together tonight to kind of split up the night. Originally I had thought to go to the home game at the High School but do you know how fun it is to go by yourself. Sure I could hang out with Britt and them but I just feel like I don't know Britt all that well anymore so I'm kind of left out. Heather is cool though to hang out with but then again she's with Britt, so that was out of the options. In the end it worked out perfect and also made my day better =D.
Amanda is coming soon and I'm extatic for her to come. Another reason for my social suckage because I don't hardly hang out, depressing. It's okay though, I hope that she wants to go to school with me on Friday because they're coming Thursday, day before Halloween!!! YAY! haha Hopefully I can get that time off.
Amanda is coming soon and I'm extatic for her to come. Another reason for my social suckage because I don't hardly hang out, depressing. It's okay though, I hope that she wants to go to school with me on Friday because they're coming Thursday, day before Halloween!!! YAY! haha Hopefully I can get that time off.
Actually I love it! It's been raining all weekend long and its really nice. It sets that lay-around-the-house, lazy atmosphere. Was nice also because I had to work yesterday so not too many people wanted to get out and come to the library.
I've been trying to grow my nails out for awhile and I actually have 6 nails that have white tips on them but 4 of them I'm still biting >.<. So now I'm trying to not bite any of them so when prom comes they'll be long and I can get them done. Nothing much has happened really besides that Ryan's Girlfriend, Keisha, got a new puppy! His name is Spencer and he is so adorable (as you can see)!!! I uploaded two of Spencer's pictures (one up above) to DeviantArt and instantly people started to favorite them, I was amazed! He is a cute puppy dog though =D.
In other notes... Amanda and Becca are coming here for Halloween!!! I'm so excited, although I wish that they were coming this month like I had thought. I seen on the calendar that mom wrote Halloween on it and I had thought Halloween was this month, it is but for the campground. Ugh so its going to be even longer till I can see her, but that's alright I'll have patience.
Today nothing major happened, I just felt like writing a blog. Coming home early is nice and I love having a whole hour to just relax before work, or even just have the rest of the day off. Well Mrs. Wheeler still isn't back but we did actually have work to do today. We also had a Senior Class meeting and nominated people to be on the King and Queen's court. Here is who all got nominated:
King's Court
Tom Finn
Blake Friend
Luke Kanine
Kyle Lark
Evan Patton
Queen's Court
Mallary Anthony
Lisa Frasco
Araina Lorretto
Jean Mosey
Sage Wimmer
Ellen Yates
When I got home from school Mom was there and while I was eating my turkey and cheese sandwich Jack was being noisy some what. I was starting to get a headache and with him squawking I didn't feel like hearing it. I told him to shut up but he doesn't know what that means so it didn't work. Mom started talking about how she's been thinking that maybe we should sell Jack because anymore I seem to get annoyed by him, which is true. I love playing with him when he is quiet and such but when I get home and that's all I hear is him squawking I don't even want to play with him. She went on about how we could put an Ad in the paper and whatnot or even see if this Culligan man that Deb (lady who took care of Jack while on vacation) knows would want to buy him since he apparently has been wanting a Quaker. I just don't know, I like Jack I just wish that he wouldn't be so noisy I mean sure I can't expect him to be quiet all the time, he's a bird and thats how they communicate. Its just I don't know how to make it better without selling him. I'm going to see if spending more time with him will help. Now this wont be too easy on the nights that I work but I'm going to try to do it and see if maybe he becomes more friendly and quieter.
King's Court
Tom Finn
Blake Friend
Luke Kanine
Kyle Lark
Evan Patton
Queen's Court
Mallary Anthony
Lisa Frasco
Araina Lorretto
Jean Mosey
Sage Wimmer
Ellen Yates
When I got home from school Mom was there and while I was eating my turkey and cheese sandwich Jack was being noisy some what. I was starting to get a headache and with him squawking I didn't feel like hearing it. I told him to shut up but he doesn't know what that means so it didn't work. Mom started talking about how she's been thinking that maybe we should sell Jack because anymore I seem to get annoyed by him, which is true. I love playing with him when he is quiet and such but when I get home and that's all I hear is him squawking I don't even want to play with him. She went on about how we could put an Ad in the paper and whatnot or even see if this Culligan man that Deb (lady who took care of Jack while on vacation) knows would want to buy him since he apparently has been wanting a Quaker. I just don't know, I like Jack I just wish that he wouldn't be so noisy I mean sure I can't expect him to be quiet all the time, he's a bird and thats how they communicate. Its just I don't know how to make it better without selling him. I'm going to see if spending more time with him will help. Now this wont be too easy on the nights that I work but I'm going to try to do it and see if maybe he becomes more friendly and quieter.
Woot for Seniors of 2009!!!!! Today was the first day of school and I got to drive to school, eep! It was a bit nerve racking but I did well. I found a pretty easy parking spot too (love our new parking lot!!!). I ended up finding out that my Studio Art and Culinary Arts classes switched, which sucked because I was looking forward to Studio Art in second semester. I had Chem first and that was alright I have at least some people that wouldn't mind being my partner. Studio Art was next and it's pretty cool because Stephanie is in my class, she is really good at art I envy her, haha. Heather and Lindsey is in there too!!! We worked on our folders and I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it, none of us did. Went to Advanced IT after that and found out that Mrs. Wheelers husband died on Labor Day. It's really sad, so she wont be back until Monday I guess. We just basically worked for 10 mins and then the rest of the hour played games (Unreal Tournament). I ended up eating lunch at school because I wasn't sure what to do for 4th block. It ended up that I just had to get a timesheet to fill out and then I left, was nice because I thought I had to try to pull out of the parking lot with all the traffic. By the time I got home I had worked up a headache and so I took a nap until dinner. It was an alright day, not a whole lot excited about going back to school but I do say that this year should be way less stressful than last year. Because I'll have extra time on days that I don't work to do homework.
So here it is, the big day to finally take my road test after 2 years of having my permit. I'm nervous as heck, I can't wait until it's over already before it even starts. It's kind of funny to hear all the people around me telling me I'm going to be doing fine, which I think I will but there is still that little person in the back of my head saying, "What if.." and then I start doubting myself! My mom and I are going to go back to Ithaca to practice again before my road test to make sure I get this down. I'll update after I take it at 6 p.m., until then ciao~
So here is how it went. When we got into the Ithaca parking lot it was packed full of cars, they where having a football game (oh great)! I was thinking, "Could this day get any better?" so anyways I practiced a bit and did pretty good. It was a few minutes after 6 p.m and we started to wonder where this guy was because there were people walking all over the place and cars coming where I was practicing. After awhile we realized that this car that had pulled up to the stop line was actually another kid finishing his driver's test. Finally we met the testing guy and he actually turned out to be pretty nice. He explained everything pretty good and so I did my parking in which I did an excellent job he said, woot! So he asked mom if she wanted to go for a drive and so we did.
The drive itself was a bit nerve racking but not as bad as I had thought, of course. At the end he had said that I had passed but wanted to go over some of the things that he had noticed that I should/should not have done. The most major thing was that I needed to be more of a defensive driver and trust no one. For instance when I was at a stop sign going to turn right a car was coming that was signaling that they were turning left into where I was coming out of. Well I didn't wait to see if they were really going to turn left, I just turned right. Another thing was when I come up to stop lights or signs I tend to not coast up to it, I put the breaks on more than I need to. So just to all the people who are freaked about taking their driving test, it really isn't that bad, just remember check your intersections and if a car has their blinker on to turn, make sure they're actually turning!! Also, if you see people riding their bikes or kids playing on the side of the road, slow down and if you can give them more space by going in the other lane, check to make sure no one is passing you though. I don't know how many points off I got on my test, I wish that I had asked but I forgot, I was too busy worrying about being defensive driver!!! All in all, I'm soooooo glad that I'm done with it!! Now school is next week wewt kinda sucks but at least I've got my license ^-^.
So here is how it went. When we got into the Ithaca parking lot it was packed full of cars, they where having a football game (oh great)! I was thinking, "Could this day get any better?" so anyways I practiced a bit and did pretty good. It was a few minutes after 6 p.m and we started to wonder where this guy was because there were people walking all over the place and cars coming where I was practicing. After awhile we realized that this car that had pulled up to the stop line was actually another kid finishing his driver's test. Finally we met the testing guy and he actually turned out to be pretty nice. He explained everything pretty good and so I did my parking in which I did an excellent job he said, woot! So he asked mom if she wanted to go for a drive and so we did.
The drive itself was a bit nerve racking but not as bad as I had thought, of course. At the end he had said that I had passed but wanted to go over some of the things that he had noticed that I should/should not have done. The most major thing was that I needed to be more of a defensive driver and trust no one. For instance when I was at a stop sign going to turn right a car was coming that was signaling that they were turning left into where I was coming out of. Well I didn't wait to see if they were really going to turn left, I just turned right. Another thing was when I come up to stop lights or signs I tend to not coast up to it, I put the breaks on more than I need to. So just to all the people who are freaked about taking their driving test, it really isn't that bad, just remember check your intersections and if a car has their blinker on to turn, make sure they're actually turning!! Also, if you see people riding their bikes or kids playing on the side of the road, slow down and if you can give them more space by going in the other lane, check to make sure no one is passing you though. I don't know how many points off I got on my test, I wish that I had asked but I forgot, I was too busy worrying about being defensive driver!!! All in all, I'm soooooo glad that I'm done with it!! Now school is next week wewt kinda sucks but at least I've got my license ^-^.
I woke up to Mom coming into my room and grabbing my keys, I was like.. what're you doing? She said that Grandpa was going to look at my car so I got up. He looked at it and thought it was my alternator (don't ask what it is, I have no clue) that was making the noise. Grandpa looked up to see if there was a Pontiac dealer in town but apparently there wasn't so we got stuck with a different dealer We had to take it over around 1 p.m. so to kill time we went to the state park to a different part of Hamlin Lake, because where we were was still algae infested. Jessica and Josh ended up not even swimming, just built sand castles. I laid out on the beach and tried to get tan, since I'm horribly white *laughs*. We took my car over around 12:45 and turned out that the power steering hose had a small hole in it which it was leaking every time it was running and was under pressure. To get that replaced the guy said it would be about $75 for the part plus labor would be about $240. I was like..oh great! He had also said that there was a rust spot that was covered with grease or something and that he couldn't tell for sure if there was any problems without cleaning it off but that we might want to have it fixed as well. We asked if we would be able to drive it home and he said that if they refill it and we're just going straight most of the way (not putting the hose under pressure) that it should get us home, but no guarantee. He suggested that we get a new gas cap and also to go and buy some power steering fluid, so if we needed we could refill it. To have him look at it cost me another $37, awesome! Mom thought that it would be better if we left right when we got back to the cottage because she didn't want to take the chance of having the fluid running out while the car wasn't on. We got all packed up and before we left a man from a different cottage came over and asked what the problem with my car was, he thought it was too early to have a rust spot on a brand new car which was funny that he thought it was new! He had heard it the day before and thought that it had something to do with power steering because he is a mechanic. Jessica was all upset that she couldn't get the DVD player and was crying to Grandma, its not our fault that she decided to remember she wanted it once it was packed and the whole trunk was full of stuff. We left and Mom was worried that Grandma was mad because we were leaving, but seriously, I was glad we left because I couldn't stand it anymore and I just wanted to be home. It kind of sucked because I almost rear ended someone when we were at a stop light. Mom was talking to me so I was kind of distracted and all the cars were stopped at a red light. I guess I didn't slam on the breaks hard enough for Mom because she swore and started to yell at me. Which I guess she had a reason to, I just almost rear ended someone! I drove more aware the rest of the way home that's for sure!!! And also it might sound as if Jessica was the only annoying one this whole trip, it really wasn't Josh was annoying but not as much..and there were lots of times Mom got on my nerves when I was driving, of course Grandma but Grandpa was alright for the most part. Overall the trip was nice, would have been better if Amanda could of came!!!
So today we went back to the cow farm Country Dairy and got on the Noon tour. It was neat, we got to go see where they keep the baby cows, ice cream, and cheese. Did you know that female cows don't have utters until they have a calf? We seen them milk the cows and also seen how they make butter and whatnot. We got to keep these awesome red hair nets that we got from the tour as a souvenir. After the tour we had lunch, I had a grilled cheese with cheddar cheese (I don't recommend it). We got all the milk we wanted which was delicious and also a scoop of ice cream, I got Peanut Utter' Chaos, it was gooooood! Found out that the ice cream store we went to after the dune rides got their ice cream from Country Dairy, but it wasn't the same for some reason. Mom had mentioned that she was thinking about leaving Friday because we had already done pretty much everything and she didn't really want to walk around downtown and wait around while Grandpa wanted to pick blueberries, she just wanted to get home to do laundry and relax, which I agreed. Not to get home on Saturday at like 4 p.m. to have to unload everything and only have Sunday to relax. Later Mom decided to go do put-put golf just as a family to get away from Grandma and Grandpa for awhile. Instead of going to the place with the Go-Carts we decided to go down the road further to this new place. Before that though Josh had been wanting to go see the Badger leave but it had broken down on the other side of Lake Michigan. We drove over to see if it was there which it was and so I parked. It was lovely because I hadn't noticed the curb and so I rode over it scrapping the front of my car the whole way, had to back up and scrape it again. It was funny though because right in front of us there was a picnic table full of kids. Mom was like are you embarrassed? I'm like haha no I really don't care what they think, lol. We watched the Badger leave then went to the put-put golf. Mom and I decided not to golf so we just watched the kids and it went faster this way. The place we went to had this big arcade and it even had laser tag which was sweet, reminded me of my friend Manny. After there we went to the House of Flavors, parking was fun because it of course was really busy so I was looking at all the people lined up to get in, well I drove past a parking spot and Mom was like theres a parking spot! Of course she would have slammed on the breaks and put it in reverse and parked, well I didn't want to try my hand at backing up when it was so busy. So I kept driving and I swear there were NO driveways for one whole block. Finally when I got to the second block Mom yelled at me to pull in a driveway, I got mad because if she was looking there were no driveways for the past block! I yelled back at her and asked if she wanted to drive? I ended up going over the curb again but turned around. So we drove back the way we came and Mom got all stressed out thinking it was a one-way street even though there was no one-way signs, also there was a stop sign. So I ended up parking in the other parking lot and we found a place inside to sit. Jessica was all bent out of shape about getting a Pigs Trough so Mom said that they could get one and each pick out what kinda ice cream they wanted. Turned out that Josh just wanted vanilla with sprinkles on his part and Jessica wanted cookies 'n' cream with hers. Mom was like if that is all you guys want then we'll just get individual ice cream because it was like $11. The whole point of getting one was to get toppings and whipped cream with a cherry and everything on it, like a banana split. So we ended up getting our own things. I originally wanted Bear Claw with Eskimo Kisses, so good! I got it a time before when Manda and Aunt Debbie came which was like two years ago. Ended up they were out of Eskimo Kisses, so I had to settle for Bear Claw. We left and went back to the cottage. The last day and a half my car had been making weird noises every time I turned the wheel so Mom said that Grandpa could look at it and see if he knows what's wrong with it. It was annoying at first because I told Mom it didn't sound too good and she was like oh well and turned on the radio and was like there now you don't hear it. I thought she was being serious so I got pissed off, its the last thing I want is to get my car screwed up.
Going to Lake Michigan was pretty much a big part of our day. Anne and her family was there with her seven kids, insane! I went into the water to see if it was any warmer than the day before and it was still freezing. I made it a goal to at least go all the way under the water so I walked out until it was a little over waist deep (oh man I couldn't feel my feet) I dunked under and then ran out of the water and wrapped up in a towel, burr!! Wally Anne's husband was hilarious, he reminded me of Mr. Lord who I had Ecology with, very much like a science teacher. It was cute though because Anne's youngest daughter was only a few months old, her name is Veronica, she was adorable!! I held onto her and let her play with my hair tie. She hasn't ever been in the sand and so she was having fun digging it up with her hands and feet. She started to get tired and want to go back to Anne and so I helped the kids make this square wall thing they were making. It started to get chilly and almost time for supper so we all decided it was time to leave, Anne had a long drive home and they still needed to eat. They needed help carrying stuff so I volunteered to hold onto Veronica, gladly!! I actually think I shocked my grandparents and mom, because I'm constantly telling them that I'm not having kids! I love babies though like Veronica and she actually makes me want to have kids. I think my problem is though that Jessica is the reason that I don't want to have kids. I don't want them to grow up and act like her, sounds harsh I know but seriously. On the long hike through the sand to the cars she started to get fussy, I think she was thinking that I was taking her away from momma. I kept telling her that mommy is coming and that she's not going anywhere. Anne ended up giving me a photo of Veronica which is even more adorable, it made my day. Hopefully we can go see them soon and I'll be able to hold Veronica again!!!
Today we went and took a dune ride at a place that was like a half hour away. That was cool because I got some neat photos of Lake Michigan and the dunes. On the way home we stopped at a ice cream shop where we got some ice cream cones. I got Mookies 'n' Cream, it was alright besides it tasted kinda watered down or like it had freezer burn or something. everyone but Grandpa went to a cow farm called Country Dairy where you can take a tour around the farm and learn about what they do and so forth. Well we got there at 2, which the last tour was at 1:30, so we decided to go a different day but come earlier. Later in the day Mom, Grandma and I got into an argument about the two gay guys and their 'son'. I was just stating what I thought about it and how the kid will prob grow up to be like one of them. Grandma got all mad and asked me why I would wish for something like that, which I told her I didn't, I was just saying. She told me that we shouldn't judge just because thats the way they want to live. We weren't necessarily judging them just saying that what they're doing is wrong. Grandma was like, "Well I'm not here to judge and what people do isn't any of my business." I thought...so then we shouldn't judge serial murderers because thats the kind of lifestyle they want... Mom was like ok so if someone molested Jessy and Josh I shouldn't care because thats how that person lives their life and I shouldn't make it my business. Grandma got all mad and went into her room. I mean we weren't trying to pick a fight but I have no idea how she can think that way when she constantly picks on Grandpa and us. In other news, the wireless still doesn't work, argh!
Today we didn't do much besides go and do go carts. It was just Jess and I in one cart (was cheaper) and then Grandpa and Josh in another cart. We got side by side to race and then the the petal to the metal, haha! Every time Grandpa tried to get around me I would cut him off so he couldn't pass. Jess and I ended up winning (of course =P). Mom and Grandma stood on the side lines and took pictures and watched. After that we played a few games, got tickets and then traded those in for a few prizes. A big rip off of the $5 you spend getting the tickets to end up getting little dinky prizes that cost 10 cents, but whatever lol. Went back to cottage and went to a potluck that they have on every Monday so you had to bring a dish to pass. There was some pretty good food but we brought our own spaghetti so if there wasn't then we would have something to eat just for our family. Near the end they went through and someone from your family had to stand up and introduce everyone else then say how long we've been coming and what cottage we're staying in. This one guy that was part of a bigger family of 3 other cottages stood up and said his name then told us that his 'partner' was over at the playground with their 'son'. I don't mean to be judgmental or anything, I don't care about gay/lesbian/bi people i mean who they want to be in love with whatever. I don't agree with dragging other innocent people into it. Like this instance, the little boy they had was black so you know they adopted him, but he was maybe two and knew no better. The life of that little boy would change because he has two gay fathers. He will probably grow up and be casted out because of this, and sadly he will probably become like them, not that I wish for this to happen. Sure they care for you and love you and everything but for me the idea if I had two lesbian moms would make me feel like they would want me to be part of the group, I don't know. Anyways it was a little awkward I'll admit. Other than that there wasn't anything else exciting for the night. Oh it sucked also because the internet wouldn't connect so I was left without internet, but maybe it'll come back later.
Today I woke up around Noon when Mom asked if I wanted to go to the store with her and Grandma. We left an hour later and I really wanted to go to the crafts so I could walk around and look for this glass nail file I wanted (Kyle said that I couldn't grow my nails out so I'm trying to stop biting them, so far so good!). We went to Meijer's first and got a bunch of groceries. We went back to the cottage and Grandpa was wondering why we didn't go to the crafts first because we would have been saving gas. We said that we're on vacation and don't really care, haha. Mom, Josh, and I left and walked around the booths looking at whatever people had. We came across this one booth that had a bunch of stuffed fabric animals. Josh seen this big lizard that he wanted (I got one a couple years before) so I didn't get anything. I seen this stingray though that was only $8 so I bought it for Manda =], and Mom picked Jessica out this iguana. Joshua's is pretty because it has a dark rainbow pattern with a dark yellow belly. We were going to get this elephant ear to share between us three but everyone was kind of packing up and leaving so we didn't get the chance, oh well. Went back to the cottage and I continued reading Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. We had dinner and then ended up going to the state park to walk around on the beach. The water was freezing!!! Before we left I walked over to this inlet of water and there it felt like bath water, it was really nice. After that I just laid on my bottom bunk bed and was on the internet.
I'm at Ludington, MI at the Vacation Lane cottages! We're here for a whole week it's pretty nice =P. I drove and it was a bit nerve racking because when we left it had started to sprinkle. Well as we kept going it was like rain flashes, would be pouring for a few minutes to the point where I couldn't even see the white dashes separating the lanes! Also driving behind grandpa was frustrating, I wanted to set my speed control but I couldn't figure out how fast he was going, which was about 63 and mom was saying that he probably didn't want to lose me. It was kind of embarrassing because all these people kept passing us. We finally made it though and unpacked all our crap into the cottage. There was a crisis of who is going to sleep where and what not so finally we decided that Josh and I would sleep in the room with the bunk beds, Mom would sleep in the off bedroom, Grandma and Jess in the queen bedroom, then Grandpa out in the living room on the sofa. We didn't have anything to grand for dinner, hot dogs n chips, woot!. I didn't know if Grandpa brought his laptop but I did so I went in my room and tried out the wireless. At first it didn't work but later when I seen he had his then I brought mine out and it worked, unfortunally we couldn't figure out why his didn't I guess he just has a sucky wireless signal. It's pretty cool because their was this craft show kind of like the Highland Festival. We found out that Hamlin Lake was algae infested (really bad) and so we couldn't go swimming in it until Tuesday they said. You could go swimming but you end up feeling itchy. We didn't do much of anything else for the rest of the day but get settled in.
Ok so I finally got pics of my car! I still have yet to get pics of my Tablet on here but when I do I'll post them but first heres my car ;).
Alright today my Mom, Ryan, and I went up to Mt. Pleasant to look at a car that my mom had seen. It was a Maroonish/dark red colored and it's a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT2. I wasn't all that excited about red but I figured I'd go look anyways. So when we got there I took a look inside and instantly liked it, had a wonderful interior! Only things wrong with it was that the windshield was a bit cracked but that can be replaced. So the guy came out and gave us the keys and let us take it for a test drive and whatnot. Once we got back mom told him that my dad wanted to take a look at it,which really was Alex, who is my step dad. But anyways, he's like oh well you just live close? We do so hes like well why don't you just drive it back and show him it? I'm like sweeet so we took Ryan home and showed Alex and the kids. It drives soooo nice! We took it over to Grandpa's so he can check it all out. It has 113,000 miles on it which was another downfall and doesn't have a sunroof but hey, it's my first car and I can't be picky. Uncle Dan and Aunt Kathy looked at it also, they really liked it. So Grandpa, Mom, and I drove back to the place the car came from and Grandpa ended up reducing the price from $7,495 down to $6,700. Awesome!!! I decided that I wanted it and the total cost came to $7,194 or so. =D We're going to pick it up Monday night and I'm Psyched! Can't wait till I drive it, I still have yet to get my license =$.
YES! It finally came today XD after a week! But hey, at least they're here. Pretty excited, my tablet is awesome! I absolutely love it. I haven't really played with it much because I was just going over the basics/manual and whatnot. Along with that Jack got his wings and nails clipped yesterday. He looks like a lil' baldy now since he doesn't have his long flight feathers XD. And since he was so good we got him some new toys and treats. I also found this play set thing that we bought him. He is still kind of getting used to it and figuring out that its not going to bite him. Anyways I ordered some stuff from Avon too and that we should be getting today =P.
This is a video of my Quaker Parrot, Jack. I don't remember where I had gotten my wristband but I had taken it off and gave it to him to play with. He didn't want it touching him for some reason, thinking it might bite him? I don't know XD, anyways, I believe he is maybe 6 months old in this? He is about 2 years old now. Don't hold me to it ;). Anyways sorry that its so dark, I'm not sure how to lighten it up if it is even possible. And yes I have a messy desk lol
-Dances- Oh yeah it's my Birthday, lol. And guess what? I still don't have my license =0, oh my gosh I know! I don't like to drive much ^^. But anyways I stayed up till 5 am last night and woke up this morning at 10:30 am, 51/2 hours of sleep ;). I wanted to go back to bed but I've been waiting for this package in the mail, it's killing me. It said that it would come in today but I have a feeling that it wont, so hopefully tomorrow. Ok so what I'm getting is a Wacom Intuos3 6 x 8 Pen Tablet (thing you hook up to your computer and you're able to draw on it) and Guild Wars Factions: Collectors Edition (it's a game). Once I get the stuff I'll post a pic of my tablet, gosh I'm dieing to get it XD. Nothing new has really been up in my life besides camping last weekend when I got totally annoyed with my friend and then my family. I ended up coming home and going to Saginaw with my brother to see if I could find my game I wanted. But turns out all the stores are closed on the 4th, lucky go me I just wasted gas money. Went and saw fireworks in St. Louis, they were pretty cool. Celebrated my birthday on Sat because my grandma was leaving for a week and wouldn't be here for my birthday. I didn't really get any presents because I didn't know what I wanted and basically my tablet is my birthday gift. Got some money from my dad and grandparents for my first car that I need to get soon (and my license) so I'll be able to go to work when school starts up again, eek. Other than that pretty boring, oh did I mention I'm dying to get my tablet and game? Oh I think I did ha ha =D ~
Edit: I just realized that this is my 17th post on my 17th birthday, ha sorry XD...
Edit: I just realized that this is my 17th post on my 17th birthday, ha sorry XD...
So like I said in my last blog, my cousins came here Thursday night and stayed at my grandmas. It sucked because I've been waiting FOREVER to see them, so I was practically jumping out of my skin to see them just to find out I wouldn't see them until Friday, ugh. I was like well whatever, at least I could clean my room, it's a mess =D.
Friday
It's morning and I woke up and call immediately over to my grandparents house, my grandpa said that they were still sleeping, argh D=. I had him tell them to call once they had woken up. A half hour later Manda called and we talked a little bit then decided that we wanted to each other asap! She asked Grandma when they could come over butTyler Tyler Tyler Imlay City Mt. Dew Erin , I forgot what his sisters name was. Manda was underneath still when this old man on a golf cart came by and asked Becca if she had a wrist band, she said that she went here and that she was 14. He gave her a not-so-sure look and then pointed at me and asked where mine was and I said that I went here too and I'm 16. He then asked the little girl and said that she needed a wristband, he even thought the Erin was older than he was. Erin and his sister had to get off but we still stayed there. Manda came up then and asked what happened. We told her and one of the kids that was on before came back and was all trying to show off. His friend didn't want to come back out in the water but we all persuaded him. We learned that the kid showing off was Cody (he was cuuute) and that his friend was George, he had a mohawk. The old man finally came back and told us that we had to have a wrist band anyways and to get off. So we all got off and us three decided to swim around the shore for awhile. We were making fun of the old man when Erin heard us and started to laugh at what we were saying. Manda said something along the lines of him not being able to lift "it" up. It was hilarious but finally we decided to head back and see if Mom would get us wristbands. Unfortunately it had started to rain and she wouldn't go down to the store. It had stopped raining when we went and took showers down at the bathroom. We seen Erin and his sister when we were walking back up. It started to sprinkle a little bit and I didn't want my clothes being soaked so I started to run. Manda said that the faster you run the more you get wet, but I figured well if it was going to down pour I'd be more dry if I got back faster, which was the case =D. We just relaxed and read our books that we had then finally went to bed.
It's morning and I woke up and call immediately over to my grandparents house, my grandpa said that they were still sleeping, argh D=. I had him tell them to call once they had woken up. A half hour later Manda called and we talked a little bit then decided that we wanted to each other asap! She asked Grandma when they could come over but
Saturday
Manda decided to wake me up by tapping me on the arm. I ask her what time it is and she says 8 a.m. I'm like argh I'm going back to sleep! so I cover my face up with my blanket and try to go back to sleep. Manda's like,"Hey want to see something cool?" I'm like no I want to sleep. She's like come on you know you want to see. So I'm like fine, I look and she pulls down the towels that cover the windows to keep the light out and I go blind for a few seconds before I cover my eyes up again, argh I wanted to hit her! She finds it hilarious and keeps laughing so I end up getting up and we take a walk around the campground. We get back and end up having our traditional pancakes and other breakfast stuff. After that mom goes and gets us our wrist bands so that the old man doesn't get a hernia over it, lmao. We go fishing once again and decide that we're going to try to catch another big fish. Erin and his sister were going around the edge of the pond trying to catch frogs or something, when he spotted us then he came over to where we were fishing. Manda and I felt kind of jealous about him hitting on Becca but in reality it doesn't matter. He lives in FL even though he was born inDetroit Tyler Erin and Becca were being all flirtatious, Manda and I were under the tramp playing with the little fish that seemed to swim up to us quite close. It was really neat to be that close to little fish! Although sometimes they would try to go up our swimsuit skirts which was awkward, I'm not going to lie lol. Anyways after awhile I went back on top of the tramp and Manda kept at it with the fish. Cody told Manda that he would give her 3 Million Dollars if she caught one of the fish barehanded. Sure enough 5 minutes later we hear,"I GOT ONE! I SWEAR I GOT ONE, LOOK!" We all look like what the heck?!?! and she hands us up a fish. It was sweet lmao I'm like to Cody,"Awwwwww someone owes Manda 3 Million Dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hes like oh crap, just as shocked as we were that she caught a fish. After that it was mainly trying to push people off (mainly Becca) and then we went in for lunch which everyone else went in also because we were the party, oh yeah lol! The funny thing about the pond was that the old crab pot of a man didn't even come around once to check to see if we had wristbands. I was sunburned bad so I ended up putting on sun screen and everything, I always forget =S. After all the swimming we did we decided to chill for a bit after lunch. During one of the walks we took around the park we found these mud puddles by the playground where that creepy dude was playing basketball. We were stomping around in them when he said that we were getting dirty(something like that) Becca said that he should come try it if it doesn't think it feels gross. He started to walk towards us and we took off running, creepy dude majorly!!!! We took a walk around the pond and Erin seen us then decided to go swimming so we did also since we were covered in mud. It was fun then because we all wanted to push each other off. Manda had gotten me earlier and I wasn't about to forget payback. I didn't know if I could get her off because she was sort of holding on so I was making eye contact with Erin trying to send signals to help me, I think he got it but was waiting for me to make the first move. After awhile I got tired of it not working and then yelled, "Hey look at that kid!!!" while pointing and Manda looked, thats when I took the chance to grab her under her knees and push her over. It was hilarious and everyone was like that was good! *laughs evilly* Another part of the night was when we were rough housing on the trampoline trying to get people off, Erin hurt his sister somewhat because she wouldn't stop being annoying. She always faked like she was hurt and so one time she really did look hurt, well he went to go help her and he was semi kneeling by her when she turned up and punched him in the balls. Oh my gosh, it was hilarious! All of us but Erin was laughing so hard, he had a few selected words for his sister. We ended up staying out swimming past 10 which is "quiet" hour, we got kicked off the tramp but we just stayed at the shore. Tyler, Manda's brother and my cousin, came to get us to go back to camp but we acted like we weren't there. After 10 minutes some guy came and was like, "Park security, you have to get out of the pond right now." All of us was like what the heck? So we all start getting out of the pond and then it was that creepy dude from before it turned out! So we all ran back into the pond until Alex came to get us again. Erin walked back with us and then he said he might be able to come over and sit with us by our fire which was ok. All three of us sat out by the fire and made some smores and junk. Erin never showed up so we just went to bed.
Manda decided to wake me up by tapping me on the arm. I ask her what time it is and she says 8 a.m. I'm like argh I'm going back to sleep! so I cover my face up with my blanket and try to go back to sleep. Manda's like,"Hey want to see something cool?" I'm like no I want to sleep. She's like come on you know you want to see. So I'm like fine, I look and she pulls down the towels that cover the windows to keep the light out and I go blind for a few seconds before I cover my eyes up again, argh I wanted to hit her! She finds it hilarious and keeps laughing so I end up getting up and we take a walk around the campground. We get back and end up having our traditional pancakes and other breakfast stuff. After that mom goes and gets us our wrist bands so that the old man doesn't get a hernia over it, lmao. We go fishing once again and decide that we're going to try to catch another big fish. Erin and his sister were going around the edge of the pond trying to catch frogs or something, when he spotted us then he came over to where we were fishing. Manda and I felt kind of jealous about him hitting on Becca but in reality it doesn't matter. He lives in FL even though he was born in
Mom woke me up to tell me that they'll be back later for us which was sweet that we didn't have to go to church and that we could stay a little longer to see Erin and maybe Cody and George. So we slept in more and woke up before mom and them came. We took a walk around the park which sucked because my feet were killing me from walking with my cheap sandals (stupid Walmart brand). Once we got all packed up
Monday
Manda had to work so we didn't do a whole lot of coolie stuff in the morning. I just basically laid around and read my book. Went with Grandma to the grocery store an bought some junk for dinner. Came home and waited for Manda to get off work. We ate a good dinner then headed off toChesterfield
Manda had to work so we didn't do a whole lot of coolie stuff in the morning. I just basically laid around and read my book. Went with Grandma to the grocery store an bought some junk for dinner. Came home and waited for Manda to get off work. We ate a good dinner then headed off to
Manda once again had to work the morning =[, we left after she had left at 11 a.m. Sucks to have left so early but I was kind of glad to be going home and sleeping in my own bed. When I got home though I was kind of depressed for not being around her because we had had so much fun. She had given me her old license which was nice it cheered up my day. When I get my license I'm totally giving her my old one! Ha ha we're weirdos =P. I hope that when I go to Ludington, MI. that we're both able to get time off to go!! <3
School is finally out!!!!!!! I'm so glad, math was getting frustrating more and more as the semester went on. It's awesome, my cousins are coming this Thursday and are staying until Sunday which I'm then going back to their house until Tues. I can't wait to see them!!!! Hopefully we will be able to go to the movies or something. Manda probably has to work but thats alright. Oh yeah and next years schedule is (drum roll):
1st Semester:
1st Block - Chemistry II
2nd Block - Culinary Arts
3rd Block - Advance Info Tech
4th Block - Co-Op
2nd Semester:
1st Block - American Government
2nd Block - Studio Art
3rd Block - Advance Info Tech
4th Block - Co-Op
1st Semester:
1st Block - Chemistry II
2nd Block - Culinary Arts
3rd Block - Advance Info Tech
4th Block - Co-Op
2nd Semester:
1st Block - American Government
2nd Block - Studio Art
3rd Block - Advance Info Tech
4th Block - Co-Op
Plain and easy, end of the semester exams. I only had one but it was Math, about the worst subject on the whole planet. I'm interested to see how my grade turns out, I believe I got a C last marking period and a B- this marking period but with the midterm and final exam I'm not so sure. It's a relief to not have math ever again in high school! What's stupid is that we only had two classes today, our first block and second but we had them for three hours each. BORING. I exempted out of my second block which I'm so glad, I probably would of had a hard time on it like I did math. Out of the whole 50 questions I'd say that I knew maybe, for sure, 10-15. Doesn't look so good I hope he puts a curve on it =]. So after math I got to go home where I relaxed till it was time to go to work at 3:30. Work was ok but it bites because not even going through one full day with my pedometer I had lost it from sometime between going from my 4th block to the car. I might end up buying one if they're cheap, meh. Anyways going back to the stupid three hour classes. It's so lame because all the teachers I have (except math) don't even really use the hour and a half set aside for whatever. So we're all just wasting our time sitting there bored.
I found out today at work that I had gotten a raise. More or less I think minimum wage just went up so it wasn't just me individually, no matter it's still a raise =D, it's something like $7.60/hour or something. I also had gotten a letter in the mail saying that because I filed taxes that I "qualify" for the stimulus check totally a grand, $300! Still can't wait until Hooray!
I found out today at work that I had gotten a raise. More or less I think minimum wage just went up so it wasn't just me individually, no matter it's still a raise =D, it's something like $7.60/hour or something. I also had gotten a letter in the mail saying that because I filed taxes that I "qualify" for the stimulus check totally a grand, $300! Still can't wait until Hooray!
So today in Contemp. Lit class Meridith Walsh, who is a classmate and a co-worker, came up to me and asked me if I knew about this challenge that the City is putting on for the city employees. I hadn't heard of it yet so I asked what it was. Apparently the challenge is to wear this step counter and keep count of how many steps you've taken each day for a month. The set goal is to get at least 3 million steps at the end of the month, not individually but as a whole. Now some people I doubt will do it but it sounded pretty fun to me! So when I got to work I got a step counter and once I got home I had 10,790 steps and it also said I had gone 6.14 miles, wow! That was only from work to now, I wonder what I'll get tomorrow with school and work. Anyways if we meet the goal then we get a picnic, whoopee doo. it's still fun though ;).
Summer is just a week away hooray! It doesn't seem like its Monday which is the odd thing I guess. Seems more like a Thursday or something. Maybe that's because my contemporary Lit paper is due then, eek. I still haven't quite found what I wanted to do on that but I'll definitely have it ready to be looked at on Thurs. I have 2 more days to work on it so it's not so bad.
So my aunt is going to a conference for a few days after school gets out and she doesn't want to leave my cousins alone in the house for like 5 days. My grandma and grandpa are going to go there then and hopefully I'll be able to go too! I haven't seen my favorite cousin in what seems like forever, I'm pretty excited. The only thing that has yet to be decided is if I can get the time off for work. We would be leaving next Thurs and get back on Monday so that leaves plenty of work time for me to work around it. More than likely we will hang out with a few of Manda's friends like Kevin and some others.
So my aunt is going to a conference for a few days after school gets out and she doesn't want to leave my cousins alone in the house for like 5 days. My grandma and grandpa are going to go there then and hopefully I'll be able to go too! I haven't seen my favorite cousin in what seems like forever, I'm pretty excited. The only thing that has yet to be decided is if I can get the time off for work. We would be leaving next Thurs and get back on Monday so that leaves plenty of work time for me to work around it. More than likely we will hang out with a few of Manda's friends like Kevin and some others.
So this last weekend was fun for the most part. Friday after school we packed up the truck and left the house by 3:45. Alex, Josh, and Mom in the front then Ryan, Jessica, and I in the back. Not even 20 minutes into the ride Jessica starts asking how much longer we have until we get to Mackinaw. I understand that shes excited and stuff but she just wouldn't stop complaining and saying that shes hungry and this and that. She thinks the world revolves around her, argh! We finally get Burger King and keep driving, arriving in Mackinaw around 6:30 or so. Check into our hotel and originally we had gotten a suite which had two rooms but was connected by a door. The hotel was unable to rent the suites out because they were adding on and such so we ended up getting two separate rooms which was the best thing ever! Ryan and I had one then Mom and Alex and kids shared the other. The view was perfect also, was right on Lake Huron so you could just walk out onto the porch and overlook the lake.
Once we had settled, which consisted of unpacking our laptops and suitcases we just relaxed. I know how is it a vacation if we brought our laptops? Lol, well I actually didn't go on mine much. Ryan was the one that had stayed up till 2:30 am Friday night playing World of Warcraft! I edited a picture for Britt and then chatted a bit over the whole vacation. For the most part I just read some of my books that I had brought. We went swimming a little after we arrived. Saturday morning we woke up at about 8:45 and I took a shower then Mom and I walked up to the continental breakfast place (which was really, I mean really nice!). I was excited when they had two Belgian waffle makers! Ever since the breakfast party in Mr. Brasher's class I've liked Belgian waffles. We got all ready and headed off for the 10:30 boat to Mackinaw Island. It was somewhat foggy out and kind of chilly so we decided to sit inside the cabin versus sitting up on top of the boat, plus the seats were wet. We got to the island and then proceeded to rent some bikes. Let me tell you first off if you ever decide to rent bikes. Always make sure you're seat stays up to where you want it. I had the lucky bike which every time I would sit on it the seat would go down. I would raise it back up and then go a little ways and it would sink back down. They either put too much grease on it or the latch to hold the seat up was broke. I don't know, It pissed me off though. So we rode around awhile and then decided to go up to Arch Rock. Alex following his awesome instincts decided to hike the bikes up this 70 degree angle of a hill. By the time we made it up the hill Mom, Jess, and I felt like killing him. Not literally! After a few more small hills we made it to Arch Rock, snapped some pictures and then left. Once the hour was up I was glad to hand the bikes back over and walk. We found somewhere to eat, some pizza place and the prices were of course overpriced but that's expected. Jessica of course started complaining because she wanted $10.50 thing of pasta. The choice was either a piece of pizza or a hot dog with chips. She started bawling like a baby and went to sit by herself. I didn't feel bad because she's always like that, if she doesn't get her way she gets all pissy and stuff, oh well. They went to the butterfly house while Ryan and I walked down the main stripe of stores and had a look around. We met Mom then went to Starbucks and got ourselves some coffee. We left on the 2:30 boat back to Mackinaw City and then went to rest at the hotel. Later we had crossed the Mackinaw Bridge to go find a place to eat and then go climb this giant rock. After hiking up that hill on Mackinaw Island it was killer walking up 125 stairs to get to the top of the rock but in the end we made it and took some pictures. Today we woke up just in time for 10 am breakfast and I had two more Belgian waffles, yum/full! We checked out and the kids then wanted to go put-put-golfing which I wanted to go walk around the Mackinaw Crossings. Mom, Ryan, and I went walking around the stores while Alex, Jessica, and Josh went golfing. The coolest store in the Crossings place was this knight/dragon/magic place. Ryan and I ended up getting a T-shirt and then went back to meet Jessica and Josh as they were on the last hole, perfect timing! After that we had left after buying some fudge. It was a fun weekend.
Once we had settled, which consisted of unpacking our laptops and suitcases we just relaxed. I know how is it a vacation if we brought our laptops? Lol, well I actually didn't go on mine much. Ryan was the one that had stayed up till 2:30 am Friday night playing World of Warcraft! I edited a picture for Britt and then chatted a bit over the whole vacation. For the most part I just read some of my books that I had brought. We went swimming a little after we arrived. Saturday morning we woke up at about 8:45 and I took a shower then Mom and I walked up to the continental breakfast place (which was really, I mean really nice!). I was excited when they had two Belgian waffle makers! Ever since the breakfast party in Mr. Brasher's class I've liked Belgian waffles. We got all ready and headed off for the 10:30 boat to Mackinaw Island. It was somewhat foggy out and kind of chilly so we decided to sit inside the cabin versus sitting up on top of the boat, plus the seats were wet. We got to the island and then proceeded to rent some bikes. Let me tell you first off if you ever decide to rent bikes. Always make sure you're seat stays up to where you want it. I had the lucky bike which every time I would sit on it the seat would go down. I would raise it back up and then go a little ways and it would sink back down. They either put too much grease on it or the latch to hold the seat up was broke. I don't know, It pissed me off though. So we rode around awhile and then decided to go up to Arch Rock. Alex following his awesome instincts decided to hike the bikes up this 70 degree angle of a hill. By the time we made it up the hill Mom, Jess, and I felt like killing him. Not literally! After a few more small hills we made it to Arch Rock, snapped some pictures and then left. Once the hour was up I was glad to hand the bikes back over and walk. We found somewhere to eat, some pizza place and the prices were of course overpriced but that's expected. Jessica of course started complaining because she wanted $10.50 thing of pasta. The choice was either a piece of pizza or a hot dog with chips. She started bawling like a baby and went to sit by herself. I didn't feel bad because she's always like that, if she doesn't get her way she gets all pissy and stuff, oh well. They went to the butterfly house while Ryan and I walked down the main stripe of stores and had a look around. We met Mom then went to Starbucks and got ourselves some coffee. We left on the 2:30 boat back to Mackinaw City and then went to rest at the hotel. Later we had crossed the Mackinaw Bridge to go find a place to eat and then go climb this giant rock. After hiking up that hill on Mackinaw Island it was killer walking up 125 stairs to get to the top of the rock but in the end we made it and took some pictures. Today we woke up just in time for 10 am breakfast and I had two more Belgian waffles, yum/full! We checked out and the kids then wanted to go put-put-golfing which I wanted to go walk around the Mackinaw Crossings. Mom, Ryan, and I went walking around the stores while Alex, Jessica, and Josh went golfing. The coolest store in the Crossings place was this knight/dragon/magic place. Ryan and I ended up getting a T-shirt and then went back to meet Jessica and Josh as they were on the last hole, perfect timing! After that we had left after buying some fudge. It was a fun weekend.
We had to write a poem today in Contemp. Lit class from a quote from another classmate's Goodbye letter. It has a few swear words just to warn you.
Broken Ballerina
Every single day I wait,
Apart of me slips away.
You think that I have forgiven you,
I don't forget the things you did to me.
My life, my passion,
Wound into one.
Dance is what I love,
But you took that away from me you piece of scum.
I will never forget the pain you caused,
Breaking my legs so I can't do what I love.
I was a child and you broke me, glued me back together,
And satisfied yourself with my erroneous transformation.
Once upon a time I broke free of my restraints,
I dance away to my fame.
Twisting and twirling, away falls the layers,
Of your sick desires that you've bound me in.
I've danced away the hell you call home,
Started a new life which you are no more.
Don't be mad that I've ruined your plan,
To keep me forever in your corrupted land.
I don't love you now,
I won't love you ever.
Just stay the hell out of my life,
Happily Ever After.
Every single day I wait,
Apart of me slips away.
You think that I have forgiven you,
I don't forget the things you did to me.
My life, my passion,
Wound into one.
Dance is what I love,
But you took that away from me you piece of scum.
I will never forget the pain you caused,
Breaking my legs so I can't do what I love.
I was a child and you broke me, glued me back together,
And satisfied yourself with my erroneous transformation.
Once upon a time I broke free of my restraints,
I dance away to my fame.
Twisting and twirling, away falls the layers,
Of your sick desires that you've bound me in.
I've danced away the hell you call home,
Started a new life which you are no more.
Don't be mad that I've ruined your plan,
To keep me forever in your corrupted land.
I don't love you now,
I won't love you ever.
Just stay the hell out of my life,
Happily Ever After.
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