With Christmas here and family getting together, I started to think about all the previous get togethers and just fun in general that I've had with my family. A huge part of my fun comes from being with my cousins Manda and Becca. Oh how we use to play with Legos building shops, houses, vehicles for hours on end. Most of the fun came in the actual constructing of the town. Which is similar to the Sims game, which we also loved to play. When we were a few years littler, we would bust out my boxes of barbies and animals to turn the upstairs part of our house into barbie world. And even littler than that, my Grandpa Dame had this game on his computer called the Secret Garden. We use to love playing that game and from what I remember it was about this garden which this giant ruled and there were seasons and games you could play. I would like to play this game again just to see if it is as great as I had thought it was when I was a kid. Another great game we would play is Roller Coaster Tycoon. Oh the many times we used to build roller coasters that were unsafe just to watch people freak out. And making "happy" and "mad" places for people to go where we might drown them or try to make them happy. Sounds morbid but really it was all fun and games haha! Bionicles was another fad we were into which was when Bionicles were actually cool looking. It would almost be able the same as Legos besides we would sort of combine them together. The many hours we would play and create adventures together, laughing and having fun. I, in a way, miss these times when life was so much simpler and carefree. Didn't have to worry about school all that much, driving, working, bills etc. I only wish that there were more memories like the ones I have. I wish that my cousins could have lived in the same town so that we could have hung out everyday. It's too late though and so I just hope there are more great memories to come!
This year I didn't help Mom decorate the church for the Christmas party. I was waaaay too lazy to get out of bed. I went and got Kendra at 11:30 to get her in her Christmas outfit and take her over to the church. I was kind of nervous because the roads had some snow on them and I didn't want to jinx anything but if anything would have happened and Kendra died or was seriously injured I would have felt horrible for the rest of my life. Luckily we made it all right over to the church and got unloaded. Mom had mostly everything decorated and so that was fine. I basically watched Kendra the whole time because Mom was busy making punch and doing other things. We ate at 1pm and the food was all right, nothing too grand. Santa came around 2 and we got some pictures of Kendra sitting on his lap, she was being goofy so they didn't turn out that great. After that we then opened gifts and I waited until everyone had opened theirs to give Mom hers. For school in my Drawing I class we had to draw a portrait of someone we knew and so I had picked Kendra. It turned out so well so I had decided to give it to her for Christmas. I was sooo nervous when I handed it to her and she opened it. She loved it (like I knew she would) and I was so relieved! Everyone around us was like oh my gosh! and we ended up showing everyone haha. It was great but I was nervous of people maybe getting food/drink on it. If that would have happened I would of died! It was a pretty good day all in all, I took Kendra home and then went home which is where I am =P. Apparently Mom took the picture over to Keisha and Mike's to show them and Keisha just loved it and said she wanted her own haha.
I left at about 8:40 pm when we were suppose to be there by 8:45 pm, lets just say I sped a little bit lol. Got there and located Lorraine and Kendra, they were in the gym messing around on these two big blow ups. You would race another person and each would have a course to run that was the same. There was another blow up that you could jump around in and climb up then slide down. We left there and went and got a drink in the cafeteria. It was really neat because they decorated it with a tropical theme and had berry smoothies and chips. There was a race going on to where we could win $100 as a group but we just ended up walking around. At 10 or so a Hypnotist arrived and so we went and got second row seats. It was really creepy when he had Lisa pick out of a book he had a long word. She first chose graveyard but then she changed it to a different long word. He had about five people choose words and he tried to guess. He was picking up on what they were thinking, it was crazy! He guessed correctly on all of their words it was so cool. Next he had us do some things which was kind of like meh because it's stuff that I've done before. The whole hold your index fingers out and they go together slowly like they were being tied together. Next he had some people go up on stage which ended up being: Jordan Petterman, Blake Friend, Michael McDonald, Morgan Anthony, James Ball, Katlin Hammond, Joey, and Kim Mosher. Morgan was obviously faking it in the fact that she would keep smiling and laughing almost when he was going through the whole thing. He told everyone up there that when he said a certain color that they would do something. Such as when he said/showed the color blue the person next to them stunk really bad, everything smelled bad. The color purple would be that they stunk really bad and the color red would be that everything smelled nice again. It was hilarious to watch Jordan, Blake, Katlin, and Kim because their facial expressions were just priceless. After that was done he had it be that whenever he said his own name that the guys would stand up and flex and show off, that they were the most muscular men in the world. Jordan ended up taking his shirt off which everyone was just in a up roar of laughter. He assigned the females to whenever he said bellybutton that they thought their bellybuttons were missing and they didn't want anyone to notice. When he said bellybutton Kim and Katlin were hilarious because they both put their arms over their stomach and were looking a round and kinda scared because they thought they were missing them. Then he had a guy come up on stage and said that he stole their bellybuttons. They both death glared him but then he 'gave' them back their bellybuttons and he told him that he was actually their hero and they hugged him then sat down. After that he made them believe that they were 5 yrs old and then asked a few them their nickname and what their favorite food was. Everyone of them had squeaky voices, oh it was so funny to watch!~
After that we went and got some more drinks and had dinner. Our group ended up getting nachos because the line for other food was really long. There was some sort of flip book thing going on so we went and checked that out. Was cool because you dress up and they record a short film and then make it into a book! Lorraine and I ended up doing it and it was so retarded looking but hopefully years to come I can look back and laugh at ourselves. They had some sort of boxer bingo going on and so I wanted to do that but the rest of them didn't so we went walking around more. Lorraine wanted Kendra to do the flip book so we went back but I didn't feel like standing around because by then word got around and so I went and played bingo. Was lame because there was a pair of Guitar Hero boxers that I really wanted but someone got to them before me. After that we walked around a little bit more but then it was time to announce who won the Grand prizes. We went into the cafeteria and waited. They had two tattoo booths, one was spray on and the other one was drawn on with some kind of pasty looking stuff. Was funny because Mere asked if we were allowed to have a tattoo for work. I'm like yeah because its temporary lol, not permanent! Also they had this machine that you get in and it has fake money in it but also real money. I guess the most you could get was $50, but it was hard because it flew around and you had to grab for it. John Fischer won $44 I heard which was the most that anyone had gotten. I would of done it but I felt like a retard so I didn't haha. Lorraine did it and she got $13 which pretty much paid for the party since we had to pay $10 to go. With the food, snacks, drinks, prizes and everything, I think I got my moneys worth.
Earlier I had won a door prize of a beach towel and some sandals. I didn't end up winning any of the big prizes but it was still fun going to the party. They had four plasmas, Digital camera, Mini refrigerator, three microwaves, Printer, Nintendo Wii, Airplane ride, Guy and Girl beauty kit, Rock Band II, and a few other items. I said goodbye to our little group and left for the night. I got home around 3 am and Ryan still isn't home, hmm...
Mood: Tired
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Nothing
Listening To: Decision - I Love Raiding
Wishing: she didn't have an English class this summer ugh...stupid papers..
After that we went and got some more drinks and had dinner. Our group ended up getting nachos because the line for other food was really long. There was some sort of flip book thing going on so we went and checked that out. Was cool because you dress up and they record a short film and then make it into a book! Lorraine and I ended up doing it and it was so retarded looking but hopefully years to come I can look back and laugh at ourselves. They had some sort of boxer bingo going on and so I wanted to do that but the rest of them didn't so we went walking around more. Lorraine wanted Kendra to do the flip book so we went back but I didn't feel like standing around because by then word got around and so I went and played bingo. Was lame because there was a pair of Guitar Hero boxers that I really wanted but someone got to them before me. After that we walked around a little bit more but then it was time to announce who won the Grand prizes. We went into the cafeteria and waited. They had two tattoo booths, one was spray on and the other one was drawn on with some kind of pasty looking stuff. Was funny because Mere asked if we were allowed to have a tattoo for work. I'm like yeah because its temporary lol, not permanent! Also they had this machine that you get in and it has fake money in it but also real money. I guess the most you could get was $50, but it was hard because it flew around and you had to grab for it. John Fischer won $44 I heard which was the most that anyone had gotten. I would of done it but I felt like a retard so I didn't haha. Lorraine did it and she got $13 which pretty much paid for the party since we had to pay $10 to go. With the food, snacks, drinks, prizes and everything, I think I got my moneys worth.
Earlier I had won a door prize of a beach towel and some sandals. I didn't end up winning any of the big prizes but it was still fun going to the party. They had four plasmas, Digital camera, Mini refrigerator, three microwaves, Printer, Nintendo Wii, Airplane ride, Guy and Girl beauty kit, Rock Band II, and a few other items. I said goodbye to our little group and left for the night. I got home around 3 am and Ryan still isn't home, hmm...
Mood: Tired
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Nothing
Listening To: Decision - I Love Raiding
Wishing: she didn't have an English class this summer ugh...stupid papers..
~Congratulations Class of 2009!!!!!!!!~
Today I graduated =D. Had to go at 3 pm to the school so they could check us over and pick out the retards that don't know how to dress for the occasion. They said we had to be there at 3 pm and we were running late. I put hot rollers in and so we had to hurry and pull those out and spray my hair which wouldn't hold very well. I got a golden thing to wear that said honor on it and then I got purple cords for the National Technical Society for getting good grades in computer class I suppose. Once I did get there I realized that I forgot my medallion, I was pissed but there was nothing I could do because I didn't have a phone to call anyone. Waited around until it was time to start which was at 4 pm. We all filed out in our rows and went to stand in the hallway going down to the cafeteria. The closer I got to the doors we were going to enter I started getting more nervous. I got to the door and when it was my time to go I had to remember to walk slowly because all I could think was to hurry and get to my seat. I spotted my family trying to take my picture but then I had to go sit down. I kept looking past Alesha so they could possibly get some good pictures. I looked so corny with my cap on it wasn't even funny. After the speeches, choir singing, and band playing their song, it was time for us to go get our diploma. Once our row heard Jordan Petterman's name called then we were all suppose to stand up. We then waited until a dot was available to stand on and then keep moving up the side until we got to the front. Ugh I was so nervous. Finally I heard my name called and I walked up the stairs to Mr. Everheart and shook his hand. I felt kind of in a trance because I was just focused on shaking hands and getting to the end to accept my flower. Mom wanted a picture of me and so I stopped and smiled. She couldn't really get a picture so I had to move on because Alesha was behind me. Went and waited for all of our row to get back and sat down. We were announced as graduated and switched our tassels over to the right. Some people threw their hats but I didn't because I didn't want to lose it. After the farewell speech given by Darcy Watson we all stood up and proceeded to exit through the other door opposite the one we came in. Was set up this way so that if people's parents sat on the other side than when they came in that they could get pictures of them leaving and vice versa. As I was leaving Mom was trying to get my picture again but she didn't really know how to work my camera as well. I had to give up my golden thing in exchange for golden chords. She followed me out and took a picture of me alone by a wall and then we waited for the rest of the family. We couldn't find Dad and Ryan until about 20 mins later. Took some pictures with Lorraine, Kendra, Britt, Briana, Heather, and Stephanie. I tried to find Meredith but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Took some more pictures with family and then went home. I decided to go to the Senior All-Night party because I had heard that there were some really good Grand Prizes like Guitar Hero, digital camera, plasma screen TV, and more. We had a few hours before I needed to leave so Mom asked what I wanted to do about dinner. I didn't want to eat pizza like they suggested so we ended up driving up to Mt. Pleasant and to Bob Evans. Grandma embarrassed me because I just wondered if I got a free dessert because I graduated. So she asked the waitress and she said I did! I ended up getting some really good stir fry and a piece of Oreo ice cream pie. Went home and got ready to leave for all-night party. Dad was outside playing basketball with the kids which was kinda funny. Ryan ended up leaving with Dad to go to the casino after awhile. I left a little bit after then for the all-night party.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea
Listening To: Decision - Geared Up
Wishing: her Dad lived closer..=[
Today I graduated =D. Had to go at 3 pm to the school so they could check us over and pick out the retards that don't know how to dress for the occasion. They said we had to be there at 3 pm and we were running late. I put hot rollers in and so we had to hurry and pull those out and spray my hair which wouldn't hold very well. I got a golden thing to wear that said honor on it and then I got purple cords for the National Technical Society for getting good grades in computer class I suppose. Once I did get there I realized that I forgot my medallion, I was pissed but there was nothing I could do because I didn't have a phone to call anyone. Waited around until it was time to start which was at 4 pm. We all filed out in our rows and went to stand in the hallway going down to the cafeteria. The closer I got to the doors we were going to enter I started getting more nervous. I got to the door and when it was my time to go I had to remember to walk slowly because all I could think was to hurry and get to my seat. I spotted my family trying to take my picture but then I had to go sit down. I kept looking past Alesha so they could possibly get some good pictures. I looked so corny with my cap on it wasn't even funny. After the speeches, choir singing, and band playing their song, it was time for us to go get our diploma. Once our row heard Jordan Petterman's name called then we were all suppose to stand up. We then waited until a dot was available to stand on and then keep moving up the side until we got to the front. Ugh I was so nervous. Finally I heard my name called and I walked up the stairs to Mr. Everheart and shook his hand. I felt kind of in a trance because I was just focused on shaking hands and getting to the end to accept my flower. Mom wanted a picture of me and so I stopped and smiled. She couldn't really get a picture so I had to move on because Alesha was behind me. Went and waited for all of our row to get back and sat down. We were announced as graduated and switched our tassels over to the right. Some people threw their hats but I didn't because I didn't want to lose it. After the farewell speech given by Darcy Watson we all stood up and proceeded to exit through the other door opposite the one we came in. Was set up this way so that if people's parents sat on the other side than when they came in that they could get pictures of them leaving and vice versa. As I was leaving Mom was trying to get my picture again but she didn't really know how to work my camera as well. I had to give up my golden thing in exchange for golden chords. She followed me out and took a picture of me alone by a wall and then we waited for the rest of the family. We couldn't find Dad and Ryan until about 20 mins later. Took some pictures with Lorraine, Kendra, Britt, Briana, Heather, and Stephanie. I tried to find Meredith but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Took some more pictures with family and then went home. I decided to go to the Senior All-Night party because I had heard that there were some really good Grand Prizes like Guitar Hero, digital camera, plasma screen TV, and more. We had a few hours before I needed to leave so Mom asked what I wanted to do about dinner. I didn't want to eat pizza like they suggested so we ended up driving up to Mt. Pleasant and to Bob Evans. Grandma embarrassed me because I just wondered if I got a free dessert because I graduated. So she asked the waitress and she said I did! I ended up getting some really good stir fry and a piece of Oreo ice cream pie. Went home and got ready to leave for all-night party. Dad was outside playing basketball with the kids which was kinda funny. Ryan ended up leaving with Dad to go to the casino after awhile. I left a little bit after then for the all-night party.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea
Listening To: Decision - Geared Up
Wishing: her Dad lived closer..=[
Went to order it today and I found out some pretty cool stuff. Originally I planned on buying an extra battery so if this one dies then I'll have a back up. Well the owner said that I wouldn't really need an extra one because I could just charge it once a week and be good to go. Also I bought a camera bag which is waterproof so if I'm out and about and it starts to rain I wont have to worry. That was $50 which is expensive but it's better than getting my camera ruined! I also bought two UV lens protectors which not only filters out UV rays but also protects my lens from being scratched. If you bought two you got the second one half off so that was about $22.50. Oh i also bought a zoom lens which was an additional $150 after a $100 instant rebate.With tax and everything it came to about $800, ouch! Hopefully though this camera will last me a few years! Should come in Wednesday or Thursday of next week.
We stopped by Sam's Club to reorder my cake since I wanted something different than Mom ordered me because she didn't know what I wanted. Went and got Subway again for lunch, was delicious!
Mood: Blah...I don't want to do my english paper -.-
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea (yummy!)
Listening To: Ciara - Love Sex Magic
Wishing: it would be Wednesday already get her camera!
We stopped by Sam's Club to reorder my cake since I wanted something different than Mom ordered me because she didn't know what I wanted. Went and got Subway again for lunch, was delicious!
Mood: Blah...I don't want to do my english paper -.-
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Green Tea (yummy!)
Listening To: Ciara - Love Sex Magic
Wishing: it would be Wednesday already get her camera!
Nothing beats waking up at 4:30 in the morning, nothing! Actually to tell you the truth I couldn't sleep at all so by then I was ready to get up. I took shower and everything and ready to leave by 5:40. I wanted to get to school early so that I'd be able to run to my car if I needed something. I didn't know if we could leave our bags on the bus, I didn't want to take it with me if we couldn't. I ended up wearing a pair of Mom's capris because I didn't really have any shorts I wanted to wear. They reminded me of Oompa Loompa pants, because they were baggy. How embarrassing, I wore them anyways, lols!
We were scheduled to leave at 6 am sharp but one of the buses wasn't there on time and we left at 6:30. Not sure when we stopped, probrbly about half way, at McDonald's to get lunch and relief ourselves but we got honked at by some angry people. As we were walking into McDonald's we were walking next to the drive thru where people can pass to get out, well apparently this person couldn't wait another 20 seconds and laid on the horn. We all walked over to the side and they sped up and this guy yelled out the window,"Do you always walk in the middle!!!!!" or something stupid like that. We should of just kept walking in front of them if we would of known they were going to be so rude haha. Took about four hours to get to the park with the half hour break for lunch. I made sure that I lathered on the sun screen because I didn't want to be burnt for this weekend, it's Highland Festival.
I ended up hanging out with Sydney Neil and Briana Baker. We got into the park and I got sort of annoyed because Briana wanted to walk around and just see what there was. I wanted to go and jump in line for a roller coaster. Given that it was early in the morning and not as many people would be there. We went on a few small rides which lasted about 40 seconds each, was stupid. After those we hopped in line for MaxAIR which I've never been on. I was on a ride similar to this one but this one made me feel a little sick because of the pressure on my stomach and the combined spinning made me dizzy a bit. After that I was ready for a coaster! We went on the raptor which is one of my favorite roller coasters, I'm not really sure why but I like how your feet dangle! After that we went to go back to the pavilion where Briana put her cooler for lunch. Well once we got there she couldn't find it, someone had stolen it. She was none all to excited and so we had the run around of going to different people to try to get to the one place we were suppose to go to in the first place, the lost and found. Now I was hungry in the first place but Briana wanted to go back to the pavilion and search around some more and what not. Well Subway was right there and Sydney and I wanted Subway, so Briana went back to the pavilion. You wouldn't believe the price of a 6" sub, well maybe you would but it was $6.99 for a 6" turkey! That's the regular price for a foot long here! Oh but wait, there's more! $12.99 for a foot long, two times as much as the regular price. It's ridiculous I tell you. After we ate we went back to meet up with Briana and she seemed in better spirits. Heather Elliot and Joey were there with her eating lunch. We ended up hanging out with them the rest of the day. We lost Briana at one point when she wanted to go check out the Lost and Found again. We tried looking for her but that was to no avail. Ran into Alisha Spooner and she told us about a wrist band for $9 you could get unlimited soft drinks all day. Was kind of pointless at that time though because it was around 4pm and we would be leaving in three hours. However, they did provide free water with ice, which was something worth doing!
We went on a few lines and it was about 5pm when they wanted to go on MaxAIR. I didn't feel like going because I was still feeling full from Subway and didn't want to take the chance of throwing up. Well once they got strapped into the ride and started they shut it down again because something was wrong with it. Sat there for 10 minutes waiting for them to get it going again but they still couldn't figure it out so they had everyone get off the ride and everyone standing in line to leave. We waited maybe another 10 minutes but finally they said that it would be awhile before they could get it up and running so our group left. After that we went back to the pavilion to see if Briana was there but she wasn't so Heather and Sydney wanted to go on the Dragster so we walked over there but Heather left to fight with Joey over something. Sydney wanted to go on another ride before we left so we went back to go on the Raptor. Stood in line for about 20 minutes, about another 10 minutes to get on the ride when it breaks down. Sydney didn't want to stand there and wait so we went and got some more water and headed back to the pavilion. We left at 7:30 and drove home. Kind of sucked because I was tired but I couldn't sleep and it was hot on the bus. He had the air going but it was just the fan, not the air conditioning. Was a relief when we stopped at a rest stop and got to get up and walk around. I got a nice cold bottle of water that I pretty much chugged. We got back around 11:20 and I took Sydney home and then when I got home Mom was pulling down the road going to the school to look for me.
We stayed up chatting a little and then she explained she went to a store in Midland called Meier Camera where she checked out how much a Nikon D60 was there and what not. The camera there was the same price as Walmart but if you bought a second lens at the same time you bought the camera then you'd get an instant $100 rebate. Also the fact that we would be buying it from a store I would be able to take it back if anything were to go wrong with it. And when I get the camera someone will sit down with me and explain everything about it and teach me how to take pictures so I'm not clueless. I was really excited that my camera came in but I couldn't pass up a better offer so I took it.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Water!
Listening To: Beyonce - Diva
Wishing: she could have her camera now!
We were scheduled to leave at 6 am sharp but one of the buses wasn't there on time and we left at 6:30. Not sure when we stopped, probrbly about half way, at McDonald's to get lunch and relief ourselves but we got honked at by some angry people. As we were walking into McDonald's we were walking next to the drive thru where people can pass to get out, well apparently this person couldn't wait another 20 seconds and laid on the horn. We all walked over to the side and they sped up and this guy yelled out the window,"Do you always walk in the middle!!!!!" or something stupid like that. We should of just kept walking in front of them if we would of known they were going to be so rude haha. Took about four hours to get to the park with the half hour break for lunch. I made sure that I lathered on the sun screen because I didn't want to be burnt for this weekend, it's Highland Festival.
I ended up hanging out with Sydney Neil and Briana Baker. We got into the park and I got sort of annoyed because Briana wanted to walk around and just see what there was. I wanted to go and jump in line for a roller coaster. Given that it was early in the morning and not as many people would be there. We went on a few small rides which lasted about 40 seconds each, was stupid. After those we hopped in line for MaxAIR which I've never been on. I was on a ride similar to this one but this one made me feel a little sick because of the pressure on my stomach and the combined spinning made me dizzy a bit. After that I was ready for a coaster! We went on the raptor which is one of my favorite roller coasters, I'm not really sure why but I like how your feet dangle! After that we went to go back to the pavilion where Briana put her cooler for lunch. Well once we got there she couldn't find it, someone had stolen it. She was none all to excited and so we had the run around of going to different people to try to get to the one place we were suppose to go to in the first place, the lost and found. Now I was hungry in the first place but Briana wanted to go back to the pavilion and search around some more and what not. Well Subway was right there and Sydney and I wanted Subway, so Briana went back to the pavilion. You wouldn't believe the price of a 6" sub, well maybe you would but it was $6.99 for a 6" turkey! That's the regular price for a foot long here! Oh but wait, there's more! $12.99 for a foot long, two times as much as the regular price. It's ridiculous I tell you. After we ate we went back to meet up with Briana and she seemed in better spirits. Heather Elliot and Joey were there with her eating lunch. We ended up hanging out with them the rest of the day. We lost Briana at one point when she wanted to go check out the Lost and Found again. We tried looking for her but that was to no avail. Ran into Alisha Spooner and she told us about a wrist band for $9 you could get unlimited soft drinks all day. Was kind of pointless at that time though because it was around 4pm and we would be leaving in three hours. However, they did provide free water with ice, which was something worth doing!
We went on a few lines and it was about 5pm when they wanted to go on MaxAIR. I didn't feel like going because I was still feeling full from Subway and didn't want to take the chance of throwing up. Well once they got strapped into the ride and started they shut it down again because something was wrong with it. Sat there for 10 minutes waiting for them to get it going again but they still couldn't figure it out so they had everyone get off the ride and everyone standing in line to leave. We waited maybe another 10 minutes but finally they said that it would be awhile before they could get it up and running so our group left. After that we went back to the pavilion to see if Briana was there but she wasn't so Heather and Sydney wanted to go on the Dragster so we walked over there but Heather left to fight with Joey over something. Sydney wanted to go on another ride before we left so we went back to go on the Raptor. Stood in line for about 20 minutes, about another 10 minutes to get on the ride when it breaks down. Sydney didn't want to stand there and wait so we went and got some more water and headed back to the pavilion. We left at 7:30 and drove home. Kind of sucked because I was tired but I couldn't sleep and it was hot on the bus. He had the air going but it was just the fan, not the air conditioning. Was a relief when we stopped at a rest stop and got to get up and walk around. I got a nice cold bottle of water that I pretty much chugged. We got back around 11:20 and I took Sydney home and then when I got home Mom was pulling down the road going to the school to look for me.
We stayed up chatting a little and then she explained she went to a store in Midland called Meier Camera where she checked out how much a Nikon D60 was there and what not. The camera there was the same price as Walmart but if you bought a second lens at the same time you bought the camera then you'd get an instant $100 rebate. Also the fact that we would be buying it from a store I would be able to take it back if anything were to go wrong with it. And when I get the camera someone will sit down with me and explain everything about it and teach me how to take pictures so I'm not clueless. I was really excited that my camera came in but I couldn't pass up a better offer so I took it.
Mood: Excited
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 10
Drinking: Water!
Listening To: Beyonce - Diva
Wishing: she could have her camera now!
Was so stressed this morning that I ended up waking up at 5 am this morning. I'm so not a morning person so waking up that early tells you something. Was stressed because of my Photography class. I didn't know what to do about the assignment we were suppose to have for class that day. We had to have a photo that was properly exposed and then a picture where we blurred or stopped an action. Well the latter was easy to do but properly exposed? How am I suppose to know if a photo is properly exposed?! I don't think it was in my reading anywhere or anything... After I took a shower Mom came upstairs and said she had been talking to Alex and that they thing since it's a 6-week class that I'm already behind(because I wouldn't have a camera for today's class either) and should drop the class. Also today was the last day to drop and add a class for the 6-week courses for a full refund. So I dropped it.
English was basically the same besides that we have a paper due next Wednesday. Well, a rough-draft but it has to be complete. Kind of sucks because I feel like this is way over my head and I don't know how to analyze the text we're suppose to read! I hope everything will be ok...
English was basically the same besides that we have a paper due next Wednesday. Well, a rough-draft but it has to be complete. Kind of sucks because I feel like this is way over my head and I don't know how to analyze the text we're suppose to read! I hope everything will be ok...
Whooop! Today was my first day of College! Here's my schedule:
9:00 am-12:40 pm Basic Photography
1:00 pm-2:50 pm English 111
So I got up to Mid half and hour early to be able to find my classes and if I got lost still have time to spare (I know I'm a loser, haha). I'm thankful that finding a parking spot was easy because class is so early in the morning. I found my two classes and waited around until I seen other people going into class. I felt kind of weird because I didn't really know the atmosphere of college life, such as asking if you can leave to go to the bathroom or something, haha.
In Photography I guess we were suppose to of got an email from the teacher but I didn't? I don't know.. so I felt kind of dumb because all the people in that class had cameras that were better than mine. I guess you were suppose to have a camera that would let you be able to manually control it, well mine is just a point-and-shoot. I asked the professor and he said that I'd either have to borrow one from someone I know or I could use his during class. Well I didn't want to do the latter one, and I don't know anyone who has a camera that allows you to manually handle it. Also he assigned us an assignment that you had to be able to do that sort of stuff so I don't know what I'm going to do. Ended up calling Uncle Tom and asked what he thought about which cameras are good and all that since hes good with them. He suggested a Nikon D40 or D60. Walmart had a D40 in stock and so we thought about just buying it and ordering one online so that I still had a camera to work with at school but could take back once the other one comes in. We just ended up ordering a D60 from Walmart and got one day shipping so that it would come as fast as possible. I planned on getting a nice camera anyways...but I thought that he would have some for us to use since its basic photography, instead of just rushing into buying one. Leaving the class I felt kind of stressed because it was as though I should of had a camera and kind of already known how to use it some, but I didn't know anything or any terms about photography!
We ended up getting out early so instead of having 20 minutes for lunch I had about 40 which was nice. I had a delicious(not) PB&J and some chips with a granola I didn't eat because I was still kind of nervous for my English class. It turned out pretty well actually, my professor seems nice and explained some of the things people were worried about that they heard about the class. In order to get credit for the class I have to write a portfolio(paper) that gets read by some people in the English department that determines if it passes. If it doesn't I have the chance to get it looked again after I correct it. Hopefully it passes the first time so I don't have to worry about it!
9:00 am-12:40 pm Basic Photography
1:00 pm-2:50 pm English 111
So I got up to Mid half and hour early to be able to find my classes and if I got lost still have time to spare (I know I'm a loser, haha). I'm thankful that finding a parking spot was easy because class is so early in the morning. I found my two classes and waited around until I seen other people going into class. I felt kind of weird because I didn't really know the atmosphere of college life, such as asking if you can leave to go to the bathroom or something, haha.
In Photography I guess we were suppose to of got an email from the teacher but I didn't? I don't know.. so I felt kind of dumb because all the people in that class had cameras that were better than mine. I guess you were suppose to have a camera that would let you be able to manually control it, well mine is just a point-and-shoot. I asked the professor and he said that I'd either have to borrow one from someone I know or I could use his during class. Well I didn't want to do the latter one, and I don't know anyone who has a camera that allows you to manually handle it. Also he assigned us an assignment that you had to be able to do that sort of stuff so I don't know what I'm going to do. Ended up calling Uncle Tom and asked what he thought about which cameras are good and all that since hes good with them. He suggested a Nikon D40 or D60. Walmart had a D40 in stock and so we thought about just buying it and ordering one online so that I still had a camera to work with at school but could take back once the other one comes in. We just ended up ordering a D60 from Walmart and got one day shipping so that it would come as fast as possible. I planned on getting a nice camera anyways...but I thought that he would have some for us to use since its basic photography, instead of just rushing into buying one. Leaving the class I felt kind of stressed because it was as though I should of had a camera and kind of already known how to use it some, but I didn't know anything or any terms about photography!
We ended up getting out early so instead of having 20 minutes for lunch I had about 40 which was nice. I had a delicious(not) PB&J and some chips with a granola I didn't eat because I was still kind of nervous for my English class. It turned out pretty well actually, my professor seems nice and explained some of the things people were worried about that they heard about the class. In order to get credit for the class I have to write a portfolio(paper) that gets read by some people in the English department that determines if it passes. If it doesn't I have the chance to get it looked again after I correct it. Hopefully it passes the first time so I don't have to worry about it!
Holy Craps! Today was my last day of High School! I'm excited yet also kind of sad.. I've been with these people (classmates) since I was little, almost like my second family. Reason why it's my last day is because I start college on Monday and so I have to skip school for that. Also on Tuesday they're just studying for exams and since I'm able to except out I don't have to go and then Wednesday are the actual exams. I get such a short summer break it sucks, haha. I work tomorrow so I wasn't able to go camping with family but I went over to Britt's house and hung out for awhile..kind of sucks because her boyfriend is here for a month so she doesn't really want to do anything like go on the senior trip to Cedar Point next Thursday. Hmm...
It's awesome! School is almost out, I think we have about 29 days left? Anyways.. Tuesday was the day to sign up for Spring Classes at Mid Michigan so Mom, Ryan and I went up there. Because the last time we went up there to talk to an adviser I didn't really know what classes I wanted to take so the guy didn't sign what I needed him to sign saying it was OK I took that class. We had to sign in on a list and wait. It was dumb though because the first page was all filled up so I went on to the next page. Well people who came after me started to get called. Finally we asked why they're going and realized that someone had put a new sheet on top of the old one and so I wouldn't have been called at all. Well one of the advisers took me and he was really nice, nicer than the other advisers. Told him what I wanted to do and everything then finally he asked my address. Was funny because when he seen where I lived he asked if I go to Pizza Sam's, which I don't because I think its gross. Anyways I guess he thought the same and so we started talking about pizza and Subway. Like I said before he was very kind and helpful with everything. I paid for my classes, English 111 and Basic Photography, which was about $950 when it was all said and done. I went to the bookstore to see which books I needed for my classes. When we first walked in this lady was there and she was taking inventory, granted she was busy but we finally had to say something after a few minutes to grab her attention. When we finally did we asked if she could let us know what books I needed. She replied with, "They're organized by the subject", in a rude tone. I was thinking OK well sorry that I've never been to college and don't know how things go. She walked us over to where the books were and quickly explained how to know which book was which. I didn't even catch what she said and then she was gone, talk about a ...... So we wrote down the ISBNs and left. Of course Starbucks is just down the road from Mid so we had to stop! I wanted something with chocolate and coffee so Mom asked the guy at the drive threw what they had and we ended up getting a Java Chip Frappuccino. We got it for free because the guy thought we sounded new to Starbucks which was awesome, mom wished she would of gotten one too!
Mood: Annoyed
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 6
Drinking: Monster - Assault
Listening To: Kid Cudi - Day and Night
Wishing: to be out of school!! and to see her Favorite Cousin!
Mood: Annoyed
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 6
Drinking: Monster - Assault
Listening To: Kid Cudi - Day and Night
Wishing: to be out of school!! and to see her Favorite Cousin!
Okies, so after Jack had gotten his head stuck in his cage he started plucking his feathers on his chest out to the point he looked like a raw chicken! We ended up calling a Vet that Deb knows and took him there this past Friday. He looked way worse then because he had pulled out basically all his outer feathers besides on his wings, head and tail. We had recently pulled up all the carpet in the living room to find out that there was hardwood floor, so that might of freaked him out. Also his old cuddle buddy was getting old so Mom bought him a new one, well he really didn't like it. Took that out and he seemed to be getting the feathers around his head back from the previous session. At the vet they said that he was in perfect health conditions except the plucking and that we were feeding him excellent food (Zupreem). Jack was working his charm because the vet and her assistant was like in love with him lol. Said that hes the most well behaved Quaker they've handled =D yay! I hope that Jack gets better, he isn't quite plucking them as much because before Mom was changing the papers a couple times a day and had to leave the dust buster next to Jack's cage because of all the feathers floating around. Any who hes pulled the feathers on his legs off.. I just hope he gets better soooooon!
Mood: Blah
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 4
Drinking: Nothing
Listening To: Lady Gaga - Starstruck
Wishing: to be out of school!! & figure out what she wants to do as a future career....
Mood: Blah
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 4
Drinking: Nothing
Listening To: Lady Gaga - Starstruck
Wishing: to be out of school!! & figure out what she wants to do as a future career....
I went with my Mom to Mount Pleasant tonight to go see an elderly lady who needed some help. It was nice to help the lady out. Her name was Mable and she's going to be 97 tomorrow, I'm amazed! I can't help to be sad when thinking about elderly people that old. She was telling me about her husband which she said was the Best Man in the World because he wouldn't let her work and stuff like that. I was like awww...her daughter apparently had died a few years ago to cancer and shes still kind of grieving for her. She said that she writes poems and stories which is how she started to tell me about when her one and only daughter was born and how she had caught some kind of baby fever that had killed two of her neighbors from having their babies and how she had prayed to God to let her live to raise her child. She had felt his presence in the same room and she had known that he was there and had answered her prayers, I was so touched. While all this happened Mom heated her up some stew and we chatted to her while she ate. Mom helped get her cleaned up and then we tucked her into bed. She had thanked Mom for coming which was heart-warming but also sad at the same time. Not that we did a good deed for her but that some people take it for granted and figure that she shouldn't be well taken care of because she's old.
Anyways we came home and I went upstairs to my room where I had left Jack. He didn't make a peep when I walked into my room and so I figured that he was probably asleep. I walked over to his cage and whispered his name, still not a peep. I kneel down and look in and see no Jack. I look around and noticed that the latch on the place that you stick the food bowl was open, I had forgotten to make sure it was latched from earlier and he had gotten out. I started calling out his name thinking maybe he would make some kind of noise or start moving around. My worst thoughts were that he could be anywhere since I left my door wide open and he knows how to climb stuff and go down the stairs. I walked towards my door and there he was sitting on top of my dresser next to my Tv. He looked pretty freaked out and his feathers were a bit roughed up. I figured he probably climbed up the cords of my Tv or lava lamps and got onto the dresser. He was so cute but I'm so glad that he's ok, scared me! I feel kind of bad too because all day I was pissy with him for being annoying and plain just not being quiet! I gave him plenty of kisses though haha!
Anyways we came home and I went upstairs to my room where I had left Jack. He didn't make a peep when I walked into my room and so I figured that he was probably asleep. I walked over to his cage and whispered his name, still not a peep. I kneel down and look in and see no Jack. I look around and noticed that the latch on the place that you stick the food bowl was open, I had forgotten to make sure it was latched from earlier and he had gotten out. I started calling out his name thinking maybe he would make some kind of noise or start moving around. My worst thoughts were that he could be anywhere since I left my door wide open and he knows how to climb stuff and go down the stairs. I walked towards my door and there he was sitting on top of my dresser next to my Tv. He looked pretty freaked out and his feathers were a bit roughed up. I figured he probably climbed up the cords of my Tv or lava lamps and got onto the dresser. He was so cute but I'm so glad that he's ok, scared me! I feel kind of bad too because all day I was pissy with him for being annoying and plain just not being quiet! I gave him plenty of kisses though haha!
Well dang, hasn't it been forever since I've updated this.. I seem to say that every time but oh well. Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I just sent Dad pictures from the last few trips we went on (Mackinaw, Ludington, Indiana, and some of my car). I felt kind of bad because I talked to him like last week and he wanted to know where the pictures of my car were! It's been like 6 months since I first got my car? Oops. Anyhow.. not much has happened that is interesting since New Years. With the mix of boredom in all that nothingness I've been feeling kind of crappy lately. I feel as though I have all this art stuff yet I haven't used any of it really. With my tablet I haven't drawn anything that is of use and I don't know how to color stuff with it. And with my colored pencils I don't know what to draw so that doesn't help at all. I tried drawing a horse today and I felt pretty good about it until I looked at the completed horse on the next page of the book I was following. Ended up erasing all of it which probably wasn't the right thing to do but ugh I'm just so frustrated. On top of it Jack wouldn't shut up so finally I grabbed him out of his cage and took him downstairs to squawk. Mom wanted to know what was wrong and it's pretty much everything! Practice makes perfect I know but I'm just really frustrated, I hope I don't sound like a whinny emo kid or something. Oh and what I've been doing before today (trying to draw since semester ended) was playing Diablo II and Guild Wars. Why the sudden change? Well I was kind of motivated to draw by who knows what but I really wanted to draw and basically no one plays those games anymore so I'm all by myself. Here we go with the emo-ness again... but I'm serious.. have you ever played a game for a month or more and have no one really to do anything with on it? Tell me you don't get bored. I'm looking very forward to graduation, I hope that going to college and picking my own classes/more variety classes that I can expand my art abilities and I don't put myself down as much.
And as a side note, the weather is warming up which is a pleasent feeling. Although on Sunday the lovely iceicles on the house got all toasty and decided to fall off the ledge, slide down the roof and then onto my car. Now there's a dent about the size of my palm and a smaller one next to it near my right tailight, joy! It seems that Maple just loves getting damaged. Also Manda got the lead role in a play called, "Once upon a Mattress" aka The Princess and the Pea. But yeah, Mom said that we might be able to go and see her perform, which will be nice!
Mood: Downcast, Frustrated, Annoyed
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 1
Drinking: Nothing
Listening To: Bethany Dillon - Beautiful
Wishing: That she could get her artwork to look as good as it does in her head.
And as a side note, the weather is warming up which is a pleasent feeling. Although on Sunday the lovely iceicles on the house got all toasty and decided to fall off the ledge, slide down the roof and then onto my car. Now there's a dent about the size of my palm and a smaller one next to it near my right tailight, joy! It seems that Maple just loves getting damaged. Also Manda got the lead role in a play called, "Once upon a Mattress" aka The Princess and the Pea. But yeah, Mom said that we might be able to go and see her perform, which will be nice!
Mood: Downcast, Frustrated, Annoyed
Reading: Left Behind Series - book 1
Drinking: Nothing
Listening To: Bethany Dillon - Beautiful
Wishing: That she could get her artwork to look as good as it does in her head.
Say Goodbye to 2008 and Hello to 2009! I can't wait to see what this year has in store for everyone. I don't really have much to say besides I'm glad that 2008 is over with, lets hope that everyone starts anew and changes for the better =].
~*Happy New Year Everyone!!!!*~
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