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!
Labels: Camera, Cedar Point, High School
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...
Labels: College, English, Photography
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!
Labels: College, English, Photography
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...
Labels: College, High School
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....
Labels: Jack
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