Today was day one of Old Settlers, and my God, this has to be the hottest one to date. It was miserable out there, but it was extremely worth it and wasn't as bad as it could have been if it wasn't for the fact that our National Forensics League team was all in it together. We had a freaking awesome time.
This is the first year we've had a booth at Old Settlers, we decided to finally do it this year to help fundraise for our traveling tournaments during both debate and forensics seasons. While other booths were selling jewlery, or baked goods, we were letting people pie teachers in the face for a mere $3. Let me tell you, it's extremely fun.
I didn't even have to work a shift today at the NFL booth, but I had absolutely nothing better to do then finish up my reading assignment I decided not to do last night that isn't due until Monday, so I walked downtown. And then eventually ended up staying the rest of the day. I was happy I did, it was extremely fun just to sit around and hang out with the team and watch students pie teachers in the face. Plus, I let my good friend Lizzy, who I mentored last year when she was a freshman for our thespian club, pie me in the face. She decided to add honey to the whip cream pie. The worst part about it was that she pied me at seven,and I didn't get to shower until about ten thirty, letting all that honey that ended up in my hair just sit in my mane and getting sticker than anything you could imagine in the hot sun. But it was so definitely worth it.
Today was awesome because: I got to pie my debate/forensics coach in the face. He told me it was declaring war, but it was worth it. I mean, how often do you get the chance to pie your coach?
days until the fall musical: 58
days until I become an adult: 140
days until graduation: 273
steps taken today: 13,751+
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
BEDA 3: big girl decisions
Tomorrow I get to meet my mom at school to enroll for my senior year of high school. And let me tell you I'm extremely excited, I've been waiting to be a senior for nearly four years now and it's finally MY time. I'm ready to get to finally start making decisions that will ultimately end up affecting my future because up until now it has always seemed that there's that one thing or someone who is holding me back from really going for what my heart and gut are telling me to do.
My mom just came home on her lunch break and before she left she came into my room and sat on my bed. She told me that one of the school counselors, the one that I worked a lot with last year when we were trying to figure out my schooling situation when I had my hip replaced second semester; she said she had an enjoyable conversation with her.
When I found out that this school counselor had called my mom this morning, I was surprised, because I thought she would have been really busy with day one of enrollment being today. I knew though once my mom told me she had called that this couldn't be good.
Mom started with telling me that she was just making sure that I would be back at the school for sure this year, yadayadayada. She had asked my mom if I was ready to go back to school, yadayadayada. Then she told my mom that I had to either finish my history class online that I didn't finish from last semester, before Thanksgiving (our fall holiday basically) or I had to give up forensics second semester so I could take both the English III class I need and American Studies.
WHAT?!
And of course, my mom is leaving it completely up to me to decide, she didn't even give me her opinion when I asked, she just told me it's my choice. I mean, one side, I prefer to take the American Studies class at the school then finish it online, just for the fact that it's better in basically ALL aspects and I prefer to learn, especially when it comes to history, by lectures, not reading a never ending assignment that doesn't even go chronologically on the computer. Then there's the fact that I've been really involved with our NFL (National Forensics League) chapter and I'm really excited for the forensics season this year because last year I didn't get to compete because I had my hip replaced. And though I'm sure my coach will allow me to participate from outside of class, it just makes things easier if I were in the class. But obviously, I have to chose one or the other.
As for right now, I don't know what I want to do. I think I might need to sleep on it tonight and see how I feel about it tomorrow, because honestly, there's pros and cons to both sides of this. I'm sure though, whatever I do decide to do that I'll be fine with it, because honestly, I just want to get through senior year and graduate. That's my goal. And I know it'll all work itself out eventually.
My mom just came home on her lunch break and before she left she came into my room and sat on my bed. She told me that one of the school counselors, the one that I worked a lot with last year when we were trying to figure out my schooling situation when I had my hip replaced second semester; she said she had an enjoyable conversation with her.
When I found out that this school counselor had called my mom this morning, I was surprised, because I thought she would have been really busy with day one of enrollment being today. I knew though once my mom told me she had called that this couldn't be good.
Mom started with telling me that she was just making sure that I would be back at the school for sure this year, yadayadayada. She had asked my mom if I was ready to go back to school, yadayadayada. Then she told my mom that I had to either finish my history class online that I didn't finish from last semester, before Thanksgiving (our fall holiday basically) or I had to give up forensics second semester so I could take both the English III class I need and American Studies.
WHAT?!
And of course, my mom is leaving it completely up to me to decide, she didn't even give me her opinion when I asked, she just told me it's my choice. I mean, one side, I prefer to take the American Studies class at the school then finish it online, just for the fact that it's better in basically ALL aspects and I prefer to learn, especially when it comes to history, by lectures, not reading a never ending assignment that doesn't even go chronologically on the computer. Then there's the fact that I've been really involved with our NFL (National Forensics League) chapter and I'm really excited for the forensics season this year because last year I didn't get to compete because I had my hip replaced. And though I'm sure my coach will allow me to participate from outside of class, it just makes things easier if I were in the class. But obviously, I have to chose one or the other.
As for right now, I don't know what I want to do. I think I might need to sleep on it tonight and see how I feel about it tomorrow, because honestly, there's pros and cons to both sides of this. I'm sure though, whatever I do decide to do that I'll be fine with it, because honestly, I just want to get through senior year and graduate. That's my goal. And I know it'll all work itself out eventually.
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