Actually, the title to this post is misleading, and I'm far too lazy and tired to change it. There's not even a place to start today with this blog, I'm so tired and drained of energy from being out in the heat the last two days ALL day with the team that the only thing that's in my thoughts right now is how freaking comfortable my bed looks less than four feet from where I'm sitting.
So once again, this will be a rather short blog. And I'm tempted to just stop it right here, but alas, I'll attempt to tread onward, but forgive me if nothing makes sense.
Drug out of bed; funnel cake, broken tent, water, volunteering, parade, Shriner, booth, fried pickle, onion blossom, frozen cheesecake on a stick, almost fall, Kenzie.
There, now I know what I'll talk about tomorrow when I can string more words together and make it sound fancy. As for now, I'm headed off to bed.
Today was awesome because: we made bank at our booth; way more than we planning on making. Which means we can travel more this season for debate.
days until the fall musical: 57
days until I become an adult: 139
days until graduation: 272
steps taken today: 10,334+
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
BEDA 19: team bonding
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+
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+
Thursday, August 18, 2011
BEDA 18: it's a national holiday
As promised, today I'm going to explain Mulvane Old Settlers to you. It's actually quite a pretty easy concept to grasp. It's basically like a county fair, but just for Mulvane celebrating our town. It happens every third August, no matter what the wheather is like. There's been years where it's flooded most of Saturday, and other times when it's hotter than hell out. The latter I'm most positive is what this year will consist of.
Old Settlers first started way back in 1873 as the quad-county fair. Eventually though, at some point it became Mulvane Old Setters, or often referred to as Old Settler Days, or just M.O.S. I think having Old Settlers is a great thing to really appreciate the history that there is in this town. The train depot at the end of Main Street once was an extremely busy place when the railroads where the major transportation. The small town that most think Mulvane was back when it was first settled wasn't all that small compared to other places. Mulvane was a railroad town, we had even had the Santa Fe Railroad Memorial Hospital, and let me tell you, it wasn't a small hospital.
We had an opera house, a hotel, and a movie theatre at one point. Although all three of these things and the hospital are long gone there are still several remains of what there was before. Looking back in the historical museum that is actually in the old train depot, there are photos of Mulvane through the years since a bit before it was even settled by Joab Mulvane. There are several buildings on main street that are actually still standing there today. The old movie theatre, the building is still there, but it's been converted into our public library. And the hospital, it was eventually taken down and a nursing home was built in place of it. If it hadn't been for the fact that so many things needed changed in the building, I honestly think that the hospital might still be there today.
Among these buildings, one that really stood out to me in my research over the summer of Mulvane, is the two story school house that used to sit on the play ground of our current grade school. The places I mentioned above, I can pretty easily picture in my head how they would have looked all those years ago, mainly because everything is still in it's place as it was in the photos taken. But for the two story school house, that just seems insane to me because up until recently I had absolutely no idea that we even had a two story school house at one point, and it's just hard for me to imagine it really being there. Of course though, I think that building too might still be standing if there hadn't been a fire...
Among all this, Old Settlers is just a way of celebrating all of the history of our town. Over the years I've learned things about Mulvane, but not as much as I did when I researched this past summer, it really gives a lot more meaning to a lot of the things we do during Old Settlers.
Old Settlers starts the third Friday of August and includes Main Street and Main Street park being shut off for the entire weekend. We have a decent sized carnival that includes the same rides that my brother remembers all too clearly riding when my parents and brother first moved down to Mulvane several several years ago. One of the most interesting and traditional things, besides the food booths, that happens during Old Settlers is the wide variety of booths that are set up. It's just interesting to walk through the park and look at every single booth, the majority of them sell clothes and jewelry, but each one has something different from the last. And the merch sellers are really friendly and chatty.
And of course, what would be a fair or town celebration without a parade? The parade has always taken place on Saturday in the morning. There's such a wide variety of people and things in the parade I couldn't even begin to describe it.
Mulvane Old Settlers is a big deal around here. Even for a few of the surrounding towns, though we're the only ones who get off a day early from school for the festivities. It's a holiday to us, we've never gone to school the third Friday of August, EVER.
Sorry if this was too much rambling. I enjoy sharing the things I know a lot about and this is one of them.
Today was awesome because: everyone is getting their booths ready down town for Old Settlers, and even though it's a pain in the but while driving because you have to take the detours around Main Street, it's still really exciting.
days until the fall musical: 59
days until I become an adult: 141
days until graduation: 274
steps taken today: 4,251+
Old Settlers first started way back in 1873 as the quad-county fair. Eventually though, at some point it became Mulvane Old Setters, or often referred to as Old Settler Days, or just M.O.S. I think having Old Settlers is a great thing to really appreciate the history that there is in this town. The train depot at the end of Main Street once was an extremely busy place when the railroads where the major transportation. The small town that most think Mulvane was back when it was first settled wasn't all that small compared to other places. Mulvane was a railroad town, we had even had the Santa Fe Railroad Memorial Hospital, and let me tell you, it wasn't a small hospital.
We had an opera house, a hotel, and a movie theatre at one point. Although all three of these things and the hospital are long gone there are still several remains of what there was before. Looking back in the historical museum that is actually in the old train depot, there are photos of Mulvane through the years since a bit before it was even settled by Joab Mulvane. There are several buildings on main street that are actually still standing there today. The old movie theatre, the building is still there, but it's been converted into our public library. And the hospital, it was eventually taken down and a nursing home was built in place of it. If it hadn't been for the fact that so many things needed changed in the building, I honestly think that the hospital might still be there today.
Among these buildings, one that really stood out to me in my research over the summer of Mulvane, is the two story school house that used to sit on the play ground of our current grade school. The places I mentioned above, I can pretty easily picture in my head how they would have looked all those years ago, mainly because everything is still in it's place as it was in the photos taken. But for the two story school house, that just seems insane to me because up until recently I had absolutely no idea that we even had a two story school house at one point, and it's just hard for me to imagine it really being there. Of course though, I think that building too might still be standing if there hadn't been a fire...
Among all this, Old Settlers is just a way of celebrating all of the history of our town. Over the years I've learned things about Mulvane, but not as much as I did when I researched this past summer, it really gives a lot more meaning to a lot of the things we do during Old Settlers.
Old Settlers starts the third Friday of August and includes Main Street and Main Street park being shut off for the entire weekend. We have a decent sized carnival that includes the same rides that my brother remembers all too clearly riding when my parents and brother first moved down to Mulvane several several years ago. One of the most interesting and traditional things, besides the food booths, that happens during Old Settlers is the wide variety of booths that are set up. It's just interesting to walk through the park and look at every single booth, the majority of them sell clothes and jewelry, but each one has something different from the last. And the merch sellers are really friendly and chatty.
And of course, what would be a fair or town celebration without a parade? The parade has always taken place on Saturday in the morning. There's such a wide variety of people and things in the parade I couldn't even begin to describe it.
Mulvane Old Settlers is a big deal around here. Even for a few of the surrounding towns, though we're the only ones who get off a day early from school for the festivities. It's a holiday to us, we've never gone to school the third Friday of August, EVER.
Sorry if this was too much rambling. I enjoy sharing the things I know a lot about and this is one of them.
Today was awesome because: everyone is getting their booths ready down town for Old Settlers, and even though it's a pain in the but while driving because you have to take the detours around Main Street, it's still really exciting.
days until the fall musical: 59
days until I become an adult: 141
days until graduation: 274
steps taken today: 4,251+
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
BEDA 17: sick already
I'm taking a break from my reading for English right now, not because it's difficult or anything, but because the words started blurring together and I got dizzy for a moment. Among being slightly dizzy I've got a headache, earache, my nose is running like a flooding river, and my throat hurts like hell. All I want to do is take a shower, and go to bed. But I'm not, not now at least. I promised myself and my mom that I was really going to make up for the last three years, especially last year since it was probably the worst year I had academically.
Honestly, nothing remotely interesting happened today. Except for the fact that I had my first "real" pop quiz. That I failed at miserably. But I don't think it was for a grade, just to show us we didn't know what we were doing on the homework from yesterday. Oh, and I guess that using some senior privileges was fun...making the underclassmen move from our table; don't worry I was pretty nice about it, I mean, we were once in their shoes, and they still seem to be pretty shaken up over our prank we did Monday night.
The only other thing I could think about to talk about is Old Settlers, and I'll explain about the awesomeness that it is tomorrow seeing as looking at my computer screen is starting to make my headache five times worse.
Today was awesome because: they finally gave my computer log in information at school since they didn't have me on the list.
Until tomorrow.
days until the fall musical: 60
days until I become an adult: 142
days until graduation: 275
steps taken today: 3,456+
Honestly, nothing remotely interesting happened today. Except for the fact that I had my first "real" pop quiz. That I failed at miserably. But I don't think it was for a grade, just to show us we didn't know what we were doing on the homework from yesterday. Oh, and I guess that using some senior privileges was fun...making the underclassmen move from our table; don't worry I was pretty nice about it, I mean, we were once in their shoes, and they still seem to be pretty shaken up over our prank we did Monday night.
The only other thing I could think about to talk about is Old Settlers, and I'll explain about the awesomeness that it is tomorrow seeing as looking at my computer screen is starting to make my headache five times worse.
Today was awesome because: they finally gave my computer log in information at school since they didn't have me on the list.
Until tomorrow.
days until the fall musical: 60
days until I become an adult: 142
days until graduation: 275
steps taken today: 3,456+
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
BEDA 16: random stuff
Honestly, I'm surprised I'm still awake and able to blog tonight. Though I got off a bit easier, seeing as I just answered a bunch of questions tonight. But regardless, they made me think and after the English homework I had to do when I got home from school, it was a tough task. Today went pretty well, besides the fact that the office ladies gave me the wrong locker combination so I couldn't get in my locker at all today. But it was alright, I found our head custodian, John, and we figured it all out. He was really super nice about it though I know he was probably at his wit's end with all the students he had to put up with today asking him to fix their lockers. Even the homework wasn't too terribly bad, it just made me think a lot, though I think I made it more difficult than it was supposed to be, something I'm pretty good at doing it seems.
Anyway, I did the 15 Weird Questions Tag that Luke and Ingrid did yesterday for their VALA and Volgust videos. I decided it seemed like something interesting enough to do, so yeah. I kind of got lazy towards the end and didn't write much. Forgive me? It was a long day.
Anyway, I did the 15 Weird Questions Tag that Luke and Ingrid did yesterday for their VALA and Volgust videos. I decided it seemed like something interesting enough to do, so yeah. I kind of got lazy towards the end and didn't write much. Forgive me? It was a long day.
#1. What's a nickname only your family calls you?
Baby Red, or just red. On my dad’s mother’s side of the family, a lot of the cousins all have red hair. And we’ve all got a special nickname within the family that ends in Red.
#2. What's a weird habit of yours?
I almost always have to fall asleep on my right side. I don’t know why I do this, but ever since I had my first hip surgery, I’ve always fallen asleep on my right side. It was a pain in the butt after my hip replacement when I couldn’t lie on my side.
#3. Do you have any weird phobias?
I fear being in water that I can’t touch the bottom of with my feet and still have my head above water. I explained some of this in an earlier post when I talked about how I think once I learn to swim that phobia/fear will go away.
#4. What's a song you secretly love to blast & belt out when you're alone?
I don’t secretly blast any song in particular, I always have music on, but I think if I had to choose it’d be Snape vs. Snape by Ministry of Magic or I’ve Got Nothing by Chartjackers
#5. What's one of your biggest pet peeves?
When people don’t use their turn signals when driving. There’s a reason why cars have them.
#6. What's one of your nervous habits?
I just now realized this one, because I never really could think of anything I did when I’m nervous, but I chew on the inside of my bottom lip or the inside of my cheeks.
#7. What side of the bed do you sleep on?
I sleep in a twin, so I take up the entire thing. And when I used to sleep in my full bed I sprawled out across it.
#8. What was your first stuffed animal & it's name?
I don’t remember my first stuffed animal, mostly because they were from my early childhood. But the one I remember and still have to this day is a Ty Beanie Baby bear that’s multi-colored. Her name is Mellow, and she’s been through every single surgery I’ve had done on my hip.
#9. What's the drink you always order at starbucks?
Cold coffee. In general, cold coffee. That’s the only way I’ll drink coffee.
#10. What's the beauty rule you preach, but never actually practice?
I always tell my friends who ask me how I keep my face from breaking out to wash their face twice a day, once in the morning and then again at night before bed…but I usually don’t wash my face twice a day. Though, recently I have been getting better at it.
#11. Which way do you face in the shower?
I think I usually tend to face away from the shower heard, so the water is on my back. Never really thought about it before now.
#12. Do you have any weird body 'skills?
None that I can think of…
#13. What's your favorite comfort food thats 'bad' but you love to eat it anyways?
I eat a lot of random food, but I don’t really have a comfort food. Though I guess I should probably admit that if my mom bakes anything, I definitely have a feast. She makes the best cakes.
#14. What's a phrase or exclamation you always say?
I don’t think I have a phrase I say often, I say a lot of completely random nonsense all the time. But my most recent one seems to be NO, 42, LEFT in response to almost anything. Just don’t ask why.
#15. Time to sleep!! What are you actually wearing?
T-shirt and an old pair of shorts. If it’s really cold I’ll wear a hoodie.
So yeah, nothing to extravagant or anything. I tag all of you, to do this at some point, or not. Link us in the comments if you do decide to do it.
Today was awesome because: For the first full day back at school since January, I have absolutely no pain whatsoever in my joints, and you have no idea how happy that makes me, I'm so emotional over it. Also, there's a sophomore in my Earth Space Science class that's a Whovian, and from the sounds of it, she's a pretty big fan, so I've got a feeling we'll be getting along quite well in that class.
days until senior year starts: 0 *dances* the first day was pretty freaking awesome
days until the fall musical: 61
days until I bcome an adult: 143
days until graduation: 276
steps taken today: 7867+
Monday, August 15, 2011
BEDA 15: head desk moments
Do you ever just get those moments where you want to head desk, or face palm? Gah, today has been a day completely full of those moments. When I got home this morning from Marcella's I came into my room and threw my bag on my bed and looked at the massive basket of laundry I still have to put up from Saturday's laundry trip. "I'll do it tomorrow morning." I thought, I had other more pressing matters to attend to today than putting up laundry. And then I remembered that tomorrow morning I'd be freaking out about the fact that school was starting. *head desk*
About an hour and a half ago, my dad came in for lunch, and I asked him if I could come out this afternoon and clean my car out so I could use the shop vac to clean my floor boards. He said it was alright, but asked if I could come out tomorrow morning instead. I agreed, it'd be cooler in the morning...and then my mom stepped in, reminding both of us that school starts tomorrow. *head desk*
There's been a few other moments where I've just completely forgotten about what tomorrow is and keep trying to move plans to tomorrow, but it just doesn't work that way anymore. *sigh* I guess my procrastinating needs to stop ASAP. But alas, as much as it sounds like I'm completely dreading tomorrow, and though I kind of am in a way, I'm not completely fighting it. It's just one of those head desking days today.
This is totally off topic and everything, but I want to congratulate Kathy on getting 50 followers yesterday (or whenever it actually happened). I definitely recommend heading over if you have the time to her blog which can be found here and poke around for a bit. I always enjoy reading her blog posts, and who knows, maybe you will too.
Today is awesome because: I finally ordered Chameleon Circuit's newest album, Still Got Legs through DFTBA Records.
days until senior year starts: 1
days until I become an adult: 144
days until graduation: 277
steps taken today: 1202+
About an hour and a half ago, my dad came in for lunch, and I asked him if I could come out this afternoon and clean my car out so I could use the shop vac to clean my floor boards. He said it was alright, but asked if I could come out tomorrow morning instead. I agreed, it'd be cooler in the morning...and then my mom stepped in, reminding both of us that school starts tomorrow. *head desk*
There's been a few other moments where I've just completely forgotten about what tomorrow is and keep trying to move plans to tomorrow, but it just doesn't work that way anymore. *sigh* I guess my procrastinating needs to stop ASAP. But alas, as much as it sounds like I'm completely dreading tomorrow, and though I kind of am in a way, I'm not completely fighting it. It's just one of those head desking days today.
This is totally off topic and everything, but I want to congratulate Kathy on getting 50 followers yesterday (or whenever it actually happened). I definitely recommend heading over if you have the time to her blog which can be found here and poke around for a bit. I always enjoy reading her blog posts, and who knows, maybe you will too.
Today is awesome because: I finally ordered Chameleon Circuit's newest album, Still Got Legs through DFTBA Records.
days until senior year starts: 1
days until I become an adult: 144
days until graduation: 277
steps taken today: 1202+
Sunday, August 14, 2011
BEDA 14: muscles I swore I never had
So today, my sister (Marcella) and I went to the local gym to play some volleyball since they just put the nets up for the season that is now approaching. It was basically empty when we got there, which I wasn't at all surprised considering it was after all a Sunday afternoon and was fairly nice out...and by fairly nice out I mean, it was 90 degrees out and considering the fact that it's usually been in the 125 degree range for most of the summer, 90 degrees was pretty nice.
Anyway, we were the only ones on the court, which was nice, considering I haven't played volleyball since seventh grade, which seems like it's twice as long ago as it actually is and I wasn't for sure if I wanted to emberass myself or not in front of people that I probably didn't know. Ther ewas a family that eventually came and was helping their daughter who was going into eighth grade practice for her volleyball tryout this week.
Marcella and I probably spent an hour and a half or so at the gym, basically playing volleyball back and forth. I was slightly worried that I wasn't going to feel up to playing once I got there because of my muscles being so UNUSED, but once we started and I got warmed up a bit, it felt like old times, but 155% better because I had an awesome hip and not a crappy one.
About half way through our game (if you could call it that) my hip muscles were starting to hurt. Which I knew was going to happen considering the fact that I haven't used those muscles in several years and then there I am, just playing my heart out. I can tell that in the morning I'm going to be extremely sore. But I don't regret a thing...and I think we're going back tomorrow and playing for most of the day, considering it IS the last day of summer before school starts back.
Today was awesome because: I finally got the rest of my school stuff I needed, like lunch tupperware to put my food in and stuff. And because I got to spend the afternoon playing volleyball with Marcella.
days until senior year starts: 2
days until I become an adult: 145
days until graduation: 278
steps taken today: 8552+
Anyway, we were the only ones on the court, which was nice, considering I haven't played volleyball since seventh grade, which seems like it's twice as long ago as it actually is and I wasn't for sure if I wanted to emberass myself or not in front of people that I probably didn't know. Ther ewas a family that eventually came and was helping their daughter who was going into eighth grade practice for her volleyball tryout this week.
Marcella and I probably spent an hour and a half or so at the gym, basically playing volleyball back and forth. I was slightly worried that I wasn't going to feel up to playing once I got there because of my muscles being so UNUSED, but once we started and I got warmed up a bit, it felt like old times, but 155% better because I had an awesome hip and not a crappy one.
About half way through our game (if you could call it that) my hip muscles were starting to hurt. Which I knew was going to happen considering the fact that I haven't used those muscles in several years and then there I am, just playing my heart out. I can tell that in the morning I'm going to be extremely sore. But I don't regret a thing...and I think we're going back tomorrow and playing for most of the day, considering it IS the last day of summer before school starts back.
Today was awesome because: I finally got the rest of my school stuff I needed, like lunch tupperware to put my food in and stuff. And because I got to spend the afternoon playing volleyball with Marcella.
days until senior year starts: 2
days until I become an adult: 145
days until graduation: 278
steps taken today: 8552+
Saturday, August 13, 2011
BEDA 13: it's really happening
This was supposed to be what I was going to blog about yesterday, but decided I'd save it for today so I could fully comprehend everything I was thinking and make it some what understandable.
Yesterday a bunch of the senior girls got together at the school and decorated the senior hallway, a tradition that's happened for several years and we weren't about to let that slip by us with school starting on Tuesday. One of the biggest things in decorating our hall is filling up the bulletin boards with photos of our class from when we were young up through middle school. Looking through all of the photos, even though I wasn't in many of them, from our younger years was a really good time as we started stapling them to the bulletin boards. I couldn't believe how far we've come, the majority of us we've been together for thirteen years now.
Honestly, I could care less about the streamers and be-glittered signs we hung up marking our territory, the photos are by far the best part. Another thing that most classes do, is write memories on posters and put them on the wall. I really like this tradition for the fact that no one else really knows about these specific memories except for people in our class. It's almost like a cult or something, where hardly anyone, if anyone at all understands.
Most of the girls at the school yesterday I've known for basically all thirteen years we've gone to school together. A few of them I used to be really close with, like back in grade school when there wasn't any cliques and everyone got along and we played at recess together. But to me, it was really fun just all being together, I mean, we're all in the same situation, facing our senior year, figuring out college plans and trying not to let anyone down. Essentially, we're all in it together.
Yesterday really made it clear to me that not only school is about to start, but that after all these years of dreaming of being the "big bad" senior class, it's finally time. And on top of that, yesterday was so incredibly busy with a lot of different things, that I had to take a step back and go "Woah, I forgot how busy I normally am." I mean, I haven't been this busy since about mid October, and it's a bit of a shock to all of a sudden just jump into it.
Anyways...that's just my thoughts from/about yesterday.
Today was awesome because: we went grocery shopping, and I finally got some grapefruit juice; I freaking love grapefruit juice.
days until senior year starts: 3
days until I become an adult: 146
days until graduation: 279
steps taken today: 891+
Yesterday a bunch of the senior girls got together at the school and decorated the senior hallway, a tradition that's happened for several years and we weren't about to let that slip by us with school starting on Tuesday. One of the biggest things in decorating our hall is filling up the bulletin boards with photos of our class from when we were young up through middle school. Looking through all of the photos, even though I wasn't in many of them, from our younger years was a really good time as we started stapling them to the bulletin boards. I couldn't believe how far we've come, the majority of us we've been together for thirteen years now.
Honestly, I could care less about the streamers and be-glittered signs we hung up marking our territory, the photos are by far the best part. Another thing that most classes do, is write memories on posters and put them on the wall. I really like this tradition for the fact that no one else really knows about these specific memories except for people in our class. It's almost like a cult or something, where hardly anyone, if anyone at all understands.
Most of the girls at the school yesterday I've known for basically all thirteen years we've gone to school together. A few of them I used to be really close with, like back in grade school when there wasn't any cliques and everyone got along and we played at recess together. But to me, it was really fun just all being together, I mean, we're all in the same situation, facing our senior year, figuring out college plans and trying not to let anyone down. Essentially, we're all in it together.
Yesterday really made it clear to me that not only school is about to start, but that after all these years of dreaming of being the "big bad" senior class, it's finally time. And on top of that, yesterday was so incredibly busy with a lot of different things, that I had to take a step back and go "Woah, I forgot how busy I normally am." I mean, I haven't been this busy since about mid October, and it's a bit of a shock to all of a sudden just jump into it.
Anyways...that's just my thoughts from/about yesterday.
Today was awesome because: we went grocery shopping, and I finally got some grapefruit juice; I freaking love grapefruit juice.
days until senior year starts: 3
days until I become an adult: 146
days until graduation: 279
steps taken today: 891+
Friday, August 12, 2011
BEDA 12: 50 random facts about me
Today was actually really eventful, but considering that one of my best friends who I basically call my little sister is staying over for the night...after she helped me clean my room. But the reason why I'm not blogging about my day, because I actually had a nice blog planned out, is because my brain really can't function to write all of it out. So you're getting a cliche Facebook type note for a blog post to read today.
- I'm ginger.
- For people my age around here, I seem to be pretty tall.
- I love to go fishing.
- My family means everything to me.
- I'm a Lutheran.
- I love drinking hot tea, especially in the morning.
- I can't stand coffee.
- I love coloring in coloring books.
- Being outdoors always wins over being indoors.
- I love going on walks.
- Back in 6th and 7th grade I used to play volleyball.
- I had my first hip surgery when I was eight.
- My brother and I are fifteen years apart.
- If I wasn't disabled, I would probably go into the Marine Corp.
- I enjoy writing, but can never stick to a specific project for long.
- I love watching Doctor Who even though half the time I don't understand hardly anything. There's just something I love about Doctor Who.
- I can't decide on my favorite Doctor...
- I named my car Carson so I could call it Car for short.
- I name inanimate objects that either I work with a lot or mean a lot to me.
- I get really touchy when it comes to the word crippled.
- Harry Potter was a major part of my childhood, it got me through a lot of rough times that I don't think would have ended up the same if it weren't for J.K. Rowling and her amazing writing.
- My favorite colors bounce between orange, yellow, green and teal. I guess it depends on my mood.
- I have a feeling I might end up living in L.A. in the future for a while, or California in general.
- I want to get my doctorate in history.
- I'm okay with the thought that I may never get married.
- I tend to get along better with men than women.
- My favorite food dish is fish and chips.
- One of my role models is my mother, she's an incredibly tough woman.
- I actually really really enjoy blogging...I just need to pretend every day is BEDA so I'll actually post at a regular schedule.
- I'm a second year (policy) debater.
- I freaking love sticky notes.
- My mantra is: You can never have too many books or fishing lures.
- I tend to use quite a few British phrases/words...it throws my friends off.
- I just recently with in the last year completely stopped spelling things with an ou on school assignements: favorite instead of favourite.
- I once wanted to be in the film industry...but not acting.
- There was also one time when I wanted to be a stage actor.
- Thanks to John Green's, An Abundance of Katherines, I really like the name Katherine.
- I have a maroon BlackBerry Curve that I named Agnes, but call Aggie for short. All because of my random love of Texas A&M University.
- I love music, it's in my opinion the best communication.
- I over think things far too much.
- I read TIME magazine faithfully.
- I'm really excited for this project that my "sister" and I are working on. Details should be up some what soon...I hope.
- I'm a proud nerdfighter. :)
- I refer to my hair as The Mane.
- Over 75% of my music on my ipod is classic country.
- If I could live any where in the world besides the United States, I would live in Scotland or Denmark.
- I love the idea of coming back to my high school in the future and teaching.
- I don't mind peeing outside.
- I love to travel.
- If asked, I'll give my brutal honest opinion.
So there you have it, 50 random facts about me...some of them might be a bit obvious, but I tried to share things that you wouldn't necessarily know. I guess this pretty much sums up today. RANDOM.
Today was awesome because: 1) I got to help decorate the senior hallway today AND 2) I now have a clean and organized room.
days until senior year starts: 4
days until I become an adult: 147
days until graduation: 280
steps taken today: 6,819
Thursday, August 11, 2011
BEDA 11: confusion
I want to preface this post with this: parts of this you just won't understand, I'm just writing today, no editing or even attempting to make it understandable, because honestly, I don't even understand parts of it either. It seems to me that lately my brain is slightly confused. Or that I've just been over thinking the last nine to ten months. In a way, a lot of things have happened in the last ten months, but then again, not so much.
Ten months ago would be November (if I'm counting correctly), and November was probably one of the roughest times I've been through. Between being in charge of costumes and make up for a massive school production of Fiddler on the Roof while not knowing what the hell I was doing, being in a wheelchair from all the pain I was having in my hip which ended up with me not being able to walk much, struggling through school because I was gone so much and just the stresses that every other teenager deals with November seemed like hell to me. December was a bit better, but not by too terribly much. I didn't have to worry about a show and I was able to focus more on my school work but the pain in my hip hadn't been getting better but worse each day.
I can't even really remember the times we went to various doctors and specialists between November and January, there were so many of them that I don't even remember much of anything, it all seems to have blurred together and become a fuzzy memory in the back of my brain.
There are two specific appointments, both in January, that I remember quite well. The first one was towards the beginning of January when my parents and I packed for at least three months worth of stuff into the truck and headed to St. Louis, Missouri where I was to meet with the specialists at the Shriner's Hospital for Children where I had my first hip surgeries when I was eight, when things were a lot more simpler even though they still were unsure about most things. I remember on the way to St. Louis my emotions that I felt. There was a strong chance that we were going to be in St. Louis for a couple of months if they decided to replace my hip there. By this point, a full joint replacement was really the only thing that was feasible, considering the entire joint was so deformed to a point where they couldn't go in and reshape it back to how it was supposed to be. I was also scared to death, because there was a lot of uncertainty going into this trip and I didn't know how to handle it. I wasn't for sure how things would end up.
Things in St. Louis went bad. I won't get into the appointment just for the mere fact that it still makes me very very very angry to think back about it, and quite frankly, I don't remember every thing that had happened in the first place because I tend to block memories from my brain so I won't go back to them.
Coming back from St. Louis though, I felt quite different. There was a bit of relief though, knowing that I wasn't having surgery in St. Louis, eight hours away from home and my family and knowing that my mom wouldn't to make the long journey several times a week like she had a few years ago to make sure she didn't lose her job but also be there with me.
The second appointment that I remember quite clearly was with the surgeon that eventually ended up doing my hip replacement. We had seen him before we went to St. Louis, he was actually the one who wanted us to go to St. Louis in the first place to get a second opinion from the surgeons who had first worked on my hip those eight years previous. Coming out of that appointment with my surgeon that day I was finally relieved that we had a date in the books to get this taken care of.
I had my hip replaced on February 14th, yes, ironically enough it was indeed on Valentine's day. We ended up having to wake up at 4:30 in the morning so we could be at the hospital at 0'dark in the morning (I don't even remember what time to be honest, it was far too early for me). Sunday night, the day before, I was supposed to have packed my hospital bag and then got a nice full night of sleep. Neither of those happened. Even though I was very much excited about finally having surgery, I just couldn't do either of those things, mostly because I procrastinate. I packed like a ninja that next morning and suffered the long drive up to Wichita to the hospital with no food or drink in me.
I remember pre-op quite well, but I won't get into that because really all it was, was me cracking jokes here and there to set my parents and myself at ease, laughing at the faces of the nurses who kept poking their heads into my curtained room confused as to why a seventeen year old was there for a joint surgery. I also remember post-op quite well. I remember waking up in a lot of pain, and when I'm in pain, most specifically one of my legs/hips, I have to move my body. It seems to set me at ease if I'm moving. I could definitely feel pain on my right side, and I couldn't move because they had these air pump things strapped onto my legs to keep the blood flowing so I wouldn't end up with a blood clot. And then I remember crying for my mom, and refusing to wear the oxygen mask, well I didn't refuse, I just kept taking it off to attempt talking to my mom. So they eventually gave me an oxygen nasal cannula so I'd stop messing with it.
A close family friend of mine, a lady that I've known for a few years now and that I go to church with had came up to the hospital and sat with my parents when I was in surgery. She was the first person besides my mom and dad that saw me after surgery. I guess that she spent quite a while in my room with me talking...but I don't remember hardly any of it due to the medicines they had me on...I definitely wasn't very competent at the moment. That evening a group of close friends came up to the hospital with a bunch of Valentine themed things from people at school and they stayed with me for a couple of hours that night after my parents had left to go home.
The two days after surgery were difficult. I was trying to get used to having a leg that was the same length as my left leg, and trying to learn how to walk again through the pain, even when I didn't want to continue on. I knew from day one, when they got me up out of bed that afternoon after surgery and had me walk to the bathroom that the pain I was experiencing wasn't permanent, that it was a different type of pain. Almost a good pain in a way. The few days after I got back home were even worse. Also the first couple of physical therapy visits were intense. I thought it was the equivalent of the Marine Corp boot camp at the time.
But since then, since I had my surgery I mean, I've been progressing every single day. Sometimes though I don't even realize how I'm progressing, but I know I am. I remember the day I first walked in public with no crutches. It felt soooo good to be able to walk with a GOOD hip, and though I was still limping a bit because of balance issues, I knew that limp was going away at some point.
Lately, my brain seems to be thinking a lot of what was before February 14th. I think it gets confused sometimes, actually I think it's just plain ass confused. I can use my hip muscles in ways I never could before but I have difficulty doing so because my brain has been programmed for years and years to not do certain things. It's so frustrating at times, because I've gotten to a point where I for the most part don't even realize that I've got a prosthetic hip, which is a good thing, but then when I do simple things, I still do them how I used to. For example, putting on my shoes and socks. I can put my left ones on really well, no problem at all. When it comes to my right, I have to figure out strange ways to put my sock and shoe on because I can't just bend my leg up and put them on.
I've rambled far too long...but honestly, this feels good. To finally be able to write down some of the things I've been feeling for a while, even if no one else understands any of it all.
Today was awesome because: I finally got my pedometer I ordered in the mail today.
days until senior year starts: 5
days until I become an adult: 148
days until graduation: 281
steps taken today: 633+
Ten months ago would be November (if I'm counting correctly), and November was probably one of the roughest times I've been through. Between being in charge of costumes and make up for a massive school production of Fiddler on the Roof while not knowing what the hell I was doing, being in a wheelchair from all the pain I was having in my hip which ended up with me not being able to walk much, struggling through school because I was gone so much and just the stresses that every other teenager deals with November seemed like hell to me. December was a bit better, but not by too terribly much. I didn't have to worry about a show and I was able to focus more on my school work but the pain in my hip hadn't been getting better but worse each day.
I can't even really remember the times we went to various doctors and specialists between November and January, there were so many of them that I don't even remember much of anything, it all seems to have blurred together and become a fuzzy memory in the back of my brain.
There are two specific appointments, both in January, that I remember quite well. The first one was towards the beginning of January when my parents and I packed for at least three months worth of stuff into the truck and headed to St. Louis, Missouri where I was to meet with the specialists at the Shriner's Hospital for Children where I had my first hip surgeries when I was eight, when things were a lot more simpler even though they still were unsure about most things. I remember on the way to St. Louis my emotions that I felt. There was a strong chance that we were going to be in St. Louis for a couple of months if they decided to replace my hip there. By this point, a full joint replacement was really the only thing that was feasible, considering the entire joint was so deformed to a point where they couldn't go in and reshape it back to how it was supposed to be. I was also scared to death, because there was a lot of uncertainty going into this trip and I didn't know how to handle it. I wasn't for sure how things would end up.
Things in St. Louis went bad. I won't get into the appointment just for the mere fact that it still makes me very very very angry to think back about it, and quite frankly, I don't remember every thing that had happened in the first place because I tend to block memories from my brain so I won't go back to them.
Coming back from St. Louis though, I felt quite different. There was a bit of relief though, knowing that I wasn't having surgery in St. Louis, eight hours away from home and my family and knowing that my mom wouldn't to make the long journey several times a week like she had a few years ago to make sure she didn't lose her job but also be there with me.
The second appointment that I remember quite clearly was with the surgeon that eventually ended up doing my hip replacement. We had seen him before we went to St. Louis, he was actually the one who wanted us to go to St. Louis in the first place to get a second opinion from the surgeons who had first worked on my hip those eight years previous. Coming out of that appointment with my surgeon that day I was finally relieved that we had a date in the books to get this taken care of.
I had my hip replaced on February 14th, yes, ironically enough it was indeed on Valentine's day. We ended up having to wake up at 4:30 in the morning so we could be at the hospital at 0'dark in the morning (I don't even remember what time to be honest, it was far too early for me). Sunday night, the day before, I was supposed to have packed my hospital bag and then got a nice full night of sleep. Neither of those happened. Even though I was very much excited about finally having surgery, I just couldn't do either of those things, mostly because I procrastinate. I packed like a ninja that next morning and suffered the long drive up to Wichita to the hospital with no food or drink in me.
I remember pre-op quite well, but I won't get into that because really all it was, was me cracking jokes here and there to set my parents and myself at ease, laughing at the faces of the nurses who kept poking their heads into my curtained room confused as to why a seventeen year old was there for a joint surgery. I also remember post-op quite well. I remember waking up in a lot of pain, and when I'm in pain, most specifically one of my legs/hips, I have to move my body. It seems to set me at ease if I'm moving. I could definitely feel pain on my right side, and I couldn't move because they had these air pump things strapped onto my legs to keep the blood flowing so I wouldn't end up with a blood clot. And then I remember crying for my mom, and refusing to wear the oxygen mask, well I didn't refuse, I just kept taking it off to attempt talking to my mom. So they eventually gave me an oxygen nasal cannula so I'd stop messing with it.
A close family friend of mine, a lady that I've known for a few years now and that I go to church with had came up to the hospital and sat with my parents when I was in surgery. She was the first person besides my mom and dad that saw me after surgery. I guess that she spent quite a while in my room with me talking...but I don't remember hardly any of it due to the medicines they had me on...I definitely wasn't very competent at the moment. That evening a group of close friends came up to the hospital with a bunch of Valentine themed things from people at school and they stayed with me for a couple of hours that night after my parents had left to go home.
The two days after surgery were difficult. I was trying to get used to having a leg that was the same length as my left leg, and trying to learn how to walk again through the pain, even when I didn't want to continue on. I knew from day one, when they got me up out of bed that afternoon after surgery and had me walk to the bathroom that the pain I was experiencing wasn't permanent, that it was a different type of pain. Almost a good pain in a way. The few days after I got back home were even worse. Also the first couple of physical therapy visits were intense. I thought it was the equivalent of the Marine Corp boot camp at the time.
But since then, since I had my surgery I mean, I've been progressing every single day. Sometimes though I don't even realize how I'm progressing, but I know I am. I remember the day I first walked in public with no crutches. It felt soooo good to be able to walk with a GOOD hip, and though I was still limping a bit because of balance issues, I knew that limp was going away at some point.
Lately, my brain seems to be thinking a lot of what was before February 14th. I think it gets confused sometimes, actually I think it's just plain ass confused. I can use my hip muscles in ways I never could before but I have difficulty doing so because my brain has been programmed for years and years to not do certain things. It's so frustrating at times, because I've gotten to a point where I for the most part don't even realize that I've got a prosthetic hip, which is a good thing, but then when I do simple things, I still do them how I used to. For example, putting on my shoes and socks. I can put my left ones on really well, no problem at all. When it comes to my right, I have to figure out strange ways to put my sock and shoe on because I can't just bend my leg up and put them on.
I've rambled far too long...but honestly, this feels good. To finally be able to write down some of the things I've been feeling for a while, even if no one else understands any of it all.
Today was awesome because: I finally got my pedometer I ordered in the mail today.
days until senior year starts: 5
days until I become an adult: 148
days until graduation: 281
steps taken today: 633+
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