What DIDN'T Happen This Week?!

Hello readers of all shapes, sizes, and species.

Welcoming you tonight is the newly crowed 18-year-old version of YOURS TRULY!

Ok, just kidding. Being 18 surprisingly feels.....different. I mean, it's the first birthday that I can actually say I feel different after! Not by much, I'll acknowledge that much, but still noticeably.

But, I'll start at the beginning of my week.

First off, I took a COLLEGE DAY! YAY! I ended up going to this Honors College Convocation right here at the UofA (University of Arkansas). It was long, semi-boring, and they left my group wandering around at the wrong bus stop but it wasn't too bad! What I learned: 1) They have money, which they give LOTS of to Honors College peeps. 2) A lot of the money is available for study abroad, which they HIGHLY encourage. 3) Apply by November 15! (that last one was good to know, but I figured, since it was my back up school anyway, I would kinda leave that for the last minute. Apparently not a good idea!) Also, although I had to hear these lectures all day, it was a break from school! (Which meant I had a THREE day week! BOO YAH!)

Tuesday kinda stunk though, what with the make ups. Plus, I went to this parent-teacher conferences thingy with my mom for an hour.....apparently my entire sched was thrown off by EXACTLY an hour all night XD) Wednesday was not memorable. But THURSDAY.....

I swear, it was like an early b-day present from the world. <3 I woke up figuring it would be a bad day because my little chinese fortune stick said I should laugh at myself and it was raining. But since it was raining, mom took me to school. And since it was such a dreary day, my Chem teacher walked in and was like, "Does anyone want to do the lab [that we had scheduled for] today?" (GIANT NO FROM US.) "Ok, let's work on your homework problems all day instead." YES!

Then second period was normal calculus stuff. Finding derivatives of trig functions, but with a couple of jokes thrown in because of my teacher's mnemonic device, "depapa (the power), demama (the trig), debaby (the angle), and papa and mama have the same baby.....in calculus". (One of the football guys who HATE my calc teacher was like, TO THE TEACHER, "I like problem 7 because it's more realistic. Depapa is 1, so it disappears leaving demama and debaby.")

BC calc had NO ONE because we had a pep rally, meaning all of the band people ditched. So we graded our tests, and even though I didn't KNOW a whole section and missed all of another, I still made a 9 which ended up being the average anyway xD. Still made a 95% on that part :D Booyah!

The pep rally was surprisingly interesting for a while as well! The first half was all in BLACK lights, which makes ANYTHING 5 times cooler.

As I walking to Lunch, one of my friends stopped me. Yesterday, I had seen her reading Perfect by Ellen Hopkins, one of my favorite authors, her latest book. So I gushed, she gushed. Then she said I could borrow it if I liked on Monday. Turns out, SHE WAS DONE ALREADY! So I got a book for the weekend <3 (which, btw, I already finished <3 LOVED IT!)

Later, in Bio. We had a test. I was all worried, because, although I studied for the multiple choice like nobody's business, I was NOT ready for the essays. Thanks to the pep rally, however, our teacher decided she'd just give us multiple choice that day and essays on Monday. :D SCORE! I then continued the fawesomeness by rocking those multiple choice by either tying with or getting the highest score.

In Medical Procedures, we were doing this stupid game where you had to memorize medical abbreviations (a lot of which I already recognized from HOSA Bowl) and I did NOT want to be there. ....At the moment, I got a note to see my counselor. :D What perfect timing <3. So, I went and found out my GPA (which was kinda saddening, it dropped .3 pts). When I got back, I was just in time for my group to play. We OWNED, even WITH the other team CHEATING. MWHAHHAHA.

By Gov, I was tired of school, and so was everyone else. So, the teacher cut off class early and let us just talk. X) Then, 3 day weekend!!!!

When I got home, I watched my favorite shows on Hulu with mum. Chowed 3 bowls of REALLY good pasta! (Normally, I HATE pasta, but it was just so yummy!) Then stayed up all night (by that I mean 1 which is really late for me nowadays), reading, and iming peoples. :D

To my surprise, the goodness just kept coming. <3

Friday was my bday! My dad came in at like 8:30 and like poked me, saying Happy Birthday, but I was tired so I was just like, "Thank you! Have a good day!" .........he poked me again for a while, then said, "Oh you don't have school, sleep tight." (Which I find hilarious, because I would've been REALLY late if I hadn't woken up by 8:30 and he was just casually poking me.) I then slept in til 9:30 X).

When I woke up, there were presents! I didn't know if I should open them until Papi got home, but mom, as impatient as me, told me "He knows what they are, OPEN THEM!!!" So I did ^^.

I got: an embosser (it leaves an imprint of "From the Library of S.Z.N. Dominguez" on books), a journal kind of thing, and (my fav) a pink popcorn popper! Needless to say, we had popcorn for breakfast. : D

My first plan was to go to the movies with Ting. Problem is, I got the address wrong so we were driving, completely lost, for 45 mins. LUCKILY, she called right before we gave up, and we found her. X). Then we saw Abduction with TAYLOR LAUTNER <3. The movie itself made no sense, but he is so hot it makes up for it. (Duh.) Afterwords, we got lost again dropping her off at a friend's house (it was her bday too XD). Then I went and hung out at Hastings with Barnabas, both of us attempting to learn calculus while mostly complaining about it. (NO. I know what you're thinking, NO.) Then, I went home to get ready for dinner. But there was a package at my door step. And what was inside? An IPAD. A FREAKING IPAD! I freaked. My Mum Freaked! Kiko Freaked because we were. I called everyone. Apparently my parents had all pitched in to get it. <3 (My dad's saying we should return it though, so we can get trees ^^ but we have to make sure that's ok with the family. Either way, I'm happy, I just can't believe they GAVE ME ONE.)

We then went to dinner. Only my ended up being good, but when I say good, it was AMAZING <3. Then we went and got gellato. :D When we got home, there was ANOTHER package. Turns out, it was the free hoodie my mom had ordered for me a while ago. IT'S PURPLE! I LOVE IT <3 (wearing it now, as a matter of fact X) ). So, I spent the rest of the night in it, wrapped in my blankets, watching tv on Hulu with the fam and iming people.

Great 18th b-day? I think so. :)

Yesterday was boring in comparison. ^^' I basically slacked, and volunteered with my mom at the local art center as ushers. The play was TERRIBLE, since it was aimed at 10 year olds, so thank goodness it was just an hour. We did have cake later, but it died too. X) What was REALLY good was the POPCORN, from where? MY NEW POPCORN MAKER :D! .........I'm not addicted I swear!

As for today, it's been up and down. We spent over an hour completely lost looking for the same lake we couldn't find last time. But then, we ended up taking pup to this random area. We climbed through the trees, along this path made by construction cars some time ago, and it ended up being really nice. :) Kiko found a creek to swim in (which he's crazy to do! The water must have been only 40 degrees!), there were lots of monarchs flying south that stopped there. What freaked me out was this HUGE (several inches!) spider that was on my dad! If it had been on me, no joke, I would have cried.

Then we went to eat, then we went and saw trees. <3 They're expensive, but I really hope we get some :D. They're so pretty. <3 <3 <3

Ok, I should really go work. This was a LOOOONNNGGG post.

Logging off,
~S~

......I see new people. O.O

Wow! This week has been........strange to say the least? Well, more like surprising. XD

For one thing, I tied for the high score on the AB calculus test (with the teacher's daughter mind you XD) on a test I was SURE I failed. (In contrast, I'm still CERTAIN I failed the BC test :P My calculator couldn't even figure out a problem XD).

Picture day was on Wednesday! I ended up ACTUALLY wearing the dress I bought. (*Gasp!*) I think it turned out ok. :) I ended up getting cap and gown pictures too, because apparently I "might as well". :/

Now, here was what was really strange. On Wednesday, the guy behind me invited me to go to a Chemistry study group with him and some of his friends.......and I didn't even know his name. ><' Obviously, they wanted my super smarticleness, but it was soooooooooo weird. O.o Basically, I said I'd try, got his number, then furiously consulted with Ting and my mom. XD After I decided I wouldn't go, a girl came up to me in another one of my classes and asked if I was going. ...........Didn't know her name either XD. But, I did know she sat in front of me in Chemistry, and felt a little better knowing there was at least ONE other girl there. So, I (somewhat reluctantly) agreed. Sure enough, I showed up at the coffee shop at 7:30 that night, there were just four of us including me......and actually had fun. :) They were a bunch of jocks, and I was basically teaching them, but there was a lot of joking so I enjoyed it. Normally, I'd never put myself out there like that, but apparently I'm much more confident than I once was?

Speaking of confident, you will not believe how crazy I am. I asked a guy to homecoming. Yup. I did. Barely even knew him too, might have talked to him a whole 2 times before I asked. But I decided, "I wouldn't mind him being my date, what the hey! There's a 98% chance he'll say no and think I'm weird, but I'll ask for the 2% he'll say yes. :D" So I did. Went right up to him after class (with a little prodding from Ting, even though she didn't even realize who I wanted to ask), and asked something extremely awkward like, "Hi, I know we don't talk a lot and that this is completely out of nowhere, but would you go to homecoming with me?" (And yes, that's the best I could come up with, sue me.)

As if that's not surprising enough, he said maybe. ^^ (To which, I was freaking out because I was just happy having asked him.)

And to make it even MORE surprising, he came back and said yes. :) The moral of the story? I HAVE A DATE. XD (Which is good, because everyone's still dancing back and forth between, going and not going like always.)

I still can't believe I asked a guy though. ><' Where has this confidence come from?! I HATE asking anybody anything that they might say no to!

On a totally unrelated note, my bio class is giving some baby plants hormones/steriods. :) Also, I think I may be sick. :(

Until Next Time,

~S~

No school means SHOPPING

Oh thank goodness for Labor Day <3. I dunno how I could survive a full five day school week :P. No, but I really do believe that a four day week just makes u lazy...er. :)

So how did I spend my day off? SHOPPING OF COURSE :D :D :D. We went all day, which  means I got a total of: one dress pants, one dressy skirt, two t-shirts (one that didn't fit ^^'), and.......that's it. :/ Oh well ^^'. Today we went shopping as well, looking for SOMETHING for me to wear for my senior pictures that I'm taking on Wednesday. Instead I found a dress and dressy blouse that I probably still won't wear for the picture :P. Oh well.

Sometimes I feel like I'm making my parents spend too much money. ><' Basically, they just keep saying "Happy Birthday!" ........still 13 days parents. Besides, I already told em what I want for my bday: Dinner at this really expensive restaurant <3. The food looked SOOOOOOOOOO good, I WANT IT!!!. Also: dinner at this Shogun place that looks REALLY pretty, but also expensive ^^'. I really can't wait. X) I don't even have school on my bday! Isn't that FAWESOME?!

Since we were talking bout B-day presents, I asked my mom what she was gonna get me for graduation. ^^' She said she MIGHT (which means, I SURE HOPE SHE DOES) send me and my brother (who's also graduating, but from college) overseas. :D Anywhere we want. WOULDN'T THAT COOL?! He better pick somewhere cool :/ (he kinda has majority dibs, but we have to agree. I'm not too picky though ^^).

As for school, I OWNED some tests! Check it: a 122% on Biology (only person to get all the points for the free response out of 110 students, boo ya!), 109% on chemistry (1 of 4 who made 12 points on their free responses out of 13 :D), a 97% on one thing of AP Government essays, and a 107% on the objective part of AP Government. (I also made an 85% on AB Calculus and an 87% on the other AP Government essay, but we'll ignore those ;) ). So if everyone here didn't ALREADY think I was nerdy: they now know. And kinda hate me. Oh well. ><'

I have found that I REALLY hate Calculus though. .-. I haven't actually LEARNED much and I feel like I should be :/. Nonetheless, I managed to SOMEWHAT hold my own on a Quest yesterday. :D (Quiz Test). I was able to figure out a toughie on my own while our really smart class president decided to draw a shark. X) I think he ended up copying mine later. I felt so smart <3 (usually it's the other way around). Really, I knew how to DO most of em, just plugged them in wrong. :/ (TI 89's are such fickle creatures!) I also learned though that there is a BUTTON to differentiate! (All those times people said "plug it in" for explanations now make sense.......)

Also, I've begun sitting with Uniqia for lunch. I THINK I like it there :).

I have some happy/sad news for everyone though (depending on how u think about it). I do NOT have beavers across the street. :( I HAVE WOODCHUCKS!!!!!!!! <3 (apparently they can climb trees too!)

Just to make it clear too, my blog is probably gonna be updated weekly, not daily. I know, I'm sorry T-T. But, I have at LEAST 3 HOURS of homework EVERY night. There's no way I can update. :/ I usually don't even let myself get on the computer so I can't procrastinate. :P

I've been trying to talk to a lot of people (even guys!), but I still don't have friend-friends yet. :/ I'll keep trying.

That--That--That--That's all folks!

~S~

Stressful or stressless saturday?

Yesterday was stressful. .-. Actually, kinda a lot of stress lately. But, the only way you can really tell are my pimples XD. Stupid break outs.

I got my schedule changed! That's right, I'm taking SIX AP classes (including AB Calculus) and YES, I am crazy. :D. I like my AP Gov class though. It's interesting, and by interesting I mean entertaining. The teacher's cool, we have people who are the kind that make the teacher think and bring up good points, and the topics need actual brain power. Lots of reading to do, but so far no mindless paper work. But now I have a test on Tuesday and I missed the first week and a half of class. D:

Speaking of tests, I had my first ones. ><' First was AB Calculus. It wasn't that bad, just the one I THINK is bonus gave me issues and I gave up on it. Chemistry was next and was MURDER. LITERALLY MURDER. 1 min and 12 seconds is NOT enough time to do a stoich problem without a calculator!!!! 30 minutes for 25 problems, and only 5 weren't limiting/empirical/math stuff. Mrs. Pitman (my fawesome teacher) was like, "you should be on problem 15 right now." I was on 9. Day 2 of Chemistry was better. The free-response caught me off guard at first because some parts seemed so simple that I made it harder than it was. .-. Biology was on the same day (Friday). Of course, the ONE free-response I hoped we would NOT get........we did. So far, I've made an 82 on the multiple choice, crossing my fingers for the free response.

Other stress has been lunch time. .-. Ting and I used to sit outside, but one day she had said she'd wanted to sit with the German foreign exchange student. We did. ......the problem was I really didn't like the other people at the table. :/ I was sitting sticking out of the table, the odd person out, while the juniors (they were all juniors) spoke really loudly and obnoxiously and I just found it to all be very annoying. So, basically I decided I didn't want to sit there. .......problem is.......where DO I sit?  Basically, I went back to the Asian table which is weird without Ting. They're all nice about it though, except they're going through their own group dynamic problems and the table goes silent often and awkwardly. I need a niche. :(

I'm addicted to chocolate milk now. X) I drink so much now, and it makes me so HAPPY. It's like my energy boost. :D Yesterday, I had two bottles instead of one and I was jumping around like a maniac. ^^'
SUGAR!!!!!!!!

On another random note: WE SAW A BEAVER FROM OUR HOUSE. IT LIVED IN A HOLE IN THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE!!!!!!! It was so cute X). Kiko wanted to go over and get it, he was watching it from the back porch. Apparently they found out though and chased it away and covered the hole. :( What entertainment will we get now?

Also, I HAD A BUFFALO BURGER TODAY. ^-^ IT WAS YUMMY!!!!!! It had caramelized onions, cheese, and special catchup with cumin in it.

WE'RE GONNA GET A GRILL REAL SOON. <3 (I think tomorrow!) When we do, we're gonna have a grill party for the three of us. :D We're gonna buy EVERYTHING we've been missing and EAT IT ALL UP! NOM NOM NOM. We've been without a grill for at LEAST a year, and I've missed it so much. T-T

No more procrastinating my homework :(

~S~

We Interupt this Broadcast

Yello everybod-ay!

I am soooooo glad it's finally Saturday X). I still have a lot of work to do, but it's nice to have some free time. ^^ Here are the random updates:

I FINALLY CAUGHT A LIGHTNING BUG!!!! Since it was so hot, they weren't out for the longest and I was getting depressed thinking they didn't come to my area. Eventually though, I began to see one or two sparingly. The problem is they are super smart!!! D: I mean, really smart. As soon as I would run after one, it'd fly too high. Normally, lightning bugs never flew higher than over fence level, but here they go above roofs! Unfair. But finally, just a couple of days ago, I caught one :) I'm so happy X).

Drama: Well I decided I wanted another schedule change. (I'm so indecisive ><') This time it was because I realized that National AP Scholar requires fours on 8 AP test, and with my current schedule I'll have a total of 7 classes. I figured, what's one more? (Yes, that's not a rational thought but oh well.) However, that means I have to score at LEAST a 4 on ALL my tests this year. .-. Fun, fun, fun. So I wanted to switch my Gov class to AP. The problem was though, that I would have to switch my Biology class. In case you don't remember, that's one of the few classes I actually have friends in, so I didn't want to. It's taken a few days, but I [think I] finally got to switch English instead. Ironically, in the time it's taken to switch, I've made friends in both English and regular Government. So now I'll have to leave them. :(

Speaking of AP tests, I found something out. (If you read my google status, then you know what I'm about to say :P). First off, I was happy when I found out AP tests are FREE here in AR (compared to $60 a pop in TX) but the other day I found out that you also get PAID $100 for every test you pass! SERIOUSLY?! Tell me that's not insane. .-.

Now for the sad news: my strawberry is dying T-T. At first I thought it was the intense sun. Mom tried blaming me for not watering it enough (even though I hadn't changed my watering schedule). Dad tried saying I didn't transplant it correctly. Then, just now, he said he realized what the problem was. The soil we used in the transplant is basically mulch and the strawberry is so sensitive to the decomposition of the wood chips it can't take it. Right after I had opened the bag, but before the transplant began, I read that the soil was "not for potted plants." So I freaked out, ran to Mum and told her. She said it'd be fine, but I warned her I'd be super angry if it died. She said sure, whatever, it won't die. Now she's mad that I'm mad at her.

Hopefully, I can transplant it again with REAL soil and it'll survive. <3 We also got a baby cabbage plant today at the farmer's market :D. But now I can't transplant it :/. Mum told me just to go plant it outside in the ground, but the soil is not too great and I refuse to plant it until we have some way of protecting it from Kiko (he pees on all of our plants ><'''). Therefore, we need soil ASAP for the baby cabbage. :)

School has been ok. I've been talking to the people around me. My friends though are still kinda iffy. Ting is still my closest friend. I've gotten closer to Matilde, Uniquea (I think that's how you spell it...), and Mallory. But still. Mom's already like, "You should invite your friends to go to the movies or to lunch on your b-day!" ".....what friends Mom?" We'll see. :P

On a completely random note: I looked HOT on Friday! I've made Friday dress-up day. So I wear fancy-ish clothes. Friday's outfit was this sleeveless black zipper dress. Literally, you zip it on ;). I also had black and white striped tights and boots. (I was gonna wear sandals then remembered I had a lab....) Boy did I look fine! ......and still no guys. :( Ah well.

That's all I can think of right now. I gotta go do some chem and bio homework. TELL ME HOW THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL WAS YOU GUYS!!! And Tut: I may take you up on that offer next semester ;).

We return you to your original broadcast,

~S~

Delayed

Wow three days without a post <3 But really, it's just kind of a mix of a) having a lot of hw and less time to myself and b) not having anything to actually report? I think with my busy schedule I will probably update a LOT less, but I'll make sure to write once a week :D Just to keep the updates coming ;)

Ok so stuff that's been going on:

I have a AB AND BC Quest tom! (a group quiz/test) and I am worried for BOTH. (Mostly BC though, cuz I don't know how to do anything so I will rely on all the smart guys in my group ^^'''') I've been having Bio reading quizzes every couple of days.

On Sunday, I finally convinced my mom to cook a fancy meal X) So we had: steak cooked with butter on a bed of whipped potatoes (mashed but fancier), topped with a few grilled asparagus with a side of carrots, mushrooms, and onions cooked in a port wine reduction all drizzled with the reduction. IT WAS HEAVY (the meat was kinda chewy, but it was still just sooooooo yummy :D). On Monday I brought a mini meal of it for lunch.......poor Quiting had just started her cucumber and egg diet (she gets one cucumber and a hard boiled egg for each meal of the day, isn't that nuts?) and she was dying. ><'''

Otherwise, that's all folks. :/ Told you: simple life X).

Ttyl,

~S~

Friday

Sorry for not updating yesterday y'all. After finally getting home on the last day of my first week at school, I just wanted to chill. So, I did. :) I wanted a marathon of Kitchen Confidential online, ate a BUNCH of chocolate (chocolate chip cookies, chocolate filled pastries, AND chocolate froyo YUM!), and just relaxed. It was kinda nice. I stayed up late, did some HW, and tried to let my aching feet stop working.

Why are my feet aching? I'll let you in on my "lovely" Friday.

Before I start: I just knew I was going to have to do a lot of walking that day. How did I know? I chose to wear high heeled boots. Because they hurt if I walk more than average, I knew I was going to have to that day. But aching feet were just one of my troubles, what really kinda stunk was that Friday became embarrass me day.

Now, that's not necessarily BAD. My day wasn't terrible or anything; it seemed kind of normal. ......But it was kinda like "GROAN". First period (Chemistry): the computer hated me. Therefore I had to stand at the front to use the laptop to register for our hw and I could swear everyone would look over at me. Right after first period, I went down the wrong hallway, meaning MORE walking. In AB calc (2nd period): I totally graphed stuff wrong and I felt like a huge idiot and almost had a mental break down (I mean, if I can't do a simple absolute value graph, how will I survive two calculus classes?). I love my calculus teacher, Mrs. Bain.....but boy is she embarrassing.

Moment 1) During AB class, she asked if I knew how to use the calculator. In front of the class full of juniors. 2) During BC class (3rd period), she ask if I was completely lost yet. We're currently doing derivative stuff and that's the only chapter I worked on during the summer, so I figured out the simple things. So my answer is "No, I kind of know how to do this." She's confused. I explain. "Good for you!" Yay! I'm now the overachiever in the class. Fun. 3) She later ASKS me to find the derivative of a problem, I answer. Her response? "Give her a round of applause everyone! She hasn't even taken AB yet and she know how to do this, which I'm sure one of you guys have forgotten how to." Awkward. 4) Somehow it comes to the point that the class realizes I have her class two periods in a row and they're all like, "what why?" "Because I'm taking both AB and BC." "WHAT? HOW!" "It's like a tutoring class." "So you have double the hw?" "...yes." Now I'm also crazy. 4) Later, I forget my lunch box (which also causes me to do a BUNCH of walking). So, I go back to her class before lunch. ...but she has a class. Right as me and Ting (that's my friend's name btw) are about to leave, Mrs. Bain answers the door. "Oh hi!!!!" She introduces me to the class, I just say I wanna look for my lunchbox, she says go ahead. I make my way through the jungle of juniors (it's an AB class) and she makes another announcement that I have her for two periods. "Tell them what they are!" "uhhh, AB and BC calc." Again: "WHAT? WHY?" then some "Are you smart or something? "Do you tutor?" Basically I grabbed my bag and ran. X)

I love her, but it's like being with a parent/grandma or something.

As for the walking, later I end up having to go get my ID (FINALLY), but I'm basically half running because I have a practice english test next period. Running.......in high heels.......up stairs.........isn't fun. Then, after school, I walked out the wrong door (which turns out is the RIGHT door), so I had to go back and go around. My bus drops me off at the corner like it's supposed to for the first time, and I have to walk home.

But like I said, that's school. :)

Fin,

~S~

All I wanna do is SLEEP

As the title says, this'll be a little rushed. School is exhausting; my waking up early did nothing for preparing me for the walking around all day. Seriously I'm tired.

But anyway, as for today it was........better. Still very much "Meh" by no means "good" but I suppose it WAS better. I believe I deserve a round of applause or an "A FOR EFFORT!" for my improved socializing. I talked to more people today. Officially, I'm pretty much plain old friend with (I learned how to spell it but now I'm certain I've been pronouncing her name wrong) Quiting. I also met Matilde (or may end in a not sure). She's a foreign exchange student from Italy. Though she's our age, she's here as a junior so we have the same lit class! <3 (Not the only old person there!!!) Sadly the teacher gave us assigned seats today and we're far away from each other :/ She's nice though.

I like my chem teacher. Met her today, she's really cool. Apparently she and my bio teacher are best buds and they're so happy I'm in both of their classes (people don't do bio and chem at the same time). Speaking of Bio, we have a quiz tom. That means I've been reading all night to prepare. Fun, fun, fun. But I actually like Bio. I'm basically part of a little group <3. The group has Uniquea (still don't know how to spell her name), Addie, and I believe the last girl is name Marleen (she was putting Pokemon stickers on her binder, I like her already). So nice to have some partners I could work with.

Calculus is kinda up in the air. I like the teacher, but my AB class full of juniors isn't very fun because I feel so stupid. Then in BC I feel out of the loop AND stupid. I was assigned a seat with a bunch of guys who are all friends (I'm not used to being around so many guys) and I was the only one who did the hw. .-. Apparently, it wasn't REALLY hw. Oh well. I'm still semi understanding the class. :)

Civics was ok. We did those "get people to sign all your squares!" survey/games. I actually learned a lot of peoples names X). I actually made an effort to ask them and smile. I talked to a girl named Charity, complimenting her braids. Talked to a girl named Misty, learned about her wanting to a vet. Talked to a couple of guys too; they both moved from Mexico.

Later, I even made an effort to talk during lunch and medical procedures. I tried to talk to a junior in English, but realized "Wow, I'm going to hate this class." I miss Mr. Williams and his class. So, I may need a pill to bite down on that will kill me in case things get rough. :P

The bus ride was still an hour. Lots of reading/memorizing. SLEEP TIME <3 <3 <3

ZzZzZzzzzzzzzzzzzz,

~S~

D-Day

I honestly had hope at first. I truly did. I woke up at 6 (didn't even hit the alarm clock). Got ready in a speedy but thorough fashion. My outfit was already picked out (a semi-new green slim tee that said "Monsters Need Love Too" with a cute monster on the front and spikes going up the back as well as black ultra skinny pants, converse, green spiky earrings, and my rings necklace). Mom helped with my hair. Huy was super sweet and got up early to text me off, so I was texting him. I got my contacts in (eventually). I had manage to get some breakfast down. It was 7:15. The bus got there at 7:32.

So we thought.

I was walking around looking to see if I'd need anything else when my dad was like, "Bus is here." Obviously I was like, "WHAT?! It's not even 7:20!!! Maybe it's the younger kids' bus?" His reply? "Well, another bus just turned in too, you better check it out." Basically, I grab my junk and run out the door. Leaving the subdivision, there is indeed a bus and I'm thinking "GREAT! I just missed the bus on the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL." Then I turn to go back inside, when suddenly another bus rounds the corner. I look at it confused, begin walking towards it and suddenly it just drives on by! Guess who's bus THAT was?

Basically, it was a bad start. I was depressed. I'd gotten up at 6 am to catch a bus that just drove on by right under my nose. I went back inside to wallow in self pity for another half hour before mom would take me. Then I remembered the playlist I made the day before of songs for my first days (positive or down-right happy songs that would remind me, it'll be alright!). Listened to that, checked my email. Saw Jo-Jo's sweet email <3 felt a little better.

Eventually we drove there, and I was like a deer in head lights. In a daze, I walked to my locker that I'd found during schedule pick-up. I remembered to smile at everyone I went by, and I'm pretty sure I screamed "I'M NEW, HELP ME." After I went to my locker, threw some junk in, I began walking aimlessly around when I suddenly heard "Students go to the wildcat (that's what we are apparently) gym." While I don't know where THAT is, I DO know just follow the giant herd of people. So I did. It was a pep rally. YUP, on the first day of school. .-. It was super dumb and boring. It became worse when I realized I was sitting in the JUNIOR'S section. That means when they finally dismissed us, me and a couple of other seniors who were spread out in the wrong junior sections had to awkwardly leave.

Then we went to ANOTHER orientation like thing. Apparently, we were just stalling because sophomores (I realized we DO NOT have freshman in our school O.o does anyone else find this EXTREMELY weird!?) were getting id's and schedules. Eventually juniors would get to as well. Then seniors. (No one had id's because the machine wasn't working on the day we picked up schedules a week ago.....yea they are that far behind.) I learned some very disturbing things about this school, of which I will discuss in a bit, in that half hour/forty five minutes. FINALLY, seniors were dismissed and I had to wait in a super long line to get my id. ....only to learn they didn't HAVE my id, so I had to go talk to a lady in a white hoodie. .....only to find that she had her OWN line. It sucked.

On the bright side, as I moved up the line, some girl came to talk to the guy behind me, turned out he'd transferred from the other school here in Springdale, said hello to me then vanished. But that got the guy behind me talking to me, so that was cool. My very first real convo. :P

By the time all the lines were over, it was time for third. BC Calculus. Here I was to meet my teacher who would be teaching me for two classes in a row. To my surprise, she was super nice! A short, semi-plump older middle-aged woman (40's-50's) she was super energetic but in that dorky kind of way that you could kind of stand it and found it comforting. Right off the bat, she embarrassed me by telling the whole class I hadn't taken AB so they should help me, but then I found out that she embarrassed EVERYONE in some form or fashion. I didn't feel too bad.

In that class I met Tain. (I have NO IDEA HOW TO SPELL HER NAME YET, FORGIVE ME.) We found out we had three classes together, including next period. We started talking. She's a foreign exchange student from northern China. She came the second semester of last year, here til December. She seemed really nice. I hated my next class, mostly because the teacher was a stereotypical coach (think Mr. Patrick all over again). We got the LAST lunch. But at least now I had someone to sit with. :) She even came with me to my locker, and I in turn helped her open hers.

Lunch became awkward though. She saw a friend who was sitting with her own friend. We sat down. As Tain talked to her friend, me and the friend of the friend sat awkwardly smiling at each other. We attempted to make small talk but had nothing to say. I was glad when lunch was over.

Bio made up for it though! My teacher there was nice as well. She has a bearded lizard as a pet and our first lab will be picking out fish or other animals that will survive a whole year in our school's pond (yes, we have a little pond) since someone killed last years fish. The girl next to me talked to me, her name's Addie. She seemed nice. Another girl who sat behind me, her name is Uniqua (No idea how to spell her name but it's pronounce like "Unique-Ah"), she said she liked my shirt. Apparently they knew another girl named Sky who graduated last year, but I'm nicer. .-.

Things kinda went down hill from there. My Medical Procedure's class had the wrong class room number printed on it, so half of us were in the wrong room for the first ten minutes of class. The teacher didn't seem too interesting, so I dunno if I'll like her. No one talked to me in that class.

Last was English, which STUNK. It's a junior class and, especially after having Williams last year, the teacher is dull and seems strict (at the very least very conservative). I don't know how I'll survive.

I DID catch the bus home though. It took nearly an HOUR to get home, and to get off you have to scream STOP (a BUNCH of times or EXTREMELY loudly). I don't really care for it much.

But in general, I just don't understand. I literally sit here with my mouth gaping like a fish when I think about my school over all. Last year, they had the worse ACT scores and AP scores in its history. 10 out of 26 BC calculus students passed (when the AP nation average was 75% got a 5). People have died in past years by hood surfing (like on a CAR). Drinking is a problem, but only just this year implemented a no outside drink cups policy (only water bottles, except for lunch). Our dress code policy is LITERALLY "your undergarments can't show." (Which means I saw the shortest shorts and skirts EVER today, and even teachers wore sleeveless blouses.) The principal called tank tops "wife-beaters" on the PA; our teachers called it that too. We have id's, but we don't have to wear them (just have to be on our person if we want to check out or go to the library). We can sit outside to eat; people just sit wherever or go wherever. We are allowed to use cell phones and ipods in the halls, and for a LOT of teachers, in class too when they're not lecturing. They are so lax here, I just don't understand.

I'm also trying to understand the people. I think my class has only 200 students! 60% of females were in flower print blouses, skirts, dresses, or a combination. There is a huge lack of Asians; many who ARE there are "cool asians" (if you've ever seen mean girls, you know what I mean). Our BC calc class has 4 girls, 16 guys. And you know how in glee the cheerleaders where their uniforms everywhere and you wonder, "where the heck do they actually do that?" It's here.

Someone save me?

~S~

Flower Power

ONE DAY. I seriously CANNOT believe it. I am so nervous, GAH! Oh well, nothing to do.

So what did I do with my last day of freedom? Practice for school. No really, I woke up at 6:20, began the timer, and saw how long it took for me to go for my morning run, shower, get ready, eat, and (basically) walk to the bus stop. I will prob have to get up at 6 to make it :/.

After that OCD planning was through I did some random stuff as I waited anxiously for mum to take me grocery shopping (doesn't this sound sadder and sadder?) so I can get butter to make some chocolate chip cookies. (My parents gave me the idea that if no one talks to me, I can bribe my way to a chair at someone's table with sweets.......it IS a back up plan.) Eventually we did head out. I made some yummy cookies. We had also gotten soil, so I planted my beloved strawberry plant in a pot ten times bigger than its old one (simply because no one knows where the medium pots are.)

Speaking of plants, I love my strawberries. It is my baby. It is the only proof to my mom that "YES! I will take care of my garden if it ever gets started!!!" I named her Susy, with a y. Susy the strawberry. I bought it with one red plump sticking out, now there is two <3.

Our bush also sprouted flowers. Apparently it's a hibiscus! Who knew? We were wondering why the flowers came out NOW, because we had absolutely NO idea it was a flowering bush. He asked if I'd been giving it water, I had (whatever left over Kiko-drinking water I didn't use for my strawberries or aloe veras that is). Apparently that may be it. :) I've had a green thumb and didn't even know it ^^

Well tom is the big day, so

THAT'S ALL FOLKS,

~S~

Check, check, check!

So this morning I added something to my little dry erase circles: a check list. Basically of things I wanted to do since I've moved before school started. Item one? Decorate room. Check. Item two? Haircut.

There's this place we pass by on our way home called A la Mode and I was always like "huh, I can go there." Online, however, it didn't look so great so I was iffy. Still, we stopped by when we couldn't find this other place I wanted to go to. It was cheaper than expected so I was just like "Sure! Why not?" Then I saw my hair stylist who was midway through waxing her eyebrows and kinda was like ".......nevermind." But I didn't say that :P that would be rude. Instead, I let the appointment continue (after she finished waxing of course) and, surprisingly, it turned out great! She worked with me trying to figure out the game of limbo ("How short should we go? HEY! How short should we go?"). In the end, (much to my shock and somewhat dislike) we had to go asymmetrical (thanks to my infamous flip that only the LEFT side of my hair does in the back.......stupid cow-lick), but I look great :D Mom loves it (she always wanted me to go asymmetrical) and I'm getting used to the uneven-ness of it (I like this all orderly :P). If you want pics leave a comment and I'll send em X) (Don't wanna post them cuz my mom took them, so they're a little goofy ^^')

Haircut? Check. Glasses?

I've been looking at glasses for the past few days and had my eye appointment today. Of course, my eyes did get worse (I'm finally in the 5's! Isn't that sad?). The optometrist was really nice though :) It's weird seeing a buff guy in that position though .-. (like why is this hot guy working as an optometrist in wal-mart?). Then we picked out my glasses! Went through like 50 of them over the past few days (if not more) but finally settled on a random pair we found today. I like em and they're eco-friendly-made-out-of-recycled-goods. ...sad part is I prob won't get them for the first day of school. :( Oh well.

Glasses? Basically check. Outfits?

Now that was crazy. Once again I hired my mom to help with my first day of school outfit (which is WEDS I'm SOOOOOOOOO nervous!) and we went through so many dif kinds. X) Finally we settled on one that looked so me but made me look super cute and VERY skinny. It was more regular than I wanted, but so me, how could I say no? While we were there, we picked outfits for the rest of the week and monday too ^-^

Outfits? Check. LIST DONE <3

Speaking of school though, guess who's doing bc calc? *gun to forehead* Lol, jk. But I prob will be in major trouble and stress mode for awhile, but *cue music* I WILL SURVIVE!!!

That's it for today, I'm pooped! And, apparently, my bus arrives at 7:35!!! Which meaaaaannsssss I have to wake up at 6 instead of 6:30. I'm practicing tonight, wish me luck!

Fin,

~S~

MY ROOM, IT LIVES!!!!

This post is coming in late (specially for me I wanna sleep by 10 tonight D:), but that's because I've been BUSY! On what you may ask? MY ROOM <3 Ohhh I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY :D :D :D!!! I mean, seriously, this has been what I have been looking forward for and it turned out great!

Starting off with today it didn't seem like anything would get done cuz we all stayed up late last night and woke up late this morn (8:30!!!) But it started off pretty good because we got the camera working!!! .....for about three seconds, but still!!! I took some nice pictures of our sunflower and this FAWESOME black and white dragon fly. Which I preceded to chase in circles until I realized it kept landing on the EXACT same branch after it flew around when it heard me. I evolved and learn how to wait in a picture taking position until it returned. MWAHHAHAHHA >=D

Anyway, back to the main story, my room! After doing my chores and waiting for father to stop his marathon phone calls to the fam and mom stop her failed napping, I pounced! I asked for him to hang up the picture frames we had bought yesterday before he started to work on other things. He of course then proceeded to work on other things...but eventually he returned to what I had asked him. ^^ Mom also helped with all the nailing (since I'm incompetent with any kind of actual tools as I learned from physics class ><''''). It took FOREVER to nail things and stick things, but hours later we were done! (I had A LOT to hang :P). Then we headed to the stores to print the pictures I WANTED to hang on those walls and buy my lovely mirror (which took several stores to find). We also bought this FAWESOME revolving picture frame! (I was looking for two for my homecoming and prom pics, so this was just perfect <3). So now I'll let you see the final result. :)

My bed straight on

My ink blots and splatter paint all framed and everything <3 If you look closely, one inkblot looks like a penguin, the other like a crab :D

This is the splatter painting I made! It looks all cool. It crinkled and cracked giving some cool depth

On the very right is my swivel picture frame that I love :D My jewelry thing I made that I showed you guys before broke though :(

My giant window :P I got little lanterns! They light up :)

Some pictures of you guys and myself. The frame is all couple head shots. Hey Jo recognize these? ;)

The same, but on the other side. This time the frame is group shots :P

This is one of my mirrored night stands! We got them before moving. They are so cool :D One is on either side of my bed.

These are little circle mirrors on the side of my bed. I said they looked like someone reaching or jumping for something ^^

More pictures and mirrors! These are just ones I liked.

My closet all closed up and the wall scroll Huy gave me from Vietnam :D

If you were wondering what happened to all my old posters, they're still here! ....Just hanging out in my closet :P

Check out my dry erase circles! Aren't they fawesome?!

Finally! A full length mirror <3

I also have a closet OUTSIDE my room, right next door. Gracie, I still have your lovely artwork X) as well as a drawing of Mulan my aunt drew when I was young and the infamous Spork sign.

The inside is much messier :P But I do still have some of the gifts I've gotten and my stuffed animals ^^' MOLES IN THE FRONT ;)

Lol, so that's all folks! I'm exhausted and I gots an eye appointment tom ;)

SO LONG,

~S~

Out and About

Phew! I'm pooped :P lol not completely but I AM tired. Today was basically a day about the town!!! :) We hit hobby lobby to buy some paint. Stopped by the farmer's market. Then to the mall to check out glasses (I'm getting a new pair on mon!). Then Walmart for our all around shopping needs XP (That's actually where I'm getting my glasses ><'''').

But in the Walmart parking lot, we saw a lost pup! As soon as we saw, my mum of COURSE stopped the car and was like, "We must save it!" I was a little hesitant because it had its tail between its legs which of course means it was scared (and when dogs are scared they either bolt (which might result in her getting run over) or charge at us (and all we needed was a dog attack)). But when my mom called her, she perked up instantly. She was SO CUTE <3 and mega sweet. She was a pit bull mix, but she'd come running over and roll onto her back in a submitting position so you could rub her belly. While we were waiting for animal control she was all over me and trying to lie on my lab. :D (Only bad part was she had fleas ><'). Before the cops could come, however, her owner (who apparently was shopping in the store) came a claimed her.X)

Other than our temporary puppy, I made a painting! It's pretty cool. I was going to do the whole pop balloons filled with paint thing........until I realized I have TERRIBLE aim XD. So I just did splatter >=D. Me and my mom ran around the canvas squirting paint out of the bottles. ^^ It looks pretty cool! I'll take a pic of it once it's on my wall :D

But that's about all folks. -_-' Life sure feels busy though so what more can I really ask for ^-^

Ta Ta,

~S~

THE CONUMDRUM

So my day today centered around one issue and one issue only!

AB CALCULUS OR BC CALCULUS!!!!! DUN DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!!!

Ok you're probably like, "What? You're smart Sky. You should def be in BC." Not that simple. :/ Unlike good ol AMCHS, they do calculus differently here. :( Basically, Pre-Cal is not required and instead you do AB THEN BC. Which means.......BC requires you to know all the stuff from AB. ........Which is a problem since I don't. To fix that I was supposed to be a "Teacher's Aide" in an AB class and just watch and learn. .......but they said that's basically tutoring so they put THAT on my TRANSCRIPT. *Cue Red Flag here*

That is a big no no. So I had to choose. Take the tutoring and BC, take BC and die teaching myself (trust me I tried that, failed EPICALLY!), OR take the dreaded AB. Why is AB dreaded? Simply cuz Harvard is gonna look at that and go "Meh". I have too much "Meh" already. D:

In the end though, I decided to just ask for the switch. Tutoring sounds too much like "remedial math" for me to stomach X-X. Hopefully I get the switch, but I feel sad. :( (Don't freak out! Not depressing sad :P Now I don't have to cram for Calculus <3!!!)

Otherwise..........I got addicted to another Game Dev for my ipod and played it for 6 hours.......in a row....non-stop........................................I finished it though ^^''''.

That's all folks!

~S~

That's more like it

First off thank you Gracie, Hannah-banana, and Huy <3 You guys are all so sweet for worrying about me and junk. :D I'm glad to know I have you guys *glomp*

Good news is I'm back to normal. :) Depressing days like that are really quite normal for me X) I always get them randomly, at least once a month (usually not so randomly if u know what I mean :P). Basically, I just watched tv, an old Johnny Depp movie (thank you mumsy for knowing the cure to all sadness is Johnny Depp), and chowed down what was left of the fro-yo. By bed time I was sane enough again to learn Calculus. :P

Which btw, stinks. .-. Like I really hate calculus! Right now, I'm ATTEMPTING (ie failing) to learn as much as I can before school starts since my teacher is so CONVINCED I'll be extra stupid because I skipped AB. (I'm taking BC in case u didn't catch that). Teaching yourself something from a book that assumes you already have the gist of things is really hard. .-. But I have gotten 1 chap done! (Now I have the gist of that topic :P) Only bout 8 more to go ><'''''

But I really gotta stop procrastinating..........again. (I've been studying the stuff since 11.....but at 1:30 I took a break for "lunch" that ended up lasting til 3:30 X) then I came back :P)

Hasta la vista,

~S~

It's a Terrible day in the neighborhood, just a terrible day.......

I should have realized it was gonna be a bad day when I woke up and it was raining. Why? Well remember all those pretty outfits I had planned and y'all so nicely voted for.............yea none of them were meant for rain. White capris and a see through top would not have boded well. Therefore, I brought out the big guns: Mommy. Of course she knew just what I was aiming for without having to explain. "Something cute because you never know who you might see.......but you don't wanna try to hard, it's not like it's the first day of school or something."

So a new outfit was chosen (if thou is wondering: blank tank top covered with my paramore jacket and my cargo pants jeans). I looked good, but the extra time made me go into rush mode. In my rush mode, I managed to break one of my favorite necklaces, forget my money, and burn myself a bit on my straighter (which I eventually left one, YIKES!). Sure enough, we still got there late and I had to run through the rain.

I really realized something. Registration is usually fun. Annoying in that you have to stand in all those lines and junk, but fun because you see people for the first time all summer and you're excited for your new classes. Then it's a little depressing as you leave because you realize, "I gotta be locked up this place for how many months? Snap....." With no fun due to a lack of recognition among the crowd and little excitement when getting my sched (which says I'm getting math tutoring when I was told I'd be a teacher's aide so that'll look great to Harvard no?), I skipped straight to depression. What's worse is I DID recognize some people.....as who they reminded me of in TX. Literally, there are many MANY clones (but of none of you guys D:).

Needless to say, I wasn't too happy leaving. We went to go get some free pie, but since I don't eat pie I just burned my tongue on some bad hot chocolate and suffered through breakfast food (because it's the cheapest thing there). By the time I had to run through rain a couple of more times, SAD was egging on my bad mood. Literally, I came home and was like, "I'm depressed." How do you cure depression? TV shows on the comp (particularly my fav soap opera drama kinda show) and leftovers straight out of the containers. (Plus some more snacking here and there.)

Right when I was feeling better, news of this fly-in I was semi excited about came in the mail. (I don't care for the school, but an all expense paid visit to Maine on my b-day? Sign me up!) I didn't get it. Ok whatever right? Disappointed and trying not to wonder how this'll reflect on my college apps just months in the future (I'm applying WHERE? Am I crazy?!), my mom literally FISHES the scraps of the rejection letter from the trash and is like "oh". Thanks Mom. She didn't mean anything by it, but sad days.

After all haven't I been a good girl? Taking moving and all the bad stuff that's been happening in stride? Mom's $10000 ring stolen (prob by the movers) and her surrounding breakdowns, file a report and wait. Dad's constant anger and bitterness having to work sometimes 11 hour workdays at a job he hates and still barely supporting two houses, ok he can't help it, things are rough. Sit here listening about money problems simultaneously mixed with "we're ok", guess I don't need this or that, make adjustments. I guess that's why I focused so much of the positives and what I could control. Lifestyle especially. Even if they think I'm crazy, it really does make me feel healthier which makes me feel happier, and if I worry about that, less brain space to worry about everything else on the plate.

It's raining again. I shouldn't write when I'm depressed, too much venting. I'm gonna go do nothing again.

Bye,

~S~

"I have 2 muscles now!!!"

Lol that tis the quote of the day. X) Twas another running day, but after a mishap with my alarm yesterday, I was so afraid I wouldn't wake up on time! I was so worried, in fact, it screwed up my ability to sleep and making sure I woke up at 6:30 actually invaded my dreams. O.o Weeeirrrddd.

It was kinda not to be in a sense that I DID wake up, I DID go run, and at the very moment I turn to head back to my house........it starts to rain. :( I gots soaked X). Not too cool, but for once I didn't mind TOO bad. (Least I was on my way home right?) I've had that kinda day all day what with my burning of my oatmeal cookies! (Oatmeal cuz then I won't eat it :P)

Speaking of not eating, the exercising is so helping! Lol that's a weird transition, but anyway: It feels fawesome! I've been able to eat 3 meals a day (never used to really do that), a desert if I want, snacks if I want, and I've apparently shed a couple of pounds. :) (which means they'll prob spring right back up again due to water weight, but let's use our short-term vision glasses shall we?) To top it all off, the other day I discovered a mini bicep!!! (For all of you who don't really know me, my arm muscles are NONEXISTENT, and NO THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION.) Seeing it when I flexed made me so happy <3. Today, I discovered the makings of an ab muscle!!! GAHHHHHH!!!!!! So excited and proud :D :D :D

Ok, enough crazyness. Sched pick up is tom and I must chose an outfit (due to a tie in the polls X) ) which will be fuuunnnn :P

LOL,

~S~

The More Things Seem to Change....

As summer days end, a routine emerges.

I woke up late (8 o'clock) thanks to my faulty alarm clock XD (I still have it set to Candy 95 :P not helpful in AR) We went to walk Kiko. Chores. Blah Blah Blah. To tell you the truth I ain't got much to say today. We'll prob do something later, but that's how things go now. ^^

Speaking of doing things AFTER posting: I made this.............thing........for my jewelry X) I know I'm weird <3

But it's kinda fun :D I just do whatever. I have so much time without tv! Strangely, I fill it all up too. :)

TTFN,

~S~

Park and Poll

RELAX! <3 Ahhh, it feels so nice.

If you're confused, don't be. Today is basically my relaxing day.......not that I've relaxed so far :P Today I woke up bright and early and (eventually) we headed out to Lake Fayetteville! (Kiko can't be off the leash there, but the trail there is HUGE!) When we got there (tis only 2 miles from the house)... we realized that we had forgotten Kiko's lease .-. (specifically my dad had :P). SO, WE DROVE BACK :D Then we did all the lovely walking and such <3 I took LOTS OF PICS (with the video cam so sorry for the quality). You  can see the pics in the slide show below. :)

As for the poll, I MADE IT!!! MWHAHAHA >=D I had to use the video cam and the timer, but IT'S DONE. (I figured, what with my parent's habits, I wouldn't get my batteries or mirror anytime soon.) Here are the choices:

DRESS

Capris

Jeans

Skirt

Blouse

Layers

6 OPTIONS, if you hate them all you can put that. If you think I should mix and match em tell me that too :). Remember, I don't wanna stick out like a sore thumb or look like I'm trying to hard. :( Still......I wanna look nice ^^'''' The voting is on the left side bar! Thank you for voting X)

Now to relax <3 lol

See ya,

~S~

I can't feel my [insert random body part here]

Omg it's so late T-T (for me anyway, bed time's literally in like 5 so I'll prob just go to bed late) and I've only just NOW really gotten to sit down and do NOTHING. (well I am typing this, but that's dif :P)

Yesterday night was EXTREMELY stressful. To put it simply, yesterday was a bad day for business.

Today was a bit better. Despite me killing the dog the night before (I swear, he was just running one second, limping the next!), we still woke up this morn to drive him all the way out to this lake because it's the only leash free trail that we know of. .......Sadly, the road was closed..........which we found out when we got all the way out there. Plus side: we ended up stopping by the farmer's market and this organic food place. Down side: I hadn't gotten to take a shower yet cuz we were supposedly "just walking", was in a terrible outfit (meant for a trail not for town square), and we had no money (cuz who needs money at a trail?) Then we came home, got presentable and all, before getting us some BRUNCH! Followed by chaos at Walmart for Tax-Free school supplies.

Really though, things didn't go crazy til I started THE TASK. What is THE TASK you ask? THE TASK was to unpack all of my boxes today. THE TASK seemed possible when I started. THE TASK seemed finishable when I continued. I even (basically) completed THE TASK. .........but it all came at a very great price. T0T My whole body is KILLING me and I'm just so exhausted. Didn't help that we went on an extra long walk with Kiko tonight too. Even the yummy dinner with some of the cucumbers from the market and frozen yogurt from the organic place didn't ease the pain.

And tom? OFF TO ANOTHER LAKE! YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY! (That's actually not totally sarcastic, I quite like exploring........s'long as I'm prepared :P)

As for the runway poll...........................

I STILL DON'T HAVE MY MIRROR AND THE STUPID BATTERIES I BOUGHT FOR MY CAMERA DIDN'T WORK!!!!!!!!!! (Once I'm trying to put them in, mom comes in and NOW chooses to say "Oh that camera only takes special batteries".........even though she was there with me when I bought THESE batteries today and after I SPECIFICALLY said THIS is what the batteries were for ><'''')

So hopefully by the latest, pics will be up on Mon. (which is the latest cuz sched pickup is weds, YIKES!)

Missing slacking in Texas,

~S~

Crash and Sleep

Finally, a lazy day. <3 (Hey, sometimes I miss the old ways :P) Today I slept in! (til 8 XD) but before you blame my total crashing on my running, it was actually the mountain that did me in. ><' By mountain I actually mean giant AR hill located at the end of the trail. It felt like a mountain though cuz a giant buldozer had gone through to make way for power lines, so the ground was littered with the dead trees (sad days), loose dirt/gravel, and even some remains of a house! I'm not much of an explorer, but I followed Kiko and my dad and just focused on not falling down. X) That on top of my running, grocery shopping, and unpacking made for a tiring day.

Since I slept in today, though, I feel all groggy. Downfall of getting 10 hours of sleep I guess. All I wanna do is take another nap XD. Too bad I still can't! We are cleaning and unpacking (as always). I got my closet filled with all my clothes yesterday!!! (Now what to do with the rest of my junk........) Still, boxes and boxes await. Fun huh?

We met some neighbors yesterday. :) Well Kiko did. Kiko is always the center of attention. (We didn't even learn their names ^^''') But the biggest news really is.........

WE HAVE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh I'm so happy :D :D :D No more running out to Hastings or Barnes and Nobel to check one's email! It's a good life <3

TTFN,

~S~

Crazy Girl Say What?

I haven't been gone that long, so you should be able to still picture me. Do so now. Now what do u think I am very unlikely to do?

Alright, I'll just cut to the chase. I said that I've turned a new leaf to hopefully become healthier. Well, to start off I have done so by going to sleep early (10) and waking UP early (7). Today I pushed the envelope! I woke up at 6:30 and, wait for it............, RAN! That's right! Imagine ME, RUNNING. Shocking right? And to be honest, I downright SUCK at it! Arkansas is way too hilly. After going up the first hill and down the second, I basically speed-walked the mini trail. At least it's a start; I hope to build my stamina after a while. Yup, that means I plan to do this again! Twice a school weeks as a matter of fact (Tues and Thurs). Tomorrow I'll do pilates (my Monday and Friday exercise). What's more, I was able to run, relax, read (for like an hour cuz I was waiting to say goodbye to my dad before showering), shower, get all dressed, dry my hair, and STILL be done before school would have started! Therefore, I plan to either shower earlier or eat breakfast while waiting for dad, and I should be all set. :)

That's not all folks! To top it off, I pushed myself even FURTHER at breakfast time. Today I had watermelon and eggs with ham. You read that last part right! EGGS with ham. (For all of you who don't know, I have a psychological food aversion to eggs. I love the taste, and when I was little I used to eat them more than any other food to the point where I'd probably have two eggs sandwiches a day. Until the incident. One day I ate a bad egg and threw up..........in church. Can you blame me for feeling ill every time I eat an egg since?) So far, no yucky in my tummy feeling so hopefully I'm good again! MIND OVER MIND!!!

Some more good news is in order! WE HAVE A FRIDGE! *runs and hugs it* There were some scary moments for a while about the moving company not paying for the fixing (and our big baby still has a death sentence thanks to designed obsolescence :( ) but it's all good now!

Also, I love having my clothes back <3 I'm actually wearing something semi cute today for the first time in a while. :) BTW, I think I'm gonna have u guys help me chose what to wear for schedule pick up cuz I wanna look good enough to make a good impression but not stick out like a sore thumb! So I'll set up a poll another day. :)

LIKE TOM! When we SHOULD get internet at home <3 FINALLY :D :D :D Ohhh I can't wait ^^

Random Note!

I totally forgot to tell you guys, but after being in our house for only a day, somebody already HIT our MAILBOX! Seriously? Nice welcome to the neighborhood. ><' Luckily it didn't fall over but still -_-' Here's a pic.

Last thing, please comment. :( I feel lonely.....like I'm talking to the into thin air or to this big thing called the internet that's giving me the silent treatment. If you're out there, say hi :P

Much Love,

~S~

So far, so bad

I'll start off with an "I'm sorry peoples." :( Well, I knew I wouldn't be able to update everyday, but yesterday an update was simply IMPOSSIBLE. Before I start the venting, I'll start with some good news. :D

Good news:

• WE GOT OUR STUFFS!!!!!!
• Which means: I got to sleep on a bed for the first time in a couple of days.
• I now have clothes (which is good because I had reached exactly ZERO yesterday)

.....and that's about it. :/ I'm not TRYING to be cynical; there simply aren't any other positives blaring and in my face at this second. So now for the venting...

Well, the day started off well enough. I woke up NATURALLY at (wait for it....) 6 AM! That's right! 6:15 to be exact. ...Needless to say, I saw the time, was very proud of myself, then went straight back to bed. But this is good news for school! (For which I plan to wake up at 6:30 everyday instead of my old 7 so I can go exercise.) I woke up again at 7:17, hung out with parents a bit, showered, then came out for breakfast.

That's when things began to go down hill. In mid-motion of my mom making her breakfast and us discussing mine........the movers arrived. Guess no food. Oh well, we'll grab lunch......right?

Unlike our movers back in Texas, there were only 2 instead of 4 and they didn't seem very.....well, competent. Still, we didn't judge. An hour in, we hear something smash. Sure enough, the large sheet of glass that rests on one of my parent's dresser (and it's large crate to protect it) are lying on the garage floor. When picked up, it sounds like those old rain makers as the shattered glass tinkles down. We will have to file a claim.

Several hours of them bumping into cieling lights/fans, walls, other furniture, and the cieling itself, we have emptied several boxes, only to be overwhelmed by more, have added several more damaged goods to the claim, and (I) have eaten a total of one fruitabi (fruit by the foot al'natural). Among the damaged: a leather chair's furnish taken off along with one of the stickers that they swore "will come off without a mark," a missing bracket, my parents mattress, and (worse of all) my parents expensive leather bed has dents in it. I thought my mom was gonna have a heart attack. As it was, we were both a little delirious from lack of food, dehydration (because we have been LIED to! It is 106 degrees here too and we couldn't have the air on with all the doors open for the movers!!!), and standing on our feet all day while simultaneously running around in circles in FLIP FLOPS.

Speaking of woes, I forgot to mention the very worse part. See, you'd think we were looking forward to getting the beds back the most right? WRONG. (I'd actually gotten used to the floor a bit :) ) Nope, we were looking forward to our lovely fridge. <3 See, because fridge means we can buy food (which means we don't have to spend a lot of money at a restaurant for greasy food). Fridge means cold water (and also ice.....I miss ice so much). Fridge means, even if we HAVE to go out for food, we're allowed to have left overs (without worrying that they'll spoil).

The fridge comes. We plug it in. The light goes on. YAY! We wait. And wait. And wait. ...............................................................................................................................................................
No cold. Our fridge is busted. What the heck did they do to it? We don't know.

We still don't. The guy is supposed to come today (which is actually GOOD news, because they said Friday was the earliest!). So hopefully, it's a quick fix and they don't try to blame it on us.

Once again, we were forced to go out for dinner. I was so hungry, I said "SCREW HEALTHY" went to this place with bread TO DIE for, ate like 10 of the buttery rolls which I dipped in butter, a steak, and mashed potatoes (my side of steamed vegetables remained untouched because, frankly, the frozen veggies were disgusting). I even brought some home, which I ate for breakfast today. :)

Speaking of today, it's not half as bad. I slept in late (til 8 o'clock believe it or not!), showered/unpacked a bit, ate my rolls, and am now at Starbucks (since I still don't have internet and my mom wanted to just "try" Starbucks instead of Hastings.....bleh).

To leave you entertained, I decided to do a new unit called the "DREAM SEQUENCE" which, if you haven't guessed, is all about my crazy long dreams. Since people figured they're so entertaining, I don't see why not. :)

~DREAM SEQUENCE INITIATED~
(note-I started off writing my WHOLE dream, but now I realized this post is long enough, so I'll only do the entertaining-er one ;) Ps: all this is seen in the third person in the dream)

There's a fancy party going on in the underwater glass house. Everyone's talking, especially about the Chinese Acrobat. (I dunno his name) He's dressed in all blue and doing tricks for everyone. What they don't know, is that he's actually a warrior, a head one at that, protecting the world from the rock beast/aliens that have come to this futuristic earth in search of the life rocks that give them power. It's the Acrobat's life, as part of this army, to find these rocks first. The Acrobatic lifestyle is merely a ruse to get him into this fancy parties that are actually thrown BY the aliens, unbeknown to rich people, for THEIR entertainment. In this way, he's able to keep tabs on their location, which corresponds to their searches.

Flash forward to one of their many raids. Similar to Eve's mechanism that helps her find the plant in Wall-E (you know that light that blinks green if it's found, red if it's not), the GIANT rock aliens are scanning this rocky, mountain terrain. There's only one creature in view now. Suddenly, his light turns green! But it only, picks up the trace of an OLD rock, one that was once there, but now removed. The creature is suspicious, but then notices far off in the distance, to the right, is another alien. It assumes it has picked up the rock, and decides to find another area of it's own to search.

Once the rock alien leaves, a group lead by the blue Acrobat emerges. In his hand is the glowing life rock. His eyes scan the area, and he finds a note left in the midst. Sadly, it's in English which he cannot read (which is funny cuz I understand everyone X) ). So the Acrobat disperses the team as he takes in one of the lighting trams to the city.

Inside the city, there is this giant building. Though it looks like a mall, Each "store" has a giant screen, offering some service of one kind. One, is merely comedic. Another, teaching students biology. Another, pilates. One of History. The focus goes onto a girl with bright pink hair, lying on the table used for writing in the English booth. She's writing on the paper in front of her, but not in English. She's making random symbols both in Chinese and Japanese, making them look like a rabbit when put together.

Suddenly, the Acrobat arrives. He walks through the building, asking if anyone could translate English. As he passes the girl, her ears perk up and she jumps to her feet.

"WAIT, I CAN, I DO, I KNOW HOW, HEY!"

He stops, sighs, and precedes to hand the hyperactive girl the paper. Slowly, but surely, she begins to translate it. The Acrobat asks her to hurry, feeling the presence of an alien in close proximity, and afraid that the life stone's energy may attract it. She however, cannot so does not. Suddenly, the Acrobat says "RUN" and they both take off. Though the alien is not in view, even the girl can sense that they are being chased. They run through the mall, jumping through the TV "stores", over benches, and even through a fountain. The Acrobat contacts one of his soldiers to stall the alien, but he receives only static. All the while, he attempts to tear the paper back from the girl, but she clutches it to her chest in a death grip.

The Acrobat takes a risk, grabs her, and shoves both of them into a nearby, but dark, store.

"Give me the Paper!" He screams.

"No! NO! I can't!"

"Why?! Do you know what it means." She stares at him helplessly then says,

"I think I do..."

Then I wake up .-.

Until later,

~S~

OMG (nbd)

Since it's fairly early today I don't have TOO much to report. (But I shall anyway cuz I know I won't have internet later.)

We found the trail and pool! :D No more sneaking onto private property ;) Lol, but both are mini :/ but we suspected so when we couldn't find it the first time. Actually, walking TO the trail was more of a walk than the actual trail :P (what with two fairly big hills to climb/go down).

Buuuutttt....I've officially decided to change my life style. :) In fact, I kinda already have. .-. The fact of the matter is, I was contemplating the issue during those last few days at home. We had been eating a lot of junk food lately (because either A) Mom didn't want to cook what with all the stress she had to deal with B) We were preparing to not have a fridge and therefore couldn't add more food when needed and C) We had NO fridge :P) and I was feeling the affects. -_-' Really, I was feeling more sluggish and sick. I got to the point where I was just CRAVING home cooking! (seriously it was really sad that I didn't really get any). I even came to the point where I didn't want MEAT D: (ME! The carnivore!!!) What's more, I had become addicted to the television. Absolutely ADDICTED. If I started watching the television, I wouldn't stop. Even if we planned to go out, the tv would cause at LEAST a half hour delay (usually 1-2 FULL hours). I would WANT to do other things (especially get my hw done!) but I couldn't bring myself to. And if I dared to pull myself away to do so, I wouldn't enjoy it (even if I was generally interested in my activity).

So obviously a change was needed. I mentioned already how my dad had gone on a extreme lifestyle. Very little, but healthy food. He'd  wake up at 7, work all day and no tv or anything when he got home, then bedtime at 8 or 9. ...But now I'm starting to see why. :) Now, I can't eat THAT little. But yesterday, after leaving Hastings SUPER late (8 pm!) thanks to my dad's phone calls home (*rolls eyes*), we went for a walk while mum prepared the vegetable pasta she'd planed. We went to the trail, walked to the end, walked back home. Dinner was ready (now at 9). It tasted SO good! I wasn't even starving! (I'd grabbed a banana on the way out for the walk, so I was satisfied.) Normally, I HATE pasta. (Especially the healthy kinda *gag*) My dinner last night consisted of: salad, a small amount of protein rich pasta, and vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots that TASTED like they were sauteed in butter but actually only had a bit of cooking oil and garlic!). After the long day, I just got ready for bed, grabbed my book. Read a chap, then hit the hay about 10. And today? I NATURALLY woke up at 7! 7!!!!!!!! (I need an ALARM to wake up before 10 normally!) Even though I slept on the floor (which didn't suck as much when I slept on top of my 2 allotted pillows X) ) and had to wake up in the middle of the night for a restroom stop, I am not anymore tired than I would be waking up at 9. O.o

So if you don't get what I'm hinting at, I'm going healthy. :) I've decided, Imma hit the hay early, try to wake up at 6:30 so I can work out (2 days a school week running, 2 pilates, 1 rest :) ), shower, and head out! Plus, less red meat, more yummy veggies. (Highlight yummy though :/).

Also, I'll try to be a bit more green. :) I'm currently reading:

No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process by Colin Beavan 

and WOW! The guy and his family strive to make NO environmental impact for a YEAR. He starts off slow, and it's really nice how he doesn't preach. But all the facts is sure to make u wanna make u change, if only a little. :) For example, we have our reusable bags we've always had but never used before in tow for our normal groceries today. X) Plus, he agrees with the no-tv lifestyle. :D If you LIKE to read and have some time, pick it up! I'm sure they have it at the lib. 

On a completely dif note, I'm happy to say, "OUR STUFF IS COMING TOMORROW!!!!" I am SO psyched! (Mostly cuz, I have no clean clothes after tomorrow left O.O).
Thanks for following me everyone <3. I love the comments btw :D I'm about to reply ;)

See ya,

~S~