The Last Post of 2011

This is officially my last post of 2011. It's my first full year on Blogger, and it's been great. More people at my school than I thought have started reading this, which is both cool and scary. But either way it's been nice to have somewhere that I can actually say what I'm thinking about and know that eventually, someone will read it. If you read this regularly, I just wanted to say thanks.

I hope you guys have a great year. Happy New Year!!

In Love.

I'm in love.

What's New.

I haven't been able to write recently to fill you in on the boring details of my life. Or on how Christmas was, since I've been really sick. Anyway...

I'm really excited. I feel so, like, adult. (;

My dad took me to get my own bank account today. I'm starting an actual part time job in January so now I have an account to keep my money organized in. I'm so excited! I got my own little check book and debit card! Of course I can only use the money that's in my personal bank account, which isn't much, but still.

Tomorrow if I'm feeling any better I'm going shopping with my mom. I've collected quite a few gift cards with my birthday and Christmas, so I'm can't wait to hit the mall. The only downside to this week is I have to finish an English paper...

I'm the worst when it comes to procrastination. But truthfully, I've been planning on writing it this week. The last month of school was insane for me! Since English is my favorite subject, and I'd much rather write a 5 page paper than do a 2 page Chemistry assignment, (exaggeration, people), I choose to focus on my worst subjects. It was a good idea, because now I have an A in Chemistry. Thank you Jesus! (Beginning of the year I was seriously failing that class.) And assuming I did O. K. on my test, I should be able to keep a A or B average in Chemistry.

Lost my train of thought....

Oh yeah! I got a bunch of gift cards for Christmas, along with a new guitar case :D Yay!!!! I'm learning to play guitar, and I have a gorgeous guitar that I absolutely love, but I've been borrowing my mom's old case. The case is pathetic... Like seriously, I had to duct tape it to keep it shut. Yeah. But now I have a beautiful new one that has lots of fluffy padding inside to protect my guitar.

Also, over Christmas break I made the decision to start driving regularly.

Um, big deal? YES.


Because I've been slacking on the whole learning to drive thing. I'm wayyyy behind. I should have my license already, but I can barely make it around corners. I'm not a bad driver, it's just I haven't been out practicing like I should have been. I've been too scared. Now I've made the decision to start driving constantly. Maybe if I drive every time my family gets into the car, I can get my license by March? April? Eh. I don't know. Either way, I better have it before school lets out.

Hmmm, have I forgotten anything? This is already a long post. But hey, it's been a while.

Oh! Something cool! On Christmas, my family did something they haven't done in a while. I'm told it used to be a family tradition. This year, my parents bought a bunch of five dollar Starbucks cards, then on Christmas day, my immediate family (plus my aunt and my cousins) went out and drove around to different gas stations. We would all get out and give the people working there a Starbucks gift card. The purpose was to give them a gift since they were working on Christmas. It was so cool to see the smiles on they're faces. Some of them were too stunned to say anything.

And one last thing, if you read my blog but aren't a follower... uh, become a follower? haha Not sure why I really care or even why I just asked that, but it would be cool. Whatever.

Okay well, that's what's new with this teenager. Adios. (:

My Pathetic Attempts at Acting Like a Girly Girl.

I'm the oldest in my family, so I have no older sister to teach me to curl my hair, paint my nails, or do my make-up. I kind of just have to figure it out as I go. My mom helps me some, but she didn't have an older sister either, so she's not extremely knowledgable on all things girly.

I was doing my make-up this morning and I just wanted to do something different with my hair. Just for fun. I found a curling iron and gave it my best shot...  lol.

When my curls ended disastrously, I looked up "how to curl your hair with a curling iron" on youtube.
How pathetic is that? haha


That didn't help, so I called one of my friends. I hope she takes this as a compliment, but she's the most girly person I know(: She always has the right make-up, the right hair, and the right nails. I laughed when she started talking about brands of fake nails and nail beds.

"I really have no idea what you're talking about," I laughed. I told her that I was the oldest and have no big sister to tell me these things. She immediately volunteered to be my "big sister." I got lots of advice from her on which nails to buy and how to curl my hair.

Long story short, I got home today, managed to get make-up in my contacts (resulting in my glasses having to be worn), I barely saved my nails from disaster... and I managed to burn the top of my forehead with the curling iron.

Classic.

It's not like I'm totally oblivious when it comes to looking nice, it's just that I don't know everything about being a girly girl.

Escape From Reality?

I found this written down in a binder I kept last year. It was apparently written during a biology class at my old high school. I'm not sure why I wrote it, but I'm assuming it was a pretty difficult day. Anyway, when I found it I had to laugh, because I still believe this to be true. Even when everything is going great.

"Sometimes I think literature is the only successful way to escape from reality; and still return. Maybe that's why I enjoy reading so much."

Yay!

I'm so excited! This is my last week of my photography class, and I actually got my assignment done early!! I had to take ten portrait shots, and I've already gotten them all done. I also finished my math homework for Monday early. Something that, well, I never do. lol

Now to finish...

- a 3 page paper on Henry V

- a short story rough draft for my English class

- to study for Chemistry mid-terms

- to study for a Bible test

And finally... to study for a huge Spanish test.

Sorry For Being So Negative

I've deleted two blog posts that I posted last week. I got tired of seeing my whiny, complaining side come out in writing... on the Internet... where the whole world can see...

So I'll try to be a little bit more positive from now on; but let's be real, this is a blog about high school. There's gonna be negative moments. I'll try to do what my dad asks me everyday after I come home from school, "How was your day? Tell me two goods and a bad." Somedays its hard to come up with two goods, but it's also awesome when I can't think of a bad(:

Being Thankful: Day #30

Day #30

I'm thankful for all the opportunities and privileges I've been given.