Ups and Downs. Yeah, It's Called Life... and Being in High School.

I had a terrible day on Friday. I was feeling crappy about myself. I kept comparing myself to the other girls, (the "perfect" girls), and I felt like a total outsider. Pretty much all of it was in my head, but that didn't really matter because by 6th period it was all I could do to hold myself together. Analyzing songs and then talking about them was kind of an afterthought.

However, my Saturday was amazing. I got so many random compliments from several friends and adults that I look up to. And then on Sunday my pastor talked about how our inadequacies do not disqualify us from doing big things for God. It was all in all a fantastic weekend. Monday included.

Today I had a great time talking and laughing with my friends from first period to sixth period. (Oh yeah and of course that whole thing called learning. You know, the reason I go to school?) AND to top it all off, I am going to tell you why I am so incredibly proud of myself right now!

I was doing my Physics homework and here is the problem given to us at the end of our reading section:

"A motorcycle ride consists of two segments. During the first segment, the motorcycle starts from rest, has an acceleration of +2.6m/seconds squared and a displacement of +120m. Immediately after the first segment, the motorcycle enters the second segment and begins slowing down with an acceleration of -1.5 m/second squared until its velocity is +12 m/s. What is the displacement of the motorcycle during the second segment?"

Basically? How far did it go from point A to point B.

Yup.

Anyways, they write the whole thing out for you and explain it, but I'm incredibly proud of myself because I solved it on my own. I only used their solution to compare notes.

A weird thing about me and difficult homework problems-- I talk to my textbook the whole time. So if you were standing outside of my bedroom door while I was writing this you might have heard...

"Why the heck did you use that formula first?!"

"Oh I see! Way to make it even more confusing!!"

"Idiot!"

But after all of that... the answer? +160m, baby!

I was so proud of myself for solving the whole thing, I brought my dad in to show him. He told me I could be bringing space shuttles back from outer space, "We've got you in the control room! We're gonna be fine!"

Said no one ever. lol