The Sims 3
It’s my guilty pleasure. I’m addicted. Sue me. Whatever. It’s fun for me. :) Let the fun begin.
The time is going by so fast.
So this morning I got to school and we had our senior assembly. Ava stood up and acknowledged the accomplishments of our class and everything that we’d been involved in over our past four years at Sandy Creek. Then they had my favorite part, handing out the legacies. (It’s a tradition that the clubs and sports teams hand down a momento to an upcoming senior who will be leading that club or organization. It’s just a great thing we do.) Mr. Cannon, the AP Macroecon teacher, he stood up and spoke as our elected speaker for the assembly. After that, Madison, Nia, and I all went to New Hope for our baccalaureate practice for this evening. All in all, it didn’t take us as long as I’d expected at first. It went by quickly and we were out of there by 11:45 or so.
So then Madison and I went to Ted’s for lunch, and I had the greatest hamburger I’ve ever had in my life. It had avocado on it, freshly grilled jalapeño peppers, and chipotle ranch sauce on it. She had the salmon. We were there for a little while just talking when she said something about the straws. Turns out that Ted’s straws aren’t plastic. They’re some weird kind of paper-cardboard stuff and towards the end of my meal, my straw nearly fell apart in my sweet tea. So after lunch, we went to Rack Room to find Madison some new shoes for graduation. She and I both have larger feet so it’s sometimes hard to us to find cute shoes that fit well. Anyway, we finally found some and she ended up wearing them out of the store to test them. Any time we came across some stairs at The Avenue, she would declare “Stair Test!!” and would proceed to walk up and down the stairs to make sure her feet wouldn’t slip off the back, and that they would stay securely on. (For those of you guys who don’t know, she had a brain injury when she was little, and the muscles in the right side of her body don’t work as well as they should.)
After that we went to Starbucks for coffee and a brownie and I think we must’ve sat there for over an hour talking about different stuff. When we got tired of sitting there we went into the bookstore and she got a new bible because the one she has in now falling apart.
I had a great day with her but it made me realize that the time is just speeding by me. Tonight I’m going to the baccalaureate service for all the seniors, and then it’s 3 days until I graduate. While I’m excited, I can’t help but get teary when I think of all the fun I’ve had in high school and all of the relationships I’ve made throughout the years. I’m going to miss it for sure. I guess I’ll just have to make the most of these three days that I have left.
We're going to make mistakes.
Everyone that’s following my blog needs to read this. Whether you’re about to graduate high school like me, or you’re in college and graduating in a couple of years, these are things we all need to keep in mind.
God’s sunshine. Makes me feel all happy inside. I saw this the other day and it made me realize that it was His way of telling me that I’ll be okay. I can do this whole adult thing.
"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."
-Confucius.
True stuff. This is one of my favorite quotes right now especially with the upcoming election in November.
Musicals can say a lot.
Especially Rent. I was listening to my Broadway Radio this morning on Pandora while I was taking a shower, and my favorite song from Rent comes on: Seasons of Love. I turned the volume all the way up and sang right along with it. And while I was singing I really thought about the words. As graduation gets closer and closer, I realized something. We’ve finally made it, class of 2012. We’ve seen 180 days together. We have watched countless sunsets, stayed up way past midnight to see movies, and drank cups of coffee at Starbucks together. Whether it was calculating the inches of line segment AB or driving a few short miles to school, or even laughing through all the pain and heartache, we’ve done it together. I have to say that this senior year has been my favorite school year out of any of them. We’ve been a close senior class.
I know for me personally it’s been one rough year and one trial after another. I’ve lost friends and gotten my heart broken. On the flip side I’ve made some really great new friends and met a boy that stole my heart. I guess all I’m trying to say is, the things that have happened this year have made me a stronger person as a whole. I know how to deal with tragedy better now. I know how to tackle school and keep up with grades. I’ve been so focused on getting out of school this semester that I didn’t take the time to slow down and think. Just today I’ve realized that I’m going to miss it like the song says. I may not ever want this year back, but I will truly miss it. If I ever give my testimony at camp, I know that I’ll definitely include this year, as it’s been one of the most impactful years I’ve had thus far.
Through all the trials and tribulations, I wish I could say that I always leaned on God, but I know I didn’t. In fact, I struggled a lot with blaming Him for things that happened. Like this fall, I lost three of my best friends to rumors and falsehoods that they decided to believe about me and formed their opinion without even talking to me. I thought it was His fault that everything was happening. I guess now I realized that it could’ve been a whole lot worse had He not been holding my hand the entire way.
Congratulations to myself. I’ll forever cherish this whole year. I’ll remember it by the little things and the big things too, but most of all, thanks to Rent for making me think and value this past year of my life.
Don’t worry. Be happy.
You know, I’m not even worrying about these finals I have to take. Everything is going to be fine. My finals are Friday and Monday. I’m excited. Graduation is 9 days away. It can’t get here fast enough. I’m so tired of the high school drama. It’s enough to make a person sick. All of this “She said this” or “They did such and such”. I don’t understand. Rumors. Lies. I’m done. I’m not naive enough to think that once I’m out of high school the petty drama stops, but things get better. I just wish everything would hurry up. College is calling my name.
