4 - ?

Yesterday we had rehearsal for The Diary of Anne Frank. But this rehearsal, unlike the usual rehearsals that last from 3:30 to 5, lasted from 4 until ?. We ended up staying at school until 9. We were all exhausted by the end of it. And the sad thing is we only ran through the play once. We cannot make it through a single rehearsal without breaking character or laughing or messing up lines on stage. I know I am guilty of this too, but we really need to start taking this play seriously. It is crunch time. We only have three rehearsals left. It doesn't seem real that the play is already here. But reality must hit soon and we need to buckle down and get things right. Rehearsal was forever long and I feel like in the end we got nothing accomplished. The play still needs work. I am hoping that it will all come together in the end. It may seem like we have only been working on this play for a short time, but I can tell we have rehearsed a lot by my random usage of lines in every day conversations. I came home from rehearsal and began to read my APUSH and found myself quoting lines while reading the section on D-Day. By the time I finally went to bed, I was saying my lines in my head as a fell asleep. This play has seemed to consume my life. It is a good thing that I love drama. 

10 Things I Like About Me

1. I like how my eyes will change colors. One day they will be more blue and the next more green.
2. I like how my hair has a red tint in the summer.
3. I like how I can still shop in the kid's section, if I want to.
4. I like how I am in the top percentage in my class.
5. I like how even though I take all honors classes, I still have time for my friends.
6. I like my height.I'm not too tall, but I'm not short either. I am average.
7. I like how one of my thumbs is shaped different than the other. I call it my toe-thumb. 
8. I like how I look just like my grandmother. It gives me a special connection with her. 
9. I like how I say words like "button" and "mountain" weird. People may make fun of me for it but oh well. It is all in good fun.
10. I like how after almost 5 years of braces, I have straight teeth. 

If I had time...

Life today is always on the go. People have busy schedules to meet and don't have very much time to themselves. If I had more free time, I'd like to do some scrapbooking. I have all the necessary supplies, I just don't have the time. I like to look back at pictures and remember the story that goes along with them. Putting the pictures in a scrapbook only helps tell the memory a little better. I also enjoy all the colors and patterns I can use to make the pages look good. I have always enjoy little arts and crafts projects. I like to mess around with colors and funky scissors. I am also a perfectionist though, so my scrapbook pages always have to look neat. I will often use stickers when I put letters on a page because I never seem to be happy with my own handwriting. Since I am always busy with something, I never really get to scrapbook. So most of the supplies I have get used on school projects.I recently pull my World Civ notebook off the shelf from last year so I could review WWI. I noticed as I was flipping through it that all my title pages were done in scrapbooking paper. It's the little school projects that allow me to worth some scrapbooking into my schedule. I wish I could scrapbook for more than just a school project. I would like to finally put all my pictures in place. I have several pictures just sitting in a box just waiting to go into my scrapbook. Maybe over the summer I will actually have time to take scrapbooking up again. 

Spring Break

We are getting close to Spring Break. Spring Break is a time full of friends and family. It is a stress free time. There is no schedule to meet. There is no homework to be done. It is just a time to relax. Last year I went to Daytona Beach, and this year we are going to Florida again. This trip will be a much shorter drive though. This is the first Spring Break that I can drive. That is going to help take a lot of the stress off my mom and dad. We will be able to split up the driving and maybe my dad will actually get some rest. I cannot wait to leave Owensboro behind and just head to Florida. There has been too much stress here lately. Whether its school, rehearsal, or prom, there is just too much stress. I am ready to go to Florida and just forget it all for a week. It will be nice to leave it all behind but when I get back I have to dive right back into it. The Sunday before we return to school, my teacher has decided to have rehearsal. It is a much needed rehearsal but it will put a lot of stress on me. I will not get back from Florida until Sunday. So as soon as I am home I will have to turn around and head to school. But in the end it will all work out. Spring Break is totally worth all the stress I will have to face afterwards. A week off is just what I need right now.

Finding the Perfect Prom Dress

Prom dress shopping is a pain. You try on dress after dress trying to find that perfect one. And when you think you have finally found "the one", you look at the price and realize it is way out of your budget. There are so many dresses to choose from. When you walk into a store it is just overwhelming. There are so many different styles. Along with many colors and patterns. You just have to start trying on dresses to see what looks best on you. It is almost April and I still do not have a dress. It's crunch time now. I have to find one in the next few weeks or I'm screwed. I have to have the dress in time for alterations. It is a very stressful process but I know it will all work out in the end. 

Trust

Trust is needed in any form of relationship. But trust is very hard to build up. Trust takes time. And when someone breaks that trust, it takes even longer to build it back up. Trust can be broken in an instant but it may take years for that trust to return. It is hard to trust people these days. Everyone lies and people only think of themselves. Trust is very important to me, and here lately I just don't feel like I can trust very many people. Sure I have my friends and of course my family, but other than that there is no one I can truly trust. Trust is needed for life. People have to be able to depend on each other. It hurts me when people break my trust. Without trust people would be lost. Trust is quintessential. 

Blogs

I hate that feeling that you get when you realize the day after blogs are due that half of your blogs are still saved as drafts. I often start a blog but do not post it because I go back and read over it again to make sure there is nothing else I want to add or take out. And then it happens. I think I have all my blogs done because I remember writing them but when I look back not all of them are published. I do not mind writing blogs, I just often like to put more detail in them than I can in class so they get saved as drafts. I hate realizing that all my blogs are not posted in the middle of the night and have to get up to publish them even though it is already too late. It is a rare occasion for it to happen, but when it does it sucks. 

Why did the chicken cross the road?

1. To prove to the possum that it could be done
2. To get to the other side
3. Why are you asking me? Ask the chicken yourself
4. The chicken just wanted to cross the road. What is wrong with that?
5. It had a death wish.