Busy... (and other excuses)

Yeah, I've been super busy for the past month or so. I mean, usually I just have church Sundays and Wednesdays, and that's it unless we have some rare plans another day. But lately, I've had writing club every Wednesday and physical therapy every Tuesday and Thursday (which, thankfully, is over). Add in family get-togethers, piano lessons (me teaching, not me taking the lesson), and random, short babysitting jobs, and you have one very tired yet content teenager (me).

Last week, however, I was sick Tuesday and Wednesday, and that caused me to miss writing club. I feel kind of bad about it, and hope the others don't mind. I started feeling better Thursday, which is good since we ended up having to pick up some friends' of ours daughter from school and watch her a little while. Friday, I went to my first high school football game ever. It was... interesting, but only because of the people I was with. We had really bad seats, so we couldn't see what was happening unless they were right in front of us in the end zone. So, for the most part, I read Dracula and ended up talking with this one guy about it and other creepy books. I spent the night at my grandmother's house that night and the dogs literally barked all night long. No kidding. I was up until 3:30 a.m. trying (and failing) to drown out the noise.

Today was pretty good, although we had to rush home to feed our new kitten. Well, he's not ours technically, since we're just raising him as of right now. But, we may end up keeping him, it depends on how things work out.

I probably should be going to sleep, but I think I'm going to listen to some music for a while and possibly try to write, so that's it for this blog.

Writing Club

I went to a writing club thing today, started by another homeschooler. I was the only one (I think) who didn't really know anyone, because they all used the same cover school. It was pretty fun though. We're supposed to be meeting every week, and today was just a meet and greet. We also came up with some ideas (well, just two people came up with the ideas out of the seven of us), including stories about Zombies, a detective going back in time to solve a case and thus erasing his existence, and Moprah the depressed panda bear going on a quest to find the meaning of life. Yeah, it was pretty fun.

Afterwards, my mom took me to Barnes & Noble and I got:

School's Out - Forever - the second book in The Fugitives (Maximum Ride) series
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports - the third book in The Fugitives series
Dracula - Yup, the original Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe - Yay! is all I have to say
The Complete Sherlock Homes - Volume I

So it was a pretty successful trip. After that, we were going to go to Yogurt Mountain, but then once we pulled up we realized it said "coming soon!" so we headed to Dippin' Dots. They were closed, unfortunately, and my mom ended up getting a birthday shake from Zaxby's and I got a jamocha shake from Arby's. Mm.

Tomorrow, I have physical therapy for my wrist. It's only my second session (or whatever you want to call it), so I'm not going to say anything for certain right now. I've been trying to do the exercises they gave me... but I've forgotten. Besides, I've only really had one day to do them anyways. *sigh* Oh well.

Yesterday...Natural Bridge

The Natural Bridge

Okay, so, yesterday I went on a field trip to Natural Bridge (World's longest natural bridge east of the Rockies apparently), and I would have blogged about it last night but... I totally crashed when I got home. Let's just that staying up late until 3:30 A.M. and then getting up at 6:45 to hike through woods and caves for a couple of hours isn't that good of idea.

Anyways, it was about a three hour ride there, and we had a little picnic before starting the hike. It was really nice, and I took quite a few pictures. But, silly old me forgot to take water to drink, and all I had was a can of Dr. Pepper for lunch. So, I was pretty dehydrated (probably...I self-diagnosed myself) and felt kind of crappy after the trip.

When I got home, like I said, I crashed. I took a nap for two hours, ate supper, watched the Psych Summer Season finale (because I missed it Wednesday night) and then went to bed around 9:30. And I'm thinking, "Hey, this is record for me...going to bed at a decent time." I ended up tossing and turning for two hours until I got on the computer for another half hour.

That was my day...yesterday. Today, all I've done is school and work on my essay for an early college program thing. Oh, the fun I've had (sarcasm).

The view inside the cave, looking across at the people on the other side.

Labor Day

I love having Mondays off. It just really brightens up my week.

Today was, of course, Labor Day, and we went over to a some friends of our's house and had some barbecue ribs, hamburgers, hotdogs, all that. Plus some very delicious cookies, which I enjoyed. We hung out a little while, watched some of The Sandlot, watched some Star Wars (if I'm correct, we watched some of Empire Strikes Back and then the beginning of Return of the Jedi), and then Scooby Doo (Abracadabra-doo or something like that). It was pretty fun.

Tomorrow... won't be as fun as this weekend was. All I have on my agenda for tomorrow is school. Ew. But, Thursday we'll have a field trip, so at least I have something to look forward to.

Game Day

Today was a day of football games, which I loved. This morning we went to Judson's first football game of the season, and let me tell you, those Peewee games or whatever they're called are pretty fun. It's just so exciting. Unfortunately, I did get a little sun burnt, even if I was only out their for half of the game. Judson's dad looks like a raccoon, so it's okay.

Tonight, we went over to Judson's family's house to watch the Alabama game. I'm not going to give the score (Adrian... have you watched it yet?) but it was fun. Mostly because Judson's dad gets a little over-excited, and very, very loud, and there also eight kids running around with Nerf guns and and costumes on. I even got a mini-makeover by a seven-year-old and two-year-old. The two-year-old did my hair, and pulled it a lot. It wasn't that fun, but she was just too cute and I couldn't say no.

Tomorrow will be just as exciting, and, since Monday's Labor Day, we'll be heading over to Judson's house again for some ribs and burgers. Yum.

Now, for some much needed sleep before I have to get up at 6:45 in the morning.

Confession (I know, I haven't done one of these in a while, but I felt like it tonight): I really, really want some spaghetti. Really.

*Yawn*

I'm tired. I've had a long day. I'm ready to go to sleep. I have to wake up at 6:30 in the morning. I'm not happy about that.

Okay, enough with the choppy sentences.

Today was pretty good. I got up (at 6:45 A.M.) went to church, went to Pizza Hut (yum!), then came home. Got on the computer for a little while, and then I help my mom make Mexican Chicken Lasagna. Well, sort of. I dropping a lid in the enchilada sauce, and then dropped that same lid, covered in sauce, on the floor. So, yeah.

Even though I haven't really blogged in a while, this is it for today. Nothing much has been going on anyway.

Mario Kart is Beast

I don't really get the adjective "beast", but it's pretty common... on Facebook, at least.

Anyways, it's one of the most awesome games ever, Mario Kart. I used to play it a lot with my dad, but then we just sort of... stopped. But, today, Judson, a little boy from my church called and reminded me of it by asking if we could race, since we used to race together through the Wi-Fi channel. Unfortunately, my stupid Internet wouldn't connect, so I couldn't race with him. I raced by myself, though, for a little while, which brings me to my frustration of the day..

My wrist. It got so bad that it was hurting to even hold the steering wheel and press a button with my thumb. This is really aggravating for me, because I've been trying super hard to get back into piano. I had to take a long break just because of my wrist. But, I played piano last night, and it felt really good, and my wrist only hurt a tiny bit afterwards. I should be starting back piano lessons in September, which isn't too far away anymore. Where has the time gone?

Also, if nothing else comes up, I'll be teaching piano tomorrow, too, to Judson. It's pretty easy for me, since I don't have to play much, and when I do it's pretty simple stuff. So, that, and school, is probably all I'll be doing tomorrow. But I guess I shouldn't be talking about that, because then what I blog about tomorrow? Well, technically Friday is today... since it's 1:49 a.m. and all.