only two more weeks!!!

oh, what a bummer...the weekend has come and gone. at least this week shouldn't be too horrible. i've got a field trip on tuesday! i can't believe there is only two weeks of real school left and then finals and then we're done!!! and i am so ready! this year has been brutal and you know what? i'm convinced the the workload of junior year has harmed me more than it has assisted me in my study habits. seriously! i used to like to go to bed early and wake up early and i never procrastinated on assignments. i still LIKE to go to bed early, but it's more a matter of can't because of all the stuff i had to stay up doing. it is slowing down a bit now, so that will be nice.

anyways...this weekend was pretty relaxed. i got to hang out with cristina and jenny on saturday night, since cristina came home from calvin! so yay...that was fun. today i just went to church and then went to cost co with my mom to get some new luggage. my duffel bag kinda died on our last trip...sad, sad.

well, sorry that wasn't' the most interesting of posts...hopefully i'll have something later on in the week! :)

have a great week everybody!

you don't need arms to hug

alright! i survived AP tests!!!!! woohooo! it is such a relief to be done and it should be pretty much smooth sailin' from here on out. sorry i haven't posted lately, but i decided to devote some of my time to different things. like go for a walk or just sit and think. good stuff. well, i shall try my best to fill you in without boring you...

wednesday i had an AP english exam, which i think went okay, but i'm so glad it is over with. i also had a math test, which i believe went pretty well...we shall see...

after school on monday i had to go get three shots in order to go to Costa Rica this summer. my left arm is still sore from the stupid tetanus (sp?) shot. that was pretty lame. but i guess it will be worth it if i get to go to costa rica!

lets see... oh tuesday i got my hair cut...super short too! it doesn't look that short in the picture, but it's like at my shoulders, so it is much shorter than i had it.

well, i like it for now.

today was absolutely amazing! i only had periods 2, 4 and 6, so that means AP english, AP US and bible. english we had a party for being done with the ap test and history we watched a movie. bible we did a prayer walk around the campus, which was pretty cool.

chapel today was amazing as well! i have never seen our school so emotional as a whole. there were people crying left and right! the guy that spoke was probably one of the most convicting people i have ever heard speak! he was born without any arms or legs and told us how he has overcome being different. his message (basically it doesn't matter what anyone here on earth thinks of you...only God) really sunk in. another point that he made is the idea that everyone has pain and everyone is hiding some of their pain inside. the people around you can hide their pain just as well as you can, which is so true. often we only think about what we are going though, but don't stop and think that the person sitting next to us may be going through a hard time as well. another thing that really amazed me was when he was talking about when he was born. his parents had no knowledge that he would be born without any limbs and, therefore, were probably shocked. he said "i'm sure they didn't look at me and think 'awww how adorable'" or something along those lines. it just blows my mind what this man had to go thought all his life, yet he still thanks God for the way he is so that he may be inspiration to others, which is exactly what he is. after chapel almost every person was lined up to give him a hug. and despite what one might think, you absolutely do no need arms to give a hug.

love you all!

will post again soon

i believe i can fly

6 am: my alarm goes off and the first thought that went through my head was "i do NOT have school today...so why in the heck is my alarm going off??? track meet? bingo!" but, what started off badly ended pretty well.
i was really not in the mood to jump this morning, but as soon as i got jumping things began to click. i was really just hoping for an end of the year make on 4'10", which didn't happen. instead i got an end of the year make at 5 feet!!! so excited!!! i'm only 5 inches taller than that! well, after 5 foot i had to obviously attempt 5'2". it didn't go so well...i completely freaked! it doesn't sound that bad. i mean, what's two inches higher, right? wrong! two inches is a lot! my first attempt i knocked the bar away with my hand before i even had a chance...haha sad. oh well i'm still pretty stoaked! twas a good way to end the season and i have to say i am actually kinda glad season is over. as much as i will miss jumping and hanging out with everyone, it will be so nice to devote some more time to tennis and sleep. :)

well, speaking of sleep i'm beat. and my face is quite sun burnt...even though the sun never came out and it was cold! stupid!
have a good rest of your weekend's everyone!

i survived APUSH!!!

i'm so glad this week is over! actually i'm just glad today (mainly my APUS history exam) is over. seriously! it is such a relief!!! i think i pretty much bombed it, but i wasn't expecting to pass...haha. i know, great attitude huh? well, after that my brain was totally fried, but i did still go to chem and bible. i got to skip out on math since i had a quiz that i totally wasn't prepared for...i know i'm bad.
chem wasn't too bad, seeing as i was only in it for about 20 min. and bible was amazing! we went outside for 20 min and had to sit in solitude and silence. i lied down under a tree, which was amazingly peaceful to stare at. that is until two birds started jumping around in it, causing bunches of leaves to fall on me. :) it was great though since often life is so busy we don't (or at least i don't) always take the time to just sit in silence and reflect on things. i really did find it pleasant...i think i'll try it more often.
after 6th period i walked out to the parking lot, where i saw julie, who had nothing better to do than come with me to my house and back (i had to back at school at 3:00 for track practice). we actually made pretty good time with julie's mad driving skills (*cough 55miles over the speed limit*cough...scary!) and i was only 15-20min late. actually 15 cause i hopped over the fence next to the high jump pit in order to save myself some time haha!
after practice the CIF members went to olvie garden, which was a blast. someone told the waiter it was matt's birthday and they brought him some chocolate gelato, which was passed around amongst 15 people! ha!
when we were finished with dinner kristen, matt and i walked across the parking lot to guitar city (or world or something like that). anyways its basically a guitar store where you can hook up a guitar to an amp and play it. haha too bad i suck at guitar! matt tried to teach me something, but it didn't work out too well for me.
after that it was off to senior play with julie. oh man, senior play: absolutely hilarious! i think the best roles had to be jane and mallory, who played the parts of an alien obsessed school girl on roller skates with micky mouse ears (jane) and a crazy PE teacher wearing a fluffy pink boa(mallory). i couldn't stop laughing at them!
well, twas a fun, fun day! tomorrow i'm off to Carpinteria bright and early! last time i was up there was for tennis.
well, wish me luck jumping tomorrow!

have a nice day!

my new song obsession...actually my obsession for the last two weeks. haha
you all should go listen to it...video isn't great, but you can just listen.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UheKmPY1mNw

Oh if its one thing i hang on to that gets me though the night,

I aint gonna do what i don't want to

I'm gonna live my life

Shinin' like a diamond,

Rollin' with the dice,

Standin' on a ledge I show the wind how to fly

When the world gets in my face, I say have a nice day

la di da di

yeah so this is what we do in yearbook...no wonder my grade goes down in that class. haha! this was on thursday, during the hour and a half of third period! kill me! alicia, chantal and i managed to make it fun by randomly dancing (acctually i attempted to dance ha!). i think we also entertained the ceramics people, who were watching us though the window. good stuff.

hope you all have an enjoyable week! i know i will...not. sooooooo busy!!! but, i'm still smilin' :)

man, i'm high!

high up in the air that is! hahah! well, actually you can't really tell how high that is (i would guess around 4'8"), but it's still a pretty intense picture. some random person took it at LA county and matt sent it to me. my facial expression: so not attractive.

i have some other interesting pictures to post from the meet yesterday, but i'm afraid those will have to wait. wish me luck on the SAT tomorrow! i'll need it. :)

a good yet hectic may day

i only have time to say something quick, since it is super late and i'm ober tiered, but today was league finals for track. it was a good, yet emotional day...seriously! full of tears, laughs and good conversations, but in fact track season is not yet over for me...i'm actually moving on to CIF. pretty stoaked about that!

well, best be off to bed...i'll explain all of the crazy emotions later.
service day tomorrow! wooot!

good night!