Thinking of summer

The warm weather the other reminded me of what I could start looking forward to: Summer!

I'm going to be 14 this Saturday and in HIGH SCHOOL this fall.....!!!!! After discussing the matter my Mom and I decided to send me to school for it. Which will, no doubt, be a transition. So.

I want to remember this summer....my last summer before making that transition. I want it to be fun, carefree, but not completely work-free. Get my drift? I want to get used to working hard before dealing with all the long school hours and the homework.

Now I'm not saying I'm going to work too much this summer, but more that I want to commit to alot. I want to bike 6 miles every weekend with my Daddy, I want to plant and work on my very own garden, I want to finish at least 10 projects for 4-H. I want commitment.

So blogging this is making me excessively excited. Ooh, alliteration! :o) Just kidding!!! Enjoy the rest of the weekend and YOUR summer!

Willie the Seal

Reflections

Reflection of me in a melted snow puddle


Today has been a day full of promises....spring is coming!! Today I went out to enjoy the weather and take pictures in....short sleeves!!! WOO!!! I found my inspiration quite accidentally, actually:



I sure hope those puddles are the last of it!!! :oP

Right now......

the snow has just stopped falling. The cars whizzing by outside make a wet, comforting ffsshhiinngg sound as they pass. I am wearing my monkey PJ pants and thinking of another monkey-lover in heaven. I am taking a break from my schoolwork; a nice long one thanks to my mother's consent. Tonight I have play practice and on Wednesday I'm learning Irish dance for the show, something I've always wanted to do. I'm looking forward to summer and my birthday, and for my brother and sister coming home (or, former home) soon. And life sure is good right now......really, really good. :o)

Eureka

Have you ever had something said to you that really got you thinking even though you didn't want to think about it? Does that make sense? Well, I had that happen to me a couple weeks ago at my co-op (a one-day school where they send you home with loads of homework to complete over the week).

My friend Rachel and I are in Placing Out together and we know this friend of mine. On Rachel's first impression upon the silly way we treat each other she thought there was a little
something-something going on. (There isn't, we're just tight like, brother and sister) So she dubbed him my "Atheist Boyfriend" as he is, an atheist.

Of course, someone overhearing our conversation may actually think I DO have an atheist boyfriend, so my thoughtful friend mentioned to everyone that is was a joke. I added the infamous line "We're just friends." I got a look from a classmate that looked like it was saying, "You're friends with a non-believer?"

I am. He is a great friend. Does it bother me that is an atheist? A great deal.
Then.....why am I friends with him?

That was the question that came into my mind. I dismissed it. It came back. I thought it over.

Galatians 6:1-2
Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

I found the answer. What a reassurance and a relief it is, to find those answers!!!!

Oh, the guilty pleasure of time-wasting surveys....:oP

Eight interesting facts about me:

1. I could not--I repeat, could NOT--live without the existence of broadway shows. Seeing them (when I have the money :oP) and listening to the music. Especially Les Miserables. Oh the MAGIC of that show!!! I've grown up with the music and STILL it gives me chills when Enjolras says, "Until the earth is FREE!!" LoL! Other shows I love are Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Aida, Annie, The Lion King, the list goes on and on.....

2. I have a strange guilty pleasure--coordinating outfits on paint. Baby outfits, little girl's outfits, outfits for my age. (and what's fun about that is actually getting those items myself!) It's so weird but I LOVE it! Whenever I'm at the mall I wander into the little girl's section while my poor mother and sister look away and pretend they don't know me LoL......

3. I've caught a 6 inch long and wide frog with my bare hands out of this pond:

I know. It's revolting. And that was last summer when I was 13....hey it's my blog I can write what I want to! LoL

4. While no cell of my being likes being truly sad or melancholy, I am addicted to sad books, movies and music. Like Les Miz you know? My brother asked me the interesting question: "Would I rather laugh or cry when watching or reading something?" And I chose the latter! Of course, pointless and unheroic deaths just make me plain old depressed, like Titanic.

5. I suck at sports and I'm proud of it. WHOO!

6. I've already planned my wedding right down to the appetizers at the reception. :oP

7. I have enormous amounts of sarcasm. However, my sarcasm-sensing meter is not anywhere near on track. It's embarrassing when someone jokes with me and is met with a monotone face as I can't tell when someone is kidding or not. LoL!

8. I make up and write life stories about each and every character I play in musicals. It really does help you get into character.

Wells...I was going to do ten but I couldn't think of any more so I guess I'm just a boring person.....LoL.....okay like, I totally NEVER say LoL! (See #7)

Note to the teenagers of the world....

If--IF--you come across a girl about your age who doesn't have make-up on her face, wants to wait before dating (I mean hellooo, she's not even 14 yet!), doesn't gossip, is a CHRISTian and in a few other minor ways isn't as flirtatious as you are....do NOT think she IN ANY WAY has less mental intellectual sense (is that even a term?) then your own self! DO NOT treat her like she's 5, and YES you are doing so when you use that fake tone of voice, because that girl can't tell if you're a barbie or someone her very own age.

I'm sorry! I'm just frustrated. They DO treat me like I'm five at that theatre and I'm just sick of it. And sometimes I just need to vent. And so I have. And so now, I'm going to stop. Thanks for listening.