Graduations

My sister and I both graduated from cyber schools this year. I went to PACyber and she went to PALCS. I had my ceremony on the 12th, and she had hers on the 18th. We are very proud of each other, and it turns out, we will both be going to the same college! :) I thank God that I have come this far in my life.

good-byes

In just ten days I'll be leaving with the other Cool Camp staff to start off the summer. I'll really enjoy meeting new people, working with the kids, and swimming every day! :) But it's very bittersweet because shortly after I get back, I'll be going to college. So really, yesterday I said goodbye to my friends for one of the last times, because who knows when I'll see them again. When I come back from cool camp it's possible my parents will have found a place in NY already. Then I'll be off to my place in Pittsburgh. I tend not to cry in public, but today I did cry in my therapy session. It's like all these feelings bubbled to the surface. I don't just want to up and move after 5 years, but there's nothing I can do about it. There are so many things I'll feel like I'll be missing. I hate good byes.

Senior Prom

I did have a date this year to Senior Prom. It was lots of fun!

Retainers

This morning I went to my Orthodontist, Dr. Frey, and got my retainers! I really like them, they're gold sparkles on the bottom and turquoise on the top. :) My new smile really is a huge boost to my self-esteem! I only have to wear my retainers at night, so that's nice.

summertime strains

yesterday i went to an amusment park called knobels about 1.5 hrs. from my house. i was sick... and it was very hot. but today was even hotter. I was almost as sick... but not as tired. Tonight I wanna sleep 14 hours... I've been up for 15 hours so why not. anyway today i went to dorney park with levi and my sister. got sunburnt and am now putting on aloe vera lotion. have a blister on the bottom of my foot. anyways... this friday is prom... hope my sunburn is a tan by then! :)

"Cool Camp" & summertime...

I got accepted to be a counselor and arts director at cool camp this summer. It's a program my church puts on for five weeks at 5 different churches. It reaches out to kids, helps them learn about God, and show them that being a Christian is cool. One of the highlights is that everyday we go to a pool to swim for a couple hours! I'm really excited about being involved, and being a blessing and gaining a blessing. A bonus will be the Christian fellowship and earning money for college.

Today we're showing our house again. We don't know when exactly we'll be moving or if we'll have a place to go when the house sells. We're just living on faith alone right now... :)

This Sunday is my graduation party and I'm really excited about that. My best friends are coming, and we're going to have lots of food, fun and games. The next day I'm going to Knobels [I've never been the before], with Levi and his family. Later that week we're going to Dorney Park which he's never been to before. A couple years back I worked at Dorney as a lifeguard, and this year that's what my sister is doing. She seems to follow in my footsteps a lot. I could name lots of things, but I won't.

Then June 3rd is prom, and that weekend is retreat for cool camp!

Then June 11 is my graduation and June 12 is beach day at Jersey shore.

The next Friday is Geneva day and the next day is my sister's graduation... and then my sister and Levi will be gone at Piedmont.

Then, just a week until cool camp begins. All in all my summer is pretty packed!

These next couple weeks will be kinda boring during the week... just babysitting my 12 year old brother.... like he really needs a babysitter... Idk.. when I was his age I was running the home when my mom was gone.

I hope to hang out with my friends as much as I can... because I'll be leaving soooooo soon!

Where has the time really gone?

I'm going to keep busy with violin,

sewing,

knitting

and whatever other hobbies I wanna do. .... but I'd really rather hang out with my buddies.... but they're busy most of the time....

Can't wait to make friends at college.... I plan to get outta my shell and be a social butterfly... and just have lots of fun!!!! Good, safe fun. :)

may 17

I'm a hero. I gave blood. I got some heels for prom, it's in just 2 weeks! I'm going to Dorney soon! Seeing POTC this weekend. Finishing High school this Friday. I'd say it's been a pretty eventful month.

Karate... health.... future

On the 29th I will be testing for my yellow belt in karate, so wish me well! It's been quite a journey, battling with asthma and other things that made me want to just QUIT! I'm going to the doctor Tuesday to try to see what the cause of my chronic pelvic pains could be. And of course I'll probably be sent to a specialist, and have to have gross medical stuff done. I'm so scared about what it could be, but I'm trying to have faith. Lately, my life seems to be getting together, with graduation, getting my braces off, and moving soon, it feels like maybe I'll get a new start. Then, this new battle comes my way, along with other people's struggles that entwine with my life. Let me just say... friends, and whoever else is out there, please pray for me.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2

In, not of

29 days...

Twenty nine days until the last day of school. 22 more days after that is my graduation ceremony. A few days after that... or maybe before, we'll have a graduation party. After that is summer, but no vacation for me, I'll be working all summer. Picking berries maybe, or some other job. Then July I hope I get into the cool camp program that our Pennsylvania conference is putting on. Then August college starts. Everything is still up in the air because I don't know when we are going to sell the house and move. So needless to say... I've been stressed lately.

Beaver County...

Where my life began....

Where my life will really start!

yippy yippy yayy yayy

I'm going to be in my friend's wedding on April 10th!
I went to the orthodontist this morning, at an unearthly hour, but thank goodness I'm on track and I'm getting my braces off on April 19th! Everytime someone's hand wasn't in my mouth, I was yawning. I need to adjust my body to get up an hour earlier, daylight savings is on Sunday. I'll try getting up at 7, then 6:30 then 6. I am used to getting up at 7:30. Some may say that's sleeping in, but to my sister, it's crazy early haha.
Yippee!! I'm excited about Spring Fling on the 26th. :)
I am in the mood to go shopping (for clothes). I have some birthday money, not much but enough for what I need. I love my friends.
We're putting our house on the market on Sunday. I'm going to miss this house.
I'm getting my yellow belt in karate soon. My little sister might have asthma. She keeps me up at night with her coughing, poor thing. Maybe I should sleep in my other sister's room tonight.
If I keep up at the pace I'm going, I should have my history and math courses finished my the end of the month, that leaves me with Engish, Sociology and Spanish. :)

my teeth

Going to the orthodontist in the morning. Here's hoping everything is going well. Can't wait to get them braces off!

SOUP

I love chicken noodle soup. I love tomato soup. I love potato soup. I love broccoli soup. I love soup!

I'm blond

I'm a blondy now. I can't say I've exactly "had more fun" yet as a result. But I do like it on me.

Dear Tiddlywinks...

I've never had a great Valentines... but today tops the cake. Last night you died. I hope you didn't experience too much pain. I didn't cry yet, I guess I've already accepted it, or I'm in denial. You were such a special bunny. I think you were everyone's favorite but we didn't want to offend the others so we kinda kept that a secret. I'm glad you had a happy life, even if it was only 2 years. You survived death once, at birth only you and your brother survived out of 7 babies. Then your mother didn't want to nurse you so we fed you goat milk until you started eating hay and pellets. Lanaya loved you most I think. She gave your brother and you your names. We weighed you all the time to make sure you were growing up healthy. You were always a couple ounces smaller than your brother, but you were a survivor. You had a third sibling that survived birth but only lived about 3 days. I was scared the rest of you wouldn't make it either, but you and your brother stuck together and made it. You were best buds until maybe half a year, then you got you own cages. I loved holding you and watching you hop and leap around the room or the yard. I loved ticking your ears and you'd shake your head to show me it annoyed you. I don't know what else to say. You'll always hold a special place in my heart along with Jeffery, Chloe and Emile. RIP Tiddles.

College letters...

With my SAT score only being 1550, with a 590 Reading, 450 Math, 510 Writing; I didn't expect any scholarships. I don't even know my GPA but it's, not to brag, pretty good. lol I did get a D in Algebra back in 9th grade, but that was my only D. Pretty much everything else I got As or some Bs. And this year, all As, even buisness math course which I hated!! lol. So I was suprised to get a call this afternoon from Geneva saying I got a $32,000 academic scholarship. Yay! It looks like this is where the Lord is leading. But I still haven't made up my mind if I am going to Geneva college, Edinboro or Kutztown. Just keep researching, praying and thinking what will be best. toodles!

my life in February 2011...

There are lots of new things going on this month. I got accepted to Edinoboro University. My dad will be starting at his job in NY the end of the month. My little sister got her first report card and did excellent. Today, I've been in school for 103 days this school year. I wish I could say I'm excited about change and of all the things I'm looking forward to. But really I feel stuck in time and reluctant to let go. I'm really gonna miss my friends here. But it'll be a comfort to know they aren't thousands of miles away, only a hundred or so. And I really hope we keep in touch. You never know though. I'm also going to miss our bunnies. We have to find homes for a couple of them, and I'll have to leave my gerbils behind when I go to college too. When you think about it, the schoolwork and all isn't the hardest adjustment to college life I'll have, it'll be the enviroment. Let's hope and pray I don't change too much. I'm praying I select the college that's right for me.

braces coming off soon! horray!!!

I'm getting my braces off April 19th which is like 11 weeks from now. I don't have to wear elastics anymore so the worst is over. I can't wait!!! I really wanna get those crest whitening strips on and have my teeth nice and white! :)
And I got green links on the top to keep the front too teeth from having a gap. I wanted to have them for st. patrick's day, but they might come off before then. I might dye my hair green though. :) Green is my favorite color.