Saturday, November 29, 2008
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Just wanted to let you know that my dad passed away Wednesday evening. The funeral was earlier today. The only good thing is that he is finally free from this horrible illness...Thank you for all your prayers.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Random
*Well I am very looking forward to Thanksgiving break which starts Wednesday. I seriously feel like I have chemistry and algebra coming out of my ears...haha. Okay not that bad, but I seriously need a break. I'm also looking forward to Thanksgiving day because my aunt, uncle, and 5 cousins are coming to see us. It stinks though because they're only staying one day (due to getting their college kids back to school on time). I still don't know why they want to drive 10 hours just to see us for one day, but oh well what can I say. It's better than nothing I suppose. As long as it's not me taking that trip I guess it'll be okay......=] hahaha
*I got to see the new Twilight movie Friday night, and I must say that me (as well as my friend) absolutely loved it. The actors actually portrayed the characters as I imagined them, the special effects were great, and it stayed close to the book, but wasn't tied down to it if you know what I mean....I'm just glad we went to the 4:15 instead of the 7:00 showing, because when we got out of the theater there was a humongous, solid line all waiting to get into the 7:00 showing. I mean can you just imagine how loud that showing was with all those shrieking girls? Not that it wasn't loud at ours, but I'm sure it was even louder at that one....haha. Anyways it was a great movie, but only if you like stuff like that. If you're not into vampires/romance and all that, you'd definitely hate it (just to warn you). But if you're a female and you don't like that stuff, you might still enjoy it because all the male leads aren't exactly shabby looking.....
*Well just a little update on my dad. He was showing a little improvement last week, but in the past few days things have taken a very quick turn for the worse. He can't even sit up on his own now or feed himself (he just doesn't have enough strength), and he basically sleeps all the time. He's also not responsive at all, which really makes things a whole lot worse...So yeah just thought I'd let you know. Thanks for the prayers.
*Well tomorrow I'm going on a little trip with my homeschool group, so I'm very much looking forward to that. And then on Wednesday my mom is finally free to go take me to get my license. It would be just my luck though if after all that trouble we went through to go there, I ended up failing the test. *sigh* No point worrying I guess. Only time will tell I suppose.....
*I got to see the new Twilight movie Friday night, and I must say that me (as well as my friend) absolutely loved it. The actors actually portrayed the characters as I imagined them, the special effects were great, and it stayed close to the book, but wasn't tied down to it if you know what I mean....I'm just glad we went to the 4:15 instead of the 7:00 showing, because when we got out of the theater there was a humongous, solid line all waiting to get into the 7:00 showing. I mean can you just imagine how loud that showing was with all those shrieking girls? Not that it wasn't loud at ours, but I'm sure it was even louder at that one....haha. Anyways it was a great movie, but only if you like stuff like that. If you're not into vampires/romance and all that, you'd definitely hate it (just to warn you). But if you're a female and you don't like that stuff, you might still enjoy it because all the male leads aren't exactly shabby looking.....
*Well just a little update on my dad. He was showing a little improvement last week, but in the past few days things have taken a very quick turn for the worse. He can't even sit up on his own now or feed himself (he just doesn't have enough strength), and he basically sleeps all the time. He's also not responsive at all, which really makes things a whole lot worse...So yeah just thought I'd let you know. Thanks for the prayers.
*Well tomorrow I'm going on a little trip with my homeschool group, so I'm very much looking forward to that. And then on Wednesday my mom is finally free to go take me to get my license. It would be just my luck though if after all that trouble we went through to go there, I ended up failing the test. *sigh* No point worrying I guess. Only time will tell I suppose.....
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The Driving Experience- Part 2
When I finally got up enough courage to walk into the DMV last Wednesday, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the only other customer in the building was an elderly lady. There was seriously no wait at all. So I went to stand in the customary waiting spot until they called me back there. Well I finally heard a man yell, "Ma'am", from inside the room where the employees are, so I assumed that meant me. My neighbor started gesturing rather impatiently for me to go in there, so I nervously licked my lips and headed in there. (When stuck between a room filled with savage DMV people, or the possibility of my neighbor becoming visciously angry at me, I would go with the former for the purposes of my personal safety....haha). Anyways, when I got in there, there were three workers. One elderly man sitting behind a desk, a blonde woman also sitting behind a desk, and a middle-aged man who was walking towards a room in the back. Since none of the other two people were looking my way, I decided that the man walking must have been the one who called me, and that he intended me to follow him. So I did. However, when I got to the door of the room he had entered, I noticed he was in the process of pouring himself a cup of coffee. Now for one thing I knew he wasn't nice enough to be pouring that coffee for me (seeing as how DMV people are pretty mean) and I also knew that he'd probably kill me if I disturbed him during his coffee break (though what's so appealing about coffee I'll never know). So I slowly took a step back, suddenly feeling like a humongous idiot and wishing I could disappear into the floor.
Well finally the blonde woman noticed me, but instead of asking me in a nice voice dripping with sweetness if she could help me, she responded, "Can I help you, ma'am?" in a voice that sounded like she wanted to hurl me off the nearest cliff. "Umm yeah I'm trying to get my license," I responded in a rather meek voice. "Well it was the man over there that called you earlier," she responded, indicating the elderly man sitting behind the desk. A smirk appeared on her face, like I was the biggest idiot she had ever met. I seriously considered running out of the room due to my considerable embarrassment, but that way I would have to face my neighbor, who would probably kill me for such a cowardly act. After deliberating, I stayed put.
First the man asked for my permit, which I gladly shoved in his face. I didn't care if he burned the thing I was so desparate for my license. Then he said, "I need your proof of insurance." I almost groaned aloud. "I left it in the car, sir. I'll be right back," I responded, jumping up and almost knocking over my chair in my haste. When I got back, very out of breath, he took one look at it and said in a grim voice, "Have you been added to the insurance policy?" Oh man. I knew I was in trouble because I had not the faintest idea what he meant. "Umm I don't think so...." My hands started sweating badly. "Who's with you today?" "Umm....my neighbor," I squeaked out. He gave me a look that was either a look of disgust or a look of, "what kind of an idiot are you?" He's probably still laughing about my idiodcy right as we speak. "I'm sorry, " he responded in a tone that told me he wasn't sorry at all, "but you have to have a parent or guardian to sign something before you can get your license. Also you need to be added to the insurance policy." I gulped rather loudly. "But couldn't I take something home for my mom to sign and then bring it back here?" I ventured. "She can't really leave the house right now....(due to my dad of course, but I didn't feel like launching into that whole tale). "I'm sorry but no," he responded dryly. I almost cried. Instead I simply nodded, said, "All right well thank you, sir" when really I wanted to punch him in the jaw and slowly walked out of the room.
So that was that. And now I can't probably get it until Wednesday of this week, because we have to line up someone to stay with my dad while she's gone, and they probably can't even come until Wednesday. And even that's not definite. *sigh* Oh well. So goes life I suppose. But that still doesn't mean I'm a happy camper about the whole affair either.....ugggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Well finally the blonde woman noticed me, but instead of asking me in a nice voice dripping with sweetness if she could help me, she responded, "Can I help you, ma'am?" in a voice that sounded like she wanted to hurl me off the nearest cliff. "Umm yeah I'm trying to get my license," I responded in a rather meek voice. "Well it was the man over there that called you earlier," she responded, indicating the elderly man sitting behind the desk. A smirk appeared on her face, like I was the biggest idiot she had ever met. I seriously considered running out of the room due to my considerable embarrassment, but that way I would have to face my neighbor, who would probably kill me for such a cowardly act. After deliberating, I stayed put.
First the man asked for my permit, which I gladly shoved in his face. I didn't care if he burned the thing I was so desparate for my license. Then he said, "I need your proof of insurance." I almost groaned aloud. "I left it in the car, sir. I'll be right back," I responded, jumping up and almost knocking over my chair in my haste. When I got back, very out of breath, he took one look at it and said in a grim voice, "Have you been added to the insurance policy?" Oh man. I knew I was in trouble because I had not the faintest idea what he meant. "Umm I don't think so...." My hands started sweating badly. "Who's with you today?" "Umm....my neighbor," I squeaked out. He gave me a look that was either a look of disgust or a look of, "what kind of an idiot are you?" He's probably still laughing about my idiodcy right as we speak. "I'm sorry, " he responded in a tone that told me he wasn't sorry at all, "but you have to have a parent or guardian to sign something before you can get your license. Also you need to be added to the insurance policy." I gulped rather loudly. "But couldn't I take something home for my mom to sign and then bring it back here?" I ventured. "She can't really leave the house right now....(due to my dad of course, but I didn't feel like launching into that whole tale). "I'm sorry but no," he responded dryly. I almost cried. Instead I simply nodded, said, "All right well thank you, sir" when really I wanted to punch him in the jaw and slowly walked out of the room.
So that was that. And now I can't probably get it until Wednesday of this week, because we have to line up someone to stay with my dad while she's gone, and they probably can't even come until Wednesday. And even that's not definite. *sigh* Oh well. So goes life I suppose. But that still doesn't mean I'm a happy camper about the whole affair either.....ugggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Driving Experience-Part 1
Yesterday I was incredibly psyched. I was finally going to get my license, and I was finally going to be able to drive myself places instead of bumming rides. I was very appreciative I had a neighbor to go with me since my mom had to stay with my dad, even though my neighbor did give me a tremendous scare the day before. It happened this way. We were about to take off for our last driving practice, when she said, "I have some bad news". Well I got a little panicky, but I told myself no need to panic. I mean maybe it was the news that she couldn't practice with me anymore or something. I could handle that. "Well, what is it?" I bravely asked. She responded by saying, "You're not quite through with me yet, dear." I gulped rather loud. "I'm not?" I asked in a rather frail voice. "You see," she said, picking up a book she had gotten from the DMV and thumbing through it, "there's a law here that says for the first six months of having your driver's license you always have to have a supervising driver with you." I about had a heart attack. This could not be happening. I mean what the heck was she talking about? I knew very good and well that all my friends who were 16 drove without supervision, and I knew very well that the driver's ed guy would have told me about such a ridiculous rule. Plus, that kind of defeats the whole purpose of a permit. Well, in a very panicky voice and on the verge of bursting into a fit of anger, I calmly explained these things to her. She refused to believe me, which ticked me off a bit, and then proceeded to show me the part in the book that said, "The supervising driver should be seated beside the driver." Well I almost laughed with relief because I knew exactly what that was talking about. You see, for the first six months you can't drive before 5:00 AM or after 9:00 PM without a supervising driver, so that rule was saying that whenever the supervising driver rode with you, they had to sit beside you. It didn't mean they always had to be with you. Plus the very next line in the book said I could drive without supervision from 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM. So either my neighbor was deliberately trying to ruin my life or she was simply missing the point entirely. I decided to go with the latter.
Well after at least 10 minutes of frantic explaining on my part, she finally seemed to believe me somewhat, but still believed I couldn't drive by myself at all after dark (which is at like 6 now). So somehow my mom or me is going to have to find out the exact rules and show them to her face, or else she will be hounding me for the next six months and I'll never be free. Never. aughhhh haha just kidding. She's a real nice woman and I couldn't have done all this without her. I just really need to drive by myself. Okay? hehe. Anyways back to my present story....
We headed down to the DMV, which was only about 20 minutes away, and an hour later we were still cruising around looking for it. You see, we had no earthly idea where it was, because we were going to a different one than the usual simply because the driver's test is rumored to be easy there. So we had to stop at at least 2 different gas stations asking for directions, and even had to stop an average guy in a parking lot, (who could have been an axe murderer for all I know) to ask for directions as well. But we finally found it. When we did find it, I started to wish we hadn't. I was getting extremely nervous, and as we got closer and closer to the building, my legs started moving slower and slower and slower. I just had this horrible feeling that something was going to go dreadfully wrong......
To be continued....
On a closing note the voice recital Tuesday went all right, and I'm very glad it's over. I must say I hate performing in front of college music students. I really really do. Especially when they're all staring at you like you're some kind of freaky kid without a clue in the world. Anyways, I'm very glad it's over (like I said before). And I'm much looking forward to tomorrow because my friend's bday party is tomorrow and I finally get to see the new Twilight movie. After this crazy week I need some enjoyment. haha.
Later
Well after at least 10 minutes of frantic explaining on my part, she finally seemed to believe me somewhat, but still believed I couldn't drive by myself at all after dark (which is at like 6 now). So somehow my mom or me is going to have to find out the exact rules and show them to her face, or else she will be hounding me for the next six months and I'll never be free. Never. aughhhh haha just kidding. She's a real nice woman and I couldn't have done all this without her. I just really need to drive by myself. Okay? hehe. Anyways back to my present story....
We headed down to the DMV, which was only about 20 minutes away, and an hour later we were still cruising around looking for it. You see, we had no earthly idea where it was, because we were going to a different one than the usual simply because the driver's test is rumored to be easy there. So we had to stop at at least 2 different gas stations asking for directions, and even had to stop an average guy in a parking lot, (who could have been an axe murderer for all I know) to ask for directions as well. But we finally found it. When we did find it, I started to wish we hadn't. I was getting extremely nervous, and as we got closer and closer to the building, my legs started moving slower and slower and slower. I just had this horrible feeling that something was going to go dreadfully wrong......
To be continued....
On a closing note the voice recital Tuesday went all right, and I'm very glad it's over. I must say I hate performing in front of college music students. I really really do. Especially when they're all staring at you like you're some kind of freaky kid without a clue in the world. Anyways, I'm very glad it's over (like I said before). And I'm much looking forward to tomorrow because my friend's bday party is tomorrow and I finally get to see the new Twilight movie. After this crazy week I need some enjoyment. haha.
Later
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Crazy Times
*Well I am finally turning 16 on Saturday, and I must say I'm extremely excited. Not only do I get some really nice new clothes for my birthday, but on Wednesday I finally get to go get my license. At least I'll get it if I don't fail. It will actually be a miracle if I don't fail because you know me. I tend to panic at nearly every situation no matter how stupid it is. And I can't imagine anything more panic-inducing at the moment then being in a car with a state trooper. Sorry I just can't.....haha. But oh well. Maybe it will go okay. Maybe I won't do something horrible to offend the guy and end up in jail for the rest of my natural life. Maybe I won't ram into a stop sign, confuse the brake with the gas pedal, or anything stupid like that...Or is that just wishful thinking....hehe. Well I guess I'll find out for sure Wednesday. I just can't believe it's been a whole year since I was freaking out about getting my permit. Time really does fly (not even kidding).
*This past Tuesday was pretty fun, cause my brothers and I and some other people went to this big museum about an hour away from us. I got to see a short Imax movie for the first time, and I must say it was an unsettling experience for my stomach. Plus we set up pretty high, so by the time we got up to our seats my head was reeling. But once I got used to it, it was awesome. Too bad the movie couldn't have been more interesting though. If it weren't for the awesome Imax scenery, I wouldn't have wasted my time seeing it....Then after the movie we went through this Pompeii exhibit, which was pretty interesting if you like going through reading a bunch of stuff. Not that I mind that, but the way the exhibit was advertised I thought there'd be people dressed up and enacting the day the volcano hit. I must say the most exciting part was seeing some of those dead bodies preserved by the ash. But it was pretty creepy and morbid I'll say that.....Not my cup of tea. Then we did a bunch of other random things that were fun, but really aren't worth my effort to describe. So that's that. haha
*So besides my birthday this weekend and getting my license (hopefully) on Wednesday, next week should be pretty busy. I have a horrible voice recital on Tuesday (save me please!..=]), Thursday music stuff, and Friday my friend is having a birthday party to go see the new Twilight movie which I am absolutely dying to see. So I really hope I can go. Unless you've been living under a rock, I don't think I need to explain to you what Twilight is....haha just kidding. If you really don't know it's fine. hehe. =] And then somewhere along in there I'm hoping to have lunch with one of my friends who I haven't seen in a while, so that should be fun. And on top of all that school of course. *sigh* Darn I'm getting sick of that.....
*This past Tuesday was pretty fun, cause my brothers and I and some other people went to this big museum about an hour away from us. I got to see a short Imax movie for the first time, and I must say it was an unsettling experience for my stomach. Plus we set up pretty high, so by the time we got up to our seats my head was reeling. But once I got used to it, it was awesome. Too bad the movie couldn't have been more interesting though. If it weren't for the awesome Imax scenery, I wouldn't have wasted my time seeing it....Then after the movie we went through this Pompeii exhibit, which was pretty interesting if you like going through reading a bunch of stuff. Not that I mind that, but the way the exhibit was advertised I thought there'd be people dressed up and enacting the day the volcano hit. I must say the most exciting part was seeing some of those dead bodies preserved by the ash. But it was pretty creepy and morbid I'll say that.....Not my cup of tea. Then we did a bunch of other random things that were fun, but really aren't worth my effort to describe. So that's that. haha
*So besides my birthday this weekend and getting my license (hopefully) on Wednesday, next week should be pretty busy. I have a horrible voice recital on Tuesday (save me please!..=]), Thursday music stuff, and Friday my friend is having a birthday party to go see the new Twilight movie which I am absolutely dying to see. So I really hope I can go. Unless you've been living under a rock, I don't think I need to explain to you what Twilight is....haha just kidding. If you really don't know it's fine. hehe. =] And then somewhere along in there I'm hoping to have lunch with one of my friends who I haven't seen in a while, so that should be fun. And on top of all that school of course. *sigh* Darn I'm getting sick of that.....
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Me Again
*Well I now officially have a new driving instructor; my neighbor. Or should I refer to her as my ruthless coach...haha just kidding. But I should have known I wouldn't have been scot free after the driving to piano incident. Last Saturday she called me up and said she wanted to take me out to practice. So I said okay, thinking we would just be taking a nice little ride around town. Plus I got to drive my dad's car, which I love. Anyways, I should have known she had a trick up her sleeve....As I drove through town, I started to get kind of panicky because we were almost to the end of town and she hadn't mentioned turning around yet. Then she gave her grave anouncement. She was taking me out on the highway. Oh boy did I get panicky. Even though it was a small, relatively non-crowded highway, I hadn't been on one of those since driver's ed. Plus I didn't really want to tackle this with a non-family member who might not hesitate to sue me for everything I owned if I got us both killed. Well I guess it'd be kind of hard to sue me if we were both dead, but that's beside the point. Plus my family was having enough troubles as it was. The last thing we needed was for me to get in a humongous wreck on the highway. (Not to mention it might seriously besmirch my reputation). Well I expressed a small part of my misgivings aloud, and my neighbor responded by laughing (the heartless woman) and saying, "Now relax, dear. I'm not throwing you to the wolves." Well maybe not in her opinion, but she sure was in mine....
Well when we got to the traffic light right beside the entrance to the highway, my hands were sweating like crazy and my back was starting to hurt because I was arched so tightly over the steering wheel. I was so nervous I momentarily forgot about the traffic light and almost ran a red light onto the highway. (Luckily that didn't happen). Well we made it out there, and to my surprise my instinct turned from "brake brake brake" to "speed speed speed". Seriously once you're on the highway speed is soothing let me tell you...I even started to relax a little bit, (but not too much mind you), and managed to unarch my back at least a fraction of an inch. Well I was going along great until my kind-hearted neighbor decided she wanted me to get off at the next exit, and then merge back on. If I was nervous before it was nothing compared to how nervous I was now. You might not know this but I hate merging. I detest it. Whenever I start to merge my foot always wants to hit the brake, which is of course the wrong thing to do. Well I decided the only thing I could do about it was grit my teeth and do it, so I got off, and then started down the entrance ramp feeling like I was heading to my doom and sending my neighbor to her's...Well after checking crazily over my shoulder about a million times, I finally inched onto the highway. (Okay not inched, but it wasn't extremely fast I'll give you that). Well I was extremely relieved I had survived that incident, but then she made me do it again, and again, and again. And when we were done driving that day, she said we would do it all again Monday, and probably many more days after that...Well that didn't really make my day, but hey at least I'll be ready to get my license by the time I'm through with all this. But I can't say I'll be sorry when all these driving lessons are over. Luckily tomorrow is our last one of the week, (thank goodness!).
*I don't know if I told you this or not, but last week we got the bad news that the doctors have no more medicine to help my dad with, and even if they could shrink his tumor (which has grown a lot), they probably couldn't fix the brain damage his tumor has inflicted. So yeah it's been tough around here. But at least going off his medicine is making him feel a little better....I'll let you know when I know anything else about him....
*Well besides all this other stuff I mentioned, on November 18th I have to sing in another one of those dreaded studio recitals. Ugggh. It has to be another Italian song too, so knowing my luck I'll probably get up there, look into all those searching eyes, and forget all the words (including my entire English vocabulary). Ahh oh well.
Well when we got to the traffic light right beside the entrance to the highway, my hands were sweating like crazy and my back was starting to hurt because I was arched so tightly over the steering wheel. I was so nervous I momentarily forgot about the traffic light and almost ran a red light onto the highway. (Luckily that didn't happen). Well we made it out there, and to my surprise my instinct turned from "brake brake brake" to "speed speed speed". Seriously once you're on the highway speed is soothing let me tell you...I even started to relax a little bit, (but not too much mind you), and managed to unarch my back at least a fraction of an inch. Well I was going along great until my kind-hearted neighbor decided she wanted me to get off at the next exit, and then merge back on. If I was nervous before it was nothing compared to how nervous I was now. You might not know this but I hate merging. I detest it. Whenever I start to merge my foot always wants to hit the brake, which is of course the wrong thing to do. Well I decided the only thing I could do about it was grit my teeth and do it, so I got off, and then started down the entrance ramp feeling like I was heading to my doom and sending my neighbor to her's...Well after checking crazily over my shoulder about a million times, I finally inched onto the highway. (Okay not inched, but it wasn't extremely fast I'll give you that). Well I was extremely relieved I had survived that incident, but then she made me do it again, and again, and again. And when we were done driving that day, she said we would do it all again Monday, and probably many more days after that...Well that didn't really make my day, but hey at least I'll be ready to get my license by the time I'm through with all this. But I can't say I'll be sorry when all these driving lessons are over. Luckily tomorrow is our last one of the week, (thank goodness!).
*I don't know if I told you this or not, but last week we got the bad news that the doctors have no more medicine to help my dad with, and even if they could shrink his tumor (which has grown a lot), they probably couldn't fix the brain damage his tumor has inflicted. So yeah it's been tough around here. But at least going off his medicine is making him feel a little better....I'll let you know when I know anything else about him....
*Well besides all this other stuff I mentioned, on November 18th I have to sing in another one of those dreaded studio recitals. Ugggh. It has to be another Italian song too, so knowing my luck I'll probably get up there, look into all those searching eyes, and forget all the words (including my entire English vocabulary). Ahh oh well.
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