Tomorrow we are setting off yet another trip. The same place we always go. To see my grandparents....Even though we've been there so many times I still love going though. Not only do I get to see my grandparents, I also get my taste of the big city. haha. I would hate to live in the big city but I can't complain about the awesome restaurants, book stores, clothing stores, and all the other awesome places around. =] Also while we're there my uncle, aunt, and four of my cousins are coming up as well (which is the main reason we're going at this time) so that should be crazy and fun. ...haha. I would appreciate your prayers for a safe trip. ;) Also pray for me since I have to be in such close quarters with my brothers for a six hour car ride. I might need hospitilization after that....ha.
Later
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Retreats and Woods and Things...
This past weekend I went on a youth retreat with my friend's church, which I enjoyed immensely. Except for the part of almost killing myself in the woods....Okay I'm exaggerating a bit. It wasn't quite that bad (haha), but I'll explain in a minute....
First of all it was an in-town retreat, which I was very glad of. I don't understand why all these youth groups think they have to go hours away to have fun. Seriously is that long car ride really worth it?? Plus if I forgot to pack something or if I was having some kind of dire emergency home was just a few minutes away. I could get away from home and yet have it close if I really needed it. Best of both worlds. Okay end of that tangent...;)
Anyways, the whole weekend was themed around self-control, which was really good. I really needed to hear some of those things and now it's just a matter of actually applying them. Plus we got to stay in one of the girl's really nice house. It had an amazing basement (which I am so jealous of) with this awesome ping-pong and kitchenette and everything. Plus I actually got to sleep in a bed rather than on the floor in some sleeping bag which would probably result in me tearing up my back or catching my death of cold....NICE. haha. Anyways so that was all good. Then came the woods....
If you don't know this about me already, I hate (I repeat HATE) walking through the woods. I am find when it comes to sitting on a porch and staring at them from a distance, seeing them on TV, or reading about them. However, just don't expect me to go walking through them if I can help it. Not only did we have to walk through woods, we had to do this little obstacle course some of the leaders had set up. Another thing about me. I suck at obstacle courses. I'm scared of heights, climbing, woods, and getting scratched and having a horrible infection set in. So yeah this little woods "adventure" was simply not for me. But I had to do it of course. I mean I sure wasn't going to stand at the edge of the woods by myself for the entire time. I'm not that much of a wimp....haha. So anyways the course started out with all of us being hooked to this rope and going down into this little ditch like thing. Then you (and the person in front of you helped of course) had to hoist yourself up this little hill. I say "little", but it sure didn't seem little to me. I put my foot up there and immediately slipped and fell back down (yes I'm probably the klutz of the year). "I'm too short," I complained, hoping they'd let me get out of doing it....They didn't. So the guy behind me had to basically lift me up onto the embankment thing and then I grabbed my friend's (who was already on the top of the hill) hand with one hand and held onto a tree with the other for dear life and slowly got myself up. Yes I survived. But boy was it dang embarrassing. Everyone probably thought I was some hopeless wimp or something...But it wasn't over yet of course....
Later on in the course, (and by this time my back was covered with dirt from crawling under logs and such) we came upon something that almost made me cry. A tree. Yes of all things I had to climb a tree. At first I seriously considered demanding to be unhooked from the rope, but I decided I could at least give it a try. To make a long story short, I made it (though with a lot of help from the people behind and in front of me and not before getting my foot untangled from the rope and almost falling on my face.) So yes I did survive. But no nothing or nobody is going to get me to go in another obstacle course in the woods. No WAY. But the rest of the trip was pretty dang awesome and I'm very very glad that I went. Basically it was worth having to climb that tree...;)
Later
First of all it was an in-town retreat, which I was very glad of. I don't understand why all these youth groups think they have to go hours away to have fun. Seriously is that long car ride really worth it?? Plus if I forgot to pack something or if I was having some kind of dire emergency home was just a few minutes away. I could get away from home and yet have it close if I really needed it. Best of both worlds. Okay end of that tangent...;)
Anyways, the whole weekend was themed around self-control, which was really good. I really needed to hear some of those things and now it's just a matter of actually applying them. Plus we got to stay in one of the girl's really nice house. It had an amazing basement (which I am so jealous of) with this awesome ping-pong and kitchenette and everything. Plus I actually got to sleep in a bed rather than on the floor in some sleeping bag which would probably result in me tearing up my back or catching my death of cold....NICE. haha. Anyways so that was all good. Then came the woods....
If you don't know this about me already, I hate (I repeat HATE) walking through the woods. I am find when it comes to sitting on a porch and staring at them from a distance, seeing them on TV, or reading about them. However, just don't expect me to go walking through them if I can help it. Not only did we have to walk through woods, we had to do this little obstacle course some of the leaders had set up. Another thing about me. I suck at obstacle courses. I'm scared of heights, climbing, woods, and getting scratched and having a horrible infection set in. So yeah this little woods "adventure" was simply not for me. But I had to do it of course. I mean I sure wasn't going to stand at the edge of the woods by myself for the entire time. I'm not that much of a wimp....haha. So anyways the course started out with all of us being hooked to this rope and going down into this little ditch like thing. Then you (and the person in front of you helped of course) had to hoist yourself up this little hill. I say "little", but it sure didn't seem little to me. I put my foot up there and immediately slipped and fell back down (yes I'm probably the klutz of the year). "I'm too short," I complained, hoping they'd let me get out of doing it....They didn't. So the guy behind me had to basically lift me up onto the embankment thing and then I grabbed my friend's (who was already on the top of the hill) hand with one hand and held onto a tree with the other for dear life and slowly got myself up. Yes I survived. But boy was it dang embarrassing. Everyone probably thought I was some hopeless wimp or something...But it wasn't over yet of course....
Later on in the course, (and by this time my back was covered with dirt from crawling under logs and such) we came upon something that almost made me cry. A tree. Yes of all things I had to climb a tree. At first I seriously considered demanding to be unhooked from the rope, but I decided I could at least give it a try. To make a long story short, I made it (though with a lot of help from the people behind and in front of me and not before getting my foot untangled from the rope and almost falling on my face.) So yes I did survive. But no nothing or nobody is going to get me to go in another obstacle course in the woods. No WAY. But the rest of the trip was pretty dang awesome and I'm very very glad that I went. Basically it was worth having to climb that tree...;)
Later
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Long Time
Sorry it's been such a while. Things have just been really crazy around here lately, but I've finally found some time to post.So here's what's been going on lately...
*School wise things have been EXHAUSTING. I did take a spring break last week which was awesome, but I started back this week harder than ever. Also next month I'll be missing four school days to go to my grandparents house, so I'm having to make up those four days over the next several weeks (yes, that means that on four school days I'm doing two days worth all so I can get done by May 29th. Yes I'm a workaholic). Thank goodness I've already made up two of the days, and now just two more to go. augggh I just need summer badly. My brain is starting to go fuzzy from all this algebra and talk about Abraham Lincoln...*sigh*
*Anyways, like I said earlier we're going to my grandparents house next month and I'm really really excited because 1:My aunt, uncle, and cousins will be there and we haven't seen them in a while and 2: I get to visit two colleges while I'm there. Yep I'm kind of nervous about that one. I'll probably do something really stupid or fall on my face while I'm on the tour or something and look like a complete and total idiot. But then again I might not. I'll just hope for the best I guess. haha. Then this summer I'm visiting two more colleges real close to where we live (actually one's in our hometown) so that'll be exciting too.....(but still nerve wracking).
*As to this weekend, I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing yet except Sunday night I'm going to a party at my friend's house (unless I end up driving around her confusing neighborhood completely lost as to where her house is for hours on end which could probably happen knowing me.....haha) and then I might hang out with some other friends and of course go to the exceedingly boring grocery store....*sigh* Then a week from this weekend I'm going on an in-town retreat with my friend's youth group, so I'm pretty excited about that as well. =] It's on self-control, which is good cause I could probably get quite a bit out of that....haha.
Well I guess that's it for now. Later
*School wise things have been EXHAUSTING. I did take a spring break last week which was awesome, but I started back this week harder than ever. Also next month I'll be missing four school days to go to my grandparents house, so I'm having to make up those four days over the next several weeks (yes, that means that on four school days I'm doing two days worth all so I can get done by May 29th. Yes I'm a workaholic). Thank goodness I've already made up two of the days, and now just two more to go. augggh I just need summer badly. My brain is starting to go fuzzy from all this algebra and talk about Abraham Lincoln...*sigh*
*Anyways, like I said earlier we're going to my grandparents house next month and I'm really really excited because 1:My aunt, uncle, and cousins will be there and we haven't seen them in a while and 2: I get to visit two colleges while I'm there. Yep I'm kind of nervous about that one. I'll probably do something really stupid or fall on my face while I'm on the tour or something and look like a complete and total idiot. But then again I might not. I'll just hope for the best I guess. haha. Then this summer I'm visiting two more colleges real close to where we live (actually one's in our hometown) so that'll be exciting too.....(but still nerve wracking).
*As to this weekend, I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing yet except Sunday night I'm going to a party at my friend's house (unless I end up driving around her confusing neighborhood completely lost as to where her house is for hours on end which could probably happen knowing me.....haha) and then I might hang out with some other friends and of course go to the exceedingly boring grocery store....*sigh* Then a week from this weekend I'm going on an in-town retreat with my friend's youth group, so I'm pretty excited about that as well. =] It's on self-control, which is good cause I could probably get quite a bit out of that....haha.
Well I guess that's it for now. Later
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Worn Out
After having a pretty cruddy week last week, I had a pretty good weekend to make up for it. Saturday night I went to see a musical thing at our local college, and I have to say it was very well done. Though some of the songs and lines were a bit cheesy, (as to be expected though) and though the orchestra blew my eardrums out at a few occasions, and though the place was absolutely packed and you had to be careful if you left early because you'd sure as heck trip over someone in the dark, it was quite fun and I enjoyed it. Then Sunday night I went to my friend's youth group which was really fun. And then I just spent the rest of the weekend relaxing and wishing time would stand still and Monday would never ever come....haha.
So basically I am extremely burned out on school right now, but thank heavens next week I'm getting a spring break. I only have one more day left but I know it's going to be the longest day in eternity....Maybe I'll survive. Just maybe. ;)
Well hope everyone has a great Easter. Our church has a very wierd schedule on Easter (which I've probably mentioned before) where we have a sunrise service at 7 (yes, AM) and the regular service at 9:30 AM. Don't ask me why. I don't know and I'm not brave enough to question tradition....Anyways I have to get there a 8:15 to practice handbells because we're playing in the service (though I know the songs like the back of my hand and really don't want to have to play them more than necessary) so I'm not too happy about that. But oh well. As long as I don't have to go to the sunrise service I'll be all right....;) I would appreciate prayers for our family though on Easter. As you can imagine it's going to be a hard one for us.....
Later
So basically I am extremely burned out on school right now, but thank heavens next week I'm getting a spring break. I only have one more day left but I know it's going to be the longest day in eternity....Maybe I'll survive. Just maybe. ;)
Well hope everyone has a great Easter. Our church has a very wierd schedule on Easter (which I've probably mentioned before) where we have a sunrise service at 7 (yes, AM) and the regular service at 9:30 AM. Don't ask me why. I don't know and I'm not brave enough to question tradition....Anyways I have to get there a 8:15 to practice handbells because we're playing in the service (though I know the songs like the back of my hand and really don't want to have to play them more than necessary) so I'm not too happy about that. But oh well. As long as I don't have to go to the sunrise service I'll be all right....;) I would appreciate prayers for our family though on Easter. As you can imagine it's going to be a hard one for us.....
Later
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
ANNOYED
I am pretty dang annoyed and kind of worried right now....First my grandma was supposed to have heart surgery in the next few weeks, and the doctors said they'd talk to her about it on Monday. Well they did and they said that now they don't want her to have surgery at all (they just can't seem to make up their minds). They said the surgery's too risky for someone not in the greatest condition, and that instead they want to get an MRI and then decide what to do. So now my poor grandma has to wait till whenever she can finally get in for the MRI before she can get some help. Yeah the whole situation is worrisome and is getting on my nerves. I know the doctors know more about this than I do (of course) but it still seems like they could move a little faster.....Prayers are still appreciated.
I am also annoyed cause I can't find a job to save my life. I really really really need money at the moment, but how is someone like me supposed to get money at the moment when everyone is too cheap to hire? Earlier I emailed the guy in charge of the YMCA (which is literally just around the corner from our house), and he said they weren't hiring (typically) but that I could apply to be a lifeguard or camp counselor this summer. Ha. Can you imagine me as a lifeguard? I'd be the one the regular swimmers would have to save....And nope camp counseling isn't for me either. So the Y is out. Then I went online to the site of our local grocery store and filled out another application. (I had already turned one in several months ago but they said you had to fill another one out if you hadn't been contacted in 60 days). Now I know for sure they need help in that store cause everytime my mom and I go in there we have to bag our own groceries. Now that's just pathetic. I just sure hope this works out or I'm going to blow a fuse (literally).
On top of all this I have a heck of a lot of school and I'm NOT loving it. Plus I sent away to several colleges for some more information about a week or so ago, but have I heard anything back from them? NO. Of course not. You'd think they'd want to try to actually move a little quickly and get some stuff out to prospective students in these hard economic times. But who knows......
I can't really explain the other things I'm annoyed at because there are just so many right now. Let's just say I'm not having the best of days. I'm just in one of my cynical, "I hate the world", "I'm upset cause my dad's not here" moods right now and I just needed to vent a little. Thanks for listening.
Later
I am also annoyed cause I can't find a job to save my life. I really really really need money at the moment, but how is someone like me supposed to get money at the moment when everyone is too cheap to hire? Earlier I emailed the guy in charge of the YMCA (which is literally just around the corner from our house), and he said they weren't hiring (typically) but that I could apply to be a lifeguard or camp counselor this summer. Ha. Can you imagine me as a lifeguard? I'd be the one the regular swimmers would have to save....And nope camp counseling isn't for me either. So the Y is out. Then I went online to the site of our local grocery store and filled out another application. (I had already turned one in several months ago but they said you had to fill another one out if you hadn't been contacted in 60 days). Now I know for sure they need help in that store cause everytime my mom and I go in there we have to bag our own groceries. Now that's just pathetic. I just sure hope this works out or I'm going to blow a fuse (literally).
On top of all this I have a heck of a lot of school and I'm NOT loving it. Plus I sent away to several colleges for some more information about a week or so ago, but have I heard anything back from them? NO. Of course not. You'd think they'd want to try to actually move a little quickly and get some stuff out to prospective students in these hard economic times. But who knows......
I can't really explain the other things I'm annoyed at because there are just so many right now. Let's just say I'm not having the best of days. I'm just in one of my cynical, "I hate the world", "I'm upset cause my dad's not here" moods right now and I just needed to vent a little. Thanks for listening.
Later
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Recital To End All Recitals
Okay so it really wasn't the recital to end all recitals. I just wanted to get your attention....;)
So anyways last Sunday I was absolutely determined not to be nervous. I mean what the heck it was just a recital. What would be the worst that could possibly happen? Well my throat might go dry, they might not let me use my piano music and I'd get up there, botch it up, and run crying off the stage, I might embarrass my teachers, my family, and myself for the rest of our natural lives, and they might broadcast all of this for the whole county to see on a local channel...Right what could possibly go wrong?....I tried to keep my thoughts away from this downward spiral and focus on just relaxing. I was sitting in church at the moment and desparately tried to focus only on what was going on around me (much easier said than done I'll give you that). Well as the service slowly neared to a close, my head started buzzing, my throat suddenly began to tighten up, and I started feeling rather ill to say the least. I just hoped I wasn't about to have a panic attack, because then I might end up passing out. Yep that is the last thing I would need to happen....Well I didn't pass out, and I made it out of the service unscathed.....
As we made our way to the recital a few hours later, my heart was pumping so hard I thought it would jump right out of my chest. When we got inside I felt literally downright sick. When I got backstage I was so nervous I didn't even know I was nervous (if that made any sense). As I sat down my fingers started tingling, a sure sign of nerves. I took a deep breath and attempted to get a hold of myself. For crying out loud it was just one recital. If I could make it through the others, and if all the other kids could make it through it, then I sure could.
I managed to stay pretty much relaxed while the kids before me were playing by just not thinking. And of course I tried to comfort myself by realizing that they were going to let me use my piano music. So it was just a matter of forcing my fingers to do as they were told. Well pretty soon it was my turn and I headed out there. When all the people started clapping I almost said, "You all had better save your applause cause I'm not sure you'll be feeling that way after I'm done...." I didn't say that but I was thinking it.....Well I got up there, took a deep breath, and started to play. Then the strangest thing happened. I actually relaxed. My fingers actually did what they were supposed to do. And (believe it or not) I actually started to enjoy myself up there. I was actually sad when the song ended. I think an alien inhabited my body at that point in time or something. Don't ask me why but it was pretty darn wierd.....haha. After that I was hardly nervous at all doing my voice piece (it's always much easier for me to sing in public than to play piano) and it went great too. So there you have it. Me getting all nervous for absolutely nothing. Oh well. Even though it went well all I have to say is THANK GOODNESS IT'S OVER
Later
So anyways last Sunday I was absolutely determined not to be nervous. I mean what the heck it was just a recital. What would be the worst that could possibly happen? Well my throat might go dry, they might not let me use my piano music and I'd get up there, botch it up, and run crying off the stage, I might embarrass my teachers, my family, and myself for the rest of our natural lives, and they might broadcast all of this for the whole county to see on a local channel...Right what could possibly go wrong?....I tried to keep my thoughts away from this downward spiral and focus on just relaxing. I was sitting in church at the moment and desparately tried to focus only on what was going on around me (much easier said than done I'll give you that). Well as the service slowly neared to a close, my head started buzzing, my throat suddenly began to tighten up, and I started feeling rather ill to say the least. I just hoped I wasn't about to have a panic attack, because then I might end up passing out. Yep that is the last thing I would need to happen....Well I didn't pass out, and I made it out of the service unscathed.....
As we made our way to the recital a few hours later, my heart was pumping so hard I thought it would jump right out of my chest. When we got inside I felt literally downright sick. When I got backstage I was so nervous I didn't even know I was nervous (if that made any sense). As I sat down my fingers started tingling, a sure sign of nerves. I took a deep breath and attempted to get a hold of myself. For crying out loud it was just one recital. If I could make it through the others, and if all the other kids could make it through it, then I sure could.
I managed to stay pretty much relaxed while the kids before me were playing by just not thinking. And of course I tried to comfort myself by realizing that they were going to let me use my piano music. So it was just a matter of forcing my fingers to do as they were told. Well pretty soon it was my turn and I headed out there. When all the people started clapping I almost said, "You all had better save your applause cause I'm not sure you'll be feeling that way after I'm done...." I didn't say that but I was thinking it.....Well I got up there, took a deep breath, and started to play. Then the strangest thing happened. I actually relaxed. My fingers actually did what they were supposed to do. And (believe it or not) I actually started to enjoy myself up there. I was actually sad when the song ended. I think an alien inhabited my body at that point in time or something. Don't ask me why but it was pretty darn wierd.....haha. After that I was hardly nervous at all doing my voice piece (it's always much easier for me to sing in public than to play piano) and it went great too. So there you have it. Me getting all nervous for absolutely nothing. Oh well. Even though it went well all I have to say is THANK GOODNESS IT'S OVER
Later
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Disappointing
So I was not real happy because my grandparents weren't able to come today at the last minute because my grandma got sick. Apparently she was very dizzy, throwing up, all that kind of junk. Also this sickness is supposedly attributed to her heart problem, which is getting kind of worrisome. The doctors said she will definitely need to have surgery, and the only question is when she will have it. We're hoping to go up there when does have her surgery, (which will probably be in the next few weeks) just to give them a hand since she won't be having the surgery in the city where they live. She'll probably have it in a city about 7 hours away from where they live, which means we'll have to drive 6 hours to where they live, and then drive 7 more hours to the other city with my grandparents. Yes it's not going to be too fun. It's going to be cramped, I'm going to be grouchy trapped in a car between my brothers and then further more trapped in a hotel room with them for who knows how long, and it's just not going to be too fun. But hey it's all worth it seeing as how we want to do all we can for my grandma....Prayers for all this would be GREATLY appreciated.
Well not much else to say except that that recital is tomorrow. All I have to say about that is OH JOY. (Can you hear my voice dripping with sarcasm?)
Later.
Well not much else to say except that that recital is tomorrow. All I have to say about that is OH JOY. (Can you hear my voice dripping with sarcasm?)
Later.
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