Happy Thanksgiving Eve!

I know it's a day early, but I probably won't be posting tomorrow. So it's Thanksgiving Eve today :) In seminary we're writing a book. As we go along, everyone in class will write about a topic that has to do with something we're learning, and that's one chapter. Today, since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we wrote about something we're grateful for. I wrote about my friends. She suggested writing about your family, but my mom, dad, brothers and sisters are all my friends, so I figured I'd write about friends and cover all areas :) Here's a few things I'm grateful for right now:

My friends and family, of course

The gospel of Jesus Christ

Music

Necessities (clothes, food, house, etc.)

Sweaters. That goes in necessities but I'm going to restate it. Along with...

...Food

Hot cocoa

Books

A computer

Piano teaching. So that I can be a better teacher, but also so I can earn money to buy...

...my own computer...

...EFY admittance...

...a ticket to Virginia...

...an ipod. 

Also thankful for money.

Education

Freedom

Frogs (it was going to get on here sooner or later)

People that read my blog and care about what I say, however scatterbrained and pointless it may be. Because sometimes it's not scatterbrained and pointless, and when it's not, the people who stick with me through boring blog posts will eventually get to the good ones. 

That's my list for right now. Oh! I'm also incredibly thankful for the fact that I can eat as much as I want tomorrow and no one will judge me but myself. I'll have to go exercise afterward (LOL not going to happen). Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone!

Sagerific

Doctor Who Surprise!

So last night my dad told Trey and Adam and I we were going shopping. We weren't going shopping though. We were going to see 'The Day Of The Doctor' in 3D at the movies!! SURPRISE!!! It was seriously awesome. Like, really fantastic. There were tons of people in awesome costumes. I saw a bunch of Doctors, more than one TARDIS, Jack Harkness, etc. And the feature itself was obviously great. It just made my whole month I think:) Thanks dad!

Sagerific

Happy Holidays

Next week is Thanksgiving. I still can't believe it's November. I think I'm still kind of in denial. I only have a month left to finish my school stuff! Plus there's the matter of presents. I'm way behind this year. I might have to go and buy stuff for people (gasp). Someday, I will be done with school and everything, and I will have time to sit and crochet. Or learn how to knit. But that probably won't be in this lifetime, so I'll just crochet in the time that I don't have, and worry about inner peace later. I'll figure out a yoga plan or something after Christmas. I'm pretty happy about this year though. I have some good ideas for people, and I think they'll like what I'm giving them. 

Happy Holidays!

Sagerific

School is stressful. Get over it.

Hey people! Haven't posted in a while, have I? No sirree. Well now I will.

So what have you guys been up to? I've been bombarded with school stuff, and I really shouldn't be blogging right now, but it won't take very long, and I need to get my mind off of my stupid, frustrating, exasperating, and totally annoying biology class that I am taking online.

Like seriously. I HATE IT. I'm kind of scatterbrained (read: really, really, scatterbrained) sometimes, or all the time, and so my mind just doesn't do details very well. I like the story part of things. I can't ever remember the dates of things, unless they're really important, and even then, who knows...But biology, it seems to me, is all about details, and so my brain doesn't want to learn about the cells that it's made of.

My Spanish class would work better if the course wasn't so confusing to navigate and complete.

Really, math is the only one I'm doing okay on this year. Yes, you read that right, I said MATH. I still don't like it. It's boring and annoying, but I'm starting to grasp the concepts a little better now. So it's not so bad. But I still don't like it.

I'm also taking a class called UNLEASHING YOUR VOICE (see what I did there? ;)). I like this one. I've learned a lot about speeches, and I think I'm getting better at getting up in front of people. I still get nervous and sometimes feel like I'm going to faint from embarrassment because my thoughts scatter and start running around crazy like escapees from an insane asylum, but it's going away a little bit.

And then finally, there's TJYC. This takes up more of my time than anything else, and it's really hard, but I love it. It's really quite fantastic. I'm learning so much, and reading a book almost every week, and writing essays every other week, and participating in discussions, and studying documents, and education, and statesmen, and it's really one of the most fulfilling classes I've ever taken. My teacher and I haven't always gotten along. She's pushed me  to work hard in the past, and it's always felt like too much. Like I can't do it. Because it's hard to critique Hamlet when you're 13. I didn't think I could do it, and so I pretty much failed. I passed the class, and did pretty well, but I probably didn't do as well as I could have. But in this class, TJYC, I realize that my teacher pushes me to work hard because she wants me to do well, and she knows I can do well. And I finally know I can do it. I can read that book. I can write that essay. And even though it's hard, and I sometimes feel like I'm going to fall apart from all the stress, it's totally worth it, and I love it. Thanks Genne. You're a great teacher, and I appreciate that you believe in me.

Sagerific

I Feel Like A Rain Cloud

Some days are just crappy. And when they are, it's nice to have people who understand that. The rainy gray weather pretty much reflected my mood today. Aside from my mood, today is Adam's birthday! Happy birthday Adam! Even though you won't be reading this. Oh well. I made him an awesome Harry Potter cake. Considering the fact the all I had for decorating was frosting, it was pretty cool. Another ray of sunshine in my rainy day was the 'planning meeting' we had at lunch today for the Shakespeare club I'm trying to get organized. We now have an idea of what we'll be doing each week, what kinds of things we'll be acting out, reading, etc. I still don't know what we'll be performing, or what we'll have accomplished by the end of the year, but it's a good start, and the meeting went about as well as it could have in a room full of loud children eating lunch and yelling and stuff. Maybe my day wasn't a complete waste after all.