Cherries and Sprite

The school year has ended and it's finally summer, I am so pumped! I feel so free! So what are you all planning to do with this glorious summer? Personally, I just want to make sure I don't waste it. Many summers I have spent worthlessly lazing around accomplishing nothing. Nothing. It's a shame really. This time though, I'm going to do as much as I can. (or at least I'll try) We'll see how that goes. I'll definitely be working in a lot of swimming, it's nice to have the pool open again. I'm looking forward to lots of art and sewing and that sort of thing too. Even though our last day of school was just Thursday, it feels really good to have all this free time finally. ^_^ Today I had a truly painful migraine in the morning so the first part of my day was spent in a dark room trying to sleep it off. Luckily that subsided in the afternoon so I headed outside and lounged in the hammock for awhile in the sun. Nice. I also did my nails, it's actually been awhile since I last painted them. Anyway, I have to head off, we're going to dinner with my cousins and I need to catch Spencer so we can gel his newly shortened hair before we go. ;P

In This Infinite Universe

The sun is shining bright and happy through the window into an otherwise dark office. Today is a good day. It's spring and everything is green and happy, we have only 5 school days left to attend, I took the core 40 exam test for algebra(which I was stressing out over) yesterday and today so now that's finished(turns out it wasn't too bad at all), and the only thing I have to do tonight is study for two tests tomorrow. Yay. I'm so extremely excited for the end of the school year. Hurrah! Of course, my days will lack structure and it's unlikely that I'll accomplish anything of importance over the summer other than art, if that even, but that's the point of summer right?

And now:

Nature From The Pastel Cabin

The camping trip was quite successful. We had campfires, went hiking, and did this adventure course tower activity that involved a rock climbing wall, ropes crisscrossed with a rope net at the top to climb up, and some other climbing courses. In all it was a lot of fun. On the hike we went to see a hollowed out tree that a turkey vulture had laid her eggs in. There were some feathers and two pretty blueish eggs with brown speckling on the ends. Very cool. We also saw a lot of these red birds with black wings that were about the size of finches. We couldn't figure out what species they were so I just looked up the description and I'm pretty sure they were Scarlet Tanagers. One more bit of nature we found was a luna moth sitting on the railing of the camp's main cabin area. It was fairly interesting to get to see, even though it didn't move at all for most of the day it was a very pretty little creature. Anyway, the trip was great and we had many animal sightings. Also, I stayed in a cabin that was painted a pleasant yellow on the inside, while some other girls in our troop were in a cabin that had an interior of light pink with a dark peptobismol pink trim which was a bit overwhelming.

You Want Toast With That?

Well, I'm off to go camping in half an hour. We're going to this weekend camp thing along with some other girls in my Girl Scout troop. I hope it doesn't rain, or if it does may it happen overnight. I'm looking forward to going because we're doing this up in the air rope obstacle course thing, so that should be fun. I'll be sure to post how everything turns out when we get back. Which, by the way, we get back on Mother's Day unfortunately so my mom will have to wait till next weekend for breakfast in bed. In other news, I have a band concert coming up this Tuesday. Also, track is over. I don't miss it all too much. Anyway, I've got to go help in loading the car now.

Looking Ahead

Have you ever had a tickle in your throat and you just absolutely cannot get rid of it no matter how much you cough? Needless to say that's what's up with me right now. What a bother.
So, 24 days left of school. It's going quick.
And next week we have ISTEP... fun. I do like the lack of class and homework that comes with it though. Plus, this coming week is supposed to be all multiple choice testing and stuff. Easy and mind numbing. Sounds good to me.

Don't Wake Me Up

I absolutely adore days like this. It's sunny, cool but not freezing, and it rains a little every so often. Everything just seems so bright and fresh. Tomorrow we have an away meet for the rest of the team that didn't go to the meet for varsity today. Fun!
I have homework to get to now. Math test tomorrow. Sigh* I need a nap.
This morning around 5:15(I normally get up around 7) the back door blew open and set off the alarm. I was pretty disoriented and in a half awake half asleep sort of state. I'm not exactly sure why, but for some reason I was wondering how we would know what time to go to school since we got up at the wrong time. Anyway, I did kinda get back to sleep. But I am now tired, missing that hour of sleep I lost. I can't wait till the summer. I love weekends and their leisure so much, but they pass far too quickly.

And Here We Are Again

These are the major topics in my mind as of late:
Home again. School. Friends. National Junior Honor Society. Track. Milk. Tired. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Soon, I hope to empty that mix and replace it with:
Summer. Home. Art lessons. Vocal lessons. Swim. Run. Walk. Freedom. Friends. Poetry. Rollerblading. Winston. Sewing. Etc.

Seven more weeks of school now, I can do this. Hopefully. I can hardly believe it's the 4rth quarter already. I mean, I guess I'm getting ahead of myself here, we're not really that close yet, but even the thought of summer is extremely comforting. It's only, what 30 or so actual days of school? I'm fairly excited because I'm planning on taking art lessons and vocal lessons this summer! :) Just once a week, it'll be nice to add a little commitment to my summer.

On another note, I have lots of math homework and I need to practice my band. I'm also illustrating a children's book for Spencer that he has to do for English. Yep, spring break is definitely over.