Tomorrow is the last day for seniors. I can not believe it is already time for them to leave. I am going to miss them so much! They made my junior year tons better. Their class is filled with talented, amazing people.
They have taught me more then they realize. From them I learned what true friendships should be like. They would always be reminding each other how much they appreciate everyone. They have helped me through so much with their encouraging words towards me. I have gone to them for advice about everything. I knew I could always count on them. HTV won’t be the same without their smiling faces, corny jokes, and crazy songs.
From them I have learned to have fun and just be myself. I have had some pretty crazy times that I will remember forever. Some of my favorite memories are driving around downtown, seeing a sea turtle in Hawaii, playing softball with only 3 people, trips to Starbucks, dancing at all of the dances, and the surprise bon fire. I plan on staying in contact with as many of them as possible so we will continue to have crazy times.
Hopefully the current junior class will be able to step up and fill the big shoes the seniors left!
Summer seems to be all I can think about. I don’t think I have ever been so ready for school to be out in my life. It is so close, but yet so far away. We have a little over two weeks left and I have a lot to do. I am finding it very difficult to stay motivated though. Being around seniors has just made it worse. They are always talking about how they haven’t been doing anything and that they don’t care about school anymore. They use their so called “senioritis” as an excuse. I don’t have an excuse though, what can I say? “Oh, it’s just my “junioritis.” No one would buy that.
I want summer so bad that somedays I wake up and it actually feels like summer. I feel like I don’t have to go to school and I can just sleep in. I can’t wait for the warm weather, swimming, wearing tank tops, lightning bugs, going to the lake, and hanging out with friends. It sounds so nice, but during the summer I will also have to work. This is not my favorite thing. I have to try to teach little kids how to play tennis. It ends up being more of a babysitting job for me. I don’t even get paid that much anyway. I am mostly just dreading it, but if it comes with summer I will take it!
People always ask, “What are you going to do over spring break?” I finally got to tell them something besides “Oh nothing really.” I got to go to Hawaii!
While we were there we got to do some cool things. We went to Pearl Harbor, the North Shore, the international market, and other crazy things. Most of my time was spent on the beach though. It was the best beach I have ever been to. We would lay out there for hours, and when it got too hot it would start sprinkling. It was the weirdest thing, it would just sprinkle long enough to cool us off and then it would be sunny again.
My favorite part about Hawaii was our trip to the North Shore. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Everywhere you looked you could see bright blue and green. We were all sitting along the edge of the water when my shoe fell in. Sarah jumped in after it and not long after so did everyone else. We walked in the ocean for quite a ways because it was really shallow. All of a sudden it dropped off. Sarah, Stephanie, and I stood looking down into the dark blue. Out of no where a sea turtle swam up right in front of us! We were scared so we ran away, but I wish we would have stayed. Seeing the sea turtle was the best part of Hawaii!
I am so glad I was able to go on the trip. I will remember it forever! I hope that I will be able to go back someday.
6th grade; the days when 8th graders were scary, being called a sixlet was an insult, everyone was nervous about remembering their locker combination, and no one wanted a team referral.
6th grade, lets just say was not my favorite year at P.V. I remember one day when I was passing notes with my friends. We thought we were being sneaky, but I saw the teacher look up and glance at us. I wrote on the note something like, “Be careful, I think he noticed us.” I later learned, by way of a team referral, that my friend had left the notes in the desk and the teacher had found them. A team referral was a big thing back then, even though nothing ever came of it.
Also, in 6th grade it was a big deal to be in student council. I wanted to be in student council so bad. I remember being so nervous about giving my speech. I sat up there in my no sleeve shirt, worried about looking fat, stating the reasons why I should be in StuCo in my barely audible voice. Being the person that I was, I didn’t realize that the speech had no impact on people’s decisions. The vote was purely based on popularity… which I lacked.
I’m mostly glad that awkward stage of life is over. However, I do miss the days though when being in band was the cool thing, homework was scarce, and a whole section of P.E was devoted to ping-pong.
With the new year almost here, many are thinking about their resolutions. People, including me, are looking back at their life and finding what they want to change. And by the way there is a lot I want to change! Now finding it, and actually changing it are two completely different things. Most years when I had made New Year’s resolutions, I said I was going to change this or that. And I did… well for a few days anyway!
I found this quote the other day and so I came up with my NEW and hopefully long-lasting, New Years resolution. “When was the last time you did something for the first time?” When I thought about it I realized it had been a while since I had done something for the first time. During 2012 I am going to try things I haven’t tried and do things I haven’t done. And who knows maybe I can make a difference while I’m at it!
It all sounds so nice, hopefully I can stick with it!
2012 here I come…
I wish someone would have told me before high school started that it goes by fast, so I need to enjoy it.
It seems like it was yesterday when I was all so nervous about coming to Hillcrest; big, scary Hillcrest. I remember thinking “What is it like?” and “Are the people nice there?” Well I got my answers soon enough, too soon actually. Now I am 17 and a junior. I still can not get used to the sound of that. Where did all the time go?
Oh ya, it went to all of my tennis practices, FBLA events, deadlines, FCA meetings, homework, chores, essays, student council projects, tennis matches, cleaning, and yes, facebook. I, like most teens, have been way too busy. I guess now I realize that I need to go hang out with my friends (especially instead of being on facebook and reading about what all my friends are doing) and enjoy what is going on now in my life. It’s going to keep going by just as fast so at least I know that now, and can stand back and enjoy life!
I wish someone would have told me, or then again maybe someone did and I just didn’t listen. Whatever the case, maybe it’s better that I learned it myself.
Well, school has started, tennis is in full swing, and my life has become crazy busy; hence the reason I haven’t written a blog in so long. Along with the starting of school, comes the starting of HTV.
Our stories have been assigned and the shooting process has begun; well for some. For the others of us (me), we are still making phone calls and trying to get everything set up. We have a month. A month sounds like a long time considering we had only two days during our road trip, but a month can pass by before you know it.
When I pitched my idea for a story I don’t think some people liked it, so I know this will be challenging, but I guess I am ready for it. I am worried about how it will turn out, but we will do our best. I do know one thing though, I will finish my story no matter what, even if I lose all of my limbs or something ridiculous like that, because Coach will just say…
“You had a month.”
So far I have had a really good time on this trip, but honestly I’m ready to go home. I miss my family, my house, my bed, my food (that I don’t have to spend a bajillion dollars on), and my tennis. I am really glad I came on this trip though. I have learned so much and I have a feeling that HTV is going to seem a little bit easier. I had a lot of fun talking with everyone and making friends!
This is my last blog, unfortunately, only the last one for this trip, but I still have one more story to do. Hopefully, Jodie and I will find a story in the morning. We have to stay up all night and edit on the bus. Hopefully, I will be able to stay awake AND not get sick.
Today, we were in Gatlinburg on day 8 of our bus tour. Many people say it’s like Branson, but I think it’s way cooler. I mean you can see the mountains! I went on the sky lift up the side of the mountain. It looks almost exactly like a ski lift. I thought it was pretty fun.
Then tonight some of us went to two “haunted” houses. I didn’t think they were that scary, but Mariah screamed the whole time. Also, I learned that Ryan screams like a girl. I spent WAY more money then I would have liked to, but I did have a lot of fun!
We have a 3 hour bus ride tomorrow which is like the shortest one yet! Also we are stopping for a bbq party. I am SO looking forward to it!
That’s all for now!
Charleston was a pretty cool city, with lots to do. Two days was not enough to see everything! I didn’t get to do as much as I wanted to. I found a story pretty fast about a Charleston Ice vendor. She was pretty funny. Then I went shopping with Mehleena, Ali and Ryan. Lets just say that Mehleena and Ali are speed walkers and shoppers. I could barely keep up with them! But I had a blast.
Then we went to a place to eat called Hyman’s seafood. I really enjoyed it because we got so much free stuff! We got two things of crab dip, some hush-puppies, fried green tomatoes, peanuts, and ice cream; all free! I only spent 5 dollars and was stuffed.
I think Charleston would be a pretty cool place to live. It had lots of shops and a beach. I really hope I will get to come back, and stay longer than 2 days!
