Recap

Wow, it's been a while since I last blogged. Well, since then, there was my sister's birthday, and most of the snow has melted. Also, today, my mom found out that on the last middle school invitational, we actually should of gotten 1st place (instead of 4th) because one event was scored wrong. In that one event, we moved up from 14 to tying for 4th, which was enough to pull us to the top. It's interesting that all the teams that we competed against (at least most of the good ones) use the maximum amount of 9th grades they can, and we still beat them with a mostly 7th grade team. Anyway, to recap: on February 27th, my sister's birthday, we went to Ann Arbor. We had to drop recycling off first so by the time we got to downtown, it was later than we expected and we were all hungry for lunch. So, we went straight to Zingerman's. I shared a sandwich with my mom and had some soup and other goodies. It was delicious! After that, my sister, mom and I walked to this store down the street called Vintage to Vogue and tried on a bunch of stuff (the male half of our family went to Best Buy and bought a new microwave). My sister bought this shrug with her birthday and Christmas money and then my mom bought her a wool jacket that was on sale. My mom also got a double breasted purple-y fleece jacket that was also on sale, and by buying another jacket it was 20% more off. What a steal! I didn't come away fruitless and got this really cool ring with a white flower on it. We then met up with my brother and dad at this cafe/grocery store, where we ate these really good milkshakes. I got vanilla and my brother and sister got chocolate. My sister, wanting to go to Borders, drove with my dad and brother there, leaving my mom and I to walk. On the way we stopped at a tea store, cupcake store, mystery bookstore, and chocolate store. All in all, the day was a nice day off, so to say. Since then, nothing really interesting has happened. We had a Wednesday off last, and since the juniors are taking the ACT, tomorrow off, as well. That's where it gets weird. On Wednesday, half the sophomores (A-M) go in at the regular time to take a test, and then the remaining sophomores take it Thursday. For those two days, the rest of us go in about 3 hours late, and if you have "A" lunch, you go straight to lunch. While I appreciate having days off and getting to sleep in, this is really confusing me. But, at least I have something to look forward to.