Birthday and Spirit Week

Wow! I haven't realized how long it has been since I last blogged -- 12 days! Well since then, I've turned 15, I went to the movies, and now it is spirit week. Let's start with my birthday. Two Fridays ago, I turned 15 without much pomp or circumstance. I didn't have any friends over, because they couldn't make it, but the food was good. My mom made white chocolate chiffon cake, and my dad made deep-dish pizza and pumpkin chiffon pie. Yum!! The gifts that I received had a cupcake theme. I got 2 cupcake bookmarks, a cupcake notebook, and cupcake pajama pants. The other un-cupcake related gifts were note cards, a few books, and a puzzle from my parents, and a t-shirt from my grandparents. By the end of the night I was stuffed. I had to try both the cake and the pie, along with a scoop of ice cream, and that deep dish pizza was no walk in the park, either. But regardless of me feeling like I was about to throw up, all was well. On Saturday, I went to the movies with my sister, mom, friend, and I. We went and saw "Easy A", which was really funny. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. I think that it's kind of ironic that I had just read the Scarlet Letter this summer for Honors English, and here we are, and a movie come out that is based on it. Afterwards, my friend went home with us and we drank tea and ate cake. I also invited another friend, who couldn't make it to the movie because of a cross-country meet, to come over whenever she was available. And for all my complaining that I didn't have a party, an impromptu one was created. They even came baring gifts; makeup and nail polish from one, and 10 dollars from the other.
Fast-forward a week, and you come to today. If you missed it above, this week is Spirit Week, which is what the week before Homecoming is called. Every day is a different theme. If I do say so myself, the ones that they came up with this year are pretty stupid. Today was Denim Day -- people wear denim every day. I saw some boys going around with jean cut-off shorts, which was pretty disturbing. They were just a liiittle too tight and a liiitle too short. Tomorrow is #1 Fan Day -- a person could just wear any t-shirt and say that they are the #1 fan. Wednesday is Music Day, and for my grade specifically, Jazz. What am I supposed to wear for jazz? They don't really have a particular style or anything. My sister was luckier, because her grade is Heavy Metal. She and her friends all got together and made t-shirts with different heavy metals on, like off the periodic table. Creative, isn't it? Nerdy, yes, but still very cool. Her heavy metal is europium. Thursday is Raid Your Parent's Closet Day, which I just find kind of stupid. I think that I'll just wear a tie or something because it's not like my parent's clothing is any different than mine, just a different size. And Friday is Black and Orange Day, as usual. See what I said about not being that creative. Now if it was Vintage Clothing Day, I would go all out, the whole outfit. But it's not, it's #1 fan day. Yeah. All my complaining aside, I still plan on participating every day. I know, what a hypocrite, but whatever.
Not only is this week going to be exciting. This Saturday is the Homecoming Dance, which I'm planning to go to with a couple of my friends. I'm wearing a vintage dress of my mom's, but other than that, I haven't really thought it through. It seems like the dance is extremely early, at least compared to last year. Anyway, the theme is Around the World, which is cool. Unfortunately, my mom signed me up for this campus thing at University of Michigan, which is all day. So, my preparations will be a little rushed. Speaking of this weekend, on Sunday we are going to tour this house for my mom's birthday. Apparently some famous architect built and lived there, so it should be interesting. And that's as far as I know in advance. I apologize if this all seems kind of random or haphazardly put together, but I'll have to get used to blogging more often.

School...

It is only the second week of school and I'm already tired and longing for the weekend. Funny how that works, isn't it? So far, my classes have been, if not great, then okay. And surprisingly, I've already had several quizzes and tests. Which is kind of sad... school just isn't what it used to be. There's no place for dilly-dalling, I guess. I'm really enjoying my art class so far. We're working on an accordion folded mini-booklet. In the inside, we're supposed to draw stuff about ourselves, anything is acceptable. Some of the things that I've included are biking/Mackinac Island (you'll like that Aunt "Rose"), reading, tea, and much more. The covers are made by stamping a design we are creating by carving out a linoleum block. Our initials are supposed to be creatively incorporated in some way. I'm really excited how my project is turning out. When I'm finished, I promise to post some pictures. Or several. The rest of my classes are so-so. In chemistry, we're learning stuff that I already learned in Science Olympiad, so that's a breeze. And today in math, my friends and I debated the merits of Pride and Prejudice and Mr. Darcy instead of getting our work done, which was fun. *On a side note, I feel obligated to mention that when I say we, I actually mean they. I have all my work done up until Friday.*

Last weekend (the first in the school year) was really busy. On Saturday, my mom, sister, and I drove the two hours to Grand Rapids to see the this exhibit of Chihuly glass at the Mejier Gardens. It was raining the whole way there, and and was still drizzling when we got there. We still walked around outside to find all the exhibits. Rain, Shine, Sleet, or Hail doesn't stop us from looking at art. We also ate lunch there, and it was delicious. In the cafeteria, they have a permanent exhibit of the glass and it is really light because of all the windows. Both my mom and I got this one wrap, which turned out to be huge. Although mine was a little spicier than I would have liked, I enjoyed it. I was also eying the hummus and pita dip and some good looking deserts,, but didn't get either. It was a lot of fun. By the time we got back home, it was around 8 or so and we were exhausted.

Anyway, this Friday is my birthday!!! I accept all wishes of a happy birthday. And gifts. Money's nice, too. Jokes aside, I'm looking forward to it. My mom is going to make her famous white chocolate chiffon cake and my dad is cooking a deep dish pizza especially for me. Delicious!!! I was going to invite some friends over, but no one was available, so I'm thinking about going to the movies with a few of them on Saturday. Even though that is three days away, I haven't really thought that much about it. I should probably get a move on. Although I'm sure all my would drop anything for my birthday, I think that they might like a heads up. Just maybe.That's all for now, lest I spoil your appetite for more. Until my birthday!

The 1st Day of School

The time has come around once again... happy first day of school! The first thing that I must mention is that waking up this morning was so hard!! Since we only have one bathroom, we all have to take turns. That meant this morning that my sister had to get up at 5:45. I didn't want to wake up that early, so I was permitted to push the snooze button and sleep in late(r) to 6 in the morning. I know, 15 minutes, but it still was nice. We left on time, but my sister left her cell phone in the house, so we had to turn around (luckily, we didn't make it out of the subdivision), and I had to run up and get it. She also said that she left her Ipod in the house as well, and I was frantically searching for it, but couldn't find it anywhere. It was in her purse. In the car. Anyway, all these shenanigans made us leave 10 minutes later than we had planned on. When we finally got to school, the road were clogged up with our fellow students. I made it to class on time, but I would have liked to have had some extra time.
My classes were all okay, and it turned out that I had some friends in classes that I didn't know about until I walked into the class and saw them sitting there. But really, a full day on the first day? Who's genius idea was that? They should just be lined up against a wall and shot. The day seemed to drag on forever. It's like going from 0 to 60 instantly. And to top it off, quite a few of my teachers decided that it was a good idea to give homework on the first day of school. See what this full day did? Now we actually have to do work on the first day! Jesus! By the end of the day, I was tired. Am tired. Then I had to ride the bus home, which was a nightmare. My sister works on Mondays and Tuesdays after school, so I'm left to ride the bus home, and until November, my brother has cross country every day after school, which means no ride home from the middle school for me. I don't have a problem with riding the bus home, but when you have to go to the middle school to pick up students there, and then drive home, then you get out of school at 2:27 and get home at 3:30. Add on top of that a bus driver who's screaming at us that there is no bus number 74 (which we were told at registration was our bus) and that this is the right bus and you can begin to see why I would have preferred to been picked up instead. Sounds fun, doesn't' it?
After getting home, I went out with my dad to the AT&T to find a phone to replace mine (that died on me a month ago). When we finally decided what phone to get, it turns out, they aren't in stock. So we had to leave empty handed. I've been working on my homework since then, which is no small feat, what with the wind blowing my papers around outside. I had to go get a giant eraser from inside to use as a paperweight.
After reading what my day has been like, you might come to the conclusion that I haven't enjoyed myself, which would be wrong. This day hasn't been that bad. I may have had some minor mishaps and complained about the early start time, but I did enjoy seeing all my friends again and beginning a new school year. I might not have been as excited to begin school again as in previous years, but today has been alright. Now I just have 179 days left to deal with.