School's Out for the Summerr!!!!

I apologize for the long delay between posts, but my schedule has been very hectic the last month or so. Before I talk about my past month, I must issue an apology Aunt "Rose" and my oldest uncle, who feel that in my last post, I portrayed their quick visit in an unfavorable light. That was not my intention. I enjoy their visits so much that I wish that they could stay for longer periods of time.
With that out of the way, I can go back to what has happened in my ever exciting life. In May, it is as if my teachers realized that we had basically a month left of school, and piled on the work so that they could fit everything in. It always confuses my why this happens every year - they, like everyone else know when the end of the year is, so why couldn't they plan it out better. In Chemistry, for example, my teacher was teaching us stuff that would be on the exam the in the study hour beforehand because we couldn't fit it in the actual school year. That being said, I did extremely well on my chemistry exam (only one wrong, which apparently is very good), which probably had something to do with the last minute explanations and cramming. But all the stress and worries of school are now past me, for it is officially summer break. Our last day of school was Friday, and because we got out so early and don't go back until after Labor Day, we practically get three whole months for our summer break. That sort of compensates for all the stress I was put through this past month or so.
Unfortunately, I wasn't exactly free to go after school got out on Friday because my sister and I had decided to stay after and recycle with Green Group (which I was elected representative for next year - don't ask me what representatives do, but it is a step). Anyway, because it was the last day of school, all the teachers were unloading all their paper that they had collected over the year (my chemistry had 5 full boxes of periodic tables), so we had to recycle paper as well as sort the bottles. That split our already small group of people into smaller groups. That is why, even though we began at 10:34 AM after school got out, we didn't finish until sometime after 1 PM. But that can be partially attributed to all the troubles we encountered. First, the paper bin was already overflowing when we began to recycle, so we had to place our bags around the outside and hope that they pick it up sometime soon. Also, one of the bins that we collect paper in had its tire fall off, so we had to transfer all the paper in that bin into another bin so that we could unload it. It seemed that everything bad that could happen, did happen. Fortunately, once we were done, we all went downtown to get some ice cream, which helped even things out. I got a sundae with caramel, apples, and cookie crumbs. It was delicious!!! Interestingly enough, by the time we got home from school, it was about the time that we would have gotten home if we hadn't had a half day.
So, onto what I've done so far in my first taste of summer. First of all, I've been outside quite often. The weather has been and is currently so nice and warm (sometimes too warm...) that like it is actually summer already. It's especially nice when you compare it to the "spring" we've been having. Basically, we had a super long winter, and then it went straight to summer. Sounds fun, doesn't it?? Yesterday, I went to a going-away party at my friend's house. She's moving to Colorado in a few weeks and this was kind of our goodbye to her. There were tons of people there and I enjoyed myself immensely - except for the ever present swarm of mosquitoes who seemed to be attracted to my bug spray, not repelled. Seriously, I was eaten alive - I went from no mosquito bites to over thirty in one night!!! But besides that, it was a nice night. As a going-away gift for my friend, I drew a picture of her, which turned out pretty nicely, if I do say so myself, and gave her a "Don't Mess with the Mitten" t-shirt to wear with pride when she is in Colorado. Then today, I went to the movies with another friend and saw Kung Fu Panda 2. We had watched the first one at a Science Olympiad movie night and had some good memories, and decided when we were still in school that we had to see the sequel together. I enjoyed the movie, though it wasn't quite as funny as the first one. All and all, I would have to say that this has been a good start to the summer. I even have gotten a job cleaning my neighbor's house, which starts Tuesday. I don't really have plans yet for the summer (except Honors English reading...which I haven't exactly started, even though some of my friends have already finished a book), but as of yet, it looks like this might be a good one.