Heat Wave

Finally, the heat has (somewhat) abated!! This entire week has been super hot and humid outside - at least for Michigan standards - and it is wearing on my nerves. The past few days haven't been that bad (currently, it is 86 degrees outside), but the first part of the week was torture. It almost never gets into the high 90's here, and with the humidity, it felt even hotter than that. My brother keeps on insisting that it's not that hot out there, but what does he know - he spends his entire day inside, in the air conditioned house, playing on his video game. And to top it off, even if I wanted to go swimming in our lake to cool off, I couldn't because they put the chemicals in there on Monday to kill weeds or something. It seems obvious to me that it would make more sense to put the chemicals into the lake in the beginning of the summer, and not in the middle - during a heat wave, no less - when everyone wants to swim, but apparently, not everyone is as intelligent as myself.

Anyway, back to what I have been doing since I returned home. Well, as you all must know, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part II came out on Friday, July 15th, and seeing as it is the last movie in the series, my family unanimously decided that we should go to the midnight showing, which is what we did. It was a pretty cool experience. Every theater in the complex (and I think there are about 20) was showing the movie, and quite a few of them were sold out. We came super early (8:30-ish to be precise), just so that we could get a good seat. My sister's friend, "Sacajawea", came with us, dressed up as Darth Vader. It was quite funny. She had on the mask, as well as a light saber, and on a sign, she had a picture of Harry Potter on the front and "The force is strong in this one" written on the back. A good percentage of the people there were dressed up as characters from the books, or at least had on a t-shirt that had something to do with Harry Potter. Sadly, I was not one of those people. Even so, it was still pretty cool seeing some of the costumes people thought up. There was even someone who had dressed up like Ron Weasley from A Very Potter Musical, with a sweatband on his head and a rat on his shoulder (full disclosure: I myself haven't actually seen that musical, so my sister was the one that pointed it out). Except for a little bit of sleep deprivation and the traffic jam to get out after it was done, it was a fun experience. The movie itself was superb, even if they did change a few key scenes around. What matters is that they got the feel of the book, as well as the majority of scenes correct.
Other than Potter-related things, I haven't really done anything worth noting. I did go on a bike ride with my sister and friend, which was fun. I have also been forcing myself to read Gulliver's Travels, which is one of my summer reading novels. I took a week or so hiatus to read other books (6 other books to be precise), but I really need to get cracking, seeing as it's the third week of July already, and I am only on my second book. You see, my problem isn't the reading itself. In fact, the book is quite funny if I actually get around to reading it. My problem is the starting to read it - I have so many other things I would rather do, no matter how interesting the book could be. That has been pretty much the extent of what I've done since last blogging. The only other thing I should say is that my sister's friend, "Sacajawea", is coming over tomorrow and spending the night, so that she can help my sister with hair and makeup for senior pictures, which is on Tuesday. My sister has decided to make a cake for her today, so that should be tasty. So now that that tangent has been exhausted, I say adieu.