If it really is the thought that counts, then I should get some credit for all the times I thought about blogging, then got distracted by other things. As it is, I haven't blogged for some time, so there is some catching up to, into which I will dive headfirst. The first eventful thing that happened to me since my last post occurred on Monday, August 1st. Some of you might be wondering what happened the six days between my last blog and that day. In one word - nothing, or at least nothing worth noting. But back to August 1st - the day that my sister, friend, and I went bike riding. The bike ride itself was pretty uneventful. It was a bit warmer than would be considered comfortable, and my sister (as usual) was speeding up in front, forcing my friend and I to go faster than we wanted, but other than that, we had a good time. What was interesting about this outing is that, after calling my dad to figure out how to put the bikes back on the bike rack, my sister accidentally left her phone on the bumper of the car. Unfortunately, this mistake was not realized until we reach home, at which point a frantic search commenced. We (my sister and I) even retraced our path, hoping that we would be able to spot the phone on the side of the road. We had no such luck. But I guess that God was smiling upon us (or at least my dad), because, later that day when my dad came home from work and he and I went out searching for the lost phone, we (or should I say my dad) found it on the side of the road. Needless to say, it did not survive being flung off the bumper at 30 mph - more specifically, the screen was cracked. Since then, my sister has been using my dad's cell phone with her sd card inside, and until she gets a new phone, that will be the case.
Other than that exciting adventure, my life has consisted of a few high points. Most notably, my sister had a A Very Potter Musical party on the Thursday after our Monday adventure. Originally, she had invited quite a few people, but by the time the day rolled around, only five or so attended. Even with the reduced number of people (or maybe because of the the reduced number...), we still managed to have a good time. For those of you who don't know what A Very Potter Musical is, I will enlighten you. It is a very humorous musical that was created by University of Michigan students a few years ago that combines most of the novels into one storyline. For those of you who are Glee fans, Darren Criss (who currently is in the aforementioned TV show) plays Harry Potter. I would highly recommend looking it up on Youtube, as well as its sequel, A Very Potter Sequel. Anyway, back to the party. I dressed up as Ron (minus the red hair), who, in the musical, wears a gray sweater over a white button-up shirt, black pants, and a sweatband - which is where he places his rather over sized wand. We had hamburgers for dinner, and ate s'mores, cookies, and Red Vines (which play a starring role in the sequel) for dessert/snacks while watching the musical. All in all, the evening was quite enjoyable. If anyone is interested, here is the link for Act 1, Part 1 of A Very Potter Musical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmwM_AKeMCk. Watch it; it's good.
Other exciting news from my life is that I finished all my summer reading stuff a week or so ago. I read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in one day, if you can believe it. And now that I've finished reading all the books that I checked out from the library (for my own pleasure), I am going to start looking over the chemistry books my mom bought me to look over during the summer - better late than never, right? Going back to specific activities, my sister, mom, and I went on a college tour at Michigan State University. From all my trips there for the state competition of Science Olympiad, I knew my way around, but the trip wasn't completely useless - I learned some information about the school itself, and I also got ice cream out of the deal (not during the tour, though). Also, I've been working quite a bit lately (sometimes 5 hours a day) helping my neighbor clean her house and have been bringing home the bacon. If you add in taking multiple walks each day and reading like there's no tomorrow, that's pretty much been my life these past few weeks. That's all I have to report for now. Hopefully the hiatus between posts will be a bit shorter next time.
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