Me + 8 days = DONE!!!

I was doing a little surfing on Facebook.com, and who do I find on there, but Angelina. Oh was I soooo happy. She even wrote me a message. I was super duper happy. I couldn't believe it. I was seriously afraid that we were going to lose contact, but now we didn't. Yay. I couldn't be happier. Ok so today like seriously started out terrible. School starts at 7:25 and guess what time I woke up???? 7:25. Yeah . . . Not good. I missed all of first period, but that is okay, because it is just study hall. I could have used that study hall to actually study. I have my Pre-Calculus exam tomorrow 2nd hour. I am hoping that I don't do too bad on it. If I do, oh well. On Friday, I have my government exam. That shouldn't be too hard. After Friday, I AM DONE!!! WOOOHHOOOOO!!!! I am so excited.

At this very moment, I am babysitting. The kids are driving me nuts. I wish they would just go to sleep. That would make everything great. I am done in about two hours though. I just hope I wake up on time tomorrow.

I know some people.

I am not sure if I was supposed to use these pictures, but I will give credit to Jen, since I kinda took them from her.

Well, in picture numero uno, we have from left to right: Matty, Tyler, Rodger, and Daniel. Laying across all the laps of the guys is Paul.

In picture numero dos, we have from left to right: Jen, Julie (whom I don't really know), Stephanie and Angelina (two close friends), Alicia, and Jacquie (I don't know her all that well).

I basically know all of these people from church. I talk to most of them too, and you all look great.

Burnt Burgers and Hot Dogs

Memorial day weekend always results in some form of a cookout. Whether that means it was at my house or a friends is a different story. I managed to go to my friends house yesterday. It was fun. We just pretty much ate. Eating is good. I like to eat. In fact, when I am not at school, I am pretty much eating. Anyways, we had hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill. They were a little burnt, but they still tasted good. We also had potato salad, deviled eggs, fruit and soda. It was really good. I ate like so much.

Babysitting on Sunday went really well. I made $40, but I had to spend some of it on lunch today because my dad didn't get stuff for lunches. He has gotten really lazy lately. Anyways, I only have 3 DAYS left. I am so excited. I graduate on June 8th. I hope that some people from church come. It would be nice to see them.

So today I went to Chili's after school for my FCCLA banquet. I saw Joy there. Joy is a girl from my church. She is going to Maranatha this fall majoring in Elementary Education, just like me. I thought that was so cool. She waved at me. We don't usually talk too much, but it was nice to see her at Chili's. The food was really good. I had never been to Chili's before, so I guess there is a first time for everything.

I guess I will write more once I actually have something important to say.

Dearest Sarah,

You left me almost three years ago. If you ask anyone, those have been the hardest three years of my life. There have been a countless number of nights when I have flipped through my photo album and just cried. Cried because your gone. Cried because those were some of the best moments of my life. The day you died was like no other. Not many people had to go through what I went through. Most people have to be notified that they lost a loved one. Not here. I was with you from the start. I watched you fade into eternity. I watched as you fought to stay here, but your weak body couldn't go on any longer. I know you are in a much better place, but I thought it was unfair that you had to go so soon. You were only fifteen. I prayed that God would take me, just so we could be together. I know that isn't what you or God wants, but at the time, I was being selfish. I didn't want you to go. I am still very upset that you are gone. I wasn't sure how I was going to live without you. You have been the greatest friend I have ever known. I constantly thank god for bringing you into my life, although he took you away so soon. I guess there isn't much left I can say. They man who did this to you has been captured. He is locked away for life. Although he is gone, I am still afraid to walk those streets. My life will never again be the same. I miss you so much, and I love you. I look forward to the day we meet again.

I love you so much,
Amy

Thirteen kids = Big Headache

Ok, so here I am, in the nursery. There are a handful of kids, and what happens? They keep coming. Finally once they stop coming, there are thirteen. I didn't even get down in the nursery until halfway through the service, because little did I know, Pastor was recognizing all the seniors from our church today. I was so nervous because he had us get up and tell what we were doing after we graduated. I had like three people come up to me and tell me that I talked too fast and they could barely hear me. That is what happens when I get in front of a large group of people. It was such a blessing though, because today was our third deaf sunday school class ever, and there were ten deaf in that class. They beat the junior and senior high classes combined. What a blessing! So I got in the nursery, and it was fun playing with the kids. I had a good time, but they were so loud, and there were so many of them, that I ended up leaving there with a headache, and what better way to not get rid of a headache than babysitting. Yes, that is right. I am babysitting right now. I have three kids right now. We went to the park and ran through the sprinkler and I got totally soaked in my clothes. It was tons of fun though. On my way walking home from the park, we walked past a kid that I used to babysit. His name is Eli and he is sooooo cute. He came up to me and gave me a hug. It was so cute. I love him. I wish I still babysat for him. He just brightened my day with is big smile. He is such a good kid. Tonight is nice though because I could use some money. I haven't babysat in over a month, so this is nice.

Well, tomorrow is Memorial Day. I am going to my friend's house for a barbeque. I wanted to go down to Illinois to the Cemetery that my friend is buried at, but my parents don't want to take me all the way down there. I will go visit her on her birthday, or the weekend around there. It'll be a hard weekend, but it is something I need to do.

and the consequence is a dislocated knee

We didn't end up going to Chocolate fest like I hoped we would. I wanted to go with Katrina, so I decided that we wouldn't go and that we would just go a different day. We might go tomorrow. If we don't go tomorrow, then we aren't going at all. We did go roller skating. I should have known better. Every time I go rollerskating, my knee starts to hurt. It was pretty close to dislocating, but I got out before it could do such a thing. We did have fun though. After that, we went to Cracker Barrel. I like that restaurant. It is a great restaurant. I enjoyed it a lot. Needless to say, today was a fairly decent day. Tomorrow is church. I will have to see how that goes. I don't know how well things will work out being in nursery. Anyways, I guess that is enough for now. I am enjoying my three day weekend, with only four days left of school and graduation in twelve days. It'll be fun.

Schedules, Smedules!!! I rate this blog PG-13

This blog may be unsuitable for Children under thirteen.

This last week, my schedule has been pretty much the same. It may disturb you a little bit, so you might want to watch out.

Sunday
7:45 AM - Wake up for church
8:00 - Take shower
9:05 - Leave for church
9:30 - Sunday school (We learned about the follow up to a new Christian. I was surrounded by Emily on my right, and Angelina on my left, usually seating)
10:45 - Morning Service (We learned about fearing God I think. I sat by Noah on my right and Angelina on my left. We were in the second row.)
12:30 ish PM - I got ready to go home, gave Angelina a hug and told her that I would try to come to church for the evening service.
1:00 - Got home and slept for three hours. Didn't even bother to eat lunch.
4:00 - Woke up and watched my nephew until my brother got home.
6:00 - Leave for church
6:30 - Evening Service (We had testimonies about the tent crusade and a missionary to Bolivia I believe. I sat alone)
7:45 ish - Fellowship hall for pizza (There was a lot left over from the tent crusade)
9:15 ish - Said goodbye to Angelina
9:25 ish - Waterworks began
11:00 - Finished crying
I went to bed somewhere in there, and I left a lot of stuff out, but that was a rough outline.

Monday - Thursday
6:45 AM - Wake up for school
7:25 - School
3:15 PM - I leave the Elementary School and go home.
3:30 - Watch Christian
6:00 - Throw up from too much stress.
12:00 AM - Go to bed
I do shower, and I do eat, but I have been getting physically sick from having so much stress. Hopefully once I am done with school, it'll all be over.

Friday
Everything is the same until 3:15. I took Christian to the Park. We played on the slide until he wore me out. After that, I came home, ate dinner, checked my emails and replied to only one from Angelina.

Angelina left today for California. I don't think it has hit me yet that she is gone. Tomorrow I will probably cry and huddle in a corner in my room. Actually probably not. Tomorrow I am going to try and get my mind off of everything bad that has happened, and what better way to do that than to go to Chocolate fest. Actually I don't really like Chocolate all that much, but who knows. Maybe it'll help me get my mind off of things. I'll probably cry at church on Sunday. I am in nursery. I don't really want to be in nursery, but I haven't been there on my assigned time in forever, so I have to go. Well, there are only 4 days left of school, 2 days left of Teacher's aide, 13 days left till I graduate, and 1 month and 19 days until I am officially an adult. Yay.

I am officially done with Spanish, thank goodness. I have one project left for government, two papers in philosophy, and one essay paper thingy for psychology. I can't wait to be finished with all of them. I don't want to be in school anymore. I just want to be finished. School now just seems like a waste of time. I think maybe it is. We are having our yearbook ice cream social on June 2nd. It is going to be boring. I didn't get a yearbook because I didn't have the money. I will go though so I can sign everyone else's. Blah. I don't want to be awake. I should go to sleep right now. That would be nice. I probably won't sleep much tonight because I will be to sad to sleep. I guess that is enough of my useless rambling.

You give me 14 days and I will give you a high school graduate

Well, the title basically says it all. I graduate in 14 days, June 8th. I am really excited because I am getting really sick of being in that school. I wanted to switch to a Christian school before this year, but my family can't afford it. I guess that will all change this come fall. I can't believe that I am going to college so soon. I don't know that I am ready to go to college. Well, I know that God will work everything out the way he wants it to be.

I'll miss you dearly =(

Have you ever had the feeling that you lost your best friend? Well, I have. Yesterday at church, all of the college kids were saying goodbye, some for the summer and the others for good. I went outside and I told my friend Noah that I was going to die when I had to say goodbye to Angelina, and then I came back inside, went downstairs, and I had to say good bye. Then I had to leave, and when I walked outside, my ride was inside talking and I started crying. I was crying for over an hour.

For those of you who don't know, Angelina has been the one person who has been there for me whenever I needed someone to talk to. There has only been one other person who has been there for me like Angelina has and she died three years ago. I hope to see her again sometime soon. I hate losing friends, and it seems like I always lose friends. These are going to be repeats, but I feel that these pictures are only appropriate for this blog.

I already miss her. I don't know if she will be at church on Wednesday or not, but I am hoping that she is. I don't think I have cried so much in one night.

Angelina, I am going to miss you. You have been a great friend, and we will definitely have to keep in touch.

The end has come

The tent crusade is officially over here in Walworth County. Sad I know. The meetings were tremendous and many came forward for salvation. It was such a blessing. Here are some pictures I took on Wednesday. I think they turned out really good. Good ol' Emily who doesn't smile. Gotta love her. Overall, the tent crusade were really good. I enjoyed it a lot. Now I have nothing to look forward to after school except for homework.

The tears I cry are tears of Sadness

Today has been a tough day. Actually before school, things went well. I was doing pretty good besides the fact that I had to put up with annoying fourth graders for two hours. Other than that it went well. When I got home, my friend Hollie called me to tell me that her Grandma passed away. The really sad part is that she was 62 and 394 days old. Her birthday was tomorrow. That is so sad. I feel so bad for her.

Well in about half an hour, I am going to be going to the tent crusade. I am looking forward to it, but it is kinda thundering right now. I hope that the weather cooperates. I guess that is all I have to say. Adios

No one calls my best friend "two-faced"

Recently at my school there has kinda been a war going on. I kinda find this terrible. It is a blog that was posted by the girl who pretty much hates my best friend and they are the ones going at it. I will do the best I can to remove all the inappropriate language

Hey everyone,
well here's some beautiful news.....see the other day i told a friend of mine, who's sister i am going to college with in the fall, about a girl i used to be friends with. well she got all mad and is like well i'm going to send her some messages because that is bull****, and i didn't think that she actually was, AND SHE DID! so then she responded thinking that it was ME AND MY FRIEND! thinking that we made a profile just to make her life a living ****. Not to mention that she sent the messages to me afterwards. Now this girl who i used to be friends with is like thinking that the messages are still coming from me, is threatening me. haha and now people at school who are friends with her who are like 18 19 yrs old are acting immature as **** saying things like "i use myspace to talk to friends not to ***** them out" or "if you have something to say to us say it to our face" come on people seriously?? the person who said those things is SO IMMATURE! she's is also really two faced about everyone. she'll be all nice to you and be against you in the next second. ALso accusing me of writing those messages about something that happened a ******* year ago?! GET A LIFE! Also I'm over that stuff, i'm not crying about it anymore. it was a YEAR AGO! I hate stupid people seriously. I hate being accused of something that i haven't done. If she is going to accuse my friend, whom i am having issues with at the moment because of all this, of this stuff being me then she should tell ME and not cry to all her friends about it and have them be all 5th grade and be immature all about it. From that two faced person that i mentioned too, has told me that **** has been talked about me, great talk **** about me, i know what is true or not. Seriously people we are adults why don't we act like it too. Pull the gossip ***** sticks out of your ***** and move on. oh and also do me a favor STOP TALKING **** ABOUT ME AND MY FRIENDS! IF you have anything to say to me ******* say it! Don't be all immature and gossip about it you ******* morons!

Yeah that was the blog written and no one calls my best friend two faced. The two girls going at it got in a fight a year ago, but that was a year ago, and if she is over it, then why is she doing this or even telling her friend about it, if her friend even exists, which I am pretty sure that she doesn't. Why does all of this have to happen. My friend, not the two faced one, but the other one, is dealing with so much because at the moment, her grandma is in the hospital pretty much on her death bed. She is given two months. It is rediculous that she has to deal with something like this at this time, when she does NOT deserve it. I will be there to back her up.

My life is in ruins

I previously posted a grand ol blog about how my day was going so well and I could wait for church that night? When was that again? Oh yeah it was yesterday. Yeah, well I was wrong. Visitation was pretty good. Instead of going to the church and coming back to Elkhorn to go back to church to come back to Elkhorn, we stayed in Elkhorn and handed out brochures for the crusade around the Mathes' neighborhood. Once we were done, we went to church and I played with the kids in the nursery until everyone got back and then we ate. There was some purty good food. After we were done eating, the advisory board had a meeting, that took a lot longer than I had expected and I didn't end up getting home until ten . I got so yelled at when I got home and I even apologized when I got home for being late, but my dad doesn't care. Now I am grounded and I don't even know if I can go to the tent crusade. I can't go to church I know that much. It is pretty rediculous. I have had enough of all the grounding for no reason. I don't drive so I can't really control what time I get home ever. It really irritates me.

It's up but not exactly running

What is very large? It is red and white? It got here in a trailer? Sits on poles, and has chairs in it? Could you ever guess what it was? Of course you couldn't. Well I will have to tell you. It is the tent for the tent crusade. It is finally up, and fortunately, it isn't running anywhere. We lucked out there. I can't believe the tent crusade starts on Friday. The deaf meeting is Friday, the Spanish meeting is Saturday, and the English hearing meetings are Sunday through Friday. For any information on the Tent Crusade, visit my churches website: www.eastdelavan.org. There you will find everything that you need to know for the tent crusade. I am so excited.

I am also excited for church tonight. We are having visitation. I love visitation. It is tons of fun. I like going to that. We are going to be especially inviting people to the tent crusade. It is gonna be great. I am looking forward to it.

Oh my last night was tons of fun. We went to Starbucks and that is enough to have a good time right there. Wow, the conversations you have at Starbucks. After Starbucks we went to Walmart and just walked around. That was pretty fun too. Then we decided that we wanted to go to the park, so we came back into town and went to the park. It was raining and Jill decided that she wanted to slide down the slide. Her butt was pretty soaked. Then she locked her keys in her car, so we all sat in Hollie's car till Jill's sister brought her spare key. It as fun.

School was pretty great today. Okay not really, but we only have 16 days left for seniors. It's amazing. I have three projects and a paper due all withing a week of each other. It kinda stinks. I don't really wanna do them all and I have been pushing them off, and I really need to get started. Maybe I should keep Starbucks for the weekends and do my projects. That could just be the most intelligent thought I have had all day. WOW!!! I guess that is all for now.

Wet Sand

That is what I might be walking through today depending. I am not 100% sure if we are going to the lake, but ya never know. Well, after getting in an arguement yesterday with Hollie, she asked me if I wanted to go to Starbucks because she felt bad that she kinda blew us off on Saturday. After that we are going to the lake depending on if it stops raining and then we are going to Walmart. It should be a fun evening, I hope. Well, I got this new chat box thingy on here, so I guess we will see if it works.

Just some random quiz thingies

3 YEARS AGO TODAY (May 8)
How old were you?: 14
What grade year were you in?: 9th
Where did you go to school?: Elkhorn High School
Where did you work?: Paper Route
Where did you live?: E-town
Did you wear glasses?: Unfortunately
Who was your best friend?: Katrina (see picture)
Who was your boyfriend/girlfriend: None
Who was your celebrity crush? Unsure but probably anyone I thought was cute
Who was your regular-person crush?: Tom Beaver
How many tattoos did you have?: none
How many piercings did you have?: none
What car did you drive?: Not old enough
What was your favorite band/group?: Not quite sure
What was your worst fear?: My dad probably
Had you smoked a cigarette yet?: no
Had you gotten drunk or high yet?: no
Had you driven yet: no
Had you been to a real party yet?: nope just birthday parties
Had your heart broken?: not really no

HA HA HA!!! LETS SEE WHAT YOU ARE NOW !!!!!
How old are you?: 17
What grade are you in?: Senior
Where do you live?: E-town
Where do you hang out?: My house pretty much (I don't really have a life)
How is your hair style?: Really terrible
Do you have braces?: nope
Do you wear glasses?: yea
Who is your best friend?: Katrina/ Angelina (see picture)
Still talk to any of your old friends?: Yeah
Who is you bf/gf?: none
Who is your celebrity crush?: none
Who is your regular-person crush?: none
How many tattoos do you have?: None
How many peircings do you have? none
What kind of car do you drive?: none
What is your biggest fear?: failing
Have you smoked a cigarette yet?: no
Have you gotten drunk or high?: no
Have you been to a real party?: I guess. One that doesn't include drinking
Has your heart been broken?: No

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1. WOULD YOU GET BACK WITH YOUR EX IF YOU COULD? No. I wouldn't
2. WHAT KIND OF SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? just a black t-shirt from one of the high school plays
3. DO YOU HAVE "A THING" FOR ANYONE ON YOUR MYSPACE TOP 8? no
4. HOW MANY PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST DO YOU KNOW IN REAL LIFE? All but like 2
5. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT TO HAVE? preferrably 2 or 3
6. DO YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS? kinda with my mom. not really with my dad
7. DO YOU MAKE OVER 40K A YEAR? i wish
8. WHAT NAME WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE BESIDES THE ONEYOU HAVE? I really don't know
9. WOULD YOU EVER MAKE OUT WITH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX? no
10. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Nicole
11. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BDAY? Had a joint birthday party with Katrina
12. WHAT'S YOUR MAIN RINGTONE ON YOUR PHONE? i don't have a phone
13. WHAT TIME DID YOU WAKE UP? 6 AM for school
14.WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT MIDNIGHT TWO NIGHTS AGO? sleeping probably
15. HOW MANY OF YOUR EX'S ARE ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST? none
16. DO YOU LIKE HAVING YOUR HAIR PULLED? no. i will smack whoever does it. ok maybe not
17. NAME SOMETHING YOU CAN'T WAIT TO DO? graduate
18. LAST TIME YOU SAW YOUR MOM? right now
19. DO YOU GET ALONG WITH YOUR SIBLING(S)? not really
20. WHAT IS ONE THING YOU WISH YOU COULD CHANGE ABOUT YOURSELF? nothing i guess
21. IF YOU HAD $250,000...HOW WOULD YOU SPEND IT?some college tuition and the rest to the church
22. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT YOUR CURRENT JOB? don't have one to be at
23. HAVE YOU EVER TALKED TO TOM FROM MYSPACE? I have no intentions of it
24. LAST THING YOU ATE? Spaghetti Cabanera or something close to that
25. WHATS YOUR FAVORITE MONTH? June for graduation July for my bday
26. YOUR LEAST FAVORITE MONTH? September
27. WHAT'S THE LAST PIECE OF CLOTHING YOU BORROWED FROM ANYONE? umm i don't know. i think it was a skirt
28. WHO IS GETTING ON YOUR NERVES RIGHT NOW? everyone on the planet
29. MOST VISITED WEBPAGE? myspace
30. LAST PERSON YOU TEXT MESSAGED? don't have a phone to text
31. LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU SAD? hollie (she made me cry today)
32. WOULD YOU TAKE A BULLET FOR YOUR BEST FRIEND? Yes
33. FAVORITE TYPE OF DRINK? water or Barq's rootbeer
34. HAVE YOU BEEN TO EUROPE? no but i really wanna go to spain
35. IF SOMEONE YOU HATED DIED, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I would feel really guilty

Arguements and tears

I don't think today could have gotten much worse. I went out on Saturday, as I already posted. Well, my friend Hollie who was supposed to come with us, called us on our way to Janesville to tell us that she wasn't feeling good and she didn't want to come with. We still went anyways, we just went without her. While we were in Janesville, she said that she was sick of sitting at home and that she wanted to go out, but not all the way to Janesville, so we made plans to go to Delavan once we were done in Janesville. Well, on our way home, Katrina's dad called Katrina's cell and asked us if we wanted to go to dinner, so I had to call Hollie and let her know that we were going to be later than planned. She then decided that she didn't want to wait that long, and she wasn't going to go. Well I found out today that Jill who was supposed to come with us, called and asked Hollie if she wanted to go to Janesville and so she went with Jill. I was talking with Jill today about how upset I was that Hollie went to Janesville with her when she specifically told me that she didn't want to go to Janesville. Then Jill told Hollie that I was mad at her and I thought she blew me off. Hollie walked into the cafeteria and said, "I NEED TO TALK TO YOU," in a loud, mean voice. I explained everything and we are fine now, but I am still really upset about the whole thing. It seems like today everyone is yelling at me for no apparent reason.

On another note, I had to teach the 4th graders today. I was pretty nervous. I didn't know exactly what to do. I hate criticism. I hate it so much. I was criticized about being so blah. He was like, "You need appearance. You were too slumped over." I was just thinking to myself, "You go through what I went through today and then get up there and teach." I almost lost two of my best friends because of one terrible arguement. It was such a horrible day.

Who knew so much pain could come from a tennis racket?

Who knew that planning a party could be so crazy. For about the last hour or two, my mom and I were planning my graduation party, and getting all of the graduation announcements together. I was left the job of addressing all of the envelopes. That was terrible. I didn't wanna do it, but it is my graduation, so I guess I should have done them.

Well, I am kinda looking forward to my party. It is on July 1st starting at 3 in the afternoon. There are some things that I am not necessarily looking forward too, like we are having a DJ and there will be drinking. I am probably going to be hanging out with my friends away from that stuff. We will probably go for a swim in the lake. They have a water trampoline and diving board and slide out there, so it should be fun. I am looking forward to that part. It should be fun. I am just glad that I am graduation. The graduation ceremony is one month from tomorrow. AAAHHHHHHH. It is kinda creepy thinking about it, but I am so very excited.

Well, church today was really good. We had evangelist Mike Williquette with us. Pastor isn't there because he is with his daughter Jessica who is graduating this weekend from Bob Jones University, so he missed the preacher. He was really good. The music that they presented was really good too.

Yesterday was so much fun. We went to the roller rink, and the cute guy on staff was working again. I was kinda sad though because the roller rink closes its doors in like two weeks. I liked that place. I didn't like the stuff they played, but I liked the rink itself. After we went rollerskating, we were on our way home, when Katrina got a call. It was her brother asking us if we wanted to go to Asia Buffet, so of course we turned around and went back. We stopped at the mall waiting for them to get to Janesville (they were still in Elkhorn). When we got to the mall, we walked around and stopped at the Hall's Studio display, where I got my senior pictures done, and of course, what do I see? There were two large pictures of me there. I was sooooooo ecstatic. I was like no way. That can't be me twice, but sure enough it was. I was like flipping out. Brett and Joy from church were on there as well, but I can't believe I was on there. I was also in the catalog too. Wow am I really just that gorgeous? Haha just kidding. Once we left the mall, we headed to Asia Buffet, and I ate a lot, like usual. Once we were done, we headed home, but then we decided that we still wanted to hang out, so we went to Sunset Park, and we played Tennis. That was so fun, but I racked my elbow with the racket and now I have a huge bruise and bump on my arm. It kinda hurts, but I was like laughing when it happened. I had fun. After that I came home. Christian slept in my bed last night, because he wasn't sleeping in mine, and I actually slept halfway decent.

Tonight, I think I might just go outside and shoot some hoops or play tennis. I am not sure yet, but I want to go outside and enjoy the nice weather while it is still here.

A few of my favorite things

Things I like and why

1. Christ my savior - He died for you and me on the cross. Does that really need an explanation?
2. Sudoku - It helps me get my mind off of all the things that disturb me throughout the day. It is what some people consider my drug (yes I am addicted)!
3. John MacArthur study bible - It helps me understand some of the harder to understand passages in the bible with a brief explanation.
4. MySpace - I like to keep in contact with my friends, and only my friends on there. It is fun to create a profile and learn new stuff.
5. Sleeping - Everyone needs to sleep. I just choose to do it all of the time, mostly because I don't get enough sleep at night.
6. Eating - What isn't to like about eating? I like to eat many different things.
7. Starbucks - If Starbucks were never created, I would have more money. It is just so good, and I don't like coffee.
8. Roller Skating - I like to go around and try not to fall on my butt. I usually succeed.
9. My friends - They are always there for me no matter what the circumstance.
10. East Delavan Baptist Church - Everyone there is like family to me. I love them all so much and I know that the teachings are so true.
11. Music - Music helps me calm down and think about the things that are important in life.
12. Shopping - Spending money, enough said!
13. Monkeys - They are just so darn cute.
14. Softball - It is so fun to play and watch. I love playing so much.
15. Bowling - I have been on a league for three years and I love it so much.
16. Summer - NO SCHOOL
17. July 15th - My birthday
18. May 5 - Cinco de Mayo. Awesome parties that day.
19. Messenger - One of the best ways to communicate with friends out of state.
20. Long Walks on the beach - Walking on the beach is so much fun. Seeing gross dead fish isn't necessarily the best.

Things that aren't exactly appealing to me and why

• School - It is purely one big irritation. Nothing but stress and problems.
• Brothers - Mine tend to bug me a lot.
• Freshman - I know I was once one, but they don't ever keep quiet. They are just annoying.
• Ice Cream - It is way too sweet for me. Ewww!!!
• Coffee - Disgusting
• Fish - They are a waste of water.

I guess I am just really easy to please. I don't dislike very many things. I know this is a very random blog, but I enjoyed writing it. In between writing it, I ate dinner, yelled at the baby, and drank a can of soda. What a weird life I live.

Strawberry Soda

is what I am currently drinking, not that you care or anything. Well, today our AP Spanish class went on a field trip to Irving's house for a Cinco de Mayo fiesta. It was a lot of fun. We had good mexican food. We had tamales, frijoles, arroz, mole, nachos, jugo de sandia, y orchata. It was food and the party was sweet. We got to break a piñata. How fun is that? I got plenty of candy that is for sure. It was just a blast.

It took me a long time to figure out if I wanted to even go, because the Maranatha graduation was today and I wanted to go see my dear friend Angelina graduate. I borrowed the first picture from Stephanie. I like to have pics of my good friends, and I really like that picture. I really enjoy the second picture because it is of Nina and I. It is a good pic, not of me or course. I loved that activity: walking around Lake Geneva. So fun.

I went to church on Wednesday, and much to my surprise, the college students were there. They never show up on Wednesdays. Nina's parents are in town this week, so they came too and Steph came with them. I was happy to talk to them. We had fun doing cartwheels and flips on the bars and climbing the bars that hold up the swing. It was tons of fun. I was supposed to do lesson plans then but guess what didn't happen? I wasn't exactly sure what I should do for these lesson plans. I ended up figuring it out.

Tomorrow I am hoping is going to be really fun. I think I am going roller skating. I haven't been roller skating. We also might go to my favorite restaurant of all time: Asia Buffet. I love that restaurant. I am looking forward to the skating though. Well, I think I am going to prepare for my lesson on Monday tonight. I gotta get it done.

Church swings and basketballs

It is pretty much self-explanatory. I am going to church tonight and after church, I am going to play basketball and play on the swings. I love doing that with my good ol pal Emily. That's all I wanted to say!

Another one of my crazy blogs

I know that I totally just posted a blog, but I thought that I would post another one. I want to share some things with you. This is my favorite song, called Grace.

Lord, as I seek your guidance for the day,
I find my thoughts unyielding, confusion crowds my way;
But then when I bow to you, the challenges you guide me through,
Your promises are ever new, I claim them for today.

(Refrain)
Your will cannot lead me where your grace will not keep me.
Your hand will protect me, I rest in your care.
Your eyes will watch over me, your love will forgive me,
And when I am faltering, I still will find you there.

Each new day's design is charted by your hand,
And graciously revealed as I seek your master plan.
Keep my footsteps faithful when from you I go.
Return me to the joy that your blessings can bestow.

(Refrain)

Your eyes will watch over me.
Your love will forgive me.
and when I am faltering
LORD I WILL FIND YOU THERE

I really like that song. It is such a great one. Also, here is a poem that I wrote about my best friend who passed away 2 years, 10 months and 24 days ago. I still really haven't gotten over it.

The day that I met her
is a day that I will remember.
We met at a family gathering
on a warm day in September.

I wasn't sure why she was there
She was not family
Soon did i figure out
that she was family to me

We didn't see each other often
we lived many miles apart
but when i did see her
i told her what was in my heart

she was always there to listen
and she always helped me out
i turned to her when all i could do
was just to scream and shout

little did i know
that it would soon come to an end
not only did i suffer heartache
but have a broken heart to mend

when i heard the news
i prayed it was a lie
because my best friend's life was taken
on the 26th day of july

In memory of Sarah Dawson who's life was taken on July 26, 2003. We love you and miss you so much.

That was one of the hardest moments in my life, but I grew so much from it.

Running on Stress and Emotions

Today is an extremely crazy day. It started out like a day. What else would it start out as? What else could it start as? I went to my first hour class. Of course, it is study hall so I spent the whole hour working on my Pre-Calculus homework. Then, second hour I had Pre-Calculus. That was a total bore. AP Spanish is third hour. We played jeopardy to review for a test that we have on Friday, and our team lost. It is okay though because the winning team only gets two extra points on the test. Not a big deal considering I have been on the winning team the last two or three times. I guess it was a good review though. AP Psychology came fourth. Not too good. I don't really like that class and I am not learning anything. I am getting a D in that class. Not the best. Right before lunch comes Government. That class actually surprised me. I am doing halfway decent in that class, which is a total surprise. We have like two projects due the last week of school in that class, so I should really get working. Lunch was good except for the fact that I went up in the line to get these mozzarella pizza sticks, and they were out, so I had chop suey. Not the greatest. School lunch isn't very good, but I have it with all of my friends. My last real class of the day is sixth hour which is philosophy. I don't like that class. I have a pretty big paper due on June 2nd in that class, so I guess I should get working on that too. Today in Teacher's Aide, the kids were driving me up the wall. Actually that isn't true. The kids weren't too bad today. Luis always drives me nuts, but because he got in trouble today, he was good. He even wrote me a letter of apology, although he spelled my name "Amen" and not "Amy." I didn't care though. He is a handful, but he definitely is teaching me a lot about patience.

Well, I am looking forward to graduation. One thing that I am sad about is that I am going to miss my friends from church. I know that some aren't going to be gone all that long, but Angelina and Rodger are leaving us. I will definitely miss all of my dear friends.

In the first picture, I am going to miss Stephanie. I was so happy when she sat by me last Sunday at church. I don't get to see her very often. In the second picture, I will miss all of the girls, besides me of course. I will miss Sarah. Her parents moved to Sheboygan after going to our church for so long, and now Sarah will be leaving us for the summer. I am hoping she comes back to East Delavan next year. Angelina is graduating. She is going back to Cali, so I won't get to see her after this year. It is really sad to think about it. I will also miss Jessica (bottom) because she is moving to Texas after graduation. She was thinking about going to Maranatha, but she is going with her family to Texas and she is going to college there.

Well Christian is pretty much driving me nuts right now. All he does is scream, cry, bite, and hit. We don't know what to do with him anymore. He is only two. I love him so much, but he is really irritating me. He has left marks from biting. It is terrible. Here are some pictures of him.

He is such a cutie, and although he may look all sweet and innocent, he isn't. Trust me. Anyways, that is just one day in the life of me.

Forget Regret Or Life Is Yours To Miss

Ok so the title of this blog really has no significance to the actual blog itself. It is a line from a movie that just stands out. I think that it is extremely true. If you spend all your time regretting, then why live life? There is so much more to live for than regret. Trust me I know. I was just reminded today after reading a blog from a good friend of mine, that we best not lose faith in the one and only. Matt has gone through so much in he last year, and I truly admire him for that, all though he doesn't know it. He truly has a heart for God. I was really upset when Matty left to go to California. I don't know what it is, but everyone seems to leave for California. Why can't I just go to California? I can't really do that, when I start college next year. It wouldn't exactly work out.

I can't believe that I am graduating this year. It is so hard to believe. I am really excited though. I have been working only 13 years for this including kindergarten. This last Saturday, our youth group had it's annual youh banquet. All of the seniors were recognized and we all got gifts. We got the "Ultimate Bible Reference Library" for computers, which will be something good to take to college. I just can't believe that it is all going so fast.

Our church is hosting a tent crusade in less than two weeks. What a blessing that will be. For those of you who don't know what a tent crusade is, I will do my best to explain it to you. It is a series of services all held under a ginormous tent. There will be tremendous preaching and great music, and the best part is that there will be a huge chance for souls to be saved. I am so excited. It is going to be a great opportunity for our church and the other churches helping ours.