Goodnight!

I really don't feel like going upstairs right now, or even moving for that matter.

What I'm Thankful for this Thanksgiving

Since Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I'm in a procrastinating mood right now, I want to go over all the things I'm ever so thankful for. I know I complain a ton, but I'm still very happy with my life. Here is the list, at least off the top of my head.

• I'm thankful for my family, especially my sister, for always being there for me. I'm really gonna miss my sister next year. Even though she annoys me a lot sometimes, she still is my closest friend no matter what.
• I'm thankful for Andy. No matter what happens, he's always there for me and always takes out time in his day for me. He cares about me more than almost anyone else on the planet, and he still is always trying to do more and more for me.
• I'm thankful for "fam," Abby, Dylan, and Tony. They keep me sane and for the first time in my life make me feel like I have constant and consistent friends. Not to mention they're all fantastic people!
• I'm thankful for all my activities and clubs at school. Even when they're stressful, just being a part of Film Club, Theater, Art Club, Food Club, and Newspaper is such a gift and an amazing opportunity.
• I'm thankful for Jasmine, the girl I tutor. She's the absolute sweetest girl on the planet and she makes tutoring so so so so worth it.
• I'm thankful for *most* of my teachers like my AP Bio teacher, my AP English teacher, my Newspaper adviser, and then the teachers who I no longer have in class but still check up with me whenever they see me in the hallways or before and after school, like my AP Euro/APUSH teacher. They make all the sucky things about school suck infinitely less. 
• I'm thankful for my roommates from Envision. Even though we don't talk as much as we used to, they're still always there for me whenever I'm having a really difficult time in my life.
• I'm thankful for Netflix and mac & cheese because duh!!!!!
• I'm thankful for my pets, Molly and Oreo. They're hella cute and their cuteness makes even the worst days infinitely better. 

Once again, I had a brilliant game plan for getting a ton of my work done, but I haven't even remotely started it. I kinda hate that about myself.

This afternoon/evening

This afternoon was pretty ehh, but I learned a lot of new things. I walked my dog with my sister and got my Achilles' Tendon cut so right now it hurts to wear anything on my feet/around my ankles. I went to a laundromat for the first time and  successfully washed a giant quilted yard blanket thingy. Then, I spent two and a half hours at the local Country Club's restaurant waiting for what ended up being the worst grilled cheese sandwich I've ever had. Now I'm home for the night, and I think I'm just gonna keep on looking for stuff for my Christmas/Birthday list.

I'M DONE WITH MY LOYOLA APPLICATION WOOP WOOP

Shopping Shopping Shopping

I basically threw the to-do list I made for myself today out the window, and I've decided to work some more on my Christmas list/stuff for college list. I should probably finish my Loyola Application, but I'm not even remotely in the mood to do that. I also have a scholarship application to do, as well as a few additional outside scholarships that I can work on. Aaaaand there's always the two projects, homework, and research paper that's worth over half of my grade for the semester that I can do....

Or I can put that all off.

Yesterday

All I can say about yesterday was that it was terrible and I hated every single second of it. On the bright side, I DON'T HAVE SCHOOL TODAY THANK THE POWERS THAT BE! I also don't think I failed my AP Bio test yesterday. That whole thing could've gone infinitely worse.

Everybody in general yesterday was so so mean to each other regarding the whole Ferguson situation. It really upsets me that absolutely nobody can treat people like human beings with dreams, aspirations, hope, and dignity. People talk about the protesters and rioters like they're animals, people talk about Mike Brown as if he's an animal, people talk to other people with differing opinions like they're animals. It's like the whole world forgot that the people around them have value, and that's just wrong.

I'm not even remotely in the mood to do anything; I don't know how on earth I expect to study honestly. It'll be a miracle if I can keep my grades up. 

Apart from that amazing news, today was rough. I had an in-class essay, a test that I forgot I had, and uggggggh Honors Government is the worst. Also, I'm incredibly upset with the fact that there is no such thing as justice since Officer Darren Unarmed-Black-Teenager-Killer Wilson got off scot free. It's just fucked up on so many levels and I can't do justice to discuss it.

GUESS WHAT?!

I GOT INTO DEPAUL AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My parents are still making me apply to freaking Loyola though, grrrrrrr....

GRRRRRR

My bio assignment is both easy and incredibly difficult!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/23/14

Today has been more ehhhhhhh than yesterday; there's no fun online shopping and seeing my friends and stuff and a lot more work/running around. I've been doing AP Bio work all  day. Tonight My family is having a little thank you reception for all of my dad's campaign volunteers, so I don't know if I'll be able to blog later or not. 

Fam Night

Last night was fam night with Abby and Dylan! Tony wasn't able to make it, unfortunately, but we still had a fun night. The three of us drove to Panera in my car and had dinner. Abby had mac and cheese in a bread bowl with lemonade, Dylan had broccoli cheese soup in a bread bowl with tea, and I had a pick 2 with mac and cheese and the Asian sesame chicken salad with a strawberry smoothie and a chocolate pastry. It was a solid meal. 

Through the rest of the night, the three of us watched Bob's Burgers, The IT Crowd, and Skyfall while googling attractive European soccer stars. Overall, it was a wonderful night!

Online shopping is kinda the best when you don't have to pay for a single thing! That's the best part about the whole Christmas/Birthday list making thing. I'm not really being that productive, but.... oh well.

Good Morning!

Right now I'm desperately searching for things to put on my Christmas list- I never know what I want! It's even more difficult because my birthday is a little less than a month after Christmas too, so I may as well just work on both now!

Goodnight!!!

Hopefully I'll be just as productive tomorrow!!!

Productive Night

I've made a ton of progress tonight and I'm really proud of myself! I did a ton of research for my essay, updated the spreadsheets for my stock project, found an article of mine that hadn't been published that I could submit as my third newspaper article, cleaned, worked on my Loyola application, and finished writing my AP Bio practice essay for the test on Tuesday! If it wasn't almost midnight, I'd probably study some. I may just look over some of the digital note cards I made for the last quiz since that information will surely be on the test in some way shape or form. I may make real note cards for myself sometime this weekend, and I definitely need to take a practice test online and do any other extra things I can. My grade in that class is hanging on a thread. It's the same thing in AP Stats, but I care a lot more about Bio since I feel like I struggle with it more than Stats, it's all a bunch of recall and there are a ton of high-fallutin' concepts involved. My GPA right now is a 3.999.... I mean come ON........

I'm actually kinda blazing through my to-do list right now... I'm pretty pleased with that, it'll make the weekend much less stressful as well as Thanksgiving Break. One of these projects is due the first day back from break, another the week after that, and my Loyola Application is due December 1st. Plus, I know we're about to start a project in Stats, and we're bound to get a book to read over break for English. On the bright side, Newspaper has been a lot less stressful since we've been spending these past few weeks prepping feature articles and columns and stuff for upcoming issues. It's pretty nice, having that out of the way. It'll be really convenient for planning out issues, as well. 

Welp, I've finished most of my Loyola application. It's definitely something special...

This is a great night now okay? Okay.

THE ONE ACTS LIST IS UP AHHHHHH!!!!!!

I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED I NOT ONLY GOT ONE OF THE ROLES I WANTED BUT I ALSO GET TO DIRECT A SHOW AND I'M SO FREAKING PUMPED LIKE AHHHHHHH ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FALL PLAY CAST LIST I WAS BEYOND WORRIED ABOUT GETTING A ROLE PERIOD LIKE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THIS IS FANTASTIC AND IT'S FO SHO THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/21/14

Today was a fairly eventful day! First off, I got a crapton of work to do over the weekend and next week. It's not looking very pleasant right now. I also have about ten gazillion other things to do this weekend and I feel like I'm drowning. I haven't even checked the cast list for the One-Acts yet because I'm so freaking nervous. I hate these feelings. I've got so much work: studying, prepping an AP Bio essay, working on my morality paper, writing a story for newspaper, applying to Loyola, and all my miscellaneous homework... Plus I need to get my schedule for work and that's just gonna be great...

I'm just not feeling today at all; I've been a zombie since I woke up. It's fun. School was definitely something; my friend Tony almost got in a fistfight in morality class because this guy didn't like what he had to say (even though it was absolutely true) and flipped out. If it wasn't for the giant football player holding this guy back, Tony probably would have a black eye right about now. I'm glad he's okay though. Overall, things have just been a cross between stressful and crazy.

GOODNIGHT, THANK GOODNESS I'M GOING TO BED NOW

STILL DEAD FYI