Hi everyone!
School has just ended and there has been a whirlwind of emotion around me. People have cried, gotten really happy, gotten angry, remained neutral, about the fact that school has ended. My sister just wants high school to be here already, and my dad is already on edge because we will be home all day. As for myself? I don't really know what to do with myself.
On one hand I feel like this year has been a blast, and that this ending is like the ending of all things fun. My friends classmates and I had some fun/crazy/weird/stupid/memorable times. Both in and outside of the classroom, I was always looking for that new moment in time that would make my eighth grade year more memorable. I have to say that some of those times will be forever ingrained in my mind. There are the things that I have regretted as well. For some reason that I can't explain, it feels as if my life will be forever void of fun. Many of my friends will be going off in their own directions, and some will be dearly missed. Even now as I write this I look at the school year that has just passed and think about what has gone on and wish that I could relive all of it. At this very moment I think about what this summer and high school will be like. Will it be better or will it be worse? I have no idea, but for now I have to wait until it comes around.
On the other hand I am sort of happy that this year has ended. No more dealing with teachers whose lives seem to revolve around making life horrible for their students(you know who you are). No more dealing with having to wake up bright and early every morning. No more homework or projects. We now have the life of luxury. Vacations, sleeping in, the whole shebang. There is the drawback of boredom and laziness that comes with it, but we don't really care at this point. IT'S SUMMER.
So if you do ask me how I"m feeling right now, expect the short answer of "I don't know."
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Life
Hi everybody!
It's me, Rachel. Just wanted to check in. It's been a a few weeks (more like a month)
since I talked to you guys last. It's now the end of the year and I've done quite a few things, and thought about what I want to do over the summer.
So when I last talked to you I talked about spring break. That has long since past and now it is the end of the year (yes time has flown past so quickly). This year was a really interesting year for me. It really showed me who I really want to be as a person. It showed me what I liked and disliked about so many different things. I think Ive learned so many new things about myself this year than I have in my entire life. Although this was not the best year ever, I believe that this year will be unforgettable in the sense that I have discovered so many different things not only about me, but about other people.
This year was very stressful for me and I will be leaving it with a few regrets. The biggest regret is that my relationship with my friends has deteriorated over the year. If any of my friends are currently reading this, I am so sorry that I never really got the chance to hang out with you. I would blame it on the stresses of the class room, but in reality I didn't really plan any time for you. I was so focused on working hard and finding myself that I neglected you. For that I am forever sorry. There are other regrets, but they are more work related and aren't really worth mentioning.
This year wasn't completely filled with downers. There were many times where I have laughed so hard that my sides were about to burst. The majority of them were in my English class. I want to thank everyone for the good times there. I learned to let loose of my inhibitions in that class. There were many instances that I will probably remember for the rest of my life. I believe that there were many things that have helped me shape who I am today.
So I guess you could say that my year was yet again bittersweet. I mean there were good things but with those good things came some bad stuff, but that's life right?
This summer I wanna do the WRECK THIS JOURNAL.I think this will be a good to let any stray anger out. I will also be attempting to do a similar thing in Keri Smith's other interactive books, but I need to take a look at them. I need to something creative that will keep my busy, so why not journal/blog/start a book. I'm not really doing anything other than that and church camp, which will take me to Durango Colorado, and I know that will be a lot of fun. :)
Alright I'll talk to you more later
We are they symphony of modern humanity.
-Rachel
It's me, Rachel. Just wanted to check in. It's been a a few weeks (more like a month)
since I talked to you guys last. It's now the end of the year and I've done quite a few things, and thought about what I want to do over the summer.
So when I last talked to you I talked about spring break. That has long since past and now it is the end of the year (yes time has flown past so quickly). This year was a really interesting year for me. It really showed me who I really want to be as a person. It showed me what I liked and disliked about so many different things. I think Ive learned so many new things about myself this year than I have in my entire life. Although this was not the best year ever, I believe that this year will be unforgettable in the sense that I have discovered so many different things not only about me, but about other people.
This year was very stressful for me and I will be leaving it with a few regrets. The biggest regret is that my relationship with my friends has deteriorated over the year. If any of my friends are currently reading this, I am so sorry that I never really got the chance to hang out with you. I would blame it on the stresses of the class room, but in reality I didn't really plan any time for you. I was so focused on working hard and finding myself that I neglected you. For that I am forever sorry. There are other regrets, but they are more work related and aren't really worth mentioning.
This year wasn't completely filled with downers. There were many times where I have laughed so hard that my sides were about to burst. The majority of them were in my English class. I want to thank everyone for the good times there. I learned to let loose of my inhibitions in that class. There were many instances that I will probably remember for the rest of my life. I believe that there were many things that have helped me shape who I am today.
So I guess you could say that my year was yet again bittersweet. I mean there were good things but with those good things came some bad stuff, but that's life right?
This summer I wanna do the WRECK THIS JOURNAL.I think this will be a good to let any stray anger out. I will also be attempting to do a similar thing in Keri Smith's other interactive books, but I need to take a look at them. I need to something creative that will keep my busy, so why not journal/blog/start a book. I'm not really doing anything other than that and church camp, which will take me to Durango Colorado, and I know that will be a lot of fun. :)
Alright I'll talk to you more later
We are they symphony of modern humanity.
-Rachel
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Spring Break Blues
Hi everyone!
Have you ever bitten into a chocolate chip cookie, expecting to taste an irresistible circular piece of heaven, only to find yourself biting into another type of cookie, that you were not expecting and you totally despise? (that would be oatmeal raisin for me, but you may imagine another if you wish) Then after you have bitten into the horrible substitute for a chocolate chip cookie, did you long for the cookie that you originally bargained for? I'll tell you why I'm bringing this up.
It's spring break down here in Phoenix, and for me it has been bittersweet. (At least so far. I still have 5 days left. Hopefully by then it'll turn around) Yes, I'll admit, Spring Break is a good respite from school. I am extremely grateful to the people who schedule our school year, because, quite frankly, I probably wouldn't make it to the end of the school year if it weren't for Spring Break. The concept of Spring Break is very nice, but there is one fatal flaw, the boredom.
There are those families who go to California over break. They get to go to the beach and tan, and surf, and have loads of fun. There are the people who go camping, and the pitch a tent, roast marshmallows around a fire, and have adventures out in the wilderness. There are people who just travel to a place because they can. They go to Disneyland, Universal Studios, family reunions, and the entire time they are engrossed in having fun. But what happens to those families who have to work? What about the ones who can't afford to go around and do things that they want to because the can? Oh that's right, we stay home.
"But Rachel, doesn't staying home have benefits as well?" Yes reader, they do have benefits. But from what I can see, the cons outweigh the pros.
From a teenager's perspective, the fact that I get to stay home and do nothing sounds like a great idea! The key word here is SOUNDS. It's fine for maybe 8-48 hours, but after those hours, the house is practically a prison that we must remain in for the remainder of break. After surfing the Internet for hours, the computer becomes practically obsolete to a teenager. The television seems useless, since the majority of the daytime television is filled with weird soap operas and reruns that we have all already seen around 20 times. Our only main option is to read a book or do school work. This sounds good to any parent, but a teenager can only read a book for so long. Not to mention the idea of Spring Break is to get away from all the reading and work that we have to do at school.
For parents this is a nightmare. Assuming that the parent works through the day, the teen(s) is/are left alone the entire day. These hormonal, food crazy animals are left in the house completely unattended. Who knows what's going on in that house. The only control they parent has over the teenager in this period of time is a simple phone call or if they are lucky the lunch break they get at work. When they get home the house could be a complete mess from the boredom/hunger/craziness of the teenager.
So for me, I've been pretty much lazing around the house like a sloth until my parents get home. I have had basketball practice (which I'm doing OK at right now) in the mornings, but the rest of the day I'm SO BORED. Whenever Spring Break was mentioned at school, I told everyone that I'd be at my house just chilling. I was expecting people to be wanting to come over and hang out. Of course there's the fact that the majority of the parents that are still in town have to work all day, so no one has a ride to get to my house. I was expecting my break to be totally awesome, but like the oatmeal raisin, I bit into a Spring Break that I'm not to happy about (At least so far. I'm hoping that it gets better) and I long for the totally awesome Spring Break that I was expecting.
I guess you could say that I have the Spring Break Blues. So I'm here, in my bedroom, on the computer, drowing out my sorrows by eating chocolate chip cookies. :3
Have you ever bitten into a chocolate chip cookie, expecting to taste an irresistible circular piece of heaven, only to find yourself biting into another type of cookie, that you were not expecting and you totally despise? (that would be oatmeal raisin for me, but you may imagine another if you wish) Then after you have bitten into the horrible substitute for a chocolate chip cookie, did you long for the cookie that you originally bargained for? I'll tell you why I'm bringing this up.
It's spring break down here in Phoenix, and for me it has been bittersweet. (At least so far. I still have 5 days left. Hopefully by then it'll turn around) Yes, I'll admit, Spring Break is a good respite from school. I am extremely grateful to the people who schedule our school year, because, quite frankly, I probably wouldn't make it to the end of the school year if it weren't for Spring Break. The concept of Spring Break is very nice, but there is one fatal flaw, the boredom.
There are those families who go to California over break. They get to go to the beach and tan, and surf, and have loads of fun. There are the people who go camping, and the pitch a tent, roast marshmallows around a fire, and have adventures out in the wilderness. There are people who just travel to a place because they can. They go to Disneyland, Universal Studios, family reunions, and the entire time they are engrossed in having fun. But what happens to those families who have to work? What about the ones who can't afford to go around and do things that they want to because the can? Oh that's right, we stay home.
"But Rachel, doesn't staying home have benefits as well?" Yes reader, they do have benefits. But from what I can see, the cons outweigh the pros.
From a teenager's perspective, the fact that I get to stay home and do nothing sounds like a great idea! The key word here is SOUNDS. It's fine for maybe 8-48 hours, but after those hours, the house is practically a prison that we must remain in for the remainder of break. After surfing the Internet for hours, the computer becomes practically obsolete to a teenager. The television seems useless, since the majority of the daytime television is filled with weird soap operas and reruns that we have all already seen around 20 times. Our only main option is to read a book or do school work. This sounds good to any parent, but a teenager can only read a book for so long. Not to mention the idea of Spring Break is to get away from all the reading and work that we have to do at school.
For parents this is a nightmare. Assuming that the parent works through the day, the teen(s) is/are left alone the entire day. These hormonal, food crazy animals are left in the house completely unattended. Who knows what's going on in that house. The only control they parent has over the teenager in this period of time is a simple phone call or if they are lucky the lunch break they get at work. When they get home the house could be a complete mess from the boredom/hunger/craziness of the teenager.
So for me, I've been pretty much lazing around the house like a sloth until my parents get home. I have had basketball practice (which I'm doing OK at right now) in the mornings, but the rest of the day I'm SO BORED. Whenever Spring Break was mentioned at school, I told everyone that I'd be at my house just chilling. I was expecting people to be wanting to come over and hang out. Of course there's the fact that the majority of the parents that are still in town have to work all day, so no one has a ride to get to my house. I was expecting my break to be totally awesome, but like the oatmeal raisin, I bit into a Spring Break that I'm not to happy about (At least so far. I'm hoping that it gets better) and I long for the totally awesome Spring Break that I was expecting.
I guess you could say that I have the Spring Break Blues. So I'm here, in my bedroom, on the computer, drowing out my sorrows by eating chocolate chip cookies. :3
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Busy
Hi everybody! Rachel here!
I've been super busy with homework and such and on Monday I was so tired that after I had done all my homework I just passed right out. I am currently writing this in my bed, just about to fall asleep. This is just a glance on how stressful it can be to be me.
There are many factors to which I have become so exhausted. I will tell you of a few of them
1. HOMEWORK: I cannot stress enough how long and tiresome the amount of homework I do everyday. Sometimes I think that all all of my teachers plan their homework schedules, so that they give us students the most amount of homework possible. I have homework coming out of my ears! After basketball I have no time to do anything else. Speaking of basketball...,
2. Basketball. Let me just say this right now, I AM NOT A BASKETBALL PLAYER. Do I know what basketball is? Yes. Do I get the basic concept? Yea, pretty much. But playing and knowing what to do and where to go? Not so much. The footwork confuses me and I'm not very coordinated. Mix that in with horrible ball handling skills and you have a recipe for disaster. I'm a volleyball player, so holding the ball just kinda feels odd to me, let alone the dribbling and shooting. I'm doing my best to do better buy I'm not quite sure if I am doing better... Plus it takes up about an hour and a half of my time which I could be doing homework, which I have a lot of.
3. Trying to keep a social life. My social life is so complicated. My friends are great, don't get me wrong. For me it's just hard manage time to hang out with them. If I'm not doing homework/extra work/playing basketball I'm trying to hang out with my friends. Unfortunately when I am free my friends aren't. I sometimes get worried that my friends think I'm invisible. Though I do enjoy the time that I do get with them.
So those are some of the stressful things that consume my everyday. I'll post again later!
Bye bye! :$
I've been super busy with homework and such and on Monday I was so tired that after I had done all my homework I just passed right out. I am currently writing this in my bed, just about to fall asleep. This is just a glance on how stressful it can be to be me.
There are many factors to which I have become so exhausted. I will tell you of a few of them
1. HOMEWORK: I cannot stress enough how long and tiresome the amount of homework I do everyday. Sometimes I think that all all of my teachers plan their homework schedules, so that they give us students the most amount of homework possible. I have homework coming out of my ears! After basketball I have no time to do anything else. Speaking of basketball...,
2. Basketball. Let me just say this right now, I AM NOT A BASKETBALL PLAYER. Do I know what basketball is? Yes. Do I get the basic concept? Yea, pretty much. But playing and knowing what to do and where to go? Not so much. The footwork confuses me and I'm not very coordinated. Mix that in with horrible ball handling skills and you have a recipe for disaster. I'm a volleyball player, so holding the ball just kinda feels odd to me, let alone the dribbling and shooting. I'm doing my best to do better buy I'm not quite sure if I am doing better... Plus it takes up about an hour and a half of my time which I could be doing homework, which I have a lot of.
3. Trying to keep a social life. My social life is so complicated. My friends are great, don't get me wrong. For me it's just hard manage time to hang out with them. If I'm not doing homework/extra work/playing basketball I'm trying to hang out with my friends. Unfortunately when I am free my friends aren't. I sometimes get worried that my friends think I'm invisible. Though I do enjoy the time that I do get with them.
So those are some of the stressful things that consume my everyday. I'll post again later!
Bye bye! :$
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Life for Me :3
Hi everybody :)
So since I'm starting out with a clean slate for my blog, I might as well start writing about what I'm all about, and all that jazz.
I am Rachel. I am a fourteen year old girl, finding her way through life, and I go through changes all the time. When I say all the time, I mean ALL THE TIME. No joke, if something doesn't change around about every day or so, something is not right. I am currently in the 8th grade and about to start the 4th quarter of it. Highschool is right around the corner, and I am excited/scared/curious about what's going to happen. I really have no idea what I'm getting into when I do start my freshmen year, but right now that's the least of my worries.
I have a twin sister named Ashley. Yes we're identical. She's older than me by half an hour.(How my mom got through that, I will never know.) My parents are divorced, but I love them all the same. My friends are great, they're usually always there for me, and when they can't they make it up somehow. :)
I am extremely dedicated to learning and discovering new things, which is one of the reasons I'm in all honors classes. With that said, I'm usually fairly busy with homework/extra work/reading/etc. But I do find that time to indulge myself in some need relaxation or time with my friends. I play volleyball, which also takes up alot of my time as well. (As if I wasn't busy enough) I may be busy, but I might as well take the time here to post a few things here and there. This year I'm going to try basketball (which starts tomorrow. EEK!) but I'm not sure if I'll be any good.
I have my quirks, but most of the time I like to be the best person I can be. People say I'm mature, but really, I'm just the one that likes to see people smile once in a while. I'm also the quiet one in the group, but once you get to know me I can ocassionally be on the wild side :3
So this is me. I've pretty much summed it all up for you guys. I'll probably be posting as often as I can but I give you no promises. Hopefully I'll tell you how basketball goes tomorrow :)
Now of to do some homework.... :)
So since I'm starting out with a clean slate for my blog, I might as well start writing about what I'm all about, and all that jazz.
I am Rachel. I am a fourteen year old girl, finding her way through life, and I go through changes all the time. When I say all the time, I mean ALL THE TIME. No joke, if something doesn't change around about every day or so, something is not right. I am currently in the 8th grade and about to start the 4th quarter of it. Highschool is right around the corner, and I am excited/scared/curious about what's going to happen. I really have no idea what I'm getting into when I do start my freshmen year, but right now that's the least of my worries.
I have a twin sister named Ashley. Yes we're identical. She's older than me by half an hour.(How my mom got through that, I will never know.) My parents are divorced, but I love them all the same. My friends are great, they're usually always there for me, and when they can't they make it up somehow. :)
I am extremely dedicated to learning and discovering new things, which is one of the reasons I'm in all honors classes. With that said, I'm usually fairly busy with homework/extra work/reading/etc. But I do find that time to indulge myself in some need relaxation or time with my friends. I play volleyball, which also takes up alot of my time as well. (As if I wasn't busy enough) I may be busy, but I might as well take the time here to post a few things here and there. This year I'm going to try basketball (which starts tomorrow. EEK!) but I'm not sure if I'll be any good.
I have my quirks, but most of the time I like to be the best person I can be. People say I'm mature, but really, I'm just the one that likes to see people smile once in a while. I'm also the quiet one in the group, but once you get to know me I can ocassionally be on the wild side :3
So this is me. I've pretty much summed it all up for you guys. I'll probably be posting as often as I can but I give you no promises. Hopefully I'll tell you how basketball goes tomorrow :)
Now of to do some homework.... :)
Starting Anew
Hi! So if you been following me for a long time, you might have noticed that I just deleted all of my previous posts. I have currently come to the conclusion taht I need to start anew with this blog. I havne't really done much but I figure I might as well start all over. I remember a few years ago, that I was extremely avid at posting on my blog and I now see myself here, wishing I could do so again. So here I am
If you are a new follower of mine, I greet you with a warm welcome to my blog. I hope you find that some of my posts are enjoyable and witty!
I look forward to posting things about my life here down south, and I hope you guys like it.
If you are a new follower of mine, I greet you with a warm welcome to my blog. I hope you find that some of my posts are enjoyable and witty!
I look forward to posting things about my life here down south, and I hope you guys like it.
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