An update on my oh-so-exciting life...
Summer is slowly coming to an end, and--despite my less than pleasant Sophomore year-- I find I am eager for it to go ahead and come to a grinding halt. The break was nice and badly needed, but hanging out around the house with only my dog and family for company does tend to grow old after a while. Besides that, my junior years looks much more promising. My schedule line up is beyond satisfactory; over the course of the year some of the classes I will be enjoying are; AP English, creative writing, journalism, wilderness survival (where we will be forced to survive in the wilderness) and psychology. I'm taking other classes, of course, these are just some of the ones I am quite excited about. This year I am taking on the role of captain of the debate team, which sounds terribly nerdy, but I am delighted all the same. Last year I lettered in debate; who knew a maroon patch in the shape of an "R" could fill someone with such pride. Before I lead you to believe I am the worlds biggest nerd, I would like to point out that my school's debate team is far from being a geek squad. Last year we were, without doubt, the most wild and rebellious team in competition. From starting brawls with other teams to doing drugs and sneaking off to fornicate (though, I did not participate in the latter two actions and was quite angry with those who did) we certainly caused a stir. Junior year also promises to be challenging and tiresome, with it's tests and many college applications, but, at the moment, I'm even eager for that part. I'm ready to start crossing that metaphorical thresh hold into adulthood; I'm preparing myself to leap, crash, burn, pick up the pieces and do it all over again. Right now college is as far as I'm allowing myself to look ahead, because you'll get no where if you don't take one step at a time... That, and a lot can change over the years.
Over the summer, I've been attempting to drop some weight. Though I'm not shedding the pounds as fast as I'd like to, I have so far been successful and the change is noticeable. But my dearest grandmother will surely turn a blind eye to this fact. Said terrible witch is disgracing me with her presence tomorrow; it is her plan to take school clothes shopping. This may sound nice and generous of her, but the kind, doting granny act is all a facade. She will use the day to pick me apart and force me to purchase clothing that I despise, simply because it is "the latest fashion." The woman will gleefully point out every reason my deceased father would be less than fond of me if he was here now and then move on to her favorite subject; my weight. Though I do need to lose some weight, I am not obese--as my friend often says, I am not Shamu. I would like to be so optimistic as to hope that she will be kinder this time, but she has started the verbal slaughter via phone. So, I am spending this day preparing myself for the unpleasantness that will come along with my grandmother and uncle; for a small bit of pay-back, I plan on informing them that I am, once more, dying my hair black... They won't like that a bit.
In other news, I turn sixteen in two days. I am quite excited to be approaching the land mark, though it will be quite a dull "sweet sixteen." At most, I'll be going to see a movie with a few friends... But I'm not bothered; I'm simply glad to be turning sixteen. (well, that and my mother gave me season two of House M.D as an early birthday present a week ago, and that made me quite happy... and my friend, Erin, sent me a Greenday CD that I have been wanting to get for quite some time)
I'm not sure what else to say, here... I just felt like posting an entry that was not a story for once.
Adieu!