Winter-love.
There's always something a little more crisp and fresh in the air in winter. I'm hoping desperately that we'll get some snow here. We probably won't end up going to New Hampshire -- for the second year in a row, and that's depressing. I miss skiing. But today and yesterday I've felt revived by the mere fact that winter's coming. Yay!
Crystal and I biked from here to downtown to the mall, a pretty long trek. Then we shopped around for about an hour, mourning the loss of On Cue, and snagged tons of soda and a batch of cheese sticks at Captain D's. I swear, when I get to college I won't be able to eat at all. Too much money is spent on food. I never feel like I'm really "spending money" on food when I get sodas or a snack because I'm used to my parents buying it. Between two cokes at Andy's ($2.68), cheese sticks and two cokes at Captain D's ($4.52), and a smoothie/hot chocolate at Muddy's (roughly $5), I spent between $10 and $15. I say "I spent" because Crystal is a bum who makes me pay for everything. Actually, I'm just the only one with a job. We have decided that she owes me her first paycheck whenever she gets one. More like I decided, but I figure guilt is the gift that keeps on giving and I can probably weasel money out of her somehow.
In summary, yesterday was really fun. Even with all the biking and walking we did I barely got out of breath. When we got home at seven, an hour late due to several fun problems, I wasn't even sweating or tired and TRIED to make Crystal go for a walk after dinner, but she wouldn't. Loser.
Maybe it's Halloween that I really like, and I do. I've never been trick or treating and I feel cheated because now I'm too old and if I walked around with a sheet over my head going "Boo!" people would just laugh at me. I really want to, though. My parents never let me because Halloween is Satanic and such and even though Crystal's used to let her, she can't now, for the same reason. On Halloween night they put on a puppet show outside their house and give out candy with tracts. Eep. I may help out with that this year, simply because I'm good at puppets and there's nothing else to do except sit inside with the lights off hoping those scary little kids don't get me. Not that I do that.
Today I'm either going to see if Samantha Icard can bike somewhere or I'm going to hang out with Crystal and two of her friends -- if her mom won't let them go to VA and makes them stay in town. If they go to VA, Daddy won't let me go. Wah.
Speaking of which -- the reason he won't let me go is that, joy and bubbles, Aunt Lola is coming home from the nursing home to live with my grandmother again. She's going to have around-the-clock nurses there, all day, every day, all night, every night. Fun with family.
I have a Calc worksheet to do by tomorrow and about thirty pages of World Geography to read before my test on Wednesday. The last World Geo test didn't go too well (I hate college) so I have to ace this one. That sucks. I hate reading books and taking notes, but I suppose I must learn sometime...
I think I'm gonna get my shower and then curl up in bed with the Geo book. Sucky indeed, but this is life.
Crystal and I biked from here to downtown to the mall, a pretty long trek. Then we shopped around for about an hour, mourning the loss of On Cue, and snagged tons of soda and a batch of cheese sticks at Captain D's. I swear, when I get to college I won't be able to eat at all. Too much money is spent on food. I never feel like I'm really "spending money" on food when I get sodas or a snack because I'm used to my parents buying it. Between two cokes at Andy's ($2.68), cheese sticks and two cokes at Captain D's ($4.52), and a smoothie/hot chocolate at Muddy's (roughly $5), I spent between $10 and $15. I say "I spent" because Crystal is a bum who makes me pay for everything. Actually, I'm just the only one with a job. We have decided that she owes me her first paycheck whenever she gets one. More like I decided, but I figure guilt is the gift that keeps on giving and I can probably weasel money out of her somehow.
In summary, yesterday was really fun. Even with all the biking and walking we did I barely got out of breath. When we got home at seven, an hour late due to several fun problems, I wasn't even sweating or tired and TRIED to make Crystal go for a walk after dinner, but she wouldn't. Loser.
Maybe it's Halloween that I really like, and I do. I've never been trick or treating and I feel cheated because now I'm too old and if I walked around with a sheet over my head going "Boo!" people would just laugh at me. I really want to, though. My parents never let me because Halloween is Satanic and such and even though Crystal's used to let her, she can't now, for the same reason. On Halloween night they put on a puppet show outside their house and give out candy with tracts. Eep. I may help out with that this year, simply because I'm good at puppets and there's nothing else to do except sit inside with the lights off hoping those scary little kids don't get me. Not that I do that.
Today I'm either going to see if Samantha Icard can bike somewhere or I'm going to hang out with Crystal and two of her friends -- if her mom won't let them go to VA and makes them stay in town. If they go to VA, Daddy won't let me go. Wah.
Speaking of which -- the reason he won't let me go is that, joy and bubbles, Aunt Lola is coming home from the nursing home to live with my grandmother again. She's going to have around-the-clock nurses there, all day, every day, all night, every night. Fun with family.
I have a Calc worksheet to do by tomorrow and about thirty pages of World Geography to read before my test on Wednesday. The last World Geo test didn't go too well (I hate college) so I have to ace this one. That sucks. I hate reading books and taking notes, but I suppose I must learn sometime...
I think I'm gonna get my shower and then curl up in bed with the Geo book. Sucky indeed, but this is life.