"Would there be a National Christmas tree if our president were Jewish?"
I smile because I am home.
Got home around 1:30 yesterday. And by got home, I mean I was in my HOUSE at 1:30. My plane landed at 11:50. That shows you how bastardly traffic is around here, but oh well because I am HOME!
Last night was the Winter Choir Concert. I have never missed singing so much in my life. It felt amazing to be back in that auditorium, and hell, on stage, singing Carol of the Bells and the Irish Blessing. The words of the Irish Blessing struck me last night - they go "May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand. Amen." And then the seniors left for college, and now we're all back, and the road did rise up, and God held us and kept us safe until we met again, which was last night. I had always thought of that song as a Goodbye, and last night it felt like a Welcome Home. Something else also occurred to me last night, about Hylton. We are really an amazingly diverse school, and very accepting. I was thinking of my group of friends and how we're all so different. That we run in different circles, do different things, go to different schools and have different religious and family backgrounds, yet somehow we all come together and it makes sense. I'm friends with so many different types of people, and that's a true testament to how accepting Hylton really is. Of course, I didn't realize this at the time, but now that it's hit me, I can't believe how lucky we are... It also could be a sign of how comfortable and confident we are. We can all go out on our own, and pursue what we love without outside pressures. We just are. We don't try to conform, or hide our opinions and thoughts.
On another note however, walking into that school again - I felt so tall. The whole place just felt small and insignificant. Being away from there for so long made me realize how much of a bubble it was. But when you're in HS, it's the only thing that really matters. That's definitely how I felt at the time, but now things are different, and it would probably not be good to have this attitude DURING HS.
Tomorrow me and my mother are seeing Atonement, then going to The Cheesecake Factory. I cannot WAIT to see this film, you have no idea.
Today me and SJ went downtown. We finally got up the energy to walk the monuments, and I'm really glad we did. DC is such a beautiful town. Even on this gloomy day it looked wonderful. And I took a ton of pictures. I'm really trying to be more artistic with my picture taking. And I've also started to really watch commercials, and look at logos and designs. I'm still not sure if visual communication is where I want to be, since I haven't had much practice, but it's definitely something I'm interested in.
In other news, my GPA is 3.9. I got 4 A's and one B+ this semester. I'm very happy with that too. Next semester though is going to be harder, I can feel it. But I'm ready. This was a good warm up semester, but next year I really need to get back to reading and writing. I've been trying to read more lately. I read three books for fun this semester, which is probably more that I read in all of senior year. I read Anderson Cooper's bio, Prep for the 3rd time and now I'm reading Atonement. Ok, so I guess I only read 2 throughout the semester, but I'm working on Atonement now.
Which leads me to New Year's resolutions:
Get into a gym routine.
Read more.
Go to church every week.
My amazon.com orders came today, so I have to send Sarah's present out tomorrow. It'll be a morning of errands. I need to do that, get the rest of Christina's gift, and hit up Starbucks, of course.
New York City in two days. SO EXCITED.
Got home around 1:30 yesterday. And by got home, I mean I was in my HOUSE at 1:30. My plane landed at 11:50. That shows you how bastardly traffic is around here, but oh well because I am HOME!
Last night was the Winter Choir Concert. I have never missed singing so much in my life. It felt amazing to be back in that auditorium, and hell, on stage, singing Carol of the Bells and the Irish Blessing. The words of the Irish Blessing struck me last night - they go "May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand. Amen." And then the seniors left for college, and now we're all back, and the road did rise up, and God held us and kept us safe until we met again, which was last night. I had always thought of that song as a Goodbye, and last night it felt like a Welcome Home. Something else also occurred to me last night, about Hylton. We are really an amazingly diverse school, and very accepting. I was thinking of my group of friends and how we're all so different. That we run in different circles, do different things, go to different schools and have different religious and family backgrounds, yet somehow we all come together and it makes sense. I'm friends with so many different types of people, and that's a true testament to how accepting Hylton really is. Of course, I didn't realize this at the time, but now that it's hit me, I can't believe how lucky we are... It also could be a sign of how comfortable and confident we are. We can all go out on our own, and pursue what we love without outside pressures. We just are. We don't try to conform, or hide our opinions and thoughts.
On another note however, walking into that school again - I felt so tall. The whole place just felt small and insignificant. Being away from there for so long made me realize how much of a bubble it was. But when you're in HS, it's the only thing that really matters. That's definitely how I felt at the time, but now things are different, and it would probably not be good to have this attitude DURING HS.
Tomorrow me and my mother are seeing Atonement, then going to The Cheesecake Factory. I cannot WAIT to see this film, you have no idea.
Today me and SJ went downtown. We finally got up the energy to walk the monuments, and I'm really glad we did. DC is such a beautiful town. Even on this gloomy day it looked wonderful. And I took a ton of pictures. I'm really trying to be more artistic with my picture taking. And I've also started to really watch commercials, and look at logos and designs. I'm still not sure if visual communication is where I want to be, since I haven't had much practice, but it's definitely something I'm interested in.
In other news, my GPA is 3.9. I got 4 A's and one B+ this semester. I'm very happy with that too. Next semester though is going to be harder, I can feel it. But I'm ready. This was a good warm up semester, but next year I really need to get back to reading and writing. I've been trying to read more lately. I read three books for fun this semester, which is probably more that I read in all of senior year. I read Anderson Cooper's bio, Prep for the 3rd time and now I'm reading Atonement. Ok, so I guess I only read 2 throughout the semester, but I'm working on Atonement now.
Which leads me to New Year's resolutions:
Get into a gym routine.
Read more.
Go to church every week.
My amazon.com orders came today, so I have to send Sarah's present out tomorrow. It'll be a morning of errands. I need to do that, get the rest of Christina's gift, and hit up Starbucks, of course.
New York City in two days. SO EXCITED.