Man, my weekend started with a bang! My youth group got together with a few neighboring cities and we all hitched rides with e/o and headed up to Silver Star for some epic tubing and skating. It was so much fun! I haven't gone tubing at the ski hill in years so it was great; they have that cool life with the tubes so I called it 'lazyman' tubing. < ( Read more... )

So, in English we got those essays back and....well....I tried. I actually put effort into this one; more than I usually do. I usually get a 5/6 so I was trying to ace this damn thing....and I get....*drum roll*....a 4.5/6....

Yes. I actually lost marks when I tried. I don't get it. Isn't that what I'm supposed to do? Study and try?!! I actually get ( Read more... )

I can't put my finger on the exact issue but there's something about the way my step-dad's treating my mother that's really getting to me. I can't take it anymore! Anything she says he just scoffs it off and seems to blame her for everything lately; even if I do something wrong or my bratty step-sister is, he'll blame my mother like she had ( Read more... )

Oh man, I had a great talk with my dad earlier tonight. I'm so glad I called him up because I was finally able to bring up some issues that I've been keeping to myself for a long time. It definitely feels like that weight has been lifted off my shoulders ( Read more... )

Man,  and I thought my family has been through enough 'soup opera' drama. This is simply the icing on the cake. I saw it coming actually. My mother had never been happy at her work and I guess Doug, her manager, saw it too. She went in on Friday and Doug sat her down and said she was on a month's leave for stress and whatnot. But my mother decided ( Read more... )