18

A whole lot is new!!! But here are the main things right now:

• I'm 18.
• My dad got me a car.
• I saw Mumford and Sons in concert.
• My last choir concert is tomorrow night and I got a letter.
• The day after that is my last day to turn in work and projects.

I cannot freaking wait to be done. I am so close.

Happy September

I feel so proud that I feel like blogging. Today was just very productive. I wrote my paper for AP Gov this morning and I'm surprised at how much I had to say. It was supposed to be about who you would vote for and why, but I wouldn't vote for either of them so I wrote about that instead. Also, I did my chores, pulled weeds, vacuumed out my car and washed the windows. Tomorrow I think I'll really wash it...it's filthy. And I ought to clean my room. But my oh my, as exciting as this story is, I have to end it here because I have nothing else to talk about! Perhaps I'll finish the Hunger Games...

Moments of Pride

I learned how to play Mad World on the piano (Gary Jules), and it's very easy to play but still--great song. Also I'm drinking tea. I don't like tea. This stuff is good. I made myself drink it 'cause I'm sick and have junk in my throat and I have to have a clear throat so I can sing in Fiddler on the Roof and tea's good for that. It's almost 1 AM...I'm really just rambling right now. Today I helped Kate set up her basement for her party on Friday. We painted the walls black, or at least added another coat, and splattered neon paint everywhere. Also there are black lights and strobes, and we hung sheets and Christmas lights all over the place. It looks amazing. I'm excited. Also, I finished my homework for AP Calculus today (reading the first chapter) so now I just have to make a chart of political issues and write a paper on who I'd vote for and why. :P Blurgh. I don't even care about politics. I have 11 days to write that, clean my room, clean the bathrooms (because I'm weird and am getting OCD about them), and wash/clean my car. It's been gathering filth all summer. Darn...I'm out of tea. I want more. :( Maybe I'll clean my room tonight. I often feel jealous towards other blog-writers. They all seem so intellectual. I don't even try very hard to have exceptional writing so it just sounds like me talking. In other news, I asked a cute guy for directions today. I know him from school and I saw him on the way to drop a friend off at her friend's house. He smiled at me as I passed him. Then on the way back I stopped for directions because I actually needed them. I never talk about guys on here. I don't see why I shouldn't, at least little things like that. It's just something in my life, and here I go rambling again. I think I'm really tired. I have a lot of laundry to put away and some is in the dryer. At least tomorrow I can sleep in. Oh! It's Keala's birthday! She's 7! Gah these kids are getting so old. And geez, so am I. I've heard that the last year of high school is loads of fun and it goes by fast. It's a bit frightening, but I'm mostly just extremely stoked for it. I can't wait to see what happens to all of our lives, even if I'll be sad to say goodbye to people. I'm gonna be so sad next fall... But that's over a year away. Wow this is a random one! I'm gonna make more tea. At least now I can bring it to rehearsal and stuff since I know I like it. Well, this kind anyway. By the way, rehearsals are SO much fun. We rotate dancing, singing, and acting the last 2 hours of the day. Dancing is my favorite. It's going to be so great! I've invited a bunch of family to come see the show in October. I can't wait to get totally done with all the songs so we can practice with the band/orchestra in the pit. My, my I say I've written enough for one post, especially since this is so all over the place. If anyone still reads my blog, please feel free to comment so I know you're there... Even if no one does, I'm not going to stop posting! :)

Fun With Photography

Mom

Cousin, Koa

Christian

 

Kacie

Maya

 

Me

Max

 1990 Honda Accord

 Maya

Me

Joe

Taylor

Jake

Make-Shift Window

My car is 21 years old... It has a few issues. I can't complain too much though because it's my very own. Plus, some of the issues are my fault. Today I bought gas and, since the driver's window doesn't roll down, I rolled down my back left one. Unfortunately, it wouldn't roll back up. When I got home it occurred to me that things could potentially get stolen from my car so I took everything out. Then I considered the rather high possibility of it raining... No matter what I tried I couldn't get the window to go up, so I decided to just make one. Saran wrap and duct tape. It was very difficult and took almost an hour because it was really windy. I'm actually pretty proud. It's easier to see out from the inside than to see in from the outside.

I've only actually done damage to my car once... You don't actually need hub caps though so whatever. After this happened, it ended up falling off and I decided to just remove all of them.

I'm very grateful to have my little car. I have so much freedom and I consider myself lucky.

Productivity

I have spent almost this entire day by myself. I stayed home from the rest of my family's activities to be productive. They literally just got home. Joe bought two throwing stars. I slept in until about 9, ate a tuna sandwich at about 10, took a shower, slacked off and messed around on the computer a bit, and finally started into my pre-calculus. I spent over an hour singing loudly in the front room going over choir music. I took the trash out from all over the house, bought gas, and got my friend Kate a present for her birthday. In about a half hour I'm going to her party. I'm going to check my oil now...and possibly throw a throwing star...

Licensed Driver!

A lot has happened recently... First of all, about a week and a half ago, my bestliest friend Kacie arrived from Texas!!! Unfortunately no accent, but she's here until next Friday. I'm so happy that she's here. :)

Also, TODAY I GOT MY LICENSE!!!! :D I got marked down a little with the driving but I was pretty proud because none of it was related to my actual driving; it was just a couple little things that I did. Not important. Anyway, I used my own car for the test. I considered using KP's car because it's an automatic but when I tried it out this morning, it was just extremely uncomfortable and weird. I'm better with my stick shift.
We also floated the river today! The weather wasn't incredible, but tomorrow it's going to rain so at least we did it while we could. I'm exhausted. I swam a large chunk of the float and Kacie and I biked home. We've been doing a lot of that since we don't want to stay home and the parental units have work...and they're just tired of driving me around. Not anymore though! ;) I drove to Domino's and picked up pizza this evening. First drive by myself. I'm really excited that I'll be able to know my way around much better.
I'm not really looking forward tomorrow morning...I have to take the 8:15 bus to work for an orientation. I'll be up at the mountain again this summer. I'm hoping to go roller skating soon...

Some Matters of Business

Yesterday Andy and I put new speakers and a new stereo in my car. :) They sound so much better. I learned how to hook up all the wiring and everything. I really like learning how things work like that. I also scheduled my driving test... I know I shouldn't be but I'm still kind of nervous. I know it won't be too bad though. I'm scheduled for June 27th at 9, and I also have to take the 20-question test. I'm surprised it's so simple for something so important. I think it shouldn't be so easy because then a bunch of morons are allowed to drive.
I'll probably start working again in the next week or two. It'll probably be about 4 days a week. If I get my food handler's card, a much wider range of opportunities will open up for me. Until then, I'll be washing dishes and bussing again. But it's good! I have expenses for my car and insurance saved and this will help with that some more. It also just gives me a bit more freedom. I can't wait to get my license...

Car

I'm soooo glad. Yesterday we had a movie night with the Fellowship of the Ring (special edition). :) I want to find the special edition of the other two as well... Also, I basically have a car now. Andy's going to use it first for a little while to find out everything that's wrong with it and fix it, but I'll be using it after that! It's a red, manual 1990 Honda Accord. It takes some getting used to but I'll get there.
I'm so glad it's May. 23 days 'til I'm 16! 39 days 'til school's out! It's a beautiful day today. Hopefully it'll stay nice and just be spring/summer for a while. I'm so sick of the snow and cold.