Yarn

This morning on the bus I decided to knit to pass the time. When we came to the stop after mine, I didn't realize that my yarn had fallen off my lap and into the aisle! Someone walked past and got tangled in the yarn! It was so embarrassing. I picked up the yarn and gathered it up. Note to self: beware of yarn in a vehicle...I guess. Well, anyway, it was embarrassing so I thought I'd post it. Hehe...

Honk

Today I drove to and from church in my mom's car. It's a stick-shift. The last time I drove it I broke down crying in frustration. Today was good. I'm getting better. But on the way back, I came to a stop light and killed the car like 4 times and had to wait for it to turn green 2 or 3 times. The first time wasn't bad because no one was behind me. But the next time, someone came up and honked at me because I wasn't going. My mom turned on the hazard lights and they honked again. My mom opened the window and flipped them off! I got a little agitated when they honked again but it wasn't too bad. It was so funny! 

Spillage

Today I went to Art Walk with Annie and about the time it was getting dark, she, Hannah, Hannah's dad and I went to Soba for dinner. When we sat down and got drinks (I had water), Annie had her phone out and was texting. I waved my hand in front of the screen but she looked at me and continued texting. So I messed around with her fingers and we both laughed. As I pulled my hand back, I accidentally pulled my water glass and it went ALL over me. I just sat there for a moment as it soaked in. I was so shocked. I was laughing a lot. So was Annie. My eyes got all teary from laughter and embarrassment. I tried to make it more like laughter. Then I went to the bathroom to clean myself up. Annie came in and grabbed some paper towels. I was wearing a dress with jeans underneath so I had to take the jeans off. When I got to the bathroom I was just mortified. Why am I such a klutz?!

Well I feel stupid.

Joe came home with the dog from the park and told me and Kate there were some total punks on the way. Kate got the idea to go and mess with them and dress up like punks and act really cool. We went through the garage and I found 2 skateboards. We saw them on a corner up the street. When we were going to go, I started off too fast and just ate it on the sidewalk. I laughed for a second but then I realized how much pain I was in. It was horrible. And on top of that, Kate said they were laughing at me. I landed on the side of my leg and scraped it. I just sat on the sidewalk and said a few cuss words because it hurt so bad and Kate asked if I was ok. Then I started crying. I felt like such an idiot. I didn't look at the people on the corner. I made my way back to the garage and tried to hide my embarrassment and tears. I went up-stairs and looked at my leg and there's a huge scrape on the side of my thigh. This happened like 15 minutes ago. Also, as it turns out, there's a scrape on my ankle. It doesn't hurt but it was bleeding while the other thing wasn't. I put a Marvel Wolverine band-aid on it and Kate got me ice. I felt like crap. Kate told me some embarrassing things about her and made me feel a little better so I'm fine now. Ugh...damn skateboard.

Trip

Today in science before the bell rang, I walked in to the room to go to my seat. My friend Ian was joking around and blocking my way. I tried to quickly maneuver around him. My foot caught on the table's leg and I fell right on the floor! Lots of people said "Woah!" I tried to lessen my embarrassment by looking at Ian with a "what the heck?!" look. Michael was laughing but was also saying, "Geez Ian you didn't even say sorry!" Of course it was my fault and he knew it but he ended up apologizing anyway. I hid my head in my backpack when I got to my seat after tripping because a lot of people were laughing still and looking at me. It was definitely my most embarrassing fall, I'd say. It was really funny though.

Coffee Spill

This morning, lunch was before all of our classes and all of the classes are only 30 minutes long. At lunch I was really spazzing out. Then I was just talking and using my arms for emphasis or something and Maya came up behind me and I didn't know and I swung my arms in emphasis and smacked her frapaccino thing out of her hands! It went everywhere!!!! It got all over Coleman's binder and backpack and made it all smell like coffee! I was so embarrassed but I was just laughing my head off! It was so funny!

Also, in my Spanish class, my teacher has finally started calling me by my name.

Early

Today school doesn't start until 12:30 because juniors are doing ACT testing in the morning. Lunch is at 12. However the bus schedules aren't any different. I woke up this morning at 6:20, got up and took a shower, said goodbye to my mom, walked outside in the cold, and texted Kate. She responded by asking why the heck i just texted her and if I forgot we get to sleep in today. I responded with some cuss words and slowly walked back to my house. Since I took a shower and walked in cold air, I wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep. Ugh... And then I felt bad about waking her up. This whole episode happened like 20 minutes ago. I want to sleep but I can't. I think I'll go eat breakfast...

Sliding

Yesterday after school I hung out with Kate before practice. She got to stay and hour after. Since it was Wednesday there was early release and I had to stay about 2 hours before practice started. It was okay though because I got to finish up all of my homework. Anyway, so we mostly stayed in my former English teacher's room. Kate plugged her ipod into his speakers after he left. We messed around a lot and I got a few bruises but it was fun. :) After a little while, my friend Rae came in. When Kate had to leave, Rae played her guitar while I did history homework. She's really good! Then I looked at my phone and freaked out! I grabbed all my stuff and sprinted down the hall to change into my softball stuff. Then I ran down another hallway, past the commons, past the gym, and out the door. My team was nowhere to be seen. I checked the gyms. Not there either. I went back outside and called Michaela. She told me, "It's only 2:45!" I felt so dumb! I took my time going back inside and found Rae.

When my real practice time rolled around, I went to the field with my whole team. We mainly did drills but I slid into third! It was the first time I slid on dirt! But the bad thing is that I was wearing shorts! My leg is so scraped up now! It really hurt. But now I'm not afraid to slide and hopefully I'll get to in the game today. I'm pretty much 1st base now. It's really fun. I love it when I stretch really far and catch it. Well, I'm in yearbook and I gotta go interview someone. Bye.

Softball and Strange Sub

Yesterday I had a softball game at my school. It was nice because we didn't have to go on a bus anywhere but it was freeeeezing!! Kate, Maya and Josephine came to the beginning of the game but got too cold and they eventually left. Before we even started warming up, though, I told them they couldn't sit on the other team's bench and that they could move the other one sitting nearby. But they misunderstood and moved the other team's bench! Then my team all started yelling at them and they got all embarrassed. :/ I was embarrassed too. One girl yelled at them and then asked me who they were. I shrugged my shoulders. She just cracked up laughing and told everyone what I did! It was really funny. I kind of felt guilty and even worse when my friends were all embarrassed and mad but it's funny, looking back. We lost the game, but I'm still really happy because I hit my first ball of the season! I actually hit it 3 times! Every time I got up to bat! The first ball I hit got caught. The second one, I got out at first base. But the third ball I hit a double! And I got an RBI! (That means I hit it, and I got to 2nd base and a runner scored.) :D I was so proud. I also got a bunch of outs when I was in the field.

Today in Spanish class we had a substitute. :) He was a really old guy with difficulty hearing and seeing. His name was Mr. Thompson but he told us to call him Mr. T, which I thought was kind of funny. But anyway, when he was calling attendance, he called a boy named DJ's name. Except he didn't say DJ. He said BJ! He'd misread the paper! Everyone laughed but the sub didn't get it! Then he asked what was so funny and another boy said, "It's an inside joke." That's when he got it. He was SO mad!!! He said, "That is just immature! You are in a classroom! You're here to learn! I'm so disappointed in you!" He wasn't yelling but his tone made us all feel bad. He's kind of a joking teacher so we didn't understand he was serious until he said, "Stop laughing!" He actually did kind of yell that. We were all really quiet then. It was really funny but he's probably going to tell our teacher about it and we'll all get in trouble. But at the end of class he said he was really proud of us and that we're really great and everything...except for that one thing.

We watched a movie in Spanish and I saw a blanket that I have at my house. :)

Sleepover

Yesterday at 1 PM I went roller blading with my friends Jessica, Jenny and Jessica's friend, Emily. It was really fun! And it was only $5. I tried both inline skates and quad skates. There were very few people there. Maybe about 20 little kids. I fell about 25 times though and now I have really bad bruises on my knees. They're really big.

After roller blading, we went to the movies and saw Bounty Hunter. It was better than I thought it would be! It was really funny.

We all spent the night at Jessica's house. At about 1 in the morning, we were all awake except for Jessica. I decided to start talking to her and see if she would talk back in her sleep. She did. :) We all talked to her for about an hour and a half! She said the strangest things! For example: "It's raining tater tots." "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." "Just keep swimming...You're on a diiiiet." "I love Miley Cyrus." "Re-e-e-ed Robin. Yum" She also said that she is going to marry me. And Miley Cyrus. And she did a lot of whimpering when we said things like "Shadows" or "Darkness." And when we said "Paranormal activity" she whimpered more than ever and moved around in fear. She hates that movie. :) But the worst part was when I told her that her dog died. She started crying! I didn't know she would believe me! You believe anything you hear when you're sleeping, I guess. It took about a minute to calm her down and distract her! I felt sooo bad! It was still a hilarious night though. I might just have to try it on some other friends...

This morning, we had muffins for breakfast. We mostly just played around a lot. Then Jenny went home. At 6, Jessica, Emily and I went back to the roller skating place. There were way more people today. 100 people easy. Probably more. I borrowed Jessica's knee pads this time. I used quad skates the whole time. I find them easier to balance and move in. I only fell 7 times! This is a major accomplishment! But the most embarrassing part was when I tried to join the limbo game and I fell and knocked the bar off when it was at the very top of the thing! I didn't try again after that. But later on, I got 2nd place in a quad skate race! They gave me a head start because I'm a girl. :P But it took this really good skater till the very end to catch me! I was pretty proud.

My goal is to learn to skate backwards. Then I want to get better with inline skates. I'm really proud of myself. :)

--Quad Skates
 Below: Inline Skates

Oops!

Tonight I went to an AP Class introduction thing at my school. Everyone went to the auditorium first. I was walking past my friends to get to the seat next to Coleman but I tripped on Riley's foot and totally fell on Coleman! Like everyone in the seats above us could see me and laughed. Of course I shook it off immediately and laughed at myself. It was funny to me because I totally pictured that happening right before it happened! I thought to myself, 'Gee, it would be so embarrassing if I fell right now.' And then, of course, I did.

Ouch.

A lot happened today. First in history class, my teacher asked if anyone did anything cool this weekend. I said I went to a chili cook-off. He asked if I brought chili. I said no but that I made cornbread and won 3rd place! Then after people started talking again a boy asked me how many people were there. I said about 50 or so. He said, "That's pro." It clicked in my mind at that moment that he was talking about people in the contest. There were actually only about 6 or 7. But I just kept my mouth shut and fought a smile. He'll forever think that I'm a pro cornbread-maker.

In ceramics class we're making Japanese lanterns. Not the paper kind, but the rectangular kind with a lid and stuff. I didn't know I was sitting on the broken stool. The broken stool's top comes off if you life it. Underneath the top is a metal square thing that's attached to the stool's legs. I tried to lift it while it was under me so I could scoot it forward. I lifted the top off and sat down before I realized it. I sat down with my finger between the top and the metal thing. I sprung back up and grabbed my finger, fighting back tears. It hurt so bad! My friends pretty much knew what happened. Then I looked at my finger. I was completely shocked to see a bunch of blood! My friends said my face got all pale and my eyes got all huge. I ran to the sink and washed it off. I started crying now. My teacher came over and asked me what happened. I tried to explain but I was crying and whimpering a lot. He had to say, "What?" once. It was so embarrassing! He got me a Band-Aid.

After school I went to softball practice. By the way, I'm on the JV team! Michaela is on the team with me. We don't have a pitcher or a catcher yet. They're all on the Varsity team. So today we had a sort of pitching/catching try out to see how people can do. When Michaela was pitching I had a fence behind me as a backboard. She pitched one that went over my head so I turned around to catch it off the fence. I was too slow. It bounced off and hit me right in the jaw! Ow.

After practice I went to Kate's house for dinner and we worked on the script some more. I love it! It's hilarious! It'll take us at least all summer to do it, though. We're trying to save money for props and stuff. It's very low right now, but it's ok because we're only writing the script right now. I'm so excited about it! I try to add to it whenever I get new ideas. Then I show them to Kate and we edit it. Today was a really packed day! So much pain... So much fun!

Sports, snow and slips

Today I went to the second day of softball tryouts. Yesterday we were only catching and fielding. Today we were only doing batting. Yesterday was a really awesome, nice, warm day. Today it snowed and it was freezing and miserable. I think I did well, though. Michaela is also trying out.

Finally, it ended and I headed back to the locker room. Annie was out at track. I just changed my shoes so I could stay as warm as I could in my sweats and sweatshirt. Then Tia and Anna came in from track. They were freezing! I handed Anna a Hotties heat pad that I had. She was soo grateful! Tia came in after her and I handed her my other one. She said, "I love you!" After about a minute though, their hands were heating up too fast and were burning, so they gave them back to me. Then Annie came in and was saying, "I'm FREEZING!" I handed her one of the heat pads. Her eyes got all wide and she grabbed me in a huge hug saying, "I love you!" It was hilarious! She kept hugging me and we started slowly spinning in a circle. It sounded like she was crying but she was just gasping and whispering and laughing or something. :) That was also hilarious.

When we got out of the locker room, a bunch of Annie's friends were out in the hall. People started doing handstands against the wall. I thought that might be fun and Annie said it's fun so I tried it. My legs bumped into the wall a little bit but they were spread way too far apart and I lost my balance. Then my arms kind of collapsed and my back curved and the back of my head and neck hit the linoleum. It really hurt! But it was funny from a different perspective, apparently, considering Annie and Anna were laughing really hard. I was fine though. Anna helped me up and I rubbed my head back to health. I said I'd never do that again.

Trashcan

A few days ago during lunch I was standing. I casually backed up but I didn't realize someone was sitting on the floor and I started to bump into them. Surprised, I tripped over them. I didn't want to crush them or their food so I turned around out of the way, but to my misfortune, I went straight at a trashcan in a corner! I almost fell in it! I had to grab its rim to keep my balance! The whole time I was screaming in short broken Oh!'s. It was quite embarrassing. My friends didn't laugh as much as I expected them to. They mostly just said "Wooowww." I would've felt better if they had laughed. :(

Bunsen Burner

Today in science I used a Bunsen burner for the first time. We were melting little glass tubes to bend them into different shapes. It was pretty fun...but it kind of failed for me. We had to use tongs so we wouldn't burn ourselves. I used one in each hand to bend it easier. It worked for other people...but not me. First, I dropped my glass tube and about a third of it broke off. And if that wasn't bad enough, a few minutes later, when I was trying to bend it, it snapped again! This time, it shot some glass shards onto the counter! Then as I tried to dispose of some of the shards, stupidly, I burned my fingers on one of them! Just add injury to insult? --I know that's backwards but I wasn't hurt when the glass broke. ;) Just embarrassed. Then I was more embarrassed when I burned myself. Ugh...well it could have been worse I guess.

Milk Explosion

Today at lunch I had some chocolate milk. Then suddenly something made me laugh when I was half way through a sip. I choked and the milk got sprayed all over the table! I was laughing so hard and trying not to get more milk on the table that it took a few seconds for embarrassment to hit me. My friends were all just plain shocked. When I grabbed some paper towels and cleaned off my face, still laughing, they asked me what made me laugh. I tried to remember but I forgot! That made it more embarrassing. It was all very funny though. It's easy for me to laugh at myself.