Happy Halloween

Hey it's Halloween! On Thursday I packed my bags before going to a choir concert that I will be happy to forget, and got up early the next morning to go to the Portland airport. I had a two hour layover in Pheonix and finally made it to Austin, Texas. Kacie had NO idea I was coming and freaked out when she saw me. :) None of her sisters knew either. I fly back on Wednesday.
Her 16th birthday is tomorrow but we had her party today and I met some of her friends. We went to Main Event, which is kind of like Sun Mountain Fun Center in Bend. We did bowling and tons of arcade games and I actually won things from one of those claw grabbing games. (Kind of amazing.) I didn't have a costume planned but they had one for me. We were dark angels with black wings and halos. I don't think there were many trick-or-treaters here so people didn't seem to mind that we were a bunch of teenagers...
Tomorrow I have to write a research paper and do a bunch of other homework, and Kacie's going to school. However, we'll be going downtown tomorrow as well and I'm going to see North America's largest bat colony. I'm both excited and a little terrified.

100th Post

Hey this is my 100th post! Yes!
          I have a few exciting things going on. Yesterday I auditioned for a solo in the choir concert on Thursday and got it! I'm so happy! It's kind of hard though so I've been practicing a lot. I'm gonna be quite nervous but I can't wait! We're singing 3 songs plus Carol of the Bells with all of the choirs together. Hanerot Halalu, a Hanukkah song, Frobisher Bay, and Jing-a-Ling, Jing-a-Ling, which is the song I have a solo in. I finally got them all memorized today.
          Second, I switched houses with Kate for the weekend! I'm staying with her family and she's with mine. We do each others' chores and everything! So far I'm loving it. Since I was grounded I've been home for a really long time so I wanted to have a break, and she wanted to be out of her house too so we just swapped. My brothers are hers and hers is mine.
          Last thing, we're going to a Hanukkah party tonight, held by our very good friend KP. :) We'll be having White Elephant as well. I'm really excited for the Christmas party on the 18th. It will be intense.
          Anyway, happy holidays to you all, whoever you are. Thank you for reading, if you do! In case I'm not sure if you do, feel free to hit the 'follow' button. Until I write again, goodbye!



At White Elephant I got a $10 Cuppa Yo' gift certificate! I've never been there so this'll be really great! :D

Rockstar Party

Today Kate, Maya, Jake and I went to a rockstar costume party with my youth group. I dressed up like Cyndi Lauper (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun) and Maya was Joan Jett (I Love Rock and Roll). Kate couldn't think of a costume so she borrowed my ghost costume and was the 'ghost of Elvis.' Jake just threw something together at the last minute and had a cardboard star with a rock on it (rock-star) and a purple clown wig with a beanie. It was so funny! There were a bunch of games. I did most of them. Competitions included 'best head-bang,' 'best air guitar,' 'best drum solo,' 'best moshpit dance,' and 'best rocker scream.' I did the head-banging, air guitar-ing, and the scream. I won the scream! Apparently it was really scary sounding. I won a voice disguiser. :) Maya won the head-banging. Kate won best air-guitar and got 'most creative' at the end. It was a great time. I decided I'm just going to be Cyndi Lauper for Halloween. It's much more fun than a ghost. I used temporary red hair color spray. It was so gross! It felt like my hair was straw. I had a very pink shower earlier...the soap looked appetizing, it was so pink. Anyway...dang! I forgot to eat dinner. :( I really should sleep. G'night!

Maya, Kate, Me

Next week!

There is a lot of pretty awesome stuff coming up! On Wednesday there's a halloween costume party at my youth group! It's a rockstar theme. :) Then the last home JV game is on Thursday. On Friday or Saturday I want to try to go to the school play. It's a musical comedy called the Drowsy Chaperone. Sunday is Halloween! Monday is the best one. Usually Mondays are pretty bad but this is amazing. First, Kacie's turning 15! Second, my mom's starting school! Third, I'M GOING TO A KATE NASH CONCERT IN PORTLAND!!!!!!!! I'm soooo freakin' excited! I love Kate Nash! If you (probably) haven't heard of her, you should look her up. We're going to leave right after school and get there early. It's at the Wonder Ballroom. :) I can't wait!!!!!

Birthday!

Today's my 15th birthday! This is a good day. :) I had a really fun party Saturday night with Annie, Kate, Maya, and Riley. Now I just have to read that stupid driver's manual. I wish I hadn't procrastinated on that...but it's just like the most boring book ever!

At my party we played Catchphrase, Apples to Apples, Texas Stargazing, Celebrities, the question game, the sentence game, and had a dance party! They decorated my locker today too and Kate brought me some cookies. :) (Thanks!!)

I realized today how annoying someone really is. He's in 3 of my classes and I had one class with him last semester. His name is Kyle. He is always trying to copy my answers and asking me stupid questions. I always see him looking at my papers when we're working. In Spanish class, the teacher explained what we're supposed to do and right after, he asked me, "Wait what are we supposed to do?" I said "You should have been listening," with an annoyed face. He even asked me, "What's 'and' in Spanish?" That's like one of the first things we learned and it's just all around a stupid question. In Spanish, 'and' is 'y.' I gave him no answer. I just want to scream at him! He's such a pain!

Fun

At the game against Redmond, I didn't have to play catcher, which I'm grateful. Redmond is the best team we'll have to play all season. We lost badly, 18-0. It's better than Bend High did though. :) They lost like 25-0. I played 3rd and 1st base. I got two people out. It was fun! I'm proud of myself for having high spirits the whole game and not letting losing get me down. Plus Redmond is a really nice team with nice people.

At lunch today Annie threw a surprise party for Hannah! It was so fun!

I also got to experience breathing in helium from a balloon and having my voice all high pitched and stuff.

Movie Night

My softball practice got cancelled today because my coach was sick. This makes me happy but also anxious. I'm happy because sometimes I really just need a break. But I was counting on tomorrow for that because there's no practice tomorrow. I'm anxious because the first game is on Monday and I'm worried that we might not be prepared enough...I might have to play catcher! D:

Tonight was really fun! Kate, Annie, Maya and Riley came over and we all watched 50 First Dates. My mom ordered pizza and we got Sprite. This was the only day that it would work so I'm glad we got to do it. After the movie we played Horse Lips and Jiggle Face. It's hard to explain what it is but it's really really fun and involves a camera. If anyone who reads this doesn't know what it is, please tell me. I'd love to learn that some other people read this!

Super Bowl Sunday

We had a really great Super Bowl party at our house today. It was the Colts vs. the Saints. I barely watched any of the game at all though. Just a little at the beginning. I mostly just enjoyed the food played the Wii. The Saints won. :P I really could care less though. It was an awesome party. :)

Tomorrow the new semester starts and I get all new classes!