Mini-Winter Break!

Today was the first day we got back to school. From being stuck in a house with all of my sisters and parents, I was happy to be back in school. With my family and I living in the more rural part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan, the ice on the roads weren't helping. Last Thursday, the district cancelled all after-school programs, games, and Saturday school. This was our first notice to say that basically school was out for the rest of the week. I can truthfully say that I was happy that we had a small break from school before our Christmas break. We were scheduled to have our first basketball pep-rally during first period. Pep-rallies in the morning is one thing that I absolutely do not like. I am not a morning person, so mixing in a pep-rally that's supposed to make us all happy and cheery doesn't mix well with me. So, my weekend went from a two-day weekend to a three-day weekend. My weekend turned into a five-day weekend when the "wonderful mini-vacation" turned into an "everlasting nightmare." I had to stay with my family. For FIVE days! The weekend is enough and even then I'm not with them much, that's probably because about half of the day I spent sleeping in my bed ;) Coming back to school made me so happy because not only did I get to see my friends, but I got to actually go outside. I hope that this ice and snow melts away before the beginning of next week.

Taken

My previous book that I read was Taken by Erin Bowman. It's about Gray Weathersby and his journey to find the truth about his life. Ever since the first people of Claysoot, there has been the Heist. The Heist takes every boy at the age of 18. Every year, groups of boys are taken from their mothers. When Gray's brother Blaine is taken from the Heist, Gray is lost without his brother. Gray suddenly finds a letter from his dead mother to his brother telling him that they are in fact twins. This would explain how they look exactly the same and are very close. Gray goes on a search, past the mysterious Wall enclosing them all, to find why he was saved. Along the way, Gray encounters different things. He finds out that Claysoot is in fact a testing subject. He also meets his father on the way. This book reminds me of the old proverb, curiosity killed the cat. Gray was so curious that in the end, it killed somebody. I would say that this book is a three out of five because it has some stupid parts in it. One dumb part was when Emma had decided that she should go with Gray over the wall. She said, "...There's nothing for me back there anymore, Gray. The two things I want, answers and you, are now on this side of the Wall." This, to me, just screams out stupidity. Even though it could be stupid at some parts, I would recommend this book to someone who likes a book with more stupidity than action.

My Fantastic/Horrible Week (So Far)

These past two days have been fantastic for me. Yesterday in first period, we did absolutely nothing. We only had to review someone's Native American PowerPoint and then submit it to our teacher. In my career portals class, we only had to work on our "resume" and cover letter. Science was as boring as always. In journalism, we got to spend the whole entire period taking pictures of people dressed in red, white, and blue to honor 9/11. In language arts, all we had to do was peer edit our personal narratives and do our vocabulary words. Math is a wasted period. I mean, we never do anything in that class. Athletics was awesome. All we did was laps in the gym. Overall, that day was awesome. Today was just as good. It was picture day and we had to take our pictures during our social studies period. Thankfully, mine is my first period. By the time we got back to class, there was only like twenty minutes left. So, we got to watch a video honoring those who died twelve years ago on September 11th. Career portals, science, math, and language arts were pretty much the same. In journalism, a couple of my friends and I got to start our first story. It's about the honoring those who died on September 11 twelve years ago. After school, I was completely wore out. I got home, at my usual time, to only find that we were going to have this electrician come and install our new kitchen lights. That was bad for me because I had to work on four assignments. My day only got better and better when the electrician left my house. At nine-freaking-o'clock. That means he was here for about three hours. I never thought that was possible, but him and my dad were buddies making them talk and joke around. I am so tired. that I could literally pass out and not finish this post. Luckily, I'm not that wore out. I probably won't post till like Friday at the most. Hope my week will finish off just like it started. Peace!

Tough Day at School :(

Oh my gosh! Today was a very loooooong day. First period, all we did was work on this PowerPoint about a Indian tribe in Texas. Second period, was career portals and all we did was finish the rest of the things that we did yesterday. Third period, we actually had to take two quizzes; one was a safety quiz and the other was about force and motion. Fourth period, was journalism and we got to look at all of our blogs. The blogs are all on my blog list on the right column. Most of them barely have their first posts. We just started these blogs last week. Fifth/sixth period was language arts. For about the first hour, we spent that whole time trying to upload this personal narrative that we'd written on Monday. Sixth/seventh period was math. I absolutely hate that class. Everybody is so talkative. Sometimes, I just feel like yelling to everybody to shut up. The bad part about it is that not only is it a Pre-AP class, but the people that are talking all are flirting. It's just annoying to hear. Athletics, my eighth period, was awesome today. We ran half a mile, two times around the track/football field, in less than three minutes. Then, we went inside and ran about the rest of the mile because it felt like a hundred degrees outside. Today, I finally got to see the one person that I've been looking for the two weeks. My friend, Lily, and I got to sit in the very back of the bus. We were so happy because it was the coldest part of the whole entire bus. When I got home, I got to spend pretty much the whole entire time working on my Texas history homework. Curse you homework! Whoever came up with that idea should have thought more about their future descendants because we all hate homework. Hope you all have a blessed day! Peace!

Bad Day :(

Today was a stressful day. First of all, I woke up at five o'clock in the morning just to only lay in bed in the dark waiting for it to be seven. Of course, when you have two loud sisters that go to elementary school, you can never have a quiet morning. I, then, went to go get ready when my sisters left for school and finally got ready. I got to the school bus with all of my things at eight thirty. I was almost late. I had my school bag, my athletics clothes, my athletics shoes, my lunch, and a jacket in my hands. I know what you're thinking. "Oh my gosh! How can a person carry all that stuff in one tote bag." I could barely fit my clothes, school stuff, and half of my lunch. So, I had to hold the rest of my stuff in one hand. School was horrible. On the outside, I looked perfectly fine. Inside, I was so tired. I didn't feel like going to school. I guess you could say that I was kind of depressed today. I mean who wouldn't be when they feel like they went to sleep at two in the morning. My head hurt so much, but I had to look like I was okay. I hope tomorrow is better. Peace out!

The Wolverine

Today, my dad took my mom, sisters, and I to the movie theatre. We watched The Wolverine. It takes place in modern Japan where Wolverine reconnects with his old acquaintance, Yashida, and faces things that he's never faced before; both emotionally and physically pushed to the maximum. During this journey that will forever change his life, he meets Mariko and Yukio, both grand daughters of Yashida. I would recommend this movie to somebody who can watch movies that move slowly, but still have that little bit of action every now and then. I would rate this movie, from a 1-10 scale, a 5 because it started full of action and ended really dull.