One semester down.

One more to go till graduation. I believe I will pass Algebra 2 with a couple of mistakes I noticed in my grades that need to be fixed. So I'll need to scan those in and email them to my teacher tonight so he can fix them tommorrow during teachers inservice day since we dont have school.

I'm moving...

Summer of 2010. I know thats not as soon as I was hoping but at the moment I have no job and very little money so I wouldnt have enough to move this coming Summer to back East. So I'm going to do my Freshman year at EAC and try to save enough money working while I'm at EAC. I'm hoping to be able to get a work study job even though they dont pay much. But its a job and it would pay some money. So Kelly do you want to come with me when I escape Arizona or do you have other plans? I'm not really sure where I'm going to back East but it could be Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, or Florida. I just want to escape the Southwest to a place I'm more familiar with. I miss seeing rain (often) and snow during the winter. I also miss having the beach a short drive away. I know Arizonas next to California but its still a 6-8 hour drive depending on which part of Southern California you go to. I miss having the beach being anywhere from a few minutes to a 2 hour drive. So I'm ready to escape and I hope to be able to do it in the Summer of 2010. Do you want to come with me Kelly?

Why is it always math....

.... that I have problems in? I know that I'm not good in math but why is it always with math that I come close to failing. My 1st semester algebra 2 exam is this coming week and I'm studying like crazy and am in the process of making the sheet of notes that I am allowed to use on the exam. At this point my grade in Algebra 2 is slightly below a D so its not that good but all I'm concerned about at this point is passing the class so I can graduate. I'm doing fine in my other classes but its always math that gives me trouble. So excuse me I'm off to check my Algebra 2 grades to see if there are any mistakes that I can tell that would raise my grade if I got them fixed. And I also need to do some more studying. So I'll probably update this coming week after my Algebra 2 and Chemistry exams.

However I fortunately only have 4 exams. They are Algebra 2, College Reading and Writing (this is going to be an easy one since we are just going to analyze an essay), Psychology (this also should be easy), and Chemistry.

In English my teacher gave the class a test before the break which he decided to count as the exam. I got a 92% on that which was the highest grade in the class. Thats the second time in a row I've gotten the highest test grade in the class and both times I got A's on the tests.

For media broadcasting I just have to do a final video project in class which is on the Musical "Grease" which my school is doing this semester so me and my partner who is the reporter (I'm cameraman this time) have to interview people who are in the musical.

I dont have a written exam for P.E. and knowing my P.E. teacher were probably just going to be playing outdoor games during class to help relieve some stress from exams.

For Public Speaking we did a debate which counts for our final. I suck at debating and I got a 72% which is still better than a F plus I hate the class. Not the students or the teacher but just the subject and the way its taught.

I got my Senior Sweater today. Its nice. Now I need to save up because I dont know how much a class ring is going to cost because they arent unsure at the moment and I need to save up some money in case I'm able to go on the trip to Sharm El Sheikh Egypt. Its the Senior trip but its not organized by the school so well see what happens. I found out that there will be no adults there so we get to chaperone ourselves. It sounds like a lot of fun and I want to go.

I finished my service learning hours requirement!

Well I finished my service learning hours graduation requirement. Basically its community service. My p.e. teacher who I needed to sign the form I had to fill out because I helped out with the school soccer tournament saying I had been there for a certain amount of time signed it and turned it in to the woman in charge of Service learning and I.B. Well I dont need to worry about anything I.B. since I'm not in the I.B. program not even the certificates. Oh well. So now I've got that graduation requirement finished.

Today all the Seniors had a meeting during lunch talking about raising money for Graduation, Senior Class Portraits, a possible class ring and all that stuff. We've already done the robe fitting since the school supplies them and we dont have to buy them. Basically they have a closet with a lot of grad robes (ours are blue) and you find one that fits you and is long enough so it doesnt look bad and not so long so you dont trip when going up on stage. Then when you find one they give you a name tag with your name and homeroom on it and you hang it back up. I suppose we wont see them till Senior Portrait or Graduation so its going to be a while. I honestly cannot wait to graduate. I just want this to be over so I can move on with life. Dont get me wrong I like my current High School its just that I'm getting bored and am having Senioritis. I'm looking forward to being a college freshman next year.

Spreading my wings....

I am a bird.
Perched and stretching ready to spread my wings.
I want to fly and soar and glide through the sky.

To feel the wind on my face and wings.
And to be free.
In reality you may know me as
a High School Senior
with Graduation a few months away.
Thinking god dammit High School sucks when you're a Senior.
You know it is inevitable but you are still waiting.
To spread my wings and be free.

I like my current High School but I also cannot wait to graduate. My cousin was right when he warned me that your Senior Year of High School is the worst since its your last year of High School and you know you will be graduating soon and you are really just waiting for time.

Well last Wednesday I helped out with my schools soccer tournament. I think the Jv and the Varsity team won a game each so Go Eagles! So now I should have all the community service hours I needed since I only needed 4.5 more and I was helping from 11 a.m. (I got to ditch afternoon classes!) to 4:30 p.m. Now I just need to fill out the paper and have my P.E. teacher who was supervising the tournaments sign the paper so its considered "verified." However I also managed to get my face sunburned. In the winter. And it was really windy and cold that day as a result of the wind. Now since I was wearing a jacket and jeans only my face got sunburned and as a result I've got a pink face at the moment which looks like I scrubbed a layer of skin off. Now well see how long it takes for this to go away. I'm one of those people who does not tan but burns very easily. So I normally have very white skin except when I burn. In which case its either pink or red depending on how bad the sunburn is.

But this is mild compared to when I worked at Sunsplash 2 years ago and one day I ended up having to stand outside checking wristbands by the slides near the castles for over 4 hours (during the Arizona summer in 115 degree (f) heat) with no shade and no breaks until one of the lifeguards noticed that I had been there for a long time without a break and sent me back to the Snackbar. Apparently I looked like a lobster according to my Mom who was working there and her friend Carolina. The thing is when I had started my shift that morning I was checking bags out front with some of the people from the Ice Cream Shop who needed some more help so they asked my boss for some people from snack bar and I ended up out there. You might wonder how I ended up by the Castle. Well while I was helping out the Ice Cream Shop people the owner of the park came over and grabbed me and stuck me out by the slides. But he did this without telling my boss so she was wondering where I had been for hours since the Ice Cream Shop people didnt know what the owner had done with me. So over 4 hours later when I stumbled into the snack bar Carolina was the first to see me took one look at me and had me sit down on a cooler. Then my mom saw me and I told her what had happened. I got a lot of respect from my boss that day after she heard what happened. She had assumed that I was ditching work and just avoiding doing anything until she heard what had happened to me. The thing is, is that the owner had forgotten that he had put me there since he had gone off to do something else. It took several weeks for me to heal from that sunburn. Thank god for Aloe Vera Sunburn Lotion. That stuff felt so good.

Update on life

I've got the song "Beijing Welcomes You" (the mandarin version) stuck in my head. For those of you who dont know what the song is it was part of Chinas "One world one dream" theme for them hosting the Olympics this past August. Anyways as for an update on my life? Well school started on Sunday and tommorrow (Wednesday) is the weekend and last day of school for the week. Now the Wednesday after this one is a half day and I'm helping out with the school Soccer Tournament to get the last of my service hours. I need to remember to bring a hat, a waterbottle, and some sunglasses if I can find them. Now its been rather chilly (below 40 degrees f at night) this week but I dont know what it will be like next week so it cant hurt to be safe. Plus since I'm doing security I'll be out on the soccer fields all afternoon. I start at 11:30 in the morning and finish up at about 4:30 in the afternoon so well see if its a nice day. Well I need to go do some research for a debate topic on if students should be able to grade their teachers for public speaking class so bye for now.