Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Hey Guys! I'm super sorry that I haven't been on here in a while. Truthfully, I forgot about it for a while; I've been so busy with homework and school schtuff.

But enough of the groveling. We last left of the week of PSATs, so we'll pick up from there.

The PSAT went well, I think I did much better on the math section. The PSAT math class helped me a lot and I definitely think I improved my scores on that section. English hasn't even been hard, so that was a breeze. After the first marking period, I switched from the Math SAT prep class to the English class. It's going to definitely be much more work, but I feel like I'm going to do really well on the actual SAT when I decide to take it.

Also, a couple days after the PSAT, I got involved in a school thing! I helped decorate the homecoming wall with some friends of mine! It was really fun and the wall turned out much better than last year. I wish I could post pictures on this blog, but sadly I have not been able to figure that out. But it turned out really well and overall we got second place out of all the grades, which is good because the Seniors wall was....AH-MAY-ZING. It was so ridiculously cool. I also decided to not go to Homecoming; I saw no point in it. I'm kind of glad I didn't go anyways because people said it sucked in the gym, so that's good at least.

October was just pretty much a busy month. Homework started to pick up, and then lessen when we started reading a book in AP Lang. We read 1984 by George Orwell; I liked it, but some people decided to read it over sparknotes (not a good idea.) But after we finished that, I started to get back into reading the Narnia series, and right now I'm trying to finish the 6th book before we start a new book in AP Lang (In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.) AP Calc hasn't been horrible because I'm starting to get used to the style of teaching, and how to study for the class. We just took a huge test on derivatives and all this other stuff, and I thought I did well. I just checked online though, and I got a 77%. It kinda sucks, but honestly, that's probably a high score for the class...at least I hope so.

Apparently, there is a teacher strike at my school so homework levels had been down for a bit. But now all the teachers decided that they're going to pile on the homework until we can't see above the millions of books and papers to write. I'm okay with it though because I usually get my homework done in a timely manner.

Also, recently Karen (my boss) came in and talked to my Culinary and Hospitality Management class. It was super fun, and on Monday we're making the same recipe that Karen made. We're also supposed to learn how to make pie crust, but I already know how so that's not very exciting. I just hope the teacher teaches us the right way...she's not very knowledgable in my opinion.

I think we're just about up to the current stuff. We're up to Friday of last week (Today being Sunday.) Friday I went ice skating in Quiet Waters Park. It was super fun, and I met a bunch of new people. The night was so nice. I was going to take some video footage of it(more info on why later) but my video camera somehow broke. No fear though! I got my report card money, combined it with some of my work paychecks, and bought a new Flip Ultra HD camera! I LOVE it. It's so much fun to use!

Now, I wanted to take video footage because I've decided to do like a "video scrapbook" of my life. Basically, I'm going to take a video camera to the fun things I do and sometimes to school and take video to remember the certain event. It's gonna be great :) I'm super excited to start working on it.

Today, I worked on homework for a couple hours. I also found a radio station which is commercial free and already playing straight Christmas music. It was so exciting! So after I finished homework, I got some Christmas and Hannakuh(sp?) coloring pages and colored for an hour or so. Now, I'm writing this blog, and in about a half hour I'm going out to dinner with Glenn...whenever he decides to get up from his nap.

And that's it up to the minute.

Hugs and Cake,
Emily

P.S.- 40 days until Christmas!

Cause You Know How to Get Hip to my Heart.

Hey guys! So today was like one of the hottest days. It was like 80000000 degrees in my school cause they haven't turned on the AC yet, plus it was like 90 outside.

BIG NEWS! I got my learner's permit! I'm so excited! This means I can do some driving on my way down to Texas with my mommy.
*This is just gonna be a short blog cause I don't really have much.


I'm gonna add to this periodically tonight so the time will be in front like this:

6:57 PM: UGHHH I don't want to work on my chemistry essay.
6:58 PM: fine. *get's out chem binder* Might as well do it.

7:03 PM: Well..I guess it's okay if I talk to Emily while doing my homework..

7:05 PM: Emily makes me laugh, but SHUT UP 'cause I have to finish this essay!

7:07 PM: Due to extreme heat, I'm finding it hard to hold my pencil. Oh well, I'll just have to eat dinner instead.

8:53 PM: After dinner we watched LOST and V which were both really good. Now I'm gonna finish up my chem essay, and then chilll outt.

9:08 PM: Working on this essay, still having troubles with the heat. What am I gonna do when summer comes?!

9:28 PM: STILL BURNING HOT. Just finished the essay, off to make some copies of pledge forms for the SPCA March, and then get some new songs on my iPod.

I think that's about it. I'll check back in a couple days and tell you about my week and my first couple days driving! :)

Hugs and cake,

Emily

"Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do..." so read my blog!

So the party last night wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. At first I was just like "no i'm not dancing" and I was just an awkward turtle, but my best friends(or enemies I'm not really sure at this time) pulled me out onto the dance floor. I danced until my legs gave out haha. It was a lot of fun but there was SO much drama...which is never good. I get enough of that at school without having to deal with it at parties. I've decided to have a "No Drama" party and everyone has to be chill and not complain or else they get thrown out. Personally I think that's a really good idea.

Right now, I wanna give a shoutout to my Uncle Allen in California. He's super geeky in a good way, and always reads my blog! Miss you Uncle Allen! Lovin' your comments :)

I've also been getting a lot of business for my cakes, which is always good. I'm super excited because this cake is kinda a big deal for me :) I went to work today, and Karen's gonna help me with it so we can make it as good as possible, and we'll split profits. She's such a cool boss, and so much fun to be around.

I discovered a lot of old music on my iPod and it's super catchy! OH! My friend and I in class the other day were talking about vampires and he was all "they sparkle!" and I was like "No...I'm pretty sure they eat your throat out", which made me happy cause then he just took that. It always makes me feel accomplished when I correct someone and they don't banter. It's just like "yeah that's right! take it!" *Pause for applause* <--I've always wanted a sign that says that...or maybe a t-shirt.

I think that's about it....I'll be watching you :0

Hugs and cake,

Emily