I remember the first time I played volleyball, I was so short the ball never came to me. So I did handstands while everybody played around me. And just as I kicked up into the perfect handstand, the ball flew over my head. Total genius.
I played volleyball yesterday with my uncle and cousins at my cousin Ashley's graduation party. First of all, my uncle in one word: COMPETITIVE. I was just glad I wasn't on the other team (although we lost) because he hits the ball hard. My cousin Gabrielle, who is tiny, got hit in the face three times.
The game was pretty intense, plus it was in the dark. You'd just look up and see this white orb sailing towards you and, depending on who you were, you yelled and got out of the way, or you hit that thing like there was no tomorrow.
Anyway, I've written 80,300 words so far this month. I was hoping to get to 100,000 but that's obviously not going to happen.
Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Pictures of the Munchkin baby and other stuff
That's my new nickname for EJ - Munchkin Baby. Don't ask where it came from because I really have no idea :)
Here's a random picture of a flower growing behind my house. I used a little Picasa on it, in case you couldn't tell.
And here's a picture from the graduation. I'm on the right, Elizabeth is on the left, and that's my grandfather in the middle.
Here's a random picture of a flower growing behind my house. I used a little Picasa on it, in case you couldn't tell.
And here's a picture from the graduation. I'm on the right, Elizabeth is on the left, and that's my grandfather in the middle.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Graduated!
I am officially a high school graduate. I just love saying that now. The ceremony was so awesome. I've watched it about six times, for all my older sisters and cousins, and I finally got to experience it from the graduate side.
My dress was so pretty. My older sister Kyra bought it for me. It was even purple, my all time favorite color (not according to my Aunt Julie, but that's a whole other story). I wore the heels I've been wearing for about a year, to lessen the chance of my doing something crazy and tripping and falling on my face up on the stage. Which I didn't; fall, I mean. I took tiny little steps to make sure of that :)
After the ceremony, and after the impromptu photo shoot with my Uncle Robert behind the camera, we all went back to my house to celebrate even further. We had a gigantic barbecue and I got barbecued ribs! Yum, I love those. On a random note, my mom got these chocolate chip cookies that were scarily addictive. I was eating them all night.
My mom gave Elizabeth and I each a photo matte that people could autograph. It was a lot of fun to go around and collect everybody's autograph; some of the things they wrote were so sweet I almost cried. On Liz's I wrote "No rest for the wicked awesome. Go forth and conquer!" We had some fun with that :)
Anyway, so now I'm officially graduated. The plan is to do two years at a community college here at home and then go to my dream college, Murray State University in Kentucky. But we'll see if and how my plans match with God's.
My dress was so pretty. My older sister Kyra bought it for me. It was even purple, my all time favorite color (not according to my Aunt Julie, but that's a whole other story). I wore the heels I've been wearing for about a year, to lessen the chance of my doing something crazy and tripping and falling on my face up on the stage. Which I didn't; fall, I mean. I took tiny little steps to make sure of that :)
After the ceremony, and after the impromptu photo shoot with my Uncle Robert behind the camera, we all went back to my house to celebrate even further. We had a gigantic barbecue and I got barbecued ribs! Yum, I love those. On a random note, my mom got these chocolate chip cookies that were scarily addictive. I was eating them all night.
My mom gave Elizabeth and I each a photo matte that people could autograph. It was a lot of fun to go around and collect everybody's autograph; some of the things they wrote were so sweet I almost cried. On Liz's I wrote "No rest for the wicked awesome. Go forth and conquer!" We had some fun with that :)
Anyway, so now I'm officially graduated. The plan is to do two years at a community college here at home and then go to my dream college, Murray State University in Kentucky. But we'll see if and how my plans match with God's.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Two More Days
There are only two more days until my graduation! Well, my and my sister Elizabeth's graduation. I took my senior picture (it was absolute agony. I hate getting my picture taken). My grandparents and my cousins are getting here tomorrow. All the invitations are out. I got my graduation dress, which is dark purple and amazingly beautiful. My sister Kyra and I picked it out.
I still don't have shoes, which is probably just as well. I found this awesome pair but the heels were five inches high, which would make me six foot two. So not happening. I guess I'll wear the shoes I got for my best friend Micah's graduation.
There was this piano song, Croatian Rhapsody, which I was planning to play for my grandparents but I haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet. Unless a miracle happens I don't think I'll be playing it tomorrow.
Speaking of piano, I graduated from the music school I'd been going to for the past seven or eight years. I'm kind of sad about that. But they let me keep the upright piano I borrowed for them, which is awesome. I'd miss my piano and after all the years I'd been spoiled on it, I'd probably whine about having to go back to a keyboard.
You know the best part about graduating at sixteen? You get to do semester in college with your second oldest sister. That will be so much fun. Me and Kyra and Elizabeth in the same college. Liz and I are already planning all the way we're going to bother Kyra.
Besides that, not much has been happening. I finished another novel after three months of sweating blood over it. I have a ton of library books still to read. I have to make this big picture collage that'll be on display at the graduation ceremony. I should probably get to work on it. After I read the rest of my book. It's called "The Naming" and it's really boring, but I hate to not finish a book.
I still don't have shoes, which is probably just as well. I found this awesome pair but the heels were five inches high, which would make me six foot two. So not happening. I guess I'll wear the shoes I got for my best friend Micah's graduation.
There was this piano song, Croatian Rhapsody, which I was planning to play for my grandparents but I haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet. Unless a miracle happens I don't think I'll be playing it tomorrow.
Speaking of piano, I graduated from the music school I'd been going to for the past seven or eight years. I'm kind of sad about that. But they let me keep the upright piano I borrowed for them, which is awesome. I'd miss my piano and after all the years I'd been spoiled on it, I'd probably whine about having to go back to a keyboard.
You know the best part about graduating at sixteen? You get to do semester in college with your second oldest sister. That will be so much fun. Me and Kyra and Elizabeth in the same college. Liz and I are already planning all the way we're going to bother Kyra.
Besides that, not much has been happening. I finished another novel after three months of sweating blood over it. I have a ton of library books still to read. I have to make this big picture collage that'll be on display at the graduation ceremony. I should probably get to work on it. After I read the rest of my book. It's called "The Naming" and it's really boring, but I hate to not finish a book.
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