Welcome to my class!

I graduated a few hours ago, so I thought it appropriate to share with you the cool things about my class. I'll just go in alphabetical order, well, what I think is alphabetical order.

William (also known as Chris)- Chris could be considered annoying, but it's more of a funny annoying. He runs (or used to run) Techno Tuesdays at Covenant, which was awesome cause we got to dance during lunch. He liked to steal and hide Katy's stuff during calculus class. Very humorous.

Joey- Joey's a pretty down-to-earth guy. He fixed up an old mustang and it's one of the coolest cars I've ever riden in. You would think it was new! Joey's one of those guys that can be funny without even trying. History class was pretty interesting with him!

Anna- Anna is one of those people that you think is shy and quiet, but then you get to know her and BAM, she's crazy! Well, funny crazy. AND SHE'S COMING WITH ME TO TRINITY NEXT YEAR!!! :D So psyched.

Jori- Jori doesn't care what people think of her. She is honest no matter what. She can be a little weird at times, but hey, that's okay!

Bailey- Bailey is probably the most "normal" person in our class. She talks a lot, takes a ton of pictures, and talks about Tyler (her boyfriend). That pretty much sums it up.

Megan- Megan is so cool. She writes blogs, works at KFC, plays piano like a boss, and can sing amazingly (although she won't admit it!). Oh! And her slam poems are awesome:) I'm gonna miss that chick.....

Caleb- Caleb's pretty chill. He's got an odd sense of humor that can make any Economics class fun. And he's super good at basketball.

Bryan- B-ry is probably the coolest guy in my class. He's obsessed with Bdubs and will yell "WINGS" any chance he gets. If there's not a guy at Trinity like Bryan, I'll probably have to transfer because nothing will be funny.

April Mary- Wow, what do I say about miss April Mary Hubers? Well, I've known her for forever, and we have like a million stories we could tell about the weird stuff we did as kids. She is creative, funny, confident, and will win in any debate she is thrown into(but in reality, SHE would be the one to start the arguement!). Love you, April! Glad we're gonna be trolls together next year:)

Bekka- Bekka is a very colorful person. She loves to laugh and has the whitest teeth I have ever seen. And her hair is gorgeous!

Brittney- Brittney's loud, obnoxious, and crazy. Seriously, if a room is quiet and she walks in, it will NOT be quiet anymore. She likes to live in the moment and enjoy life as much as she can.

Katy- I usually don't like identifying people as my "best friends," but if I had to pick one, Katy would probably be it. We laugh about the stupidest stuff together. We even had a Harry Potter marathon this past week just because we could! I'm sure Mrs. Zeldenrust hated us because we would never shut up!

Brandon- This guy was one of the class clowns. It's like he fed off of other people's laughter. He was my CNA buddy when we took the nurses aide class. It made it a little less dreadful!

Ashley- Ashley=Awkward. That's really the only word you can use! She even did a How-to speech on how to be awkward. Yeah, it's pretty bad. But so entertaining! She one of those friends that can make any bad day better.

Steve- Steve is insanely smart. Like "going to be an engineer and taking a crash course in calculus this summer" smart. But he's still pretty cool. I felt bad for him though because he was the only guy that would sit with us girls at lunch. And on many occasions our conversation drifted toward things like tampons and boobs. Yeah, I can't imagine how awkward that was for him. Let's just say he knew when each of us was on our period.....poor guy.....

Francisco- Fran is hilarious. He's good at baseball and wants to open his own business someday. And he's Puerto Rican, so you have a spanish question, you go right to him!

Ben- Ben is good friends with Bryan, which makes sense because they are very much alike. His laugh is very distinct, and he knows German, which is way cool! Except when you think he's about to hauk (hawk? no) a lougie right in front of you. And Ben always managed to get crazy good grades in physics, without studying! What the heck?!? It's like magic or something...

Sean- Sean is another class clown. Let's just say, if we had to name one kid as the worst behaved in the class, it would be Sean. He loves to laugh, pull pranks, and mess up girls' hair. He's quite the funny guy!

Mitch- Mitch is a soccer playing, girl liking, good at singing type of dude. He's funny and is usually the guy we pick on the most. Not in the mean way, he understands we're joking.

Well, that's my class. My old class anyway. I hope I won't miss them too much when I leave. But I have a feeling I will.

Congrats, Class of 2013!!! It was an honor to have experienced all those years with you:)

As we get older....

Okay, I wrote this a few days ago, so just go back in time when you read it! :)


As we get older we....

1. Appreciate our siblings more. Now my family usually understands when I'm joking and vice versa. I'm glad that we can now hold a civil conversation without it ending in an arguement. Except our conversations end up about sex usually. And I have no idea why!

2. Somehow get smarter...usually:) Sure, I've learned a lot in school, but I've also learned about life in general. Not to mention how to take care of the ol' folks in the nursing home! Even Caleb has gained a little common sense. Shocker;)

3. Move on. I graduate in three days. I'll be taking my nurse's aid test in two days. Talk about stress! This fall I'm going to college. All this change is really crashing down right now! "Movin' on up. Movin' on up...to the east siiide!" Okay, maybe you don't know that song, but whatevs.

4. Are thankful for the people that we used to not appreciate. Good example: teachers. At first, we don't like them because they give us a crap ton of homework and seem really annoying. But now, I'm thankful for all the work they do for us. Being a teacher is one of the jobs that seem rather unenjoyable to me. I'm glad there are people in the world willing to put up with hormonal teenagers crammed into a small school building.

5. We get more mature, well, for the most part. Everyone enjoys a good laugh, but I've even seen my brothers get more mature. And that's saying a lot! I love those guys:) I still lose it sometimes, but I think I've learned how to handle certain situations more easily.

Wait...it's over???

Freshman year: Am I done yet?

Sophmore year: Can I go to college now?

Junior year: Seriously, this is taking forever!

Senior year: Come on. Is it over yet???

And now: Umm, yes. It is over.

Uh, okay! Woo hoo, I'm done with high school FOREVER!!!! I graduate this Friday, I have a summer job, I'm gonna go to open houses and have an awesome time! Yes, my friends. It is over.

Wow. I'm not sure if I like that. Change is a really scary thing! I've gone to Covenant for four years, seen the same people, zoned out during the same teacher's lectures, eaten lunch in the same cafeteria.

What do I do now?

I go to college, that's what I do.

I have to make new friends? Yes.
I have to take new classes? Yes.
I have to live in a dorm? Yes.
Am I ready for this? Yes!!!

High school is done, but I don't think it's hit me yet. I know I haven't seen my friends for the last time, or walked out of Covenant forever. But it's still a strange feeling. Next fall I will be living in Palos Heights, Illinios, attending Trinity Christian College, and studying nursing and spanish. That's a lot of change at once! But I know that I can handle it.

High school is over, yes. But now I get to move on to bigger and better things.

Writer's Block

I have to write a short story for composition class this weekend. Seems easy, right?

NOT WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!

Grr....I hate having writer's block. And it's even worse because I can write about almost anything I want for this paper! And yet I still can't think of anything...

Any ideas? I'm pretty much at a loss right now. Well, time to stare at the computer screen some more, pondering the vast amounts of topics I could include in my story.....and yet writing absolutely none of them.

Beauty...a size?

Sometimes I turn the news on while I'm doing homework because background noise helps me focus.

A story came on, and people were pacing in front of an Abercrombie store. I was intrigued, so I looked up. Turns out people, mostly women, were protesting the fact that that store and others were making clothes in mostly small sizes.

Don't these stores know that people come in a lot of different shapes and sizes? Don't they know that beauty isn't just being "eye-catching" on the outside?

I think that store needed a little reminder of this. Go protesters! (as long as you don't get arrested or anything)

This particular story made me slighty angry because, let's face it, I'm part of the "bigger" population. Why do stores find the need to make it more difficult for common people to shop? The only reason I can think of for making only smaller sizes is to encourage the population to get in shape, but honestly, is that gonna happen any time soon? Oh, America, why are you so messed up....

I believe women should feel empowered to look and feel their best, whatever size they are. The goal of clothing stores is to sell clothes that appeal to the population. And, in fact, some of the population is slighty larger than your average mannequin (is that spelled right? idk).

Moral of the story: rebel against your favorite clothing store if they aren't making clothes that you
a) fit in to or b) that you like. Okay, not really:) But you see my point.

WE-ARE-FAMILY!!!

Guess my mom was right. As us kids get older, we grow to appreciate each other more. After Mom opened her present I made her and everyone had checked it out, Nichole said something to the effect of every year I seem even more cool. Whoa! That felt good to here, especially from a sister I'm not particularly close to. Which will probably change soon since she, Greg, and Micah moved back down to DeMotte! Yay:D

WE ARE FAAAMILY!!! I GOT ALL MY SISTAS WITH ME-E-E...

I love that song, and it seems so fitting to scream it through the house on a beautiful mother's day. I just hope the bonding moments we had today, don't require a holiday to occur.

Here's to a joyfilled day enjoyed with family:) Blessings on all the mothers in the world!

Spring into Action!

 

I wish my birthday was in the spring because it's my favorite season! While the weather wasn't the best today, it was still a great time to get outside and plant some geraniums.

 

(Here's last year's tomato plants)

 

When I woke up this morning, I looked outside our kitchen window at our front lawn. You know what I saw? The greenest grass I've seen in a looong time. And that made me really happy:)

 

Can't wait to lie (or lay?) on our grass and look up at the trees backed by a beautiful blue sky.

 

I love how all the yard work, time, and effort we put into our yard in the spring gives us wonderful results in the summer. I guess you could say that photography is sort of a hobby of mine, and I'm definitely a sucker for plants!

 

I don't really know where I'm going with this blog post. I guess I'm just super excited for the beauty of spring and summer:)