3:29PM - where have I been?

Wow. I miss livejournal. I have a lot of homework to do today so naturally I'm spending as much time dawdling on the internet as possible! I decided to check out some pictures that brita posted and, like I said before, I realize I miss livejournal. now, even though I've realized this I cannot promise I will update a lot now, but I think it's safe to say I will try to update more frequently at least. that's hopeful!
well, I should really get to my calc homework... but let's hope this isn't goodbye for another 6 months.
~Claire

Current mood: good

10:21PM - back to the cold... but I missed here.

I feel like I've missed a lot. I do miss lj when I don't update forever. I think I'm sick of writing though. Finally I'm done with English for the year and I've realized that I avoid writing at all costs now. But I've been out of town for the past five days (Cozumel, Mexico---wooot) and I've missed everything here, so I'm going to update... and since I have the time (finally! TIME! I never thought it would come...) I might update some pictures too... if I remember how.

My vacation was wonderful. We stayed at a great resort with great beaches and nice mexican workers. It had three downfalls though: 1) The beds were hard. 2) The food was really expensive there. 3) It was a good 3 1/2 miles from downtown (where all the action is) and it really wasn't an action-packed resort (made for relaxing mostly) so we had to pay for a taxi to and from town everyday. BUT, it was awesome place, no less. This was my normal day:
~Wake up around 7-8am to the sound of [really loud] Magpies (birds) and my dad trying to open the package of coffee

~Dad or mom opens the door to our patio and the warm breeze and bright sun (it was surprisingly light out at 7am) flood the room

~We eat breakfast (the first day: at the beach dining area with great waffles and orange juice--but too expensive to eat there every morning; the other days: granola bars and coffee---surprisingly satisfying, if I do say so)

~Head to the beach (our resort had a very long, very nice beach with little tables and umbrellas everywhere and a few hammocks)

~Lay on the beach and jump in the ocean and snorkle when it gets too hot

~around noon/1-ish, we were finished at the beach and were actually tired.. so we went back to our room and took a siesta. I didn't, though... being my nerdy self, I took practice ACT tests... heheh. but it was nice and peaceful and I did well on them---it must have been the fresh air.

~go downtown!

---We ate [the best] tacos [EVER!] the first night at this little place called El Foco. Afterwards, we signed their ceiling (their walls were too full) and I also wrote "Happy Bday Phil!" on it and took a picture... that's part of my present to him--a shoutout on his birthday on the ceiling of a cool mexican restaurant.
---The downtown area was a plaza with loads of shops surrounding it. All the shops sold the same things really: souvenirs, cuban cigars,jewelry, artwork, alcohol, etc. There were also a few farmacias and restaurantes around. My favorite farmacia was Cozumel Mart. There was also a McDonalds, Hard Rock and Senor Frogs. They had AWESOME churros stands. The last night, we stopped at that churro stand many times....heheh
---We ate at this awesome place called Viva Mexico one night. It had a little dancefloor and a dj playing music all night. The waiter made us all balloon hats. They also came around with bottles of blue margaritas and did "free shots" (basically a chugging contest).

~We'd get back from downtown around 8:30ish usually (one night we took a horse-and-buggy ride back) and then either hang around at the bar, on the beach, or in our room watching tv and eventually go to bed.

---The last night, we went to our resort's beach bar. My parents got a couple drinks while Laura and I got our virgin dacharis. Eventually my mom went to the room and it was Laura, Dad and I. Dad kept getting Caronas. Some other people sat down with us: two cruise ship engine inspectors (one was a 56-year-old british guy named Ronnie, the other a late 20s guy named Dave) and a couple college guys from Minnesota (one was really hot). Later a couple girls from Maple Grove sat down too.. The minnesotans were really rocking the bar Tuesday night. Anyways, my dad got really wasted. He eventually bought Laura and I Tequila Sunrises. Those are really good! I was introduced to alcoholic beverages... heheh. But really, laura and I ended up having to make sure dad didn't do anything stupid, so we didn't get too tipsy or anything. But that was fun, especially talking to that hot minnesotan.

Mexico was great. Definitely needed. I needed to relax and do nothing. I feel very refreshed and ready for spring (and thankfully, the weather here in Minnesota is becoming it's gorgeous, springy self). I missed everyone though. Six cruise ships come in a day in Cozumel and I was always seeing groups of college students partying it up with there friends and I really wished I had a big group of my friends down there with me. Man, we would have had an awesome time! But it would have been a different type of vacation than the one I got (and really needed) this time. And my family got along! Lots of times our family vacations have some tension in them (believe it.) but we all appreciated this one. My mom walked to our spot on teh beach one day with three wine coolers: one for her, one for my sister and I. You know my mom is enjoying herself when that happens. My dad didn't swear or talk to himself that much. You know my dad is at a low stress level when he doesn't swear or talk to himself. Laura and I didn't fight (except for one night when her camera got sand in it on the beach and wouldn't take pictures (she was also really tired) so she stomped back to the room and tripped over a chunk of cement with bare feet.. she was mad at me for that...? but she slept that off).
All in all, it was a great trip. The weather=gorgeous: constantly hot (65-95 degrees), partly cloudy (clouds are a beautiful break from the excruciatingly hot sun), and warm breeze. I ate a lot (yum...). I got to relax and not think.
But I missed home: my friends! my dogs! my bed! the newspaper! the smell of minnesota!
so the length of the trip was perfect.

My dad took the pictures to his friend's house to show him, so I don't have any to scan right now.. I really hope to scan them and update them though because there are some great ones. I'll try try try to get them updated by tomorrow.

For now, much love! I'm going to Good Friday service at 10am tomorrow so I should sleep.
g'night

Current mood: content

7:21AM - my pictures

Hey! I followed through and here are some pictures from Cozumel!!!


( Welcome to Cozumel... )

6:03PM - "It hums and purrs like a seductive housecat;"

Did today seem long to anyone else?
It seemed really long to me. I didn't have dance, which was very nice, and it wasn't a bad day, it was just long. We took a test in PreCalc and after I was done it seemed like the hour dragged on forever.

I'm really cold right now.... brr. my basement is freezing. I had really good pasta for dinner tonight and soon I'm off to good ol' youth group.

I'm also trying to memorize my Dramatic Interpretation speech for Adv. Speech class. It's a funny piece, I like it, from Still Life With Woodpecker by Tom Robbins.. if you're looking for something random to read, read that one---it's funny. The best part is that one of my lines is, "If this typewriter can't do it, then fuck it, it can't be done." Quality line. Today in Speech we were in the computer lab and Tom, Phil and I watched a bunch of JibJab cartoons. That was fun.

Gracious I'm cold. I'm gonna go try to memorize more and get a jacket on....

Current mood: content

5:24PM - My Toes Are Cold

hey! it's 21 degrees today and boy is it balmy! (hehe, Ali telagrafeuse thought it was funny when I used that word today). But my toes are freeeeezing. I don't like it when my toes are about to fall of with coldness and I can't possibly get them warm... I read somewhere that the only thing that really helps them get warm is if you soak your feet in warm/hot water. I tried it once and it works! But most of the time I don't have the time/access to soak my feet so I end up piling on socks. Socks are nice, too. I used to never sleep with my socks on--or really like socks at all for that matter-- but then I didn't like cold feet more than I didn't like socks and now I do sleep with socks on sometimes (but I always wake up with them off...?).

WOW, can you tell I'm in a good mood?
Today has been great. It started with this weekend because I had a very small amount of homework and a lot of time to hang around and do leisurely activities (watch thousands of movies, go to the mall, etc). Today added to the happiness, when Ivana pazangeltold me in speech that dance practice was cancelled. I really wasn't dreading dance today as much as I have before, but you know, not having it opened up my night a good bit. The rest of the day was downhill from there (in a good way), without homework in my 3rd, 4th or 5th hour classes (in band 5th hour, we had scale tests, but I took mine last thursday so I got to sit around and write notes, do homework, etc). I also had pasta for lunch. It makes me mad that it's Pasta Tuesday now instead of Pasta Wednesday (too many T's, Ali says) but it still made me happy to have lasagna for lunch. PLUS, tomorrow is Wednesday! Half of the week is almost over already. woot. the Happiness is just oozing right now.
And, because I have the time, I'm updating! woot!

Well, I'm off to soak my feet in warm water because the cold is getting to me...
adios!

Current mood: cheerful

2:11PM - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Well, it's 2005. Wow. My new year's resolution: update on LJ more. haha, well that's one of them. I actually haven't thought about what my resolutions are going to be... Honestly, I make some every year, but they're the really broad ones that are almost like goals of living (like, "eat healthy") and I eventually forget what they are half way through the year. My friend Britta always gives up something. Two years ago it was ice cream and last year it was chips. She said she's thinking about taking a year off from giving up stuff though. Goodness, a year without chips or ice cream... imagine. So, I've decided that this year, instead of coming up with another vague resolution, I'm going to hunt down that list of things I want to do before I die, and figure out which ones I want to accomplish by the year's end.  Oh, and this year I know that I'm gonna try to not be so busy. I mean, I'm still writing in the same journal that I started on January 2, 2004! Obviously I was a bit busy this year. I loved all the things I did and the places I went, but I know 2005 brings enough stuff to do as it is (with SAT/ACTs, college app.s, etc) so I'll try not to tie myself up in too much else. I want to enjoy it...thoroughly enjoy it.
Anyways, I have some homework I still need to get done for going back to school on Monday, so I better get to it! I do feel an odd sense of replenishment of my optimism. It's like it all got drained out near the end of 2004 and all my mind really needed was a new year to feel optimistic again. It's weird how that works.

Ok, so I just looked at my list of things I want to do before I die, and I actually have accomplished some already! Like #25 was acquire a taste for seafood and this year I actually did that! I love fish n' chips, crab and cocktail shrimp now! woot. Ok, so for 2005, I have decided to try to accomplish #18 (qualify to be a lifeguard) and #30 (work at a coffee shop). You know, I need to revise my list because I have a lot of far-fetched stuff on there that's hard to accomplish while in high school. I should put some more realistic stuff too...

Well, love ya all and HAPPY NEW YEAR once again!
good luck with life!
~Claire

Current mood: excited

Current music: Sadie Hawkin's Dance--- Relient K

9:46PM - WHOA

Hello and Merry Christmas everyone!
I suppose I'm the last person you'd expected to update next!
Well... here I am!
hahah... I truly miss livejournal, and all of you, my dear friends, too.
My Christmas was quite merry, though it seemed to go by too fast. I love this season because it's so full of joy and such, but I never seem to have the time anymore to really get into the spirit of the season. So, yes, I am a bit bummed it's over, but then again, I'm looking optimistically towards the new year (and a week without school! thank you lord). 
I went up to Superior on Christmas day as always, but this year was a bit different because we went to my aunt and uncle's house instead of my grandma's. My three, adult cousins on that side were all there (which was nice because I was beginning to forget what they looked like) and I got to catch up on what's going on it their lives. Here's what I learned:
~My cousin Cara loves camping (which explained why she was so excited about the tent, fishing pole, and over-the-fire toaster she recieved)
~My recent-college-grad-juvenile-delinquent-officer cousin Ben tans (they have a tanning bed at the gym so it's "so convenient")
~My oldest cousin Josh's girlfriend is pregnant (6 months to be exact). I'll have a second cousin named Christian Joshua in February
~My uncle would have rather gotten the power drill than the ratchet set
Honestly, this was the most interesting Christmas so far! I feel like I have one of those TV families where you learn a lot of stuff when everyone gets together!
So, you may be like, "alright... so?" but I found these newfound facts to be exciting! hah. sorry, I am too easily amused.


Alright, so after reading other people's entries, I felt it was necessary (to follow the trend and all, because I conform) to list what I got for Christmas too. Here goes:
~GIFTCARDS! (American Eagle, Express, Gap, Rosedale, Aeropostle)
~some clothes (grey zip-up sweater, beige zip-up fleece, a couple Aeropostle t-shirts and an orange sweater that needs to be exchanged for a different size)
~Smallville Season 2 DVDs
~Love Actually DVD
~Leather driving gloves
~Roseville mittens
~Third Day (Wire), Jeremy Camp (Stay), DC Talk (hits) CDs
~Double CD pod
~cute underwear
~$$
(maybe there's more, but I'm forgetting then)
I was quite a kick in the bum when I carried all of it up to my room in one load. I'm not a child anymore :( 
But overall I am very happy and excited about what I got!

Much love,
~Claire

80 days (and counting!) until St. Patrick's Day! woot. hahahahah

3:43PM - *yawn* hibernating is hard to get out of....

Well, I am back. To be honest, I'm not sure I'll have much more time to update now than I did the past few months (which were extremely busy, went by too fast, but seem long when I look back because I fit so much into them) but I decided it's time to come back to good 'ol lj. I'll find the time... maybe.
Junior year has begun and I'm already scared. It will be busy and hard and stressful, but at the same time I have some excitement. I don't understand myself sometimes. When I go to bed at night, all of the things (like studying for the ACTs and SATs, applying for scholarships, etc) that don't have a deadline in the next week list up in my head and I feel the stress when I'm trying to get to sleep. During the day I'm just too busy to notice it. That is unfortunate, but atleast I can enjoy myself during the day. I've had a pretty awesome first few weeks of school. I've hung out with a bunch of friends on the weekends and caught up with friends I didn't see much over the summer. Things are going well and I've been doing well in classes and all.

I'd go on, but my pizza is burning in the oven so I gotta run. Maybe I'll write more tonight (when I should be spending my time doing those things that I complained I don't have the time to do... heheh. I becoming a procrastinator).

adios my lj friends.. I have missed you!

~Claire

9:11PM

this is a really random picture of Emmy and I in the band lockers at school that I find really amusing! :)

2:26PM - back to life

Wow, Montana was wonderful. In a nutshell, we drove out to MT through South Dakota and stayed in Rapid City the first night. Then we arrived at Christikon and the next day hiked out from Christikon (base camp) to a campsite in the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Area of the Rocky Mountains (near McLeod, MT) that was 6 miles from base camp. We hiked everyday from that campsite and cleared trees that were blocking the path. Then we returned to Christikon after 4 days and clearing the entire path from base to our campsite, and headed home through North Dakota the next day (we stayed in Bismarck). We got home yesterday.

It was just an amazing experience to be outside everyday, working hard, roughing it in the cold rain, eating interesting (but surprisingly good) camping food, peeing in the woods and digger runs, getting to know people better and everything in between. I took three rolls of film and I got them back, but I am a bit disappointed. They are great pictures, but I didn't capture some things that I wished I would have. But, for someone who wasn't there, I'm sure I captured enough. I am in the process of scanning them and putting them on the web, so I will update them next time. Instead of typing up the journal I took with, I will just update some highlights...

1. Three new people: Kirsten and Scott, our counselors (Scott was quite attractive, which adds to my opinion that with the name of Scott, you must be hot-----The only person that breaks that rule is Scott Vadnais.. but that is besides the point); and Dan, a guy from Montana that goes to Christikon and hooks up with a group to hike with. He goes to school in Hong Kong, a British School, he's asian, and so he has a slight british accent (especially when he says, "Scott" and "God"). He was quite a funny guy and is now our youth group's pen pal.

2. Mountains and rapids and peace. While hiking we were often silent, so I got a lot of time to get lost in my thoughts, which is something I rarely get the chance to do. And because I was away from home, I didn't have to worry about all the responsibilities that home brings (like what I have to do today or tomorrow or who I need to plan something with). I was able to just clear my mind and admire the wonderful scenery (most of which was new to me) and have my time. And it was just picture perfect out there when the sun was out. (you'll see that when I update those pictures)

3. Hackysack. Steve, Keifer, Scott and Dan taught us how to play hacky sack and it ended up that whenever we'd have time to just hang around, we would get in a big circle and play hackysack. Man, we had some great laughs. I don't even remember what we laughed about most of the time, it was just random stuff, but I remember laughing so hard that my abs hurt. Plus, I have improved in my hackysack game so I might be alright for when WAPO rolls around.

4. New Experiences. Lets see, I went to the bathroom in the woods and could only use toilet paper on digger runs (going #2). I wore the same clothes for a week. Didn't shower or shave or wash my hair for a week; Hiked at least 4 miles a day (the farthest we hiked in a day was 10 miles); Learned how to correctly and successfully saw a log; Carried one-third my body weight on my back.... oh yes, and I perambulated!!! (singing and dancing as a group; I learned a jewish one and a russian one)

5. Random things that I learned (I'm sure there are more but here are some):
~it rains everyday in the mountains
~the perfect hiking weather is sunny with a slight breeze at about 65 degress
~driving over a curb could just land you with a flat tire
~hot chocolate is appreciated more outside in the cold dampness
~make a lot of noise to get black bears to leave-----but it doesn't always work
~find a spot near a tree for digger run holes----the ground is softer there
~the rapids water is COLD because it come from the snow on the mountains
~the ground is "high-hanging" when there is fog (don't ask.... Lars said that)
~South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana are quite barren.
~hill cows: cows that you see on hills that have two legs on one side shorter than on the other side so that they can stand on the hills better (another one of Lars' crazy ideas)
~wood can smell like the color of a peach sunset or a burnt red
~big trees will bind your saw
~hatcheting is harder than it looks

The experience of Montana went way beyond moments or events that can be remembered and described or displayed in pictures....it was a personal experience that no one can ever fully understand unless they were there, too; and even then it was a different experience for each of us.

~Claire

Current mood: accomplished

7:59AM - holahola

I am super excited right now. We are leaving for Montana tomorrow!! wooooot. hahah. Caitlin, Brita, Brooke, Ivana and maybe Ali will be coming over in a couple hours for a braiding hair party because Brooke, Brita, Ivana and I are going to need braids for our week and a half of not washing our hair. ahhaha. We will look ghetto fabulous.

Last week I did VBS at church and I am just realizing how much fun I had doing it. I really benefitted from it. ya know after you do community service work or something you just feel good? Well I feel really good about doing VBS. And it was my first year of really being a leader for it and I'm so happy I got to get to know those little kids and teach them about God's love.

I'm really hoping this Montana trip will get me away from the busy, stress-filled life I've been living these past several months (and that I will probably live much of next school year). I need to relax, I need solitude. Nature is very good at putting someone in a peaceful state of mind... or atleast it works for me. I remember sittin at our last campsite last year in the Boundary Waters. The sun was setting and I was sitting next to Brooke on a peak on the little island we stayed on. We were writing in our journals and just looking out across the water all arounds us. The water was so blue up there and with the sunset it reflected each color clearly. You couldn't hear a sound except for the calls of the loons and sea gulls. It was so perfect. I hear that Christikon (where we are staying in Montana) is even more beautiful than the Boundary Waters, and it is another type of landscape (mountanous) that I've never experienced before. This should be a wonderful trip.

Luv you all and I will talk to you when I return (and hopefully post MANY pictures!!) on July 1!

~Claire

p.s. happy 22 belated birthday prince william

Current mood: excited

Current music: Por que te vas? ----- Mana

5:29PM - WOW!

I'M BACK I'M BACK I'M BACK!!!

AND IT IS SUMMER!!!!!

man, sorry I've ignored LJ so much... The school year sucked the time away from me... but now it is summer and I hope to write more.. but hey, that's what I always say, right? yeah..

The summer has been pretty busy so far. I left for arizona the day after school got out to visit my grandparents with my dad, sister and Ivana came too! woot. that was really random but it added some fun to the vacation. It was nice and hot down there, but dry-hot, so 107 without humidity is a ton nicer than our humid-heat. But we did a day trip to Prescott, which has a higher altitude, and it was perfect there; about 89 degrees and breezy. We went to an art fair there, and at one point I was just laying on the grass in the middle of the Courthouse Square watching people and relaxing and it was perfect. I was so calm and relaxed, I remember that moment the most---and it was probably one of the moments while I was there when I was doing the least! But it was a lot like MN in Prescott, and I began to miss my good 'ol home of Minnesota. I don't think I could live in the desert. Too dry and barren. I missed the lush green grass and trees and wildlife of minnesota. But the mountains were cool. I really wanted to just climb to the top of one and look over everything. We drove pretty high up a couple times, and that was neat. Ivana and I had some good laughs about the names of streets down there: Bloody Basin Rd. (inviting, eh?), DrinkWater Blvd (it was actually named after Gov. DrinkWater), Carefree Hwy, and Table Mesa Rd (a bit redundant..). And we realized that palm trees are rarely straight! Even the little ones were crooked! hahha.
I have some pictures of AZ that I'll try to get up if I have the time.

I got back on Monday, and Tuesday through tomorrow I've been working VBS in the afternoons (and I sqeezed in dance practice yesterday afternoon, too). Tomorrow I will go to my aunt's house at 8:30am to hang out with her dogs while some workers fix something in her house (hey, I get paid...) and then VBS from noon-5 and then I'm going to the PRINCE CONCERT that evening. I AM SO PHSYCHED TO SEE PRINCE!!! I love him and I've never seen him in concert. Plus it's the final show out of three and the one from last night got GREAT reviews. Brita and Em said it was wonderful.

I'm off to Montana next Wednesday with church. MAN, that will be fun. I am SO excited for it!!!! Between then and now, I am basically doing stuff for church or dance or getting ready for the trip. Tonight I'm goin to the Oval for this teen fest (I usually do not attend these because they usually consist of middle schoolers more than high schoolers) because The Crisis Four is playing and I know a guy in the band (Tom Nash) and have been meaning to go see them play. Danielle, Brita, Ali, Steph and Keri are goin too, so that should be fun.

Hmm... I guess I am off then. I will try try try to update more often! I miss LJ much!!!

much love,
~Claire

Current mood: cheerful

6:46PM - a long time

oh my. today has been blah. It started with what is usually an enjoyable trip to the Corner Coffee house with Ali. We were both quite tired, so therefore not very talkative, and the coffee house just made me mad. They weren't serving the food I liked and they charged me 4.50 for a smoothie and breadstick (both of which weren't very good). so that made me sad. I like my breakfast time and that was a bad breakfast. So I went home, had some doughnut, cake and macaroni. num. that was better. I am really tired. just in a really blah mood. my mom and I helped laura with her social studies project on the conflict in Northern Ireland all day and I discovered as I did my math homework that I didn't understand some of it and it drove me crazy. Its like my brain isn't functioning today. I just want to turn it off or something. well now all I have to do is read a couple pages in good old American Tragedy and then i have the choice to do just that-- turn it off. but I shouldn't. I should write my Junior Class President Campaign proposal or whatever you want to call it, just so I don't have to work on it later this week. and I should practice my clarinet or dance or something. ahg. I am being so dang lazy. djsaflj ew. I dislike being lazy, but at the same time I feel as though I deserve it. heck, I've been working my butt off since winter started and now I am inclined to work it off until this year is over, since it is so close to done.
I JUST WANT SUMMER!.
you dont even know how much I want summer. I am so unsatisfied right now. gah, and I am being depressing and negative. that is not what I want. but sometimes I have to vent. get out my anger or negativity or whatever. jafewoif. I just want to get my liscence and school to be done so I can do fun stuff this summer. and not think. flajksdio. I am sick of thinking.

gah, I am sorry this is so negative.

Current mood: cranky

Current music: I know you're out there somewhere-- moody blues

7:28PM - finally

hello all!

I am at hastings high school right now, for the wonderful solo and ensemble contest. I am a band nerd... I enjoy band. We really have some good times.. and then I try to tell others about my good band times and they don't understand because you'd only understand if you were a band nerd. haha. ok.

my life has been busy. but I am going to go because I have to.

4:31PM - I have returned... to the computer atleast

hello hello from a long time away.
(I don't think that made sense...)
Spring is here and it makes me very happy. Ever since getting back from the MASC State Convention in Owatonna last week, I've felt wonderful. It just seems like things are looking up... and for some reason, this trimester seems a whole lot more fun, even though I don't know what made last tri seem so dreary... it had its good times, too. Eh, I don't know if much that I write today will make a lot of sense, forgive me, I must not be in that making-sense mood.

Ivana drove me home from school today, along with Emily, Phil and Brita. Man, that was happy. We were all squashed in her tiny car, putting along the road. First her car wouldn't start because her steering wheel locked.... but we figured it out (actually, she just figdetted around with it until it turned on). A great beginning to a 3-day weekend. Easter is on Sunday, that officially means spring is here. and, oh! my birthday is in exactly one month.... that means driver's license is hopefully not much farther away! wooop!

I suppose I should tell about the MASC state convention, since I haven't updated about it yet. I meant to update about it the day I got back... and update all of my pictures, but that didn't happen---I've been very busy since I've been back. I will tell about it quickly though...even though I'm sure many of you have heard already.

( my summed up version of MASC )
Overall, though Student Council Conventions sound like they would be boring and cheesy, they are an experience of a lifetime and have a unique excitement within them that you can't find anywhere else.

As soon as I get the time, hopefully this weekend, I will post my pictures from the convention, which I am sure will be more interesting than my description.

I guess the only other things I was going to mention was about how life has been since spring break and getting back from MASC. Math has become really hard and Caitlin was smart and switched into regular precalc with a much better teacher, but Ivana (pazangel)and I made the decision to stick it out in good ol' Honors PreCalc (whatever doesn't kill you can only make you stronger, right?). I, along with the girls who went to State with me, am on the board for Charity Week, headed by my good friend, Priya, and have been working hard on getting everything for the Coffee House Social and Silent Art Auction ready and getting everything for the week ready. Also, tonight I am going to Emily Tran's house to choreograph the tryout dance because Danceteam tryouts for next year's season are next week already!! I've been busy, but I've enjoyed every minute of it.

and I really like my lunch this tri. I decided that today.

love, and happy easter/3-dayweekend if I don't update before this weekend is out!

12:16PM - I will return..unless I like Owatonna too much

hellos!
In about 30 minutes, I will be off to Owatonna, MN for the State Student Council Convention. It sounds nerdy, right? Yes, and don't ask what we will do there because I really don't know! But I do know that it will most likely kick ass because it is 500 students from around Minnesota (we're staying at the Holiday Inn fully equipped with water park tonight) hanging out for 3 days and I am going with Kim, Danielle, Priya and a freshman. So basically it is a trip with my friends! woot. so I am excited.. and I will take many-a-pictures and I hope everyone has a good Monday and Tuesday back from Spring Break!
I will see you all on Wednesday!!
(there might be computers to use there, so I might update before I get back, but I don't know)

adios con el amor!

Current mood: cheerful

Current music: The First Time That I Saw You------Hall And Oats

1:12AM - major photo post

gracious, emily tran's birthday party was so much fun tonight! I got tons of awesome pictures so I will post about 50 of them.
( let's go for a ride )

Since it is Friday, and Spring Break is technically only 2 more days, I have to say that this has been an exciting Spring Break. It's been nice just to do whatever and it is FINALLY nice outside, here in Minnesota, so it seems like spring is on its way. Thank goodness too... I was getting depressed with winter. I guess I am kind of ready to head into the last 50 days of school... but first I am going to Owatonna for the State StuCo convention..hehheh.

Current mood: tired

3:17PM

Gophers Women's Basketball is great. They won today... tough game against UCLA. Ivana and I were stressed......and I don't think I'll have much of a voice tomorrow.

Spring Break has finally arrived, and as always, though it is a break from school, that is about all it is a break from. I am quite busy, but i am just so happy to be away from school for awhile. I have some homework, the most decanant being reading 150 pages in Tale Of Two Cities. I really like that book, but it takes so long for me to read~! Anyways... I am babysitting tonight, which is good for the money I'll make, but otherwise, I kind of wish I was able get some time to do my homework. I like to get it done early----it makes life easier.

last night I went joined Dan, Emily, Ali and IVana at Brita's house. That was good times. We hopped in dan's Durango adn drove around most of the time. It was happy because I like being with my friends. and I had spent the entire day in Supirior.

lala. I am sorry, I am a bore right now. I just felt like I needed to update since I never do really. I do read lj though.

i think I'll go now.

Current mood: bored

4:57PM

ahh, today was very good! This tri is so much better than second!!!

I have every class with Caitlin, which is nice because then I have a friend in every class. And we sit by each other in every class too!! (most classes were choose-your-seats but the ones that were assigned, we were assigned near each other!) Lunch is absolutely awesome! It's like last trimester's A lunch plus Brita, Emily, Caitlin, Noha,etc. Great times. Oh! and our second hour English with Paulson is SUPER! It is a really small class and there are only 7 guys in it! But its really fun people and it is nice to have it second hour, we are a bit more awake. I really need to practice my spanish because I didnt' have it last tri adn now I have it again and I was forgetting everything today! I love spanish though,its a great class, no matter the teacher. oh gracious, and precalc is fun because it is Caitlin, Ivana, Sarah Duffy, adn Vanessa Chae and I in a group. We get homework every night (or so she says to expect), but it's mostly the algebraic (sp?) type stuff, which doesn't take very long. I finished ours for tonight already. hmmm...

oh! and dance is over! It's weird, but it won't be over for long. At our spring show on saturday, it was announced that Emily Tran and I are captains for next year, so once tryouts are done, we'll probably be practicing some captain's practices and planning stuff for summer and next year's season already!

Oh man, its weird, too, that next week is Spring Break. I keep forgetting that and it is nice when I remember. It doesn't seem like I will have a lot of homework really. no big projects I am sure. yay!

now that I have more time after school, I will hopefully be updating more!!

adios for now!

Current mood: awake