A Long Day with Awesome People

It's late, and I'm extremely tired.  However, there are a few things I want to blog about before I forget.  This post will probably be a little disjointed and jumpy.  I'm just trying to get things down before I fall asleep.

I love when Harry Potter comes up somehow in everyday life.  Yesterday my yearbook teacher's daughter was there, and she played The Mysterious Ticking Noise for those of us in the classroom (a lot of the class was over in the computer lab).  No one had seen it before.  I got so excited when I realized what she was playing.

Today Jordan and Haley started writing A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel quotes on the dry erase board in AP English.  Everyone kept asking what AVPM and AVPS stood for, and no one really knew what the quotes were.

We had a fire drill during econ today.  Those are always fun during the winter.  We also finished watching a movie called Madison.  I may do a post on it later...

This evening my grandma, Aunt Kate, Aunt Linda, mom, sister Regina, cousin Danielle, and I all went to Red Lobster.  It's my grandma, Aunt Kate, and mom's birthdays soon, so it was their birthday dinner.  It was a whole lot of fun.  We also went by my Uncle Ken and Aunt Linda's before and after.  Four of the male cousins and my brother where there while we were at Red Lobster.  I'm always guaranteed to have a good time when I'm with my cousins.  They're always doing something interesting.

After all of that, my mom, sister, and I went to the mall to do some Christmas shopping.  It was late and I don't like shopping, so I really just wanted to go home.  Then I remembered that Summer works in the mall and had told me earlier she was working tonight.  I have seen her since July!  (I need a car and more time...)  I wasn't sure if she was still there or not, but when we entered the store she works at, sure enough she was there.  She looked up at me and Regina, looked back at what she was doing, and then looked back up and realized it was us.  She immediately started talking loud enough that the whole store could hear.  She hugged me and started telling everyone, "This is my best friend since first grade."  She got so excited.  Haha.  We couldn't stay long, and she had to work.  Still, it was awesome to get to see her.  I don't get to see her nearly enough anymore, and talking using a phone or computer just isn't the same.

Dresses and Breaking Dawn

I've had a busy weekend so far.  After school on Friday, Ji, Regina, and I went shopping for Christmas dance dresses.  We stopped to get something to eat, and then went to this house Ji's parents are fixing up.  (This is in a city a little less than an hour away, and they're moving out there when the house is done and stuff.)  We left Ji's car there, and her mom took us to the store where she had us (particularly me for some reason) try on a ton of dresses.  Luckily, I found one, so I have that done with.  I'm not a huge shopping or trying on clothes fan.  Ji's mom was really into it though.  She wanted to see me in every dress, and she kept going to get more.  It felt like I was in that dressing room forever.

Today I went to go see Breaking Dawn with my friend Haley.  I was so excited!  Every showing before ours had sold out, so I was really worried this one would be when we got there, but we managed to get tickets.  I loved the movie so much!  As of right now, I can really only think of one complaint.  For the most part, I thought it was done great.  I'll post a review of it later.

My biggest thing was that the Hunger Games trailer wasn't shown before the movie!  It was supposed to be, but for some reason it wasn't at our theater.  Haley and I were dissapointed because we both really wanted to see it on the big screen.  I hope I get to see it in front of something before the movie's out.

This doesn't really sound like a busy weekend, but it sure feels like it.  I think most of it is because I woke up really earlier this morning.  I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep.  Usually, I lay in bed a while anyway, and I eventually go back to sleep.  I didn't do that this time, and I regret it.  I've been so tired today.  Plus, I can't sleep in tomorrow, so I'll start off the week tired.  Thankfully, I only have school two days this week!

Operation Christmas Child

I'm still worn out from the weekend.  I was at the school enough for the play that it doesn't even really feel like I had a weekend.

I got to start off my Monday with an AP U.S. history test.  Luckily, it wasn't bad.  As far as AP U.S. history tests go, it was fairly average.

I was looking forward to actually going home after school today, but I ended up staying after for about fifteen minutes with Ji.  She was calling this college for information and wanted someone there for moral support.  After she was done with the call, she asked if I was interested in going to the Dollar Store with her to get things for Operation Christmas Child.  We're supposed to have everything for that turned in to school tomorrow.  We stopped at my house, so I could get some money, and my brother and sister ended up coming with us.  We looked around the Dollar Store for a while and found some stuff.  We got a pretty good mix of hygiene items and small toys.  We even saw Randall (who I've known since 4th grade) while we were there.

Once we were done shopping, I just headed home to sit around the house for the rest of the day.  I'm very happy to say that I had no homework today.  It was nice to have a day with no play practice and no homework.  I was even able to watch episodes of both Naruto and How I Met Your Mother.

Sleep Deprived Car Rides and College Visits

Waking up at three a.m. is never fun.  It's even less fun when it's followed by a day of being in the car.  With your younger sister.  Do I need to say anything else about my day today?

My mom, sister, and I drove about four hours today to get up to Indianapolis to visit Marian University.  It was a long car ride that took place mostly in the dark.  I'd hoped to sleep the whole way through, but instead I only managed about an hour of sleep while in the car.  The rest of the time was spent attempting to sleep or trying to find things to do that didn't involve light (which unfortunately meant no reading).  In my sleep deprived mind, I somehow began thinking about the Declaration of Independence at one point and how beautifully it's written.  So, what did I do?  I looked the Declaration of Independence up on my phone and read all of it at about four in the morning.  Fun times.

The actual college visit was very interesting.  I hadn't been very interested in going to Marian before today, but it seems like a really great school.  I'll definitely be applying, and it's up higher on my list of schools I'd like to attend now.  The only bad thing it really has going for it is it's location.  Indianapolis is great, don't get me wrong, but I've really been hoping to go to college out-of-state.  Other than that, it really does seem like it'd be a good school for me.  Their education program seems really good.  I just can't get over the whole in-state thing.  I really want to try living in a different area of the country.  Choosing a college is so difficult!  I'm having the hardest time deciding what my top choice is.

My sister wanted to stop at this outlet mall on the way home.  My mom and I were both extremely tired and stayed in the car while she shopped a couple of hours.  After attempting to do homework (which didn't go too well because of sleep deprivation), I decided it would be a good time to take a nap.  I think I was asleep about ten minutes before my sister woke me up when she was putting bags in the car.

Eventually, we started driving again, but it took us way longer to get home then it should have.  This was primarily because we had a bit of trouble getting out of Louisville.  Technically, we weren't supposed to be in Louisville in the first place.  We were supposed to go around it.  I'm not entirely sure what happened because I was in the back seat half asleep.  The sad thing is I was attempting to pay attention to what was happening the whole time; I just can't remember any of it.

We finally made it home, and I haven't done much since.  I would have loved to take a nap, but I figured it was too late for that by that point.  I'm amazed I haven't already fallen asleep.  I was actually feeling more awake until I started typing this post.  Now I can barely keep my eyes open.  I don't think I'm going to make it much longer.