Tumblr Filled Day

Today has been a long day.  Remember my little thing about sleep yesterday?  Well, I spent about half of today sleeping, and I'm still tired.  I'm actually kind of thankful that I'll be back to my normal sleep schedule tomorrow.

I feel like I accomplished absolutely nothing today other than homework.  I honestly haven't done much other than that.  I did film a video that I'll hopefully have up in an hour or so.  (The footage is converting at the moment.)  I haven't really gotten to read or anything today, but I plan on taking The Fault in Our Stars to work with me tomorrow and maybe even school.  Let's hope I don't start crying in front of people...

I was trying to think of something else to write, but then I got distracted and just left this sitting open.  I've been on Tumblr all day.  I hadn't had time to get on Tumblr for quite a while, and I hadn't even gotten on Saturday or Sunday.  I actually think it's to blame for my lack of motivation to do anything else today.  I just barely got my homework done early thanks to Tumblr.

Sleep and I Don't Get Along

Why is it that I tend to be the most crankiest on the days I actually get a decent amount of sleep?  Sleep and I just have an all around crazy relationship.  I'm always tired, no matter what I do.  That being said, sleeping in was great, and I felt great when I woke up.  It wasn't until later that I felt tired again.  I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with me.

I managed to watch both Naruto and How I Met Your Mother today.  Plus, I also wrote a bit, and I'm going to work on prereading a fanfiction for someone after I finish this post.  After that, I plan on reading some more of an awesome Harry Potter fanfic that I was reading earlier.  Other than that, my day hasn't really consisted of much.

Valentine's Day Means Candy

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!  Valentine's Day has never been my favorite holiday.  I don't hate it.  I just don't really care about it.  It did mean I got candy today though, so that's a bonus.  Ji had a somewhat large box of candy that she carried around all day and handed out to people, and I got two pieces.  My computer applications teacher gave all of us suckers, and I got a chocolate rose from my parents.

I honestly have nothing else note-worthy to mention from today.  I was dissappointed we didn't get at least a two-hour delay.  The two extra hours of sleep would have been nice.  The roads weren't bad at all though, and basically everything was melted by the time we got out of school.  I'm starting to think we'll never have a snow day this year.  If we don't, I think this will be the first time in my life that's ever happened, which would be weird since it's my senior year.

Hunger Games Trailer, Canterbury Tales, and More

This weekend seems to have gone by fast.  I was looking forward to resting, but for some reason I don't feel rested at all.  I feel just as tired as I did Friday night even though I got a decent amount of sleep and didn't do anything to wear me out.

I watched the Hunger Games trailer when it aired on TV during the Super Bowl pre-show.  It's the same one that was released online earlier this week, but it was awesome to see it on TV.  We actually have the pre-show recorded on the DVR just for the trailer.

I haven't done much this weekend.  Tonight's the second part of the Catholicism video series my church is doing, and that'll be the only time I've done anything this weekend except for church.

I'm in the middle of reading the Nun's Priest's Tale from the Canterbury Tales, but I can't make myself focus on it.  I keep zoning out as I'm reading, and I can't remember anything I just read.  I'll get it done before I have to go to the video thing later though.

Church Dinner, Dan Radcliffe on SNL, Etc.

It has been a long day.  I had trouble sleeping last night, and then I woke up today feeling a little sick.  I don't know if I really am sick or it's just allergies.  Whatever it is, my head feels congested, I can barely breath through my nose, and my throat feels kind of scratchy.  It's not too bad though, and I hope it doesn't get worse.

I'm really happy tomorrow's a holiday, and there's no school.  After getting no sleep last night, I really need another night to sleep in before going to school.

We had a dinner after church this morning/afternoon.  It was kind of a welcome to our priest (who came a few months back) and new parishioners.  I was probably there for about an hour, but I came home a bit earlier than most of the others because Ji was coming over to drop off some Friends DVDs and The Hunger Games that she had borrowed.  (She didn't actually ever read The Hunger Games, which dissappoints me a bit.)  We watched Daniel Radcliffe on Saturday Night Live (He was amazing, and I love the Harry Potter sketch!) and some Youtube videos before she left.

Other than that I didn't do much today.  I, of course, did some homework, but that's about it.  I actually got less homework done than I had been planning on because I didn't know that Ji was going to come over, and I didn't know about the dinner at church until this morning.  (Well, I knew it was happening, but not that it was today.)  Since I didn't get much done today, I'm also going to have to do more tomorrow than I planned on.  It's not much though, so hopefuly it won't take long.  I want to be able to enjoy the day off from school.

First Delay of the School Year

It snowed for a good portion of the day today, and we already have a two-hour delay for tomorrow.  I'm so excited to sleep in.  It seemed like I was doing a ton after school today.  I had a lot of homework and other things that needed to get done.  I haven't had time for anything else really.  This is going to be extremely short.  I wanted to post something longer, but I still have a couple of things I want to get done.  There may be a two-hour delay tomorrow, but I don't want to stay up later than normal.  I want two extra hours of sleep!

Working Concessions Makes it a Long Night

Today has been a long day, and this is going to be a short post since it's late and I have a lot to do.  I filmed a video earlier today that talked about my first day back at school, so I won't repeat all of that here.  (Editing and uploading that video is one of the things I still need to do.  I'm getting no sleep tonight!)

In that video I mentioned that I had to work concessions at the varsity basketball game tonight.  That's why I'm so behind on everything.  I was there for about two hours, so now I have to get everything I would have done in those two hours done.  Plus, I have to write down the results of the Iowa Caucus as homework for current events, so I have to stay up to get those results.

Working the concessions was fun, but I was so tired today and it only got worse while working.  I can't wait for my sleeping schedule to adjust back to normal.  (Tonight definitely isn't going to help.)  This was my second time working concessions for Beta Club, and this time definitely went better than the last since I actually had people to talk to this time.  I worked with Ji and some other people from school.  Ji also took some pictures of the game and people working that we can use for the basketball and Beta Club pages of the yearbook.  I think those are the first Beta Club pictures we've gotten except for the ones I took at the induction ceremony.

I need to go edit that video, so I'm not up all night waiting for it to upload and everything.  I'm tempted to just put it off until tomorrow, but I know I'll regret that later.  Hopefully, I'll get to sleep at a somewhat decent hour tonight.  (I laid in bed for three hours last night before falling asleep sometime after one in the morning!)

Christmas and Writing

There's just a little over half an hour left of this Christmas!  I filmed a video earlier that will be up tomorrow that talked a bit about how this Christmas went.  Basically, we woke up extremely early with just a few hours sleep to open some awesome presents, and then over half of the house, including me, went straight back to bed.  It was a great Christmas, but even after waking up for the second time I was extremely tired.  I spent half the day half asleep.

I got some great presents!  I've only been able to use a few so far.  My new Ravenclaw iPhone case got put on my phone immediately, and I've already written in my new Harry Potter planner that's extremely similar to the one I've been using this year.  We also watched Up in the Air, which I got on DVD.  I also got The Princess and the Frog and the Beauty and the Beast DVDs.  If you know of my obsession with Beauty and the Beast, then you'll know I'm extremely happy with that gift.  I also got several other DVDs and some books among various other things.

By far the most exciting part of my Christmas was finishing the first draft of my currently untitled story that I've been working on for months.  I've posted teasers of it over on my writing blog.  It'll be a while before that's posted anywhere though.  I'm going to forget about it for a while and work on some Hunger Games fanfiction.  Then, when that's done, I'll get the story out again and edit the first draft.  I'm so excited to have it finished!  Plus, I've had so many ideas for these Hunger Games one-shots that I'm going to be writing.  I can't wait to get started!

The Newspaper Article and Stage Crew

I never posted about this on the blog (because I was freaking out about it so much), but I somehow ended up writing a column for the local newspaper.  They wanted a kid from each school in the area to write about stuff happening at that school.  My yearbook teacher and friends thought I should do it.  This all happened a couple of weeks ago, but the issue with the first article in it came out yesterday.  I had several people tell me today that they'd read it and enjoyed it.  The secretary at the middle school even mentioned it when I went over there for peer tutoring.  She'd only asked what my name was a few days ago.  I didn't think she remembered it!  I'm a little embarrassed.  I mean, everyone's said good things about it, but of course the would in front of me.  I'm so paranoid about it.

It's so hard to write posts about just general life stuff now because of play practice.  By the time I get home, I'm worn out and have forgotten most of the day.  I could write about play practice, but there's really nothing to say.  I'm not great at building things, so I'm the one doing the small, random jobs, such as holding something or searching for different props and things.  I'm really happy I joined crew, but it doesn't give me much to blog about.

One random tidbit that might be interesting:  there's apparently a ghost up in the passage way that leads from the costume/prop room to the place where the lights and stuff are controlled.  I haven't actually been past the costume room and I haven't heard the footsteps that everyone else claims to hear (even when I'm in there alone).  I'm not really sure if I should believe everyone or not.  One girl claims she was chased once.  We'll see how I feel in a month.  I can say that that area is creepy, so I can see why people would believe there's a ghost there.

I usually look forward to Saturdays because I get to sleep in, but that's not happening tomorrow.  Why?  At three a.m. my mom and I are leaving to drive up to Indianapolis to visit Marian University.  Marian isn't one of my top choices for a school, but I definitely think I'm applying there.  It should be interesting.  Although, the long car right in the wee hours of the morning may be even more interesting thanks to sleep deprivation.  Here's to hoping I can get some sleep in the car.