Holiday Wrap Up

Like everyone, I have been extremely busy. The snow has hindered me from doing a lot of things, and I am trying to catch up on everything the outside world needed me to do. I am beginning to realize that I don't like the snow that much, and I am very much so ready to see the green grass again.

I am very excited about Christmas, I can't wait to spend time with my family and friends. I also am extremely excited about New Years Eve! We just booked our hotel room, and I couldn't be more excited about it. This is going to be one of the greatest shows of my life!

I am ready for the new year. I'm ready to be done with college applications. More importantly, I am ready for second semester to get here. Which means that I should probably be studying for my AP Microecon exam, and I will...just after all the college applications are done.

Happy Holidays everyone!

And It Spread

Well, it looks like the snow is not going to stop any time soon...and for once I'm pretty excited. I really don't like snow that much, and my reason was that I hate snow days. There is nothing worse than having a snow day, because it means that you have to make it up at some point in time. Although, senior year has changed my views on that and I am elated to have a snow day, because seniorits has hit and I am ready for Graduation to get here.

I have a lot of things to get done over the break. College applications, start working on a Darfur Presentation I'm giving in January, read about 4 books that I started this school year and haven't finished, study for AP Microeconomics final and all my other exams...and most importantly, spend time with family and just have fun.

On an even better note, only 13 days until I'm ringing in the New Year with the Avett Brothers...the tickets came today...and I am getting really, really excited. :D

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing

I'm not sure how much longer I can wait for this letter. the suspense is KILLING me. I have braced myself doe the worse so if I get that letter and it's a rejection letter...I shouldn't be as hurt/sad/confused/disappointed.

So I'm waiting for the mailman to get here. I'm hoping that my letter is going to be there today. and then i hope that my mom gets here soon enough so i can open it...

I'm reading to get rid of this yucky feeling.

We came for salvation

There are only 24 days until I see the Avett Brothers for New Years Eve, and I am extremely excited! This is probably the greatest birthday/Christmas present anyone could ask for from there older sister...at least to me. :) Currently "Salvation Song" is on repeat, and this is because...in a few days, there is a chance that I could possibly have "bad feelings" towards this song. I used it in one of my admissions essays for Swarthmore, and if I don't get the letter that I want, I know that it will be a tough song to listen too...but no matter what, it will always have a special place in my heart. :)

So, here it is:

Cardboard,

I was looking through some old stuff that I have written and I found this. The more that I read it, the more I like it.

As I was reading something that I had written almost 2 months ago, and something caught my attention. I had written something that I hadn't even really thought about before.

...but I also think about how, for the most part, cardboard is durable..unless an outside force breaks it down.

When I read that, I realized, if you substituted the word cardboard with the word humanity, it's the best description of humanity that I could give at this moment.

I mean, a tribe in Africa is capable of surviving by itself until an oppressive government comes into the country and begins taking away resources, ignoring tribal boundaries, and for some places, killing off whole races and tribes.

As we get older, our "durability" to the outside forces switches. When we're younger, physical durability is something that we have a high tolerance to. We can fall and get a scrape and after 5 minutes be up and playing again.

I know that as I get older, my durability to things around me has weakened. Whether it be on a local, statewide, national, or international level; when I see something that's wrong. I want to change it, but I can't change everything.

After two extremely long, busy weeks, I am sitting in my room trying to grow used to the quietness that is overwhelming my house. I am extremely excited about what the next few weeks hold. Not only do I hear from Swarthmore, but I turn 18! and Emma's coming home in a few weeks and then there is Christmas. With Christmas break comes catch up with a lot of old (and new) friends that have gone to college. This makes me so excited about what is to come in the next few years. The more I think about it, the more excited I am about college. I was thinking about my schedule next year and I became extremely excited to think that for the next four years, for the most part, I will have the opportunity to take classes in the things that I want to study.

The one thing that I am extremely excited about is New Years Eve. I get to ring in 2010 with my older sister and one of my favorite bands! I am so excited to see the Avetts again. It is going to be one of the greatest NYE's of my life.

The one thing that I am looking forward to the most this next month is just some relaxation and family time. I'm looking forward to napping with KT-Bugg and having her yell for her Aunt Ya-Ya. I'm excited to have Emma home for a month. I'm excited to decorate the house for Christmas. I'm excited to have letters and cards come in from across the ocean.

A Jet Plane and A Big Idea, I Jumped Over the Sea

Minus the jet plane, this is essentially how Thanksgiving was started. The Europeans longed for a place that held what they considered religious freedom. So they set sail for a new land in search of there own society.

So far, I have quite the interesting Thanksgiving experience. The past few days I have a had a killer toothache, and pain is usually something that I am extremely tolerant too...this pain however, was just TOO much. So I finally caved in and let my mom call the dentist. Although my dentist was out of town, someone could see me. As someone that hates the dentist, I had never been more thankful when he walked in and immediately began asking questions and checking to see what was wrong. Within 5 minuted I had a diagnosis and two prescriptions to get me on my way. All this in preparation for a root canal that I'm going to have to get done on this tooth in two weeks, if not sooner.

As always, I am extremely thankful for everything that I have in my life. As Modest Mouse says, "My friends, my habits, my family, they mean so much."

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! don't eat too much, although I'm positive that I'll be eating enough for 3-4 people. :D