NYC

So Sarah's cyber charter school was doing a field trip. We were going to go see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, so me and her and dad decided to go.

I've got to say, I didn't know a landscape could be that HIDEOUS! Not New York, the land around it! It's all just old run down industrial-type buildings, grey, dead looking grass with water seeping through it... there were some wooden electric poles jutting up out of some of the water. One was nearly broken off and the wire between it and the next was slack and sagging into the water. How increadibly UGLY! The buildings were mostly windowed with that nasty green, semi-opaque glass... Bleck.

NYC, on the other hand, was absolutely gorgeous. The sounds, the smells, the sights... So much fun. We kept within, I dunno, a half a block of times square and everything was awesome. But VEEEEEERY expensive. We ate lunch at a tiny bagel shop, though the bagel was too hard for me to eat with my braces. The deli ham we had on the sammiches was delicious though. We eventually headed to the theater to watch the play, only to find that the person with our tickets was late.

After about 15 minutes of being in a raw panick trying to find tickets, eventually someone with a cell phone located the guy in the crowd. We got our things, headed inside, and watched the play. Overall, to be entirely honest I think I liked the tv version better. The acting was better in the play but with tv you get all the neat special effects. and in the play they didn't do the sword fight! What a travesty...

At intermission we went to the bathroom and everything, and dad bought a 4$ soda from one of the MANY bars they had scattered around. The cup was small and packed with ice, but the soda was delicious. Very refreshing.

So after the finale we headed over to where the charter school had arranged for us to eat. There was some panick there over what we were supposed to be doing and where we were suposed to be standing for them to call us in and everything. But in the end it all worked out and we had supper. The cookie theyg ave us for desert was the best thing that I ate ALL DAY. Yum.

We headed back outside and there was MORE panick about where the buses taking us back were, and after that, panick because we didn't have everyone at first. We set off a half hour late.

Oh, and when we were trying to get our tickets, someone tried to call the teachers. One had their cell phone turned off, and the other one had her phone forwarding calls to the one that was turned off. So they were unreachable. xD

Overall I think it is the most HORRIBLY planned field trip I've ever been on in my life, but one of the most memorable.

On the way, and this is gonna sound really soppy, we passed the turn off to go to Newark which is where we pick up Mike when he flies in. I got all sentimental and stuff and my heart started pounding, 'cause usually by the time I see that parallel road I'm about to faint from nervous hyperventhilation. xD Okay, not THAT bad, but still. It's almost enough to make me sick.

I'd write more, because there is more about the trip, but I'm either uninspired or feeling too lazy right now. :/

Little Gamers

I love this webcomic. :) It's just so cute. It has ninjas! Aaaaand a lot of swearing. :/ But the ninjas are worth it.

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Girls of Purpose

Well this year it was pretty fulfilling, I got to connect a lot better with some of the girls so that was great. I love Sara, she's so... I dunno, she's Christian but she says a lot of seccular things just in joking, like she can't help herself. xD It's really funny.

'It's like a little flu condom!'

That was my absolute favorite. She had the flu and was on meds to stop it from reproducing. She says things that I'd say just spur of the moment without being able to help myself. xD And she told me my eyes were like melted chocolate. >_> I was all like, 'Aawwww!'

So anyway, I was on the verge of tears through a lot of the thing 'cause I wanted to get married so bad, the speakers weren't even really touching on relationships with guys, just with friends in general. At one point God told me that I could just start practicing being a wife at home, like taking on larger portions of the chores and whatnot. It's a good idea. And I want to start filling my hope chest with things for when I finally am married.

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Are those not the most gorgeous plates ever? xD I figure I'd better start now while money comes free in the form of allowence and birthdays and such. As opposed to like, when I've got the new expense of paying for an apartment or something. Thankfully my parents are willing to pay for some of my college and whatnot, and my grandma's given them money for it as well. So that's one expense I won't have entirely on my own plate. (Get it? Plate? Hahahaha.... ha....)

So it's all good. Got my braces adjusted today, and got rid of the day glow green bands. Now I've got nice perriwinkle blue ones that still stand out, and are kinda pretty. I'm not gonna have the braces of fby the time Mike's here I don't think, but at least my orthadontist is doing things right.

*pauses* He's kinda intimidating. He's really quiet and has sort of a funny sense of humor that you have to really be on your toes to respond to. But he seems to like doing what he's doing and there's a lot to be said for that.

Plans for the Future.

Right, so me and Mike had a conversation on what we were going to do later in life.

I plan on being a psychologist counselor, he wants to be an author. He doesn't want me to be the primary breadwinner but I think he's sort of being sill when it comes to that sort of thing. xD He'd make a great stay at home dad, he's very nurturing.

Anyway, he's turning 19 when he's in America this year. When he turns 20 he wants to propose. O_O That is so SCARY to me. Not only will he be in his third decade of life, but I'll only be in my second and still in high school. Plus... There's not even really a guarantee that he'll be coming the year after this. It's an increadibly depressing thought, but... I dunno. Maybe I'm just making stuff up about him not being able to come. But in my mind next year I'm gonna have a summer job, and he'll be in Univeristy... It might not work out financially for him or timewise for me.

On to more pleasent subjects. Once we're happily married and living goodness only knows where, we want to have cats and a dog. One of the cats will be black and white and named Farethia, and one will be a siamese male and will be named Marvael. They're two characters of ours who really suit kitties. :P Mike wants to have a cocker spaniel because his family has two, and he likes them. I sort of want a pug, they're just so ugly it's cute! But the pets are negotiable.

We want to have two kids once we're totally awesome and can provide for them. :P And I'm like, 'Okay!'

So yeah. That's the plan. Mike wants to have the wedding in Scotland because he wants to wear a kilt for it and he'd feel awkward doing that in America. Besides, more of his family are likely to want to come to the wedding than mine. It's such a pity, there's going to be an enormous expense on one side or the other...

So yes. After all the awkward time of me being 17 and him being 20, then me being 18 and him being 20, then me being 18 and him being 21, and so on and so forth... By the time I'm 22 and he's 25 or something like that I thing I'll finally stop cringing about how far apart we are in age.

Fine Arts

Oh my GOSH! My friend Hana went on to nationals in two things AND SHE DIDN'T TELL ME!

How DARE she?!?

Well, shout out to Hana for moving on in original song writing and piano solo. Or at least I think those are the two she moved on in....