Journal #4

So i thought my computer did not save my work to journal 3 and i was so unhappy. :( But i went back into edit posts and it was there! yay for me! So i was just thinking about my past dance experiences and all the fabulous things i have gotten to do just because of dance! I made so many friends and learned a lot that some of my friends in colorguard were jealous of. I danced for nine years and i remember my first recital. I started when i was 7 years old and i was in ballet, tap, and jazz... i think. For ballet we were doing The Beatles song "Let it be" till this day that song gets on my nerves from hearing it over and over again when i was little! For tap we were doing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" which i love that song! And if i remembered what we did for jazz i would mention it too. We were at our first recital and I was nervous but excited to be performing for my family. I wanted to show off everything i had learned this year and prove to my mom that i really do love dance and I want to stay with it. Ms. Kelly my dance teacher added a cartwheel into our tap dance while we have our bugles in our hand, and at every practice i did it right. I knew what i was doing and did not under estimate myself. I went out confident and proud hitting every sound so the dead silence audience could hear everything. We got the cartwheel and it was my turn to go, i went and my bugle went flying out of my hands on the the floor of the stage, but i did not stop i kept going pretending like i had my bugle in my hand like we practiced in class. Ms. Kelly was so proud of me, and after it all happened and we were off stage we laughed about it all!

Journal #3

I was thinking about different blog topics and thought, i can write about when i moved from Florida to North Carolina. That was the most stressful move ever! I had already started seventh grade and even had a great boyfriend! The summer before my dad was working a lot up here and my mom even flew up here to "see" my dad. What we did not was that they were already looking at houses. When my dad came hoem one weekend he told us we were going up to North Carolina for a week to visit! I was like why?.... I was twelve years old and had my own opinion on things and understood a lot more, yet i didnt understand my parents at this time! When we arrived in North Carolina the next morning we went to "the shop" and met my dad's co-workers. Well one spilled and told my sister and I that we are going to love it up here! We were so confused, so we asked mom and dad what was going on and they told us they want my dad to transfer his job to up here. I was only twelve and did not really know what to think. But automatically Staci hated it,I didnt blame her. My mom took another visit up here without us to look for a house, I stayed with my grandma because my brother would not be home but then i had to go with my sister to her friends house because my grandma was going on vacation. The trip up here was stresfull, because it was early in the morning and very hot outside! we had 2 dogs with us and three cats, and every animal was very unhappy! The cats were in the back meowing and hissing at each other which was amusing. We were into Georgia and suddenly smoke starts flying from the trailers tire and my dad could not really see what was going on but my mom called and told him he need to pull over. So we did, and guess what, one of the tires blew out and we were standing there in the sun and heat along side of a busy highway not knowing if or how we are going to get it fixed. We called a UHAUL place and they told us an hour. We could not believe it, we were stranded in the middle of know where on a busy highway with everything we moved with! Finally someone arrived an hour later to fix our tire and get us back on the road. We were pulling into our driveway at midnight exactly, but i do remember my dad waking me up too see how pretty the lake was. I was so tired the next day, but was still anxious to start making friends because i was so tired of unpacking by the 3rd day!

Journal #2

My Most Embarrassing Moment My most embarrassing moment would have to be one day last semester i was up in Hickory with my friend Justin and we went to the mall before i had to go get my nephew at daycare. Well I was all excited cause i was driving and i thought i knew everywhere i was going, but apparently not! We left the mall at 4:45 and i started driving out of the parking lot thinking i knew where i was going.. boy was i wrong! I drove on the road by Zaxby's and went pretty far down, but i realized its not the right road. So, i turned around thinking yet again i knew where i was going, and i went to the road over by Micheal's and all those other places. Yet again, i was wrong and started freaking out and crying! Justin was in the passenger seat laughing at me!!! I could not believe him! So i called my dad up and he told me to just get on I-40 and drive till i get to the road, which the name has slipped my mind! So i continued to drive and got onto I-40 and drove til i reached the exit! I looked at Justin and told him if he ever mentioned this to anyone he would die, but I didn't really mean die! Finally i reached the daycare and got Austin. That day i was late picking up my mom by fifteen minutes and i got in trouble and she accused me of something that i did not do! She would not let me explain to her what happened even though my dad tried to vouch for me.

Journal #1

This week has been kinda of an up and down week for me. I have had my good days and bad days all week, and along with not feeling well its been great. This week was my moms brithday so yesterday i cooked dinner and that was hard because i was watching my nephew too! He ran off and made a mess in our bathroom and i had to clean it up!!! He has gotten so big though! and he is almost two, will be in two weeks! I have to say school has kept me pretty busy, especially creative writing and early childhood education, which is my college class and its not that easy. We just started a new course in Early childhood which is heath, safety and nutrition! Which i hope we get to eat because thats always fun. My teacher has actually become really strict this time because she would let us get away with anything! I have to say i am having alot more fun in creative writing then I thought it would be! Im really enjoyign everythign we have to do in this class especially the blogging and i hope we keep it up( hint hint mrs. dunigan!) The only bad thing is, is that i dont really go anywhere and dont spend time with my friends casue all of my friends are in winterguard, but hopefully i will have a job soon and be able to make money and save up for New York! There really was no point tp this journal just to say things that i dont normally talk about! Next journal will actually have a topic and be about somethign interesting!

Snapshot- Favorite Person

My favorite person is my grandma, she is just always there for me. Anytime i need her she will be on the phone with me just talking and explaining everything! One moment, a snapshot I will remember is from this summer when i arrived in Florida and I saw my grandma for the first time in three years. I remember the intense emotion and just every little thing about the minuscule moment it was. As I was walking through the long, wide terminal in the West Palm Beach, Florida airport , I could not contain my excitement especially it being so long since I had seen her. The airport was filled with business people coming and going, it was as noisy as our lunchroom. People were talking on cell phone, you could hear the televisions coming from the restaurants and bars, and just people talking to others. I could smell the cinnamon from Cinnabun, which made my mouth water just thinking of the taste so sweet and cinnamony, as you could tell i was pretty hungry! As i was walking towards the end of the terminal, I was gripping tightly my pink jansport backpack, along with clutching onto my pink purse tightly. I kept getting closer to where she was waiting for me, and I was about at a slow jog because i could not contain the excitement i felt. I arrived finally at the end of the terminal still clutching my purse and backpack, and looked to the right and saw her standing there in the same type of clothes she has always worn. A white shirt the tightens at the bottom and has a flowery design on it with her blue jean like pants that are a little lighter than denim and her white slip on shoes. I turned to look at her for a minute, the went running into her arms clutching tightly, but not too tightly so i would not hurt her! I almost started to cry because it had been so long, yet she had not really changed much, but I have on the inside and outside!

Who am I???

I am me and won't change for anyone I want to live my life to the fullest I want to fally madly in love I want to go to college, and become a great teacher I want to be able to smile everyday I want to move out of my house I want to move back to Florida I want to have children and be the best mom i can be to them I want a democrat back in the White House I want to get married and live happily ever after I want to become more responsible I want to just leave for college and not comeback to my house here! I love my family no matter what happens I miss my family that is everywhere I want my brother to get better and not be in pain anymore I want my sister to stay in school and continue to do what she is doing I want my grandma to live forever I want my mom and her sister to talk again I want to get into college so I can get out of my house I want to find a job I want to work with kids everyday for the rest of my life! I want to start enjoying life and not act like it is such a burden!

I am me and no one will change that!