Ten on Tuesday

1. I am at the beginning of a new writing assignment. It is the next to last assignment I have in my English Comp class. I am excited about this assignment because it is a research paper talking about lyric interpretations of a song of our choice. I haven't quite decided on which song I will write about, but I do have it narrowed down to three. All three songs are among my ultimate favorite songs, which is saying a lot since I have LOTS of favorite songs. The three are: "You Found Me" by The Fray, "Drops of Jupiter" by Train, and "Fire And Rain" by James Taylor. I feel like all three songs are pretty deep, and leave some room for interpretation. I'll probably end up deciding in class tomorrow. On a related note, I also got a 100 on my last essay, a persuasive agrument that I wrote about how irrelevant standardized testing has become. I think I will post that one on here the next time I think about it.

2. Last weekend, my family had a great time celebrating Emily's 28th birthday. We actually had two parties. One was on Saturday night, and was more casual. The other was on Sunday, which was actually Emily's birthday. She blew out her candles on Sunday, and also, Mimi was there. Scotty happened to surprise Emily by getting her a Kindle, which she was actually thinking about getting in the near future. I was really excited for her!

3. This weekend, I managed to sit down and write down all of the names and addresses I need for when I send out my graduation invitations in the next few weeks. It didn't take nearly as long as I figured it would, which made me happy. Also, I only lack six or seven addresses from having all of the necessary addresses. I am oddly excited about preparing my graduation invitations, and I will probably begin that process in the next week or so.

4. I realized the other day that I really haven't mentioned much about the fact that I am in charge of creating the senior video. When we began talking about the senior video, I didn't realize that I would be masterminding it, but since Tonisha didn't want to (she's the class president and a library aide), I was next in line. It is going pretty well, for the time being, aside from the fact that people really need to get on the ball and turn in their pictures. I have had to begin hounding people about it, but hopefully it'll be fine in the end.

5. We found out last week that we would get a senior trip. Notice the 'would' in that sentence, because, yes, our senior trip was in question. Mrs. Golay and Mr. Schneider really tried to convince not to take a senior trip, but we ended up getting one after all. There were two reasons why we almost didn't get the trip. The first reason was that last year there was an incident that involved one of the seniors getting arrested for shoplifting at an Academy Sports in OKC. The other reason is that my class really doesn't have that much money to begin with, and we really don't have the funds for a trip, but somehow we can do it. As it turns out, we are going to Laserquest for our senior trip, which sounds like it might be pretty fun. The compromise is that we have to pay for our own lunch and anything else we want. Actually, we had the choice between getting a senior trip and getting free senior t-shirts, but my class wanted a senior trip. (I would've took the free t-shirt, actually.)

6. As long as the weather cooperates, I will be going to watch my friends at the track meet this Saturday at Chisholm. I am pretty excited about it because I miss watching the races and I am ready to be a spectator, not a participant. I also plan to take some good pictures for the yearbook, as per Mrs. Fuxa's request!

7. As of last Thursday, I am officially enrolled for the Fall semester. My schedule consists of a Comp II class, an Astronomy class, College Algebra, Trigonometry, and a Freshman Orientation class. I met with my advisor, who will also be my math teacher, and I feel like she did a good job of pointing me in the right direction. She seemed pretty knowledgeable, and I feel confident about the next semester. I was a bit scared at first, because, as a teacher, she is scary, or so I've been told. She didn't seem as tough as I had built up in my mind, thank goodness. Honestly, I think that intimidation is part of the territory that comes with being a math teacher, because I have had multiple encounters with stern math teachers and they all ended up being exceptionally good teachers who taught me the wealth of math knowledge I have today.

8. I am fairly certain that I have found a prospective roommate for next year, which makes me quite happy. All of the recipients of the PLC scholarship live in the same housing section, and, of course, room with each other. Aside from Shane, one of my buddies from school, I had no idea of anyone else who received the scholarship. Apparently, Shane knows a guy from OBA who received the scholarship, and his OBA buddy told him that another girl from OBA got the scholarship, and that she might be a good roommate for me. I happen to vaguely know of the girl, and I have yet to hear anything bad about her, so hopefully, we can room together.

9. The other day I realized that if I am going to be competing in a quiz bowl competition, of sorts, at the All-
State tournament, I probably needed to brush up on some questions. Thankfully, Mrs. Grant let me borrow her binder of quiz bowl questions, and I have spent a few hours here and there reading up on some questions. I feel better since I have done that!

10. When I get the chance, I will begin reading a new book that I borrowed from the Public Library. The book is called "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, and it has been the "it" book of the year among all of my friends. It happens to be on the High School Sequoyah book list and is undoubtedly one of the most popular, because it is never in our school library, and I was third or fourth in line when I put my hold in back at the beginning of March. I really hope that this book is great, because everyone I know who has read it has built it up to be the "most amazing book they have read", and if it is anything less than that I will be sorely disappointed! (I would think that it is good, because most of the people in my class have read it, and enjoyed it, and they aren't big fans of reading.) Surely, I will post a review in the near future.