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I never update this thing. I really should. even if it's a small paragraph a day.

Christmas was good. Family (Aunt dee and ben, mom,....and my dad) and friends (amanda, josh, and travis) Slept in, opened gifts the night before. Maybe i'll upload pics from my new camera?

I'm tired right now so i type like this. I'm sure you don't mind.

2009 is on it's way. I'll be 18. I'll be graduating. I'll be off to basic training. I'll be off to college in NC.

Everything is changing and nothing seems like it'll be the same....is that scary? I think it is. I never really talk about it. But it is.

Kathleen Kelly,

Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life. Well, not small, but circumscribed. And sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?

You see, i used to agree with that. and maybe I still do. Semi-girly girl, who has a good group of friends, and loves them all, does the unexpected. She takes control, joins the military, goes to college. Yes, this is what I want. But it feels like I'm going through the motions. I don't feel like I've done anything...like, out of the ordinary? I don't feel this zest for life right now. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my life. I have great friends, a great family, and a great plan. And I enjoy it everyday. But something seems....off. I don't know. I'm ranting now, as you can see. I really wanna make a difference in this world, I'm always seeking change. This year, i want to find it.

I guess what I'm saying is this. I'm most happy when I'm doing something. You know. Helping someone. Being there. Talking to my friends. Having a positive influence in some way shape or form. I'm not happy when I keep to myself. Maybe b/c it's b/c I've been on break. And I love break. And I've been hanging out with a lot of friends. But it's not the same. I guess I just need to get back into the swing of things.

Anyway, an "update" for posterity sake. I have joined the Ohio Army National Guard and I have been accepted to Gardner Webb U. I leave for BCT on June 9th. I gradguate from high school on June 6th. I'm going to LCC next semseter. I've made some new friends, many from the gamers guild. Others include, Melissa (met at the gamers guild, she's a friend of Kim from GBS), Michelle (from my econ class), Alex (friend of Michelle), Josh (travis' brother), Travis, Amanda (Joshes g/f), and last but not least, Emily.

A friend of travis, Tami, joined the guard. So that was cool. I'm kinda sick of typing all of a sudden, no real reason why. I think I'll add later, so yeah. good night yall', love ya, God bless,

~*Kayla Rose*~

My day as a Junior servant!! Part Two

Well, where did I leave off?
Oh yeah, I was still here, but I was about to be on my way to Lauren's next class. Fourth period- History with Mr. Pollizee.

That was a fun class, mainly b/c we didn't do any real work! Justin had brought his guitar, so we had a worship time (Here I am to Worship, here I am am to bow down, here I am to say that Your my God...) So I liked that. Then we ate the cupcakes that someone brought in and just chilled out till the end of the period.

Lauren's fifth period class was English with Mrs. Kershaw. Nothing much to say here- but Mrs. K did give me and Lauren some cake! so that was cool


After that, we went down to lunch. Not much to tell about that, except for the fact that someone brought a boom box and a disco ball! So we turned off the lights and made two lines, and had people dance in between. THAT was funny. And what a scandal! Students DANCE at CCA!? LOL

After lunch, we went back to Mrs. Kershaw's class- and b/c they had stuff to do, I went to go....clean out Laurens locker!!! O.O !*yikes*!

It took me over half the period, but it looks really nice now :-)

After that, Lauren has Mrs. Raymond for Math. They took a test, so I just sat at the back of the room. One of the juniors had made this chair, and duct taped it to wooden beams. I sat on that- and it was soooo comfy! So yeah, I fell asleep. And some inmature*cough idiot juniors* through gummy bears at me. Richard asked me if I knew who did it and I said "Well, I know it couldn't have been a junior, b/c they wouldn't be so in mature"

It was a total burn, but at the time, I actually said it b/c I didn't think it had been a junior. But then everyone went "ooooh"- so yeah, it was.

9th period, the 8th grade girls had a meeting thing with some senior high girls, so we (the servants) weren't allowed in. So I decided to come down here to type this up.

The rest of my day will look like this. Brenna's parents will drop me off at the library. My mom will pick me up from there, and she'll take me to my ASL class over at Lakeland. Then, I get to relax for the rest of the night! yey me!!! So yeah, I guess I'm done for now, I'm sick of typing, lol. So bye everyone, mucho amo,

~*Kayla Rose*~

My day as a Junior servant!! Part One

Well, today is an...interesting day. Would you like to know why?

Each year, the Juniors are auctioned off to the Jr and Sr high to raise money for Jr/Sr! We provide various services which include:

• carrying their books
• cleaning their lockers (yikes!)
• giving them compliments
• taking their notes
• bringing them lunch
• w/e else they want us to do :-)

Lauren Davis 'bought' me for 25$, so I feel loved!!! The day started out in devotions, where we talked about the day to come. We took the elevator (my leg is still killing me) to the second floor where Lauren has 1st period Science. I took her quiz for her (I worte, she gave me the answers), and then I was chosen to point to various body parts on a skelton. It was amusing!

After science, Lauren has 2nd period Art. I fetched her a cup of water and a mini doughnut from a fellow servent for her. Serving isn't as bad as some people make it out to be! anyway,

Mrs. Fuller had us go outside to make snow sculptures, but we neded up having a snow ball fight instead. I don't think she minded that much, she was laughing the whole time! So yeah, my jeans are still wet, but atleast I can feel my fingers!

After art, Lauren has 3rd period computer. As you might have guessed, by the time stamp of this blog, we are still in the computer lab.

I haven't updated in forever, and a lot has happened and a lot has changed. I decided to update when I found out that my friend has one of these, so I guess we'll be going back and forth.

Sorry that it has been beyond a long time with no update!! :-( but I'm back now, so have no fear!

well...

what a day, What a day!I am so frazzled, and it is not even close to being funny anymore.This morning, my dear mother forgot to set her alarm clock! Lucky for us (but then again- I don't believe in luck, only God could have planned this one, lol)- I forgot to save my English lit essay to my jump drive.Sounds crazy, right?Nope! It's just crazy enough to be lucky!!!I was going to save it last night, but by the time I remembered, I had already shut my lap top down.So, being tired *cough* lazy *cough*, I simply set my alarm for 7:45. It would go off and remind me to save the essay.So, at 7:45, my alarm went off and woke me and my dear mother up from our sweet slumber. I knew from the start that something was off b/c....
I was well rested- when does that happen?
It was waaay too light outside to be the normal 6:00 AM wake up call
My mom was FREAKING OUT.
So, our morning was spent in frantic movements about the house, chatter that was spit out at the speed of light, and the occasional yell down or up the stairs, that of course, being an immediate 'friendly' order for an object, that being a water bottle, a bar, a school sock, or some other random object.
By the time we left the house, I and my dear mother were very frustrated.
"I HATE mornings like this!"- she proclaimed. As if I couldn't tell already, my dear mother. lol.
We both hate morning like that.
So, we took off- first stop? Kinko’s! As we pulled up to the establishment, I quickly put on my fuzzy gloves (from wal mart!), and clutched my jump drive. As I breezed through the door, I could not help but smile.
Don, of course, was at the back working on one of the, I can only assume, printers.
Now, you may ask why I mentioned his name.
Well, Don is a very nice gentleman, who works the morning shift at Kinko’s. Seeing as I do not have a printer, I would go to Kinko’s on the morning that a project was due and I would have it printed from my jump drive.
Don- of course- works the morning shift. I've gotten to know him, and he has gotten to know me.
He was a fire man for 20 years, and has been working at Kinko’s for some time now.
He NEVER lets me pay for my prints- ever. He told me one morning, as I smiled up at him and tilted my head towards my purse,
"Well Miss, the day you come in with say....10 copies to be printed, I'll charge you then". That was very kind of him, seeing that I come in maybe 2 times a week, making it 5+ prints a week.
And this has been going on for a month and a half at the least.
Well, this morning I rushed in and called out a friendly "hello"
He lifted his head and threw me a smile, and walked up to the counter."what shall we print today miss?""My passion" I told me. He went the back once more, and inserted the jump drive.This is where my morning seemed to take another turn for the worse, for he couldn't get the printer to work. When he did, he printed out 8 copies!!! No big deal, but what happened next was.He took my jump drive out of the commuter, and I saw that something was still in there, but shook my head. I don't know much about computers, so it's probably nothing.When he handed it to me, I saw that part of my jump drive was.....GONE!I looked up at him and said "Um, where the rest of it?" He gave me a confused look and took my jump drive back. He found the rest of my jump drive in the computer and tried to fix it, to no avail.I attempted to take it back as I said "Don't worry about it, I bought that thing when I was in 8th grade, and I'm a junior now. It was getting old, and it wasn't your fault."He insisted upon trying to fix it, and he said he would talk to his manager. If they couldn't fix it- he'd replace it. I refused, that was to generous of him. But he is quite stubborn on things like these.I smiled and said thank you. He nodded and bid me good bye.Our next stop was brenna’s. I'm going to make the rest of my day a long story short.
· in attempt to pull into her drive way, we almost missed it!
· in attempt to grab my mothers water bottle, I almost dropped it
· in attempt to put my cell phone in my coat pocked, I did drop that
Its like the world was against me.
The rest of the day was ok, but b/c of that morning, I was in a frazzled state.
I had to finish up some home work, do a little bit of studying, and I had to read a chapter that I had forgotten about. I soon realized that I would be hard pressed to do all of that in two study halls periods. This was NOT my day!
Then, on top of it, one of my teachers said I shouldn't be so sensitive to my school mates when they make comments about me! UGH! He was being a bit of a jerk, and even my sharp reply held some humor in it.
Then, when I went upstairs, I dropped one of my books, and papers went flying. Then, Eric, one of the Buel kids, bent down and picked it up for me.
I cried! I mean not big sobs and things like that, but maybe 5 tears. He gave me a sympathetic smile and I said "it's been a ruff day"
Then, in art class, I was reprimanded for not having references when I had no way to get them.
It was a ruff day!!
Well, now that the day is over, I am in a better mood. Tomorrow, my class has our service project- raking leaves!
And I get to go to fit works tonight; I'm doing strength training for today. I joined last Friday =)
So that should help my mood! =D

THANK GOD! (I really mean that!)

I passed my chem test!!!!!!!! I really thought that I failed that sucker, but guess what!?

I GOT A "B"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was sooo happy that I almost cried, almost!!! lol


ok, happy moment over.

So....I figured i'd post b/c I'm bored and I can't get my mind to focus on the homework, which i will finish when I get home.

Right now, I am sitting in a swivel chair at the willoughby-eastlake public library, in my not so comfortable school bells uniform (seeing that it's 5 o'clock!), and I'm freezing.

I have my i-pod on, the only thing keeping me sane, as I wait for my mother to pick me up.

Colbie Caillat is amazing. A lot of her songs remind me of Daniel, who I can't seem to get off my mind as of late.... ; )

He should be here in 9 days, so I am very happy about that.

I will be signing up for my ASL classes soon enough, and I can't wait. I love using my hands when I talk, so using them TO talk is very appealing to me!!!

This past weekend was great, I had a church conference. I was on the dance/drama team, so I am very sore today!!!!

Well, I want to write more, but my dear mother should be picking me up soon. I guess I'll add to this later, eh? Ja~ne!

Life is CRAZY.

My week had been quite hectic and I am thankful for the weekend, although it seems to brings its own set of doings that I must take care of!

School is going OK I suppose, even though I am having a difficult time in Chemistry, so that's nothing new.

A friend of mine, Brenna, called me last night at 8 to ask if I wanted to go the the movies with her. I agreed, and I was at her house at 9. We saw the movie "Bella"- and I suggest you see it as well. I really enjoyed it.

With going to bed late last night, and getting up early this morning, I'm quite frazzled. I was supposed to do a praise dance at Lakeland with a friend of my mom. So I was up at 8:30- which is quite early for me on a weekend. -_-

But I was OK with it....UNTIL

I found out I wouldn't be dancing until 2. I wish she would have told us this information. My mom has work to do, I have a paper to write after I vent here, and I could have gotten another hour or two of sleep.

So, Janie will call me later and we'll drive back up to Lakeland.

Then- tonight, I have my aunt Diana's party to go to, which should be nice. And Marissa's b-day party is tomorrow. So that should be fun!

Daniel is coming up to visit on the 8th for sure now, he got it cleared with his dad. It'll make for a great weekend. I miss him a lot, seeing as that last time I was him was in early July. He'll (hopefully) be able to come to my school on Friday. Then he'll get to go to my church on Sunday. I'm very much looking forward to that.....

well, now that I am done venting, and this post was kida sorta pointless, perhaps I should go and work on my English lit paper that is due on Monday, eh? I just have to make some citations then I'm done! yey me! Have a great weekend everyone- God bless!

just an update...

WELL, life is crazy as always.

May I ask you, what is the point of chemistry? I mean, honestly. I don't plan to use in the work place. I want to be a translator or a teacher- both would require learning ASL- not understanding net ionic equations.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it'll help me get into a good collage, but right now? I'd LOVE to ditch the class.

Besides chem 1o1, high school is going well. I have pre calc and English lit this year, a long with drawing as my elective. I enjoy that class, it's very relaxing.

English lit is bearable. Mrs. K is new this year, so it took some getting used to. But today, we had a pop quiz on authors in the romantic ear.

You know- Percy Shelly, Marry Shelly, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, etc.

And guess what?

I ACED IT! I was very proud of myself, thank you very much.

My boy friend, Daniel, is coming up to visit me on the 8th. He lives in North Carolina....it's a long story....either way, I am very happy.

And- he got his web cam today, so we are about to talk on skpe while using it! So I am very happy about that. Anyway, I guess I'm done for the night. I want to talk to my guy =)