Midterms

So I'm getting nervous for midterms. I'm wondering what's going to happen to my grades over the weekend and if it will either drop or raise my grade. I checked my grades on Friday, and they were surprisingly better than I thought they would be. And I seriously am wondering what my teacher's are going to write about me. I always get this nervous when midterms come around, but whatever.

And I know that my blog isn't the fanciest blog out there, but at least I'm meeting the requirements. And this computer I'm working on didn't have the word didn't or isn't in it's dictionary. I mean, what's up with that. It's an old computer, but it should have those words, they aren't that new. And it didn't have the word aren't either! My dad just told me that they are all contractions, which makes me wonder why the creators of this computer could have overlooked that. And my dad's listening to Kelly Clarkson as I'm writing this so I'm getting into the rhythm.

It's about this time that I start to run out of ideas to write about. So yesterday I was earning the bird study merit badge. And yesterday it was insanely cold so I was freezing looking for birds that I had no idea about. And the bird instructor looked as if he knew what every bird in the entire bird's name was. Those are the kinds of things that I wonder why you know about. Like I don't understand who would have the patience to sit is bushes, watching birds, and trying to identify new birds. That just seems too much for me. And the names that they come up with them are really insane. Take egret for example, what kind of a name is that? Who watches birds, identifies them as a new species, and then thinks, I should name it an egret! NO, that can't be correct! It's like they come up with the most challenging names for birds and other animals so that kids have to study them, take tests on them, and then forget the names after the test and will never touch upon the subject again.

Once I get rolling on some subject in this blog, I just roll along for 100 words without even knowing it. I just did that with the bird study and the challenging names back there. It went by insanely fast. I'm just getting on top of my classes in this term, and a good thing too. I promised my parents that I would get all A's or a 4.0 this term, and so far it looks like I'll accomplish it. I hate it when you forget one assignment or a day at school and the class does a huge thing that day or makes the assignment worth a ton of points. When you're absent you don't have the patience or resolve to do the work so you put it off until it's too late. And when you miss an assignment you better hope the teacher is nice and will help you out.

Driving

So I've gotten my driver's permit a long time ago. Now once I finish this blog, my mom tells me that I'll get to drive to my grandma's house. Now to get there, I'm going to have to go on the highway, through some intersections, and make a few turns along the way. It's going to be extremely difficult.

Now I've gone to my grandma's house before, it's just that when I was going I had to make a left turn, which normally doesn't sound too bad. But my dad was warning about stuff and my mom told me things to do, and I drove too far into the intersection and had to back up. So I'm pretty nervous about this trip. However, I want to hurry and finish this up so I can start. Driving is really fun, but to drive I have to finish this blog, and this blog needs to be 500 words. Dang, my brother just read my blog so far and is making fun of me for messing up on the driving, well at least I have driven before. I can't wait until I get my license, it's one of the things that a guy must have. Unfortunately my mom wants me to get my eagle before my license, and my eagle is one of the hardest things people have ever had to do.

First of all, I'm a life scout, which is almost to an eagle, but the jump from life to eagle is tremendous. You have to earn 10 more merit badges to earn it, and to earn those merit badges I have to record exercise, chores, and my income for 3 months! That's a lot of time staring you in the face. And of course the infamous eagle project, which I still have no idea about. I have no clue about the time requirements or which project I should be doing. Then I have to get interviewed which is a huge part of my dread, because to me they always seem out to get me. Then I must get honored at the official ceremony, which is just a little too much for me to handle.

And the only comforting thing I have to look forward too today is the amazing race, which is why I need to hurry up with the blog. I really want to hurry to my grandma's house, which is actually pretty far away. And of course my mom is going to freak out when I'm driving, which is something that I don't understand. It's like she thinks that all teens are not thinking when they drive so she has to be in control and monitor me as I'm driving. Now my brother is in here just focusing my dad's camera at the ceiling and now his hand! He gets so annoying sometimes. Now my other brother came in and they're yelling at each other so I hope that I'm almost done with this.

Spring Break

I know that a lot of people stayed at home for the holiday. But my family and I went to Cancun, Mexico! It was amazing! We had actual sun there with no clouds covering the sky overcast. We went snorkeling, played some water volleyball, and spent some time in the ocean. We also saw some of the famous Mayan ruins such as Chichen Itza, Coba, and Tulum. At first glance the place doesn't see that special. Chichen Itza was a special tower that the Mayans used that helped to tell time and the fundamentals of their calendar. Coba is just a big tower with 120 steps that stretches above the forest surrounding it. And you can actually climb Coba! Tulum was the only Mayan ruin to be found by the ocean. It's actually next to the second largest coral reef in the world! All in all it was a fabulous trip.

Returning back to Utah was tough. My family and I had to look forward to a 5-hour flight back! It was so long but we got to watch the movie Bedtime Stories on the way back, so it sped the time along. When we got back, we had to hurry through security and find our bags. We got back to our home at 10 o'clock! It was great to finally sleep in our own beds again. The beds at our hotel in Cancun were like rocks! I really needed a massage when I got back home.

The funniest part of the whole trip was actually going to Cancun. My brother forgot to put his toothpaste in his check-in bag like you’re supposed too, so he put it into his carry on. Unfortunately for him you aren’t supposed to put toothpaste into a carry on bag, so he had to get a full search and he had his huge tube of toothpaste taken away! It was so funny, and he was in a bad mood until we arrived in Cancun.

Arriving in Cancun was difficult. We had to go through customs, and by the time that was finished we wanted to hurry and check in to our hotel. But my parents wanted to stop by a travel agent and chat with him for a bit. He tried to offer us a timeshare in Cancun, which was the exact opposite of what we wanted. We almost missed our van because we were talking to him. Then when we arrived at the hotel, we had to wait even longer for my parents to get our room keys that took a substantial amount of time. By the time we made it to our rooms we had another person ask us to buy a timeshare there! We were so tired of listening to people talk about timeshares it wasn’t even funny. That first day was hard, adjusting to the heat and all the other things that make Mexico Mexico, but all in all, it was a fabulous trip. I only don’t miss the timeshare salesman.