High school, the ACT, mothers day, and the primary

All right, so I seem to be getting the hang of this blog writing. Every time that I write on this blog it gets easier and easier to write 500 words! I may just keep writing in this blog once I'm done with honors english. So it seems that for high school I have a lot of honors classes that my parents and counselors are urging me to do, so of course I end up doing it. So next year is going to blow in terms of work and stuff like that. My older brother who's a senior at Davis High is laughing at all the challenges that I will end up having to do in high school.

And on an unrelated note, yesterday my mom asked me to take this ACT practice test for the english portion which my brother says isn't that hard and I ended up getting a 25!! Now if you know anything about the ACT you should know that a grade that high is good! And that was just my first time! I can't wait to end up taking the ACT in high school and knowing that I can score higher than that! It seems like that ACT is the hardest thing that you can possibly do. My brother said it was hard after he finished, even though he scored really high! My older brother took so many preparation classes and bought so many ACT preperation books that I was wondering how he could possibly remember all the information that was told to him. The ACT score is probably the only score that I will be nervous about in my lifetime. I won't be so worried about that UTIPS thing that we took in Thompson last week (which by the way was really easy) but the ACT will make me nervous.

And how about today, Mother's Day! Unfortunatly, we couldn't give my mom the breakfast in bed that we usually do because we have an 8:30 church time so that was too early. So we just ate this nice lunch with chicken (which my mom is allergic to), carrots, and bread. Luckily my mom thought ahead and had my dad make her a salmon just for her. A special Mother's day salmon, how thoughtful of my dad to make that for her.

And today I had to help out with the primary because it was Mother's Day, so I had to play the piano. Unfortunatly I got the songs I was supposed to play like 1 hour before I had to play them, so I had no practice time. Fortunatly I only had to play the melody while our leader sang a song for the children with symbolism about mothers. At least I didn't end up making a fool of myself in front of the entire primary class. And it was the senior class too! So future young women and men were watching me play piano. If it was the junior primary I wouldn't get so freaked out because they wouldn't pay that much attention to it. Oh, and good bye from Junior Mint!!!

Big Brothers

The thing about big brothers is that they seem to get the last say in almost everything. Like if I want to get a new game that I think would be very cool and almost everyone else thinks so. If I went to him and asked him to buy it and I thought that he would enjoy the game as well, he would have the deciding vote as to if we get the game or not. Now I know that's very personal and very specific and yes there is a story behind that but I won't let you in on that little part of my life.

And I was just playing some light basketball in the rain and jumping on the trampoline with some neighbors. And I thought that it was super easy and that I didn't exert myself at all. Sure enough when I get back inside I sit next to my dad and he says if I've been sweating. I said of course not, that it was the easiest exercise ever, but he thought I was. And as a matter of fact I do smell I tiny bit, but how do you sweat in the rain when you're hardly doing a thing?!

And I remember back to the good old days, when I was young, carefree, and enjoyed the simple Legend of Zelda game on the old Nintendo 64. Now I'm a teenager, have to worry about the deciding grades for high school and if I'm going to get into a good college, and only satisfied with a game if it has good grafics. Yet I still enjoy the classic Nintendo 64. A lot changes in just 7 years. I wish that I could go back in time and relieve the good old days. Those were the times that I could relax and not have to worry about writing 500 words every week (which isn't that hard anymore).

When I was young, I could get away with reading the silliest children books, like some of my favorites were the old bionicle series books. Not so sure why I used to like them, but hey, I was a kid. Now I have to read some of the more challenging books like The Count of Monte Cristo, A Tale of Two Cities, and To Kill a Mockingbird, which isn't required in this class but my dad and older brother told me to read it so I thought I would give it a shot. Turns out that I still haven't started it yet and I need to hurry or I'll fall behind.

Oh, and my mom always tells me that I should check this post for grammar mistakes and to make sure that it makes sense every time. It always requires no further examination besides copying it into Microsoft word and then checking for any grammar or spelling mistakes. And I always seem to procrastinate this blog until the second before we have to watch a movie or something. And one more question for Mr. T, when are we going to have a new discussion board question???

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.

So much piano!!!!!!!!!!

Today I played a special musical number in sacrament meeting! It went well, but when I was practicing the song it sounded awful! I'm surprised that I didn't die of being too nervous. It was a huge relief when it was done. The title is too much piano, and there is a reason why that's the title. That was a very nervous part of it, but I had much more piano that I had already done. In piano, they have this program called AIM, which means Achievement in Music. I had already completed a level 4 program back in Oregon but here I had a new teacher so I had to start from level 3 but it was still an enjoyable class to take. It was really difficult as well. I chose to take it so I had to learn some scales and then sight read a song that I had no clue about when I started. I was told today that I got 98 out of 100! So I did pretty well to start off.

My cat loves to play. We'll throw her a toy and she'll play with it by herself for 10 minutes before she'll get tired of it. She also enjoys our printer. Whenever I print something, she'll be right next to it, trying to whack the ink cartridge with her paw! She was just typing on the computer, stepping on the keys with her paws and erasing the things that I was writing. It was really funny! Now she's just right next to the computer, staring at the screen as if she knows what I'm writing about her. She also will never eat her cat food unless it's changed every few days. She loves to eat our meat! Now she's attacking the pointer on the screen, anything that she can attack had better be careful of her, she's a force to be reckoned with. When I picked her off the keyboard and started to pet her a lot, I must touched a wrong place because she started to bite and claw at me. She's such a nice kitty and her bites don't her too bad but she enjoys playing with us anyway.

I saw the musical The Music Man yesterday. It was hilarious! Kole was awesome and everyone else just made the play one of the best things that I've seen in a long time. Thank you cast of Music Man!

I can't believe how hard it was snowing today. When I finished with my song in sacrament meeting and I looked outside, I couldn't believe how hard it was snowing! Now I have to shovel the walkway and the driveway and help with other people’s walkways and driveways! It was so close to finishing winter and getting on with spring! I was so excited to be able to play basketball in my backyard and jump on my trampoline and feel the warmth of spring almost here! But then it snowed and that put a big damper on my spring plans.

Life and times of a teenager

I am missing so many of the due dates in honor's english. I looked at the site and I looked at the comma tutorial due date and it was due clear back in february!! I totally thought that I had more time. This term flew by fast but it was one of the harder ones for me. It is teaching me so many things about high school work that I need to get started on. Oh, and my brother is playing lacrosse and he had a game saturday. He unfortunately lost by 1 point! This was his team's first game and they almost won against a school who had a lacrosse program for 5 years. Not bad when you think about it.

I managed to complete 15 service hours for honor's society. I sewed hats all last week for 12 and 1/2 hours and passed out fliers for my mom's role in the church for 2 1/2 hours! That last week was one of the hardest weeks of my life! Finishing something at the last minute is a definite no go.

Today I also watched the Amazing Race. It's this show about groups of 2 people traveling around the world performing tasks that the natives do there. At the end of every leg, the last team to finish might be eliminated from the game and not receive the ultimate prize of $1,000,000! Today the teams were in Russia and one teammate had to strip down to their underwear and run 1.4 miles to the end. Plus, it was in winter, so there was still ice and many other obstacles blocking their way. It was funny to watch them run around in their underwear. Tonight the last team wasn't eliminated but they get a penalty during the next leg of the race. It was pretty depressing to see that team survive and not the last week's team that was eliminated. Last week's challenges were much harder than normal. I thought for sure that they wouldn't be eliminated when the final team jumped on the finish line.

I think that I told you guys about this last week but I can finally solve a rubik's cube! When I first learned to solve it, I still had to watch the video and follow the instructions closely to make sure I didn't make a mistake. Now I can do it really quickly and I've memorized the instructions and everything that I have to do in order to solve the cube that is so hard to master!

I'm also in the spanish plays and I'm super nervous to get started. Monday is the dreaded day when my mom is going to bring the camcorder and video tape me making a fool of myself. It's going to be so embarrassing watching that video later! I'm the wolf in little red riding hood and I'm a little nervous about putting on my costume mainly because the nose smells of that awful plastic scent. I'll have to wear that all day and make sure that I don't mess up my lines. It's going to be a very tough day.