Friday, October 10, 2014

School Days




            Here it comes- Big as freight train, loud like a stagecoach. Coming around the corner….. School! No, no! It can’t be time yet. I’m not ready! Summer is slipping away. So many things I still want to do-

1.      Hang out with friends more.
2.      Have more sleepovers.
3.      Ride my horse more. I didn’t even get out for one trail ride this summer! I am ashamed!
4.      Write additional blog posts, including one about my road trip to Ohio.
5.      Get super fit. Ha!
6.      Get a tan. Ha!
7.      Write more poems.
8.      Write more in general. I have so many great ideas.
9.      Read some the novels I have collected in a box. It’s a BIG box.

If anyone wonders why I don’t respond to their comments or posts, school is the reason why. The summer went by so fast.

List if things I did manage to get done-

1.      I read a lot. I finished a few classic books like. “The Promise” (sequel to Chiam Potok’s “The  Chosen”), “Wuthering Heights”, and “A Doll’s House”.
Then for good measure I read a couple recently published fictional books, “Full Disclosure” and I am almost finished with “Mozart’s Last Aria”.
2.      I did get to hang out with my friends some.
3.      Watched “Sherlock”.
4.      Watched my sister perform in one of her plays after working so hard.
5.      Watched two of my other friends perform a difficult classical play and pull it off with elegance and poise.
6.      Sang in front of a group twice with my closest friends. (I still haven’t recovered from stage fright)
7.      Learned a lot about myself and how I respond to difficult situations. Always a good thing, right?
8.      Discovered some new interests in myself that might lead to a career or volunteer work.
9.      I traveled a lot and saw family members that I never met.
10.  Took lots of pictures.
11.  Thought about my friends whenever I went on my trip(s).
12.  Discovered that I love the Everly Brothers even more than I thought. :)
13.  Went to an extra special friend’s birthday party.


Hope everyone had a good summer and I wish you luck with the upcoming school year and all your academic endeavors!

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