dreams are so intoxicating :)

so basically I love high school. and I really didn't think I'd be saying that, but I do. I'm having a lot of fun; my teachers are pretty good (well I like most of them) and I like my classes and even golf team is going ok. as ok as golf team can go I guess :).

1st block is geology with Mr. Moyer. he kind of scares me because I've heard some weird stories from his class but the class itself is okay. I mean, it's the basic study of the earth, soil composition and water and oxygen cycles and etc. it sounds like no big bang, no evolution, no nothing is involved and I can't say I mind that. plus it's not totally freshmen, there's a few of us and a few people from each grade and that's kind of cool... it makes me feel smart and all, plus it's an incentive to work harder. so this one's not bad.

2nd block: French with Mrs. Basso. possibly my favorite class although it's a hard choice. it's just fun, straight up, and I like how Madame Basso is so, like... interactive I guess is the word? instead of hopeless worksheets like last year (though we do a few of course, and I liked my French teacher last year, I just didn't learn too much) it's a matter of repeating and having conversations and everything so that not only can you spell the word but you can say it right too! yay that's nice :). and me and Brittany have wicked study sessions of course. and yes, I'm joining French club, and no, you can't laugh at me because it's going to be amazinggg.

academy and lunch... who really cares?

3rd is honors English with Mrs. Stallman, I like this class, I really do. but Stallman is quite a bit more strict that Mrs. Caslow ever was and I really really really miss my eight-person class from middle school. but I get the feeling it's going to make me a million times better of a writer and that's exciting to me because I'm a loser :). but I'm going to be challanged more than the past few years, yes some of that was hard, but I'm going to have to do my absolute best to stand out as a good writer this time. plus I actually enjoy analyzing novels and learning new vocab words (did you know "hackneyed" is an adjective for something overused to the point that it's boring?) and even grammar is okay. so this might turn out to be a favorite in the end.

finally 4th block is newswriting and this is my other fighter for favorite at the moment. I know I'm only a freshman but I've been considering journalism as a career for the past few months and this is like my first step and that's REALLY REALLY exciting. because we're like the pre-newspaper staff, everything we write has a chance to go in the paper, if it's especially good. once again this is amazing motivation; it's another class with all different grades... all sorts of people that I don't know and I don't know how good of writers they are. so in the end I'm really going to have to work my butt off because I want that byline (the byline is the author's name underneath the title of an article) soooo much. it's like this class is going to decide my future as a journalist. I know in the end it's up to God but this is still that first step, as well as that first obstacle. we'll see what happens here. I'm PSYCHED though.

after school: golf! hehe :) basically it's fun though. I'd never played in my life until June because one of my friends had to play (her whole family are amazing golfers) and I said ok, I'll do it with you just for the heck of it, and turns out I kind of like it. I'm not very good but there's only eight of us on the team so I'm pretty sure I'm getting my VARSITY LETTER heck yes!! seriously that's so cool. plus I'm covering our season for (potentially) the newspaper :D. however my coach is like "yay... let's have ALL our matches on Wednsdays" so I won't be able to make youth group until like the week before Banished. by the way I am SO PSYCHED for Banished haha...

My strength is not determined by never messing up
but that every time that I fall down
is one more time that I will get back up
so choose your battles wisely, get in line
look around, family is what you'll find
let's be the ones to move this city
if you're with me then say yeahh
and if we fail we'll just keep trying till we make it...