I feel really really happy right now. This coming Spring Break is going to be the BOMB: School catch up! It will feel so good to finally be back on track; I'm so excited! Alright, here's the summary for last week.
3/14 (Monday)
I've been using a lot of my schoolwork time lately for two main projects which I have mentioned before: the Mark Twain Writing Style essay and the pro-Virtual School Speech. Doing this plus all of the other things I have on the list (track, scripture study, household chores, breaktime/socializing, piano, guitar, Eagle Project, etc...) has left me very little time for all of my other school assignments. But that's what Spring Break is for for me; to make up for all of that.
Tonight I had the privilege of seeing Haley Peters perform at the Treble Festival at South Medford High School. It's an annual event that is more or less a bunch of teenage women choirs performing all evening long. I got a ride there from Haley's grandparents. SMHS is a VERY new school; it just opened up this year. It looks more like a college, including huge green fields, expensive and fancy looking architecture, and a seriously jacked up choir room. It was amazing.
While looking for the choir room in the huge building, I happened to run into one of my friends from youth conference from last year: Christie Hunt! It was great to see her friendly face once again. Apparently she's giving track a try this year too; she's starting up with javelin throwing. The knowledge I obtained that she would be at the Central Point dance this coming Saturday solidified my intentions: I MUST find a ride!
The choirs mostly did okay, yet quite a few of the members seemed rather sloppy. Haley's grandpa is quite a singer himself; he treated us to his super-western-flavored "You Are My Sunshine" solo on the ride home.
3/15 (Tuesday)
Today I did a lot of future-research. More stuff about colleges and resume building and things like that, partially for my SAT Prep class. I got to do a bit more research/drafting on the Twain project as well. Today is our piano lesson day; I've been slacking in my piano study lately, I admit. I can and will be a better pianist! Even though I accomplished most of the things on my list today, I still was feeling a bit down on myself because I didn't accomplish ALL of the things on my list, when I feel like I could have. Tonight's temple trip helped me get out of my perfectionism again (it's one of those addictions that I have to overcome by relying on the Savior and having faith that I will be delivered from it. I guess all addictive behavior/bad habits/compulsive behavior is like that.)
At the temple tonight, I made sure I brought my notebook. Never go to the temple without a notebook; there is so much personal revelation that you can receive there that you may forget about (especially if you have a mind like mine). The information that I felt prompted to write down is going to be of great use to me as I try and plan out these next few weeks. I testify to whoever is reading this that God DOES hear your prayers, and will answer them if you listen for His answers.
3/16 (Wednesday)
Today I tried a new planning method suggested by Anthony. He said that I should try not only making a well prioritized list, but also to try to set them into my day time (example: 9-10 is for Government, 10-11 is for Geometry, etc.) And that seemed to work pretty well for me this morning.
Today was my very first track meet. It wasn't anything official, it was just a "practice" one we were doing with Rouge River to see what levels of strength we are all at in our different events. I've been loving track so far; it's been such hard work! Something good ought to come from all of this running. Today I only did the 800m run, and I was able to keep up with Annie (Ms. Super Runner) the whole race, and finished it off pretty well for a first timer! I'm excited to see how well I can beat my last time in our next meet. but I hope to be able to do the relay race and javelin throwing at our next meet. I think it'd be fun to give pole vault a try. At least just once; that looks way too fun to pass up.
3/17 (Thursday)
Today was ORCA Cares Day! I got to meet a bunch of students from around here, and Cassidy's family showed up too. We did some path restoration on one of my most favorite parks in town. There were a bunch of little kids there, but each of them were very enthusiastic about helping. It was so cute to see their little arms lifting adult-sized shovels to try to put a bit of the bark into wheelbarrows. Very precious. Watching children work brings such joy to my heart.
After track today I took a long nap. My body is feeling a bit fatigued.
3/18 (Friday)
Another school day and track.
3/19 (Saturday)
Today we drove around begging for donations from various businesses. We were able to get estimates for the prices for everything in my project, and everything is coming along very nicely. The most urgent thing I need to do now is find a lot of volunteers for the day-long car wash fundraiser that we're doing next Saturday. I'm very excited to get this done so I can start really focusing on school again.
There was a dance in Central Point tonight, which I went to. Noah S, Jaden P, and Jared P carpooled with my father and me while also helping pay for gas. It was a wonderful dance. They played a lot of fun music, and I got to dance with a lot of beautiful women; what could be better? And guess what? The Jarvis brothers showed up this time! They did a basketball tournament today and were pretty beat, but I guess they decided to come anyway last minute. T'was good to see them there! And yes, Christie was there, but she was a bit late. There were some really crazy dancers at that dance, it was so fun!
3/20 (Sunday)
Good Sunday. Got to spend some time at the Wright's house for some quiet time and helping Carmen with a bit of songwriting. There was a family fireside tonight held by gma and gpa about geneology. I got to learn some great things about our heritage. There are so many inspiring things to learn from the past.
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