Senior Year

I am deeply apologetic that I haven't updated for a little while, but I've been working so much and I started school and just SHH. 

So, I'm in my drama class and I figured I'd update you all now. 

First day of school - August 26:

My schedule was AP Statistics, British Literature, Creative Writing, and College Sociology. It wasn't too bad. 

AP Stat was hard. I can't seem to grasp it yet. Hopefully the year will progress better. My teacher is cool. She's really athletic and nice. 

Brit Lit was fun. I sit right up front. We played the Name Game and it was really easy considering we all already knew each other. Jean is in my class, thank the freaking lords, and so are a lot of other people I know. She told us about the UK traveling trip and she gave me papers for it. 

Creative writing was hilarious. I know mostly everyone in the class, except for the sophomores. We had a deep discussion about backpacks and briefly went over the syllabus. 

Then I had College Sociology and my teacher is VERY pregnant. Over all, the class is okay. The reading is boring though. 

Second day of school - August 27:

My schedule was German IV, Drama, Master Tutor for German I, and Aide for German II. Best. Day. Ever. 

We did vocab in German IV, we did NOTHING in Drama, and I just did organizing for Frau during MT & Aide. 

I'm in my Drama class right now. We have a free period. So I figured I'd update real fast. Sorry it's not very detailed :/

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Now On Payroll

Guess who is no longer a hobo. That's right, Megan got a real job.

I'm working at a bakery about ten minutes from my house :) Yesterday was my first day and, let me tell you, I'm exhausted.

I worked 8 hours. I'm being trained this week and hopefully by the time school starts I'll be all ready to work regular hours. I'll be mostly the evening shift during the week, which is 3 in the afternoon to about 8 at night.

I saw how crazy it gets in the morning and how calm and borderline boring it is in the afternoon. Not many people come in after lunch for donuts and Danishes. BUT some people do come in and there's cake orders and stuff, too.

I haven't had to answer the phone or anything yet though. I'm scared to... But I do ring up the cash register and I'm kind of learning the prices...

Today I worked the same shift today and will do so tomorrow, as well. 7 AM to 3 PM. Hell and back, basically. Today was extremely slow. Until we had about four different people come in asking about cakes. Which, as I said, I don't know how to do. There's this pricing sheet but it's so confusing.

Basically I'm still asking a lot of questions. It's not enjoyable being the new kid. I have to do most of the work because it's training. So every customer, I have to go to. It keeps things interesting. Mostly everyone is very friendly. I'm just still a bit slow. My brain needs to learn how to keep up.

I really like Morgan, the girl I've been working with. We've talked about seriously everything in the last two days. There's like nothing to do sometimes, so we talk about ourselves. It's kind of funny because every time we discover something we have in common, she goes "Holy sh!t we're twins, I swear."

Friday and Saturday I'm working the evening shift with a girl I have yet to meet. That's a little nerve-wracking. But, it's a shorter shift (only 3 PM to closing, about 5 hours) and it'll be kind of slow since not many people come in for a dozen donuts at seven o'clock at night.

I'll be working primarily the evening shift because I'm still in high school. I don't have to work Sunday which is awesome because I have school the next day...

SCHOOL STARTS IN LESS THAN A WEEK AND I'M FREAKING OUT.

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Quickie Update

I JUST PASSED 4000 PAGEVIEWS. I don't know why that's exciting to me because I could probably name everyone that's looked at this blog, but I'm still happy about this :)

4000 is a BIG number. Like, wow. I can't even wrap my head around that. It was only a few months ago that I hit 3000 and now look at us! Exciting :)

So yeah, thanks :) Made my day that much better.

Oh yeah, I got a job :D I am now an employee of a local bakery :D I'm so excited. I just bought the ugliest shoes ever. There's a strict uniform. White scrub pants, white tennis shoes, and a pink scrub smock. Oh well, it smells like heaven.

So it's been a good day :) Quite an improvement from yesterday.

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10 More Days of Summer and Stream of Conciousness

School is nearly upon us, my dear friends. The 2013-2014 school year is sure to be a great one. Maybe... Hopefully...

There's only 10 days left of summer. I still only have about 1/5 of my summer homework completed AND I still don't have a car. So, that's good.

My schedule is coming today and it seems like EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE has their schedules except for me. My mail won't be here for another hour, at least. This is frustrating.

I just want to know if I have British Lit with Jean and College Sociology with Madison. Is that too much to ask??!?!!

I need to start practicing my German, as well. I haven't spoken it nearly all summer, and I've lost it a bit... I need to do flashcards or something. I forget everything I learned last year about German grammar. Sigh.

I need to do my homework but... I really don't want to. I regret waiting until the last second, just like I do every year, but I still did it. I hate myself for it.

I can't seem to shut my brain up. Ever. It keeps rattling on about everything that I've done wrong in the last three months and I just, ugh. Just things keep poking through and they trigger thoughts of "YOU'RE GOING TO DIE ALONE IN A CABIN IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE LIVING AS A HERMIT!"

Have I told you about my plan to be a hermit?

In case I haven't, here you go. I hate people. Like more than anything (which I'm sure you could gather from the last three years of my life that I've documented here). So I don't want to live anywhere NEAR them. I'm going to build a log cabin in the middle of the woods and have a lot of puppies and just write. I'm going to have a typewriter and I'm going to send everything out anonymously. I'll use a pseudonym and no one will know where they come from. I'm going to live in complete seclusion.

Is that pathetic? Maybe. I really don't care.

Either that, or I'll live in Paris with Jean and own a book store. That's the more ideal plan, I think.

Okay, I'm going to go listen to Chameleon Circuit and do nothing. I bid thee farewell.

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Where Good Ideas Go To Die

I have this weird thing with writing where I can't write out of order. I didn't bring my laptop to the beach, so I didn't write for much of the week. I couldn't remember where I had left off, so I made the idiotic decision to write a new scene to be added in later.

I had actually let off right after a coronation ceremony at Headquarters, but I couldn't remember that by the time we got to the beach. So I wrote about Silence going out to the woods to meet a mysterious "friend" who had sent her a note.

Now I hate myself for it, because I want to pick up from there instead of where I actually had left off. This is why I can't write out of order.

I also started writing something completely different but still about Silence. Basically, I'm really really stupid.

I tried to write a new story, with different characters, so as to not write out of order. My dad gave me an idea.

A family goes on vacation but it rains the whole time. They get bored, so they go to the mall nearby and go on a crime spree. They start out with little, petty thefts, like stealing gum at a convenience store, but they get greedy and end up robbing a safe at a hotel.

BUT I CAN'T DO IT. I CAN'T WRITE IT!!! It's just not working. I can't make it sound right. It's such a good idea and I love it but... I can't muster the strength or motivation to search for the proper words. I hope to eventually write it, but it's frustrating right now.

I'm watching Soul Surfer with Melanie. I love this movie so much.

Okay, off to do some sociology homework.

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BACK IN MY BEDROOM

I've never been so glad to see my computer. When we got home, I ran upstairs and actually hugged my laptop. No joke. Then I had to put a bunch of food and all of my clothes away. And now I'm back on my laptop, hiding in my hole, just like always.

So I decided not to do anymore of the "Beach Blogs" because I was just way too tired and I didn't feel like writing it.

It rained on day 4 so we went to the movies and saw The Smurfs 2, which was absolutely adorable. I recommend it. I would go even as far to say it was better than the first movie. This one was all about Smurfette and it was just so cute.

I finally got in the water yesterday because we met up with family friends. They peer pressured me. I swam with Emily and Travis (basically my brother and sister) and Melanie (my actual sister). The waves were pretty rough and we kept getting pulled on and south so every few minutes we had to swim back towards our spot, which was right behind the life guard. Convenient.

We went to the boardwalk and I won Meredith a dolphin stuffed animal on the balloon darts game because I have impeccable aim. I'm awesome. We went on a few rides and got funnel cake. The wind blew all of the powdered sugar on me though... It was worth it.

We went to the outlets on Melanie's birthday and I got a pair of jeans for school at the Levi's outlet. They're so comfortable. I just want to wear them all the time. I'm considering wearing them to a party tonight because they're THAT comfortable. They're so soft... I always buy Levi's because they're so perfect. I can't say enough good things about Levi's. I'll stop now.

I ate a lot of seafood this week. Lots of crab and shrimp... I think I never want to eat ever again.

I'm so tired. We left the condo this morning at 6:45 AM to avoid traffic. We were smart to do that and got home in about 4 hours instead of 6. We got through Rehoboth before the stores opened and it was just a straight shot home. The only traffic we hit was on the bridge. That was really annoying.

Now all I want to do is write. For about four hours until I have to go to the party.

Also, I'm horribly sunburned on my face, neck, shoulders, and leg. Just one leg. I'm an idiot.

Also also, I got a henna tattoo! It's an infinity sign with "love" at the bottom and a feather with little birds on the top. It's really pretty but it's already faded a lot. Melanie got this cool sun/star thing that kind of looks like a sun dial. It's very pretty.

Okay, now on to The Society!! Bye!!

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Beach Blog - Day 3

We started the day unsure. It was a little chilly so we weren't sure about the beach. Around 10:20 we ended up going down. We came back up for lunch and mom and I didn't want to go back. 

I'm really not a beach person. 

So I took a shower and got dressed and tried to write a little bit. I got a few good ideas for "branching out" stories to The Society, maybe short story sequels or something. 

I started reading Wicked and it's not very good so far. Very disappointed. 

We wanted to go to a fancy dinner but I'm the only one that looked the part. We went to a restaurant called "Frescos" and it was like a country club. I felt uncomfortable and awkward, especially because Daddy was wearing a super hero tee shirt and Meredith dropped her bread on the floor. 

When we got home, we all wanted to watch Star Wars, so we popped in Episode IV. 

Dad and Meredith wanted to go for a walk so we all went down to the beach and took some pictures and saw jellyfish and freaked out. 

Then we got ice cream at this little shop in our condominium. 

My sunburn is horrible and Dad got me some spray aloe stuff. He took me out on the balcony to spray it on my leg and my shoulder and back and he managed to drop the cap to the bottle. From 16 stories up. Skills. 

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Beach Blog - Day 2

Yesterday was our first day on the actual beach! We went at like 10:15 and came back for lunch around noon. Then we went back until like 3. 

When we tried coming back up, I burned my feet so bad that I have blisters on the soles of my feet. Sand is brutal. 

We took showers and got dressed (which is how I discovered the worst sunburn I've ever had) and walked across the street to Candy Kitchen, where we got fudge and salt water taffy!

Then we went to dinner at Big Peckers and got ice cream at Dumser's, the best place for ice cream in OC. 

We then came back and Mom, Dad and I watched The Hangover: Part II. I still think the first one is better, but it was funnier the second time. 

Then Dad and I walked to Food Lion to get some groceries. We talked about my writing and stuff. 

After we got home, Dad and Meredith went to the beach to walk for a little while. Mom and Melanie and I stayed at the condo to hang out. I walked into a screen door... No big deal. 

Eventually it became late and I had to sleep but my sunburn made it impossible for me to get comfortable. 

Sigh. 

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Beach Blog - Day 1

I didn't go to bed last night until nearly 1 AM and I woke up at 7:40. It was miserable. 

We had doughnuts for breakfast and then my dad packed the car. I was upstairs writing as fast as I could, trying to get as much in before I had to leave. 

We left the house at 11. The drive was only supposed to be about 3 hours but it ended up being 6. 

Finally, we got to our condominium and we had to unpack the car, which took about four trips up and down the sketchiest elevator in the world. 

Our condo is nice. It's a little small but we're going to spend a lot of time on the beach. 

Melanie and I unpacked our suitcase and started to put our clothes in the drawers. We found a pair of underwear. Purple. Just in a drawer. It was kind of gross. 

When we got everything put away, it was like 7 and we had to eat dinner. We went to the Blue Ox Bar and Grille. It wasn't the best... The service wasn't great and Mom's dinner was cold. I had a crab cake for the first time and it wasn't horrible. 

Then we went to the grocery store to get milk and stuff that we couldn't bring in the car. It was so freaking crowded. Why is Ocean City so crowded?!

Anyway, now I'm queen of Sofa City and watching Disney Channel. I'm exhausted. 

Blah. 

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