A Rebel's Plan

The past few weeks I've been thinking about my future, a lot.. I've decided I can't wait to turn 18.

I've never really been the rebellious child, but I've never had much opportunity to be. So I've decided on a few things...
-For my 18th birthday I'm going to get my ears double pierced and buy a lottery ticket.
-Right before college starts I'm going to get my cartilage pierced with Bekah!
-At some point, probably around the age of 19/20 in going to get a tattoo that says "How Great Thou Art" in honor of my great grandmother.

For most people, these probably don't sound rebellious, at all... But for me they are, hmmm shows how sheltered I've been these past 17 years...

Senior Pictures

Yes, Rae, I'm stealing this idea from you.. You're just such an inspiration ;)

Here are some of my favorites, although I loved a lot of them and it was very hard to pick!

Education?

I realize that I do really have plenty of time to decide on what I'm going to major in in college... But I've been thinking.

Early Childhood Education?
I'd never really considered it, but looking back, I love little children and how inspiring they can be. And even more so, how great their love for Jesus just radiates out of them in a way that can only be found in them. Faith like a little child!

So maybe this will be the path I'll go down....

But I have time to figure that out yet..

School...

My last first day of high school is in four days. Kind of scary! But I get to kick off the school mode a few days early. Yippee?
Monday I start my Introduction to Philosophy class at College of Menominee Nation. It should be interesting.
But before that, I have senior retreat at Two Rivers. I must say I'm quite excited. Although I am a bit nervous that I may feel a little awkward because I'm not sure how weird things will be between Caleb and me. Plus the whole swimming/beach thing will bring back quite a few memories from this past summer and all the fun we had.

Anyway, back to the school thing. I was feeling nosy on RenWeb today and was seeing who all was in my class. The new hot senior transfer will be my new locker buddy! Don't worry Rae, he'll be to my left. I still have you as a locker buddy too! So yes, this new boy should be a nice way to try to get my mind off of someone else.... I also found out on RenWeb that you can see who will be in all of your classes which is pretty cool. I have a lot of classes with the same people, which should make things fun. I'm kind of afraid my schedule this year isn't challenging enough and maybe I shouldn't be taking a second study hall. But I do have my CMN class as well as Advanced Biology and College Writing which should all be rather difficult classes.
I think the scariest part of the school year approaching is that I can apply to the college I want to go to already. That scares me so much. Especially because I no longer think I want to go into Athletic Training. I have no idea what I want to do! My mom thinks I might just be feeling flustered and second guessing myself, but I don't really think so. So we'll see how this all works out in the end...

Anywho, I have to finish packing for senior retreat! Tootles 😄

Summer Fling

You always read those books and see the movies about the perfect summer with the perfect boy. But then summer ends.

Well that's what happened to me this summer. And now it's over. Both summer and my relationship.

Relapse

After a night like last night, I couldn't help it.
It just happened.

Overwhelmed

School hasn't even started yet and I'm already beginning to feel overwhelmed by it! This is just going to be one of those extremely stressful years, I can tell already. My college class starts before my "real" school starts, so that will be nice to sort of have a school mind set already before it actually starts.. Sadly though I have orientation Thursday so I have to miss the first soccer game of the season :(

Anywho, overwhelmed. I work tonight for the first time in weeks. Blah. But I need the money, so I guess that's okay. But volleyball starts tomorrow, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to get a nice lecture from my coach about missing volleyball open gyms to go on dates. That should be a great talk. Not.

Well I'm off to lunch and the movies with Caleb before work, tootle-loo. :)

I Just Said the Unthinkable

I can't believe I'm about to say this...

I'm looking forward for school to start.

I've never been one looking forward for school to begin. I've never really hated school or anything but I've naturally enjoyed summer more. But this year is different. While I've experiences the best summer of my life with everything I could have possibly asked for to happen, I'm ready for school. Here's why:

-friends: I miss seeing my friends everyday! Some people I've only seen once or twice this summer sadly and I can't wait to see them on a regular basis. Others I have seen several times and I never get tired of their companionship so it will be great to see them everyday.

-new opportunities: this year I will be challenging myself in a completely different way than I have the rest of my high school career. I am only playing volleyball this year, versus managing a three sport lifestyle. I'll also be on student council as well as national honor society, both groups which require a lot of time. That's part of the reason for me only playing volleyball. Also I'm taking a college class this fall, Intro to Philosophy. I haven't decided if I'm taking one in the winter through spring or not yet.

Sports: as I said I'll be playing volleyball this year. As it is my final season I plan on giving my all and not settling for anything but the best. It's going to be immensely difficult to only play one sport and I still haven't told my coaches so that should be interesting.

iPads: yes, iPads. Our school has gone one to one. So every student gets an iPad! I'm writing this on mine actually. I absolutely love it. I've been playing around on it for the past few weeks and have found plenty of great apps that I'll be able to waste my time with during the school year.

Well I think that's about it. I'm ready to begin my school year strong and confident! Senior year, here I come!