today started off with me turning my cell phone alarm off, thinking i was awake, and placing it on my face. 45 minutes later...i woke up. with less than 25 minutes to get ready, i skipped washing my hair and felt disgusting.

gov
i had to do my current event. i am such an awkward person. i could sing my heart out in front of some classes and not care (english, social studies, civics, art, commoner) but i am so afraid in gov and start shaking. :/

english
finished our group project. i really love it. if you want to see it, it's right next to hallberg's room and is the painted one. check out the TR "engraved" on the willow tree. ;]

spanish
we're ~preparing~ for spanish III and a couple days a week we speak only spanish. when we do this, we earn little pesos. i had to ask something in spanish today. also, she asked me when my practice senior board was/whether it was the speech or interview/if i was nervous and i had to reply. haha we took a quiz, that i did bad on. i'm fine when i'm at school for the whole lesson and i never need to study, but from nationals i was really confused. hahah :P

social studies
i officially checked out that period. eric and robin were the only ones in the entire class contributing to the class discussion. it was so pathetic. i'm so tired of reading things in there. fml.

independent study
went to the office with the cart and got more paper for the teacher's lounge. locey was impressed with how fast i was and i decided i'm now a professional at these tasks. i should really work in an office or something as a temp. i know my way around the whole main office/lounge/that book room. mrs. yahn and mrs. scheidt address me by name now because i'm in there often. i helped a sophomore's dad (who was lost in the C building and had a cool, very strong European accent) find the main office to get ahold of his son. haha then locey made me write something for mr. brittain's blog.

commoner
the only thing i can remember really is the spooky in the middle game with the ball, and spook in the middle with megan where we were ridiculous to people in commoner.

after school
i took my hamlet test, it went well...ish. then i had to wait 45 minutes for jim to pick me up. i ended up outside in the sun reading my magazine. heather approached me with a weird look, took pity on me and drove me home. haha

i made a calendar on indesign that is from today until graduation, color coordinated and super cute. except it stresses me out hardcore because i realize i actually have to do all of those things.

i had a lot of energy so i alternated from running and speed walking on the treadmill for about an hour. is it weird that i was holding a magazine and on the treadmill at the same time? hahaha. i was really tired after that, so i went in the backyard and played with lily. then i collapsed (on purpose...ha) onto the grass and looked at the clouds because i'm true. thank God my backyard is fenced and no one can see me well. i was literally leaping around the yard and dancing funny with lily. HA.

after this, my mom decided to yell at me for a good half hour. my dad called to say he has a meeting with his lawyer this week and he's almost positive it won't be that big of a deal because i have the most say in my main location because of my age. he said it won't be as bad as i think. so that's great.

erm, i think that's it.
tomorrow i'm dropping off an application at amanda's work, because someone is about to leave and they will be hiring. amanda is going to give my app to her manager. last time she did this, they hired her friend. fingers crossed.

I just talked to my Dad.

We are officially starting the custody battle now. He made me wait a bit to make sure this was what I wanted and it's been two weeks. So, here we go. He's calling his lawyer to set up a meeting this weekend. In the meantime, I'm researching child custody in Washington state.

If only I was 18. 11 months until I am free from custody drama. But I honestly can't wait that long. This is affecting where I go to college. You would think if I am making big decisions like college, I would be able to decide if I live with my mom or dad? We'll see how this plays out. Merrrrr.

Wish me luck.

anything can happen in the woods.

before school
My mom has the flu. Maria drove me to school. Colin saw the drop off. lolll.

english
late to english, leonardy was in a bad mood, started our group project, one of the girls in my group might be pregnant and one might not graduate. :[

social studies
popcorn reading, AYE-RABBS, Natalie was the big blue giant.

commoner
cake and brownies to celebrate!! :] talking, group talking.

after school
tried to upload photos, ended up cutting out/printing off feature articles and tips on how to write features for jared, watching rj's fighting videos. colin and i went to jamba juice. we saw katie danner, fylisha and her bf, cammi who graduated two years ago. then we went to taco del mar and ate sexy tacos. then we went over to border's [deja vu, last time we found the "don't you just hate..." book]. we were sexual beings, went to our favorite section, saw someone from else from vanguard, colin got hilary's birthday present [which is incredible, love love love], i searched for on sale books in the ~blowout~, talked about colin's beard.

i got home, played with lily, watched tv [thrilling!], changed my clothes, and started uploading the photos. colin gave me his memory disk [yayyy] and it took forever and a half to upload 1200 photos. once i did, i sorted them into folders for uploading, edited some. then my fb was freaking out so i had to upload them to photobucket, go on the home computer, go to photobucket, save the photos, and THEN upload to fb. fml. it took hours. so worth it though.

drew texted me "let's go get ice cream." randomly, so we did.
we went to cold stone, saw blake brown working. [meggy, i got the strawberry banana rendezvous] then we went to the park on 86th and went ~into the woods~. we had a ground-breaking conversation and i love drew a whole lot/we are hanging out more often that's for sure.

i came home, relaxed, worked on my portfolio, applied for 8 jobs at wild waves. ya ya ya.

tomorrow? working in the art room during 5th period with amanda. also, talking to ancheta, printing something at lunch and turning my portfolio into keen hopefully.

and apparently we have an editorial board meeting on thursday after school, which sucks because i told leonardy that i would take my hamlet test that day. and since the last meeting was, what? 2 hours, i now i have to take the test on friday. also, on friday i'm spending the night at lizzie's house and we're going to be very jonas-y. haha i almost forgot about that. i hope lizzie didn't forget. lol.

about to pass out.
OH WAIT. fun? fact. when drew was leaving, we hugged inside my house and katie (jim's big black dog) bit drew! it freaked me out. katie was growling. i think it was because it was a like, extended hug or something. after drew left, i told my mom and she said that katie is very protective and would kill anyone who got too close to me. she also said that katie hates men and probably thought drew was trying to hurt me.
the end. night.

A. in the font FloralTwo, if you type "42" (a number i was using for my pages) it comes out saying "TR". i died!!

B. i have a really good theory about locey/ her retirement, ask me about it at lunch or something.

C. i still love amy winehouse.

three things about nationals.

nationals = absolutely incredible.
i'm not in a blogging mood tonight but i can say a few things.


1. i'm shocked i placed individually at all and it feels great to be a nationally recognized journalist.


2. i'm so happy we placed as a paper. 10th is better than not placing. we didn't place at all last year. (...)


3. i love my friends on Commoner so much. it's going to be tough to graduate and leave something good behind. of course we will all do it - but it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

tits galore on i love money 2.

english
hamlet worksheet

social studies
middle east map. coloring is so productiveeeeee. natalie attempted to read me from her play for dramafest but we're apparently not allowed to read in class.

commoner
world at a glance, check on hannah montana nationals people, haley and i started learning the hoedown throwdown. LOVES IT.

after school
starbucks with julie, novanet - very accomplished, hence other blog. pain with lily, see dailybooth. i miss blogging.

~the best years~

TO DO

Study for Gov. test that I'm taking tomorrow after school. Colin, was it hard?
Clean room for random person inspecting our house tomorrow.
Start packing/making lists for Phoenix. I keep wanting to say Anaheim.
Go to store for random nationals things.
Stop breaking out? hahaha Seriously, the tension in my house is killer.
Fix one minor thing in my portfolio and give it back to Mrs. Keen.
Finish Novanet by June 1st or risk not graduating.
Bring Megan's peacoat to school.
Pay for Commoner shirt tomorrow.