Regular.

Of course I'm not supposed to be writing an AP Psych paper right now.

I realized that I mostly write in this thing when I'm supposed to be doing something else. That's interesting. This is really just a ploy to distract college-bound procrastinators, I see how it is.

Today was great. I actually went home after school for the first time in about 3 weeks. Freaky.

So I get home from school today, and am home for about an hour when Samm and Natale come on down, ready to go to the library to research for this psych paper I'm supposed to be doing. Of course we didn't go right away.

Oh no.

We had to eat 1/2 a pint of Oatmeal Cookie Crunch, some Reese's peanut butter cups, and the like. Mmmm.

After which we headed to the library, where we did NO research whatsoever but I did manage to take out some random books, including the actual version of...Ten Little Indians! Yee haw. And then I committed forgery by having to pretend to be my mother; as I was using her library card and lo and behold, there were overdue books on. Of course I had to forge her signature and sign for them. Why would I be able to hand over the card, no questions asked, like a normal person?

Because I'm not a normal person and entertaining things happen to me. I'm used to it. 

Nothing comes from nothing.

This week has been, by far, one of the most difficult of my life. I'm grateful for many things, not the least of which being that this week at school has come to a close; Monday feels like a thousand years ago. Maybe it was.

I know one thing is for certain; I have the best friends in the world. Between the ones that I've grown up with, to those from elementary school, to those who I've known for just a short time (but feel like I've never NOT known)...I am a lucky girl. And one thing I'm grateful for is that through all of this I have been fortunate enough to have these wonderful people. I don't know what I did to deserve this; but to quote the Sound of Music: 

"I must have done something good."

This afternoon was spent constructing crowns out of wire star garlands, silk roses, and ribbon. It was very fun, not to mention theraputic. So now the drama club has 20 crowns to sell at $3.00 each. Not bad at all.

Okay, I Love the 90's is back in full swing starting next Wednesday after school. I need to throw myself into activities and fill my afternoons with interviewing, rehersals, and maybe even a little homework here and there.

Does anyone recall the African bee invasion of 1990?

Lessons.

I've learned that you can't ever say hello enough times.

I've learned that there's no such thing as too many "I love you"'s.

I've learned that family and friends are the most important thing in the world.

I've learned that life's too short and too unpredictable to be mean to people.

I've learned that you can never be too nice, because it really does matter to people.

I've learned that listening is the best possible thing.

I've learned that there's no time in life to be judgemental.

I've learned that life really is a gift that shouldn't be wasted.

I have learned all this and more in the past 48 hours. 

Everyone that you meet in your life you meet for a reason. I genuinely appreciate and adore my family and my friends.

I wish I'd said hello.

Back to school.

Surprisingly, today went by relatively fast. I think the whole return to the regularly schedueled day makes a huge difference. It was also a little freaky, because I keep reminding myself that before I know it, this will all be over, and it'll all just disappear in to a bunch of fast paced days. Weird.

Labor day weekend was fun, Monday morning Samm and I woke up, after not reading, and did our morning exercises: 25 fluffs of the featherbed and 25 more of the duvet. Quite the cardiovascular activity, I assure you. After all those calories had been worked off, Kerri, Natale, Samm and I went to Bickfids for some pancakes and homefries, it was great, let me tell you even greater when you're supposed to be reading Barnaby Rudge but instead are sitting in a cheesy restaurant enviornment with a waitress named Yzma and some onions upon request.

Today was successful as well, I succeeded in getting gym waivered and my next goal is to get my Independent Study approved so that I can start working on I Love the 90's. Also, NORDEX WAS DOWN today at school, which, by the way, is not the life saving, all important "savior of death" that the administration makes it sound like when they announce it's fall over the intercom, but rather is simply the attendance and schedule making program on the computers. Anyway, because of this issue, we did NOT have our much anticipated summer reading quiz, which was great.

Tomato soup and Premiums are awesome. Any time of the day. 

Great.