Silver Lining

This year went by the fastest of any year in my life. School was amazing. Yes, I just said that school was amazing. I got to try so many things I had never done before like blogging. I got so into projects that couldn’t wait to work on them at home. Math was tolerable and I didn’t feel like I was failing every 10 seconds. I learned that the computer is my FRIEND.

 I met some friends that I’m never going to forget. We had good times together and were totaly spontaneous and didn’t worry about what other people would think. We slept in Falena’s living room, tied a cat bed to someone, and then couldn’t get it off. We also learned things NOT to do, like sneak out of the house wearing hot pink pajama pants. Why no pink pajama pants? It makes old ladies in nice cars stick HALF OF THEIR BODY out of the car and stare at you at stopsigns wondering where you are going at ONE in the morning all alone carrying your shoes because they kept falling off. I learned that you will have severe paranoia when walking through a dark field at night where creepy people have been known to chill. I learned that you can say no to something, you can gain more respect then you would have gotten otherwise. I learned that I am more spontaneous then I thought: I learned that my friends changed me for the better. I learned to do things on the spur of the moment (like flinging rice out of a spoon at someone in the lunch room) and it will create a great memory to look back on. I learned not to let your possesions or your relationships define you. I learned that its hard to remain YOU when everyone wants you to be someone else but you can do it. I learned that trying to walk up bloods acting like a crypt would have got me in a LOT OF TROUBLE if not for my friends. I learned that you had better make sure your friends know that a door DOESN’T LOCK before the try making out behind it. I learned that your friends always have your back even when you don’t think you need them. I learned that the Lucky Charms song does NOT say “don’t forget the red baloons”. I learned that Declan doesn’t recieve gifts of panty hose very well, but he will wear a pink crown and run and spy-role down the aisle at a serious event with parents watching. Having a squirt bottle fight in Math class with Eric complete with ninja rolls is a bad idea! Using “I WILL BITE YOU!!!” as a threat to a guy doesnt work. They will twist it into something nasty! Even big kids love Disney and Veggie Tales! Reading a note that has classified material in the open is a dangerous operation. It WILL get stolen. I learned that sometimes it takes a while to see through what people want you to see into who they really are but it is worth it. I learned that holding you tongue is a skill that should be practiced more often. I learned that pool parties at someones house are amazing. I learned that if you want something, you better work for it. I learned that you really do need to manage your time, or you start hyperventilating.