It's Been Awhile....

I haven't posted in a long time... I tend to just post stuff on Facebook and forget about this site. But, I suppose, I ought to write a detailed update (with a little more information than I can fit on Facebook).

The summer is almost over, thank goodness. I babysit three more times, and then school starts! I can't wait! I love school (and I'll be glad to have something exciting to do). This year I will be taking some really great classes, like French III, Choir, and Honors Communications III. Unfortunately, I'm also stuck taking ridiculous classes like Chemistry, Economics, and the ever-present phys. ed. I wish I could tailor my schedule to fit my needs and take more French and more music! I'm never going to be a gym teacher, I'm never going to work at NASA... I don't need those classes.

Still, it is something to look forward to, and that's more than I've had all summer. I've done nothing but sit around on my lazy butt. I've babysat every Monday and Tuesday, two little boys named Josh and Jay (ages 8 and 4, respectively). I also started taking my summer dance classes about a month ago, so I have ballet on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6:15, and on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6 and then an adult class from 8-9. That keeps those days busy. I've also been taking voice lessons, of course. I go to the library quite frequently, and, yes, I've read some good books. Unfortunately, reading requires that I once again sit on my bum for a very long period of time. So, I've been trying every day to go for a walk or a bike ride. I enjoy it, and since I've gotten an iPod of my own now, I have my wonderful music to listen to (all Broadway show tunes and Elvis, of course!). I try to remember my French, learn to play decent piano pieces, go to chamber choir every other Monday, and listen to musical after musical (Sweeney Todd - the original, with Angela Lansbury and George Hearn - is actually really, really good!).

Some things have kept me from being content this summer, sadly. For one, my grandfather. Jerk. No, I will not go into detail. For another, my uncle, who may have cancer, but who knows, because I found out through Mom, who found out from Grammy Pat, who found out from Aunt Glenda, who found out from Megan, who found out from her father... the originator of the story. And, of course, dampening my spirits right now, is the imminent departure of my dear sister, my best friend Jenn. I know that everyone must part eventually, but I hate it. The relationship is bound to change, and we will never be as close as we are. Heaven only knows, we may not see each other again! Whoever said "It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" must have lost his marbles a long time ago. Truly, which would be harder? Not caring? Or losing everything and everyone that you love?

Oh well. Is that enough of an update? I hope so, because I haven't done much else this summer. Not anything worth noting, anyway.... Oh! I saw Mamma Mia! That was something... and it was very cool.

I also bought a bracelet to support a cause that I learned about. You pay two dollars for a handmade braided bracelet, and the money goes to girls in places like the Philippines, girls who would otherwise be surely sold as sex slaves. I thought that was pretty cool, that you could buy this bracelet and it would help these girls.

I think that's about the long and short of it. I'll update again soon....

Je t'aime!