My life in a nutshell.

Well, my life since the musical has been a little on the unusual side.

I went to school Monday thru Wednesday the week following the musical. I attended Crossroads, my church’s college bible study, on Wednesday night and we had a night full of games and laughs. Thursday and Friday we did not have class because we had Fall Break. Thursday thru Sunday night I spent a majority of the time studying for a biology exam Monday the 15th. I earned a 91% on that exam. I say earned because I worked my butt off. The rest of this week I have spent recovering from my “lack of sleep” over the weekend.

Tonight, my sister and I are going to a theater production at our school. I am going for extra credit in one of my classes. I have to write a two paragraph response paper about the production, but it will still be a fun night. A couple of our friends are going to be there as well.

Wednesday my baby brother turned 10.He was the last one in our family to be in the single digits.

At the moment, this is all I have to talk about right now. I might post later, but as you all know, I might not be able to keep that promise. Therefore, I will not make it.

Les Mis Performance

I remember going to see Les Mis live. I only wish I could have seen a professional troupe.


When I went to see the movie, I fell head-over-heels for the music and story line all over again.






Last night was fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
I have loved the music of Les Mis ever since I started listening to the music and started watching the 25th anniversary performance.
We watched the performance in Springfield. For the small size of the theater and the fact that in Springfield does not have many professional musicians, therefore most, if not every, actor is a volunteer, they did an amazing job.
We were able to set right up front. In the second and third rows on the far left. Therefore we were able to see everything very well.
I cannot wait until the movie comes out this winter. As I stated earlier, I have watched the 25th anniversary performance and each time I have watched it, as well as seeing the performance last night, my desire to watch it has increased every time.
Well, for now I am out of topics to blog about.

My life so far…………

Hello out there. Strange to see that I am back again in the blogging world. For all of my faithful followers who have not given up on me, I thank you for being patient for the long wait between posts.

Well, school is going well and the semester is almost half over. The half way mark might have already come, but I have other more important items on my plate to think about than how much of the semester I have left to go.

Tomorrow is going to be fun. This week is homecoming week at school. Tomorrow is the big parade and football game. With the yucky weather we have been having the past few days, tomorrow is going to look the same.

Then, later in the evening, several of my family members and I will be going to see a local production of Les Mis. I am super excited! I have recently become obsessed with this musical and cannot wait until I get to see it live. Not to mention that this coming December, I think, the movie will be coming out.

Wednesday in my World Literature class, I had to give a presentation over Chinese Poetry. It was my first shot at teaching English to people in the age range that I will eventually be teaching. Once I graduate that is. The good thing is, everything I had in my presentation, my professor regurgitated again when he went up to finish the lecture for the day. This fact in and of itself makes me have more confidence that this is the right direction I am to take for my life profession wise. Not to mention that I enjoyed every minute of preparation and actual presenting time I had to do. I used a power point in my presentation, and one of the slides I had was just for an overview of what I was going to talk about. When I had just finished this slide, my Professor asked me if I was going into the education or pastoral field. When I answered with education, he stated that the way I had ordered my slides up to that point was the way that someone in the education field would do it. Let us just say that I was pretty happy with this news.

Update

Well, I am 20 years old. I really do not feel that I should be 20 but I am.

VBS is over and done with for this year. We did SKY from Group. I really liked it.

For vacation, my family went to Branson again. We went to the Titanic museum. I ended up being Millivina Dean. She was the longest living survivor of the Titanic. The last day only my older sister, her room mate, and I stayed because we are all college students and we were able to stay a day longer. We went to see Ice Age 4. I really liked it.

Classes started on Monday. I am taking 17 hours. I might be crazy, but after this semester I will only have one more general education class to take along with the other classes I need for my major.

As I am well aware, and I am sure you all are well aware, this year was the Summer Olympics. The opening ceremony was ok. It was not as good as Beijing, but Beijing was amazing and I am sure it will be a long while before we see anything that could hold a candle to Beijing. Other than that, I really enjoyed watching the swimming, gymnastics, and a little of the track and field. Personally, I like the winter Olympics better. Primarily for the ice skating.

Well, it seems that I am not one for a long post anymore. At least I am getting thoughts down.

Summer Dealings

Well, yesterday I had my last test for my summer class. I ended the class with an A. The class was very easy. I recommend the class to everyone who has to take a second science class to take that class.

Now I am finally able to have a vacation from school that last more than two weeks.

My vacation consists of Vacation Bible School, going to Branson with family, and spending a lot of time not doing any school.

Next week is my birthday. I am going to be 20. I don’t feel like I am turning 20.

Well, at this moment, this is all I have.

Summer Happenings

Well, so far my summer has consisted of several things.

To start out with, after my last final on May 18th, I spent every day for the next two weeks sleeping in and staying up until 11 or so. During the day, I watched a TV show I had never seen before. It was ‘The Adventures of Merlin’ that I watched, at least the three seasons that were on Netflix.

Last Monday I started my summer class. I am taking Intro. to Earth Science. It is a Monday – Thursday class that lasts all morning. I have already had my first test on Thursday. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Getting to keep my weekends free or having to cram the three days before the test.

Within all of these things going on, I have been babysitting, cleaning the toys at my church, and helping out painting VBS props. Last week I started meeting with my music team.

Well, that is all I have for my audience at this moment. Post more at a later date.

Summer Time

Well, school is out for the summer!

Swimming, vacation, tans, V.B.S., and loads of family time is what is in store for my summer which is a full one.

First off, I have had this whole week off of school and I will have all of next week off as well. Then on June 4th I will start a summer class. It will be one of my two science classes that are required for my general education classes.

After June 28th, I will be done with school until the 20th of August when the fall semester starts back up.

While I am on my break from school I will be participating in my churches Vacation Bible School again. So far, we already finished a rather nice chunk of decorations that we make by hand every year. Again, I will be doing the stage area this year. Our V.B.S. is going on during the second week of July.

Also, later in July or in early August, my moms side of the family will be going on our yearly vacation. We will be going to a different type of vacation from the past.

Then, as I said previously, on the 20th of August I will start up school again.

As of right now, this is all I have to share. So, when I have more information to share, I will share it.

End of the Semester

I really can’t believe that it is that time of the school year again. I have four classes left to finish up. At the moment I have one final each day next week.

My plan for this summer is as follows:

• Take a summer class. I am taking one of the two required science classes I am need.
• Partake in my churches Vacation Bible School. I am going to do the stage again.
• Making a dint in my HUGE reading list.
• Finishing up LOST. I have a few episodes left in season 6 to watch.
• Spend a week on vacation with my moms family in Branson.

Well, that is all I have to announce at this time.

Post Spring Break Update

Well, let me just say that I have enjoyed being able to sleep in until 8 in the morning everyday this past week. That is one thing I miss about homeschooling. I am sad that I have to go back to getting up at 6:30 every morning to get ready for school. Ok, I only have to get up this early two days a week, but still, I have to be at school before nine four out of five days.

Well, my list really did not see any real large indention in the way of checking things off.

1. I finished the book I have been reading for the past month. Two of the books I had on my list to read I had already read, I was just going to read them to remind myself of what has happened up until the new book that had come out recently. I decided to just skip them since I remembered them once I started to read them. So, I checked two whole books off of my list. Yet, my mom has told my that there is another author I need to read. So I have no idea where my standing is with my reading list.
2. I have not even picked up either one of the two handcrafts I needed to finish.
3. I started one of the handcrafts and it is pretty much done. I have also started on another one, I am about half way done with that one.
4. As I am writing this post, I am watching episode 5 from season 4 of LOST. I am getting closer to finishing the show. It is sad, but exciting all at the same time.
5. Possibly getting a tan this week. Yeah right. I said that the weather was really nice in my last post. This past week: rain almost every day. Tan = Not happening.
6. The three books I have already started I did not even look at much less think about. The one I was hoping to start I was able to finally start. What I have is rough, but I at least have something started.
7. I was able to spend some time with my friends. We went out to get ice cream at DQ. It was nice.

So that was pretty much my week. I can’t wait until this summer. We have started our VBS planning for the painting of the background for the stage and the decorations for several other stations that we decorate for. We start the actual painting process this Tuesday afternoon.

That is all I have for the moment. Time for me to go and start studying for a test I have coming up on Tuesday.

Spring Break

I just finished up my last day of school before spring break this afternoon. I now have a whole school-free week in which to do whatever I want. I already have a rather long list of things to do:

1. Read my huge stack of books. I have counted at least 10 of them.
2. Finish up my list of handcrafts I have already started. I have at least 2 to finish.
3. Start on some of the handcrafts I have had to wait to start. The list is long, I have no idea just how long at this point.
4. Watch as many episodes from LOST. I am on Season 3 Episode 14. They are very addictive.
5. Possibly get a tan. It has been really nice here for the past week or so. My poor white skin really needs it.
6. Spend time on my books I am in the process of writing. I have 3 books I have already started the actual writing process (All of which I think you all already know about) and 1 that I have been hoping to get started.
7. Hopefully spend some time with my friends who I have not had time to get together with in a long time.

So, as you can see, my list is not only long but very intensive. I hope to get a majority of this list checked off. Some of them I would be happy just to get the number lowered.

Well, that’s all for now. I will attempt to write later to inform all of you on how much I was able to accomplish over the week.

Up-date

Oh, boy. Time to spill the beans on what I’ve been up to since December.

First up, my three week class in January. I took a computer class in which I learned how to use Microsoft Office applications as well as how to navigate and use a computer properly.

Secondly, I am taking six classes this semester totaling 15 credit hours. The classes I am taking are as follows:

• Fit and Well – This class is a P.E. type of class. We learn about nutrition, health, exercise, etc.
• Speech – This class is pretty much self explanatory. We learn how to give proper speeches.
• English Composition 2 – In this class we look at different short stories, poetry, one play, and one novel and discuss what we are reading about and what we think the meaning behind it all is.
• Intermediate Algebra – The next math class I need to take. I also have a lab in which I am required to take.
• Critical Thinking – This is a step up from the University Seminar class I took last semester. It is just learning about how to think critically in our homework and in our everyday lives. After March 25, I will be done with this class.
• American Government – This class involves learning about the American Government system.

Five – week grades will be posted in about a week and a half. At that time, I will be about a quarter of the way through the semester. Time flies when you’re not looking.

At the moment, this is all I have to up-date. Until next time, talk to you all later.