History Day project from last post was part disaster part brilliance. The documentary was beautiful, the paper work (process paper and bibliography) were significantly less so. Turns out, there is a God, and he was on duty. Mr. Rich (my history teacher) gave me a second chance, placing me 4th in the school competition. I procrastinated, of course, but miraculously the night before I got everything a little bit more together and I placed 3rd at district, which means I'm going to state!! Anyway, its Spring Break, so I'm working on History Day.
At some point, I need to devote an entire blog post to Sargent Shriver, my History Day topic.
Last week sucked... one of my very best friends in the whole wide world tried to OD. Definitely intended to off herself. Luckily, she told me, which meant that I had plenty of time to go crying to the counselor... My friend promises to stick around for at least a little while. I cried to her too. I broke my no-crying-at-school rule, but really, I think we're past the elementary school "cry baby" thing. And seriously, my friend nearly died. So yeah, I thought it was excused. Hopefully my friend will haul her butt back to the doctor, for so many reasons. She needs her bipolar meds upped, she needs to make sure that the hospital didn't mess anything up when they pumped her stomach, and she was already sick before all of this and has lab work and an ultrasound to discuss with her doctor. >:( But she's stubborn and is sick of doctors. I'm also stubborn, prone to nagging, and I care. So because I care, I will nag and refuse to listen to "reason" because I'm stubborn. ;)
On Thursday, I was 1 of 8 students from Conway High East to page for the House of Representatives at the capitol! It was super fun. There was a lot of sitting and picture taking, but really, it was amazing. Below is a group pic, from left: Kerry Cole, Heather Haile, Devika Mehta, Me (Meleah Bowles), Seth Gilleran, Amy Anderson, Stephenie McCoy, and Ashley Daniels. The Representative is Robbie Wills, who was elected Speaker of the House for that session.
Now, Spring Break:
- Friday night I went to a very fun Spring Break Party, not at all what I expected from a Mormon party. Lots of insanity. :)
- Saturday night I went to one of the most amazing shows ever! It was Bombay Black and Black Stone Cherry at The Village, a local music venue. It rocked. So hard. :)
- Today, Mom and I replaced two track light fixtures in the living room, and it looks so much better! :) We have a few more projects to tackle over Spring Break, and it will be a changed house.
- Tomorrow morning (8:30 am) I have a fasting lab, because evidently my other lab work wasn't enough. And I'm having major nerve issues in my hands, which I have to fess to my doctor, which means a neurologist, which probably means more missed school, and a whole lot of tests. Hopefully this is fixed, non-surgically, before Flagline tryouts!
- After the doctor's appointment, Dad is going to take me out to shoot my shotgun. It was my great-grandfather's and when he died, my grandparents split up the guns, giving me one. It is antique and gorgeous. Then Dad and I are going to clean up the yard, so it can look decent. :)
- Sometime this week, Mom and I are planning on painting Twerpette's room, putting a light fixture in her office nook, replacing the light fixture in her bathroom, replacing the vanity/sink in her bathroom, putting a mirror back in my bathroom, putting a light above the dining room table, refinish my bathroom light fixture, plant more flowers in the yard, the list goes on...
- I need to work in time to practice my new piano piece, "Golligwog's Cake Walk" by Debussy from his Children's Corner collection, read Ethan Frome and do a reading response worksheet, take a practice AP US History exam, sign up for the ACT, think about practicing my flute, clean my room, this list goes on too... I'm hoping Mom and I figure out a way to work in a Silver Dollar City trip and a visit to Granny and Pa's. :)
I just want to take a random little moment to say that I think Barack Obama rocks. :D So far, he is a fantastic president! I love that he supports early childhood education and civil unions for LGBT and choice and so on...! :D At this moment, I definitely do not regret any endorsement of Barack Obama, and I'm very happy with his decisions so far.
We got our fourth nine weeks grades. I had 4 B's. I'm not happy. But they were all high B's, except History, which was an 85, but its an AP class, so I can make a B. The other three I definitely have to pull up though... UGGGGH. Stress. *sigh* oh well. I'll either do it or I'll permanently wreck my GPA. *flinch*
We evidently signed up for rooms for the Disney band trip on the day that I was paging. And my roommate isn't really sure that she can go. Gaaah. I adore Katie and her family, but her parentals are really flaky. But I'm super excited about Disney, it should be one of the most amazing trips ever! I just really want the room situation straightened out, because a bad roommate could wreck the whole trip for me. :/ As it is, Katie and I could get stuck with who knows else in the room with us... But we can get all of that worked out. I'm sure.
Anyway, not much is going on right now, since its 12:17 am... and this post is already hideously long and I'm tired and I have a doctor's appointment in the morning, so I'm going to go to bed.
