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EIGHTY EIGHT

Yes... I know. BUT!!! I made it farther than PH or SB. I actually had pictures for up through a month after my last post, but my phone freaked out and deleted all. That's the truth, I promise. After I realized they were all gone, I said screw it.

Senior year has been CRAZY towards the end. But with AP exams over and classes pretty much pointless, it has gotten much easier.

I no longer work at the General Store Cafe! I can't work there over the summer while nannying L & C, so I decided to end my time at the Cafe mid-May so that my last two weeks of high school could be work-related stress free. I am now able to go to the last band concert, last orchestra concert, and plan my weekends as I choose, on my own time. I love it. :-)

Come June 14th I will start my summer with L & C. It looks to be a busy one, but we'll have a great time.


We got yearbooks today, and they are GORGEOUS. Props to the yearbook team this year, they are amazing. I think its a book I'll always be able to go back to and find something new, but it doesn't feel cluttered. The pictures are (mostly) of good quality and they show a wide variety of all kids at our school. It is a yearbook I'll bring to UWEC and be proud to say THIS is my high school. :-)

Flipping through it I saw 3 pictures of SE right off the bat. He passed away 5 weeks ago and it's great to be able to go through the book and see his smiling face and beautiful FRO. Love you, Sean!

BIG NEWS. The free iPod touch with a Macbook Pro deal came out yesterday at Apple. HOPEFULLY I'll get my Macbook for college soon. :-) My excitement is reaching a new high! Soon I'll be able to create a beautiful header for the blog, AFTER I learn how to actually use the computer... GD is up for the challenge.

I think that's all the updates I have for now... I'll be sure to keep posting regularly, but for SURE not daily. The countdown will still go on, I will still get 365 memories in this thing!! You will always get a picture or two with posts, maybe only a picture. I won't leave you high and dry too often!

Hosanna to the Most Highest

EIGHTY SEVEN


I don't work today. :-) It made me really happy. I usually work Sunday's and I hate it. SO.. I didn't today! I went to church where the girls performed their Signs of Praise song and waved palm branches in honor of our Lord and Savior entering into Jerusalem for the last week of his life. They did wonderfully and were adorable! Then I came home and did homework (Max came and visited me and sat right there watching. He looks a little bit freaky in this picture, but he heard something just as I was taking the picture and moved). Then me, Dani Kate, and Mom got pedicures before SPRING BREAK (1, 2, 3... only 4 days til I'm on a plane to MEXICO)!!!! Now I'm updating the blog! And I'm done. Now for homework and maybe watching Life on the Discovery Channel with MC, MB, and NC. We'll see how homework progresses.

Oh gosh. Here is a really ridiculous story.
KS sent me a picture of her hair that she did. She finally got it to curl and was really exciting, but to me, it looked NOTHING like her. And still doesn't to me. Her hair looks EXACTLY like MC's. KS's hair is darker than MC's, and this head of hair is EXACTLY MC's color. I don't know, maybe I'm going crazy. But I'm still super confused by it. Decide for yourselves, for those of you who know them: KS or MC?


Okay, looking at it now it looks like KS.

Saturday Extravaganza

EIGHTY SIX


Saturday was BUSY. Holy cow. Here it goes: Rehearsal on the main stage with the set from 9 to 10, then rehearsal with the pit in the band room from 10 to 11:45. Then girls makeup training sessions from 11:45 to 12:15, and men's makeup training from 12:15 to 12:45. Then home for 10 minutes, back to the high school (I forgot my wallet) then off to the spa from 2 to 3:30. Home for relaxation and recuperation. MC, KL, and I played listened to music and talked then MC and I played Wii and then we were off to OC at 7:30(second night in a row!) for AG's 18th birthday party! Then a bunch of kids came over after to hang out and watch TV/talk. It was really mellow.

Above is AW, KG hiding under a blanket (she was feeling anti-social. She gets that way after too much social contact), and MC not paying attention in the background.

BONUS PICTURES!!!


Beautiful LJ and KH. LJ's makeup was WAY too dark and orange. It was the exact color of KH's hair. SO FUNNY. Those poor boys. They just needed to practice putting it on, even if if was the wrong color. Very entertaining for me though!


JJS and LJ with their beautiful makeup on... JJS looked super pale and sickly, LJ looked like a carrot and is modeling his makeup line. Fantastic.

Woah, slacker

EIGHTY FIVE


Ya... Sorry about the slacking. It's been a crazy week. Friday, March 26th I got home from rehearsal early at 4:15 and just... sat. I did some show organization until mom got home. Then the two of us went to Old Chicago for dinner and then came home. I played Wii and listened to the radio for about an hour before watching a movie and going to bed. I went to bed at 11:07 on a Friday night. It was a loner evening, but I needed rest and to de-stress myself. It worked!

Sleepy, Sleepy Boy

EIGHTY FOUR


Thursday, March 25th was another night where I almost forgot a picture. I actually did my homework thursday night! Then watched Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice on ABC from 8-10 and then went to bed. Max has taken to sleeping really close lately. I moved his bed to a cart next to my dresser, so now he sleeps on top of the comforter against my leg and my pillow. It's cute and keeps me warm, but he takes up a lot of room and limits my movement... Oh well. I love him!

Everything's Alright

EIGHTY THREE


Wednesday, March 24th was a crazy stressful day. Production meeting for JCS during my open hour took away homework time, so I didn't go to church. :-( I didn't get a whole lot done, mostly because I was just too overwhelmed to have any ambition. But I went to sleep somewhat early and was THIS close to forgetting a picture. So this is my accumulation of papers and notebooks and other miscellaneous crap on the floor beside my bed. Pretty, no?

(Again, Everything's Alright is a song from JCS. Our KPJ does a fantastic job singing it, it is beautiful! Tickets HERE!!

Strange Things Mystifying...

EIGHTY TWO


So I woke up Tuesday morning with sores in the middle of my palms. They looked like bruises, but hurt like a deep cut. It was weird. I think my hands were clenched all night and my fingernails made the bruises. It's just weird though.

Tuesday I had rehearsal then work. CM and I worked together again and it was a great night. Lots of prep work and friends stopping by and yummy cookies. AND gossip. Which is why I love work so much. I'm actually going to miss it after i quit i think. :-(

(JCS has now taken over my life. Strange Things Mystifying is a really good song! Tickets HERE

New Binder!! Excitement is high.

EIGHTY ONE


Monday, March 22nd was my first day using the new 1.5 inch 3-ring binder my mom got me for my JCS prompt book. The thing is getting HUGE. Monday was also the first day of rehearsal after not having any rehearsals from wednesday to saturday last week (all the leads were in New York on the choir trip). It was interesting. Went WAY better than I thought it would, they didn't forget too much!

The show is going to ROCK!! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE ASAP

Normality At Its Best

EIGHTY


Sunday, March 21st was another simple Sunday. Church, where I taught the little girls sign language to a song for Signs of Praise (we perform songs for the congregation every month or so) and then went to work. Then came home and did homework... Work was fun, IW and I talked a lot about EVERYTHING. College, spring break, the normal.

Above is my Human Anatomy textbook. I was reading about muscle structure. Interesting, huh?

Placement Tests and Boredom

SEVENTY NINE


Saturday, March 20th I took my placement tests in the morning then we drove home where I was super bored for the rest of the day. So bored that I... CLEANED. The desk and organized things. I found JK's concert ticket in my car randomly, it must have fallen out of her purse. So I sent her a picture of it. Haha. This is that picture...

Then later, JK, KS, MC, SF, and I all went bowling at Tuttle's where I got sprayed with Chem Fog and got killed by KS. I didn't bowl well, but it was super fun. I miss those girls.

To Grandmother's House We Go...

SEVENTY EIGHT


Friday, March 19th Mom, Dani Kate, and I drove to Eau Claire so I could take my placement tests at the university at 8am Saturday morning. Grandma Bev had yummy food waiting and soft beds. :-)

Dani Kate drove the whole way there... In MY car. I had to sit in the backseat of my own car for 2 hours. It was sad. And a tiny bit scary. But we survived! And she did a GREAT job. :-)

STYROFOAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEVENTY SEVEN


You should ALL be VERY jealous. KD and I got to Stage Management (SM) class on thursday (march 18th) and the first thing MK said to us was "I have to show you the most amazing thing ever in the shop." We knew it HAD to be good. It was.

IT WAS STYROFOAM. We hate styrofoam though. Carving it for set pieces is NOT FUN. BUT BUT BUT! This styrofoam was like... 10 feet tall and in 5x5x10 foot columns. There were about 10 of them. What were we to do?

MAKE A MAZE. It took KD and I 2 minutes and then we ran through it like 5 times. Then made MK go through it. He came out giggling. Our goal was achieved. Then we went and got DB and TB (the Arts Center event coordinator) to go through it. They both loved it. After all this excitement, we were finally able to sit down for class.

(Above is KD in the maze wondering which way to go!!)

St. Patrick's Day?

SEVENTY SIX


Wednesday, March 17th
Miriam is cute. :-) She was a sleepy baby in small group.
Wednesday was St. Patrick's Day. Or so I found out when I got to school. It was super uneventful.


Miriam finally woke up within the first 10 minutes of small group and THIS is what we got to play with. She was so happy and smiley! I loved it. EK and TT got some great pictures of her too!

6'4" is still not enough

SEVENTY FIVE

I'm behind again. I know. I'm getting there!!


Tuesday, March 16th
Our school opened up the new commons remodel a month or two ago, and just a few weeks ago we got furniture. AKA benches and high tables to stand at. My group of friends always met at a table in a certain location after 3rd hour each day, but on tuesday that table disappeared. We were at a loss. Not really, we dealt with it. But AB was a little upset. So on our way to Stage Management class, KD and I saw AB trying to get a table over to where our table used to be. The tables are HEAVY. And even though AB is like... 6'4" and HUGE... He struggled. So I had to get a picture of it. KD and I were laughing SO hard. It was fantastic.

Welcoming Organization Back

SEVENTY FOUR


I'm weird, I've accepted it. A few years ago I had this purple notebook that I would write all my lists and plans and stuff in. If I was stressing at night about the hectic day to come, I would just write down all the things I had to do so that I could fall asleep. That old purple notebook got filled up, so i started a new one in an old notebook of my sister's. It's not completely purple, but the name stuck. I lost it after sweetheart's last year (mom... you cleaned up and I lost track of it after that. There is such a thing as organized chaos: my room.), and i found it yesterday! I brought it back, and now have many new lists going. It has made today much easier already. Haha.

OH! Just to let you all know, I caught up a lot today on stuff. So the world is good again. AND it was 60 degrees today. I love life.

Senioritis... Ick.

SEVENTY THREE


I'm so behind in school. I have 2 tests to make up and a week of homework to do. Okay, I'm not that behind. The tests, yes. But all the homework? I don't know. It's not that much though. With JCS work and school and a social life and work at the cafe... and spring break prep and scholarship stuff... It just seems like I'm up to my nose in work. Haha.

SO. Sunday night I did Bible Lit homework and nothing else. It was glorious. Stressful cause I knew I should do more, but I didn't have the ambition. Hence senioritis. Oh well.

Here is Max! He looked so cute and happy.

SKIPPER NATION!!!!!

SEVENTY TWO


Saturday night was the state hockey game vs. Edina. Tonka had WAY more fans. It rocked. At the end of the second period, Tonka was down 4-0. BUT! The boys pulled it together and made a fantastic comeback in the third period and made 2 goals in the third period, AND kept Edina from scoring again. But... It wasn't enough to win.

There were some struggles with seats at the beginning... Lets just say Xcel security is REALLY unreasonable and section 222 was a struggle.

Before the game, JK and I went to MOA to go shopping. We each got new dresses for our Mexico spring break trip. I can't wait to go... It's gonnna rock. :-)

Big Bowl Round 3

SEVENTY ONE


Rehearsal again after school... Then a group of us went out to Big Bowl for a surprise birthday dinner for LE. His birthday was Thursday, but we had to settle for a Friday party. After a delicious dinner, we all went back to SL's house for cake and the hockey game. If they won the game that night vs. Hill-Murray, they were going to the final state tournament to play against Edina. The end of the third period comes, and the game was tied 1-1. The game went into overtime, and no one scored. Second OT, no score. Thurd OT, no score. Fourth OT Tonka scored to win the game!!!!! The boys played from 8:30ish to 12:15ish. It was insane.

Above is us all sitting in SL's basement watching the game at like 11:50. We were tired. I tried out the panorama setting on my camera phone, and this is what came out. It's pretty cool I think.

Just So We Don't Get Lost...

SEVENTY


JW and I went to the basketball game Thursday, March 11th after yet another JCS rehearsal. The JCS staff had a production meeting today during my open hour, so I spent lunch in the Arts Center (the theater) conference room taking notes on everything everyone said. It was actually really fun. My favorite moment of the meeting was when Pat, the hair lady, said that JW's hair is always perfect. She said it in such a funny and passionate way, I laughed right then and there.

I took this picture in the parking garage elevator lobby, so I could remember what level we were on. JW made fun of me. I still love her! :-)

Post-Shopping Shopping

SIXTY NINE

All caught up!!!!!! Sorry for being such a slacker lately...


SO... I love dresses. A lot. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take last year's Christmas AND birthday money and get like 2 or 3 this weekend... Or at least I really, REALLY want to. If I had the resources, I would only wear dresses in the summer. I love them. JK and I plan on going shopping for SPRING BREAK on Saturday. I'm for sure getting a dress. And a few tank tops. Other than that, I'm pretty set. I'm PUMPED.