Senioritis

I have developed a serious condition that many high schoolers get when they are close to graduating - SENIORITIS. Within a week, I have gained extreme apathy for everything that has to do with school. On sunny days, when I am stuck in class, my eyes wander to the window, and I slip into fantastic, lovely daydreams about when I will no longer be bound by the thick, heavy chains that are homework, and waking up at 7:00 every weekday to go do busy work at a building with dirty bathrooms and unhealthy food in the vending machines; all of this strife, just so I can get a fancy piece of paper with my name on it. But, as much as I despise it, that paper will be worth a lot once I finally graduate, so I'm going to hang on until May.

Livin For the Weekends

Last weekend was one of the best ever! On Friday night I had a sleepover at my friend Alora's and after staying up till 3:30, we woke up around 10:00, and then started getting ready for the day. Saturday was Preference, so around 2:00, we all went to Wendy's for lunch, and then the whole group went laser tagging. My date was Stanford. After laser tagging, and the girls beating the boys (because we cheated), we took everyone back home to get into their formals. Then we got our pictures done, and then waited at Olive Garden for about 45 minutes just to get a table. After eating, we went to the last thirty minutes of the dance, and after the dance, we went back to Alora's boyfriends house and watched The Stepfather.

After all that partying I have come down with the cold straight from hell. But it was worth it.

My preference

Warning to all readers - this is a rant.

I understand that we are all living in the 21st century, and with time has come much more freedoms for women. I am extremely grateful to be living in this time. However, I believe that part of being a woman is being able to rely somewhat on men to ask us out on dates, and pay for those dates. So in high school, there are girl's choice dances. They are fun and everything, however my views are somewhat old fashioned. I believe that when you are young, especially during high school, you are preparing to enter the 'real world' and part of being in the real world is hopefully, eventually getting married. Many people have different opinions on this matter, however mine is that the husband should bring home the bacon, and the mother should be educated and prepared to enter the work field if necessary, but her primary focus should be on taking care of what is at home.

I've spent my teenage years in a home where my mom goes to work at 7:00 every morning and comes home every night, exhausted and occasionally grumpy. Somehow, this doesn't seem right to me. Although my dad does work, although it be at home, I still miss out on valuable face time with the woman who should be my role model.

The reason for this rant - basically I don't like feeling pressure to ask one of my guy friends to a dance, and then be pressured again to spend nearly $200 on the day date, dinner, tickets and pictures. Although it's expensive, I'm sure I will have a great time.

Funny how such a dumb thing like money can get you thinking.

Thankful

I recently got an email from my friend, James who is serving an LDS mission in Zimbabwe, Africa. Reading his letter helped me realize how lucky (or blessed) we are to be living in the USA, a country where there is air conditioning, where we don't need to worry about what we will be eating for dinner, and where we are going to wash our clothes. I am so grateful for the opportunities that I have been given because I am an American. I am able to get a good education, and pursue my dreams. Many people don't have the opportunities that Americans do, yet we are one of the laziest countries. We struggle with obesity because we eat too much food, and don't exercise enough, when other countries don't have enough food, and are too weak and frail to run on a treadmill (that is, if they had one). I think we really take for granted all of the blessings we have received and we don't nearly enough appreciate them as much as we should.

High School Blues

School and homework keeps me as busy as I can, but between a job that I work maybe once a week (if I'm lucky) and some time hanging out with friends, there is a vast void of free time. I have recently found a way to fill that empty space. And that is joining the High school girl's lacrosse team! I have always liked the sport, and my friends that have taught me told me I have natural ability to play it. So I got home from school yesterday, was super friendly to my parents, and did my homework. Before I went to bed, I talked to my mom about it and she wasn't sure about it. I really really really want to do lacrosse. Yes, I decided I wanted to on a whim, but it really feels like the right thing to do, plus I feel like I haven't been involved enough with my high school and I am graduating in sixteen weeks!!!