Homecoming, etc.

Hey everybody! This is going to be another just pictures post, this time about homecoming last night! It's the second in my series of "Fall Traditions" (button on sidebar), even though this is only the first of my Homecoming dances! Enjoy the photos!

Just Sitting...

So I've got some random stuff for you right now. Enjoy!

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Public schoolers, do you KNOW how loud a pep rally is? The marching band played the Star Spangled Banner and before all that it was just SO EXTREMELY CRAZY LOUD. I probably wouldn't do very well at a rock concert. ;) Anyway, I was really happy when I found out that we didn't have to stay and that we could just hang in the band room for the rest of the school day. Thank goodness!

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 The past few days we have been doing this AWESOME project in biology. We've been working with the microscopes and different lenses and we just finished this cool project today. We chose five items of the natural world and then looked at them under the different objectives and sketched them, etc. It's super cool when you get to 400x and you cannot only see the individual cells, but the organelles inside them as well! Just think....the 3rd smallest thing in the universe. Cell organelles. (After sub-atomic particles and atoms) But the best part? I've used my camera to take pictures through the microscope, and it's totally rocking. I'll share them soon :)

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I'm off to Olive's party soon, but I still need to wrap her present, write her card and pack.....shouldn't take me that long. :) I probably won't be able to post tomorrow, due to the party, show, and dance, but I promise to post pics on Sunday.

Happy Weekend Everybody!

Dance And Confirmation

The dance was soooo much fun! It was cool to actually be all dress up for a dance (never happened before cause everything else is informal) Like Eldarwen asked in comment, I'll try and get a pic up of my outfit soon :) However, at first glance, nobody recognized me! (my teachers seemed to have a hard time believing that it was really me) Let me tell you why...

On any normal day, this is how you'll find me: Wearing either flip-flops or my awesome plaid converse, a pair of jeans and some kind of cute top. Purple band around my wrist, often my treble clef necklace and a pair of earrings. Wavy brown hair falling around my shoulders, and I wear glasses too. But this is how I was at the dance: A pair of strappy black (heeled) sandals and a sparkly, floaty, blue and black dress. I wear a simple blue necklace and a cute pair of silver earrings. I'm actually wearing makeup. But here's the thing that was getting people: I wore my hair up for once in my life and I wasn't wearing glasses (which resulted in a killer headache and not being able to see all that well). But yeah. That was the dance.

Today is confirmation at church (already???) and I'm pretty excited. We (the confimands) get to lead the whole service which will be fun and one of them is actually doing the sermon! Should be interesting. After we are having a picnic :)

Finally, tomorrow's the big last day! Field trip and graduation, here I come!

Daybook, Dance, Job Shadow, Jazz Surprise, and other Easter related stuff

Date...April 3

Starting time...9:33 AM

Mood...intense

Outside my window...blue skies with nice wispy clouds. It's supposed to get really warm today!

I'm thinking...about tomorrow's sunrise service

I'm reading...Harry Potter 7 and Saffy's Angel

I'm listening to...my playlist

I'm wearing...jeans and t-shirt from Florida

Yesterday, I...went to the last dance of the year :)

I'm excited for...job shadow day!

I'm sad because...there's only 1 quarter left of school (which also makes me exceedingly happy)

I'm hungry for...tea and a bagel would be nice *waits for them to fall from the sky* or not.

The song stuck inside my head is...Stars and Stripes Forever (it's that time of year again...)

I want...It to be nice and warm out at the sunrise service tomorrow

I love... warm sun and green grass

I loathe...being bored

This week, my goal is...to learn the new piano piece

Did I meet last week's goal?...no, but I'm all ready

Ending time...9:43

 

 

OK, this is going to be a rather all around post, but I'm busy girl so that's understandable! Firstly, last night was our last dance of the year, and my last middle school dance. (we still have the 8th grade social, but that doesn't count =D ) Anyway, it was retro themed and Bella and Super Gato had these awesome retro outfits! They were really fun to look at. Me? I just wore skinny jeans and an orange tank top, lol. Anyway, we had so much fun and it was totally the best dance of the year. It was sponsored by the related arts teachers, and for some reason they're a lot more energetic than core subject teachers, and the best part was that they didn't just stand up by the wall watching, but they were out dancing to which was often hilarious to watch! They finally played Dancing Queen for us (thanks to a special request by our French teacher) and our group had so much fun with our routine to that song. Also when they played Tik Tok me and Elránia and Super Gato did our dance routine from the talent show, and I'm serious. EVERYBODY was watching us. They were standing up on the bleachers and crowding in a circle up front to see us which was super cool. So all in all, it was a fun night.

Now--Job shadowing! In 8th grade we get a job shadow day (this year April 14) where we get to go and, well, shadow someone with a profession that we might enjoy. I was able to get a place with the band director at the other middle school in our town, so I'm really excited for that!

Jazz surprise.....After our Jazzapalooza event on April 11, the two jazz bands come together with anyone else who wants to join, to form the Spring Jazz group. This is always an exciting, huge group. Anyway, yesterday Mrs Barry said that on this one song for Spring Jazz, Green Onions, she'd like to try something different and she'd like to play with the group in the saxophone section. And so she wants me to conduct the band! I'm so happy, this is going to be great :)

And finally, tomorrow is Easter. Alle- oops. Not supposed to say that word yet! :) I'm playing my trumpet out at the sunrise service that we hold by the ocean at six o'clock in the morning. I just hope it's not too cold! After, we'll do other stuff, go to the regular service at nine and in the afternoon have couscous dinner at my grandmother's. Fun! And then it's back to school...