5/12/23

I'm writing this over a week after it happened so I'm just gonna write what I can remember. We did graduation practice the day after the awards ceremony, so that's what we did today. Oh, it's starting to come back to me now. I had to get there at 7:00, so pretty early. They had a senior breakfast with all sorts of stuff and some Chick-fil-A breakfast sandwiches which really weren't that good. The blue Hawaiian Punch was really good. They also had graduation pictures that day and I don't think mine turned out that great. The guy messed my hair up before the picture because he said it wasn't under my cap. But whatever.

Then after that they still had us go to chapel. I thought we were supposed to be done with all of that but I guess not. So I got to see Jesse and Matthew and them again. Then was graduation practice. It was pretty boring. They made us all practice walking in like, three times. I walked in with Matthew Theiss and sat between Aaron Zoellner and Carter Williams. They would not be my first choices. So yeah, practice was pretty boring. At the end they gave us our Beta Cords that we got for being in Beta Club. And that's about it. After that I went to Cape because I didn't really wanna go home yet.

I realized that today was the release day for Tears of the Kingdom, the new Zelda game. I didn't really know if I wanted to get it because I don't play video games that much anymore, but I looked up some reviews and saw it was supposed to be good. Also I really liked Breath of the Wild. So I went to Walmart and bought it. It ended up being $75 after tax. Crazy. But I also stole a Lego Minifigure because I saw they had Disney ones. I know I shouldn't steal, but $5 for 10 cents of plastic is ridiculous. Also tax on the game was $5 so it kinda worked out. I got the mean skeleton from Coco and it actually looks really cool.

I think I got a pretzel from Sam's on the way home. Probably also a blue Icee. So good.

On the way home I saw something near the bridge but drove past it. I thought it looked like a small furry thing. I was thinking it was a hedgehog or something so once I got home I got on my bike and rode back to look at it. When I got there I realized it was just a cool looking turtle. I don't know where I saw the fur. But I picked it up and moved it down near the creek. That's two animals saved in two days. Maybe I should go into something environmental. It is fun.

I put in the Zelda game but it had to update so I took a nap and played it some when I woke up. I thought it was pretty fun. Lots of creativity.

So that was the day. I think it actually turned out pretty good. 7/10. No more going to school until graduation next Sunday.

5/11/23

I'm writing this five days after the fact so I'm gonna try to remember. Today I didn't have classes but still had to go to school for the awards ceremony. So I got up and got ready for that. I wore my blue short-sleeve button-up that I always wear and some khakis.

The actual awards ceremony was not that great. I rode with my dad to get there because we didn't want to waste gas taking four different cars. That also meant I was late because my dad is the slowest driver ever, even when he says he's going to rush. So I got there a couple minutes late and everyone else was already in the gym seated. I had to squeeze in on the end next to Claybob.

So yeah, the real reason the ceremony wasn't all that great was because I wasn't mentioned much. I wasn't expecting much but that doesn't mean I wasn't hoping. I got called up for the one thing I knew I'd get. The Copper Dome Scholarship from SEMO. That's literally a guaranteed scholarship. You still have to have decent grades and ACT scores but still basically guaranteed. At least I got called up for something. I was lowkey hoping to get one of the mystery awards or whatever but I didn't. Stupid teachers didn't think to refer me.

After that I brought my tablet in from my dad's car to get it wiped. My dad held the door open for me so I wouldn't get locked out of the school. Mrs. Lang, who I don't think likes me very much, was the one to wipe it.

She said to come back in fifteen minutes so I went out to the commons where they were doing some alumni thing or something, I don't know. There was only one alumni there and she gave a little speech. Lily's dad and Ian's dad also congratulated me. I think both of their names are Todd. Anyways, they also had food there so I had some grapes, strawberries, cheese, and Gardetto's. Pretty good. Then I got my tablet back and my dad and I left.

When we got home I turned my tablet on and stuff to make sure it was alright. It was. I finally had Aristotle and all the blocked stuff gone. Then I realized Windows still wasn't activated. So I was getting kind of worried about that because I needed to be in the administration's network or something and I couldn't do that anymore because the tablet wasn't a part of the administration anymore. So I spent forever trying to do that. I eventually got it by running the command prompt as an administrator and finding the product key to put in and activate. All works out in the end.

Then I went outside and walked in the creek. I found two longnose gar in a little area and followed them around for a while. Then I went back to the house to get my underwater camera to try and take cool pictures of them. I found out the water wasn't as clear as it looked and you couldn't even see a foot in front of you in the pictures. But yeah, I was probably out there for well over an hour. They were pretty cool. Both about 2 foot long, one reddish and one gray. Then one of them started swimming downstream and the water got really shallow and it beached itself. I got all of this on camera. So I decided I was going to help it. The best solution I could think of was getting a bucket to push it the rest of the way down the stream because there was no way I was touching a gar. So I ran up to the house, grabbed a green five-gallon bucket from the garage, and got on the Mule with Opal because I wasn't running back. The bucket ended up working and I saved it. Then when I got back to the house and started researching gars I figured out that they can basically breathe water and air. So I wouldn't have had to rush that much. Still saved it.

Pretty eventful day, but also not very eventful at all. 5/10.

5/10/23

Today was our last day of classes. I probably should've been more excited but I really wasn't. It's not like school's out yet. Tomorrow is the awards ceremony and Friday is graduation practice. And then I also have to actually graduate next Sunday. Then I'll be free. A couple of months ago, I had all these plans for the last day of school. I would take pictures with everyone and finally open up and talk more since I had nothing to lose. I really didn't end up doing either of those.

Nothing much happened in the morning. I drove Janell to school today so she wouldn't have a tantrum like yesterday. Chapel was just praise bad or "worship team" which I guess was they are actually called. They played like three songs. Then Mr. Simpson thanked everyone and that was that.

We finished the documentary in Mr. Simpson's class. At the end of the hour we could give him a hug, high five, handshake, or fist bump. I gave him a nice firm handshake and I felt like he appreciated it because a lot of other people just gave fist bumps.

In Personal Finance, Mr. Meyer was there again and we had to make a word scramble or word search or something. So I just put a bunch of finance vocab words into a word scrambler generator and that was done. Then I played some more Minesweeper.

In Lifetime Sports we luckily did not have our croquet test. Mrs. Birk just asked us the six colors associated with croquet. Then we went outside and played the worst game of croquet of my life. I didn't even get through the middle wicket. Probably because I got a bad mallet.

Lunch was soup day which is always pretty good. Zach got his video training for the Dirty 30 Challenge by Eli. The grilled cheese was especially good today. Dipped that baby in the potato soup and it was heavenly. Also had some broccoli and some of that weird peanut butter with chocolate chips in it.

In Modern Literature we had a little discussion about the bobbed hair thing we watched yesterday. Pretty boring I didn't really participate. Then she gave us a survey of her class. At the end of the hour Camryn took a selfie of us to put in her scrapbook.

In Band and Choir we were out in the gym for both classes. I asked Hansell to come to my graduation party and luckily he wanted to. My mom made these really embarrassing cards and didn't okay them with me but whatever. He said I looked a little zesty in one of the pictures and I can't disagree. Then in Choir, Janell invited Maeson and Marlee and I asked Jesse if he wanted to go and he said yeah. So at least there'll be some people. I also finished signing some cards in this class.

In Chemistry, they reviewed again and I wrote this post and played, you guessed it, Minesweeper. Gotta beat that score. Actually yesterday I did beat it. I think I got a 332.

After school I was able to ask Eli, Zach, Bryce, and Matthew Chambless to the party before they left. While leaving school I listened to Closing Time by Semisonic. Then I realized this morning I listened to We've Only Just Begun on the radio and the first line is, "We've only just begun to live," and the last line of Closing Time is, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." So they're both about beginnings and first and last and stuff. Thought that was cool.

I don't really remember what I did the rest of the day. I think my mom had me try on some clothes. She got me two button ups. One kind of looked like the ocean and I actually liked it. The other was a really weird cut shirt that looked like I was showing off my chest. Sent that one to the returns.

Also I realized that I lost my over 500 day Snapchat streak with Camryn. I keep forgetting about Snapchat and then never getting on it. Kind of sad to lose that big of a streak though. And for some reason it said I could recover this other smaller one but not that one. Whatever, I don't really care.

So that was that, my last day of classes. Wasn't as great as I thought or hoped it would be. 6/10.

5/9/23

Today I got up at 7:00, got a shower, got dressed and hurried out the door because I was about to be late. I rode with Janell even though I wanted to drive today because she said she already had all her stuff in her car. Janell somehow left her phone in the trunk so I got out to grab it and I threw it into the backseat and it hit the seatbelt clicker. Janell freaked out and did one of her classic unnatural cuss word uses. That made it awkward the rest of the way to school.

At school I guess I had my last small group session and it was not something to remember. It was boring and I don't even remember what we did.

In Christian Response we watched Jesus Camp again. This time they were actually at the camp and the people were still going crazy crying, speaking in tongues, and yelling. Crazy stuff.

In Personal Finance, Mr. Meyer was there because who knows where Mrs. Mitchell is. We did a graphic design project where we promote a product for some reason. I made mine over my school tablet because I didn't know what else to promote.

We had our last croquet game in Lifetime Sports. It was me, Anna, Evan, Noah, Kallie, and Mike. During the middle of it I had to go do my senior spotlight and get posted on Facebook by Dawn Ozark. I just had to get my picture taken and tell her my favorite memory and class and stuff. I said my favorite memory was getting prom king and my favorite class was Law in Action. We ended up getting 21 points in the croquet game.

I actually brought my lunch today because it was chicken slab on bun. My mom packed me some Ruffles, a peanut butter jelly sandwich, applesauce, and some orange slices. I saved the orange slices for last because I thought they would be the best but they really weren't. They were kind of dry and flavorless. Also Bryce's sister came to sit with us at lunch because she brought Bryce Sonic. I didn't talk to her.

We watched a movie called Bernice Gets a Bob or something in Modern Literature. Towards the end I fell asleep and apparently the end was the plot twist so I missed that. But the Camryn said that Bernice ended up giving Margorine a bob instead of herself. What a plot twist.

Choir and Band were probably the same as always. We played the same songs we've been playing. They had us sign some cards for the seniors.

Lastly is Chemistry and I played Minesweeper the whole time again because they were reviewing for the final. I've noticed that Mr. Gholson says, "Heavily missed," a lot.

After school Janell made us go to Sonic so we did, since she was the one who drove. I ended up getting some chili tater tots and they were DELICIOUS. Then we went home and I didn't do anything else for the rest of the night. I started re-watching Andor and rode my bike a bit around the yard. I wanted to play a game of croquet but Janell completely refused. I guess she has something against it. I also learned how to actually juggle. Pretty cool.

Today was alright. Didn't have much going on. 6/10. One day of class left.

5/8/23

I don't really remember what happened yesterday because I'm writing this on Tuesday. I always forget Mondays but that's why I try to blog, to remember. So let me think.

Mr. Ruark had the chapel today. I don't really remember what it was about. I think it had to do with seniors. After chapel they recognized the bowling team and had us come down in front of everyone. The only people there were me, Bryce, and Ian. I don't know where Mike and Evan were. Then they had all the senior come down to watch a class of 2023 video that videography made. They also had us link arms for some reason. I was between Caroline and Zach. I wasn't even in the stupid video. There were more juniors in it than seniors anyway. Videography doesn't know what's going on I guess.

In Christian Response we started watching a movie documentary thing called Jesus Camp. It was kind of comparing hardcore Islam to hardcore Christianity because it showed this church in Kansas City that was crazy and were speaking in tongues and spazzing out and stuff. In my opinion, the church director lady was totally indoctrinating the kids at the church and camp. But part of the documentary was funny. I think some of the clips would go viral on TikTok. I might try uploading some. Always on that grind.

In Personal Finance we watched a Dave Ramsey video. I was playing Minesweeper at first and then turned off my tablet completely but then Mrs. Mitchell started death staring me, so I opened my tablet back up and then I realized our assignment was to take notes over the video, so I started doing that. Dave was only talking about stuff we already learned though like emergency funds and compounding interest so I didn't see the point.

In Lifetime Sports we didn't go outside because this morning it started raining pretty hard and everything was still wet, so we played kickball inside instead. It was alright. I got on the team I didn't want to be on. At least I wasn't the last one to be picked like Kennady. But yeah, it was fun. I had some good kicks.

Lunch was orange chicken but I ordered a salad because I hate orange chicken. The salad wasn't that good either, though. The first couple times I ordered salad it was good but now it's bleh. I also had a packet of apple slices and they were also not good. They were slimy and soggy. Also their expiration date was 5/8/23, which was today.

In Modern Literature we read a short story by Roald Dahl called "The Umbrella Man." It was a cute little story. We also did a journal entry about what all we learned from the books in that class this semester.

In Band and Choir we just did the usual dumb stuff.

We reviewed in Chemistry, which means I wrote blog entries and played games the whole time.

After school I drove home and didn't really do much for the rest of the day. I brainstormed a bit because I want to try and write a short story to publish. And I tried watching Star Wars on my tablet but it wouldn't load.

That's about it. Today's a 5/10 because nothing happened. Only 2 days left of school now.

5/7/23

I don't think I did much this day. I woke up at around 10:45 and didn't really do anything.

I went out to the pool because we've been filling it up and noticed the robot wasn't really working, so I got it out and tried fixing it but it still didn't really work.

At 2:30 I left to go to Caroline's graduation party. It was at this Arcadian Valley Event place and it was pretty nice. Janell also went but drove separate because I had work later. It was honestly kind of awkward. I knew people there but there wasn't really anyone for me to talk to. I talked to Josey Wahlers and Emma Dunning for a bit. Then eventually I sat down with Clay, Anna Mueller, and Paige Seibel. The best part about the party was the food. I had lemonade, fruit punch, a sandwich, Cheetos, cookies, and fruit and cheese. So that was about it. Oh and I also took pictures with Caroline and wrote my favorite memory with her on a Jenga block. I put "All of the parties you had and riding 4-wheelers," as my memory because she did have some pretty fun parties back during Nell Holcomb.

I left the party at 3:30 to go to work. I HATE working on Sundays. And at this point those are usually the only days I work. I hate them because when I come in, there's no night floor plan, Armonee doesn't care and doesn't tell me who's on or anything, and I have no idea what's going on. The floorplan on the computer is always a mess and I'll have no idea who's here or what time servers are going to get here. So that's how it was then but luckily we weren't that busy when I first got there. Lindsey, Alex, Jennifer, and Carletha were the servers tonight which were pretty typical for a Sunday. I think Rich, Ricky and Maria were all there as managers. Tammy was also there in the beginning but I think she left. But work wasn't that bad once I got everything settled out. At the end of the day these three old ladies came in wanting to order some deep-fried shrimp. They reminded me of the old ladies from Hercules. But I had to get Maria up there because they kept changing their order.

Once I left I went to Kidd's to fill up with gas since it was below 3 dollars again. Once I was about to leave there it started pouring down rain like, super hard. So I had to drive home in that.

I don't remember what I did when I got home but overall this day was like a 5/10. Pretty average, not the best.

5/6/23

Today was the day of the actual state bowling. I was hard to get up but eventually got up to my alarm at 7:15. My mom brought me a waffle from the lobby for breakfast. So yeah, I got ready and we left.

We were supposed to be there at 8:00 but nothing really started until at least 9:00. It was so boring. When we actually started, we weren't that great. I don't know what we were averaging, but it wasn't that good.

A few games later, we were doing better. I wasn't really keeping up with everyone's scores but our average went up. I was kind of stressing out because I was definitely the worst on the team. At one point every person had a strike except for one of my frames. But whatever.

We took a break for lunch at noon. By that time we were in the top five I think. I had also started doing better. Lunch was a sack lunch with a ham and cheese sandwich, cookies, and you could pick chips and a drink. I tried that new Starry drink and had some Cheetos. Then we ate in my mom's car and I accidentally wore my bowling shoes outside. Then when we got back in and I went to wash my hands, Tyler was like, "Dude, why are your bowling shoes on in the bathroom?" So yeah, he probably would've freaked out if he'd of known I wore them outside. I don't really care though.

Bowling started again and we did better. I got more strikes and spares. Finally we were done, but not really. We'd bowled the 24 games but needed a position round for some reason. We scored really low in the position round and moved from 2nd to 4th. Then we bowled against the 3rd place team and won and then bowled against the 2nd place team and barely won. That was probably the best moment of the day. Ian had to bowl a strike on the last frame or we'd lose. He through a strike and we won by one. I thought Bryce was gonna cry.

Then it was us against the 1st place team, Seckman. The first game, I bowled a gutter ball but then spared. We also lost that game. We played them again because it was best out of three. We won the second game. The last game they ended up winning. I really didn't care. I bowled good on the last game so at least it's not my fault. It was fun but a long day. It was probably 5 o'clock when we left. But yeah, I did end up winning some scholarship money, $2,600 split among the team. So that's $520. That's like six Red Lobster shifts. Not bad. Josh tried making everyone emotional at the end by talking about how much we mean to him and whatever. Then we took some pictures and left.

From the bowling alley we went straight home. I think I was still watching The Mandalorian on the way home. We also stopped at Jack in the Box and I got a cheeseburger, sweet tea, fries, and secret sauce, which I was hoping would be better. The burger was delicious though. Then it was a pretty normal ride home.

We got home and didn't really do anything. That night though there were a lot of weird bugs in the kitchen that I guess somehow got in through a window. Janell started going crazy and my mom got out of bed and we started vacuuming them off the ceiling and table. Kind of gross.

Today was cool because we got 2nd at state and that's a pretty big accomplishment, but it still felt like a waste of time. 6/10.

5/5/23

I'm writing this a few days later from when it happened so hopefully I remember everything. Today was the day we were going to state for bowling, and they'd told us a couple of weeks ago that we wouldn't have school so that we could drive to Union and get practice time but apparently we still did have school.

At school I forgot who had chapel, but afterwards was the send-off for the bowling team. It was pretty embarrassing. They wanted me to walk through first, but I wouldn't, so I don't remember who walked first. I just walked through, gave a few people high-fives, and that was it. Then Mrs. Adams took some pictures of us outside. Ew.

In Christian Response I don't remember what we did at all. That means it must've been boring and useless. We just had a test the day before so maybe it was a free day or something.

I'm pretty sure in Personal Finance we did another assignment on stocks. Oh, I remember now. It was the one we had gotten the day before that I didn't work on at all. So I spent most of the hour working on that.

In Lifetime Sports we played croquet again. The people we played weren't as fun and in general it just wasn't as good as the other times, but whatever.

I thought at lunch I could leave but nobody else did except Evan, but he leaves anyways to go to CTC or something, so I stayed. Lunch also sucked because it was Culvers day and I forgot to order again.

After lunch I still didn't leave because I didn't know if we were supposed to. They said at noon we could but I didn't wanna just walk out. So I went to 4th hour where I took the test over Wes Moore. At least I got it out of the way so I don't have to do it later. Those Modern Lit tests are so hard because my hand always feels like it's gonna fall off by the end of it. So much writing.

After 4th hour I finally left because Eli was like, "Weren't you supposed to leave at 12." So I signed out and left. It always feels great leaving early. I went home and my mom was going kind of crazy telling me to get ready. I still had to get a shower and shave and stuff because it'd been a few days. And then we left.

On the way up there I started watching season 3 of The Mandalorian because I didn't even realize it had come out yet. That's basically all I did on the way there. That and talk to my mom some. She was pretty talkative.

When we got to Union we went to our hotel, a Super 8, and unloaded our one suitcase. My mom said our room had a smell but I didn't smell anything. I thought it was a pretty nice hotel. Our room was 103 and right across from the pool on the first floor. I probably would've gone swimming but Bryce and his mom were in room 101 right next to us. In the hotel room I kept watching The Mandalorian and I think I fell asleep for a bit. We had to be at practice at 5:00 and I really didn't want to go, but I had to.

Oasis Lanes was where the bowling would be taking place. I thought it was a nice place. The outside made it look small and janky but it wasn't bad. My mom just had to get there early and got there at 4:55. Of course nobody else I knew showed up until like, 5:20. We even got there before Josh. So it was me and him awkwardly waiting for a bit. Eventually everyone was there and we started bowling. We did baker games to practice and I have to admit, I was decent. I was feeling pretty confident for tomorrow. After he said we were free to go at 7:00, I was the first one outta there. Wasn't gonna bowl more than I had to.

After that my mom and I went to Walmart because we couldn't decide on a place to eat. We got some Mexican Street Corn Cheetos, Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips, a couple of frozen meals, and a box of Hershey's-filled Chips Ahoy. A pretty good supper.

Back at the hotel room I watched more Mandalorian and ate a frozen pizza. It was pretty good. I also texted Aiden a bit more. I guess me and her are still a thing.

That night I slept really good. I went to bed at around 11:00 and didn't wake up 'til the morning. My mom said a dog barking woke her up at 2 in the morning.

But yeah, good day. 7/10. Skipped out on school and got to travel a bit.

5/4/23

This morning I woke up and it wasn't really that bad of a morning. I didn't really mind going to school which was a nice change. I got ready and rode with Janell to school. I also had a watermelon energy drink. It was probably a nicer morning because my dad wasn't obnoxious and kind of let us get up on our own.

At school I was studying for Christian Response in homeroom when I was called out to the hallway. It was something for Saxony TV. Peyton and Paige led me and Cory to Mr. Simpson's room where the whole nerd squad was: Zach, Bryce, Eli, and Carter. They said we had to answer to questions; what was our favorite Saxony memory and what word made us cringe. I could not think of a cringy word for the life of me. I said my favorite memory was sophomore year going to Springfield and Branson for the band tour. Half of the other guys said "moist" was the cringiest word so I also said that. I am so basic. At least I kind of said it in a funny way.

The Christian Response test wasn't that bad. I memorized an acronym with Janell this morning for the timeline which was "Go Janell, cut Luke's ass till midnight" which helped me memorize the order of Galatians, James, Corinthians, Luke, Acts, Timothy, and the martyrdom of Peter and Paul. But then the test said I got all those wrong, so hopefully that was Simpson's mistake because the study guide said I was right.

In Personal Finance we were supposed to be working on another stock assignment but I was finishing all of these blog posts instead so I still need to work on whatever thing we have to do. Also, do you know who lowkey annoys me? Gabe Hendon. He's nice and everything but he just does little annoying things like always accidentally touching the mouse that turns on the computer in front of me, constantly rocking back and fourth and bouncing his leg, and he keeps giggling at everything Maggie Hillin says. But you know, he's pretty cool.

In Lifetime Sports we played croquet again but I wasn't really any better than yesterday. I was kind of worse, but it was still really fun. Today me and Anna played Kennady, Michael, Kallie, Max, and probably someone else I'm forgetting. So that was fun. I think we scored 24, but I don't really understand the point system in that game.

Lunch was Buffalo Wild Wings AND I FORGOT TO ORDER. This would be my last time to have a restaurant day at Saxony and I forgot to order. And I love Buffalo Wild Wings. Instead I got a disgusting turkey sub and put BWW's sauce on it. It was gross and I didn't finish it. I also had some broccoli and Garden Salsa Sun Chips. I've been on a little broccoli kick lately. But yeah, that was a disappointing lunch. And everyone around me also had BWW. Ugh.

In Modern Literature, we went over the study guide for our test tomorrow about Wes Moore. I had to fill out the guide as we were going over it because I didn't do it. It was really boring, but when is that class not.

In Band we played the same stupid songs we've been playing for months. All the Small Things, Exaltations, Light Eternal, probably some more, I don't know. In Choir we sang some songs, but I don't even remember what we're singing. I played Minesweeper most of the time. I'm trying to beat my hard mode record of 360 seconds.

In Chemistry we had a little test that was 25 questions, and I had NO idea what any of the answers were. I couldn't even tell you the name of the unit we were on. I used my best educated guesses on each question. Also, he put in some grades and I went from an 86 to an 82. If I drop below 80 I have to take the final. This test may have put me there. Not good.

After school, Janell I went to Las Brisas, my favorite Mexican restaurant. We said we were celebrating an early Cinco de Mayo. I got basic chicken, cheese, and rice, but it is sooo good there. I think Janell got a chimichanga. It was fun.

We went home after that and I set up a croquet course in our yard because I thought it would be fun to play with the family. Well, Janell said she was going to play but never did and stayed in her room the whole evening. My dad played a round with me after he got done at his building. My mom was at a meeting or something that evening so she wasn't even there. But yeah, my dad beat me. It was still fun though.

That night I made some ravioli and went up to my room to watch Star Wars since it was May 4th and I almost forgot. It had actually been a long time since I watched the original trilogy. I only watched the first one today, but I definitely need to rewatch them all. I also worked on that SafeSport thing for bowling because I needed it done by tomorrow. By 1 o'clock I finished Star Wars and SafeSport training. Hallelujah. Then I went to bed.

Today was a 7/10. Croquet, Las Brisas, and Star Wars made it good. Chemistry, Buffalo Wild Wings, and the interview made it kind of bad.

5/3/23

Today I kind of didn't want to go to school but I had to because there's a track meet today. It was like, past 1 o'clock when I went to bed because of my long bath and I was also looking for my retainer but never found it. So anyways, I had to go to school. Janell stayed home because she said her head hurt, but it obviously was an excuse.

In Christian Response we did a Kahoot for our test tomorrow. I got like 15/20 place so not that good. But our unit is kind of interesting this time. It's kind of like apologetics but also history. If I fail this test tomorrow, I'll probably have to take the final because I have an A- and I think I have to take the final if I have a B+ or lower.

In Personal Finance we did some corporate stock assignment that took like 4 minutes. Then I played Minesweeper for the rest of the time.

In Lifetime Sports we played croquet and it was actually pretty fun today. Me and Anna were going against Bryce, Savannah, Reid, Aydin, Noah, and probably someone else that I'm forgetting.

Lunch was barbeque nachos, which are usually pretty good, but my pulled pork tasted weird and was all clumped together so I didn't really eat it. But I ate broccoli and apples and learned that macaroni and cheese tastes really good with ranch dressing.

In Modern Literature we watched these really boring interviews about Wes Moore and his parents. I'm pretty sure Camryn and I both fell asleep.

Band and Choir were alright. I played some Minesweeper, Frogger, Contra III, and Snake in Choir with Jesse. Jack is still kind of annoying like he was a couple of months ago, but I usually just ignore him now.

I got to skip seventh hour because of the track meet today. It was a throwers only meet which I'd never been to before. So I changed into shorts and got ready to leave with everyone on the smaller white bus. I was thinking about driving by myself but thought it would be funner going with the others. It really wasn't.

The drive down there was not that great. The bus was hot and the sun was in my face and I couldn't get comfortable. I played Angry Birds Star Wars for most of the drive and listened to Smoking Popes. We got to Ste. Genevieve at around 3:30. I actually really like Ste. Genevieve. All of the houses and buildings are so cute and historic. I didn't realize that it was the first colonial settlement in Missouri. I kind of want to move up there.

So yeah, we got there and set up a tarp to put our stuff on. Boys discus was first and I was in the first flight because I suck. Joe, Matthew Hitt and Zach were also planning on throwing discus. Unfortunately for Matt, Micah's name was down instead of his so he didn't get to throw. So yeah we waited forever and my throws sucked. 25 meters was my best yesterday. Also Joe kept talking to me while I was trying to throw. Then I waited around the discus area for another hour or so for Joe to throw because I had to shag for him. Joe did not throw that good. His best was 27 and he hit the metal pole twice during warmups. Maybe that was karma for being annoying to everyone.

For the rest of the time I just laid on the tarp and rested while getting a tan. It wasn't really that bad. Apparently there was going to be a throwers 4 by 1 and that would've actually been really fun. They were going to use a banana as the baton and the last runner would have to eat the banana. But that wasn't going on until all of the other events were done and everyone on our team was done so we went ahead and left.

We went to Dairy Queen afterwards and I was kind of worried I didn't have money. But then I linked my Wisely card to Apple Pay and that solved that. I got my classic chicken strip meal deal with limonada Agua Fresco and a hot fudge sundae. Either Dairy Queen stopped giving out the bread or they just forgot but either way, I didn't get my piece of Texas toast and I'm kind of upset about it.

We got back on the bus and went home. The ride back was alright. Played some more Angry Birds and listened to The Police and Kansas. When we got back to the school I left pretty soon and Weiser was like, "Thanks for being on the team." Kind of nice of him.

I hit a rabbit on the way home, so that was kind of sad. When I got home I started working on my SafeSport thing I need to get done for bowling after a few games of Smash Bros. That stupid bowling thing is going to take me forever. I didn't even have time to study for Christian Response and I think I was also definitely getting a migraine last night so I went to bed. I also texted Aiden a bit last night.

Anyways, today was alright. Kind of boring but not too boring. It was like a 6/10.

5/2/23

Today I woke up but went back to sleep until 7:30. Usually I leave at around 7:25 so I had to really rush to school. I am actually so tired of school and really want it to end. Keep having to remind myself there's only this week and next week.

So I got to school and barely made it to homeroom. Berkley and Katelin were decorating Mrs. Landewee's door so that's my excuse as to why  I was a little late. It was Crusader Time so we had 45 minutes in homeroom but the only thing I did was play Minesweeper and Contra III. I've been playing a lot of Contra III these past couple days. I can't beat the turtle boss.

In Christian Response, Mrs. Beaudean gave a 20 minute talk about seniors and tablets. I actually successfully got a new tablet a couple of weeks ago. I'll talk about that later. So yeah, she was just talking about how we get to keep our tablets after graduation and we have to get Aristotle and all that stuff cleared off of it soon. The rest of the class we were supposed to be working on our reviews but I didn't.

In Personal Finance I finally beat the turtle boss in Contra III but Stage 2 is really hard. We also had to research banks and savings accounts and CDs and stuff and take a risk tolerance quiz, but that stuff wasn't very fun.

In Lifetime Sports we played croquet for the first time. My partner was Anna and I was not very good. In fact I was the worst one because I never even made it through the middle wicket. But I still thought it was a pretty fun game. Also it was literally so cold and windy outside I was shivering the whole time. It was like 56 degrees but it felt colder. And I was in shorts and a t-shirt.

Lunch today was crispitos which I used to hate but are now one of my favorite lunches. It just took me trying one to realized I liked them. I didn't even like these when I went to Nell Holcomb, so I don't know, I guess my taste buds have changed a lot. I also had some broccoli and apple slices. Pretty healthy if I do say so myself.

In Modern Literature I think we had a quiz that I failed. We're reading a book called Discovering Wes Moore, but I couldn't find a free online version of that book, so I'm reading The Other Wes Moore, which is like the full version of Discovering Wes Moore, so I keep getting confused because the books have different stuff in them.

In Band and Choir, nothing really happened. I've been talking to Hansell more since I sit next to him in Band, but yesterday I didn't really feel like talking so I don't know. In Choir me and Jesse tried getting high scores on Minesweeper but neither of us even won.

The last class is Chemistry. I just worked on the homework the whole time because I hadn't gotten it done yet. It was a lot harder than previous things of homework because I couldn't find a single Quizlet with any answers on it.

After school I could have gone to track practice, but I know we wouldn't have done much because of the meet tomorrow so instead I followed Janell to Cape because she was meeting my mom and getting a new phone.

I followed her to Best Buy but I just sat in my car and played Egg Inc. and Angry Birds Star Wars because there really wasn't anything else to do. Still better than track practice. When my mom got off we met at AT&T to get the phone. I don't know why Janell went to Best Buy first. Also Jayden Buerk was at Best Buy when we first got there. Weird.

AT&T was honestly really boring. The lady trying to sell the phone was acting so fakely nice and my mom and Janell were totally buying it. She was so snarky. She tried selling them a $45 screen protector and said it had a lifetime warranty to be replaced for $8 every time. Well guess what lady, you can buy perfectly good screen protectors from Amazon or Walmart for like, 3 bucks each. And the worst fact is is that Janell and my mom were totally gonna buy it until I stopped them. Lucky they have me. We were in the store forever because Janell had to have her old phone updated and then transfer everything to her new phone. At that point I was kind of wishing I was getting a new phone, too. My phone still works alright but I'm completely out of storage. Like 64/64 gigabytes full. And Janell's new phone has 256 gigabytes. Not fair. But whatever, I'm still grateful for my life.

After she got the phone we went to Chili's afterwards. I'm starting to really like Chili's. They have a really good smokehouse combo thing that comes with chicken, fries, corn on the cob, little quesadillas, and jalapeno sausage. It was so good.

Then I drove home and didn't really do anything else for the evening. I took a really long bath and started watching The Queen's Gambit because I saw a clip of it on TikTok. It was pretty good.

Well that's about it. I'm glad I finished another whole day for the first time in a while. Today was alright, not great. 6/10.

2/21/23

I haven't written in a long while, but I guess I should start again. Today I woke up not wanting to go to school. Last night I'd fallen asleep really early at like, 9 o'clock but then woke up at 2 in the morning and couldn't fall asleep until 3. So I guess that's what made me tired this morning. I ate some crescent rolls and left the house. I listened to Billy Joel on the way to school and that got Where's the Orchestra stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

We didn't have school yesterday because it was President's Day, so we had small groups today. They talked about our roles for the skit we would be doing. I wanted to volunteer for a role but was too scared so I got stuck with the opening prayer. I probably would've had a role if Jayla would've been normal and picked a girl role, but no, she picked a guy role.

Anyways, I don't think I've made a single post talking about my classes this semester. So this'll be the first.

My first hour is unfortunately Christian Response, which I also had first hour last semester and I hate having that first hour. Today we listened to a Lutheran Divine Service and read through hymnals. The hymnals were actually from Trinity Lutheran Egypt Mills so that was cool.

Next hour was Personal Finance. In this class I usually just play Minesweeper, but today we had a big assignment where we picked 7 career clusters we liked and then picked 3 careers from each cluster. I actually put some effort into this assignment because I need to figure out what kind of job I want. I'm honestly thinking about just being a truck driver. They make okay money and get to travel the country alone. But then I wouldn't have to go to college and I'm already planning on going to college.

Third hour is Lifetime Sports which is my favorite class. All day today I've been looking forward to playing ultimate frisbee and I get to the class and find out we're actually doing yoga today. So that sucked. There was this lady who was from HealthPoint in Jackson who came in and had us to these stretches that were actually really hard. Especially the Cobra. That one was hard because I have a rod in my back so it can't bend that way. That lady is also coming back on Thursday and Friday, so tomorrow will be our only ultimate frisbee day. One's better than none.

Lunch was disgusting orange chicken and I forgot to order a salad. I ate one bite of the egg roll and the rest of my lunch was a single apple. I've been eating an apple every day with my lunch. I'm kind of addicted.

After lunch is Modern Literature, which is not a fun class. The book we just finished was The Five People You Meet in Heaven and she had us make PowerPoints over who our five people would be. So today we presented the slideshows. Katelynn Dreyer picked me to go when the time came, so I went. My presentation actually went pretty well. I feel like even though I'm not good at talking, I am pretty good at presenting. I can always make people laugh, which is kind of surprising. My last person I had on my slideshow was my grandma and for some reason, the picture of her I'd put on there took up half of the screen. And it wasn't even a good picture of her, so that was kind of funny. The rest of the people on the slides were my dad, mom, sister, and my cousin Johnny. Johnny was just kind of a filler person.

Band and Choir are still my fifth and sixth hour classes and they are both still boring. We have a student teacher from SEMO who's in the same class as Hunter Landstrom from Red Lobster. Her name is Ms. Cotter and she's alright. She had me play my part by myself in band which Mrs. Rivers never had me do. In Choir I start writing in this blog again.

In Chemistry we did notes. That was it.

After school I thought about working out but then decided to go home and do absolutely nothing. I just watched South Park and played The Sims. My mom made an interesting meal of meatloaf, green bean casserole, and mashed potatoes.

Today was kind of boring. Hopefully tomorrow won't be. 5/10.

12/1/22

Today I woke up late again because I keep unconsciously turning off my alarm clock. I rode with Janell to school since my car was broken.

In Christian Response, we were finishing the stupid debate about cohabitation. I didn't do anything in the debate and didn't even get to present my point because he only had us say three points for each side. Also, I fell asleep a couple of times and Mr. Simpson got a bit annoyed. Anyways, at the end, Mr. Simpson said that our side had the better points and that we would be getting 5 extra credit points. Emma Rivers, who was on our side, said that he was being biased because he just picked the one that he agreed with. Mr. Simpson tried to argue back that it wasn't just his opinion and Emma was like "Whatever you say," and for some reason he got super mad at that, sent her out to the hall, threw his laptop down on the table next to me, and went out to the hallway to yell at her. So that was odd. I saw Emma's dad pick her up after this.

We had Mrs. Lynn as a sub in Chemistry so we didn't really do anything. We were supposed to watch a video and do notes, but I didn't really.

In Law in Action we worked on the cross-examination questions again. Also people figured out that I hit a deer yesterday.

Lunch was Popeyes, which was great. I got the last blackened ranch, too, so lucky me.

In Health, we just listened to Mrs. Birk ramble about personal hygiene or something. I was listening to music the whole time.

Band and Choir were the same as always.

LA was actually kind of fun today. We played Family Feud as a vocab game. Our team were the W's as in Windeknecht. 

11/30/22

Today was kind of a roller coaster of a day. I think I've already gotten into the habit of turning off my alarm clock while I'm sleeping because I faintly remember turning it off and then sleeping until like, 7 o'clock. I had a donut and left for school.

Mr. Wieser's small group had chapel this morning and it was about Thanksgiving. I thought it was kind of funny but Janell said she thought it was stupid because Wieser himself was in it.

In Christian Response we started debating about cohabitation. I didn't really do anything because we didn't get to my point.

We had the test today in Chemistry and I guessed on basically every question. I still think I did alright on it. Hoping for at least a 60.

We worked on the mock trial in Law in Action. I have to make the cross-examination questions for Layne Juarez, who's some kind of doctor.

Lunch was the best - toasted ravioli and breadstick. 10/10 lunch.

In Health we finished the thing we were working on yesterday. We finished early so I wrote some blog posts and listened to Laura by Billy Joel.

Band and Choir were boring. I fell asleep a couple times in Band.

In LA we did some worksheets or something and that was about it.

After school I drove to Cape and went to Sam's to eat. I had lemonade mixed with fruit punch mixed with Mountain Dew and a meat pizza slice. Delicious. Then I walked around for a bit even though I don't have a membership. There weren't any samples today for some reason.

Next I decided to go to Walmart but wasn't there for very long. I went to Barnes and Noble next because when I went there a few days ago I saw they had Lego Minifigures. The thing is, you know I'm not going to pay 5 bucks for some plastic. So I may have gotten it for free. I may have also been caught on camera. I carried the bag around and thought to go to the bathroom to put it in my hoodie. The thing was, there was a camera right outside the bathroom and I put the thing in my hoodie as I walked into the bathroom. I saw the camera as I was leaving, and kind of freaked out, but instead of putting the thing back, I left. I went through JC Penny to get to my car because I didn't want to leave through Barnes and Noble. So that's my confession. I got a little popcorn man from the pack, so I'd say it's worth it.

Then I went to go fill up with gas at Kidd's but all the gas pumps had cars at them. Most of the cars were empty because the stupid drivers of the cars were inside the gas station. One of those people was Mia Chapman. I don't know why she was there. So I didn't get gas.

I drove to Red Lobster and changed into my work outfit. I really didn't want to work today, but who does. I put on my white hoodie before going into work. When I took my hoodie off when I got inside, there was tons of white fuzz on my outfit. So I had to pull all of that off. Also, Karemenah was there when I first got there and she said I was her favorite SA which is surprising because she usually acts like she doesn't like me. Also again, Red Lobster got new Christmas menus that look pretty sweet. There’s also Cheddar Bay Shrimp which I guess is new. Sounds good.

Work actually went great today. It was super slow at first and we were cut down to like, 4 servers pretty soon. At 6 o'clock an 11 top walked in and Kayla actually wanted to take them, so she got that whole party. Kayla also told me I was her favorite SA today. I appreciated that more than Karemenah's comment because Kayla's a better person than her. Then probably 10 minutes later a 15 top walked in. So Alexis and Carletha took them and Hope took a bunch of the small parties that also came in. At the end of the day, Rich called everyone into the kitchen and said how good of a job everyone did and he really bragged on me. I really appreciated that. It's weird how bipolar Rich is. Anyways I left work in a good mood. I also got a free hat and bracelet from the lost and found.

I filled up with gas at Rhodes on the way home because Kidd's said I had to go inside to pay. Then, when I was almost home, I hit a deer. I was heading down Fornkohl Hill and a deer ran across the road midway down the hill. It would've been impossible to stop, but I did slam on the breaks. I hit the deer pretty hard and it knocked it over completely. The deer limped around before sitting in the ditch. I FaceTimed Janell and got out to look out the damage. My grill had come off completely, my hood was a bit dented in the front, and my left headlight had shattered. I got back in my car and kept driving. When I started driving the deer in the ditch ran off into the field like nothing had even happened. I have no idea how none of its legs broke. My mom and dad looked at my car. I think my dad was mad at me at first, but then we went back to where I hit the deer and he saw I couldn't have stopped and realized it wasn't my fault. We picked up the pieces that had fallen off my car and went back home. So that was that. Hopefully insurance covers this stuff and I can fix my poor car up.

I helped Janell with some of her standard deviation homework because she's stupid. Then I played some Fortnite until like, 2:30 in the morning.

Today was all over the place from me escaping Barnes and Noble, to work actually being good, and hitting a deer and destroying my car.

11/29/22

This morning Janell stayed at home an extra hour for some reason. At school is was Crusader Time so homeroom was extra long and I worked on a lot of this blog work since I'm like, 2 weeks behind. Doing this blogging is kind of getting old, but I think it's good for me because I literally won't remember what I did a couple days after I do it. At least this way I'll have a good little record of part of my life.

Anyways, I don't really remember what we did in Christian Response. Actually, I do remember. We worked on these debates about cohabitation. I wrote a point about how if you live together without being married you'll lack counseling you would get if you were married and then you'll fight more. I just copied all of that from a website.

In Chemistry we went over the homework and didn't really review that much considering there's a test tomorrow.

In Law in Action we went to Mr. Wieser's room to work on our mock trial, which I'm really getting tired of working on. I'm still kind of thinking about a career in law, but these direct and cross-examination questions are hard to think of. I'm supposed to be thinking of direct examination questions for Leslie Chen, which is who I am in the mock trial.

Lunch was Papa John's pizza which was the greasiest pizza I'd ever seen. I also had some Doritos. Not a very healthy lunch.

In Health we're doing this thing in the gym where we do these different activities like balancing, hearing, posture, and eyesight. My partners were Jesse and Gabe. It was kind of fun.

Band and Choir are getting more and more boring. I've become the thing I swore to destroy by always getting on my phone in those classes. I used to get annoyed that the freshmen would be on their phones all hour, but I can't stand those classes anymore.

In LA we did these pronoun worksheets. LA4 is actually so easy but Mrs. Chambless has to make it the most boring and least tolerable class. Still a better option than College Writing.

After school I had bowling and I really didn't want to go to it. Janell said I should though, so I did, which is why I should never listen to Janell, because I should not have gone.

I went to Teen Challenge beforehand but didn't find anything. It was 3:30 when I got to bowling. It was so boring. I was bowling pretty terribly and practice wasn't over until 5:30. I should've just gone home.

At home I ate some slider things my mom had made that were delicious. I also had some Cheetos and one of them tasted really weird. After that I decided to watch the entire 6 hour series of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was really good but it ended up being like, 2 o'clock before I went to bed.

Today was alright. School and bowling were boring, though. Kenobi was good though, so today's at least a 5/10.

11/28/22

Today was my first day back to school after a 10 day break, so obviously I wasn't really ready to go back, but I got up surprisingly well this morning. I was in the kitchen by 7:00 and my mom had made waffles, so that was a good breakfast.

Christian Response was awful as per usual. We were supposed to get into groups but I didn't really want to so I sat there and worked on my own for like, 5 minutes, until Mr. Simpson was like, "Bronson, where's your partner?" And I was like, "I don't know. I guess I don't have one." And then he forced me to work with Blake and Money Matt, but I didn't really work with them, I just sat with them.

Chemistry was also terrible. I had no idea what was going on and still have no idea. Something about functional groups. I also learned a huge lab assignment was due tomorrow along with a 100 question homework form.

11/27/22

Today I woke up to my new alarm clock at 9:10 and my dad came into my room like, 1 minute later to try and wake me up. My mom and dad were going to church this morning, but Janell and I decided not to because we basically already go to church every day at Saxony. My dad told me a list of things to do so I went out to do them.

I went out and fed the cats but there wasn't much food out there so they didn't get too much. Then I went and let out the chickens. I didn't really think they would want to be out because it was sprinkling a bit, but they scrambled outside and were thriving in the rain. How odd. Then I added some wood to the wood stove even though the wood was wet. So those were my little chores.

Janell was still in bed this whole time so I kept trying to wake her up and she was getting pretty annoyed. My parents got back from church after 11:00. I don't remember what I ate for lunch, so it probably wasn't anything too special. We didn't really do anything else until around 2:00, which was when we left to go to town.

The first place we went in town was to Kohl's, but then Janell said she didn't want to go there, so we didn't. In the Kohl's parking lot we saw David and Pierce on their way to bring a washer and dryer back to Lowes. We talked to them for a couple minutes. Janell was being really annoying at this point because for some reason she kept talking about how I'd never get into a relationship. She always brings this stuff up.

Janell wanted to go to Barnes and Noble to get some stupid One Direction CDs so that's where we went next. I looked at some cool history books but decided I didn't want anything. After Barnes and Noble we went to Goodwill. Tanner Morehead was working in there, so that was a jump-scare. We didn't find anything cool in there.

Instead of going to any other stores, we decided to have a nice dinner. We went to Olive Garden and it was delicious. I got my favorite soup, Zuppa Tuscana, and Ravioli Carbonara, which I hadn't had before. Janell got some chicken tortellini stuff and my mom just had soup and salad. We got a 5 Cheese Ziti al Forno to-go for dad. So that was a great supper.

After that we were going to meet up with my dad, Molly, Daniel, Matthew, and Emma Molly at the Christmas parade. We found a spot outside of the Courtyard by Marriott where we were going to meet them. My mom went to get a coffee inside the hotel and apparently Mr. Duncan, my 5th grade teacher, works in there. Molly and the rest of them got there so they sat with us. Matthew was being an annoying combination of shy and annoying. Janell and I were trying to make Emma smile but he kept blocking her face. Also, Mariel's boyfriend's family was next to us apparently, and Mariel and her boyfriend showed up so they had to sit with us.

The actual parade was really fun. We were sort of near the end so not much candy was left, but we got a little bit. I stole some of Matthew's. Matthew called every car an ambulance and every Grinch a scarecrow. And there were a lot of Grinches because apparently that was the theme. There were firetrucks, police cars, random companies and clubs, businesses, tractors, and floats. I liked the Dalmatians the fire people had.

After the parade we went home and I ate some leftover breadsticks. I spent a lot of the night looking for things I want for Christmas on Amazon. It was so hard because I have no idea what I want. I found a few things though, so hopefully my mom will order them tomorrow on Cyber Monday.

I got ready for bed and ended up falling asleep with my lamp and everything still on. Today was a good day. 8/10.

11/26/22

Today I had work in the morning, so I had to get up early. My grandparents were here because my grandpa needed his gauze changed because he had surgery or something on his hand. I made a breakfast sausage and cheese sandwich in the air fryer which tasted alright. My mom told me to pick up food after I get off and she gave me 60 bucks to get some Red Lobster.

I got to work and went in at 10:45. Work went pretty smoothly today. Seth was the manager, and I was also working with Jashauna, who isn't my favorite, but isn't my least favorite. Work also felt like it went by fast which is good. I was very happy that they were playing Christmas music in Red Lobster because I’d told myself quit if they didn’t. Along with all the Christmas music, they also played some other songs I like that I hadn’t heard before like Hearts, If, and We’re All Alone.

At 3:45 I put in my to-go order because Seth said it wouldn't take that long. I was there until 4:20 because it did end up taking a little while. To be fair, it was a huge order. I ordered two entrees being Grilled Trout and an Admiral's Feast, one Baja Shrimp Bowl for Janell, two appetizers being Lobster Pizza and Calamari, and four sides being mashed potatoes, broccoli, Caesar salad, and French fries. I had to leave with a huge bag of food and at this point all the night SA's were there and they were judging me.

I drove home and rang the doorbell about a hundred times before Janell let me in. My parents weren't even home yet because they were at Nana's house. Janell and I went ahead and started eating. The food had gotten a bit cold, but was still delicious. My parents got home and we ate some more with them. My sister opened a bottle of wine for some reason and drank some. It smelled like communion wine.

11/22/22

Today I also didn't go to school. I honestly probably could have gone today, but I probably wouldn't have even done anything because Thanksgiving break starts on Wednesday so today was technically Friday.

I honestly don't remember what I did today. I remember someone waking me up and then falling back asleep. I know I played my new game quite a bit today.

Last week they cancelled the bowling pictures but I'm pretty sure they took them this week and of course I was gone, so screw the bowling team.

11/21/22

Today I was still feeling pretty sick, so I stayed home again. I had come up with the conclusion that I had bronchitis because I had all of the symptoms. I still don't actually know if bronchitis is a symptom or a disease. My mom said we should go to Convenient Care, so I got ready and we left, but then she decided not to go because I said I think I'm getting better and she didn't want to expose me to the flu or whatever else is going around. So instead of going there, we went to my grandparents house because my grandpa had a skin graft thing on his hand and my mom keeps having to wrap more gauze around it. I stayed in the car because Mammy though that I was contagious or something.

When we got back home my mom gave me steroids that were left over from Janell and had me do a breathing treatment. Then I went to sleep.

I woke up at some point and watched The Phantom Menace. Also, I still had a haircut scheduled for 3:45 and I was feeling a bit better, so I went to it. I went to Walmart beforehand because I kind of wanted the new Pokémon game. Everyone at the little technology area was busy so I couldn't ask them to unlock the case for me.

I went to Amy's to get my haircut and I had to pretend like I went to school and wasn't sick. We talked about the usual things like what I want to do after high school. Once my haircut was done I went back to Walmart and got a guy to get the game for me.

On the way home I got an Oreo McFlurry from McDonald's and almost got into a car crash at a 4-way stop. Also, stations finally started playing Christmas music, so I was jamming out to that.

At home, I think my mom had made pork chop things so I ate two of those. I think that was about it for today.

It was actually a pretty good day and I'd give it a solid 7/10. 

11/20/22

Today was a pretty good day but I don't really remember what I did. I had work at 5:00, but before work I went to Walmart. I decided to steal a pack of Pokémon cards because I'm not going to pay 5 bucks for thin cardboard. Work was pretty good. I was with Tristian and it was a really short shift. I wasn't even supposed to work today, but this was the shift that Jashauna traded me for my Wednesday. It was super slow and me and Tristian just hung out up front most of the time. After work I went home and opened the pack. I let Opal lick it beforehand to give it some luck, and I ended up getting a card worth over 45 bucks. So that was pretty cool. RIP the kid who would've picked that pack if I didn't.

Today was alright. Work was good, too. 7/10.

11/19/22

 This was the worst day of work ever. I woke up at 12:06. I was supposed to be at work at 12:00. For some reason I didn't call in and tell someone I was going to be late, I just drove as fast as I could. As soon as I got there, we were on a wait. Rich was also there and he was in the worst mood ever. He told me to try and get off the wait so I'd seat people. Then he'd say put them on a huge wait because the kitchen was backed up. There was one couple that had been waiting for around an hour, so I sat them. Rich got very mad at that because he said to only seat people when he said so. He literally lashed out at me like a little bitch and then five minutes later sat the entire lobby, which was easily 12+ parties. I was literally so mad at him I wanted to quit. Also Tristian was there but he got off the hook because I don't even know what he was doing. That was all I remember of today. I was also there all day because I was a split.

Today was an easy 1/10.

11/18/22

Today there was no school because Saxony's soccer team went to state. I don't know why that means no school, but it was fine with me. Unfortunately I did still have work.

11/15/22

Today I went to school. I mainly went because they had said we were taking bowling pictures at practice today.

I don't remember anything that I did in school because I'm writing this 2 weeks after the fact. At bowling practice we were missing like, 5 people, so we didn't take the pictures.

At home I took the CPR test and got a 92 percent. My mom tried helping me but got some wrong, and Janell gave me a wrong answer on purpose because she was jealous.

Today was a 4/10 because I don't remember it and it probably wasn't too great.

11/14/22

Today I woke up and didn't want to go to school, so I didn't. I had a sore throat, a cough, and a little headache, so I didn't really feel that great. I probably could have gone to school, but I needed a break. I had actually gotten up and was ready before telling my parents I didn't feel well enough to go, so I went back to my room and went to bed again.

I woke up around 10:30 and watched some TikTok and YouTube. I mainly stayed in my bed the whole day. I didn't eat much either because my appetite was gone. At some point I started watching The Emperor's New Groove because I haven't watched that movie in at least 10 years. I also shiny hunted Pichu throughout the whole movie and never got it even though I was over odds.

I honestly don't remember what else I did today. It felt like the day went by super fast. 7/10 because I didn’t go to school.

11/12/22

Today was the first snow of the year! It didn't look like more than a frost, but it was still kind of exciting. I woke up pretty early at around 7 and went down to make breakfast. I fried two eggs, added shredded cheese, and topped them off with gochujang. That's my special recipe. Nobody was up yet, so I went back up to my room and didn't do much.

Once my family got up I hung out with them a bit and don't really remember what I did. I left for work at 10:30 and brought a Baja Blast with me. Work started out kind of rough because Tristian called in late and he was supposed to be the opener. Also I had green fuzz all over me from my hoodie so I had to pull all of that off. So then I had to open with around three minutes to get everything done. I got all the batteries in the Prestos and names assigned on the computer and that was about everything that happened over the morning. Also the whole day I had to work with this girl named Jashauna, who was the same person I worked with last Saturday, but I hadn't really talked to her until today.

I took my break a little after 2 or 3 o'clock, I don't remember which one. Sara said I could have a little longer break today so I decided to go to Culvers. I went in and saw my boy, Matthew Theiss, but he didn't look very happy to see me. I ordered a chicken tender kid's meal and it was delicious. After that I went to Teen Challenge, but didn't get anything. It felt so good outside. Then I had to go back to work.

I'm pretty sure nothing significant happened at all the rest of the night. I had to work from open to close with 45 minutes for my break, so literally my entire day was at Red Lobster. Also, Tristian was supposed to be a split and came in around 12, but Sara sent him home because his outfit was dirty. He was supposed to come in for an evening shift at around 5 but didn't, so that's why I had to close. And Jashauna hasn't worked a night and didn't know how.

Today wasn't that great and would've been a lot lower, but the weather carried. 5/10.

11/11/22

Today was Veteran's Day. That meant we had to park in the gravel parking lot at school because the normal one was for people going to the Veteran's Day Breakfast thing. The breakfast was during first hour and after that was a ceremony thing.

We had a test in Christian Response which was easy. I used the copy and paste method for the short answers.

I got out of Christian Response early to go set up for the Veteran's Day ceremony for band. The ceremony thing started after first hour. Chamber Choir started by singing the national anthem. Mr. Ruark and Mrs. Adams talked about I don't even know what after that. They kept trying to show this one video but it wouldn't play. Mr. Gholson actually gave a pretty good speech about war and veterans and stuff. Band played the same Armed Forces Salute song that we played every year. Then we sang God Bless America and it was over.

Next hour I had a Chemistry test and it was the worst one yet. It was over steric numbers, lone pairs, and that was about all I knew. There was also some pyramidal and tetrahedral stuff that I didn't understand. 99 percent of my answers were estimated guesses.

The rest of the day was boring. We're playing the worst Christmas songs ever in Band. Christmas at the Circus is the newest addition and it sucks.

After school I had work and it also sucked. The vibes before work were really good, though. I went to Goodwill and bought a CD that I played for about 1 second and realized I didn't like it. I instead listened to jazz and Christmas music on Bluetooth because it felt like Christmas outside. It's so crazy how this Wednesday it was over 80 degrees and now, 2 days later, it's in the thirties. I sat in my Cracker Barrel spot and listened to music until it was 3:50. Work was bad because I just wasn't in the zone. It's like I had no idea what I was doing. There was a Veteran's Day deal going on that I didn't understand, I'm pretty sure I was the only SA, I spilled a glass of water, and I just didn't like work today. After work I left but forgot to take my headset off so I had to ask Ricky to come let me back in after I'd already walked out the locked doors.

I got home and went to bed after that. 6/10. The cold weather carried today.

11/10/22

Today I really did not want to get up. I almost convinced myself to take a mental health day. I rode with Janell and had a Baja Blast to wake me up a bit.

We did a Kahoot in Christian Response to review for the test tomorrow and I was in last place for basically the entire game.

I don't remember what I did for the rest of the school day. There was a test in Health over all the diseases we presented over. Apparently we were allowed to look in the textbook for the test but I thought we were only allowed to use other people's presentations, so I didn't use the book. I did use Google a few times when Mrs. Birk was away from her computer.

After school I had to wait for Janell because she was talking to Addie and Myra and Caroline about swim. Then for some reason, Janell and Myra were going to go to Caroline's house, so I had to go with them. Janell had me ride with Caroline while she and Myra went together. We listened to country music and I had to find a picture of her Danny Davito grandma that fell down the seat crack.

At her house she gave us a tour of the new renovations and I got to see her dogs again. That was about it. She showed us her stolen road sign collection.

I think that was about it for today. 7/10.

11/9/22

Hmmm, what happened today. I woke up at 6:40 and finished my Christian Response homework that was due at 8. I'm pretty sure I had a donut for breakfast.

In Christian Response we were supposed to be working on the review but I didn't.

We just did notes and steric number stuff in Chemistry.

I honestly don't remember Law in Action. We didn't work on the mock trial today.

Lunch was soup day and it tasted better than usual. I ate all my potato soup and all of my grilled cheese, which I usually give away.

We finished listening to presentations in Health.

I'm really starting to get tired of Band. I dread going to it. Choir's a little better. At least Jack hasn't been talking to me as much.

In Language we worked on these stupid apostrophe, capitalization, hyphen, whatever worksheets for the entire hour. It was stuff we learned in like, 2nd grade, so it was boring and I fell asleep a few times. I'm really surprised Mrs. Chambless never yelled at me.

After school I sat in a hotel parking lot because my usual Cracker Barrel spot had been taken by someone else. It was like 80 degrees and it's the second week of November. I really wish it would get cold already.

Work was alright. It was not busy at all, but I was still kind of scared of it getting busy because most of the night we only had three servers on. I feel like I should mention some more of the people who I think quit so I don't forget about it. Sadly, I'm pretty sure Terri quit. She hasn't been scheduled the past two weeks and I kind of figured she would because she always complained about how they never let her off. Terri was definitely something, but it's kind of sad she's gone. Russell the server is gone and I'm pretty sure Reese also left. I didn't really care about either of them so that's okay.

On my way home from work that night, I was sitting at a stoplight with my windows down and a girl in a car next to me knocked on the window and I looked over and she asked to be friends, so I have a friend now.

I got home and went to sleep. Today was a 6/10.

11/8/22

I don't remember what happened in the morning today, but I know at school, Mrs. Landewee was still gone from bronchitis so we had Mrs. Lynn. They just played Hangman the whole 45 minutes because it was Crusader Time, but I don't like Hangman so I did other work.

In Christian Response we did a worksheet but I couldn't find the reading for it so I didn't do it.

Chemistry was boring notes.

In Law in Action we just worked on the mock trial case.

Lunch was a barbeque pork sandwich which was really good.

In Health I presented my tuberculosis presentation and it went alright. I also accidentally left my AirPods under the desk in there.

Band and Choir were boring.

In LA we listened to a podcast about an 11 year old surviving a plane crash and it was also really boring.

After school I went to bowling. I bowled my new best game of 207. Then my second game was 112.

Then after bowling, I went to Nell Holcomb because my dad wanted me to go vote. Mrs. Lynn was in there for some reason so I saw her twice today. The ladies checked my driver's license, gave me a ballot, and I filled it out. Some of it I didn't really understand, like some of the amendments, but whatever. I got a sticker.

I went home and my dad was the only one there. He was really proud because he was making steaks and he never cooks. My mom had made some potatoes before she had to go to work. The steak got kind of crispy, but it was still pretty good. Janell got home from her swim practice.

I tried getting some homework done but really didn't. Then I went to bed at around 12.

Today was eh. I did more than usual so it's a 6/10.