Dance Competition & Dance Workshop 2005

Yesterday was Dance Competition. Laura's Mom and Dad (whom I will call Mrs. Z and Mr.Z) picked my Mom and I up from out house. Before we went on to do our Jazz dance called "Rhythm Nation" I was pretty nervous. I thought I did pretty well. Next came our Tap dance called "Satin". I did well but some of my other friends sort of messed up. Hurriedly we changed and got back on stage to do our Ballet dance called "Through The Woods". It was PERFECT. There was NO mistakes or anything!!! Then I changed into comfy clothes and watched the next thirty so dances. After the last number (401) they gave out awards. Jazz got silver,Ballet got High Silver and Tap got silver. We were competing in the Seniors this year so it was pretty stiff competition. By this time it was like midnight. Then I got my bags and Laura,Mrs. Z,Mr. Z dropped us off at home. Where of course I had to take a shower to get the gunk of hair spray and styling gel out of my plastered hair.I had to use like a thousand cotton balls to get the makeup off my face!! Then went to sleep.


At six o'clock this morning my loving Mother woke me up. Mr. Z,Laura and Kaylyn picked my Mom and I up. I have this odd little habit if singing when I am tired or bored so ALL the way to Dance Workshop. Mr. Z dropped us all by the door and we went in. We were early so we sat in some chairs. Kaylyn and Laura fell asleep. I was awake though.After quite a while we got our bracelets from Mrs. Jessica. To my surprise Mrs.Jessica put us in the Advanced Class. Last year we were stuck with the Juniors which are like little kids. This year I expected to be in the Intermediate class but if I was in Intermediate;I would have thought it was way to easy. The first class we had was Jazz. It was boring. Next we did Tap which was REALLY hard. Next came Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop was so fun. Normally I would have hung around in the back and kind of shuffle through the dance but because Hip-Hop was something new and interesting I got right close to the very front of the class. Hip-Hop was my favorite class of all of them. Then came the Ballet class. Ballet was hard too. Last but not least was Hip-Hop again. We learned another dance so we switched back and forth and had a jam session which was totally awesome!!! After Hip-Hop was Sholarship which ONLY JEMS ever get. So Kaylyn,Laura,my Mom and I got into Kaylyn's Dad's car. It was a small car too so we squished in. Kaylyn's Dad dropped my Mom and I at our house. Right away I cleaned out Beatrice's cage,watched the race and fell asleep during it again. Jr didn't win, boohoo!!! Anyway I was way to tired to go to Small Group at church so I stayed home. After thirty minutes of sleep I got up and my family and I went to Glory Days Bar & Grill. I got the Chicken Strips Platter. It was muy delishioso!! Then I went home and have been on the computer since.

Church & NASCAR

This morning at eight o'clock my loving Mother woke me up saying "Wake up and get dressed for Sunday School. Like always I was the ONLY one dressed for Sunday School at eight thirty. Everyone else in my family will be running around in their PJ's looking for shoes or Bibles with of course those certain people who wait the last minute to take a shower and make us ALL late. But now I think about it we were right on time because Sunday School starts at nine o'clock and we got there at nine o'one. So technically we were not late. Anyway, in Big Group we sang "Pharaoh,Pharaoh" and some other songs. Then came the smaller Sunday School classes. I am stuck with a bunch of immature boys,two clique-like girls and one girl a little younger than me whom I mentioned in my last post who's name is Anna. Anna is a pretty fun girl to "hang" with but she is often not at Sunday School because her family and herself get sick a lot it seems. They must not have very good immune systems or something.Well... we did a obstacle course which some how had to do with the lesson about leading your friends to Christ. After Sunday School came Worship Service. I used to enjoy Worship Service but now it is all boring. The songs are VERY boring and slow and is it enough they use an organ for EVERY song!!! I would rawther be in the Nursery helping in some way or another than being bored. Soon after the Worship Service my family and I went home. I do what I normally do on Sunday Afternoons: dump out Beatrice's bedding and put new bedding in and read a book. Today though at two thirty was the Daytona five hundred. I watched the first few laps but then I fell asleep. I tend to fall asleep when I watch races now. I guess I am just getting old(LOL). I woke up and there was only a few more laps to go but I had to go to Small Group at church. My Mom taped the end so I was able to watch it when I got home.Anyway, in small group we did the normal "Break-the-ice" kind of thing where you learn about each other and stuff. The only other girl in my group is Sara. Sara is ok but she is higher in the "Youth Food chain". Right now since I am in seventh grade I am considered scum of the earth because I was a sixth grader last year. Once you hit eighth grade your position in the chain gets higher and higher until you are the Big Kahuna in Youth.Anywho I went home and watched the end of the race. Jr. was in first for a lap in a half but then that no-good-stinking-rotten-trophy stealer Jeff Gorden got up front and won the Daytona five hundred. When I think Jeff Gorden I think a evil cynical man. Jr. on the other hand is like his Daddy: Cool,a little tuff around the edges and all around ok guy. After watching the end of the race I turned the channel to ABC to watch Extreme Homemakeover. I was disappointed because I only got to watch the last few minutes of it. Then I watched Sue Thomas F.B eye on PAX. Let me just tell you Sue Thomas F.B eye is one of those better detective shows to watch. They don't show bloody scenes or people making out. One episode even had God mentioned in it bunch of times. I HIGHLY recommend to anyone!! It comes on PAX every Sunday night but I don't know what time you will have to check that part out on the T.V guide.

AWANA Biblequiz

Yesterday at 5:30 my Mom woke me up and I took a shower. After I got dressed and ready we left to go to the church. WE didn't go straight to the church we took a little detour to doughnut Connections and got a twelve pack of doughnuts that we all ate on the way there.When we first got there;there was hardly any people in the building. Maybe after a half hour people started arriving.The whole church we were at was abuzz with nervous kids,parents and coach's. First they Biblequizzers took the written test. Last year some boy got too nervous and threw up but I didn't hear that it happened again this year(thank goosiness!!!) Soon after the Written Test they had the opening and explained the rules etc.. Like a herd of buffalo all those kids came out of the sanctuary ready to stampede. I was the person in the gym who pushed the reset button during Speed Round. This year almost all the Paddle round was in the Sancturary and the Speed Quiz was done in other rooms. The first group that was in the Gym was Second Book. The #10 group was the people who buzzed in the most. Some of the other teams kept pushing the button when they didn't know the answer which drove me CRAZY!!! After Book Two came the Book One Group. I did do that book last year so I knew most of the answers to the question. Alex and Taylor were in this group and I thought they did very well. This one kid in the very last seat who was on a team by himself kept pushing the button after the question was answered.He made me very aggravated!!! Normally the AWANA Biblequiz goes until four o'clock but the guy who organized all of it cut down the time till one o'clock. After both Groups we unset everything like the quizbox and the buttons into boxes. All the AWANA Ministry people which includes my family went to Fudruckers. I got Ragin Cajun and Chili Cheese fries. It was REALLY GOOD!!! Maybe after an hour or so we went home and my Dad took a thirty minute nap and I played basketball with Jamie. I shot my first basket and it went in I shot a basket to the side and it went in. I did pretty well I think. After thirty minutes we went to Jamie's Upward's game which was vs. The Suns who they won against a couple weeks ago. Jamie's team lost by one point.After his game we went back home and Jamie and I played some more B-ball.When it got dark we came in. My Mom ordered Pizza Hut pepperoni pizza,hot wings and breadsticks. The pizza was good but the bread sticks tasted weird. I think they used the cinna stick bread instead of the breadsticks. At seven o'clock Dad came back downstairs and we watched the Budweiser Shootout.Sadly Jr. didn't win;Jimmie Johnson did. I hope Jr. will win the Daytona 500 because it would give him a start on points. My Mom,Dad and Jamie fell asleep so I was watching at ALL by myself. After the race I turned it to TLC and watched Town Hall. It was the episode when they finished the Teen Lounge and redid some old lady's office. Then I turned it to Food Network and fell asleep while watching Iron Chef which is in Japanese with English people interpreting what they are saying. It is a weird show that I tend to fall asleep during a lot.

Super Bowl 2004

Last night my Mom,Dad,Jamie and I went to my Dad's friends house to watch The Super Bowl along with some other kids and their parents. When I first walked in the door I was awe struck;their house was big and colorful. Anna(the man's daughter who was hosting the party) and all the other kids and I went upstairs to Benjamin (Anna's brother's) room to play pop the balloon. I really don't like the sound of balloons popping so I watched them play. Then I went back downstairs (which was two levels down) and snacked on goldfish,crackers with cheese and pigs in a blanket. They were muy delishioso(cudos to the cook). Before the Game started the Black Eyed Peas sang "Where is the love?". I was the ONLY person in that room to ever have heard that song. Soon after the song the Game started. The Eagles won the coin toss;so they got the football first. I think I watched the football game for at least twenty minutes. Anna and I got bored so we went upstairs to watch "Zoe 101" with her sister Vivian. The episode that we watched was the one that Logan stuck a stuffed bear which had a camera hidden in it so that he could find out embarrassing secrets about the girls. I found out that Anna has a cute little furry bunny rabbit. Anna said that they are planning on breeding her so MAYBE I MIGHT get a wittle bunny wabbit!! After "Zoe 101" I went downstairs and watched more of the Super Bowl. Then I got bored and went back upstairs and Anna and I talked for a while about Youth Group and stuff. Maybe after thirty minutes or so of talking we went downstairs and watched the last couple minutes of the Game.The Patriots won the Eagles lost BIG whoop. Then we got our shoes and coats on and said "Goodbye!".

Ballet and Tap and Chachi

This afternoon I went to Ballet and Tap. It was snowing a lot when I got there but it wasn't sticking to the roads. So towards the end of Ballet Emily's knee started to hurt . Well in Tap we ONLY went through our dance once. Emily sat and watched while all of us and her sister(Amanda who only tapped when she was four and then quit) who "filled" in for Emily.All she knows is shuffle-step-shuffle-step-shuffle-ball-change-shuffle-step (My Dance friends would know this combination). It was pretty funny watching Amanda make a fool of her self.It was so hard to concentrate on dance steps when you are laughing. But I remembered to do the parts I messed up on last time. Maybe laughter is the cure for mistakes;instead of good medicine.After laughing my head off I went outside with my dance friends (Who's names are Elizabeth,Emily,Laura,Kaylyn and Amanda) and called our parents to tell them that Dance class was closing early.Would you think it is pathetic if some one couldn't remember what the first three numbers in their phone number is?? Well that was me!! I am so used to dialing 1-804 on cell phones that I almost kinda forgot the first three numbers of my phone number. So I had to think hard to remember. Then it hit me "763 Ahh I remember now"!! Then I called my house. Well lemme put it this way..." I was sitting inside the Dance studio for half an hour just sitting or doing grande jetas in my bare feet like you do in Lyrical; (more dance words) in the hall way and yes I was making a fool of myself but when you are bored you put your new dancing skills to use!! Anyway after the half hour of boredom Mark Aaron FINALLY picked me up from Dance. I got home I watched "The Happy Days 30ith Anniversary and no, my Mom did not make me watch it;I wanted to watch it out of my own free will thank you very much!! It was actually was pretty funny. I even learned something Joanie Loves Chachi.

First Day of Co-op

This afternoon at twelve thirty we picked up Susannah at her house and went to Co-op at SCBC. Before Co-op Susannah and I are taking a sewing class with a few other girls and their mothers. We learned how to sew a button and how to hem. I did well doing the button but the invisible hemming I kind of did bad at but o'well that is what practice is for!!! After sewing we went down to a building and everyone got the annual This-is-what-is-gonna-happen-if-you-misbehave-and-this-is-where-your-classes-are-going-to-be lecture. The lecture was boring. Going on... After the boring lecture we went to our class rooms. There are three boy (named Nolen,Matt and Josh) and two other girls (named Sarah and Susannah) First we have Public Speaking Class. It went well and it doesn't have a lot of home work. Next came Creative Writing. I thought it was pretty fun and the homework we have to do in it is pretty fun. Last but not least (intro music:dum,dum,dum,dum)Science. Science has a TON of homework!!! We have to look up two historic scientist a bunch of science words and conduct a experiment.When the teacher asks questions I am the only one to answer the questions. Everyone else in the class acts stupid. Oii it makes me angry!!! Anyway moving on Where my classes are there is absolutely NO bathrooms so I had to hold it and wait till I got to the next building.Well that plan sounded simple but I dropped by at the Parents Lounge and my Mom gave me a box to carry to the other building. I did what she told me. When I tried to open the door that leads to the bathroom door it wouldn't open so I knocked on it and someone let me in. Some little boy was in the bathroom so I waited. Just my luck that the little boy doesn't know how to aim!!! So I was holding it all the way home. How is it that I am so unlucky? I mean I don't think it is a coincidence that when I use the restroom there is never any toilet paper left. So every Christmas I get a bunch of toilet paper rolls for my use only. Anyway I watched American Idol and the after that I watched The Amazing Race.

Rockets vs. Heat

This morning at ten o'clock I had to wake up and get dressed. Jamie's Upwards Game wasn't until twelve but he was getting his pictures taken at eleven. For some odd reason I was the ONLY person in my house ready to go. Everyone else was either sleeping or still in their PJ's. Normally I do not want to get out of bed but on occasions when you need to get somewhere early like Sunday School or Upwards pictures I seem to want to get out of bed more. I think it was maybe ten thirty when we finally pulled out of our driveway(ok it really isn't a driveway.It is more like the place were we park our cars). So we finally got to St. Marks United Methodist Church was about ten fifty something. We went in the building Jamie got his picture taken(which he absolutely hates having done). I tried to read my Dear America Book while I was waiting for his basketball game that was a hour away to start. Long and short of the story is that I wasn't sitting by my Dad so I had basically had no clue what in the world was going on except that Jamie's team was named the Rockets and the other team was the Heat. The Rockets won sixteen to eight and Jamie made four baskets . After the game I heard from everyone on the Rockets that the Heat wasn't getting penalized on a lot of stuff like traveling etc.. but they were. Maybe they Refs didn't see some of the stuff maybe they did and just wanted the Heat to win. Well no matter God knows what they did and when they get to Heaven they will have to take it up with God. Well after that I went home was bored out of my mind with insanity because there was no one to talk to on Instant messenger or to do on the Internet.

School and Dance

Today I did School and went to Ballet,Jazz and Tap. My Math Lesson was a pain-in-the-butt because we are doing STUPID pre-algebra. After School I checked my email and tried to Instant message my friends but none were on. Now that I think of it I haven't Instant Messaged Emily,Tessa or Laura in the longest time. Anyway at four o'clock I went to Ballet. Everything was ok except what everyone in our class dreads is when Mrs Jessica video tapes us so we can look at our mistakes and fix them. After Ballet came Tap. We did really well in the beginning of Tap but towards the end we started getting sloppy. Then came Jazz. Mrs Christy is going to have a baby soon she isn't supposed to be streching or anything but she likes to so we have to urge her to sit down and just call out instructions. So we streched while she told us what to do. The rest of Jazz we practiced our dance called "Rhythm Nation" by Janet Jackson. Although her history is stained due to garment malfunctions at the Super Bowl the song we are dancing to was way before that happened. I think that Jazz is my favorite class next to Mr. Chris's Pointe. Anyway after Jazz Mark picked me up and we went home. For Dinner I had French Fries and tried to watch T.V but nothing good was on. And that is how my day went!!

Piano,Pointe and AWANA

This morning I listened to AIO (Adventures In Odyssey).After that I practiced my Piano and read my devotional. Then I did my school work.When I finished school I went to my Piano Lesson. I am learning how to play the song "Great is the Lord" By Michael W. Smith. Then I went to the Library. Finally they had some new Dear America books. I got four of those and one Mary-Kate and Ashley book. So I think I will have plenty to read for two weeks. After about a half hour in the Library I went to my Pointe class which is taught by Mr. Chris. One thing about Mr. Chris is that he makes Pointe fun.He isn't like Mrs Jessica who is strict and mean. Mr. Chris is more easy going and nice. I hope I have him again for Pointe next year.After Pointe I went to AWANA. I changed out of my leotard and into my leaders uniform in the girls bathroom.For Dinner at church I had ham,peas,mashed potatoes and a dinner roll. Everything tasted pretty good. Soon after Dinner AWANA started. Of course all my kids were sitting quietly in the pew on the front row while all the other kids on the other teams were standing and talking. Tonight's theme in AWANA was "Eating Healthy". They had a nutritionist who talked about the food pyramid etc... Do you know that they have classes for five year olds about what to eat?? I mean really what five year olds really care about the food pyramid and eating veggies??? Anyway after Council Time came Game Time. Game time went smoothly except for at the end when Frazil fell and twisted her ankle which I think was only a minor accident.Then came handbook time.Nicolas had a baby brother named Alexandro (if you can tell the family is Italian) and I guess he didn't have much time to study so he only said one verse, Charlotte on the other hand said three,Katie wasn't there because her whole family got sick and my little rebel Logan didn't say anything but did try to say a verse or two to my Dad (The Commander).After Handbook Time I went home with my Mom because my Dad had a meeting at church. I got home dropped all of my stuff on the chair and went to watch fifteen minutes of American Idol. I am so angry because I wasn't able to watch the first part tonight of American Idol because my stupid VCR didn't record it.O'well I will be over it by the time I get married!!

Boringness

Today all I did was listen to AIO (Adventures In Odyssey) and Down Gilead Lane. I did school after that. When I finished School I got online and tried to Instant Message my friends but none of them were on except two. So I basically went back and forth between watching T.V, Instant Messaging and printing and coloring My Scene paper dolls. Tomorrow(hopefully) I will have more to write about!!

The Weather Meteorology Field Trip

This morning at eight thirty Jamie, Mom, a couple of our friends and I went to Wakefield Weather Center with our Homeschool Group. When we got there everyone else was already inside of the building. So we went in the small looking building and sat in a small room with a bunch of our Homeschool friends and aquaintinces.The man who spoke was a little big with a tie that was too short. I think he talked and answered questions for like an hour and a half. It was rather dull and boring for me because a lot of the stuff he talked about I already knew and understood. There was a lot of little kids so I guess that he was just trying to make things easier to understand. After a hour and a half of boredom we went outside to see the humongus soccer ball on a stand which is really a Doppler Radar. It is gigantic;I wish I was able to climb up the stairs that would be wicked cool. The guy who talked for a hour in a half took our picture. Then we all got in the van and drove to Subway. I got the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki with Coolers Ranch Doritos and Mountain Dew Code Red. I was very full after that. A half hour later we got home. I can't say that going to Wakefield and hearing a guy speak about something I already know about was the best part but getting Subway for lunch was!

Freaky Sunday

Today feels nothing like a Sunday. I mean this morning I didn't wake up to hear my Mom scurrying around getting every one ready for Church. We weren't hurriedly going out the door although we were five minutes late already to Sunday School. I wasn't tired from staying up too late during Big Group before Sunday School. I wasn't shivering during Worship Service because they ALWAYS have the AC on during the Winter. Today I woke up at nine o'clock to a quiet house. I was not tired for some odd reason. I got out of bed put my bathrobe on and went upstairs checked my email my friends Blogs etc... Then I went down stairs watched T.V After I did that for a while it was about one o'clock. I took a long hot shower and got back on the computer. It feels so weird. If I didn't look at my Calendar I would have thought it was Saturday. I feel like a heathen because I didn't go to Church today but hey I can't help it if God decides to make a freezing rain storm on Saturday night. I guess almost every other Church was closed today due to inclement weather so I shouldn't feel all that weird about it.

Icy Mess 2004

Well it is freezing rain outside my window. The roads are icy along with anything the "stuff" touches. My little brother was supposed to have an Upward Game today but because of inclement weather it was cancelled. So basically my Saturday has been limited to reading,watching T.V and going on the Internet and talking to friends on my Instant Messenger. Which now that I think about it isn't all that bad. I am severely bored out of my mind. I want to so badly get out of house and do something but because of this "Lovely" freezing- rain- weather I can't go anywhere or do anything. So I guess I will have to appease my boredom and do something like watch more T.V,read some more of my book and talk to some more friends on Instant messenger!!!

More Snow To Come??? 2004

Today the snow we got yesterday and the day before melted into a pile of water or slush. Everything outside is wet and nasty. Once again they are calling for snow again tomorrow. Maybe the snow won't turn into slush again tomorrow like it has been doing after each snow fall this week. I have a feeling that the roads will get black ice on them all over them again and there will be lots of wrecks. I think the worst part of it snowing off and on is that after it snows it melts in 30 degree weather during the day and then at night it gets in the 20's and below. So I guess I will have to wait and see what happens!!

More Snow 2004

Well you guessed it " It is snowing again!!!" This time at least it might snow more than an inch. The weather guys (and gals) are predicting at least three or four inches this time. The snow this time is more compact; good for making snowballs to throw at those younger annoying brothers, but not so good for cars. From yesterday's snowfall there were a guesstimate of over a hundred car wrecks from black ice etc... So as that Marks & Harrison commercial goes "Shape up all you reckless drivers out there!".

Snow 2005 #1

Around 12:00 this afternoon it started to snow lightly but a half hour later it started to snow hard. My Piano,Dance and AWANA is cancelled because of the snow. The snow is so fluffy you can't even make it compact enough for a snowball without it coming apart in mid air. Hopefully next snowfall we get the snow will be more compact. Good news is that the weather guys (and girls) say that we might get some more snow later in the week.

Ski Trip 2005

I went skiing at Timberline in West Virginia with my Youth Group. It took about five hours to get there. Mr. Adams drove the van and Mr. Ritchie sat in the passenger seat in the very front. I sat near the front of the church's fifteen passenger van with Mr. Ritchie's son Andrew who is nine. The seat behind me held Michael and Kiern;behind them sat Jane and Lindsay and Elder Freeman; behind them sat Christian and Eddie. As you can see it was pretty crowded in there! John Adams (No relation to Mr. Adams) drove his car with Eric,Nick and Freeman. In the Church van Christian and Eddie farted and burped most of the time; Jane,Lindsay and Elder Freeman watched Gilmore Girls on Jane's Portable DVD player; Michael and Kiern was asleep most of the time and Andrew played a little game and I read a book for a little while and maybe once in a while dozed off. After a few hours we stopped at McDonald's. I really don't like McDonald's but the other choice was Taco Bell and I don't like that any better so I picked McDonald's. I had chicken selects, French fries and Sprite. The chicken they have at McDonald's is way better now that they have changed it to white meat. Anyway after about a half an hour later all of us got back in the van or in John Adams car. It only took a hour I think for my ears to start popping from going up the mountain. The road up the moutains were very sharp and winding. It seemed to take forever to get there because toward the end of the trip Eddie and Christian started letting any farts they had left ripp. It was so nasty; I kept having to open the window of the van to air it out. After about an hour of that we finally got to Timberline.



When we first got there John Adams had to check us in and find were our bunks were. Right when we got there I headed for the Ladies Restroom. When I came out of the restroom Christian was saying that he and Eddie saw a security guy fling some drunkard out the door. Later on I found out that there was a brawl in the bar upstairs involving three drunk guys. After I heard that John Adams gathered us all together in the Ski Rental place and told us the rules etc... By then it was sort of dark when we all walked out we saw the figure of the man that was thrown out by the Security Guy standing over a bucket. I think that drunkard ended up in the hospital. All of us got in the church van or John Adams car and found where out bunk was. The house we were in was called the Nordic Haus in the bunk number 7. The boys bunk was the next door down (number 8). Well when we got in our bunk the people who got there before us put their suitcases on our beds. So we gently moved their suitcases to the side. There was a top bed, middle bed and bottom bed. I slept in the very bottom bed with my blue and yellow sleeping bag,cheetah pillow,blue traveling pillow and my white and red stuffed doggy. When everyone was in their beds the boys in the other bunk banged on the wall and yelled something where three sets of beds were. Well the girls banged back and yelled something back. This lasted for about a half hour finally they stopped and resulted in whispering and giggling pretty loudly. So the some of the girls in my group were like "Be quite we are trying to sleep" I was like "Deal with it". The counselor explanation for them being so rowdy was that they were cooped up in a van for ten hours and needed to vent. I was thinking in my head " Big whoop we were in the church van for half of that time with boys farting left and right but we aren't banging on walls are we?". Anyway I finally got to sleep at 1;00 in the morning ish.



The next morning I woke up to the rustle of girls talking and getting dressed. I of course am a very modest person so I got dressed in my sleeping bag because I hate dressing in front of people I do not know. Well you are supposed to have a buddy when you go to the lodge to eat or go skiing but none of the people wanted to eat breakfast so I waited. I waited a little too long because I forgot my Ski lesson was at 8:00 so John Adams carried my skis and I carried my poles and ski boots. I missed breakfast at the lodge and I wasn't entirely happy about that. I got to my ski lesson right on time. The instructors showed us how to stop and turn then we all went down the main hill. As I went down the hill the instructor was supposed to be behind me but he was busy talking to a lady from Maryland and didn't notice me yell "wait up!" so I didn't know how to stop or slow down very well so my first instinct was to fall. I fell the correct way but I couldn't get back up. I saw Kiern over on the deck so I yelled to him "Kiern come get your butt over here and help me!". He came over and helped me up and said you need to learn how to get up your self. I saw Elder Freeman in the Cafeteria drinking hot chocolate I waved and basically talked to her by reading her lips. Then after that very discouraging incident I went back to my bunk were I found Mr. Ritchie. I told him what happened that morning then offered to help get better at skiing. So Mr. Ritchie and I went down the main slope and were about to get on the little ramp to get on the ski lift to the Bunnie Slope. Well I started skiing backward and my first instinct was to fall and I did. Mr. Ritchie helped me up and we tried again. This happened about five times. I think the fourth time I fell and couldn't get up was when Christian and Kiern came by and was like " You need to learn how to get up by your self". Well that was about the last straw for me I said "SHUT UP" and let a few tears fall down my face. Then I got up and tried again. Finally we were in line. I did very well in getting on the ski lift but getting off was a problem. I got off went to fast my instinct went off and I fell. (Are you starting to see the pattern in the day?) A guy from the ski lift came and helped me up and I got up. So here I am going down the Bunnie slope and of course falling most of the time. Anyway I finished the Bunnie Slope and went in to get warmed up. Then I took my skis and poles up to the bunk. There I got out of my gloves coat etc... I think for a while a read a book Everyone went in the church van and we went to GiGi's Pizza down the road On the way there I learned that Michael was Deaf until he was six and he knows sign language The pizza was very good.. Then I went back to the Bunk with my Skis again I read some more. Then came Dinner I had Pork Roast,French fries,mashed potatoes,glass of water and pudding. The Pork roast did not taste good at all! After that I went back to the bunk again. While I was reading the boys where doing the banging number like they did the night before. John Adams came in and talked strongly to the counselor in the girls bunk on my side. When he started talking I had my PJ's on so I quickly ran out side and grabbed my bathrobe. Well I got into the hall way outside and outside leaning on the banister was two girls and two boys about my age staring at me. I said "Don't ask" but then I said "If you really want to know two counselor in there are talking kind of loudly about the banging on the walls thing last night". After a while I quickly went in and took off my bathrobe and threw on my coat. Then I as like "Is this better?". Anyway after a while John Adams left the girls Bunk and went in his. When there is a fight in between two people and I am on the opposing party I feel like I am one to blame although I am not so I ran inside without anyone seeing my face and got my books and ran back out side. I tried to read outside but it was wicked cold so I tried to see if I could read on The boys side of the bunk but no one was there so I ended up on the other side of my bunk talking to a lady. After a while of talking I went in my lowest bunk and read my book facing the wall so no one could see my face. After that little problem Lindsay and Jane came back to the Bunk Lindsay was crying and I asked her what happened and she said "SHUT UP ANNIE". (Are you seeing the other thing that keeps happening during this trip?) Anyway I went out of the bunk and came back. Lindsay was in my bunk and I didn't know it and sat on her (her butt hurt and that is why she cried when I sat on her by accident). She cried and then said to Jane "Lets go to the First Aid. So they did. They called the Ambulance and she went to the hospital in Maryland forty-five minutes away. Well she was there at the hospital for about three hours. The doctors predertermined that her butt bone was bruised really bad then she came back to the bunk while everyone was asleep




I found out that the guys who were banging on the wall the night before pulled some pranks on their friends. I got dressed and went to eat breakfast where I ate bacon,biscuit,soup and a glass of water. Then I went skiing with Mr. Adams and Elder Freeman. I fell only once going down it that time. I was so happy. Then I went back to the Bunk with my skis where all of the girls from our church went in the boys bunk and talked to John Adams and the boys from our church. That is where I got my head bumped. I went to jump on top of John Adams bed because there was no where else to sit and "BANG" went my head went when I bumped it on top of the bed. It hurt soo bad. So now I have a bruise on my head. Michael also said that he got wiipped out by a snowboarder (He was one too). The same girl who's butt got bruised was like "You might want to go to First Aid you might have a concussion". Michael was like "it isn't that bad I will live". Christian had this bright idea that he should freeze the other Bunk mates on the other sides boxers. Well it was their last pair of boxers and they got all angry. I was thinking in my head when I heard that was " You know you can wear the same pair of underwear twice and who really only brings four pairs of underwear to a four day thing you might want to bring some extra ones just in case?" Anyway after that same-old-same-old same thing as the day before The only interesting thing that happened was that it snowed real snow over night and there was a total of 9 ambulances in the parking lot of Timberline because the Salamander Slope got hot and then cooled down so it turned to ice. I heard that they had two people in each ambulance . I heard that 2 guys broke there necks and one guy was paralyzed from the waist down. The Salamander is called a "easy level" but the way people kept getting hurt on it I thinks it might need to be a couple levels up.


Monday was the day we left to go home. My stuff was all packed and the first in the trailer hooked to the back of the van. We got on the road it was really slick from the snow so we had to go pretty slow in some places I learned something else that Michael likes poetry. He wanted to know why Lindsay was so mean to him so he wrote a poem then he would give it to her then she would read it and write one back. I would analyze what the poem ment. By the end of this little game I found out my analyzed was wrong (But I am not sure or not because I didn't see the last poem Lindsay wrote because Michael wouldn't show it to us) and when I wrote a poem about how mean the people in my youth group are to me the other people thought I ment I likes Kiern but I knew they were kidding. Anyway after a hour or so we went to eat for Lunch/Dinner most of us went to Subway a few others went to McDonald's. I got the Chicken Bacon Sandwitch meal. It was really good. The all of us either went in the Church Van or John Adams car. Then we were off again. Everyone fell asleep except me and Andrew. I was awake the whole time. Jane and everyone else started a game called what" I like about you". You would say what characteristics you like about that certain person. Finally we got to the church. Mr. Adams did the annual sharp turn around the parking lot. It was fun. I really enjoyed the ski trip except for the farting part of it.

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