Good good good day

If only I could have more days like October 2, 2009.

Drove myself to school, $1 milk tea with Tram, practice, and back home. Freedom is the bestestestest feeling in the world! I honestly was smiling as I was driving and looking like a dork just because I could control where I wanted to go for once (well not really, but I was in the driver's seat). All thanks to my license, my MHS parking permit, and my cousin's car. Next week = off campus lunch with the girls :)

Meet your new Opinions/Editorial Editor for the MHS Union newspaper! :D It's gonna be a whole lot of work and time commitment, but I am so happy right now. I can't believe I actually got it...

Homecoming is in 2 weeks! I'm excited now, thanks to the message in a bottle, the clues, my friends, and you :)

Now if I could only pass my math and chem test next week, I would have absolutely nothing to complain about. Isn't life beautiful?

Reality approaching

I am supposed to go take a practice SAT test tomorrow morning, like a simulated version of the real one. I really think I should go cause it would be very good practice but my mommy won't let me. She says I am too hard on myself and that I need my rest, but I think she is wrong! I just want to be prepared for the real SATs next year and practice makes perfect, right? Sure I am exhausted, but sleeping in is a fool's reason for missing an opportunity. But then again, I have no choice. My mommy is my ride.

Paycheck for election working arrived today. I need to save up to start buying gas for my (future) hand-me-down Ford Explorer haha.

I don't like a certain swimming picture of me in the yearbook but the underwater one turned out cool. And guess what? Coach talked about me and Gideon at CCS in the MHS Union, hehe. Which reminds me, I wonder if I got into journalism...

When the balloons were released into the air at the senior rally today, it was pretty depressing. I thought about all the seniors that I have gotten close to, but are LEAVING. How I would definitely miss talking to An Nguyen everyday and hunting for hot guys at meets, seeing Ivy Nguyen's smartass and beautiful face in 2nd period, watching Michelle Pham leading our swim team and being my 500 free buddy, making fun of Allison Hoang everyday, chilling or getting food with Ronald Manuel in 4th, doing "supplies!" to Michael Pham almost everyday, and laughing at Lauren Padilla's crazy antics. I love them all, and it seems to weird not being in their presence or be jealous that they are moving on with their lives and mine is kind of in a standstill. The Class of 09 definitely cannot be replaced and the people I have met in that class are some of the greatest people I have had the honor of knowing.

It's unofficial but if the thing I found out today is true, THEN THAT IS SO FREAKIN' AWESOME! When I know for sure, I will post an update :)

Croque Madame

My dad found a turkey mom (also called a hen?) sitting on a nest in a bush in our front yard. It's their mating season and this mommy had a total of 13 turkey eggs she was keeping warm. Big family! So we hatched (haha, couldn't resist the pun) this idea that we should take 3 turkey eggs and replace them with 3 chicken eggs so we can have wild chickens roaming around when they pop out of that egg! Kinda like the Ugly Duckling where the goose raises the swan, except with turkeys and chickens (turkens? chickeys?) I took a picture of those 3 turkey eggs, along with a chicken egg, on my kitchen countertop that matches the pattern perfectly. I'll keep you guys updated.

The Union came out yesterday! My picture for Science Olympiad was in it, as well as Pagan saying he was proud of me for making CCS in swimming. Wow, it's so weird getting a compliment from him. What's even weirder? A hug for getting a minute flat in 100 free. I still can't believe it, he HAS changed.

Club swim meet today at Independence. Timing for 6 hours in the heat is extremely exhausting, but worth the 8 hours that Coach will sign hehe. It is great to be able to eat McDonalds while other people have to compete, kinda like laughing in the face of those suckers. Our next meet is Leagues, still 3 weeks away from now. Morning practice during spring break... yay?