I'm DONE!!!!

So guess what?


....I AM NO LONGER A LITTLE HIGH SCHOOL KID!!!!!!!!!!!! :D My high school years are officially OVER!!!!

Aren't you so proud of me?!?! Cause I'm sure as heck proud of myself! Especially because I kept my grades up exactly where they've always been, even this last bit of school! (I never even got an A- for a semester grade all throughout high school! Except for my independent study class, and possibly, but not likely, calculus, depending on what I got on my final.) But ya, I'm mostly just glad it's over, but whatever. :) I thought today was going to be a little bitter-sweet....but it was just sweet...not really any bitterness at all...it kinda surprised me. I thought I was going to get all sad when people said goodbyes and gave me going away presents and stuff, but mostly I was just like, "Awe thanks, I'm glad I've had this time with you.....(but now I'm glad it's over!)" The one time that I did come close to crying, one of my friends, well actually, Joseph's best friend, Tyler, sang me a song and played it on his guitar. He sang "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz32I_GbpeU .
All of the lyrics just fit everything so perfectly, and they all sounded like what he was saying to me, not just words of a song...that was definitely my nostalgic moment, because these past couple of years have been great, and I will never forget the amazing friends that I've had. But it's definitely time to move one. I'm SO ready to get out to school! And I'm especially excited to be out there with Keith. We're even going to be working together now, cause he talked to his boss and got me a job with him!

But ya, all day long, basically any chance in any conversation that I get, I remind everyone (including myself) that I'm no longer in high school! It's so crazy. The last hour of school was when the reality of it started to hit, and I got SO excited. I was just like, "Holy cow....I have less than an hour left of high school! I've been doing this for three and half years, and it thirty minutes it's going to be over!" :D Anyway...it's super cool...and go me!

15 More Days!!! ....and the motiviation's waning...

That's right, only 15 more days of high school!!! :O I can't believe it! But thank goodness that's all because I don't think I could hold out any longer! I'm SO done with all of it. *sigh* I found out my final grade in my online English class today...I got an A- ....my first ever to go on my transcript. :S Don't get me wrong, I've had lots of A-'s before, just never as semester or final grades. I have two in my other classes right now as well. I've kind of been fretting over them lately, trying to figure out how to bring them up before semester...but now that I already have one on my transcript, I kind of feel like,

"FORGET IT! It's just high school, and I'm DONE!"

Don't worry, I'm not going to completely blow of my classes from now on. I mean come on, it's me, do you really think of capable of not caring about my grades? I'm just saying....the motivation is waning, lol. Especially since I realized that even if I get a couple more A-'s, my GPA will still be like 3.89! Everyone reading this is probably rolling their eyes at me right now, but I don't care. Before now, I had never had an A- on my transcript, and I didn't want this year to change that, but now that it's already happened, I'm not so worried. I'll keep learning and doing my work as best as I can....unless that means homework that I have to do outside of school time that I just don't feel like doing. :) Look at me, being a slacker just like everyone else. :D

ACCEPTED!!!

Dear Nancyann:

The Admissions Committee is delighted to inform you that you have been admitted to Brigham Young University to begin Winter 2010. Through your preparation and personal achievements you have distinguished yourself from a very strong group of applicants. We believe you will make a positive contribution to our BYU community. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to our campus to pursue your educational goals.

In addition, your current academic record qualifies you to receive a full LDS tuition scholarship. We will send you specific details, including the name of your particular scholarship, associated policies, and expectations, prior to your enrollment.

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Best wishes as you finish this school year. We encourage you to continue to excel in the classroom and to maintain the standards outlined in the University Honor Code. Congratulations on your accomplishments!

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Director of Admission Services


I'm going out to BYU in January, with all of my tuition paid for!!! And after my Pell Grant, my housing should be covered too!!!! Hooray for me!!!! :D I just got this about half an hour ago, and I'm still bursting with excitement! I'm so happy, and I just can't wait to go to school!!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!

Growing Up Means Making Decisions...

So I had a thought today...and I don't know what to make of it.

There's a paper of important dates for the Seniors, and two of those dates that are within the next couple of weeks are the last day for schedule changes and the last day to submit a request to your counselor for early graduation...do you see where I'm going with this?

With the schedule I have right now, I would still be missing one English credit by the time the semester got over, but if we're still allowed to make changes within the next couple of weeks, I could change one of my classes for another English class...and graduate early, and go out to BYU in January. The application deadline for winter semester is October 1, so I would still have time to finish that too. I just don't know if it's the right thing to do, or if it's even what I want to do.

I think my next order of business is to write out some pros and cons and ask Dad for a father's blessing to help me make the decision that is best for me. I've definitely got everything figured out for once I get to BYU though, whether it's next semester or next fall. But anyway, I've got a lot of praying and a lot of thinking to do. I feel like I'm ready to be done with High School, but I don't know if I'm ready to leave home yet. If anyone has any feedback, by all means, it's welcome! Please, share your thoughts on the matter. :)

A Word of Advice

Always keep a spare toothbrush with you, just in case your nephew decides he wants to use your other one to play in the toilet water...

HELP WANTED!

Needed: Someone to help me stay alive throughout my senior year!!!

It's the weekend, FINALLY, and really, if today hadn't been Friday, I don't know if I could have gone on living, not even kidding. I think I've averaged about 4hours and 45minutes of sleep per night this week. It's insane how much harder it is to get up that 1 hour earlier for seminary....and how hard it is to stay awake during seminary when you only got 4hours of sleep the night before. Ya, welcome to my life, and that's just the first hour of the day! Once seminary is over I begin my arduous day at school. My classes consist of Computer Business Applications (easy, but not usually much free time in class), English 4 Honors (I'm not even going there yet...), THESPIANS!, Physics (again, not too bad, but I am always working until the bell rings), THESPIANS!, Anatomy and Physiology (not quite as hard as I expected, but we just finished the first chapter, and he said now it's time for the hardest part, so...), and last of all Calculus (doable, although I was 2 days behind in my homework...). Anyway, after the first week of school I'm thinking, "You know what, this isn't going to be too bad. I can totally handle this just fine, so long as I stay organized and take care of myself, keep my priorities in order." Now I'm thinking, "How am I going to survive the day?"

None of my classes are extremely hard, it's just having so many that actually take work that's getting to me. That and the fact that I can't ever seem to get to sleep on time and I have to get up at 5 or 5:30 every morning. Plus I have to worry about college and my future, which is also kind of a big deal. :) At least I already know where I'm going! (All I have to do is get apply once the applications are available and get accepted! haha). Also the fact that my two fun classes (thespians) give me just as much stress/take as much time as my other classes doesn't exactly help the situation. Auditions were yesterday and callbacks were posted today, and I'm pretty sure I worried about that way more than my A&P test that I took today.

Really, if I can just get myself to go to sleep on time, I don't think it will be such a big deal, I just need to get in the swing of things. Although weekends are definitely going to be my salvation! The thing that's kind of put me over the top is realizing that I have to write 5 papers this semester for my English class. Ya, that's one a month! Piled in with Calculus and A&P homework, musical rehearsals, seminary, and applying for college!!! At least the teacher is smart and nice, and encourages us to papers we have to write for other classes and applications as some of the papers for her class. I'm mostly just overwhelmed with the thought of having to do my very best (because she will take nothing less, trust me!) on a multiplicity of papers.

Well anyway, it's getting late and despite my 2 hour nap earlier, I am kind of falling asleep as I type. I just kind of wanted to...complain I suppose, let everyone know how hard my life is. ;) Not really, my life's great, but it really is going to be crazy this next year, so I thought I'd share how much I've realized that this past week. :) And hey, if you don't mind, try and catch a little extra sleep for me here and there, would ya? (If only it could really work that way...)

Motorcycles!!!

So I've realized that I only post about every two months....with two posts semi-close to each other, and then a two month break before the next two posts, haha. Anyway, there's lots of stuff that I should blog about and want to blog about that I haven't gotten around to, but I'm going to post about this first anyway. (Mostly because I know this post won't take near as long as the others, because there's not as much to say, hehe). So anyway, as most of you know, Joseph got a motorcycle about a month ago. I rode up and down the street on the back of it with him when he first got it, but I hadn't been on it since, until yesterday. :)

Joseph and I were going into Springfield to hang out with our friends, but he wanted to take his bike, and I didn't feel like driving in alone, so we decided to ask Mom and Dad if I could ride with him. :O Dad (of course) had no problems with it, but Mom on the other hand....well, she's a mom, haha. She was NOT excited for Joseph to have a passenger all the way into town, BUT, she consented. :) The ride there was a lot of fun, but it was very strange being on the road...not inside a car....but going just as fast as the rest of traffic. And communication....was basically non-existant, haha.

Unfortunately, the ride home was not quite as enjoyable. Well, I don't know about that actually....the uncomfortable things about it made it more of an adventure, haha. Let me explain. Joseph and I were running a little late for being home by the time Mom and Dad told us, so we just hopped on and got going as quick as we could. No big deal, except that my seat was wet from the dew. :( Joseph's was dry (of course!) but mine was....definitely not, haha. Then add to that the fact that Joseph was only wearing a t-shirt, and even though I had on a hoodie, I was wearing capris! It was definitely a chilly ride home for the both of us! Our friend left (in her nice warm car) about the same time as us, and when she pulled up to the stoplight next to us, she rolled down her window and says, "Nancyann, you look so scared!" "No," I informed her, "I'm just REALLY cold!" You see, my legs had been shaking like crazy through town. Eventually I was just numb though, so once we got onto 160, I didn't notice it quite as much, haha. But actually, once I got over the wetness and coldness, I think I enjoyed riding at night more. Mostly it was just really cool to ride when it was dark. (Although I'm sure Mom doesn't particularly like to hear that, hehe). Oh! And Joseph almost hit a bit at the four-way stop in Willard too! (I didn't see it though....that's just what he told me....)

Anyway, it was a fun experience, (and it made me feel really cool...), so I thought I would share. :) I hope you enjoyed hearing about it!