Next stop, will be Europe

July 13-22... Cruise Itinerary:
Day	Ports of Call	Arrival	Departure
1 Venice, Italy --- 5:00 p.m. 2 Dubrovnik, Croatia 12:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 3 Corfu, Greece 10:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 4 At Sea --- --- 5 Naples, Italy 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 6 Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 7 La Spezia, Italy 7:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8 Marseille (Provence), France 9:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 9 At Sea --- --- 10 Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands 6:00 a.m. ---
Only 16 more 'A's to go.

I'm awkward but it's fine

Sometimes I am in need of pads, so Haley and I go to Macey's so that I can purchase some.
I go to check out and buy my item, and I set it down on the checkstand. There is a teenage boy and his father in front of me. The boy gives me a look, takes a glance at what I am buying, and then quickly looks away, as if he feels dirty for having seen a girl buying pads. Then me and Haley look at each other and start laughing pretty hard.
When are boys going to understand that periods are a natural part of life, and that buying pads is too?

Here's to a miracle

Since I was 12 year old, and a little seventh grader, my dream was to graduate with a 4.0. I always assumed that I would be able to accomplish it because I am fairly smart, and have always had straight A's in the past.

Now it is the night before the end of my last second term in high school and my grades are as follows.

A
B+
A
NC (P)
NC (A)
A-
B

And the best part is is that I missed school today because I am sick. Which means that tomorrow I have to fix all my grades, which means taking three or four tests I believe, all while still probably feeling like crap. Think I can do it?  I do. Stranger things have happened right?

So here is to miracles, and dreams come true, because I really don't need to see all my hopes and plans for my high school life go down the toilet right now. If I can do this, I will try to stop being so lazy, and try to suppress this disease I have that stems from being a senior.

Graduation, would you mind coming quickly, I am ready to move on from everything that high school has been lately.

It's 10:00 and...

It's 10:00 and

• I just got off work.
• I have to read 200 pages of 1984.
• I have to come up with my ten favorite quotes from a book I haven't read yet (see above).
• I have to write a paper about the themes in a book I have never read.
• I am on facebook and blogger instead of doing useful stuff.
• I am cheating on my online classes, don't worry, I will go back and really do the work later, just not right now.
• I am about to fall asleep, even though I am drinking the Dew to try to stay awake.
• I am trying to remember the path of blood through the body, but mostly the heart, and I am glad that I know it now because me and a kid at work quiz each other on it while we are helping customers.
• I am trying not to fall asleep.
• I am contemplating taking a shower to wake me up. But that means I have to do something with my hair, and I would really rather not.
• I am having a really hard time remembering how to spell simple words.                                           

It's 10:00 and I am procrastinating.
What else is new?      

The Reason

Christmas, it is the time of year that we all love. It is the time of presents and hot chocolate, the time of snow and no school. It is the time of year when people are supposed to be at their best. The time of year that we are supposed to be focused on Christ.
Instead people are disgruntled and unhappy. They are more concerned with themselves than the one who gave them everything. They are focused on what presents they will get, than the ones they have already received... from HIM.
In these last few days before Christmas, let's remember the real reason for this holiday. Let us put aside our typical attitude and embrace a more Christlike one. It will make this time of year better, and it will make us better also.