I miss the times when I could blog every single day. Sure, sometimes I'd just ramble for half a dozen paragraphs, but the rambling might lead to something worth reading. At least, that's how I feel about it. So, I'm going to stop playing catch-up all the time. If it comes to me while I'm writing, I'll write it. Otherwise, it was probably mundane anyway. Thanks for missing me, though. If I don't show up for a few days, just send some positive vibes in my direction. I'm probably working hard, stressed out and/or depressed, so I could use them.
And for the record, I fully intended to post this last night, but Mom offered IHOP and then I talked to Greg, so yeah. But no worries, I'm still alive and kicking. Struggling occasionally, but breathing.
Saturday was almost relaxing. I watched a lot of tv, did discussion points, and talked to Greg. I intended to get online, but I read a little more of
The Three Musketeers instead. I swear, Ian and Greg picked the second-longest book ever written. Our analysis papers were originally due this week, but Ms. Sim has quietly given us an extension because pretty much everyone's still reading. In addition to the paper, we have to give a group oral presentation, which is why I'm with those two. If they were still due this week, she'd have reminded us and assigned presentation dates. Since she hasn't, I'll just keep reading and trying to find a theme.
On Friday, I took the bus to school again. We got there at 9:30, so I was only a few minutes late to class. I naturally walk fast, and I weave through the masses so I can keep moving. Anyway, school was fine. Nothing standout. We milled around during the latter half of AP Lit, which is always nice. Ms. Sim hasn't taken the Adkins approach to double periods. He just moves through the same material faster, which is why we're studying now what last year's class studied shortly before the AP exam in May. Ms. Sim seems to be teaching at the same pace, which often leaves her short of material and long on time.
Notable events from this past week: I was up late on Wednesday night doing another outline for Adkins. I really don't mean to procrastinate. I just have so much to do on a daily basis, so I push back the long-term assignments until I can't push them any more. Then, I get a chance to breathe, so I do, when I could more efficiently work ahead. I'm a senior. Everyone else wants it to be May so they can just stay home. I want it to be May so I can stop working so damn hard, at least for a little while.
Also last week, we had a math quiz. There were only two questions, which can be this kiss of death if you don't
really know what you're doing. I did some "creative math" on the second problem, which is why I got it wrong. It was mostly correct, though, so I squeezed a 90 out of it. I think Ms. O'Neal was feeling generous since so many people missed that one. For some reason, the parabolas are throwing me. I think I understand, though. I hope so. I can afford a not-so-good grade everyone once in a while, but that doesn't mean I'm happy with it.
Today, we had a math test. I took the bus to school, so I was almost late for it, but I think I did okay. Especially considering my day started late. See, I was in a rush to get to bed last night (I'm thinking of giving myself a phone curfew), so when I set my alarm, I didn't push the slider far enough. It was set to "music", which is bad because I keep the volume turned off on that clock/radio. I miraculously woke up at 7:30, which is bad because I get out of bed no later than 6:45 on school days. I managed to get ready in time to catch the bus, though not without being rushed and disgruntled along the way. Point is, I made it.
We had an English test today, too. It was actually a quiz that counted as a test grade. Anyway, Jarred mentioned something about me getting the same grade as him on the quiz/test, and it wasn't good. I really hope he's wrong. Sure,
The Stranger is existentialism and therefore not easy to understand, but there's almost no detail. Ms. Sim's quizzes consist of the few details she can squeeze out (What day of the week does Chapter 6 happen on?) and text quotes. Lots of text quotes, but the writing's pretty predictable. I can't afford a bas test grade, since we never have many tests as is. I hope he was wrong.
Speaking of Jarred, he loaned me his Barron's book for the AP US History test. As of now (pending parental approval, i.e. cash), I'm going to take it. I might drain myself completely studying for two AP tests on consecutive days, but I'll try. Elections throw me, too. I try to have confidence, but... yeah. I did finally get a perfect score on my outline, though. It took forever to write and was way more detailed than my outlines usually are, but I got full points and that's what matters.
What else? I was offered a President's Fellow Scholarship to UMBC, which is work $5000 per year for four years. Tuition is about $7000 in-state, so that's a nice chunk out.
Also, I
just (as in, my dad brought the mail in five minutes ago; ours runs really late) got my
acceptance letter to the University of Maryland, and an invitation to the University Honors Program! I got the email that everyone else did on Friday, but I didn't check my email that day, so I didn't know until yesterday. And the email didn't mention Honors. I didn't expect a letter so soon, though. This is fabulous. No money yet (if any will be offered), but I didn't get my other offers until after the acceptance, so I'm still hopeful. This makes my whole day!
Oh, and since it seems that I forgot to post about it, Valentine's Day was lovely. The Olive Garden had excellent food, though there was more of it than I could eat. If there's more food on my plate than I have room for, I'm not going to "clean" it.
