Just say no

...to the tea. Tonight when I get home from Charlene's rehearsal dinner I had a huge glass of Chicken House sweet tea. You know what I'm talking about. That big ole white styrofoam cup. It just calls to you. I drank it and within about fifteen minutes I went...why in the world did I do that? To understand why this is a bad thing (besides the sugar content), you probably need to understand that I have a relatively low tolerance for caffeine. It never bothered me until my mom switched our tea at home to decaf so now when I drink Chicken House tea it makes me shake a little and I feel like I should run a few laps around the building. And going to sleep? Yeah I can forget that since I drank it at 8:00. So here I sit, after 11:00, watching House and looking through photoblogs (and writing this blog, of course). The moral of this story: don't drink a jumbo Chicken House sweet tea soon before going to bed when you have to be somewhere at 8:00 a.m. in the morning (that's early for me since school doesn't start until 9 lol).

Randomness, Part II

Just thought I'd write a post about what's going on this week. My AP teachers have decided to lay on the work all of a sudden. Apparently we suddenly need to get ready for AP tests in May. I don't even want to talk about it. I was so mad at my AP Lit teacher today when she unexpectedly gave us a test and demanded our study guide that my friend Jessie and I were conspiring to get our other friend's dad, who owns a construction company, to bring a bulldozer and run her over. JK..kind of. Lol. We have seriously thought about unscrewing a leg of her desk that she frequently sits on though. Bahaha it would be hilarious.
This weekend was pretty good though. My sister and brother-in-law have me on the way to being addicted to photography. I tried my hand at a shoot Saturday. Check out the pics at Chris Reinolds Photography. We had a lot of fun even if I didn't have much of an idea what I was doing lol.
Okay, well I'm off to not procrastinate for once in my life and try to get my study guide for APUSH done so I'm not up til midnight the night before.
Oh, btw, I got another letter inviting me to a college summer program. Stanford wants me now too, apparently.

Why mediocrity?

Question. Why do we settle for mediocrity and complacency? Why is it so much easier to just be like everybody else, accomplish the same as everyone else? I watched some people today, thinking about how they could be and do so much more if they would just push themselves. If they would get past the laziness and realize they could do something great far above this tiny town. I'm not excluding myself from this, by the way. There's so much I could do but I don't. Won't make myself. It's just a shame that we don't live to our potential.
That's not to say that there's anything wrong with staying here and everything. I fully plan on coming back. It's just that I wish people would see how much than could do. How much God really has given them.
I guess a large part of this post is me reminding myself how much I can do. I'm trying to discern God's will about college because I'm a control freak and I want my plan now. I'm afraid that I won't make myself leave for college like I think I should. I'm afraid I'll be too afraid. Lol. I hate fear. Fear to take a chance. Fear to be more. Fear to take a leap of faith. Fear to trust Him. I hate that it controls so much of our lives and our decisions.

4 things

I got tagged by Jennifer so.. :)
4 jobs I've had:
1. Working at the family graphics business
2. Babysitting
3. Student lol
4. Aunt haha

4 movies watched over and over:
1. While You Were Sleeping
2. Princess Bride
3. Father of the Bride 2
4. Miss Congeniality

4 places I've lived:
1. Here

4 shows I watch:
1. House
2. Biggest Lose
3. American Idol
4. Gilmore Girls

4 places I've been:
1. New York City
2. Washington, DC
3. Nowhere else too significant lol

4 people who e-mail me regularly:
1. Chelsea
2. Brittany
3. Colleges
4. Edline lol

4 favorite things to eat:
1. Mexican Food
2. BBQ
3. My Granny & Grandma's food
4. Chinese

4 places I'd rather be:
1. asleep in my bed
2. somewhere warm.
3. touring somewhere in Europe

4 things I look forward to this year:
1. starting my senior year
2. this summer
3. getting past my last ap exams...ever.
4. sending in college applications.

4 people to tag:
1. Brittany
2. Ros
3. Kris
4. Carrie

66 days...

...of school left in my junior year!! "Inconceivable!!" Haha. ("You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.") Okay, enough quoting movies. Anyways, it hit me again today how close we are to the end of our junior year. We got our schedule request forms for our SENIOR YEAR today!! So exciting. And a lil scary. The school is going back to a 4x4 block schedule instead of our current 6 period day. I don't really care either way because I'll only be there about half the day. Looks like my request will be for: English IV Honors/Dual Enrollment ENC 1101, AP Calculus AB, Anatomy and Physiology Honors, and Government/Economics Honors. Really shouldn't be as bad as this year. Especially since I'll only be taking two of those classes at a time at the school and then dual enrollment afterwards.
Btw, I can't wait for summer!! I am tired of this crazy cold weather. I am ready for shorts and tank tops and sunglasses and the beach (at least once lol) and watching softball games and my niece's tee ball games. And youth camp and VBS. And of course no school.
Okay I'm off to try to make sense of chemistry homework...total ionic equations anybody??

Randomness...

Well, I don't really have anything exciting to tell but I try to blog at least once a week and the last one was last Saturday. So, here's the randomness that has been my week.
Let's see...I got my ACT scores back from a couple weeks ago. I got a 29 which is about what I expected. A point lower than last time but pretty good considering that I Christmas-treed the science section. Ha. The best part is that it's over. No more standardized tests for this chick!! YAY!! lol. Except AP tests. Ugh let's not talk about those.
Umm...I really should be doing my homework for A Tale of Two Cities right now. Or The Jungle. Take your pick. French revolution or meat packaging immigrants? Decapitated people or spoiled meat? Yumm. I have at least finished my study guide for APUSH and done half of my chemistry homework. Other than that I've pretty much sat on the couch all day watching movies - Gifted Hands, No Reservations, and 27 Dresses so far. "B-b-b-benny and the jets!" Ha.
Guess that's about it...
Oh btw I'm eating a banana with chocolate syrup right now. You should try it. Really. Except Chris. Don't try it, Chris. Ha. :)

Happy Valentine's Day...I guess.

Valentine's Day should die. LOL. I do have a date tonight though...with Micah. Haha. He even brought me a gift. And we're having a steak dinner. He's an awesome date. :)
The first half of the day was pretty good too. My best friend and I did a photo shoot with Chris and Ros. And we only got a threat to call the cops on us once...HAHA. It was fun. Check their blog for the pics coming soon.
Anyways, after my date with Micah I will be curling up with my book by Dee Henderson and being glad that Valentine's Day wasn't on a school day. All the red and pink and roses and chocolate makes me want to puke.