But I don’t know, I just feel like posting something.

This is a picture of my cowgirl boots that I edited on Piknic, or whatever that photo website is called.

Remember this? It's that picture that I posted awhile ago. It's just brightened up a little.

I’m not the best photographer… but it’s still fun to do sometimes :] I mean, if you’re looking for really amazing pictures, talk to my friend Sadie. She’s SOOO good at it! I’d seriously pay her to do my wedding pictures.

So I’ve been trying to write a book lately. I think I might have posted a few chapters from it earlier. It’s really exciting because most of the books I start I never finish. I’ll just write a few pages and then forget about it, or decide I don’t like it, or something. But this story I’m working on right now, well… I’m actually working on it for once. It’s seriously been a few years since I started writing it. Since then I’ve finished it! … The first draft, anyways. Once I did that I went through it and fixed a bunch of stuff, changed things I didn’t like. Then I printed it out. My first draft ended up being 231 pages. !!! I know right?? Its so awesome! I still can’t believe I was able to write that much.

Of course, it’s NOWHERE close to being done. Right now, what I’m doing is going through all the pages that I printed out, and leaving notes for things that need to be changed. Almost every page is covered in pen marks. You’d think that would be kind of depressing, right? But what’s weird is that I’m actually enjoying it. I never thought that I would like editing, but it’s surprisingly fun.

I know that when I completely finish my story, there’s a VERY tiny chance that I’ll be able to publish it. Like, .0009 percent of a chance. But that won’t bother me too much. I’m not an experienced writer, and I’m definitely not close to being publish worthy. The only thing I’m focusing on right now is getting my book to the point where I can be proud of it. When I can look at my book and say “There’s nothing I would change about this” Then I’ll know that I’m done.

1. School starts next Monday. Less than a week from today. Weird, huh?? I feel like just yesterday, I was getting out of school for the summer. I’m glad though- summer has gotten a little boring lately.

2. My never-ending source of money is about to end. Once school starts, I won’t be able to babysit every day, and that’s basically all I do to earn cash. I’m freaking out! How am I going to continue my awesome pile of life savings?

3. I. Got. An. ATM. Card. That’s right. I have my own band account! And there’s no monthly fees, since I’m a minor. Every time I earn money, I can give it to my Dad, and he’ll put in in the bank when he goes past it. Also, now when he needs to pay me for babysitting, he just transfers it from his account to mine. Sweet.

4. I made brownies for no reason yesterday, just thought you might want to know.

5. Seven Peaks has a new slide, that I haven’t been on yet. I don’t know why, but that place just isn’t that fun anymore to me. I love going there and just reading, or relaxing on my towel. But the slides don’t hold excitement for me. Maybe I’m just getting lazy, who knows. They’re still fun, I just don’t feel the pull to go on like ten in a row. (My cousin does.)

6. Update on my story: It’s slow going. When I actually open it up to work on, I can’t seem to write anything. The most I wrote in the past week was a few paragraphs. If this is writer’s block, it’s never ending. I promised myself awhile back that I wasn’t going to give up on this idea, but it’s hard not to. The good thing is, the writer’s block is spread out to everything I write, not just the one story. So if I ever try to start something else, I can’t. Depressing positive point, right?

7. I made a new poll! Check it out!

8. I hope this list entertained you, because it’s now ending. I gotta go look for the camera cord. Ta-Ta!

Enjoy!

TERM: 1
1 Band
2 US History 8 A
3 English 8
4 Integrated Science 8 A
5 Health 8
6 Food Exploration
7 Geometry

TERM: 3
1 Band
2 US History 8 B
3 English 8
4 Integrated Science 8 B
5 Creative Writing
6 PE Girls
7 Geometry

Yesterday, I went with Jessica and her mom to the school, to get my schedule. We met Aimee there, too. It turns out that in the first semester, I have second, third, fourth, and fifth period with Jessica! That changes in the second semester- we don’t have fifth period together. But who cares? It’s still a ton of classes.

I don’t have anything with Aimee, Sadie, Katya, or Becca, and I’m not sure about Syd. But it’s sad!

With Kelsie, I have Band, Health, and Geometry with her. Yay! It’s nice because I had no classes with her last year.

I can’t wait to decorate my locker! I have SO MANY magnets that have been waiting all summer for this. Literally, I have like twenty. I also want to get a magnetic bucket or something, to hold my pencils in so I don’t lose them. I did that a lot last year.

Speaking of lockers, I practiced opening mine yesterday, and they’re hard! The way to open them is so different from the seventh grade lockers. It took me about ten tries to get it open. Also, the lockers are upstairs. Some people might think that’s good, but to me, it just means a lot of tripping and broken bones.

On that happy note… I think I’ll end this.

Believe it or not, I used to take guitar lessons. Not anymore, but I still remember a few things. Last week, I brought out my guitar for the first time in forever. I played a few old songs, and then used tab to play “If We Hold On Together”. It was easier than I thought! So there I was, strumming and singing along like I was a pro. Jack Johnson would have been proud.