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Things in my life keep on getting better and better and I thank god for it. So I got junior secretary for class officers. And also...I'm one of the junior Homecoming representatives for elca. when i heard-i was soo shocked. So I'm actually on the HC court which is cool because I can be on it with a cool senior girl Allison! So the junior representatives: Grace Lee, Wes Carter, Rachel White, and Trey Bates. So our homecoming game is october 13th. Today my mom and i started dress shopping but I didn't find anything remotely my style or something i would feel comfortable with so the hunt begins :] tehe. Jamee and I kick started off High school bible study on thursday and 9 girls were there!! it was pretty awesome. I'm sharing the devotional next week..so u elca girls:: in Mrs. Tavares' class at 7:30. DONT MISS OUT. and we are probably gonna have food and drinks every time so have a yummy breakout with some other cool girls in the high school.

Well i'm out. I"m pretty tired. I"m going to mom's work in the morning and maybe go dress shopping again. funfun

LOVE U GUYS <333

Trig = i dont even know.

 for the past hour i have been reading the text and doing problems but i keep on getting the problems wrong and i have no idea what i am doing wrong. i'm doing all the steps and everything. i'm pretty disappointed and frustrated at this point because we have a quiz tomorrow and we went over one lesson today and the other one today. and so yeah-i dont know what's gonna happen and my grade is currently a b in there and i dont want it to go any lower and it should be an a right now. ahhh!!!! sorry-i had to vent to something and so here is xanga to help me

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Labor Day Weekend = Sweetness! ! !

Labor day weekend was a blast, even though I am grounded for the month of September. My mom did allow me to go to Zoo Atlanta with Jamee and Ms. Beth with Shawn and the crew on Sunday. Shawn came from Jamaica with Mr. & Mrs. Mack and it was soo much fun. First, I hadn't been to the zoo in ages so just going back was awesome. It was soo much fun to hang out with Shawn all day. Jamee, Ms. Beth, and I headed to Zoo atlanta first. lol. Jamee wouldn't get near the elephants because they smelled horrible. They did smell pretty bad. Around 1ish the Wesleys call saying they're at the zoo so we meet up with them and Shawn. Shawn has never been to the zoo so he wanted to go. Shawn is in his late 20s and resides in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He loved the reptile house the best. lol. Funny how he loves seeing them behind glass but will not go into lake that has small non-venomous snakes in there. I liked the otters the best. They were sooo cute :] Afterwards, we went back to Jamee's house, then went to Target to buy Shawn some Christian CDs. And then we went to Logan's (the restaurant) with Jamee's dad and drew. It was the 7 of us including Tiffany Wesley. I ate the biggest burger ever. It was MASSiVE. lol. and I practically ate it all. It was soo much fun.

Then today we had dinner together with grandpa's friends at Golden Buddha. I had fun playing with my little cousins, even though Brian choked me. ha. I love them all and Richard kept on tickling me. I love them sooo much. Oh-and mom tells story to her siblings (my aunts/uncles) how I have been grounded and I went to the zoo on Sunday to see a mission friend of mine that came from Jamaica. She evidently totally forgot that I was grounded (lol. bad memory) and i honestly thought she knew that I was grounded and she was just allowing me to go out this once because it was such a special occassion where I would be hanging out with Shawn before he leaves for Jamaica again. And also, his trip here was his first to American so it was pretty important. So I come home late Sunday night and she says to me "you know I didn't know that u were grounded." lol. and today i was wearing korean character on my shirt that is known for his huge foreheard and my mom is calling me that in korean in front of everyone at dinner. lol. i love her alot. even if i am grounded, and i'm not mad I am. I deserve it. And it'll give me time to actually get more things done at home and it'll help me develop much better study skills so the beginning of my school year is awesome =] I can't say why I am grounded. But it's all good in the end. well I"m gonna go read my devotional which I haven't done this morning or yesterday's 0_0

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MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT YOU GET...

So today was an ok day. Some news at school happened and i'm glad people didn't make that big of a deal of it. Someone made a mistake and us, as a school, needs to forgive him, and honestly I didn't let it bring me down today. There was praise band auditions today for the school one. I didn't do well. So if I don't get the part of keyboards, I will not be upset. I"m actually disaapointed and didn't take the risk at the time and now I regret it. So I was planning on sining and playing "who am i" but i chickened out from singing after brady and blake put the mike there and everything. i felt stupid. it was truly bad and people were saying it was good. But I know that Emily Stillwell is going to get it. So I got secretary for our class. yays. lol. Not a huge deal. but it's cool~ Tonight is football scrimmage game against Druid Hills but I can't go because I do not have a ride. OH WELL. I am feeling kind of overwhelmed and I don't even know why. I guess because for the past like two days I've changed my routine of not watching tv or rarely getting on the computer and not eating snacks..etc..and also because I erased my myspace and that took up a lot of my life and so it's weird i guess...I miss talking to god, and i'm ashamed to say i haven't been spending as much time with him as i should. i just need to breathe and think about my life <33

see u guys

I finally deleted my myspace. lol. and it's a great load off my back. i no longer feeel like time is my enemy and i'm getting things done that I need to do, although today i am procrastinating with getting my hw done :] I've been really great lately. Staying optimistic really makes everything else better. And I've realized that when you are surrounded by negative people, it truly does affect you. I remember last year I had Coach Burton and Mr. Hoch and they're not the most optimistic people, but I have awesome teachers this year that keep my spirits up, like Mrs. Tavares and she truly gets me encouraged for the rest of the day. And God has been with me lately and i've felt truly happy and not trying to look at things in the bad light. So I thought of an awesome analogy yesterday.

Cooking and people are alike. When one cooks, you have all these ingredients in front of you and all you have to do is whatever the instructions say to do. We, as humans are given tools in our lives and if we listen to the instructions, we are ok. When we don't follow the cooking directions or cook something too long, it becomes fried and black and not appealing to the taste buds. If we don't listen to the directions we are given in our life, our life becomes spoiled and bland. In the kitchen, we have all these different tools to use and if we use them wisely, the end result of our food is great. God gives us tools or talents, per say, and he gives us the power to let us do anything with it. But we are the ones making the difference and doing something with our lives. well when i was explaining it to my mom yesterday it sounded soo much better. lol. but it sounds all complicated now.

*BLAH* i actually have a few things to do tonight. i gotta practice piano, flute, do spanish project bout myself, study for trig (it's impossible! lol. but i'm hanging in there), study for US history, and science lab. but it's only 6 o' clock.

past week i've missed sooo many things. I am REALLY missing Woodward. I can't even explain how much i miss it all. I would go back anyday. But there was a reason I came to ELCA and there is a reason why I'm still there so i'll stick to it. And I miss everyone at Jamaica. I especially miss Christopher and Nicoya. I don't know if chris thinks about me, but i pray that he is staying strong in his faith and not going down the wrong path, and oh i wish nicoya could be here with me. she is the cutest deaf girl and i miss her sooo much. But I don't miss the person I was a year ago. I am soo much happier and I feel more confident about myself and I have God to thank for it all.

Shelby-i hate you are sooo dazed and confused, but it'll be better soon enough. i love you soooo much and can't wait to see u again!

i love u guys

PEACE OUT!!