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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Schoool...

Hey y'all, it's been a while, hasn't it? I can't believe I've had this blog for more than a year now, it feels like just last week I started it up. We've been through much, and I don't depend as much on this blog anymore like I used to.

So I'm almost done with middle school, and it's killing me how close I am to high school. Truth be told, I'm really upset about possibly moving from the comforts of MMS TO MHS, and I might not even go there. I've been in the MS schools since kindergarden, and me getting up, moving somewhere else and starting over was never part of my agenda. I'm not the best person when it comes to starting over and making friends and all that fun stuff. I know LG is going to Bishop Kenny which is out of the question. Amy is heading to Palm de Verde High, close to home, and I'll never forget my Ivory! My W is uncertain like me, just the fact we're departing our nest at MS. It's hard for me to start over somewhere else and it scares me that I'm gonna be a loner like in my nightmares.

I'm hoping W and I end up together just like in kinder. Her moving away is hard, but I know it's for the good. Just because we went from .31 miles to 10 doesn't distance our relationship and that's all that matters. I know my life won't end when I may go to Indian Mountains (Indian is what and Opposite of Mountains, you'll figure it out), or like Stanton, or even maybe staying home at MS, but it hurts to start over, like Rachael with her ghosts. Just pray for me and the decision my parents chose.

No matter what happens in ninth grade, I hope you all know we're never gonna leave each other. I miss talking to you through blog-talk, and maybe in a month I'll be back.

❤➕😜,

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

I. AM. VICTORIOUS!!!!!

Dear Diary,

OM DOUBLE GOODY GOODNESS!!!

So yesterday I went to the optometrist (fancy word for eye doctor) and tried to get contacts. After 30 minutes of trying, I finally got a contact in my eye! (well, other people put it in my eye) Then the nice lady Laura taught me how to get them out and I put them back in!!

But sucks for me since later that night I tried to take them out but my left contact refused to release. I feel like such a fail cause then my mom tried to take it out then told me I didn't even have one in my left eye!!

Fooey

So an hour wasted on trying to get a contact that wasn't even there...

Double Fooey

My conclusion is that I did get it out, but it fell and I didn't know. My eye was already irritated and hurt so I couldn't tell if I had one in there or not.

So now at 6:00 PM I tried again after taking a shower to put them in. Discouraged by yesterday's fiasco, I honestly thought this would be a second fail.

Triple fooey.

But...

I. AM. VICTORIOUS!!!!!

The right went in after like, 3 tries and Mr. Lefty gave in on 5!!

I'm so happy... Happy dance!!!

Now...

Getting them out will be another issue...

Quadruple fooey...

Oh well! Gotta live in the moment!! :))

STILL VICTORIOUS(!!!!!),

M



Tuesday, August 7, 2012

When Change Comes By

Dear Diary,

Life isn't exactly going my way right now. My best friend Ash just moved to Texas and now my other best friend since kinder that was always .1 miles away, a 31 second drive, is moving away. I know change is always hard, but to me this can be totally unbearable. Yes, I have Ash and W still with me, along with LG, Hales, Abs, and the rest of the gang, but Ash and W always were the closest to me.

Ash lives in Bartram Springs, a 10-15 minute drive away, and I totally memorized where her house is. W and I have been telling people we live in the same neighborhood and have the exact same house format except backwards since forever. Now what?

I really can't get why Ms. Dropwal wants to move. Maybe it's because I've been a bad influence and she doesn't want me close to her daughter. Now that I think about it, I really am not a nice person. At least, not lately. This year I haven't been very happy-go-lucky. M hasn't been a very good friend to y'all, and I'm really sorry... :'( I really hope 7th grade will be different. Life has been rough, and maybe this-all of this-is a good thing.

I guess I'll just push my hair back and watch God's plan in action. I've been praying that things would go His way, and maybe it is. Sure, change is difficult and stressing, but it has its hopes. I admit that my tears will fall and life feels like it's O.V.E.R. over, but maybe it's just better. I can't explain it, but yeah.

Change is good, and I can only hope I'll pull through and be strong for my friends. Since that is probably the best I can do. God's plan is unfolding in front of us and we need to keep faith.

Oh, hey, LG. I know you're reading this and I want'cha to know I miss our long rambunctious emails along with our crazy out of the head conversations. How's life?

Funny how the song 'Steady My Heart' decides to come on now... It's by Kari Jobe for those who don't know what song this is.

Change is Good, even if it hurts,

M

Mood: changing

Friday, August 3, 2012

OAB Day 5 - Day in the Middle of the Sea

Dear Diary,

I have an ANNOYING, AGGRAVATING, ANN OF A LITTLE SISTER!!!

Kk, all better!! Just had to get that out.

Today was an average everyday awesome of a day. Woke up at 9:30 and totally spent my time getting dressed into a casual, yet classy outfit of a pink ruffle skirt that goes half-way on my thighs. Then I added a regular white tank top (from Target, you can tell by the little sparkles at the top) tht I tucked into the skirt which was at waist length. I love that outfit because it's so in style and the pink is a flattering day color.

Ann's a grumpy kitten right now because after lunch my parents and I (I seemed so angelic on this vacation compared to her...) took a long nap and she didn't. Everybody knows Ann gets super grumpy and annoying and disobedient and impatient and selfish when she's tired (not that I'm any better, but...). Ann is still a little up there, but yeah...

After waking up this morning she was good when we went to the library to play board games. This family had a really fun time playing Pictionary, that later turned into Actionary. Ann and I teamed up and our parents teamed up. Mum and I were always the first to guess things right normally. I honestly thought Ann and I made it too easy for them, but what can you do?

After we went to have lunch and I enjoyed yet another COLD FRUIT SOUP!! That I will totally miss when we're back at Jaxville... This time it was orange, and for the main I had a tuna sandwich that was decent. Then a chocolate sundae and we went back to the room for a siesta.

I played Nel's DS Lite, then we started to pack. :(

Now at dinner (where I normally write this junk I'm surprised some people read) where I'm eating Ann's fruit cocktail since she didn't want it. I RLLY WANT MY BREAD, THGH!! Dinner is meatloaf.

Outfit of the Day: an amazing shade of lite blue combined with a sleeveless dress coming to mid-thigh length. Its covered in sequins and below the breast line is a blue ribbon with a blue flower. (pic below) My hair is in a side ponytail on my right covering my ear. It's tied with a silver flower and I have a similar shade of blue as the dress in earrings.

More later, wanna play with the pencil pouch Ash gave me...

*•*•*

Ooppie... Feel bad cuz just spilled my orange soda all over the table...

Then I held up this weird shaped honey dew and I was all like, "It looks like a boat! Choo choo... Wait!"

Yeh... I'm a Cat (ruff ruff!! ... Wait - )

More later, kk?

*•*•

Sunset was supes pretty!! It was really cloudy but just before it disappeared at the horizon it was an amazing shade of red and pink. Dad got some really nice pics (i know 4 a fact they'll be on FB) and yeh.

Now with Ann waiting for a show to start in the Normandy Theatre on floor 9. Idk what it's about, but I hope it's comedy. I laugh too easily.

Still have to get a pic of my dress, making Ann remind me. It is a really pretty dress that I really thank Mum for. Originally $60, Mum found it at the sale rack in Kohl's for $6!! Sweet...

The Normandy Theatre is really pretty... With the lights and the sparkly curtain it definitely shouts party. Speaking of...

The one last night totally rocked!! No wonder Carnival is called the party boat. Next year I really want someone and their family to come with me on another Carnival cruise. Maybe W and her family since they tend to cruise tons. I can already see it... Ms.Dropwal and my parents could sit around or go to a show. W and I would go to the Lito Deck and dance, and Ann and May would be in the room talking, playing, watching, or trading Pokémon.

Show's bout to start. Blogya later!!

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I love watching people dance... This time it was country and the dancer people "8 More Seconds" were amazing. I love the costumes and the way that they really flow. It was cool.

Back in the room and finally got pic of dress. The worker people made us an amazing towel heart. I really feel gratitude to the people who work here. They work really really hard around the clock.

There is one main chef with 19 oter chefs that have to make almost 10,000 meals a day. The waitors have to work through breakfast, lunch, and dinner serving 14,000 people on this SMALL boat. Each serves about 30-60 people. They calculated that's about a plate every half a second. Then every time someone leaves they have only a midst of 10 minutes to get a whole table ready again.

The people who do house keeping work hard to get you everything you need and they even clean up after you.

Each person working on a cruise ship must take on a 6 month contract with barely any breaks and even have to pay for their air fare to get where the ship is.

Life is tough for them, and I really appreciate how hard they work. Most are Asian and Filippino so you sorta feel one with the people your culture, you know?

Next time you go on vacation on a cruise remember to think about how hard these people work as you feel vacation.

Kk, enough with the squishy stuff for now!! Leaving tomorrow...


And that wraps up Dear Diary's latest issue of OAB, where I hope you enjoyed my whereabouts in Mexico!

Until next time,

M2

OAB Day 4 - Cozumel, Mexico and Little Miss Shopaholic (and Ms Party News)

Dear Diary,

THAT'S A DEAL!!!

About to board or something to go SWIM WITH DOLPHINS here in Cozumel and before this there was a little time to shop. The second store I found this wallet a lot like the one Nel owns for $5!!!! It's brown and blue and I actually recall learning how to make one... Pic down below if ya wanna see.

Woke up really late today from a scary nightmare (more morningmare) and it was about first a shot (medicine kind) then an evil sorcerer dude and half the time I wasn't even me... Really weird and forced myself to wake up.

Cozumel is really pretty and REALLY HOT!! Like, people, this is Philippine hot!! They even have the same trikes the Philippines has!! Its basically a bike with a 2 seater connected to it.

In a taxi on the way to Dolphinaris. That's the name of the dolphin place we're swimming at. I really wonder who came up with these names...

Dozens and dozens of people going to swim with dolphins, it's crazy! Idk how many dolphins there are, but I wonder if they have enough. Maybe about how many girls were at UCA camp?? If you would have seen maybe you'd agree...

Almost there, talk later.

•*•*•*

BEE!!!!!!!!

I just totally froze... Lunch after the amazing swim was great until these two giant BEES flew up into my face and I totally froze. It was especially embarrassing since there were "people" around. I was so scared that I close my eyes and didn't move. Finally Dad and Mum and our waitress started swatting them away. Dad thinks its because of the coconut scented sun screen I use, so I betcha I'm never using that in public again. Then a bee flew into my Dad's Coke. Later Ann called it "Boke." It was hilarious.

Oh, right! The dolphin swim...

I HAVE FULFILLED MY LIFE WISH!!! Swimming with a dolphin was beyond imaginable. My family and I were at station 6 at Dolphinaris. Our dolphin was a female named Bina and was super sweet. All in all 11 people shared Bina. We did this beyond amazing thing called a belly ride where they would turn over and you'd grab their fins. The dolphin would make sure you were on and start swimming at lightning speed. According to my parents when I rode Bina I was the fastest out of everyone, which made me happy.

Then we spent the remaining 3 hours on shore shopping. I know, I know, I'm a huge girly girl. But it was so worth it. Then I totally laughed out loud with shame when I saw a tee that said "I <3 Justin Bieber, Cozumel, Mexico." It was super cheesy and dumb. Pic down below!!

I got the wallet like you saw, and a postcard for my pen pal. Then I got this awesome bracelet that people weave on a bendable plastic weaved from yarn (example with pics). Later I got a keychain with my initials basically the same colors. I had a great deal with this pretty sky blue shoulder bag with white words saying Cozumel, Mexico. That was pretty cute and I walked by and totally stared at it.

I still couldn't find glass animals!! So infuriated... :'((

I finally settled with getting my friends keychains. Idk if they'll like it, but it's the thought that counts, right?

...

Right?

Bacon mac'n cheese (sounds horrible, right? actually pretty good...) for dinner and a cappuccino pie slice for dessert. See pics down below!!

All for now. A day at sea all tomorrow!!!

Luv&Boke,

M2

*•*after M thought it was over*•*

BEST DAY EVA!! Went to the pool area and watched from the top where most guests had a HUGE party!! This lady called "Island Girl" (who knows what her real name is) is a huge motivator and had almost everyone pumped up. After 2 dances they had the longest conga line I've ever seen and I really didn't feel like joining in, but my parents and I (Ann was in the room sleeping) agreed that if Nel or W or any of my greatest BF's were with me I would be raising the roof!!

Dad pointed out this one dude who was shirtless and holding a beer. It was obvious the dude was wayy drunk, and I really shouldn't be saying this but he was hilarious to watch!! After the conga everyone formed this huge circle and one of the staff had to lead him to the side since he was standing almost mid-way looking around confused.

When the circle was formed one guy on staff started to break dance and got other people into it. This cute kid (no comment...) my age went out there and started actually doing hip hop and lost his shoe in the process. A little girl maybe 5 years old wearing pink went out there and started running around and criss-crossing. It was so cute. Finally this family pushed their son out and he was maybe 8-9 and a little on the chubby side wearing a yellow shirt. He was AMAZING!! I'd never seen anything like it!! He didn't do any serious head spins or floor moves like the kid my age, but this guy had serious style. At first I thought his family just wanted to embarrass him, but he suddenly started doing all these hand motions I never thought a kid could do!! Phenomenal (yes, yes, big word)...

So yup. Now I'm officially done.

Party over!!

Monday, July 30, 2012

OAB Day 3 - Adventure on the Cayman Island

Dear Diary,

I JUST WALKED 30 (28, precise) FEET UNDERWATER IN THE OCEAN AND BREATHED!!!

Tell me how amazing that is... C'mon, tell me. Yes, tell me. Tell me that is crazy awesome... Yes, I know, breathtaking...

Currently at Grand Cayman where THEY HAVE WIFI!!!!

The beach here is really pretty and the thing where I was yelling up there is called Sea Trek. It's this amazing thing all around the US and else where you put on this helmet (yes, just a helmet), plunge into the sea, and literally walk underwater. I even say that little shrimp dude from Nemo!!

More detes later, have to leave this shack where I'm stealing wifi...

•*•*•

I luv shopping!! (if u didnt no that alrdy LG says im a big girly girl like that. Eh, what can you do...

Could not find glass animals for my BFF's!! So disappointed... :((

Maybs tomorrow....

IT IS RAINING SO HARD NOW!! Have to go on little boat to go to cruise boat since they decided not to dock. Boo them. Boo Mom too, she said we wouldn't need umbrellas!! :P

Luckily Dad packed two rain ponchos so Ann and I are only semi-wet.

On the way back to cruise ship, more detes when they come.

•*•*•

Naps are awesome, didja know that??

Dinner is less formal, but I'd take a pair of jeans over a strapless dress any day.

Outfit of the day: dark blue skinny jeans with a sleeveless dark blue top that I love because it compliments my skin tone and hair color. Then I have a long necklace with a butterfly (pic down below).

Anyway, today's menu is grilled chicken breast served over fettuccine, tossed in mushroom cream (eww, but Mom said it'd be kk), with freshly grated parmesan cheese (I know what you're thinking, I copied that off the menu. No, I did not come up with tht myself). For a starter I'm gonna get mango cream (I now have an addiction to cold fruit soups from yesterday) which is iced mango cream soup, spiced with fresh ginger. And I brought along my fav soda of Fanta orange (idk what I'd do if they didn't let us bring on
drinks...

Cayman Island was pretty sweet and it was thrilling to ride on a public bus and walk around because you know what the residents feel like. Mum got me two pairs of really cute earrings and she got a supes pretty $18 necklace with black and clear beads. Ann got a pretty dolphin glass (I think) figure for $3. Dad and Ann went to Grand Cayman to go to DQ... Shame..

We only went to Grand Cayman, for those of you wondering.

Tomorrow we'll be at Cozumel (don't ask me where that is) swimming with dolphins (YESSSHHH!! LIFE DREAM COMPLETE!!!)

Starter's here, talk later.

*•*•*

Kk, mango soup isn't so good... The fettuccine was decent, and for dessert I ordered tiramisu. Yummster...

Now some people are singing Happy Birthday... HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERSON I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO'S BIRTHDAY IT IS!!! Happy happy birthday, may all your dreams come true...

It scared me at first...

OM DOUBLE G!!!! WAITERS NOW DANCING TO FUNK MUSIC IN MIDDLE OF FANCY RESTAURANT!!

Wow, that was hilarious... They just started playing music and dancing and some younger boys maybe Ann's age started dancing with them.

Lol, hilarious.

Now back in the room and just watched Lemonade Mouth for the 17TH TIME!!! It'll probs neva get old...

Time for a siesta... Cozumel tomorrow!! Until then...

When counting, don't forget 3!!

M2

OAB Day 2 - Formal Night, Delish Dinner, and Annoying Ann

Dear Diary,

Ann's mood can ruin ALMOST everything!! She keeps crying and having an attitude. No one really knows whats wrong, but I can only wonder how bad it'll be when she has her period... Yike...

The second dinner night we have to dress super formal and here I am wearing this really pretty strapless pink dress with black designs running up it. Along with black heels and my hair withholding a little bow, I'm wearing a black necklace my mum let me borrow. (check email for pics)

Everything was sorta mellow today, but I was really sore this morning from cheer camp on Friday. Late soreness, my parents say.

More details after dinner...

See you then!

•*•* after dinner *•*•

STRAWBERRY BISQUE TASTES LIKE A STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE IN A BOWL!!!

It was SOO good!! I was tempted to grab a straw and drink it... I had a prime rib for main, and it was good, minus the pile of fat I brought out (BLEAH). Dessert is this thing called Cherries Jubilee (I thought of a Pokémon City, course) which is vanilla ice cream doused in cherry syrup and cherries and all that yummy cherry stuff.

I love having out dinners with my family because we always laugh so hard its sorta like lunch with my BFF's.

Then we watched this show with dancers an singing and loudness. The dancers were amazing, and made me want to pursue dancing (yeh, like thts gnna hppn!). Then we got back to find a cute towel piggy.

Thank God for cameras, cuz here are pics of today's adventure!!

More tomorrow!!

No Poking Bread and Finish Your Meatloaf,
(inside family joke from cruise restaurant)

M2