It's a Great Feeling.

It's so cool when you figure out how much people really care about you. Wednesday, late afternoon, after my home cross country meet, I went to go change and go to rehearsal. I'm searching for my keys in the locker room and failed to find them. So, I go out to my car to see if I miraculously left them in the ignition, again, failed to find them. I'm sitting in my car crying because I'm upset, and my fellow JV partner Tessa texts me and says that I won a medal for coming fourth in JV. So I go out, get my medal, and walk over to the auditorium to talk to Heather and Nicole about the whole keys fiasco. I'm crying and I walk in and Heather comes over to me to see what's up, I tell her about my medal, and then about my keys, still upset. So she hugs me and tells everyone 

"Hey! Guys! Kara got a medal for Cross Country!!" 

And they all gather around me and congratulate me and tell me how proud they are. Which then leads to Heather, Nicole, Britni, and Ryan coming over to the parking lot to help me search for the damn keys, which were never found. My mom took Heather and Ryan home, and I got in trouble when I arrived at my own home. But the fact that they all cared so much about me, and were so proud of me for something that isn't their thing, because Drama is all our thing, but cross country is new for me, and I love it, and they were all so happy for me that it made me feel so good, because these kids really care about me. I don't think I could have better friends.

(I went to the office the next morning and someone who was very nice, ended up turning the keys in, to which I was very grateful.)

Anyway. Classes are doing alright, I think I got one A and three B's, or two A's and two B's, which I would be ecstatic about. Friday I took the day off to catch up on some work because I really just haven't had the time to do it all, but it was really worth it. Then at cross country practice, we played medic and ran a mile, and rehearsal we did some scenes, in between which Britni felt like doing my makeup (Thanks Brit:p) The Homecoming game, we slaughtered Alchesay 62-14, and I got to see my dearest Cassidi Marie, who came up for the weekend, and will probably see again today.

It's been a good weekend so far, and I'm just really glad I have the people in my life that I do right now. They're good to me, I need them, and I really care about them. So guys, thanks for everything:)

Also, I have some new things that I adore that I feel like sharing at the moment.

Books: I'm in love with The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. It's like nothing I've ever read before.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picculi, which I know was one of my books over the summer, but I still love it.

And Nicole lent me seven books today, which I'll probably start on tomorrow.

Music: The new Owl City CD (Ocean Eyes), All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Plainville, and some others. Nicole also burnt me over six Cds of new music, and I'm still trying to figure out which ones I like best.

TV: I've become very close to Gilmore Girls. Hahah, it's my new show, and I love it. Along with Glee, Greys Anatomy, Private Practice, and So You Think You Can Dance.

And last but not least, new people.

Nicole Kreger. She's not new, but this year we've become really really close. I adore her, she's sweet, hilarious, and very smart. Let's just say, if it weren't for her, I would have died already.

Jamie Huth. She was cast in our play, and even though she's moving soon, I'm really glad I got to know her. She's a good addition to our Drama family. 

Sidney Kizzar. We're in AcaDec together and she just cracks me up. She's also in the play, and is a great actress.

Ms. Abel! Our AcaDec coach, and basically, I just love her. Both Cassidi and Heather have been really good friends with her in high school, and I'm just glad I'm finally getting to know her. She's awesome:)

My cross country family! Alex, Brian, Deveny, Tessa, Brazia, Alyssa, Celise, Brandi, Kyle, they have been really accepting. I adore all of them, they're funny and sweet, and I don't know what I'd do without them. Cross country has been really good for me this year.

Anyway. I feel like it's gonna continue to get better. Trying new things has been really good for me this year.

OHMAN.

Do you realize how hard it is to juggle a million things at once? I didn't, until I actually had to.
Cross Country.
AcaDec.
The play.
School work (Friggin' Geometry, AcaDec- sooo hard, Fredley- :|, and Chemistry, which I don't get.)
No time after school, or for a life. Hahah.
Crazzyyy schedule. It's been sort of difficult. I mean, I'm handling it, for now. I was just such a load so incredibly fast that I didn't expect it, and now that I'm doing it all, I'm freaking out. I feel so stressed, and I haven't really run in the past few days, which is what gets rid, or calms me, of my stress. It's my high and these past couple days have been hectic.
THOUGH!
Saturday was my first meet, in Flagstaff, which was a complete blast. I was so nervous, but I had soo much fun:) All those kids are really nice, and are nice to me, and I appreciate all of them.
Also, the play started today, we did read throughs, and I'm so excited. It should be really fun.
Another plus is the meet in Winslow tomorrow. That won't be too bad, except that I'm assuming I'll come in last.
Thursday my phone should come in, so I'll finally have a real source of communication again:D


Today, the school wouldn't allow us to watch the speech President Obama gave directed towards us students, and I was kind of furious. Ms. Able read it to us in AcaDec though, which was nice. It was such a beautiful and inspiring speech, no one could understand why they wouldn't let us watch it. My mom is planning on calling Superintendent Brackney and pretty much bitch him out. I'm proud to have parents that care.

Anyway. I don't have a lot to say. It's weird to be so busy, but have nothing to say about it. Hence why I've not blogged in so long. My book is a little hard to understand, (Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison) especially because I have no context for it, and how he talks about how African Americans are treated. It's just so hard to comprehend. I have to finish it basically by Friday though, so we'll see how it goes.
Anyway, anyone else have updates? I know we've all kind of just stopped posting. I think maybe that means we have lives again. Haha. Anyway. I'm wiped, and I've got some things to do, so hopefully, I'll see you around:)

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Man, I've missed this! It's been so long, and I feel like I never have anything to say. But all that aside, it's good to be back.
So, we're in our third week of school, and I've really been enjoying it. I mean, I'm already completely stressed, but it's okay. I've been kept REALLY busy.
I have Geometry first hour, which is actually going well. I've been keeping up pretty well I think.
Second hour is AcaDec, and probably my hardest class. Man it's SO hard. It's the one I'm most worried about.
Third is AP Sophomore English, and it's with Fredley. Every senior, and everyone else for that matter, thinks she'll be horrible, but I really like her.
And last is Chemistry. It's an alright class, Grena is just hilarious, so it makes it all better.
On top of all that, I am involved in Cross Country (though hard, I LOVE it.) AcaDec after school (mandatory practices) and the Blood Drive Committee. Next Monday are play auditions, so that's quite a bit more work. I really don't know how I'll be able to juggle it all, so we'll see.


I've just been really busy, obviously, and really tired. But it'll get better:]

This Week:

I've learned that when you're happy, you're beautiful, and everyone sees it.

I've become less jealous, which in turn makes you a better person.

I've noticed that laughter is the best medicine.

I've rediscovered that I love running, and it's something in my life that I've got to do right now.




“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.”

my sister's keeper.

"If there was a religion of Annaism, and I had to tell you how humans made their way to Earth, it would go like this; in the beginning, there was nothing at all but the moon and the sun. And the moon wanted to come out during the day, but there was something so much brighter that seemed to fill up all those hours. The moon grew hungry, thinner and thinner, until she was just a slice of herself, and her tips were as sharp as a knife. By accident, because that is the way most things happen, she poked a hole in the night, and spilled out a million stars, like a fountain of tears.

Horrified, the moon tried to swallow them up. And sometimes this worked, because she got fatter and rounder. But mostly, it didn't, because there were just so many. The stars kept coming, until they the sky so bright the sun got jealous. He invited the stars to his side of the world, where it was always bright. What he didn't tell them though, was that in the daytime, they'd never be seen. So the stupid ones leaped from the sky to the ground, and the froze under the weight of their own foolishness.

The moon did her best. She carved each of these blocks of sorrow into a man and a woman. She spent the rest of her time watching out so that her other stars wouldn't fall. She spent the rest of her time holding on to whatever scraps she had left."

Those three words.

I love you.
I miss you.
See you soon.

They're all one ever wants to hear.