Sweet Sunshine

I finally could go running today!  I went around the loop and beat the middle schoolers that ride the bus home.  I would have gone farther, but dad was dropping Mary off at a friend's house so I went with him and then we went home!

I survived the first week of eighth grade!  I already have two projects, ugh!  Anywho, I am so excited for the weekend.  I'm going to have some friends over tomorrow so that should be fun!  It's going to be a good weekend!

More Stinking Rain

It rained again!  I am so aggravated with the weather!  Oh, well maybe tomorrow, i guess....  At least the weekend is almost here!  I can't wait for the weekend!  I'm excited to sleep in.

More Rain

It rained again today. Ugh. Like mini-hurricane. But my school day was good. I got first violin in orchestra which I am really excited about. So school is good. A friend came home with us and mom told me she's coming home with us every Tuesday. So that's something to look forward to! In language arts, we have this thing called a gratitude journal and in it we right about five things that we are thankful for. I think it's a really good thing to do. I think I will try to continue it outside of school.

First Day

First day of school! My teachers are good. I have some friends in my classes so it's pretty okay. I think it's going to be a good year. I'm excited. Some of my teachers are strange. I wish I had a few more friends in my classes but I think it's going to be good. So I'm excited. I couldn't go running though because it rained. I think that's going to be a big issue in the afternoon. I think it's always fun to start off the year with brand new supplies and all that. I think they have made a LOT of changes this year. I like some of them and some of them don't seem smart. Like we have to put our backpacks in our locker and carry our binder which is three inches thick. I'm excited for my french class too. It's gonna be good year.

The Last Day of Summer

Today is the last day of summer. I couldn't go running because I overslept. I totally didn't wake up to my alarm. It's not like I got to sleep in on the last day of summer anyway, I had an orthodontist appointment, which stinks. I was so excited for school a week ago, but as it came creeping up, I began to dread it more and more. Today we went out to lunch with friends and then had a quiet night at home. Yesterday we went school supply shopping and we got on the news! It was so cool. Someone from the news asked us if we were a family and we said yes and then he filmed us getting supplies and checking out and he interviewed us! We have it on our DVR. It was awesome!

The Loop

I live in a gated section of our neighborhood. There are four or five culdesacs in the whole thing. Today I went running with Dad and I made it much farther without walking than I thought I could. I'm super proud of myself for going that far and pleased that I did because now I know I can go that far and I can push myself at least to that point.

Summer is slipping away. Just a few days ago I was excited to go back to school. Now I think it's different. I just need a few more days! A week, maybe.... Tomorrow we are going to church. I get to get up at 8:45. Yay. No, I really do like to go to church. I think I'm going to Sunday School.

My school made me read this really dumb book called The Revealers. It wasn't that great, a bit over the top. It ended well though. It was about bullying. I just can't believe some of the stuff that was happening in it. But the reason this book was a requirement was because my school was the only one in the county picked to participate in Rachel's Challenge.

Rachel's Challenge is the story of this girl who was killed in the Colombine Shooting. When they were looking in the diaries in her room, they found that besides the stuff that most teenagers would write about, she went out of her way to show kindness and compassion to another person. I think that it is such a great thing to strive for. Now instead of just running everyday, I will be running everyday and doing something kind for someone else. I'll post it on here.

www.rachelschallenge.org

Day Two

I think I went farther this morning. I try to push myself a bit more every day. Today instead of walking when I got to the silver car in the driveway, I would run until I got to the recycling bins at the next house. I went over one culdesac twice. So little steps I guess. Anywho, probably going to run with Dad tomorrow. I'm watching Project Runway. Yay Heidi Klum! ;)

The Pact

I'm making a pact. I will go running almost every day after school to prepare for Cross-Country in high school. I think I was born with a coordination disability so I wasn't ever good at sports. Plus, I think it will look good on a college application.

On the weekends I'll get up on Saturday and Sunday will be my day off. I'll get home and change into my running shoes and shorts and go running. Then I'll shower and do my homework.

I know it will make me feel good to run and I'm really excited to get started. I'm also nervous about actually keeping the commitment up... I love support comments!