Christmas Break

It has finally started! I got a really cool Christmas jester hat to wear on the last day of school for the year. (it was so cool! It had bells!! xD) I even made Christmas cards for a few of my teachers and some students, then I slipped the cards in their lockers. I'm not sure they noticed them. A kid in my class, Tyler, helped me make them. I didn't have much time because I had to practice for my church's singing which is today. Me and a couple of the other kids at the church is singing Christmas songs. My dad will be coming to watch it too! I hope my mom will come. Last night Hakeem told me that his dad was probably coming to pick him up over the weekend and he might not be coming. I told him to tell his dad to wait until It's over to pick him up. He said he didn't want to disappoint his dad, WHAT ABOUT ME??? Now he has to choose between us. I hate when that happens.

About yesterday, I was trying to make so many people happy, and it turned into a disaster. A girl in my class, he brother had died and she has to go to a funeral over the holiday. Another girl in my class will be moving back to Mexico. In fourth period, over half the class was crying. I decided to take one of the cards that I was going to give to a teacher to her, and have everyone sign it. I didn't know her that well, but I know that she will be missed, that's for sure. Maybe we will see her again, there is always hope. I just hope tat she makes it there safely.

I want to thank my Friend Nick for reading my blog, and encouraging me to start writing in it again. I think my art teacher is right, maybe sims is keeping me from it. Sorry.
I'll see about posting tomorrow, or some time soon. Bye For Now!!
~Yumi*

The Governors School

I was meaning to post this a long time ago, about a week ago. Last weekend I went to our Governors school. It was really cool. I plan to go go for visual arts. I've been into art for a few years, ever since I met my art teacher, who has been a big inspiration. Also Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto. Even though I'm not crazy obsessed with it like I used to be. I don't even want to do manga anymore, my boyfriend's more into that stuff. Anyway, It was the coolest school I have ever seen!! The have a cool courtyard, with a fountain that I really liked. And the people there were really nice. I also got to see some really nice artwork. I'm going to have to practice a whole lot if I want to get in. It would be a lot of fun though. I was going to go for the residential high school, but I'm going to try out for the summer program as extra practice in the summer. I also want to study psychology, and be a psychologist. I took the PSAT the other day, the writing portion was okay, but the math was extremely difficult. I had to skip a lot of questions because I din't understand what I was reading, but the bright side is that I might be a Junior scholar!! I hope I get to, that would be really cool! And about my stories, I might post them, but some are personal. Well, thanls for reading today. I'll try to post soon!!

Photo Album

Hi everyone!! Here are some pictures of me and my friends and family and a couple of other things recently. I know that I once said, "Who wants to go to a blog just to see pictures?" before and I decided every now and again that's okay. I also like posting pictures. So enjoy them because there might not be any for a while. (Or at least until Halloween 'cuz I have the coolest costume ever!!)

Guess who this is? This is my boyfriend. It isn't a great picture, but that's all I could find.

This one is me and my kitty cat Sakura. Isn't she cute?

Here's Lenny!! He is one of the coolest pets a person could have.

This is me, my grandma, and my Uncle Joey who lives in Virginia.


This is a sad one....

It's my dog Lady (or Ladybug) in one of her last days of life. Rest In Peace Lady!!

This is my mom. We were downtown. Pretty lights :D

My little brother. Holding this thing he likes to call a "sword" even if it's not.

This is Mello. At first he was Hikaru. During the summer, on a rainy day, he was hit by a car while drinking the water going down the road. Rest In Peace Mello.

So these are a few pictures of my family and friends. I like posting them. Even if some are somewhat sad. Next time I am going to post some short stories that I have been writing in a little notebook. I think I will, I'm not sure. Well, bye for now. I'll see ya as soon as I can!

Relatives

Don't you love having relatives visit? But no matter how fun it is, it can get hectic at times. Just last week my family from Illinois came over. My Great Uncle Mitch, Cousin Chad, his friend Bill, and the tattoo guy, Art had come to visit. It was fun, and Chad is currently living with us. We had my cousins Connor and Collin and my Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Joe and my grandfather come over. It was nice, and I have never met Chad before (I think). But It was great. And we got to eat some really good barbecue chicken. He said it was famous where he's from, and I can see why. But sadly, they only came for four days. But some good news is that we got a chameleon!! We named him Lenny. See, when they were over, we went to the Jockey lot. There was a guy selling them. We bought one for $40. I almost talked my mom into getting us a Pomeranian. Okay, maybe not, but let a girl dream. But they were so cute and fluffy, I just had to have one. But I can settle for Lenny. He's really cool, but we had to buy a whole lot of stuff for him. Lamps, vines for him to climb on, crickets, and a few other things. I heard that Chameleons are hard to take care of, but that's okay. But a cool thing is, that we got two new family members in only four days!!! Bye, See you whenever.
And I'm planning to change the background of the blog soon. I just have to fine something first. I'd like suggestions. But nothing Halloween. I want to keep it for a while.
Here's a picture of Lenny:
Okay never mind. It doesn't want to load. I'll just post it later. I think that I'll do a post just for pictures.
Okay this is for real this time. Bye!!

Bookworm

That's what I've become. I have been reading a lot lately. Right now I', reading 2 books. Romiette and Julio and Inkheart. They are both very good. I never thought that I would be interested in Romiette and Julio. But I like romance novels now too. And I never thought I'd like fantasy, but Inkheart is. I bet my English teacher is proud of herself right now. She actually lent me Inkheart. But books aside, I'd like to congratulate my English teacher from last year, who's getting married 2 months from now. Congratulations on a happy new marriage!!! I want to see the wedding pictures! I love to hear about people getting married and falling in love, It's great. You feel so happy for them. Wow, I can't wait until the day I get married. But I'm only 13, and that's a while ahead. But It's just exiting! Some more news, It's my Step Dad's birthday!! Happy Birthday dad. He's now 28 as of today. Now I'd like to get back to the books. Don't you just love them? Going to a new world? It's fun! Yoou forget about your problems in the real world and get sucked into a book and can see what they see, what they feel. It's amazing. You get to explore their thoughts and feelings and solve mysteries. Or pretend your talking to faires or goblins. Or be bit by a vampire. (That would be cool.) But books are fun. And writing is too. Your not just exploring a new world, your creating it. The characters, the plot, everything. And then someone pick up the book that you published, and plunges into the book, or thw world, that YOU created. It's a beautiful thing. I sound like my math teacher. (and her love for math. But math, really? Who likes math??) I guess she does. Well, I'm ging now. Have fun. And try reading, it's a lot more fun than you think.

Sorry

Sorry I haven't been posting in a few days. I either keep forgetting or remember but just don't feel like it. I went to my Grandmothers yesterday. Her car's not working and it was parked at Big-Lots and my grandpa got it towed to his house and he says she needs to get it fixed or he'll junk it. It wasn't that great but it was good to see my grandma. And I came home with a sore throat. But I'm okay now. I don't know what else to write so it'll be a short post today. I'll see if anything happens tomorrow then. Bye for now!!

Braces For All Faces

That was the motto at the Orthodontics's office I went to. Mrs. Farris, that was her name. Her assistant, Becky told me to sit down in the chair. Then she put this thing on my mouth to pull my lips apart from my mouth and a thing that went over my tongue to suck up all the saliva so the glue stuff can dry. Then she put this blue stuff on my teeth that made microscopic holes in my teeth. The she rinsed it off. After that Becky put some stuff on my teeth that's supposed to feel up the holes. Then Mrs. Farris walked in and glued the brackets on. After that I got to pick out different colors of the brace bands or whatever they're called (the tiny rubber bands that go around the brackets to hold down the wire.) Then they put the wire on and then the brace bands. I got blue and black. Then when I finally thought it was over, they called me back into the office so they could put a "chain" on my teeth. It's a little plastic rubber band in the form of a tiny chain. But that was what it was like getting my braces. I'll take a picture later when my teeth start to straighten up. Then you can see. Even though they are irritating, and I can't eat Doritos, I'll be okay. It's only going to be on for about 2 years. Then I'll get them taken off by my 16th birthday!! But they are a little sore for the first few day after getting them. But I take Ibuprofen so it doesn't hurt so bad. But it WILL be worth it. After they get taken off my teeth, I will have the prettiest smile ever!! But right now, they are straightening up. I'll have to eat soft foods for now though. If you just got braces, or got them tightened, here are some foods that you can eat, and what I've been eating. So here's the link to go to. Just click here... http://www.archwired.com/soft_foods_mealtype.htm

Braces

Got them today. I would write about it, but I'm exhausted. I'll write about it tomorrow after school.