You know what, this just sucks. Looking at the date of my last post (somewhat pointless, since I know it's been forever), I see that it's been almost 4 MONTHS. That's pathetic, considering I clearly stated that I would be consistent with this. I would quote it if I didn't have to leave this page to find it. What's even more ridiculous is that the time that I didn't post was the time period in which I should have the most available time, being summer. Now that my sophmore year at the new high school building is here, I don't possibly see how I could have any free time to do this. But, it really doesn't have anything to do with having the time to do it, but having the commitment. I honestly believe now might be a better time than ever, because I WON'T have enough spare time to do much of anything else. At least not much of anything that takes any considerable time. Just have to see how it goes for the next couple of weeks. Now that I am here, however, I might as well do a quick fill in on what's been up over the last, oh, 4 MONTHS.
May now is kind of a blur to me, mainly because it was the last month of school. Took a few state tests. Had some minor "parties" for different classes. Went to Lake Wedington with the rest of the 9th grade and had a ball of a time. Enjoyed the little bit of my freshman year that was left. June brought the dreaded Finals, but I managed to ace them with ease, and establised a 4.0 GPA in my first year of HS classes. To celebrate the incoming summer, I had a group of friends come over and had a grand ol' time. What's sad though is that beyond this "party", we all only saw each other maybe 3 times over the course of the summer. But that'll be more evident as I detail the next few months. After the "party", the family and I went to Hot Springs for a mini-vacation, which was anything but. Pointless to really discribe. After that trip, had a few days back at home, but then left with my dad to head up to Massachusetts for a visit of the family up there, as well as visit Boston. Saw a bunch of really interesting places and landmarks, and went to a Sox game at Fenway, in which they played (and beat) the Rays. Papi hit a 3 run homerun, which makes it 4 Red Sox games in a row in which I've been to where he hit a homer. It was a ton of fun.
July rolled in, and began fairly boring. I was so busy because of multiple summer assignments that I had to complete before school started. It SUCKED. But I got everything finished in time, so it's all good. On July 19th, I left Fayetteville for the Arkansas Tech band camp. Mhmm, band nerd right here. Haha. I really went because it was one of the few opportunities that I've had to see my friends from my old school. It was one of the most epic weeks of my life. I wish I had come back to this blog after that, as there was plenty I could've gone through. Maybe another day. That lasted a week, so by the time I got back August was right around the corner.
Even though it IS Augsust, I can't really recall the first week. Wait...actually, I believe this was summer band practice. Yes, yes it was. So this experience was quite awful; 8 to 4 o'clock for 8 days in 105+ degree weather. I actually got pretty sick on the last day from the heat. However, I can say that some good came out of it, as I made many new friends and got a head start for the high school scene. After this painful week, we traveled to Indianapolis and saw the Drum Corp International Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium. It was pretty awesome, as with a better understanding of marching fundamentals because of summer band, I took a great appreciation to the skill that these marchers were displaying. Truly awe-inspiring.
That's pretty much it for summer. Spent the final few days shopping, signing up for activities, and taking tours. Very boring stuff. Last Thursday was the big day, being the first day of my S'More year. Fayetteville High School is an incredibly crowded and confusing building, so it took much concentration to make it to my classes in time. Due to this, I didn't even see a lot of my friends that I had been looking forward to visiting with. Friday was a bit better, so I still have an optimistic view on the upcoming year. Still gonna be crazy with all of these AP classes.
So, this has turned out to be an incredibly long post, but it's been well over due. I'm stating this now: My goal for this blog now is to make at least 2 posts per week, perhaps on Wednesday or Thursday and Saturday or Sunday. Don't count on it though at first; still have to figure out my free times for this school year. Nevertheless, keep checking for more within the week!
PJB
