A Morning in the Life of Me

6:00 wake up. 6:01 trip down the stairs
6:03 enjoy a bowl of lucky charms Cheerios
6:08 stumble up the stairs to get dressed
6:08 realize my uniform is still in my practice bag down stairs
6:09 go back up stairs and proceed getting dressed
6:13 brush my teeth
6:15 fight with my sister for "the mirror"
6:16  give up and just do my hair
6:17 get mad at my hair and just do my make up
6:20 decide I don't feel like wearing much more then cover up
6:21 do some wicked french braid on my sister
6: 23 she takes out the wicked french braid
6: 24 I settle for a ridiculous "messy" bun
6:25 I try to put lotion on my legs but it ends up all over my skirt
6:27 clean up the lotion from the floor
6:28 pretend to act all cool by leaping into a cloud of perfume
6:29 slip into the lotion that I missed on the floor
6:30 grab my phone off the charger
6:31 run back up stairs for that something I forgot
6:32 slip down the stairs again
6:33 examine my already forming bruise
6:34 run around the house to find various pairs of shoes needed for the day
6:39 jump in the car
6:41 slam the breaks down right as we're about to forget the carpool
7:10 slowly walk into school and proceed to do who knows what
7:29 run to class after the minute bell rings
7:30 slide into my seat just as the final bell rings

Hmmm. You guys definitely needed a minute by minute account of my life.
I really need to shower. Honestly I don't get how people have time to shower every day. Good thing it's not very good for your hair or I wouldn't have an excuse.
I cannot wait until Thanksgiving break. Two WHOLE days with my best girls who happen to be my cousins. I'm soooo lucky to have around 40 cousins. That means that I have three my age. It's amazing. When the world turns against you, they'll still be there. All 40 something of them. Whew. What an entourage.
Self: SHOWER TIME.

I wish I had a life.

Too bad I don't. It's school. cheer. sleep. repeat. I seriously spent 12+ hours a day at school every day this past week. Let's do it again next week guys! Yeah. I'm loving sitting at home doing something other than homework. I didn't realize how many shows I had to catch up on. I seriously can't remember the last time I actually sat down and watched something new air on TV. I honestly spend about 7 hours a days with my team outside of school. I feel myself growing so much closer to these girls. Who ever says cheer is easy obviously has never tried it. I miss pinterest, blogger, and heck even anything crafty. If it doesn't relate to school then it'll never get done. I really just wish I had a life.

Busy.

I know, I know. I haven't posted in foreverrr. I've been busy. Doing what? Not much really. School. Practice. Homework. Sleep. and Repeat.
This week I have tryouts for the competitive cheer season. There's no cuts. It's sort of something crueler. They put you in the back. You probably can't do much of anything (thank the Lord I can!) and you stand there while everyone else stunts and tumbles. You're not even that leftover girl on the side doing some round off back tucks or anything fancy. And there's three rounds. You might only get put in one. If you're not in other rounds, guess what? You warm the bench... or well the mats really. You get to see your teammates, your friends, out there doing what you want to be doing and wishing that you were just cut. But I'm practically guaranteed a spot in at least one of the rounds (Round 2) so I'll be grateful for that.
This week we have practice 5 days a week. Monday thru Friday I'll be at school from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Definitely looking forward to that.

I haven't done much crafting at home but at Church, I most definitely have. I designed a whole freaking room. We're redoing our youth room and somehow I got put in charge of designing it. Possibly because I show up and my mom is the youth director. Hmmm. Maybe. Well I got to pick out the paint colors and pick where they  were going to be done and I did a whole lot of behind the scenes work such as painting. It's a biggggg room! I'll definitely post pictures soon. It looks amazing at this stage! Except for the fact that we have only one ugly old couch and a pew in the room. More furniture will come soon. Really excited. Well, I better get to bed. Mondays require lots of energy. Especially when I have practice until 8 and two tests (which I probably should have put more effort into studying for. Oh well!)

You are my sunshine...

Here's a crappy printable I thought I'd share. I like the idea of it... just not quite how it turned out. Blah. Anyway, I like that song a lot. It gets stuck in my head way too much. 

Either way, I needed a distraction from studying. Not that I actually even studied. So... it's 9 o'clock. I have two quizzes and a test tomorrow then a game. Oh and early dismissal! I spent my half day today learning contortion and partner tumbling tricks with my sister. Time well spent? I think so. 

Very proud of my chin stand here. I first tried it several times without the yoga mat.  Let's just say I have a carpet burn... on my chin. 

 We decided to pull out my old leotards. Let's just say I wore them when I was in 3rd/4th/5th grade. So like 4-6 years ago. They still fit. Perfectly. It's sad that I haven't really grown.

Ignore my sister's uh lovely comment at the end there.

Maybe I'll study? or maybe not.

Today.

I like to take things one day at a time.

Oh who am I kidding!
I'm the prepared one. In my backpack, you can find: sticky tack, house keys, gum, more gum, cough drops, ibuprofen, Tylenol, tissues, lotion, hand balm, chapstick, wallet, phone, gum wrappers, calender/ planner, mentos, water bottle, and... food. If I don't have food with me, I have some in my locker. What would happen if I were to get hungry? Well, I'd attempt to stuff a smashed granola bar down my throat while running (fast walking) to class, dodging much taller kids, and trying not to choke.

Today I:
laughed.
laughed some more.
laughed at some people.
laughed at stupid things.
and laughed even more.
The end.

Are you there God? It's me Margaret.

Well it really is. If you're looking for gossip about puberty or such, read the book. This post, sorry to break it to you, is about God. Or G-d as some like to say. He (or she!) is the same as Allah or Yahweh. I'm going to tell you it straight up, I don't preach. I don't convert. I believe what I believe and let you believe what you do. I don't care if you're Protestant, Jewish, or even Buddhist. I don't care if you have one god or fifty. Your views. Your life. My views. My life. Don't be offended by any of this. I'm not targeting anyone in particular. Yes I am. Who am I kidding. I'm saying please.... Please don't force your views upon me.
Please don't tell me that I'm going to hell.
Please don't pray for me concerning my religious views.
Please don't tell me that my religion is wrong.
Please don't say false things about my religion.
Telling me I'm going to hell because I don't believe what you do doesn't settle well with my fellow baby eaters. Oh yeah. Forgot. We don't eat babies. Or children for that matter.
Telling me that my bible is wrong because it isn't yours and doesn't have a few books just makes me want to burn yours more.
Telling me that God is always right just makes me question your religion more.
Will you gain a convert? No. Not a chance.
I've been having a problem with the views of my religion teacher. He views that his religion is right and all others (including mine) are obviously wrong.
Just because it's a Catholic school doesn't mean that the entire school is Catholic. There's Methodists, Lutherns, Non-Denominationals, Protestants, and even kids who aren't religious at all. Please, before you go preaching to me, consider the fact that I go here because of the quality of education not so that I can be taught your religion. I don't want to follow your Magisterium. Heck, I don't even really care what they are and what they do.
My mom went in and talked to this teacher. Well lets just say it resulted in my mom having a deep conversation with the teacher. None of it concerning the fact that this teacher sits up there and preaches instead of teaches. Two different things, bud. Your preaching tends to offend many of us non-Catholics. I'm not a fan either that my book teaches just how you preach.

I think I'll grab some chocolate and turn on a romance movie. It's been a long day. Thankfully, three day weekend tomorrow. We had a "walk in the woods" or a walk-a-thon to raise money for the school. They still got the money we just don't have to do any walking. They canceled for the weather. 90% chance of rain. That's funny. They didn't seem to see the weather was a problem two years ago when it downpoured all three wet, hilly, slippery and muddy miles. My school waits until 4 a.m. to cancel school for a snow day. It's suprising they'd actually cancel something more than 4 hours in advance.

Distractions!

While I should be studying for a religion test, I find there's a lot more interesting things that can be done. Like facebook, blogger, and pinterest. My three loves. I found out that blogger and pinterest aren't blocked on school computers. Woot woot. I spent most of my computer class today on pinterest. Thankfully my computer isn't in a spot where my teacher can see the screen. I can sit mesmerized all class and she doesn't realize a thing. My friend who sits next to me and I always just go down the page veerrrryyy slowly so we don't miss anything. There's a process to it.

Today is not a good day. It's a Monday. The Monday after homecoming means it's even worse. Teachers decide to make up for all the homework they didn't give on Friday. That means I have a lot of homework. I also had an away game. That means I'm sitting up now at 10:00 attempting to focus on  the inspired word of God, literary terms found in the bible, and other confusing terms including allegorical, exegesis and who knows what else. Maybe I should start paying attention in that class...
Nahhhh. I prefer to not have teachers (and text books!) tell me that their religion is right and mine is wrong. No thanks. Not really into that kind of stuff.

Homecoming.

It was my first ever homecoming last night. It was pretty fun I guess. Of course, going to a Catholic school means there's a lot of rules of how we're supposed to dance. They were obviously pretty much all broken.

I'm not very good at mirror photos as you can see. 

Dress: Windsor, Shoes: My friend's closet, Ring- Target (Lost it! URG.)

I'm now scrambling to finish locker signs, a 3-5 minute speech, and a 5 Paragraph essay. 

Oh boy. 

Stuck in a loop

I like to sing. Just not well. According to my mom I'm "lovely" Well thanks mom. That doesn't stop me from embarrassing myself. But I do feel I've heard worse. Here's some songs stuck in my heart that I can't help blurting out:
My sister sings this one all the time. She can play it on the piano and has me sing it.

I have a Spanish song stuck in my head. Well only the chorus. My Spanish teacher always plays it. I found it on YouTube but it's a different version. It's like all rap. The version she plays is a lot slower... and probably more appropriate. I consider my self a semi tiny bit fluent. Just not that fluent. I'm like 1/12 of the way there. ish. This is my 3rd ish year of Spanish. I totally wish I was fluent. My grandpa is fluent and I'm kind of jealous. Really jealous actually. Maybe I'll try and talk to him... just not yet. But I probably shouldn't wait too long. 

I'll just leave you with that song. My "babysitter" or Summer chauffeur while my dad was working and my mom was taking classes introduced us to it. I have a sad weakness for country music and alternative music or indie music. Whatever you want to call it. 

Adiós!

Different.

       I feel slightly different. I don't know how. How I don't even know why. I just do. Plain and simple. I go to school. Go to cheer. Go home. Do homework. and Sleep. Not very exciting. I don't have time to do much of anything. I haven't watched TV in weeks, I only use the computer to check facebook, check my email, and then if I need it for any homework. I have no time to create things unless it involves a grade. URG. I'm not totally swamped. I'm just annoyed. My homework load is manageable. Some nights it's just 30 minutes. Others its 3 hours. I also tend to usually shave off a few edges here and there by writing random answers for math or spanish or not studying as well as I should.
       I feel overwhelmed. My grade has 184 kids in it. I barely know half of them. At lunch, my table is jam packed. Chairs are locked in and backpacks stuffed under the table. My group for homecoming consists of 22 people including myself. I looked at a list and knew names but not even well enough to consider them acquaintances. I feel like all the friends I started the year out with are sort of fading away. Maybe it's just because it's a Monday. Yeah. That's what it is.
       One cup of coffee is all I can choke down in the 10 minutes it takes me to eat breakfast. It doesn't quite make up for the 6-7 hours of sleep every night. I don't know how moms do it! I don't want to know for a long time though.

I'll now say goodbye. I doubt I'll be able to post for a while. Hopefully I'll be able to show some Homecoming pictures! My homecoming is this Saturday.
Dress-Check
Shoes- Still narrowing it down
Ticket- Probably should get around to that
Date- HA. I wish.
I totally miss sewing, taking pictures, gluing, painting, and really just crafting in particular.

Some teachers emphasize on creativity. Others (cough cough like my religion teacher cough cough) like to smush it and believe that God is perfect so the bible is too. The magisterium is perfect. They're always right. He wishes the whole world were Catholic. He says that Catholics who don't go to church are going to hell. Sorry bud. One non-Catholic right here. I love God just as much as the next person. What's so wrong with that?
Off too do some homework. Maybe I actually get around to hemming and altering my school pants. Kind of tired in swimming in them.

Amazing Iced Mocha!

I just found the best iced mocha recipe at Coffee and Tea Warehouse. 

It was amazing. 

 Until I spilled it.

 Thankfully I was wearing my PJ's and not something I actually cared about.

 It's nights like these that I love having a backyard.

Ahhh. Goodbye Summer! Hello School. 

Isn't it just great that school starts tomorrow? It's only orientation but I should still probably finish rereading my summer reading books and actually finish my summer spanish. 

We even have our first game tomorrow! Super excited for that one. Especially since pretty much have of my team has never cheered before in their life. Well, there's always a first for everything. 

Like the first day of high school! Eeek. I'm so nervous and excited I doubt I'll sleep tonight!

We had our freshmen corn roast last night. It was okay. Actually pretty boring. My parents and sister sat with a girl I had met at camp. That will make things awkward to see her tomorrow... but besides that, I made a new friend. Yay for new friends! Anyway, I'm getting excited! People were really cliquey because they only knew kids they either a. went to school with or b. do a sport with. Awkward. My Sara(h) count is up to 3, My Emily count is up to 5, and my Lauren count is up to 3. We'll see how those numbers change tomorrow. Eeeekk!

Goodbye Summer!

Today is the last day of Summer! That means....

Goodbye Summer.

Hello School.

Goodbye procrastination.

Hello do it before practice.

Goodbye eat when you're hungry.

Hello lunch box and hot lunch.

Goodbye sleeping until 9:30.

Hello waking up at 5:30.

Goodbye front seat.

Hello carpool and smashed feet.

Goodbye sit at home all day.

Hello school from 7-7. 

Goodbye pajamas all day.

Hello uniforms.

Goodbye I'll get around to it.

Hello do it now. 

Goodbye couch.

Hello desk.

Goodbye purse.

Hello backpack.

Goodbye flipflops.

Hello bringing 2+ pairs of shoes and none of them are open toed.

Goodbye blogging.

Hello homework.

Okay I won't completely stop blogging. I just won't do it as much. We'll see how things go though. 

Goodbye Summer. Hello School.

Back 2 School!

We don't go back until the 24th but we're definitely ready. 

We've got backpacks.

 Highlighters, pens, and pencils.

 Composition books.

 Notebooks. 

 Folders.

 Binders.

 New shoes and new uniforms. 

I think we're ready to go!

Kind of nervous to be starting highschool but I think I'll do okay. Any tips?