My AMAZING 1st Day of 7th grade!

      Well I thought I was all ready for seventh grade, but boy was I wrong! All my friends looked different, I did not know any of my teachers, and to be honest I was a little nervous. I had no Idea that the hallways are always so crowded in West Hall. Some of the times I was out there I heard my name, but because we were so packed in together, I had no idea who was saying “hi” or “how was your summer” to me. From the time I woke up this morning, to the time I got home; a lot has happened.

          When most kids wake up on their first day of school, they wake up to an alarm clock, or their parents turning on the lights while telling them to get up. Well, sadly, I was not one of those kids. Instead, I woke up to the flash of a camera. The thing is, this was not just any old camera flash, it was my mom’s camera flash! I was quite aggravated, but decided to not let it get the best of me, because I was determined to have a good day, and a good day always starts with a good morning. When I went to brush my teeth, she was there again with the camera. I thought to myself, it is fine, and kept on with my normal school morning schedule. So I was getting in the car to go to drop off my little brother, Brent, to his school (Lee M. Waid) and noticed that my mom was sitting in the front seat next to my great-aunt, who is also our babysitter in the afternoons. After we had dropped off Brent, my mom pulls out her video camera and hands it to my great-aunt as she places her big Nikon camera in her lap. When I got out, I saw that dreaded flash again.

 
          I walked into those large double doors, my excitement turned quickly into nervousness. It was almost as if I could feel my happiness and excitement drain from me slowly as I took each step getting closer to entering the school. At my locker, there were a lot of people in the hallway I knew. Once put my things were in the locker. I went to homeroom. In my homeroom class, and there were tons of my old friends, and as I was talking I noticed some of them were a little nervous and slightly confused, just like me. It built my courage to know that they were nervous too, so I took a seat next to some of my friends, and we talked for what seemed like only a few seconds before the bell rang. After fighting my nervousness, it was actually easy to get to all my classes quickly and on time. I was also excited to introduce myself to all my new teachers.


     All of my classes seemed to start the same way, “Hello I’m going to be your ________ teacher this year, and these are my rules…” I seem to have some amazing teachers and, I am planning to have a wonderful year with all of them. After my long day of classes, seeing friends, and my fight with my slight fear, I got in the car to see my mom sitting in the passenger seat of my great-aunts old Honda Accord. This time, I was quite surprised, and even happier to see my mom smiling, and not holding that annoying camera in her hands.


      So as long and nerve wrecking as it was, I think I had a great day. I have officially decided that I love seventh grade! I cannot wait until it really starts. I am so happy that I am not as nervous as I was this morning, because now I realize that there was nothing to worry about the whole time: no more fear, and no more flash.

Summer Camp Picture Slideshow

Brent, My Bubbly Brother

Ferrum College Summer Enrichment Camp: Coolest Camp EVER!

Enrichment Camp:

This previous week I went to an week long overnight camp. It was great! But my roommate wasn’t that great (she thought our room should be a chilly 60 degrees all the time!), yet I still had fun. Here are the classes I took, things I did, & things I saw.

First class: C.S.I. was my first class to start my day. We got to watch chunks of an episode from the series throughout the week. We made D.N.A. necklaces from spit & two other liquids that we added, but I can’t remember what they were called. After the cells rise to the top, you use a pipette to remove the cells to a smaller container. Once you add some string, you have your D.N.A. in bottle to wear as a necklace. We also made plaster prints (I did mine of my BFF’s foot!) but the next day the plaster was still wet so it didn’t work.

Second class: Living in the 1800’s was so cool! I made an S hook out of HOT iron we heated in the forge. We all got to make & eat johnnycakes (A.K.A. fried cornbread & apple butter), it was okay, definitely not my favorite.  We also got to drive oxen!  You say “Gee” and “Haw” to make them go to the right or left. We danced the Virginia reel & made scherenschnitte, pronounced like shear-n-snit.  I know what you’re thinking what the heck is scherenschnitte? Well it’s a fancy way to cut paper. It’s harder than it looks trust me! We got to feed & play with the animals too. But the hardest thing was learning to play the dulcimer. 

Lunch Time: food at camp was okay but there was always something on the table that was bad. For instance one day I found out my corn dog meat was green! So meals were small for me. But after you finished your food you could go to the library, the book store, or go to your room. As long as you get to your classes on time you could go or do pretty much anything. 

Third class:  Cooking 101 was fun, our teacher set it up like a show and would ask a few of us to come up and do something. The week was planned in order like five meals served during the day. Monday: appetizers, Tuesday: breakfast, Wednesday: lunch, Thursday: dinner, Friday: dessert.

Fourth class: Harry Potter class was boring. We watched two 1 hour, 45 minute slide shows about dragons & history of magic. The two ladies who taught it were saying very unchristian like things, so I honestly didn’t pay that much attention.  

After class activities:  Ferrum Idol is when our group came up with a song about camp, our song base was I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas. Skit Night is where we made a small play. Our skit was Ferrum Survivor, it was awesome, funny, & everyone liked it. 

The Dance: Everyone goes to the dance, but it’s your choice to go with someone. I got a date to the dance, but he asked me at the dance. There were about three slow songs my date and I only danced to one. It was super awesome to run around talk to my friends and do about anything.   

I can’t wait to go back next summer!

Chicken Circus Act

Check out this video my mom made of us with the chickens since the batteries were dead in my camera. My step dad, Shannon, and I caught a lot of night crawlers the other night. So today we fed them to the chickens. Then we turned it into a circus act for the chickens. If I spun the worm I was holding, their heads would turn and follow. If I stood and waited, they would jump about three feet in the air, grab the worm, and swallow it whole! 

Got to go we still have like 20 worms to feed them tonight.

Peace.

P.S. Please leave comments.  And here is a shout out to Sarah Ellis!

Bookworm: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I have just finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This book was strange and interesting, but still another great novel by J.K. Rowling. The search continues for the seven Horcruxes.  Will they all destroy Voldemort?  You’ll have to read it to get the facts.  

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are looking for the parts of Voldemort’s soul that he is hiding so he may live forever. Their lives are on the line for they never know when the Dark Lord is listening.   Like all the other Harry Potter books, the three of them work together to solve the mysteries they face.

You will be surprised that many of Harry’s friends and heroes are gone by the end of the book. Other unexpected things happen, and one of Beetle’s tales might just save their lives.  So if you like magic, drama, and suspense, then this is a great book for you.  

Since this is the longest book in the series, I recommend you set aside a few hours to read each day.  Just like many books, this one is slow to start, but you will quickly find yourself in a different dimension of magical creatures, witches, and wizards.

Peace   

How Was YOUR Day?

Thanks to my mom's friend for sharing this funny!