always waiting....

It seems like we spend our entire lives waiting, waiting for something to happen to us. But what's wrong with right now and enjoying living and what you're doing today, this minute, right now? I mean think about it, it's only September and yet stores are already selling Halloween costumes and candy. ABC Family is already advertising their 13 Nights of Halloween countdown. Other channels are playing Christmas movies. But what's wrong with enjoying September while its here instead of always looking forward to what's to come. For weeks the students at school have been talking about Homecoming week and the Homecoming football game, but there's been other football games that have been fun too. No matter what it is people are always waiting for something. Maybe you just broke up with a girlfriend or boyfriend and people tell you that only time will make you feel better. Or you're driving to the store and it's a red light, someone crossing the street, a train, or maybe even a car accident, but guess what? You're still waiting. I hear people talk about how they can't wait for it to be the weekend because they will see their friend, but why can't they see their friend on a Tuesday, or Wednesday? Or better yet, have fun doing other stuff until the weekend so that you aren't waiting. It's as if society makes you wait. Movie trailers that look super exciting and make you want to see the movie but it doesn't come out for several months. Then people wait and wait and wait for that movie, but in the meantime there are plenty of other movies that they could see. People make plans in advance then say I can hardly wait until this happens. But what's wrong with living in the moment? Enjoying the simple things that happen each day instead of just enjoying special days in which something happens? Seniors say they can't wait until graduation, but what about the 8 months between then and now? All the fun events we can participate in like football games, Homecoming, rallies, Winter Formal, Prom, etc? Can't we live our lives one day at a time instead of always looking forward to whats coming?

short and sweet

I don't have much to say  in like 7 minutes so I've got to keep this short and sweet. Hmmm... I have no idea what to say. la de da. Today is my last day working at the Vans store in the Tracy mall, then I get to start setting up the Manteca store. I'm super excited. And I guess tonight between nine and ten you can see Jupiter near the moon. So I'm going to the park tonight to chill with some friends and check out Jupiter. :) Peace

:] Brad Paisley

I'm superdy duperdy excited for the Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker concert tomorrow!!! You see, last March my mom purchased a "concert mania" package consisting of 6 different concerts spread out over the months. On my birthday i got a total of 12 tickets so that I could take a friend to each of the concerts with me and a few weeks later my brother got 12 tickets so that we could all go together. It's a country tour including Brooks & Dunn (their last tour EVER), Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Steele Magnolia, Rascal Flatts, and Kellie Pickler. One of the concerts was a day event and had about 12 artists but they are all new and just getting their names and music out to the public. It was their first concert. The first concert was my favorite one to go to. Brooke and I had so much fun and we each got a Brooks & Dunn t~shirt. Dennis took his friend Nicole and they got Jason Aldean t~shirts. We ran into Billy because he was there with his uncle. Actually to be honest, we were walking up to the grass area where we were sitting when someone grabbed me from behind and I panicked. That's when Brookelyn started laughing and I realized it was Billy. The next one we went to I took Brooke and Dennis took his friend Eric. They got drunk and hit on some drunk girls. It was funny and annoying because they spilled their beer on me. Hopefully Dennis won't drink as much tomorrow since he's taking his girlfriend and she isn't old enough to drink. So basically I'm really looking forward to it. Yay! :)

random list of things I did last weekend =)

* Went to Senior Walk~In Rally
* Drove friends home
* Gave some random guy my phone number (bad idea) lol
* Made a new friend
* Went to a job interview in the Tracy mall for Vans
* Went to lunch at McDonalds with Charlie a.k.a Candice
* Worked the Student Store stand at the football game
* Learned how to ride a quad with Billy, Charlie, and James a.k.a Wanda, Candice, and Jamie
* Played shuffle ball?
* Made another new friend
* Attempted to shoot a bow and arrow but I wasn't strong enough (probably a good thing because even the idea of me with a bow and arrow seems dangerous) lol
* Chores (boring :/)
* Received a phone call from Jessica the store manager at Vans saying I got the job. Yay!!!
* Ran around my house singing a one~of~a~kind "I got the job" song along with a special dance. hehe
* Went with my brother, his girlfriend, his friend, and my cousin to "house sit" in Livermore (The house was huge with a big screen tv, surround sound, and a pool! We stayed the night and had donuts for breakfast. Yummy!)
* Had a cat attack me
* Drove back to Tracy for work orientation and got a free pair of shoes! Woohoo!
* Went out with my friend to celebrate the fact that I got my 1st job

adventures

It was early Saturday morning and I was feeling adventurous. I text my friends to see what their plans were for the day and everyone replied nothing, so I made a list of things to do. Included in this list were Sky High, Micke Grove, "sexy road", Great America, Six Flags, Santa Cruz, beach, park, roller skating, Laser Quest, Knights Ferry, Columbia, Boomers, Fun Works, bowling, drive in movies, Sacramento Zoo, and the mall. Billy and Charlie replied saying that we should go to Santa Cruz so I invited Shannon and Tasha to go with us and we left around 1 pm. We were having hecka fun laughing about Shannon's party the night before and talking about what happened. We stopped at McDonald's in dublin for a potty break and to get something to eat. Thats where we saw the "Sidewalk closed. Please use other side" sign so I decided to ignore the sign and walk on the side walk. Tasha and I also took a picture with the sign to prove our point. This is when my mom called to let us know that there was a cheer competition going on at Santa Cruz and that it was packed with people so we decided to go to Half Moon Bay instead (great, we have to spend more money because of the $5 bridge toll).

Anyways more talking, laughing and singing along with the music. La dee da. Now were at the bridge with the "oil spill" in the water a.k.a. the shadows of the clouds. It seemed like we drove across the bridge at lightning speed because we arrived at the beach super fast. There was hardly anybody there so we chose a nice spot and layed out the blanket. It was breezy, overcast, and really peaceful. Billy attempted to teach me the proper way to throw a football but it was a lost cause so we just tossed it around (he hit Tasha in the head). Shannon and I played twister, Billy and Charlie kinda-sorta skim boarded or whatever its called but then he "broke" it so they went on a walk down the beach and found a cave. They came back and Charlie and I went exploring. On our walk back thats when it started, the tackle-wrestle-tag game thingymabobber. Guys against girls everyone chased eachother and fought. In the end we all dog piled on Charlie. We got a lot of good pictures that day and I'm super excited about that beacuse now I can add them to my other 25 photo albums. We left the beach around 8:30 and a really interesting ride home. I got home at 1 am and at 2 pm on Sunday Billy showed up to help clean my car. So thats my adventure of the weekend. Can't wait until camping next weekend! :)

8*23*10

I really enjoyed writing about my daddy today in class. It's the first time I've written something personal and it felt good to express myself and the love and appreciation I feel for him. I noticed after I wrote it though and when I re-read it that it didn't flow and I jumped around a lot from memories from my childhood, to when I was older, back to being a little kid again. So I think I'm going to keep writing about it, fix it up, and maybe make it into a letter to give to him? Should I? Because we don't usually TELL each other how we feel, we just know. And I think it would be super nice if I actually told him. Yesterday was his birthday and that was actually my inspiration for writing about him today. So if you think I should write a letter or something please let me know. Thanks! :)