What a week . . .

Seven Days Ago: 

Friday 1/7/2011

Made a new best friend that 

pretty much helped me with 

a part of my self-esteem that

has been missing since 7th grade

and he doesn't even know it.

We hung out after school 

and got roses for his girlfriend

who is sick and happens

to be one of my art friends

from last year.

When leaving the parking lot

and putting my car into drive,

another person simultaneously 

honked and barely hit us. 

Turns out that person had 

a week from hell themselves.

First she got into an accident

and totaled both of the cars involved,

then the next day her dad died :( and 

her car was impounded immediately

on her way to the hospital for 

reckless driving.

Six Days Ago:

Saturday 1/8/2011

My mom and I finally finished 

all the wedding pretzels

we had been working on since

the beginning of December for 

my mom's friend's daughter's wedding.

It felt good to have them done,

but I was kinda bummed 

at the same time because

I enjoyed spending all that time

with my mom. :)

Four Days Ago:

Monday 1/10/2011

Emily's 17th birthday.

I got up early to make her

breakfast with my mom. 

Also started collecting donations

at the school for family keepsakes

for one of my friend's whose sister

has been given two-three months to live

after her year long battle with cancer.

Linzie won first place 

in her school art show

for a violin sculture

she did out of tape.
Only, by the time we

got there, the library

had been closed. :(

Through out school Em

felt like her day was 

really nothing special,

in fact at one point she 

called me crying.

So my mom and I got together

and came up with a perfect plan

for me to pick up her

boyfriend and ice cream

and for my mom to pick up balloons

and meet at the school to surprise her

at her musical rehearsal. 

Afterward her friends piled 

into my mom's and my cars

to our house for the 

spontaneous birthday party.

Mom's friend came

and got the hand-dipped 

pretzals and then I gave

two trips to take all 

of Em's friends home.

Three Days Ago:

Tuesday 1/11/2011

Late start. :) 

I picked up my friend

from the train and met

all of his Northridge pals

and then picked up my

sisters an hour later 

to for school.

Collected final donations

from the school for 

my friend and her family.

I talked to my friend at 

lunch that day to see if 

she would be going to 

the Key Club meeting 

on Wednesday, and she 

told me she planned on it,

except that she couldn't 

really make plans. 

That her sister couldn't 

move on her own,

didn't talk, 

and was either sleeping

or on too much medication

to make any sense. 

That night we found out

that The Vintage Pearl

was willing to make up 

the difference between

what we had raised and

what we wanted.

I called a different friend

to give her the good news

that our surprise was

going to go through and 

to double check that 

what we ordered would work.

Unfortunately she then 

told me that our friend's 

sister had died a half hour 

before I called her. :( 

The Vintage Pearl then worked

through the night and shipped

the keepsake jewelery

the next morning.

Two Days Ago:

Wednesday 1/12/2011

Got a one-time only

 permission from my mom

for me and my sisters to 

skip 2nd period and 

go to breakfast with 

one of my friends. :)

One Day Ago:

Thursday

Worked on my Visual Arts

Sterling Scholar Portfolio

for the last time after

having it edited by two 

English teachers and my mom.

Took it to FedEx Kinkos

in a snow storm that

wasn't very kind and

made my little camry 

slide all over the place.

Not to mention the beast

that worked for Kinkos

who was not only rude

to the girl she worked with,

but every single customer too.

Today

Friday 1/14/2011

Said good bye to my 

new best friend today

because he is transferring,

which is sad but 

at the same time I don't mind

because I think it's best

it was a short friendship. 

The Vintage Pearl jewelery

arrived today and so we took it

to our friend and her family 

right after school. <3 

The viewing began about 

a half hour ago tonight, 

but here I am . . . 

because I don't feel

comfortable going, but I hope

that's not too selfish. . . 

My parents are celebrating 

their wedding anniversary tonight

with a much-needed date night

at the Cheescake Factory and

a movie at Jordan Commons, 

which is fitting since that is

kind of where it all began for them.

So you can imagine, 

why at the end of this week,

I feel kinda numb and I'm sort of 

trying to figure some things out,
some things that I didn't even mention,

but it's not all bad, I promise.

Luckily I now have a four day weekend. 

It ind of feels like the first break 

this school year since the semester

is over and I have no homework.

One more semester,

with one wicked gym credit,

and then graduation, here I come.