Sorry I haven't given you guys an update yet. We have been super busy with life. Trying to remember what we've been doing....well, there's speech class, catching up on school, and my eldest sister who is 18 has been dating a guy for six or seven months, my brother is doing football, and my dad is healing quite nicely from his accident, which is good. We have found a house and it is so nice: it's a mansion-like place in the country part of Paonia, and we are close neighbors to some really good neighbors, which means we're just down the road which is a walk or five minute car ride away, so sleepovers are super easy to do since we're closer. I have discovered coldplay's new album ghost stories which I am in love with, and one of my used-to-be-single aunts is now married, which I am excited about. We all had a major part in it: Kristin was a filmer/photographer, Jordan was the cake baker, Elijah was the ring bearer, and me and Jordan got to carry a sign down the aisle that said, "Last Chance To Run", and my sisters Aysia and Aniya were flower girls. They got to wear frilly orange and red tutus, and the got to toss dried flower petals all over the place. And the flowers for the wedding itself came from one of the farms here in Paonia. Now, we're all just waiting for them to find the time to visit. Oh, and my grandma moved back to Texas a little bit ago, and we're looking at kids for our foster care to adopt thing, so that's been cool. Plus, I am going to be a junior counselor (woot, woot!!) for a drama camp this fall and I might get to Oklahoma between now and then. And I am starting to think about looking for a job, since the ice cream shop job I was looking to aim for is closed for the season, so I might consider becoming a bus girl for one of the restaurants here, so wish me luck! Another thing is that since my sister is seeing someone, I've been thinking about my future guy, too. But it's hard, cause I have this thing for guys who like my other sisters and not me back. I've heard from my sisters that I usually don't try to to be noticed cause of what I wear. I mean, what can I say, I have had problems feeling feminine recently. But I know that God has it all planned, so I know I shouldn't worry about it, but it's been hard for me lately. You'd think, though, since I've seen a number of movies about true love, that I'd know what it is, but since my sister fell in love with someone, it's a whole 'nother thing than the movies made love look like. But I guess it's better to focus on bigger things that I can accomplish by myself first before I get to that chapter.
But anyway, I have learned a new piece on the piano, which I have been working on, but since I learned it, I've been playing it alot, so my siblings have been pretty much sick of hearing it, so I have to do it on the keyboard upstairs so that I don't drove my siblings crazy. 😝 and I recently got done reading a really intense read, called "Summer of My German Soldier". It really talked about abuse, both physical and verbal, and the power of friendship and the human spirit. I really liked it, but it's not something I'd read again.i think it's a banned book, though for a lot of reasons, particularly the abuse, cause the main character's father beats her a lot throughout the book. Also, my mom wants us to do a film project for the film festival, which I have difficulty getting myself psyched up about, because last time, our film stunk but won something anyway, and all the interesting films got the best prizes. And by interesting I don't mean the good kind. Some were sweet, and the best one won a prize, but I think it deserved more. And I have to do a photo montage film thingie, which I have had problems coming up with what it's going to be about. So, I guess that's it, that's what I've been doing this year. 😊 let me know what you guys have been doing this year, i'd love to hear about it!!!!! 😄
