Not up to par..

I must admit, my blogging lately has not been up to par. In fact, my blogging has been completely nonexistent over the last month. Yikes! It's been that long since my last blog? My sincerest apologies. If it wasn't obvious though by my lack of posts, this past month has been a little crazy. To say the least! I have been working 4-5 days a week (until the past two weeks), along with homework, exams, a new semester, my birthday, and attempting to get some sleep. It's been a crazy but good first month of the new year and I sincerely hope that yours has been just as blessed as mine!

After getting off work the other night and arriving home to the State of the Union address, I decided that I should immerse myself in this so that I may gain knowledge of my surroundings and what is happening in the world, rather than in just mine. As I sat down to watch, the first thing I noticed was that the President, of course, had his trustee side kick of Teleprompter Kid by his side! Has this man ever spoken without using a teleprompter? I swear, he probably uses it to tuck his own children into bed! Don't get me wrong, the State of the Union is a long speech which would require extensive memorization, but it seems that EVERY time he publicly speaks he must have his sidekick with him. It just seems so impersonal when addressing the nation that he is leading. Continuing on, as I intently listened to his plans for the new year, I couldn't help but think about all the promises being made. I cannot count on my hands and feet the number of promises that he made about the new year and how many do you think will actually be accomplished or begin to be tackled? My guess? 0! Now that I have vented my political frustration, I will say that now that I am 18 I can vote. In the perfect description of being an adult, as said by my dear father, I can now walk in to the voting booth and gag over my choices. Yippee!

I do have some exciting news to share though! Amanda Bethke, as of Sunday night, has a date to prom :) Saturday when talking to my mom about prom, she offered to fly Nate down for prom! Bless her heart! I love that woman!! That Saturday we were particularly talking about how nervous I am to get a date considering all of my guy friends down here have girlfriends, and there are not really any boys I am interested in. So she offered to fly him down, on their dollar. I asked him and he said yes. But that's really all I have to say over the matter, although more details certainly to come!

Other exciting news!! I am in my last semester of high school!!! YIPPEE!!! In less than six months I will be a college student. I could barely type that last sentence because the words were so unnatural to me. However, I do find it hard to be as excited as I should be when I know that it's just six more years of homework, essays, reports, projects, etc. But, I could not be more ready to live on my own!! Yay for Ramen Noodles and Macaroni and Cheese.

Now that I have pretty much written a novel, I will sign off. (Especially since Max is urging me to feed him)

Q: Why was the broom late?

A: It over swept! :)

New Year, Old Maid?

Happy New Year!

With every new year comes some new resolutions. Of course, there is always the dieting resolution and the read more one as well. But along with my stereotypical resolutions I decided to add one more. I decided that this year I would document every important and not so important details of this year. Every year goes by and struggle to remember how I spent it and what even happened. Not this year! So here begins my blog of the normality of my life. Similar to the idea of the show Seinfeld, a blog of nothing!

This year was not brought in with enthusiasm of parties or snacks or noise makers but rather with my kindle and my slumbering dog laying next to my bed. I decided to head off to bed at about 11.30 when I decided that if I watched anymore of the USA House marathon I would fall asleep so why not do it in my bed? I was then proceeded by mock name calling from my parents about how much of an old lady I am. Could it be that I am turning into an old maid at the ripe old age of 17? (Soon to be 18!) I mean I would rather stay home than go out, I don't like to party, I love sleeping, and my dog seems to have more energy than me!

This Christmas has been one filled with joy and sadness. Joy that I received a kindle, that my sister and father have a job, Marco is developing, I have a roof over my head and I got to see family from Chicago. Yet, there was a sting to this Christmas knowing this is the last year I can help my mom decorate the house, last year I can steal cookies while Mom is baking, and the last year I can sleep in my own bed/room Christmas Eve and not feel like a visitor. I know though that with the sadness of those things comes excitement from graudation, excitement for college and for being on my own!

The Glastonbury Music Festival on tv is beckoning me! (And my white cheddar queso ;)) So I decided that with every blog I post I will leave you with a joke or riddle because if you know me I love to laugh and when I was younger I used to call into the radio for the morining kid jokes. Enjoy!
-P.S. No reading the answer first!

Q: Where does a Turtle go when it's raining?
A: A shell-ter :)