Grad Formal Asking

On Tuesday around 2:30 pm. I had waited for my friend to come see me, as he had asked to meet up with me. It was my free period and I usually went home after my last class. I knew what was going to happen today, seeing as me and my best friend had talked about it last Friday when I had waited for the bus with her before walking the rest of the way home.
He was late. He said that he would be here at 1:40 but he wasn't here. So I waited and waited for him to come show up, which felt like forever. I went to Tim Hortons and hung out with a friend who I haven't talked to since 9th grade. We talked for about 40 mins. before starting to head out and go back to school. When I walked out, I saw that my friend was just walking up to the doors. I gave him a hug and he lead me back inside to get some food with his friend. He took my hand and lead me outside to his friends truck. When we got there, he told me to close my eyes. So I did. As I waited with my eyes closed, the song 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran started playing. The same song that we had danced to on Halloween night. Telling me to open my eyes, I saw him with a single rose and a box of merci chocolate in both of his hands. I can't explain how I felt at that moment. So when he asked me to go with him to Winter Formal, I said "Yes". That was a great day even if it meant having to freeze in the morning while running a practice rehearsal for the remembrance assembly. <3<3

Tenth Week

Its the second week of November and I'm happy to say that its my mom's birthday. The sad thing is that I stayed up till 3am this morning and only got 3 hours of sleep....AGAIN!!! Having to study for tests is hard seeing as I have 2 biology tests one day after another. Studying for different sections is easy but hard after getting your test. I knew I should've studied this morning while I got ready for school, because when I arrived late into class this morning and was handed my quiz, I forgot the beginning part of the many veins and arteries that was sectioned off with letters. Near the end of the quiz my teacher stood next to the bench I had labelled my own since the start of the year, with my best friend next to me. The pressure was real when he stared down at my sheet, that only contained half of all the answers, and kept saying if I was going to at least guess what part was what. Unable to focus and remember the parts, I gave up and handed my sheet to him.
On Tuesday, I had gotten up really early to go to school and prepare for the remembrance day assembly that was being held before lunch time. Getting to school I had to change into my dress for the dance we would be performing. But seeing as it was freezing cold that morning, the cold air had traveled and circulated through the whole gymnasium. We had to re-run the dance about 3-4 times that morning to perfect and video tape the dance without everyone seeing it. With the gym being freezing cold my feet had become frozen and numb while we danced for the last 2 times. I was stiff and couldn't move as much in the freezing cold. I was happy to know that I could get some toast before first block but I ended up not going to it. That was due to doing a run through of how the assembly was going to start and how it was going to end. Having a little bit of time after the run through I had left school to get some coffee from the Tim Horton's across the street with my fellow dance mate, Britney. We spent the rest of our first class having coffee and just talking about our classes. When the bell rang to signal us that first class was over, we had separated ways to go to our next class. When I get to Biology I had told my teacher that I had to leave early to get ready for the assembly that would be held 40 mins later. So before leaving class, I had finished my biology heart quiz and took a few notes before leaving the class and heading down to the theater room to get ready with the other girls. We had gotten changed into our dresses for the second time that morning and started to fix our hair and make up. After that we had blasted Justin Bieber's new songs and started to stretch and get ready for the assembly to start. Before the assembly started we had left the theater and headed towards the gym to get seated in our reserved seating area in the front. Once everyone had filed into the gym and took a seat somewhere on the bleachers or the seats that were scattered and lined up on the gym floor. The assembly had started and had ended in the most respectful way, we did not clap or cheer we had stayed silent and respected the whole assembly in peace. I had even teared up near the end of the assembly when the slideshow was showing the family members, of the staff and students here at Reynolds, that had been involved in the world wars or are still out there helping out with the wars that are being held in today's society. I had paid my respects by honoring those who had died to give us a better future that we should be living in today.
The whole morning was dedicated to the people who had died for us and we should not forget that they went to war to give us a better life the what we could've had.

"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below."
-John McCrae

Ninth Week

It's the first week of November, which means next week will be the time I will be performing a group dance with my fellow dancers. Thinking that this week would be great, I was totally wrong. After having an okay day of school on Monday, I was left alone for a few hours seeing as my mom was working till midnight and my dad and brother were out in Sidney, fishing. When my dad called the house and told me to cook rice and wash the dishes. I had discovered that in the dishwasher, a mug and a plate were broken into 2-3 pieces and a glass cup was starting to crack on one side. So I went out across the street, to the dollar store to see if they had any superglue that was able to hold ceramic. During my time in the dollar store I saw a fellow Reynolds Graduate, Kristy, working at the cashier and a fellow writing classmate, Emma. We had talked about what was soon to be due for writing class the next day. After buying the glue and a pair of earphones, I went home to repair the mug and finish doing my chores before my dad and brother came home from Sidney. Trying to open the packaging was difficult and I had resorted to using a pair of scissors which then resulted into me stabbing myself in the hand.That started my bad luck for the week.
Tuesday I was closing the house door for my brother, when he pushes the door and hits my hand and really close to my face.
Wednesday
On Thursday morning, I was running late to school and had to walk 10 minutes over here. Carrying my biology binder and English novel I started to walk down the staircase in the foyer. But with my bad luck this week, I had missed a step and fell down the rest of the way down. I had bruised my knees and elbows, hurt my chest, and got hit in the stomach with my binder. The only good thing about that day was that nobody saw me fall down the stairs. So I went the day slightly embarrassed.
On Friday, I found out I had popped my shoulder out of its socket due to the pain in my left arm. When I got home I saw that my shoulder was bruised and it was not the same as the other one.

High School Advice

Here are my advice/ tips that any high school student needs to know. Either it's your freshman year, senior year or any year in between.

Advice # 1: 

- Make as many friends as you can, but keep the ones that you truly trust

Advice # 2:

- Join a bunch of clubs/sports, that you want to do

Advice # 3:

- Don't change who you are

Advice # 4:

- Don't be afraid of the senior class.
(May be terrifying, but aren't)

Advice # 5:
- Always attend your classes, never skip because you might fail and not know what is going on

Advice # 6:
- Don't goof off during class. ALWAYS pay attention!!!!

Advice # 7:
- Don't take things so serious

Advice # 8:
- Read and write as much as possible. They improve your English ability

Advice # 9:
- Popularity should never be your first priority. It won't matter in the future.

Advice # 10:
- Don't do something out of fear of being bad at it. Take each opportunity, no matter how difficult, as a chance to grow.

Advice # 11:
- Plan ahead!!! No matter what it is.

Advice # 12:
- Always ask for help when you don't understand.

Advice # 13:
- Ask questions. This helps with your understanding.

Advice # 14:
- Explore classes that you find interesting. Not just because your friends are in it.

Advice # 15:
- Don't slack off on your first year, day, or whenever you start school. It makes up within the next 3 years of high school.

Advice # 16:
- Never sacrifice your grades for your social life.

Advice # 17:
- Be true to yourself. Read. Do your best. Be kind.

Advice # 18:
- High school isn't like what it is in the TV shows and the movies you watch.

Eighth Week

It is the eighth week of school, which means I have already done enough tests and quizzes for past month and a half. But with this week being the last week of October, events have been planned out for the Halloween spirit.
During the week, the school office had been decorated with posters and signs, and above the entry way were cobwebs with tiny plastic spiders in them. Tickets were being sold for Thursday nights Halloween dance during lunch time but I never bought tickets because all of my friends were either busy or not going due to the amount of guests your allowed to take.

So instead on Thursday night, I stayed home doing homework that was just given out to us during the week. I never saw the point in going to it after having it ruin.
My freshman year, the fire alarm went off due to the fog machine filling up the whole gym. We had to stay outside for the next half hour.
During my sophomore year, a guy came up to me and my friends and started grinding on one of them. We were freaked out.
And last but not least my junior year, I went with a group of friends and two of my friends weren't into it. One wasn't able to breathe so he had to sit down for most of the time, and my other one seemed a bit upset and wouldn't tell me what was wrong.

So this is why I never went to the Halloween dance this year. They always end badly.

Seventh Week

It's the seventh week of school and I officially passed my road test Monday morning. I had skipped my morning classes due to preparing myself for later that morning to take my road test. The many emotions I felt the first time I had to take it had got to me. So in result I had failed it on my first try. I had less emotions raging through my body as I had calmed down and knew what to expect for this last time.  I did a practice drive for an hour and a half with my driving instructor, Jon. When we got into ICBC, I signed in and paid for my road test. Sitting down for a couple of minutes, waiting for my name to be called. I saw my family out of the windows. They had came to support me.  That helped boost my confidence but also I had to keep repeating the words "I got to pass" in my head. So when we got back to ICBC, I was told that I had passed and was also excused for missing a shoulder check and a 360 check. The emotions I felt were everywhere. I had texted my best friend that I passed and even posted a pic on snapchat and a post on facebook. That's how happy I was when I had officially passed my road test.

Sixth Week

It's the sixth week of school and its a very short school week. Seeing as Monday was Thanksgiving for us, we had to go back to school on Tuesday morning. What a great week to start off a day late. After Thanksgiving I had to wake up early for my dance class the next day and it was very annoying. My alarms were blasting out so loud that I had to shut them off about 5-6 times every morning. That was the most stressful time of my 4 years here in Reynolds. Sometimes I wish I was able to stay in bed for a couple of hours, but that would end up turning into a habit so waking up in the early mornings are better.