So I am off to a decent start at school..yesterday was the final day of the midterm grades...so that..as always..will be quite an experience to bring those grades home..I am already planning my speech...yippeee.. but they are better than normal..so thats good..
I am swimming..everyday all day it seems. I think I should start sleeping in the locker room. We have practice three mornings a week and every day after school too. I am always purely exhausted. I am sitting here right now typing this and icing my shoulder....and once I am done here..I will eat a yummy bagel with nutella! yum.
I am starting to make some friends at school. But I am not sure if they will be the ones I want to keep..but they are people to walk in the halls with for now.. but I am sure that in a school of 2000 people I should be able to find some better ones. Oh well.
I am being stalked...its great..haha..this guy is so annoying..and I think I kinda blew it that I hate him..whoops..oh well. fine by me..but at the moment he is really pissed at me..i find it really funny though..he is just a jerk..so thats his fault..
this ice is really cold in case you were wondering...
but anyways...i will continue rambling about nothing...
oh! I know..we went to New York last week! And both my parents credit card's numbers were stolen! and the people went to canada with them! haha. but it was really fun. We did a lot. We did a good bit of shopping. And then we went to Ground Zero and the Museum of Natural History with my dad's friend who works for the FBI. And he knows a guy who works at the museum and the guy came and took us like behind closed doors to where they make and work on all the exhibit things. it was really cool to see it. Thats where they make all the exhibits..and do all that cool stuff. it was fun to see.
Then we went up to West Point..It is in Upper State New York...or New Jersey.idk which....and we just toured around different parts of it..and my dad showed us a whole bunch of stuff. Then there was this fancy dinner thing..well it was the dinner thing for the actual reunion. We were in ny for the first place because my dad had a west point reunion. And so at this dinner.. I met like eight million people who all knew me when I was like a baby and stuff. I got really tired..of this exact story..Hi Rachel. You probably don't remember me. I babysat you one time when you lived in Atlanta..Or I did this. Or bla bla bla. I knew your mom when she was pregnant and I came to see her in the hospital and at your house when she was on bedrest. and all this stuff.. then after I met a whole bunch of people I went to these two girls room...and we watched tv..and they were twins...and I am sorry to all the twins out in the world..but to save my life I can never tell them apart..its like seriously impossible for me.. it does not matter how hard I try..they look the same for crying out loud! so....then the next day there was a parade type thing.. and then a brunch..then a football game..the game was fun..other than the fact it was really cold in the morning..when we got up at 4:45 and then it got really hot at the game.... then there was another dinner thing.
So overall New York was a lot of fun..oh I forgot to say..that there is a guy who was in my dad's class at west point..and now he is in the secret service..and I was talking to him..and he knows Obama..and his kids..and wife and stuff. He also knows George Bush and then Hilary Clinton.. he used to be her body guard dude..haha. he was talking about his job and stuff..That would be such a scary job..but you would know so many important people....
Ok..well that is all for now.. I will try and post more often..But I am so busy..i never have time!! haha
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Swimming!!!
Well I have finally gotten back to swimming. I am swimming for my school. So far it has went pretty well. I have met a lot of people..but one thing I can not stand..is that I have met a few people who were really nice to me until they found out I was a freshman.. now..its like I don't exist..I want to be like seriously..you are like a year older than me.. oh well. There are ten freshman on the team so thats good. The school that I think I am going to starts on Wednesday. yesterday me and my mom went shopping in Seattle which is about two and a half hours away from here. It was fun. We took the saying shop til you drop to a whole new level.
Today I have practice. Actually it is consuming my whole life. I have it every afternoon for three hours and then in about a week starts morning practices..which start at 5:45...three days a week...and they are required....so that sure will be fun. I can not wait...yippppeee.. Practice so far has not been too awfully bad except for the running..it is so hot out when we run.. But we did have one set that sucked..for you non-swimming people out there..technically we swam a mile sprint with very little rest..it was not fun..especially because I am out of swimming shape..but the coaches really like me..and are impressed with me..they have told both of my parents over and over and then me too. So thank you Pilot!! I want to go back there though..i loved that team..and the coach...even though I sang the classic song of Jackie Hates Me.. Jackie was my old coach..and the song is to the tune of Jesus Loves Me..its a classic song..I have even sang the abc's in my head before the practice has been so hard..but yes..i loved that team and coach..
So that is my update on swimming..i found it very ironic that even the url of this thing has to with swimming and I very rarely talk about swimming....
Today I have practice. Actually it is consuming my whole life. I have it every afternoon for three hours and then in about a week starts morning practices..which start at 5:45...three days a week...and they are required....so that sure will be fun. I can not wait...yippppeee.. Practice so far has not been too awfully bad except for the running..it is so hot out when we run.. But we did have one set that sucked..for you non-swimming people out there..technically we swam a mile sprint with very little rest..it was not fun..especially because I am out of swimming shape..but the coaches really like me..and are impressed with me..they have told both of my parents over and over and then me too. So thank you Pilot!! I want to go back there though..i loved that team..and the coach...even though I sang the classic song of Jackie Hates Me.. Jackie was my old coach..and the song is to the tune of Jesus Loves Me..its a classic song..I have even sang the abc's in my head before the practice has been so hard..but yes..i loved that team and coach..
So that is my update on swimming..i found it very ironic that even the url of this thing has to with swimming and I very rarely talk about swimming....
Friday, August 13, 2010
The gym....whew...
Ok..So since I have moved..we have all joined a new gym. This is not just some average gym. Nope. Both of my parents know the owners..of course..my dad especially knows everyone that lives here I am pretty sure. You can not go anywhere without seeing someone you know..haha..so anyways..they know the owners..They used to be trainers at this other gym..but then they started their own gym. And it is torturous. The one guy..his name is Chance...he looks at you with the evil eye and neither of them will not let you do any slacking and I would not dare to with them watching me..who knows what could happen..haha..
So both of my parents know the owners as I said before...one of them used to work out with my dad and the other one trained my mom. So I walk in there for the first day and my mom is like this is my daughter..bla bla..since its her first day..give her an easy workout..they both look at each other and say ok..she can do the same one you are doing...and im like..oh great..thanks..So I am doing whatever...and my mom's friend had like more than the weight of me on this one thing and she is like take that off..you don't need that much..and Chance is like..nope..she is Bob's kid..so she can handle it.. I am like..yes..if I was my dad..yes..but I am not my dad..haha..Now Chance calls me Bob..since thats my dads name..He is like "Is that ok with you? I am going to call you that forever anytime I see you, train you, or do anything" haha..That gym is miserably hard. Yesterday I was so tired I layed down in the parking lot when we were done.
Today while I was working out this guy came in and Mike was talking to him and was like so what have you been eating and stuff this week..and the guy is like..well I had a snickers..whew..Mike was not so happy to say the least..haha.I am glad I didn't eat any snickers..hehe..
So there is my story..long way short..I now go to a gym that is so ridiculous hard I think it could be called like abuse or something..haha.
So both of my parents know the owners as I said before...one of them used to work out with my dad and the other one trained my mom. So I walk in there for the first day and my mom is like this is my daughter..bla bla..since its her first day..give her an easy workout..they both look at each other and say ok..she can do the same one you are doing...and im like..oh great..thanks..So I am doing whatever...and my mom's friend had like more than the weight of me on this one thing and she is like take that off..you don't need that much..and Chance is like..nope..she is Bob's kid..so she can handle it.. I am like..yes..if I was my dad..yes..but I am not my dad..haha..Now Chance calls me Bob..since thats my dads name..He is like "Is that ok with you? I am going to call you that forever anytime I see you, train you, or do anything" haha..That gym is miserably hard. Yesterday I was so tired I layed down in the parking lot when we were done.
Today while I was working out this guy came in and Mike was talking to him and was like so what have you been eating and stuff this week..and the guy is like..well I had a snickers..whew..Mike was not so happy to say the least..haha.I am glad I didn't eat any snickers..hehe..
So there is my story..long way short..I now go to a gym that is so ridiculous hard I think it could be called like abuse or something..haha.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Hello World!!!
Hi. I am alive. I did not fall off the face of the planet. I feel like I am so out of touch with the rest of the world. But I will catch up. I have been so busy it seems. We finally just today got internet. It took forever and ever. Oh well. I am glad I have it now.
I have so much to say I am not even sure where I should start at. I will just say whatever. So this summer..hmmmmm..we drove across the country. And if you put me, my mom, and my sister and two little dogs in a car all the way across the country..you are going to get tired of each other. haha. The whole way I kept telling my mom I wanted to just run. I wanted to get out and go running. I did not care where. And when these three people all wanted different radio stations on it could get difficult. But we survived. Even though we were going to stay in this God-forsaken town. My goodness. I do not think you could call it a town. whew. But we decided to drove a bunch more. fun fun.
So we got here...here is a town in the middle of Washington state..if I told you you would want to know how to say it and you would have never heard of it. But here I am. We arrived and within ten minutes..before I had even seen the house..we had one of my good friends from when we lived here before show up..and then..the neighbor lady. We do not live in a neighborhood..but off our gravel access road there are three other people. We have some property so we are not too close..thankfully..anyways..this lady..I have never seen someone talk so much. She came over the first day we were here..I had not even toured my own house..went to the bathroom..unloaded the car..nothing..she shows up and stays an hour and a half. whew..then she and her husband were at my house a week or so ago and they stayed three hours. long long time. she talks so much..but with the history of my house..i could talk a while too. It is a new house..but really long story short..the builder built it for himself but then he couldnt afford it so he had to sell it. there were all kinds of leins on the house. contractors and people were not paid..bla bla. It is quite the story..and of course we didnt know any of it when we started into offering on the house..even thats a story.. haha..
but so since we got here..we unpacked..and unpacked..and some more unpacking..we are finally pretty much unpacked though. We have cleaned..and ugh..cleaned..and guess who we had to dinner?? it was really stressful. we had my dad's boss who is from norway..some big high up guy from australia...a lesbian..and some other lady... haha..it was stressful..to say the very least.
and whew..I have done so much this summer. I have been so busy.
And I do not know where I am going to school. But here we do not start until September....unlike a school that starts on August 18th by chance..hmmmmm... anyways....I am going to go now because I am sure you are tired of reading..haha..
I have so much to say I am not even sure where I should start at. I will just say whatever. So this summer..hmmmmm..we drove across the country. And if you put me, my mom, and my sister and two little dogs in a car all the way across the country..you are going to get tired of each other. haha. The whole way I kept telling my mom I wanted to just run. I wanted to get out and go running. I did not care where. And when these three people all wanted different radio stations on it could get difficult. But we survived. Even though we were going to stay in this God-forsaken town. My goodness. I do not think you could call it a town. whew. But we decided to drove a bunch more. fun fun.
So we got here...here is a town in the middle of Washington state..if I told you you would want to know how to say it and you would have never heard of it. But here I am. We arrived and within ten minutes..before I had even seen the house..we had one of my good friends from when we lived here before show up..and then..the neighbor lady. We do not live in a neighborhood..but off our gravel access road there are three other people. We have some property so we are not too close..thankfully..anyways..this lady..I have never seen someone talk so much. She came over the first day we were here..I had not even toured my own house..went to the bathroom..unloaded the car..nothing..she shows up and stays an hour and a half. whew..then she and her husband were at my house a week or so ago and they stayed three hours. long long time. she talks so much..but with the history of my house..i could talk a while too. It is a new house..but really long story short..the builder built it for himself but then he couldnt afford it so he had to sell it. there were all kinds of leins on the house. contractors and people were not paid..bla bla. It is quite the story..and of course we didnt know any of it when we started into offering on the house..even thats a story.. haha..
but so since we got here..we unpacked..and unpacked..and some more unpacking..we are finally pretty much unpacked though. We have cleaned..and ugh..cleaned..and guess who we had to dinner?? it was really stressful. we had my dad's boss who is from norway..some big high up guy from australia...a lesbian..and some other lady... haha..it was stressful..to say the very least.
and whew..I have done so much this summer. I have been so busy.
And I do not know where I am going to school. But here we do not start until September....unlike a school that starts on August 18th by chance..hmmmmm... anyways....I am going to go now because I am sure you are tired of reading..haha..
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Internet is a very important luxury!
so.. i am not sure if this is going to work..but i hope it does! haha.. so i feel like i fell of a cliff out of the worlds communication. so since i was last here.. i drove across the country..my truck came..and we have unpacked and unpacked and unpacked some more..
so our drive across the country...it was good..we did it in four days. we drove about ten and a half hours each day.. i got pretty tired of sitting..and my phone kept dying..that was annoying...
then we got here to washington state..and our truck came..and boy is that a story.. we had so much damage and stuff..we found all kinds of spills and smashed stuff..the biggest thing was our washing machine. the guy totally broke it.. he was supposed to secure the big drum thing inside..which he did..he just put screws threw it...which broke it..now we have two big holes in the drum..so we are getting it fixed..but its expensive..we have all kinds of stuff..i could go on and on forever...it was our worst move ever.. and we have moved a lot..
and whew.. we have been really busy with friends and everyone.. we used to live here so we know a lot of people already..
then last week..somehow i got recruited into volunteering at our old church`s vbs.. that was exhausting.. so the lady i was helping was doing music and stuff..so she made me do all the singing and dancing with her...and those songs.....i dont think they will ever be out of my mind..they r still stuck.. then i helped the main sound guy... he had me doing all kinds of stuff.. it was stressful.. cuz if i messed up.. the whole skit would have been totally messed up and weird..
now i am sitting here on my phone.. we still dont have internet!!! aaahhh.. i want it back! hehe.. i have internet on my phone but it takes a while and it is weird sometimes..but i think that this week we are getting it..so that will be good.
a lot of things use the internet it seems when u dont have it.. well i will finish updating and stuff and be back on track once we get internet.. i just figured out today that i could post off of my phone.. and idk if this is really going to work.. i guess we will find out..
so our drive across the country...it was good..we did it in four days. we drove about ten and a half hours each day.. i got pretty tired of sitting..and my phone kept dying..that was annoying...
then we got here to washington state..and our truck came..and boy is that a story.. we had so much damage and stuff..we found all kinds of spills and smashed stuff..the biggest thing was our washing machine. the guy totally broke it.. he was supposed to secure the big drum thing inside..which he did..he just put screws threw it...which broke it..now we have two big holes in the drum..so we are getting it fixed..but its expensive..we have all kinds of stuff..i could go on and on forever...it was our worst move ever.. and we have moved a lot..
and whew.. we have been really busy with friends and everyone.. we used to live here so we know a lot of people already..
then last week..somehow i got recruited into volunteering at our old church`s vbs.. that was exhausting.. so the lady i was helping was doing music and stuff..so she made me do all the singing and dancing with her...and those songs.....i dont think they will ever be out of my mind..they r still stuck.. then i helped the main sound guy... he had me doing all kinds of stuff.. it was stressful.. cuz if i messed up.. the whole skit would have been totally messed up and weird..
now i am sitting here on my phone.. we still dont have internet!!! aaahhh.. i want it back! hehe.. i have internet on my phone but it takes a while and it is weird sometimes..but i think that this week we are getting it..so that will be good.
a lot of things use the internet it seems when u dont have it.. well i will finish updating and stuff and be back on track once we get internet.. i just figured out today that i could post off of my phone.. and idk if this is really going to work.. i guess we will find out..
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Update
Hey guys,
So real quick, I just wanted to say that I might not be able to update for a little while. I am leaving either tomorrow or the next day to move. It depends on how much our movers get done. And so then I will be driving for four or five days..and then whenever I can get some good internet again..I will update. I will post pics of this trip and stuff. But for now I will talk to you soon. I might be able to comment..but I definitely can still read it on my phone...so tty soon!
~Kara
So real quick, I just wanted to say that I might not be able to update for a little while. I am leaving either tomorrow or the next day to move. It depends on how much our movers get done. And so then I will be driving for four or five days..and then whenever I can get some good internet again..I will update. I will post pics of this trip and stuff. But for now I will talk to you soon. I might be able to comment..but I definitely can still read it on my phone...so tty soon!
~Kara
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Random Stuff.....
Well I am not sure what I am going to talk about yet..I guess just whatever comes to my mind..haha.
First I will say that...I am tired. I have stayed up past midnight for the past like 2 weeks..haha. And at midnight I am not tired..it is the next morning that I am exhausted.haha. Oh well. When I drive across the country I am sure I will get caught up on sleep..because I will be in a hotel room with my mom and my sister..so I can't talk all night to anyone..haha..But then once I get there..I will be able to talk as long as I want.
The next thing I will say is that I am really out of shape..and I need to go to swim practice. But now we are busy so I do not have time. So I think I will just have to get back in shape once I move. So that is that I guess.
And then next is me moving. So our movers are coming on Thursday. I am leaving on Saturday. My mom said that when the movers get here...we need to have everything we need. Apparently they will pack everything. She said that if you are not careful..they can like wrap up and pack trash and stuff..haha. That would be really funny.
Well I think I am going to leave now..because I am supposed to be cleaning my room..but I haven't done that yet..whoops....
~Kara~
First I will say that...I am tired. I have stayed up past midnight for the past like 2 weeks..haha. And at midnight I am not tired..it is the next morning that I am exhausted.haha. Oh well. When I drive across the country I am sure I will get caught up on sleep..because I will be in a hotel room with my mom and my sister..so I can't talk all night to anyone..haha..But then once I get there..I will be able to talk as long as I want.
The next thing I will say is that I am really out of shape..and I need to go to swim practice. But now we are busy so I do not have time. So I think I will just have to get back in shape once I move. So that is that I guess.
And then next is me moving. So our movers are coming on Thursday. I am leaving on Saturday. My mom said that when the movers get here...we need to have everything we need. Apparently they will pack everything. She said that if you are not careful..they can like wrap up and pack trash and stuff..haha. That would be really funny.
Well I think I am going to leave now..because I am supposed to be cleaning my room..but I haven't done that yet..whoops....
~Kara~
Friday, June 4, 2010
Goodbyes
So Inksong said on her blog that she really liked the song "If You Only Knew" by Savannah Outen. So I went to YouTube and listened to it...like fifty times I must add. Then on the little things that pop up after the song the song Goodbyes came up. So I clicked on it. I really like that song. I am addicted to it..haha..I am listening to it right now. It really can relate to me. Saying goodbye is always really hard. So go listen to the song!! haha.. And thanks Inksong for the song suggestion!!! :)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Music
I have not talked any about music yet on this blog..so I have decided I would..
Pretty much anytime I am on my computer, I am listening to some sort of music. Most of it is always really random. I listen to all sorts of stuff.I will pretty much listen to anything. I was wondering what everyone out there in the world listens to. So tell me what you like to listen to, and what you hate to listen to and I will comment..haha...
Pretty much anytime I am on my computer, I am listening to some sort of music. Most of it is always really random. I listen to all sorts of stuff.I will pretty much listen to anything. I was wondering what everyone out there in the world listens to. So tell me what you like to listen to, and what you hate to listen to and I will comment..haha...
Swimming in Washington
So yesterday I was informed by my friend in Washington that the first outdoor swim practice was on Monday. She told me the practice was supposed to last two hours but they only lasted an hour and fifteen because it was so cold.But then apparently they found some hot chocolate so at least that would have been good..hehe. So I guess this is what I have to look forward in a few weeks. Swimming in frigid cold water, so cold the practice is ended early. Or I could swim here in the warm pools that are already opened...so I guess I will have lots of fun freezing bright and early every morning...Yay for me!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Creepers...
Hello to everyone out there....I am here today to talk about creepers.. Yes creepers..
I would like to know your opinion...What do you think makes a creeper a creeper?? What does someone have to do to you or others to make you call that person and classify them as a creeper...I could write a book on mine..so I don't think I will tell you at the moment my opinion...But tell me your opinion on this question!!!
I would like to know your opinion...What do you think makes a creeper a creeper?? What does someone have to do to you or others to make you call that person and classify them as a creeper...I could write a book on mine..so I don't think I will tell you at the moment my opinion...But tell me your opinion on this question!!!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Rain....
I do not like rain at all. Rain ruins most things in life. And it has ruined the pool the past three days for me. I have went to the pool while it is nice and sunny out only for it to start raining and me have to leave. It is very annoying. Tomorrow I am determined to just go to the pool earlier in the day, but I also have to give my dog a bath. I was supposed to do that today, but I pushed it off and made a good excuse and now I will do it tomorrow.. haha..
But yes..the rain is annoying. But it is fun to watch and stand in if there is nothing going on..haha..
Today I was only at the pool like an hour before I had to walk home in the rain. And it was thundering and my sister clung to me like the world was going to end. It was funny. She was like about in tears..But there was one really big thunder and lightning that was loud in scary when you are outside walking..so whatever...
So that was my rain experience the past few days.
But yes..the rain is annoying. But it is fun to watch and stand in if there is nothing going on..haha..
Today I was only at the pool like an hour before I had to walk home in the rain. And it was thundering and my sister clung to me like the world was going to end. It was funny. She was like about in tears..But there was one really big thunder and lightning that was loud in scary when you are outside walking..so whatever...
So that was my rain experience the past few days.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Cleaning and "Cleaning"
Yes I am sure you just read the title and thought..um...ok..that is weird.. But my mom has been making me clean out a bunch of stuff so the movers can come. And I have been "cleaning" instead. "Cleaning" is when you are in your room all day sightly throwing away a few things so your cover does not get blown, emailing people, texting people, blogging (if that is even a word), listening to music, shopping online, and doing many other things. Then later when your mom asks what you accomplished you can say...I did a lot. I threw away a lot of stuff.. hehe.
But yesterday and today I have actually made a little bit of progress. I clean for a little while and then I give up and decide to go do something else. I keep like everything. I have like cards that people have sent to me from like 3 years ago. And even things that have no value, I keep just because I remember them. So I have a lot of cleaning out to do.
And that is what I have been doing all summer so far. But I really have not made a whole lot of progress.
But yesterday and today I have actually made a little bit of progress. I clean for a little while and then I give up and decide to go do something else. I keep like everything. I have like cards that people have sent to me from like 3 years ago. And even things that have no value, I keep just because I remember them. So I have a lot of cleaning out to do.
And that is what I have been doing all summer so far. But I really have not made a whole lot of progress.
Moving
Well I am here to inform everyone reading this officially that I am moving. We are most likely leaving in the next two to three weeks. We are going to Washington State. I used to live there for six years before I moved here. Well actually, I have lived a lot of places. I was born in Atlanta, and then I moved to Boston, then I moved here, then I moved to Washington, then I moved here, and now I am moving back to Washington. So I still have friends there, but I am really going to miss all of my friends here.
And the main reason I am sitting here writing this was to tell you that to get out there, we are going to drive across the country. It takes five days. We drove when we moved here and now my mom wants to take a different route and do it again. I am not so sure I am in favor of that idea. For me, I think it was a one time experience. But we go through a lot of different states, and then we stay at a hotel at night. I will post pictures of all of that as it happens.
But that is about all I had to say for now, just that while I am on my way, I will be posting pictures of the country....
And the main reason I am sitting here writing this was to tell you that to get out there, we are going to drive across the country. It takes five days. We drove when we moved here and now my mom wants to take a different route and do it again. I am not so sure I am in favor of that idea. For me, I think it was a one time experience. But we go through a lot of different states, and then we stay at a hotel at night. I will post pictures of all of that as it happens.
But that is about all I had to say for now, just that while I am on my way, I will be posting pictures of the country....
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
My day today
Well before I say anything, I am going to say that I am sure that all of my like four readers out there are thinking..um Kara I thought this thing was about swimming..And well I am here to assure you that in some point in time it will be. I just have not had the heart to get up at like 6 to go to practice. I have already been up at that time..I just do not want to have to be up at it..so when I eventually get my butt down to practice and I die, I will have someone post my funeral arrangements..but for now..I will just talk about me and my life in general..
So.. I will tell you about my day today. I actually got a few things accomplished. I cleaned out a good bit of stuff, and my room after day three, no longer looks like a bomb went off. Hehe.. I had to at least make it look like I had accomplished something, or my mom was not going to let me go to the pool to work on my hideous tanlines..But guess what...they are better now..well sorta..they are still getting there but they are a lot better than they were. I also had to take my sister to the pool with me, but it was ok. Then later my mom came and she ended up talking to our neighbor up the street.
And everyone..I have had a revelation that I am about to make..I actually opened a book today and read..Yes I am sure you are all very proud of me..hehe.
I started reading it this morning, because I couldn't sleep and I was not talking to anyone and had nothing else better to do. So I started a book called Just Listen. My friend told me it was good book to read so I bought it..And then another friend today told me it was good. It actually is...I like it. I like to read when no one forces me to and if I find a good book. I also read this book at the pool today.
And now I am here. I am writing this post at 12:01.... I am emailing with two people, writing this, doing some online shopping, reading some other blogs, listening to music, and trying to be deathly quiet..because if my mom finds me...lets just say I will not be updating for quite a while..a very long while. I would end up dead.. haha..I am doing like a million things that she wouldn't want me to right now..hehe..oops..haha.
So.. I will tell you about my day today. I actually got a few things accomplished. I cleaned out a good bit of stuff, and my room after day three, no longer looks like a bomb went off. Hehe.. I had to at least make it look like I had accomplished something, or my mom was not going to let me go to the pool to work on my hideous tanlines..But guess what...they are better now..well sorta..they are still getting there but they are a lot better than they were. I also had to take my sister to the pool with me, but it was ok. Then later my mom came and she ended up talking to our neighbor up the street.
And everyone..I have had a revelation that I am about to make..I actually opened a book today and read..Yes I am sure you are all very proud of me..hehe.
I started reading it this morning, because I couldn't sleep and I was not talking to anyone and had nothing else better to do. So I started a book called Just Listen. My friend told me it was good book to read so I bought it..And then another friend today told me it was good. It actually is...I like it. I like to read when no one forces me to and if I find a good book. I also read this book at the pool today.
And now I am here. I am writing this post at 12:01.... I am emailing with two people, writing this, doing some online shopping, reading some other blogs, listening to music, and trying to be deathly quiet..because if my mom finds me...lets just say I will not be updating for quite a while..a very long while. I would end up dead.. haha..I am doing like a million things that she wouldn't want me to right now..hehe..oops..haha.
Project 11
Hello,
I was looking through my profile and I noticed that I was following a blog called Project 11. The blog is kind of disabled now, the links do not work and it is kind of over, but I decided to tell you about it anyways.
So in the summer of 2008, my uncle passed away from an 11 year battle with melanoma skin cancer. He had had 17 major surgeries, and was on many drugs many of which made him very sick at times. He went through chemo, radiation, you name it. He was a very strong fighter. Any time that you would try to talk to him about it, he would very quickly change subjects, and act like nothing was wrong and that he was fine. Even if he was sitting in a hospital bed. When he was first diagnosed, the doctors said he had at most 18 months and he lived 11 years past that. The doctors were all shocked as to why he was still alive. My uncle was very healthy. He really liked to ride his bike. Every morning, if he was well enough, he would get up and ride his bike. He was also very inspired by Lance Armstrong and his cancer foundation.
My uncle is the reason that my parents know each other. They would not have known each other if it wasn't for my uncle. My mom would not be the same person she is without him. He was like a father figure in her life because her dad died when she was 8.
All of that to say, that when he died, his son (my cousin) started up a project called Project 11. The goal was to do 11 events (triathlons, marathons, duathlons, centuries, etc) in 11 months and raise 11,000 dollars all for one man's 11 year battle with cancer. The money all went to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research.
So my cousin and my dad did these events and we brought others into it as well. We had some family friends who did a century bike ride (and for those of you who don't know what that is..it is a 100 mile bike ride). Another goal was to get people into healthy life styles that they could carry out. My father started into the sport of triathlons and he is still doing them today. He had always been a biker, but he was not so great at swimming. He had the run down ok as well. He did most of the races with my cousin if he was around. I did a few triathlons. And we had some other people brought into it. Universal Sports found us and posted an article on their website. The link to it is.... http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=346939.html
The project is over now. We raised over 7,000 dollars. It was not as much as we had hoped for, but still a lot considering we were in economic hard times so they said.
Right now, for some reason the blog is not really working. None of the links are working. I will ask my cousin if I get a chance if he can make it work again..but I am not sure he will have time. His wife just had a baby recently.
I was looking through my profile and I noticed that I was following a blog called Project 11. The blog is kind of disabled now, the links do not work and it is kind of over, but I decided to tell you about it anyways.
So in the summer of 2008, my uncle passed away from an 11 year battle with melanoma skin cancer. He had had 17 major surgeries, and was on many drugs many of which made him very sick at times. He went through chemo, radiation, you name it. He was a very strong fighter. Any time that you would try to talk to him about it, he would very quickly change subjects, and act like nothing was wrong and that he was fine. Even if he was sitting in a hospital bed. When he was first diagnosed, the doctors said he had at most 18 months and he lived 11 years past that. The doctors were all shocked as to why he was still alive. My uncle was very healthy. He really liked to ride his bike. Every morning, if he was well enough, he would get up and ride his bike. He was also very inspired by Lance Armstrong and his cancer foundation.
My uncle is the reason that my parents know each other. They would not have known each other if it wasn't for my uncle. My mom would not be the same person she is without him. He was like a father figure in her life because her dad died when she was 8.
All of that to say, that when he died, his son (my cousin) started up a project called Project 11. The goal was to do 11 events (triathlons, marathons, duathlons, centuries, etc) in 11 months and raise 11,000 dollars all for one man's 11 year battle with cancer. The money all went to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research.
So my cousin and my dad did these events and we brought others into it as well. We had some family friends who did a century bike ride (and for those of you who don't know what that is..it is a 100 mile bike ride). Another goal was to get people into healthy life styles that they could carry out. My father started into the sport of triathlons and he is still doing them today. He had always been a biker, but he was not so great at swimming. He had the run down ok as well. He did most of the races with my cousin if he was around. I did a few triathlons. And we had some other people brought into it. Universal Sports found us and posted an article on their website. The link to it is.... http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=346939.html
The project is over now. We raised over 7,000 dollars. It was not as much as we had hoped for, but still a lot considering we were in economic hard times so they said.
Right now, for some reason the blog is not really working. None of the links are working. I will ask my cousin if I get a chance if he can make it work again..but I am not sure he will have time. His wife just had a baby recently.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Books
I am going to talk about books right now. I do not read very much..but I will occasionally..as in if I am forced..or am bored out of my mind..So but I will talk about some books that I either have/haven't read.
First the topic will be fantasy..I hate fantasy anything with a burning passion. It drives me absolutely crazy. It is so unreal and there is not point in it whatsoever. It really is an annoying genre. Nothing in it ever has the slightest bit of a chance of actually happening. Here is how all fantasy stories go...once upon a time in a land far far ago..there was a person and a dragon. the dragon was scary. the dragon chased after the person. Person is scared. person is brave and mighty and slays the dragon. The townspeople are happy and everyone lives happily ever after. The End. I hate fantasy anything...
Now I will talk about whatever other kind of books you would like me to. I just had to go on a little rant about me hating fantasy..so now that that is over..give me some suggestions of what to read..and maybe I will consider it..
First the topic will be fantasy..I hate fantasy anything with a burning passion. It drives me absolutely crazy. It is so unreal and there is not point in it whatsoever. It really is an annoying genre. Nothing in it ever has the slightest bit of a chance of actually happening. Here is how all fantasy stories go...once upon a time in a land far far ago..there was a person and a dragon. the dragon was scary. the dragon chased after the person. Person is scared. person is brave and mighty and slays the dragon. The townspeople are happy and everyone lives happily ever after. The End. I hate fantasy anything...
Now I will talk about whatever other kind of books you would like me to. I just had to go on a little rant about me hating fantasy..so now that that is over..give me some suggestions of what to read..and maybe I will consider it..
umm....not sure yet...
Well here I am..I do not know what I am going to say yet..so I do not have a title.. I am just going to talk about whatever.
So here I go..right now I am not really doing a whole lot. I am emailing a person and typing this blog, listening to some music, and then looking up stuff about swimming. I think I will start to talk about swimming, but only one of readers will understand..so Jewel..here we go.
I looked up the longcourse southeastern time cuts..and they changed the 50 free time..Now it is 30.59. It used to be 31 something. So now guess what.. we have to swim a 26 still but I really do think they changed it.. Hmmm..well I was going to really try for that during longcourse..but considering I am so out of shape...and my shoulder is going wacko again...I highly doubt I will do that..and haha..I haven't been to any meets. So I believe I am out of that..
And yes about my shoulder..I can feel it again. It is acting up which is partially my fault and partially not. I would tell my mom that I need to go back to therapy..but I am like 100% sure that she will not like that idea. I will have to keep working on it by myself and see if it gets any better. If not I guess I will have to go to therapy. They will probably have to tape it all up again and then everyone you see..is all like what happened whats wrong..It gets rather annoying..oh well.
The tape was like to train it how to move again because it over rotated and then would rub against other bones and stuff and tear them down. And then it would pop. And it does that again now.ugh..It is annoying.
But back to the topic of actual swimming..I really do need to get back in shape..and guess what!?!...our practices are now in the morning..so yay..then I can deal with me being dehydrated in the morning. Oh well.
Ok..so that is the end of my rant about me and swimming..
~Kara
So here I go..right now I am not really doing a whole lot. I am emailing a person and typing this blog, listening to some music, and then looking up stuff about swimming. I think I will start to talk about swimming, but only one of readers will understand..so Jewel..here we go.
I looked up the longcourse southeastern time cuts..and they changed the 50 free time..Now it is 30.59. It used to be 31 something. So now guess what.. we have to swim a 26 still but I really do think they changed it.. Hmmm..well I was going to really try for that during longcourse..but considering I am so out of shape...and my shoulder is going wacko again...I highly doubt I will do that..and haha..I haven't been to any meets. So I believe I am out of that..
And yes about my shoulder..I can feel it again. It is acting up which is partially my fault and partially not. I would tell my mom that I need to go back to therapy..but I am like 100% sure that she will not like that idea. I will have to keep working on it by myself and see if it gets any better. If not I guess I will have to go to therapy. They will probably have to tape it all up again and then everyone you see..is all like what happened whats wrong..It gets rather annoying..oh well.
The tape was like to train it how to move again because it over rotated and then would rub against other bones and stuff and tear them down. And then it would pop. And it does that again now.ugh..It is annoying.
But back to the topic of actual swimming..I really do need to get back in shape..and guess what!?!...our practices are now in the morning..so yay..then I can deal with me being dehydrated in the morning. Oh well.
Ok..so that is the end of my rant about me and swimming..
~Kara
Sunday, May 23, 2010
My new job in life..
So I have decided through out today...that I am going to be a professional creeper profiler...Doesn't that sound like a nice job? Yes I am sure it does..But I will probably be on the run a lot because I will end up murdering all of the creepers..they will all coincidentally fall off of cliffs, get eaten by sharks, and many other crazy things...But that is a secret..so don't tell..to all of my 2 readers..hehe..
And I have even included both of you in my job..Smith it is your job to think through the guy's mind and then be my publicist when I publish a book. And Jewel it is your job to be my crime partner..and we both know that we are amazing at hacking. We excel at four number codes..birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, social security numbers, building codes, addresses....you name it..haha.
And so here the clan is..We will all work together on professional creeper profiling and I believe that we are all going to start our work with the same creeper. For the sake of privacy I will just say that it is a he..He thinks he has owns the world and is better than everyone at everything. I will also say he thinks he is eye candy and a freakin doctor. That still creeps me out..so I am glad I am now in the business of creeper profiling..
Tell me what yall think about our new job...we can call it the KJS Corporation of Creeper Profiling. Or we could make up some random thing like DGRO..Then it could stand for nothing!! hehe..i am still on that topic..
And I have even included both of you in my job..Smith it is your job to think through the guy's mind and then be my publicist when I publish a book. And Jewel it is your job to be my crime partner..and we both know that we are amazing at hacking. We excel at four number codes..birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, social security numbers, building codes, addresses....you name it..haha.
And so here the clan is..We will all work together on professional creeper profiling and I believe that we are all going to start our work with the same creeper. For the sake of privacy I will just say that it is a he..He thinks he has owns the world and is better than everyone at everything. I will also say he thinks he is eye candy and a freakin doctor. That still creeps me out..so I am glad I am now in the business of creeper profiling..
Tell me what yall think about our new job...we can call it the KJS Corporation of Creeper Profiling. Or we could make up some random thing like DGRO..Then it could stand for nothing!! hehe..i am still on that topic..
Summer
So today was my second day of summer.
It consisted of me "cleaning" and cleaning...Then I headed off to the pool. At the pool, I have come to find out some people have way too much confidence in their bodies...if you are a girl..you will know what I am talking about.. I saw some people that I wanted to be like "do you really think that you need to be wandering around in a bikini? nope..you don't" Then I saw others who looked amazing.. And then there was me..with my stupid tan lines..I have received them from the trip and some other stuff. But I am determined to make them go away..And I don't think anyone cares...but Jewel I wore the brown suit you gave me.. it was cute..
Well that is all I have to say for now..
~Kara
It consisted of me "cleaning" and cleaning...Then I headed off to the pool. At the pool, I have come to find out some people have way too much confidence in their bodies...if you are a girl..you will know what I am talking about.. I saw some people that I wanted to be like "do you really think that you need to be wandering around in a bikini? nope..you don't" Then I saw others who looked amazing.. And then there was me..with my stupid tan lines..I have received them from the trip and some other stuff. But I am determined to make them go away..And I don't think anyone cares...but Jewel I wore the brown suit you gave me.. it was cute..
Well that is all I have to say for now..
~Kara
My day
Well when I woke up this morning, at 5:07, I decided I was going to do something fun and exciting..That has not happened yet. I would like to go to our pool, but if I go, then my sister will want to, which then means one of my parents will have to..so idk if I will.
Then I have been cleaning my room. It looks like there was a tornado. It is a disaster. And if anyone asks..I am still cleaning..hehe. I am also in the process of texting and listening to music, and writing this post..as you can see cleaning is going very well.
I am thinking about watching Avatar tonight. I think me and my dad are going to watch it just for the heck of it so we can see what all of the commotion is about. Mostly everyone I have talked to says it is amazing. There have been some that have said it is awful. I think it should be ok. So I will consider watching it tonight. Comment and tell me what you think about Avatar...and will I cry??? There has to be nothing not even close emotional in it..or I will cry.
So tell me your thoughts on Avatar.....
~Kara
Then I have been cleaning my room. It looks like there was a tornado. It is a disaster. And if anyone asks..I am still cleaning..hehe. I am also in the process of texting and listening to music, and writing this post..as you can see cleaning is going very well.
I am thinking about watching Avatar tonight. I think me and my dad are going to watch it just for the heck of it so we can see what all of the commotion is about. Mostly everyone I have talked to says it is amazing. There have been some that have said it is awful. I think it should be ok. So I will consider watching it tonight. Comment and tell me what you think about Avatar...and will I cry??? There has to be nothing not even close emotional in it..or I will cry.
So tell me your thoughts on Avatar.....
~Kara
Saturday, May 22, 2010
This is post number 1!!
Well hello to everyone out there.... Even though I do not think that many people will be out there..but whatever.
I have thought about making a blog before, and I think I actually have, but I have no clue what became of it. It was under some random gmail I made for it. But today...I have decided to make one that I am going to keep up to. This blog is mainly going to be about swimming. I am talking about this with a friend at the moment on another person's phone. You know who you are. And so this will be about swimming and then life in general.
So..here my blog goes..hmm..this is stressful...idk what to talk about first..
I shall begin this by talking about swimming. I am a swimmer. I swim on a year round team. It is fun..well actually fun is not exactly the word I am going to use...But anyways..I like it. At the moment I would sink if I decided to go to practice so I am procrastinating going back.. I am really out of shape.. I am a little nervous to go back to practice. I have not been in a while because of a ton of things. Mainly just that my family has been really busy. But when I do go back I will inform my one reader that is going to care about practice and then meets and other things...
But for now..I will talk about whatever comes to my mind..well not quite..
I am going to talk about movies, books, music (hehe, yes music.."jewel"...) and a lot of other things..
that is all I am going to say right now..Oh and for all of my readers of this bloog..haha.. it is going to be really random if you have not already noticed. I think of random things..very random.. so that is all for now..goodbye..
This blog is going to be changing...This is just the first initial start of it..
This blog is going to be changing...This is just the first initial start of it..
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