1 Week To Go

   So it has been brought to my attention that I haven't posted since freshmen year.
   I'm sorry.
   Since that's such a big time frame I'm just going to pick up on this summer and what it has consisted of.


   I think it was sometime around the beginning to mid June that my parents realized just how bored we all were at home, so all of us (minus my dad because he had to work) packed up and headed to the Rocky Mountains. My mom said we were staying at the YMCA in Estes Park. I was a bit hesitant agreeing to going, because I figured we were staying someplace lame. I mean, who stays at a YMCA? However, after the 2 hour drive we arrived to a cute little place filled with a lot of kids and parents. We found our room, and after we had unpacked, walked around a bit. My mom insisted that we all take a picture, so here it is

   Not my best picture. 

   Throughout the week we did things ranging from hiking, to kickball, to shopping downtown, to even playing bingo numerous times. It was a lot of fun, and I was definitely happy to go back later on in the summer.

   Fast forward a few weeks to when my cousin Oceon came into town. Oceon and I are the same age, which makes being around each other a lot more bearable. The reason she flew out was in the next week we would be going to the One Direction concert at the Pepsi Center!

   The concert was so much fun and we lost our voices halfway through :) We had PERFECT seats and could hear them very well. I got a lot of the songs on video, but since my phone died towards the end, I didn't get some of my favorite songs. I really hope they come back to Denver, because I would love to see them again. 

   Here are some pics

 Got our shirts!

 On our way!

 our view

 My shirt :)

 during the concert omg

they were right there omg

   So yeah, it was a lot of fun and the highlight of my summer. 

   I have exactly a week until school starts, and my schedule couldn't be better. (I really wish I was taking French instead of having to take Chinese, since it is after all, my high school schedule, but I cant drop out.)

   This year I have an off hour, which basically means I don't have class for 90 minutes. I also have the privilege of going off campus, which is quite self explanatory.

   I'm going to end this by saying since I moved here I've realized how wrong I was. I don't like it here and wish I could move back. Everyone else seems to disagree with me, and don't hesitate to remind me we're never moving back. Personally I think we should. But it's not up to me.

Aislinn

My Birthday is coming up!

I'm soooo excited, because in 4 days my birthday will be here! I have been reminding my parents everday, just so they don't forget. I don't like having school on my birthday, though. Just ruins it.
 Right after my birthday though is fall break, a week later, so I'm even more excited about that!
 I'll catch you up on what happens soon!
Aislinn

6th week of school

Gosh I live a boring life.
So, my birthday is coming up!! :)
And I told my parents I only want one thing:
Concert tickets.
And they said that won't happen. Pshh.
So I told them that's all I want, because honestly, that is all I want.
And they still said no.
They told me that if that's all I want then I'm gonna be very disappointed.
But I won't stop asking.
Even if my birthday is in two weeks.
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This past week I had tennis lessons.
Yes, the one's my mom signed me up for.
She told me that "This was a way to get you out of the house.''
But I told her I like my cave, and I walk to school everyday, therefore I do get out of the house.
Anyway, I went to tennis and had class with about 6 other kids.
My instructor goes to my school...awkward.
But it was fun, for the most part.
I ended up making a few friends, so that's good.
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I must've caught something at school because the past few days I've been sick. Sore throat, and crackly voice. Ugh. I brought some tea to school and that was good. I drank it all 60 minutes into class, though. The rest of the day my throat was very sore.
Anyway, other than that, school has been OK.
I get Monday off, which is great!!
Love,
Aislinn
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Friday

So it turns out that it was the fourth week of school, not the fith!
 Since I last updated, not much has happened. But really, it's not like I expected something great to, nothing really stood out this week.
 I will say that Chinese is getting easier, because I'm reviewing my work and studying. I have to take an online quiz this weekend, so fingers crossed I do well!
 Recently I started to watch the X Factor, since it just premiered the other day! American Idol kind of crashed, to be honest, and America's Got Talent isn't that great...in my opinion. So I'm watching XFactor! It's great so far! :)
 Math and Science aren't exciting. So I guess that means I should be doing well. I dont know, I don't really look at my grades, but I do know, unlike a lot of people, I do not have any D's, C's, or F's! Yay!
 So yeah, my week in a nutshell.

 Love,
Aislinn
xx

I'm gonna assume that it's the 5'th week of school.

Because I honestly don't know..
Sorry for the late post, I haven't had time to update, but with my free time now I figured I would :)

Last week, I did fairly well in all my classes. But what's so strange, is that I'm passing, whereas a lot of the kids in my classes, are failing! In Freshman Seminar, my teacher does week grade-checks, and if a student is failing (or has less than a C, since those don't pass at my school) then the two of you make a plan to fix your grades so you pass.
 That sounds confusing, trust me. And the first day he did the checks, most of the class was called up! I'll be honest, I kind of wanted my name to be called. Not because I want to fail or anything, but because I wanted to know my grades. Turns out you only saw the class you're failing. Like I said, most of my class is failing. Except for me and a few others.
 Later on in the week, my english teacher told us that after grading just a few notebooks, he has come to the conclusion that half of my English class is failing, and half isn't! He said that he noticed about 80% of us aren't passing. Some of us have an 11%. How do you get an 11% in the 5'th week of school?! It's ridiculous.
 What's even more so is math class. My teacher is fine, she's nice. However, the kids in my class don't understand anything!! And it's still just review!!! I cannot tell you how many times a day I hear, "I don't get it. I don't understand." Come from the girls behind me.
 I figured that Georgia, not being the highest when it comes to education, that I might be behind, but according to my classes, I'm ahead! I'm not upset, rather be ahead than behind, but it's annoying.
 Chinese is hard!! I didn't expect it to be easy, but I don't understand it. At all.
 Drawing + Theater is fine, not much happening.
 Anyways.
So last week I was at lunch, getting my usual. (Subway footlong tuna on white..like you cared) and I am in this long line to buy my food, right? So I get up to the register and type in my code, while I wait for the woman to let me leave. Basically, this is what happened.
 So the lunch lady asked me if this kid on her screen was me (my lunch I.D doesn't have a photo, and they really don't know my name) I nodded, and she asked me if I have any money. "In my account." I said, and she was like, "You don't have enough to buy that." So I said, "How much is it?" Because I don't eat an entire footlong, I eat 6 inches and bring the rest the next day! So she said, "It's 5 dollars. You have 1.25, enough for the water." I started to ask her if I could leave it there, when this guy next to me goes, "I'll buy her lunch." We both turned, and the guy was smiling, and was like, "I have money, so I'll buy her lunch." The woman told me to wait there and filled out some more orders, and when it was the boys turn he said, "Here's 5 for her lunch, and 5 for mine." The woman put both our orders in AND THEN HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME "He did you a nice thing." UM, DUH. So I said thanks to the boy again, and he was like, "No problem!" And walked off. I have no clue who he was, or what grade he's in.
As always,
Love,
Aislinn
xx

3'rd Week of School

Three weeks down!
I can't really complain...well, yes I can.
School is boring.
I give up.
I just want summer to come back. Can I sleep until then?
I don't have any new friends. My mom says I should try and talk to more people, but honestly I've tried.
High school isn't what it looks like on tv.
One thing that's different from middle school, is that there isn't as much drama! With the biggest freshman class in the history of the school (and it's not a very big school) that means it's very hard to keep up with everyone. Especially like me, who doesn't know more than 5 people, if that! But in all seriousness, there is no drama.
Except at lunch.
The other day me & Lizzette were sitting with my friends Alyssa, Cecile, and Murphy, when one of Lizzette's friends sat next to her. They began to talk, and he (I don't know his name) asked her if she liked sitting with the 4 of us. She said, "No, I don't like them." So he says, "Then why do you sit with them?" and she replied, "Because I like Aislinn, I just don't like the rest of them."
 Now, I know she didn't care for one girl, but she never once told me she didn't like sitting with the others! And I don't know why! She still doesn't know that I know.
But there's one problem.
Being the third week of school, and high school for God's sakes, I don't want to get caught up in this. I am NOT getting involved in drama. (I say this but then watch me get pulled in.)
I became friends with Lizzette first. Before I met Alyssa, Lizzette was my only friend. So, I feel like if I picked to sit with Lizzette, her being my first friend and all, that I would then lose 3 new friends! But, if I sat with the 3 girls, then Lizzette might not be my friend anymore.
The other day (right after this happened, the following day) Lizzette and I sat with some of her friends, who didn't include me. Who didn't talk to me. Who ignored me.
Is that what she felt like?
She saw me looking for the 3 of my other friends, and even said "You can go sit with them if you want!" But I didn't see them, nor did I wanna be rude.
So, unlike two days ago, for the past 2 days I have been eating with my 3 other friends. When I see Lizzette, she looks lonely. I don't know if it's because she ate alone, or if she was waiting for me. If either of those were the case, she'd know where to find me.
But I like hanging out with Alyssa, Cec, and Murphy! So, why do I even need to pick who to eat with! Why do I care so much about hurting others when I should be worried about myself!?
Oh well. I'm learning, right?
On another note, I have had college prep for the last few days. Like, the other day I had to get up in front of my School Success class and say a goal of mine I want to complete.
I chose to say my goal of "What I plan on doing before High School ends" I decided to change it, so instead of before High School ends, it became when High School is over. It was hilarious.
"Aislinn. Come present your goal." Said my teacher. I stood up and picked up my paper with my goal and reasons why and stepped up in front of the class. Unlike most times publicly speaking, I wasn't nervous. I confidently walked up to the front of the class, maybe it's because I know what I wanted and I think it's a pretty cool goal. "I'm going to be doing goal number 2." I said, as I began to read, "When I graduate high school I want to have enough money and good enough grades to be able to afford to live in the UK, preferrably the London area." I looked up and one girl who sits at my table spoke up, "AH! The UK! I wanna go there so bad, take me with you!" I smiled and my teacher said, "No. She just said she will have enough money for her. Not you." The smile dropped off the girls face as soon as he spoke. (omg hahahaha) Then one boy, in the back of the class, spoke up. "So, how do you plan on getting all this money?" I said, "By working?" "So, you'd work anywhere, like McDonalds?" And this is where I got wicked confident and sassy, saying, "McDonalds won't get me to Cambridge, now will it?" And he shut up. Along with the rest of the class. Who was silent earlier, but now was focused on me. "Cambridge? What?" Said the boy, and people looked at each other. No one knows what that college is. "Yes, that's where I'm going to college." I said, and looked at the teacher to see if he thought that was a good goal or not. He propped back in his chair and said 'wow'. "Cambridge.That's good. So you plan on living there?" I nodded with a big smile, because this is something I really want. "Why? Why don't you want to live in America?" This caught me off guard, but it wasn't like I'd never thought of that before. So I answered honestly. "I, uh, I just wanna..I just wanna leave. I don't want to live here." And, even though no one was speaking, people began to pay more attention to me. I'm sure some people were even thinking Doesn't want to live in America?! She's crazy! But I'm not. I want this, and know that I want to go there. Then, randomely, the teacher began to fake cry and said, "Do we not fit your standards?!" And I said, "No." and walked to my seat. "Land of the free! Home of the brave! Do you wanna give all that up?" He yelled, not rudely, but more like a way to silence the class but to get my attention again. Just like before, I honestly said, "Yes." And I meant it.

So that was my week!
Bless,
Aislinn
xx

2 Weeks Down..

How many weeks left?

 So, once again I am here to update you on my second week of school!
It's a lot different.
Let's start with math.
 So I sit next to this girl, and apparently she's really popular, so she completely blew me off all day until the next time I went into math class, where she randomly asks me; "Are you a sophmore?" I shake my head and say no. She laughs and says, "Oh, sorry I thought you were. Sorry for not talking to you all the other day." I said it was fine (but we're taking freshman math soo) and she's spoken to me since.
 Lunch is better this week, as well. I have lunch every other day with Alyssa, but have it every day with Lizzette and my two new friends Murphy and Cec. (Omg I don't know how to spell her name!)
 Freshman sem. and Chinese are fine. Chinese is cool, I'm currently learning numbers. 1-10. I know the symbols & pronounciation. Freshman sem is fine, not much going on. It's basically a free class.
 Biology is alright, another class where we just take notes.
 In ancient civ we're learning about pre-history. Which is really cool. The teacher's pretty funny, too.
 As for drawing & theater, it's getting better. Can't really say drawing is fun when you're one of 6 freshman who know each other. Same goes for the rest of the class. Everyone knows each other.
 Theater is alright, I usually talk to a girl named Sam, and sit with her everyday.
 Last but not least, english.
 English is probably my favorite subject, because the teacher is so cool. He doesn't really care what you do, as long as you get your work done. And the people in my class are really funny.
That's about it!
Aislinn
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