desk supplies haul (june 9)

 I got this notebook on sale at Office Max. They're having a clearance sale right now because the location I go to is merging with Office Depot. This was $2 ish. When I opened it, I found a dead bumble bee squished in the corner of one of the pages. YUCK.

 The pictures above are of a yellow notebook that I got at Target. It was $12.99. I'm going to be using it as a journal. I bought it so I might be more motivated to write.

    I also got a "de" composition book. I just thought it was cute. I think I'll use it for chemistry or english next year. I'm hoping chemistry because it fits.

The last thing I got were these pens that my friends seemed to love. I think they were around $6-8. I like them because they're felt tip and the colors are really nice. They are Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Porous Point Pens in an Easel Storage Case. (That's a mouthful.) OH AND the case opens and folds onto itself like a little stand for the pens. I think they're really cute.

OKAY that's all I got bye friends.

finals results! (june 7) and summer

I did well on all of my finals! I was especially proud of my biology final grade. I had studied for 7 hours the night before my final and I ended up scoring a 104% on my final. It brought my grade up a lot! I was so happy.

SO now summer has begun. The last day of school was really fun. I went in a small river by my home with a friend and we just sorta stood in it. It was a really nice moment I think. The temperature was really nice and the sky was really pretty.

my first (much needed) detox (june 9)

I'm going to be straight up about this: My vagina smelled really bad for a few days and I had been eating horribly. After much research, I learned that what you eat can really impact your vagina's smell. I knew it could somewhat, but not as much as it really does.

I had been eating a lot of steak from Chipotle (my sister had Chipotle cater for her party and we had A LOT left over) and drinking too much coffee. 

So I'm trying to do a sort of detox. I'm drinking a ton of water & smoothies & eating a lot of fruit. It's just to try and flush everything out of my system. If this doesn't work after a few days, I'm going to see my gyn, but I don't want to deal with that quite yet.

Alright that's it bye.

finals man (may 30)

my finals plan

I'm finally almost done with my freshman year(!!!) It has really gone by quickly. Nothing has gone horribly wrong so I think it was a success. Almost. I just have to finish my finals (and hopefully ace them!)
My goal for this semester is all A's, but I'm coming pretty close to some B's. As in 92%'s in some classes. This is my plan for each of my classes and what the final is:::

PERIOD 1: PE (test tuesday)
final: 10 laps/ 2.5 miles
current grade: 92.5%
score needed on final to maintain an A: 67%
what can I do to do that: nothing really- just keep running

PERIOD 2: BAND (test tuesday)
- no final (I think). There might be some rhythm testing but I'm not sure.

PERIOD 3: ENGLISH (test wednesday)
final: essay on whose fault it was that Romeo and Juliet died
current grade: 93%
score needed on final to maintain an A: 63%- but I'm going for more of an 85%
what can I do to do that: make an outline with all my quotes/ examples

PERIOD 4: MATH (test wednesday)
final: basic math test- not multiple choice, but show work for solving like 45 problems
current grade: 92.65%
score needed on final to maintain an A: 75%
what can I do to do that: study my review packet a lot

PERIOD 5: SPANISH (test thursday)
final: multiple choice + speaking portion
current grade: 92% but on 4.0 scale- a 76 is still an A
score needed on final to maintain an A: negative 78%
what can I do to do that: anything honestly- but I will keep going over the speaking portion prompt and study the grammar and vocabulary

PERIOD 6: BIOLOGY (test thursday- last test/last day!)
final: multiple choice
current grade: 96%
score needed on final to maintain an A: 66% to get a 93% in the class
what can I do to do that: do my practice tests over and over and over hah

cool diy book cover and hard classes (may 26)

Water color painting is so fun. You can be the worst artist and it still looks amazing. Take my book cover, for example. It is actually made out of trash lol. There's a tutorial for it here. I actually really like it compared to the actual cover of the book. 

This book is for a class called AP World History, or WHAP. I'm terrified. They had a small assembly for all the kids taking the class next year and they said, "you all probably will not get A's in this class." WOW THANKS. I'm hoping that my book cover will make me want to study. God, I hope it does. I really want an A in this class. It'll be a lot of work but I CAN DO IT! Hopefully.

wow (may 25)

I have not posted in a LONG time. I lost all of my motivation for the past month and I am just now trying to gain it back again. I guess I just didn't know what to post. BUT I am back.

BIRTHDAY PLANTS
My birthday was last tuesday. I decided to celebrate by having a little barbecue with a few friends and roasting some smores. It wasn't the most fun party. My friends kept bossing me around and acting like the party was their own; that kinda sucked. But it was okay. One of my friends that I don't always like gave me a really nice succulent decoration thing. He made it himself and it's even nicer than the gift he got his girlfriend?? This sets the standards for his gift really high lol. It was cute though:

Then I also got a cute little plant from my other friend Lindsey. I decided to paint the pot red. 

Speaking of painting, I've been really into painting things lately. I went to Michael's and bought a few wooden things and some paint and this one was my favorite. 

 I think it was meant to be a jewelry box or something, but I decided to make it into a desk organizer. My desk looks a lot clearer now that there's only one organizer vs. before when there were cups and dishes everywhere. I keep smaller things in the top compartment area and I keep pens / pencils / markers in the drawer below.

sorry, kinda blurry 

I have also painted a birdhouse for my mom and a lock box for Lindsey's birthday. I think the lock box looks bad though, so I'm going to repaint it.
I'm finally finding things that I like to do. It's so nice. Finally.

loss of motivation & things I enjoy (let's talk about me)

Sorry for not posting for the past week. I have had no motivation at all. I haven't even showered since Tuesday. It's really bad. I've been too lazy to do my homework. 

I think that's a sign that I really need summer to come. 

I'm so tired. 

I just have to push through 4 more weeks. This week will go by super fast because I'm going to Pennsylvania for my grandma's funeral service. 

So then it'll be only 3 weeks after that. That makes it easier to handle, I guess. 

Another thing I wanted to talk about is what I enjoy. For a while this year, I felt talentless and like I didn't like anything that I was doing. 

Now I'm realizing that 1.) I can call little things a hobby, and 2.) I'm good at those little things. 

I have been playing the piano for about 2 weeks now. I learned the song Teen Idle by MATD and I think I'm getting pretty good. So I like that.

And yesterday I painted a little birdhouse for my mom for mother's day. That made me realize that I really like painting things. Not pictures necessarily, but I like painting ceramics and wood things. It isn't that expensive of a hobby either, which is great. 

I also really like biking. I think bike rides with my boyfriend are so fun. I'm excited for summer because this is the first summer I'll get to spend with him. The other two summers that we've known each other, he has ignored me. I'm just hoping that he doesn't do that this summer.