PEACHTREE CITY!!!

I can not wait until tomorrow! My mom, sister, and I are going to Georgia for the next four days for my cousin's first communion. It has been so long since I've been on vacation.. I'm really looking forward to spending some time in the great Southern sun! I wish we were going for longer though.. four days isn't nearly as long as what I would have wished for.. I get to miss tomorrow and Monday in school (also a great releif!) Honestly, with all of my scholarship awards ceremonies and concerts and fun happenings coming up within the next two months, it seems as if I won't have a full week of school until school ends! I am getting so sick of waking up at 6:30 every morning. This week I was so lazy that I wore sweatpants/sweatshirts/sports t-shirts EVERY day.. my new record. Generally, I like to dress up and look nice for school but my sleep pattern has been disturbed from sleeping until 11 during Spring Break, so it will take me a bit to get adjusted back to where I should be!

I got my college housing papers in the mail yesterday and immediately filled them all out. I am getting so excited to move out and get some freedom! I washed my college comforter and put all of my dorm-room decorations in a big bin in the attic.. I can't wait to decorate my room!

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A Rather Blustery Day

So long nice weather! The past few days have been beautiful, but when I woke up this morning, there was no sunshine warming my face. Hopefully it will clear up; what with prom and dance recitals and concerts coming up within the next few weeks. Theres not much on my agenda now that I finished all of my projects. There is a pile of homework on my desk, waiting to be done, but honestly, my case of Senioritis has reached Stage Four, and there is no cure for it now. Honestly, I have nothing to worry about. My classes are all easy, theres not much homework, and the ones that do have homework are all electives and I don't need them to graduate anyways. For instance, College-Level Calculus. Looking back at 11th grade Danielle, I scream because there was NO LOGIC REASON behind taking that class. I completed college level pre-calculus last year which fulfills my pre-calculus requirement for college next year. Why Calculus? The class and teacher have given me so much stress; its really the only class I have that I actually worry about. No point in worrying any longer though! I can't fail now. I calculated everything with my grades and final and everything and figured out that I only need to get like a 45 on the final to pass the course. Really, the only thing thats been kind of bothering me is preparation for the AP Calculus test. Our school has a funny little system set up where they combined the College-Level and AP class into one unit, so even if I completely bomb the AP, as long as I pass the course itself I'll still get college credit. Want to know how much I have been preparing for the AP? Well, for the last seven weeks of class, we have been reviewing old exams. Other students have been taking their time filling out the answers and searching for formulas. Me, on the other hand, doodle in the answer space and write poems about how much I hate calculus. Next week while my fellow classmates will be cramming for the test which is on May 5th, I will be laying in the sun down in Georgia without a care in the world. That test was made for people going Ivy, not students like me going to small, catholic colleges. Gannon doesn't care if I draw illustrations instead of answers on that AP test. Well, I'm about to go tanning to work on my base-coat for next week (I don't want to fry in Georgia.) Here are some pictures of the finished products of the past five days of labor.

Nino's, How May I Help You

Tonight was my first night working at the pizzeria. Unlike the gig at the nursing home, I actually kind of had fun. The job itself was pretty easy and most of the night I spent talking with the other workers. It is nice being able to wear normal clothes instead of scrubs and NO HAIRNET! That was a huge releif! The pay isn't too bad, minimum wage. Last summer working at an icecream shoppe, I only made $4.60 an hour, which was really tough. I work again tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday.

My mom told me today that we are going to Peachtree, Georgia next Thursday to visit our family. Since I didn't go anywhere this week, it will be nice to go south for a few days. We will stay at my cousins house and I will spend ALL day every day in the sun to work on my tan. OOPS I forgot to go tanning tonight... bummer.

Black and White Overload

Day 4: Spring Break
Again today I woke up at 11:30, way later than what I had expected, considering I have been getting almost twice as much sleep as usual. It was nice again today, so I spent the afternoon outside being crafty. I finished half of my black and white checkered pots, but my arms got sore so I had to put that to rest until tomorrow. While painting yesterday I came across an old beat-up desk in my garage, and I was inspired to paint that courtly check as well. That became my second project for today. I ripped up rags of black-and-white fabric to tie around the handles and then painted the front of the desk black, the rest of it white, and then sponged a checker board in black on the top. Going along with the theme, I found black and white paisley scrapbook paper and lined the drawers and bought a strand of black beads to hang from the edge. For a days worth of work and only $15 spent on the project, I'd say it looks like a million bucks. Project numero three: I found an old mirror that was looking pretty weak and I tore up an old Mackenzie Child tissue paper and decoupaged the border of the mirror (also courtly check.) I topped it off with a big maroon bow and voila, another great looking project. Young Danielle (or should I call her Dodo) used to love doing crafts, but as I have grown older, my time has been scarce so my creative juices were depleated in school each day. Now that I'm on break and have a little time to myself, I've been searching for craft ideas.

My family and I went to Olive Garden tonight and had a GREAT meal. I ordered the Five Cheese Ziti al Forno with a bowl of Zuppa Toscana. Both were delicious and made my belly smile. Typically I don't like franchise restaurants- local family-owned grub hubs are more my thing- but tonight Olive Garden hit the spot.

I figure since I haven't done anything except blog and craft since Saturday morning, I should probably do something a little more structured, so I'm going to start my new book The Choice by Nicholas Sparks.

Love to the moon and back!