Homecoming Week

So... this week is the week of Monroe Central Homecoming. In case you are far beyond high school years, homecoming week is the most important week of the year. It is like fashion week for a designer or election week for a politician. The entire month we talk about themes, dress-up days, and hallway and banner ideas. The way the week goes is like this:

Monday- First dress up day, Pajama Day. All classes pretty much stay after until 8 or 8:30 starting the banner.
Tuesday- Favorite Sport's team day. You see a lot of brown and gold and over sized NFL jerseys. After school we work on finishing up banner and start painting or working on hallway decorations. Once again stay until 8 to 8:30
Wednesday- (We had no school this day but it would have went like this) Construction worker day. I imagine it would have been something like lots of yellow hats and hammers. Everyone would stay after to finish the banner and doing whatever you could to make tomorrow easier, so working on some of the hallway projects.
Thursday- Decades Day (No school today, so this is what would have happened) Everyone buzzing about staying after today. Lots of big concert tees and the irking smell of hairspray. Maybe some poodle skirts. Everyone would stay after school. I mean EVERYONE. We would stay after until 10 or 11 even. The hallway would come together. Today would have been the second most important day, the first of course being friday.
Friday-Tomorrow...hmmm. Brown and gold day. Lots of shorts, beads, face paint, and excitement. There is a half day of classes. After that we would all go to the cafeteria for a concert of the MC talent show. Some good bands... some good acts...others? Not so much. But we scream and yell and smile anyway. After that we file into the gym and scream. Lots of screaming. We play some silly games, including fear factor in which you can be sure to see someone barf, the bat spin, and balloon pop. After school... I can't remember, that never seems impotant. The game is big we all scream and yell and do crazy things and then we go to the dance. Then it is all over, nothing but your inablity to speak and large pastelled paper that esentially says 'Win Bears' to show for it.

But by the next year you are ready to do it again. And this year won't even feel like homecoming really. People will be ready for another one next week. I mean with the two most important prep days gone nobody will have a banner or a hallway and the building excitement has been all but drained. Can imagine that kind of homecoming? I certainly cannot. I can't even imagine being a senior right now. I mean, I am no Suzy Q, but everyone gets into homecoming. I am just really curious at this point about this will all play out.

Anyway. So I have a funny story. This morning I was reading and I heard Dora ask Brighton if paper came from trees and he said yeah. then I hear Dora go out to the hallway and say, "Told ya so Tobi, Brighton said that paper came from trees." And then Tobi said "Nu-uh. I have never seen a paper tree!"

Well that's all folks

Sari

Merry Christmas!!

Hiya!! I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone! :)

I don't really have anything big to say, but I have to write an English paper here soon, so might as well practice going on and on about nothing right?

Christmas was great this year. I could tell ya everything that I got, but no need to provoke jealousy, right? I will say that we got an electric piano or keyboard or whatever you wanna call it. My favorite thing about it is that it has lessons right on there. They have some piano solos, and duets and other things on there. But the the best part is they have my favorite piano song EVER on there. Fur Elise, by Beethoven. So mom and dad are very happy about the head phone jack, because I play that all the time. Of course I mainly play right hand, cause I suck at left hand. But I can play them both, just...ve..ry.. sl..o...w...ly. Anyway. I love to play music. I want to learn how to play the cello. And I will learn someday.

I love the holidays. You know what I love? From like after christmas eve to after New years, you can eat, or watch as much T.V. or play as much computer as you couold possibly want. I mean, like for breakfast everyday since christmas I have had a bottle of coke and m&ms for breakfast and lunch. How flippin' sweet is that?!! And you get to go shopping and get gifts. And do whatever. With very little responsibility. I mean I still have to read a story for english and practice my clarinet (solo and ensemble in one month) but very little. Well and the occasionaly babysitting, but I mean all my little brothers and sisters have toys, so like, what is my job description? yeah. Nothing. Any way

Merry Christmas!!

Sari

Still sane...barely

Hiya!!

Yeah so the reason that I haven't blogged the last few days is because I can't blog on my computer. Yeah, only on my mom's. So I have to wait for it to be free.
But I am now!!

Now...what to put? Umm, I am not insane. Thanks to youth group. Really, if it weren't for Pink, I could be chewing through a strait jacket right. Not really. Oh to the petty worries of a 15 year old.

But... well 2 more days until christmas!!! Yay for that. I love Christmas. a lot.

But now I can't prattle any longer, so I will have to conclude this.

Bye!!!

This Could Be Goodbye

Right now I am just writing to say goodbye because this could be the last day you ever get to read a sane blog from me.

I am going to spend another all dayer with my 3 little brothers and sisters. They are quiet though, that is good. At least it is Christmas time. :) See I smile for you now. All hope is not lost.

Lol

Sari

Ooooo another blog! Slightly less than four months too PK.

Ok. The reason that I am blogging is because... I have a two hour delay... AGAIN!!!
I hate not going to school. You know how you are in elementary and everyday you rub your lucky rabbit foot saying over and over "Let there be no school. Please no school!" And you NEVER miss school? And then by the time you get into high school and rainy day Barbie just doesn't cut it anymore. You actually want to start talking to people your own age. Not 13, 9, or5.

And this just in. We are closed. I think I am going to go cry. DEATH to ALL bad weather. NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Tear* *Sob*

I am very disappointed in the school system. We can't be closed! *Sniff Sniff*

I won't even get to pass out my Christmas cards. :(

Or see my friends. :(

this sucks.

Surprise! A new blog. I know, don't die of shock. :)

So, obviously I am extremely bored or have a funny story or both. Right now it is both.

So, my funny story. Ready? O.K. Good. Here it goes.
So... today and yesterday schools were closed (even Monroe Central so you know this had to be bad) and my mom had to work, so it was just me and my siblings. Yay fun?? Umm... no. Claudia, our next door neighbor was over so Tobi was quite occupied play school, or barbie, or whatever the evil twins could think of. Brighton is 13 and prefers to stay in is room (I know! I am lucky) Leaving only Dora... the worst one when it comes to being bored, or anything really. So, before things got out of hand I decided to snip the boredom where it was at. I told her to get her christmas gifts and bring them to my room. She was of course elated and happy for the time being. But after Dora, I also had to help Brighton and Tobi... 'they' wanted to wrap their gifts too. Next I helped Brighton wrap his. He, by the way, attempted to match yellow christmas tags with the pretty baby blue and white wrapping paper I had picked out. Umm... no. Poor child, I am convinced he is color blind. But my funny stories come from Tobi. Tobi was the most hands on. She proceded to tell me that I was wrapping thing wrong and that I should fold this like this, and when I gave her the opportunity, she would show me the 'right way' to wrap gifts. She tried to tell me that I needed to put tape here, and that this color would match better. Silly five year old. But when we got to mommy's gift, I nearly died laughing so hard.

It started like any other present.
"Don't you think mommy will like her gift?!"
And I answered the same way I already had 3 times before.
"Yes, I am sure she will"
Then with total seriousness she looks at me worried, like this was the biggest thing troubling her little 5 year old heart.
"I think she knows what it is though"
Well DUH! Mom always knows what she is getting. She shows us, or wraps it for us or something, so for one reason or another gifts are never a surprise for mom.
"What makes you think that?" *stiffled giggle goes here*
"Well...*worried look* she picked it out for me."
I nearly lost it here. "Oh... *giggle* I am sure *he he he* she will like it" Here is where I ran out of the room. I had to tell mom.

Oh... poor Tobi. She must be so troubled. But this further proves my... er... theory. You see I am the "over achiever" Brighton is the "achiever" Dora is the "genius" and well... that only leaves one spot to fill... dumb as a stump. Just a theory but according to mom and Tobi's teacher it is wrong... still...

Then today, because I had wrapped all the gifts that are under the tree, there was not a gift there for me. I pouted and told Dora to go wrap my gift. She couldn't it was too "oddly shaped". So I pouted for a real long time. Then I went to pout to mom. She had mercy and told Brighton to wrap his gift to me. He put it in a box and I wrapped it. Life is so not fair.

Band is done

So I know that I have not posted in forever. But, eh... oh well.

As of this morning at 2 a.m. band was done. Well, except for the August 22 football game. But other than that, my bass drum days are over. Although I cannot deny a growing attachment to bass drum four and the fact that I will miss seeing all the Hagerstown people. Who knows, maybe I will march bass drum next year. It was a lot of fun. But anywho, we got 13th in the morning show due to a 13 point penalty, and 8th in the night show. We could have done better, everyone believes, had it not been for the fact that we had no power in the night show (their fault) and now power in the morning show because something happened and a keyboard caught on fire on the inside (we had to buy new ones) and the electricity didn't work after that. But any way, we still did well.

That is all.

Sari