Sunday, December 19, 2010
Break
I think I'm gonna consider Bryan Rogers god from now on, considering he reminded me about this blog just now. Well...break is going pretty good. I love the feeling of not having school tomorrow! I only work two days this week too so I get to go to the basketball game! It'll be the first one I go to! That'll be great. I went to dinner last night at Buca for my friends birthday. It was soooooooooooooooo good. We had a gift exchange after and it was pretty legit. I got some aromatherapy lotions for sleep and some lip gloss and what not. I'm way happy about that! Im watching Billy Madison right now, it's my favorite movie. I laugh at absolutley everything. But Nick Kelleher is bringing me Chipotle so I'll work at Abercrombie & Fitch. Which is a good trade off, I'd say. So I'm gonna go eat that.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Apartment
My sisters got a new apartment this weekend. Its very nice and its in a good area. I love it and I plan on spending a lot of time there. They love it too and it was fun moving them in. I got to help set up their rooms and living room. My parents got them a tv for them too which was really nice. I got a picture of me at Xavier since they both went to University of Dayton and they are rivals. I hung it up in their apartment above their front door. Im sure they're not too pleased. But this weekend was a very basic weekend other than that. I went to a dance party Saturday night and it was kinda dumb so we left. Thats all. Soo...hopefully we have a snow day tomorrow so I dont have to do this script. But whatevsies.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Weekend
Well I had two positive things happen this weekend, the artist of the year awards on CMT and my sister getting engaged.
Im in love with Carrie Underwood so the awards tonight were great. I actually love everyone who got the award but Carrie's my favorite. Anyway, that was ammusing but Harry Potter comes on in 45 minutes and thats more important to me. Buuuuttt...back to my sister <3. Her boyfriend proposed Friday night!! Its actually a really funny story. I called her crying friday night because I got pulled over and got a ticket cause I "almost caused" an accident :| and we were just talking things out. I hate Gahanna cops, other than Blamer. So I skipped out on the basketball game cause I was so upest. When I got home, my mom called me downstairs and told me my sissy poo was engaged!! And then I felt bad cause I brought her down with my crying and what not on one of the happiest nights of her life. But whatever, forgive and forget. What an awful/amazing weekend.
I go to court on the 14th to see what exactly is going to happen with my license and what not since I've already had it suspended once. This is great. I love Gahanna.....wait.
Im in love with Carrie Underwood so the awards tonight were great. I actually love everyone who got the award but Carrie's my favorite. Anyway, that was ammusing but Harry Potter comes on in 45 minutes and thats more important to me. Buuuuttt...back to my sister <3. Her boyfriend proposed Friday night!! Its actually a really funny story. I called her crying friday night because I got pulled over and got a ticket cause I "almost caused" an accident :| and we were just talking things out. I hate Gahanna cops, other than Blamer. So I skipped out on the basketball game cause I was so upest. When I got home, my mom called me downstairs and told me my sissy poo was engaged!! And then I felt bad cause I brought her down with my crying and what not on one of the happiest nights of her life. But whatever, forgive and forget. What an awful/amazing weekend.
I go to court on the 14th to see what exactly is going to happen with my license and what not since I've already had it suspended once. This is great. I love Gahanna.....wait.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The Hidden Room
The trip had been a nightmare. The crying of my eleven month old baby sister, the constant “Are we there yet” from my ten year old brother, and the sound of my dad’s old rock music blasting from the radio all took a toll on my attitude that day. I was ready to be out of the car, but I was not ready for where we were going.
We pulled up to the house. I could tell it was recently painted a shade of tan and the framework was repainted white. The front door had stained glass in the middle and it looked as though a rich family had just redone the whole thing, got bored with it, and left. After looking at the yard and the colorful garden surrounding the front porch, reality hit me; a new house, a new school, and a new life. Suddenly the vibrant house didn’t seem as appealing.
I opened the car door and it hit me: the smell of leaves burning and nature. It brought back memories from my old house, and my old life. Every fall, my friends and I would have an annual bonfire at one of our houses. We used to sit around the fire and talk for hours. We talked about shopping, boys, all the latest gossip, all the old gossip, everything. Those girls were a part of me. This move came at the worst time of my life. What teenage girl wants to leave all that behind for some stupid new house with a stupid new school? I didn’t want new friends and I refused to make any.
My thoughts left my mind when my mom called for me to unload the car. We had so much stuffed into the minivan. I’m not sure how we fit. The truck we rented had not arrived yet, so I took my belongings out of our car and took them up to the room I had been assigned by my dad. I looked around and noticed how clean everything was. I don’t remember seeing a speck of dust anywhere. I didn’t feel at home.
The truck showed up about an hour after we finished unpacking the car. It was full of boxes that contained my brother Ben and my books, past projects, and memories. All these things belonged in the basement at our old house, so we kept it that way at our new house too.
I turned on the light to the basement. It wasn’t as clean as the rest of the house. I made Ben go down first, just to avoid all the cobwebs. I walked down slowly, and as soon as I reached the bottom step, I saw Ben trip. I hurried and put the box down. I ran over to Ben to make sure he was okay. I moved the old rug he tripped on.
“Jessica, what is that?” I looked down to see a square piece of wood surrounded by the cement that covered the rest of the basement floor.
“I’m not sure Ben. Move out of the way, I’ll see if I can open it.” I grabbed the two corners on the square. It barely moved.
“Let me try!” Ben pulled with all his might on the corners of the square. He fell back as the box opened. Dust flew up like lava from a volcano. I helped Ben to his feet and we moved towards the hole. It was dark and we couldn’t see a thing.
“Grab a flashlight, Ben.” Ben brought over a flashlight out of a box I had set down by the stairs. We shined it into the hole. A ladder lead down the side. It looked about 8 feet deep.
“Should we go down?” Ben asked me. I looked down at the recently discovered hole and back at him. He could tell I was nervous because as soon as we made eye contact, he panicked. His cheeks got red and he looked worried. I attempted to change my expression to look more calm but it didn’t help. “We have to tell mom and dad, Jessica.”
“No, Ben! This can be our little hide out! We just have to see what’s down there first.” I walked over to the ladder buried in the ground. As I climbed down, thoughts were racing through my head. What could be down here? Who put it down here? How long has it been here? Is it scary? Is it treasure?
“Wait for me!” Ben yelled down from the top of the hole. He began to climb down when I reached the bottom. It was all dirt. I shined the flashlight around the room. There was nothing. Ben joined me at the bottom of the empty pit. “Hey what’s that?” I shined my light in the direction he was looking. It was a door. The door looked old and beat up. We approached it, each taking a tiny step as we moved forward. I was so nervous, I could feel the sweat dripping down my face. That’s about all I could feel though; the rest of my body was numb.
The door read, “Beware.” I dusted off the handle. As I started to turn it, Ben grabbed my arm. I jumped, not knowing my little brother was that close to me. “We can’t go in there, it says ‘Beware’,” Ben whispered.
“We’ve made it this far, haven’t we? Why not finish what we started?” I reached for the doorknob again and twisted it all the way. The door slowly cracked open. I shined the flashlight into the room.
Dust fluttered around and the musty smell was overwhelming. We stepped back and tried to breathe the fresh air. Ben stepped forward, grabbing the flashlight from my hand. He leaned into the dark room. I followed closely. We looked around to find cement walls and a dirt floor. That’s when we spotted the box. It was wrapped in yellow wrapping paper and looked like a shoe box. It had a bow placed on top with a card.
“Go get it, Ben!” I pushed him toward the box. He picked up the box then read the card aloud; “Jessica.” I grabbed the box from his hands and opened the card. Just when I was about the open the card, I light shined onto us.
“What are you two doing down here?” My parents stood at the door of the hidden room. They looked confused and mad. My mom came over and grabbed the box and card from me.
“We knew you’d snoop, but not in hidden rooms! The past owners told us this was a good room to hide birthday presents. I guess we underestimated you kids!” My dad chuckled a little bit as he told me I had just spoiled my birthday surprise. I looked at Ben who looked shocked. Once he saw the relief, yet some disappointment, in my face, he began to laugh. We laughed and promised we would stop snooping for the rest of our lives.
Monday, November 22, 2010
My weekend
I had a very good weekend. This weekend was full of excitement and joy. I went to see Harry Potter friday night with a group of people. It was a lot of fun. Even though i don't really like Harry Potter, it was still a very good movie. The movie was over at 1230 so I was very tired afterward. I went home and slept. Then saturday I cleaned until 330. Then I went shopping and bought a bunch of stuff with my friend Katie. The new forever 21 was so legit. I will be There a lot more. After we went to Chipotle, I went home and cleaned. Then I went to a suprise party for my friend Hannah Fisher. It was a great suprise and she was very happy! Sunday I spent half the day with my family and then Isaac came over and we watched For Richer or Poorer at my house. Then we went to Panera and went to his house and watched Grown Ups. It was a quality weekend and now I can't wait until Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Ohio Weather
So..this weather. I love that it's warm, but it's November? Im so confused as to how it can be 30 degrees and snowing one week, then the week after it's 68 and sunnny? What is that? I don't understand. I want to move to Florida where it's hot all the time. I love Ohio cause it feels really homey, but I'm sick of not knowing what to wear every day. I either get too cold or I get too hot. But whatever, I guess thats how the cookie crumbles.
Well...I don't know what else to write about it. Oh, my dogs getting another tumor in his leg. He won't be able to walk soon. And it sucks. He's getting so old :( I'm not ready to lose my puppy! But life happens.
I'm considering going and doing my math homework. But these blogs are too important for all that. So I'll jsut keep talking about nothing. I'm on facebook! Thats always a good time. Thats all I have to say at this point though.
Well...I don't know what else to write about it. Oh, my dogs getting another tumor in his leg. He won't be able to walk soon. And it sucks. He's getting so old :( I'm not ready to lose my puppy! But life happens.
I'm considering going and doing my math homework. But these blogs are too important for all that. So I'll jsut keep talking about nothing. I'm on facebook! Thats always a good time. Thats all I have to say at this point though.
Whoops!
I forgot to do this blog. And its already Thursday. So my goal is to make this blog amazing so I get full credit. I can't afford yet another zero in this class! I'm gonna talk about college and how worried I am about it in this blog. This coming week, I am going to visit Kent State and Ohio University. I'm excited to see what both are like. However, I am so nervous I won't get in. College is already stressful and I'm still in high school. All my friends that graduated and are now in college have told me college classes are very hard. I am not good at school as it is. I don't know what to expect from harder classes. I also want to be a nurse, so I have a lot of learning to do. But hey, you only live once. So I am going to work very hard to succeed in college. I'm just hoping and praying I get in somewhere! But that is all and I hope to still get a good grade on this blog because it will help me get into college!!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Hallloweeeenn!
This weekend was very legit. It was full of halloween spirit which I absolutely loved!! I miss being a kid and going trick or treating. But I do have to say halloween parties are much more fun. Hanging out with friends while dressed up as whatever you please is always great. When I was a kid, my mom would pick out cute little costumes for me. I've been a witch, an m&m, a poodle girl, etc. Although these costumes were cute and clever, I like being able to do me. I was a nurse last night and at the last football game I was "the ultimate party animal." Costumes are fun to pick out because you get a chance to be weird and creative. Although I find it completely unacceptable, girls could wear practically nothing and still be welcomed to parties. You can also look like something crazy and be accepted. My friend, Taylor, dressed up as a girl waiting for her boyfriend to come back from the Vietnam War and her boyfriend dressed up as a soldier. It was too cute! I was a nurse last night and my boyfriend was "Doctor Shots". Its fun to match people. But thats about allll I have to say about halloween. I can't wait til next year when halloween transforms yet again into COLLEGE HALLOWEEN!!!! <3
Sunday, October 24, 2010
This I Believe
Take the Good with the Bad
Living Life could easily be the most complex task known to mankind. Everyday is a new learning experience. Whether the learning experience is good or bad, it forms you into the person you become. Everything in life happens for a reason.
There are times in life where you reflect on recent events and just think, why me? I have found myself asking this question during many occasions in my lifetime. I’d be lying if I said none of these events have affected me at all. In reality, each and every one has contributed into who I am today.
It is easy to say my dad has made the biggest contribution. Over the past few years, my dad and I have grown much closer. My freshmen year, I would’ve never pictured my relationship with him the way it is now. This relationship didn’t just happen because of our compatible personalities, but because of the many fights we’ve gotten into and all the poor choices I have made.
My dad and I never used to get along. We would fight about anything we could fight about. To act out, I started doing more of what I wanted to do instead of what I should’ve been doing. That’s when I got into an extremely unhealthy relationship with someone who had low, if any, expectations for himself. This guy fit the description perfectly of someone my dad didn’t want me dating. After a year of getting hurt over and over again, I finally learned my lesson. I gave up on the relationship expecting the classic “I told you so” speech from my dad. Instead, he helped me move on and supported me the whole way through. “I knew you would figure this one out on your own,” he said.
Although that awful relationship hurt me at the time, it helped me in the long run. I know now that it happened for a reason. That reason was to let my dad play a bigger role in my life. Since then, my dad has been there for me. He has looked out for me and helped me with some pretty difficult things. He gives the best advice and knows how to make my days better. I don’t know where I’d be without his support and I’m glad so much good came out of the bad.
This isn’t the only thing that has pushed me to believe everything happens for a reason. Friends I have gained, friends I have lost, relationships gone bad, they have all taught me so much. My friendships have taught me how to be a better friend to people and my past relationships have taught me how to treat the people I truly love. Everything in life contributes into the person you are. I can honestly say that every person that has come into my life has affected me in some way, shape, or form. I am very grateful for that.
Marilyn Monroe once said, “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so eventually you learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” Like I said, I have had many events where I sat down and just asked, why me? In the end, that’s what life is about. Things happen to teach you more about yourself than you’d ever want to know. Whenever life seems rough or everything seems life it is shattering around you, remember, it is happening for a reason.
Monday, October 18, 2010
i h8 blogging, but i love tim mcgraw
i tootttaalllly forgot about this blog. my life isnt exciting enough to post something new weekly. i'm listening to my ipod right now and tim mcgraw is playing! i just remembered how much i love him! i love country music sooooo much. carrie underwood is my absolute favorite person to ever walk to earth. but i like rascal flatts, keith urban, martina mcbride, gary allan, etc, also. i've gone to two rascal flatts concerts and they've blown me away each time. i wanna move to the south just to become a country girl. i love their accents and everything else. i love being out in the country. one of my favorite movies is sweet home alabama because its about a country girl turning into a city girl, but going back to being a country girl. it reminds me of all my relatives cause majority of them are hicks. they live in east liverpool, which is in northern ohio, right across the river from west virginia. <3 thats also why i'm a huge pittsburgh steelers fan. but that it is all i have to say in this blog.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
My Enchanted Evening
Man oh man, is senior year flying by! My last fall homecoming is done and over with. I'm happy to say it was a huge success. I had a lot of fun and I'm glad it was such a memorable evening. Me and a few girls, Katie Dolder, Sarah Mills, and Rachel Tilson, all got ready at my house. It took us a while to attempt to reach perfection. We then went to creekside at 5:30 for pictures. We had about twenty people in our group and it was a blast. After that, a few of us broke off from the group and went to Chipotle for dinner. The rest of the group went to Sakura, which was over my budget. After Chipotle, we made a few pit stops and we were on our way to the dance! We got there around 8 or 8:30. As soon as we walked into the gym, the heat hit me and I immediately started sweating. It was disgusting to say the least. But then dancing happened and what not. When the dance was over, I went home, only to find out I was still grounded!!!!!!!!! So i stayed home for the night and had some company over. And that is how the cookie crumbled.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Getting Arrested..
Today I was told to write about the time I was arrested. Well, it was a rough night. It was kind of chilly outside, but not really. I guess you could say the weather was alright. But it was getting dark. I was with a few friends and we were leaving my friend Mckenna Teague's house. As we were leaving, we saw a puppy on the side of the road. This sounds like it is made up but all of it is true, promise. Anyway, we pulled over because mckenna wanted to pet the cute little puppy. Right when we pulled over the owners opened the front door to their apartment. Thats when Mckenna started yelling, "Abort! Abort!" We drove away, made a right turn towards Hamilton road when not one, not two, not even three, but four cop cars went flying past us. They all did u-turns and pulled us over. They cuffed us all and took the three guys to the cop cars to question them. Apparently there was a robbery in that neighborhood while we leaving and they thought it could've been us. They thought we had kicked down a door and tried to take someones stuff. That was not the case at all. So after being falsey accused, they made us call our parents because we were out past cufew. I now only appreciate a select few of Gahanna cops. As we were leaving, Mckenna yelled, "I'm so angry, I could kick down a door!"
Sunday, September 26, 2010
My Dreams
This past weekend was full of weird dreams for me. Friday night I had a dream that I was on the girls lacrosse team for our school. We had a really good season and I was captain with Trinity Brown. We lost the biggest game of the season against pickerington central and we were all very upset. So our coach, which happened to be my uncle, took the team to Chucky Cheese. I had a great time. Then on Saturday, I took a nap and had a dream that I was at work. While working, I got yelled at by my boss and every customer that came in. It was a very stressful dream. That night I had another dream. This was the most random out of all of them because I was on a cruise with my sisters. I think I had this dream because I was watching the Titanic before i went to bed. Anyway, me and my sister had never been on a cruise before so we decided to adventure out and see what happens. Unfortunately for us, our cruise came to an abrupt end. It went down just like the Titanic. After everyone drowned, my dream kept going. I dreamed that I was back home, but I was just a spirit. I was dead and no one could see or hear me. It was weird to see how people acted with me no longer around. The dreams were a little different but interesting all at the same time.
Monday, September 20, 2010
9/20/2010
Today was an alright day. All of my classes went pretty smoothly. I had a test in government and I'm not too sure how i did. I hope I did good though!! I have a lot of homework and I'm glad this blog is a part of it! I love blogging! I had to work after school today from 2:30 to 7, or atleast that's when i was scheduled to work. My boss texted me this morning and asked if after i got done working at the New Albany store, I could come over and close at the Gahanna store. I did because I sure do love money!! However, while working, I happened to staple my index finger while stapling an alteration form to a pair of pants. I didn't text Nick Lanno and tell him because I was afraid he would laugh at me. I also would rather him find out through this blog. I also didn't tell Nick Lanno that when I worked on friday, a lady with the last name Sandserson dropped off 8 pieces of alteration; two of them being panties because they had holes in them. If that wasn't the best thing to happen to me, I have no idea what was!! I got an extra half hour of work in though because I got to work early and left late. Getting extra hours is good because it means more money! Anyway, I have an AP class to study for and I feel as though that had higher importance than this blog.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Julie Magnuson
Hey man! I just wanted to take some time out of this blessed day to tell you about probably the greatest person to walk this earth. Her name is Julie Magnuson, you may have heard about her. Although she does need some help revising her jokes and adding clarification, she will keep you giggerink and giggerink all day long. She has one cat named pixie, who some refer to as the devil. She also has three birds, not two! Recently I have uncovered one of her many hidden talents. She has the uncanny ability to hug my older sibling, keek. This is a very rare occurance and not even I can be within 2 foot radius of the highly feared keek. In the future, she hopes to attend comedy college so she can continue to keep the world lolling, not that she isn't funny enough as it is! She would most likely get an A in every funny class....... So during the summer she enjoys screaming at little children at her place of work, the Gahanna Swimming Pool. She also has been spotted out and about getting crazy with Niki Minaj. Not to make any assumptions, but I feel as if I have been replaced, AS A FRIEND! Julie Magnuson often spends her free time playing sudoku because she wants to be smarter than the asains that made it. Freecell has also taken over a large part of Julie's life. I personally have tried to be a good friend and get her off her addiction, but the stress is too great for her. She has a 98% winning streak. Yes, I have seen it. Yes, it is impressive. She has many strange and specific fears including salad dressing, elevators, mayonaise, ostriches, and the mail man. Throughout her lifetime, she wishes to work at sea world and train only the finest penguins since they are her almost favorite animal. Her favorite animal to walk this earth is the Quetzal. Only the Magnuson family has any idea what this animal is. Her favorite day is Wednesday because look at how its spelled! Wed-nes-day! How strange yet unique! Im very gald that you took time out of your blessed day to spend time reading this blog entry!
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