Summer is Here!

I am so excited- summer is finally here! I love the summer time because it always gives me freedom and happiness. Summer is definitely my favorite season. I love warm weather, shopping, going swimming, and hanging out with friends.

I have never looked forward to summer so much in my life. I'm about to go to J. Crew and go shopping (one of the best elements of summer!). Middle school was so much fun but the work and all my activities were too hard to juggle at times and I just needed a break. Slowly, things are closing down and I gradually am receiving more and more happiness.

I will also be posting a ton more, yay! :)

I hope you guys have a great summer. I already posted this on my Tumblr but I just wanted to post this as well because I love SUMMER!

Tumblr

I'm just saying... I don't understand why a bunch of people in my grade have Tumblrs and post pictures of random sayings... I would rather just post words. Instagram is for posting pictures, not blogs. I guess if a person is artistic they can post pictures they made and that's perfectly fine, but taking random pictures off the Internet and filling up a whole blog seems boring to me. A small picture section is great, since I like visual ideas, but a "world" with only pictures seems empty and alone. If you want me to follow you on Tumblr, I'm not going to if you just post pictures. I look for more meaning in a blog... :P

Sorry!

Sorry guys... I haven't posted in a while! My excuse: I've been studying for finals, busy with homework, and I went to Buffalo over the weekend from a synchro (synchronized swimming) meet. I have been doing SO MUCH lately. When I'm finished with my synchro Water Show on Sunday then I won't have 3 2 1/2 hour practices per week and I finish finals on Monday so I will be soooo much less busy. I go to Cape Cod in the summer time a lot though because my family has a house there and the wiFi there kinda stinks. Anyways, my school ends on June 14th (my cousins ended 2 weeks ago!) and so after the second to last week (this week, yay!) I will not have to worry about everything.

I will try to make a post about my Summers and what I do if you guys want. Even in the summer, though, I'm still pretty busy. I go to the beach all day, hang out with friends and family, and go to acting camp, and spend every minute I can under the sun. I just want to encourage you guys to soak up every moment of summer you have so that you're ready for School when you re-start.

I can't wait until school is over and summer is finally here. I'll definitely be sharing my favorite things to do during the summer months!

Friv

First, I'm just going to start this post with a disclaimer: I am not sponsored by Friv in any way, but I just wanted to talk about this cool gaming site. 

Friv is a free gaming website for pretty much all ages to enjoy. There are so many different games to choose from and the games are constantly being updated. Something I like about Friv is that it's something that people can like whether they are toddlers, teenagers, or grandparents, boys or girls. I think it's nice because my cousins and I always like watching each other play the games and we can even work together on some of them. Friv gives people a chance to kind of try out new things. There are little "game square choices" so you don't know what you're picking, really. That can have its bad sides, but is mostly a good thing because I have started this obsession with car games because I saw a car game but I thought it was an adventure game with little pets. It's awesome because Friv lead me to try out different games, and I actually ended up loving them! 

So I'd definitely recommend you guys check out Friv.com, because it is just so much fun to play games. Make sure you don't spend too long on there, though, and I'm warning you, it's extremely addicting! (: 

I also like Bored.com and Addicting Games, and the Apple Devices have great and fun games like Temple Run, Doodle Snake, and Angry Birds. 

In Cape Cod!

Sorry I haven't made a post in a week. My excuse: I've been busy. I have been studying for finals, preparing for my Regionals Synchro meet next week, and was with my cousins all day yesterday. 

I'm in Cape Cod for Memorial Day weekend, and I've been having a great time so far. We came up here Friday night, leaving right after school, and arrived at around 9. The next day (Saturday) my three cousins, Alton (9), Ian (7), and Logan (2), came up from their house an hour away and we celebrated Logan's 3rd birthday on the 31st. We went to the beach, played games, and just had a great time. Alton's friend Rashon came too and he was very well-behaved. 

I went to the candy store and bought a half pound of delicious fudge (half Marshmallow, half Peanut Butter). We had SO MUCH dessert and snacks in the house, it's sort of unbelievable actually... I will make a list: 

1) Mini Brownie Cakes

2) 1/2 LB Fudge

3) Potato Chip Huge Bag

4) Big Tub of Ice Cream

5) 2 Graham Cracker Boxes (Filled) 

6) Peanut Butter Cookies Dipped in Chocolate

Yeah. My aunt is like 100% against chocolate and any types of dessert so of course she refused to give her children any kind of desserts. But whatever, I love her anyways! So now we're kinda stuck with all these desserts in the house, but... we can live with it. 

And I don't even think I mentioned my grandparents. This used to be their house which they rented out to people, but now they stopped renting it out to people so now my grandparents, my family, and everyone on my mom's side of the family uses it. It's really fun and right by the beach and Main Street, so we constantly are having a great time there. 

Today, we're going to do some shopping in town and maybe go bowling. We definitely are going to go back to the beach since the weather is supposed to be pretty nice. Then we will leave tomorrow morning (maybe back in time for the parade at our house) and go shopping at the mall and hang out with friends because we want to catch all the Memorial Day weekend sales! :) 

Rainy Weather

Today, I just decided to have fun. It was pouring so hard, and I love the rain. Ever since third grade, I have enjoyed the wet weather. So I decided to go on a little adventure: I got into my swimsuit and raced outside. 


My cousin joined me after she got off the bus. It was awesome, because the rain would constantly go on and off. We'd be like, "Whew, now it's warmer again," and then it would surprise us and start pouring! 


Then my cousin Sarah pushed me into the mud and my stomach turned brown. So we rolled in wet mud for 5 minutes until our skin was the color of chocolate. After that, we had huge blue buckets on the driveway which were from the day before. They had all overflowed from the pouring rain. We sat in them and had a contest for who could stay in the freezing cold water the longest. I won, of course, because my cousin can't stand the cold! 


So basically I wrote this post because it's fun to enjoy weather, whatever it is. I don't know why everyone hates the rain; I find it so much fun to slosh around in the mud and get dirty and soaking wet. So enjoy spring's rain, and savor it, because pretty soon you'll be wishing for warm rain. Bye guys!

Typical Mornings

Typical mornings on school days used to be impossible. I had to set my alarm for 5:30 because it took me like 30 minutes just to get out of bed, 15 minutes to find out what to wear, and 5 minutes to dress and put on Bath & Body Works (that's a very important part of my daily morning routine). Then I'd eat breakfast, wash my face, brush my teeth, and drive in to school late when I was hoping for some extra help. Well, depressingly enough, that's my typical morning routine. Luckily, it WAS my old morning routine before school. This year, though, I think I really stepped it up. Being so busy got me used to conserving my time and not just sitting in bed. Now, I have gotten into the great habit of just getting out of bed. I use a great facial routine (Bath & Body Works True Blue Peppermint with Clean & Clear Morning Burst) and it really wakes me up when I start feeling drowsy. Also, I eat a healthier breakfast (a Greek Yogurt parfait with honey and berries) and it truly helps me to stay awake during the day time. So if you guys are looking for a good morning routine, get into these healthy habits, and I promise you'll be happy with the results. I have noticed my grades going up this semester when I started really getting into this routine. If you guys liked (or didn't like) these in-depth descriptions, please let me know in the Comments section below. Thanks!