Life...as told by Shaina

Merry Christmas Eve!!! I'm super excited for tonight and tomorrow! I was able to watch White Christmas, so it's officially Christmas! ;) And I was able to be in a Living Nativity last night as an angel, so that was another reminder! Hmm , allow me to get something off my chest for a minute okay? Commercials. Ugh, they are the bane of my existence . They've invaded everything! People have started coming up with commercial free things, but commercials are slowly invading them too! First it's commercial free, and then they pop up on the sides of the site! Then they slowly encroach on the main feature. For example, YouTube . YouTube is an ingenious invention and I love it, but the commercials are starting to get ridiculous. First the commercials popped up on the video and then you would have to "x" them out, but now they've gotten rid of the x button. And now before you watch the video a commercial comes up first. Hmph , sometimes its longer than the video yo

So I know I've missed a lot, but I'm just going to start with this week! Or last week and this week! ;) So last Wednesday I got to meet Big Time Rush! They're a tv show/band on nick! And they are amazing! Lindsey, Carlyn, and I all went after school and went to the Altamonte Best Buy to wait in line. We didn't realize you had to buy a cd to get in, so we all had to quickly run in and do that! We met these two sisters who were in High School too, and we hung out with them while we waited. It was fun and we took a lot of random pictures. (There was a Geek Squad Van and we took pictures with it :D) We also saw some helicopters flying around the store and my friend later told me that they showed the line on the news. I'm famous! ;) So we finally got to the line inside...yes they had two lines, and they had it marked off like a roller coaster line. So we went up and down aisles. We also saw this important looking guy in a suit, and so we asked to take a picture with him!

Soooo....a while ago (a month ago) I found a site called teenink.com! It's this pretty cool site where you can get your work posted online and then if they like it enough, they'll post it in their magazine and then send it to you! And, my story Strong, Swift, and Shocking was posted! I'm so excited! Here's the link if you want to go check it out and rate it: http://teenink.com/fiction/sci_fi_fantasy/article/238400/Strong-Swift-and-Shocking/ So that's what happened the most recently! But Wednesday the family and I along with David went to Universal! It was a lot of fun, and we got to go to Harry Potter too! I've posted a lot of pictures on facebook if you want to check out our adventures! :) It was super hot and we went to IOA too! Thursday we went to SeaWorld and we were exhausted, but we had a lot of fun there too! We got to backstage with Caroline and see the animals she works with! We got to hold an owl monkey, pet a skunk, pet a wallabe, and see a porcupine

Bwhaha, yes I have my permit! :D I got it Tuesday and I finally went driving today! It was fun! Lela and I decided that she's going to be my teacher since the parentals get a little stressed with new drivers. Lela and I went to my high school parking lot and she got out of the drivers seat and I got in! I basically drove around in circles and then I decided to mix it up a bit and turned lefts and rights. I prefer left turns since the right turns are really really tight turns. I also reversed, parked twice, and did a three point turn! We were about to leave but I convinced Lela to let me drive around once more and park. That parking job I had to back up 3 times before I got it straight. I was really really proud of myself for my parking job! I don't know if it's such a big thing in the driving world, but it made my day! Anyways, so I'm excited to finally be in the driving world and be able to learn how to drive! Of course since I didn't get my permit til this year, I

Ahh yes. College, the wonders of trying to register for classes on servers that can't support all of the people trying to get on. College, you ask? Yes, I'm up with my cousin Heather to help keep her awake to register for BYU Idaho. Its 4:30 and she started around 2, because that's when freshmen could register. (It was 12 out there) It's been very long! And she's only registered for one class in the 2 hours. Ugh. Hopefully mom will let us sleep in a lot. She said whenever we wake up, so hopefully that means she will. Danielle and Heather are supposed to be going places tomorrow, so hopefully Heather will be awake too. It's gonna be fun! Hmm, what else is going on? Tomorrow I have Young Women's so that should be fun, and then Friday I have a party and Saturday a dance! So its a full week. Oh! Today I went to institute! But, I don't think you can actually call it. It was just Lela, Danielle, Heather, and I. Lela was our teacher because the Institute teache

So I was talking to my friend Lindsey, and she reminded me of how I had a blog...and it inspired me to write. :D So lets see, I went to EFY 2 weeks ago! It was amazing! I was able to room with my friend Lindsey, and my two other friends (Savannah and Sara) came too. Also one of the best parts was that Lela was one of the counselors! It was fun having her there! Efy was so much fun and the teachers and our session director were the best! I learned a lot, and my group that I was with was really awesome! We bonded a lot and it was just super fun! Since Lela was a counselor we had to stay after everyone left for a while, but we saw some more of our efy buddies, so it was all good! After Lela got out of her meeting we went to Denny's! It was fun, and then we embarked on our 2 hour drive back home! Lela and I exchanged stories and then we called my cousin Sean. It was really fun talking to him, since he was an efy counselor! He told me some of his stories and about his Dear John letter,

Finally! Its here! Summer, ahh summer. I can't believe I'm a junior in High School! I don't feel like one, but I don't feel like a sophomore anymore either. I just can't wait to be done with school. I know I'm jumping the gun a tad bit, but hey. Who is not guilty of the same thing? So I'm going to stop writing that I'm gonna do better...I feel somewhat embarrassed when I look back and realize how I haven't done any better. So no more of that! But...anyways. Summer, so much fun to be had in only 10 weeks! Thats right...only 10 weeks. Its going to go by so fast, but I plan on having as much fun as possible..and trying to do my nasty summer assingments. School is forever following me around, I think I shall call it a stalker, just because it makes me feel better! :D So, today was our last day of school! I had a math exam that lasted two hours (it was surprisingly easy) and then another class of nothing for a hour, then lunch, and then mom checked me out

I am so embarrassed! I haven't written in forever! School has been hectic, and theres been a lot of school social life going on. Oh goodness. But I need to do better! I need to work on my time management...a lot. Well, I guess my biggest news is that I'm 16! Excitement! :) I could if I had my permit drive...but another thing I have been slacking off on. *sigh* Currently I'm in South Carolina for my spring break. We're helping Grandma with lots of stuff and I'm getting to visit the family up here! I got to see Uncle George and Aunt Karen which was fun, I missed them a lot. And...we might be going on a motorcycle ride on Friday with Uncle George.... I AM SO EXCITED! I like motorcycles a lot. The last time I got a ride was before we moved I think. So Shaina is very excited...if you couldn't tell! :) We also helped out Aunt Sheela and Heather with the house yesterday and I went to Heather's seminary which was fun. A bit different but it was fun with Heather. :