High School

This year I get to start high school, despite that mom and dad don't like the idea. I've been extremely nervous to go to a new school, with a lot more people, with new people (as well as people I've went to school with since Kindergarten), but most of all I'm nervous that I'm going to get lost. My nerves were mostly calmed when my mom handed me a letter from the school telling us that we would be having an orientation for just our grade so that we could get use to finding our classes and get to know the teachers a bit. Despite the fact that school 'sort of' starts three days before the rest, I'm stoked for orientation! :)

Yet another problem. . . . .

On September 6Th I got a very painful ache in my lower back. I didn't really think much of it since I had been helping Grandpa Curtis put sides on his water tower. We were camping again so I took an Advil and waited. It returned the next day and still I thought nothing about, but on the 10Th I'd had enough of the pain and my mom made me an appointment with a chiropractor.

After a full examination he took so x-rays and sent me on my way to return the next day. When I returned and saw my x-rays, it kinda scared me to see what I saw. My neck and spine aren't in too great of shape. My spine is somewhat a backwards S just not as much curve, I have one vertebrae that is slightly tilted, a bone in my lower back that is supposed to be connected that isn't, my neck doesn't have the curve that it should, my left leg is about 1/4 of and inch shorter than my right, and my right hip and shoulder are higher than my left. The first day when I saw my x-rays he told me that my lower back and neck were swollen. So mom got to torture me with homemade ice packs 5 times. I now have to go 3 times a week so I can be adjusted.

On August 8, 2009, Stetson and I went to Vans Warped Tour. It was kinda fun. We saw one band that we like called "We The Kings." They're freaking AWESOME!!!!! They are a really cool band. Bayside was the big band that came this year but we didn't stay for it. After "We The Kings," we were bored so we decided to come home.
As we were coming out of Heber, we passed at most 30 Ferrari's! Red one, blue one, yellow one, red ones, black ones, silver ones. They were pretty :D!

Stetson, his friends and I all sat outside the theater for 5 and 1/2 hours to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. When we showed up we were close to the end of the line and there weren't to many people there. By at least 10 o'clock a lot of people were there but for some reason they were all in front of us. When they open the theater, they wanted everyone in a single file line. Well for a little bit we were father up than where we were before and then they moved us back. We were almost backed up all the way to the end of the street and then we moved up and were pushed back again. Finally at 11:30 we were seated in the theater.

During those five hours, we ate pizza drank pop, played games, laughed, talked, quoted movies and Youtube videos, and laughed some more. Between Fara and Kelton we were all laughing. Our group decided that they need water and bathrooms and now, so they left and right after they did, the line started moving, really fast. After they raced back, the line stopped, so we decided to play the water bottle game. You have to flip a water bottle and try to get it to side up right. You have to have the perfect amount of water in the bottle and just enough force. Let say most of the group could do it but Jacob really struggled. All together, midnight movie showings are a blast!

The movie it's self was pretty good. Stet's friends said it is one of the better movies of the Harry Potter saga, but I didn't care for it to much. I guess I should have reread the sixth book.

Executive Office

At school we were having elections for executive student body government. They gave us the chance to get students to sign a petition so that you could run for office if you were eligible. In the beginning we have a boy and a girl running for President, one boy running for Vice President, one girl running for Secretary, and one boy and me running for Historian. On Tuesday, since no one else had to hang up posters, the other boy and I hung up posters. Today, Monday, every one running had to do a skit. I helped my friend in hers and she helped me in mine. I'm excited to say that i'm the new Historian!!!!

We're off the go get Stetson!

11 days left and counting! My parents and I are going to Brazil for a week and we're bringing back Stetson. It's going to be so much fun. I'll be posting pictures when we get back and everything here is calmed down. Ha ha :) We'll be flying right into Manuas. As far as school, I'm missing 7 days of school (so much homework! well it's worth it). In my choir class, part of the my grade is earned from attendance. Being gone for 7 school days would probably bring my grade from an A to an F, which would not be good. So the teacher allows us to come in before we leave and get an assignment to make up the days we're gone. So I went into him and asked him if I could get an assignment and he told me no! I was about to argue when he told me just be prepared the tell the class (of over 40 kids!!!!) about my trip and that if I heard music, the compare it to some of the music we're singing. I've talked to some of my other teachers and they're giving me my homework when I get back. So possibly no homework for the trip!!! YAH!!! But lucky me, I'm missing core testing for school :(. So I'll have to make those up when I get back. . . . . . .

In Brazil we'll arrive at the end of the rainy season so hopefully it won't rain to much but I'm sure it's still going the be hot. As Stetson would describe the heat, "Imagine that your in the desert on the HOTTEST day of the year, now you build a fire and you sit in front of it." The heat will be interesting but nice in some ways. I'm hoping to get a really nice tan :) I think my mom said that it's going to be in the 80 degrees when we first get there!

Well it's still sport season. Track has started. YAH!!!!! I had my first practice today. It was to cold outside so we moved the long-jump mats inside. Everyone who wanted to be analyzed on their jumping after not practicing for a year was able to do that. The Coaches said that that was the most kids that had EVER been their for the first practice. There were about maybe maximum 50 kids!!!! I plan on running the 200 meter. I might go for the 100 meter dash and the hurtles but I'm not sure.