A non-boring weekend - Hailey H.

 I think I just had a pretty good weekend. Like in the top fifteen best weekends for sure, as of right now anyway. I should probably start telling you about it now. So I went to a Bluegrass festival in Adona. Unfortunately, the car ride there and back was awful. We kept getting lost. I blame my grandmother who just blames the GPS. The festival was filled with talented bands who made me realize bluegrass music does not actually suck. I think I actually like it. Anyways back to the festival. There was this band where the musicians were under the age of eighteen, and they actually won the state competition. My grandpa is in his own bluegrass band, and they played this song about this rooster and it literally killed me. I laughed my head off. 

If I wasn’t at the festival I was getting embarrassed on a mountain with my sisters and my grandma. My family loves to hike, but I couldn't care less about it. They wanted to see a waterfall at Petit Jean mountain, so we went. Parked as far from the trail as possible and talked to everyone on the trail going down. We met people from all over like Lousianna and California. They made fun of my “accent” which I don’t think I have but it's whatever. Told four people happy birthday and wished someone congratulations on getting proposed to at the waterfall. My grandma even got their pictures while the guy proposed and had to go out of her way to embarrass me in front of their son and get the lady’s Facebook information. The waterfall was really cool and super cold. But the fun stuff happened back up the mountain. I was starving, unmotivated, hot, and tired. And I ended up getting hurt by a tree root about halfway back which sucked. Eventually, we made it back. I ended up icing my ankle for about two hours and then tried to go back to the festival. I tried to get a chair down a hill to sit where the rest of my family was but it was a mess. I am happy to be home and not injured. I highly recommend going to a festival if you haven’t. Thanks for reading about my weekend!

the pursuit of happiness- emily fitzgerald 5/11

 Yes, that is an amazing title from the greatest summer song of all time, Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi! So far this summer has been so much fun and I'm so happy that it has been as well. From countless nights of Netflix, lake nights, and MANY nights of sunsets and music. Next week is the fourth of July and I absolutely cannot wait for it either. I personally think that the fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays because it represents all the many things I love and enjoy. I love the summer, I love lake nights, spending time with family and friends, and I love fireworks. Pursuit of Happiness has been my all-time summer anthem and it has been for many different years. My main focus this summer has been cheer, but I get to take a few much-needed weeks from it. This season has definitely already been the most stressful and it hasn't even officially started haha! As the captain, I have to be the happiest and get all of the girls in a great mood, but sometimes it's been a little hard to do that but I always end up getting them laughing at the end of every practice. I'm also a coach cheering for little girls as well, so pretty much my entire life is dedicated to cheering but I love it. I've also been changing my style recently and I absolutely adore it. I feel so different and happier with it too, I'm so happy I'm not as basic anymore haha. I honestly also think it makes me stand out a bit, but in a good way, you know? I also tan every week which is always fun because we all just love a good tan. I've been focusing a whole lot on my Instagram posts/ pictures. And I absolutely love how I've been focusing on it so much because I'm completely stepping up my picture game. This summer my all-time summer album is definitely the iconic Born To Die album by Lana Del Rey! I would definitely check it out if I was y'all.  Anyways, I hope y'all have a great week & I cannot wait to read all of y'all's amazing blogs!:)

Boring Summer- 5/11- Alexis Roberson

 Where to begin this blog. Well, I am out for two weeks from cheerleading practice. Practice has been easy but tough on me at the same time. I have been put up in the air as a flyer (which scared me at first) and I’ve had to do these core workouts. Which isn't fun to do I might add. I am not the usual workout person. I was so tired after practice one day I just fell out on the couch when I got home. After the two week break is over I will have cheer camp, which I am super excited about. I have been practicing outside of cheer, trying to get down the chants and dances that I will need to know for the upcoming school year. 

I picked up my guitar today. Turns out I still can’t play it. I played a few chords but it just wasn’t clicking for me. So, I went back to my keyboard. I am learning Say Something song on my keyboard. Turns out a lot of the chords are similar when playing it. I thought it would’ve had multiple ones like Someone You loved, but I was surprised by it. 

 I have started up my novel again on Webnovel. I actually got the appropriate amount of words (3000 I did the math)  per chapter. You have to have at least 80,000 words for a book to be considered a novel, and I don’t even have half that much, maybe around 30,000 words. So, I am slowly working on that. I am working on chapter 3 now, and I converted it into a Spanish version as well. I mean why not right? I actually want to hear how other peoples summers are going.  I get to see some of you in person, but not all of you.  I said I started reading The Twin but it is still sitting on my shelf. I picked up a few books, but somehow still haven’t found the time to read the one book I’ve been procrastinating on. 

I am currently just chilling. Typing up this blog, while listening to YouTube with multiple tabs open, and playing Solitaire on my laptop. I am probably going to heat up some leftover taco bell. I did play Fortnite earlier, I haven’t been able to play it in a few days.

Birthday!!! - Caiden Hinkle - 3/11

 My birthday this year was amazing, let me tell you about a few things that I did, and a few things I got. 

First things first, what did I get for my birthday? Actually it isn't a lot. I got some new clothes, food, and a game on Xbox. I am happy though, because my birthday brought lots of surprises. I received birthday cake jelly beans and peach flavored penguin gummies from my one sister, and clothes from one of my other sisters. On the Wednesday before my birthday, my oldest sister let me hang out with her for the day. She took me to the pool and let me swim for about two hours. If you know anything about me, you should know that I love swimming. I love water in general. I could spend two day straight just swimming or taking a shower. When I get stressed out, I take a hour-and-a-half long bath. Water is not my favorite beverage though. That is taken out by Dr. Pepper. The day after was just a normal day. I spent the day playing games and was waiting for my parents to get home from work, when my sister and her fiance walk in with my parents. Me always being curious, I thought my sister might be pregnant, but man was I wrong. They sat down with us and handed me a letter. It had a little poem on it, but only then ending of it is important. "We will have fun, to your friends you will brag, we are leaving right now, to go to Six Flags!" What!!! What an awesome surprise to get out of nowhere. There were no hints to it at all, and it is just so random. My dad walked into my room, pulled out a filled suitcase, and we just left on the spot. That was the last thing I expected that day, but man it was worth it not knowing what was coming. I will keep talking about this in my next few blogs and telling you what actually happened there, but for now, thanks for reading!

It Is Summer! - Caiden Hinkle - 2/11

 As you know by now, I am a little late to doing some of these posts and comments. Even though it is summer, many of us have things to do other than just hang around. I personally have been crossing off many things from my bucket list already this summer. I wrote my first complete song, which only took me about five to ten minutes. I pretty much wrote it about how even though there are troubles that bring storms into our lives, we are able to persevere through them and come out even stronger. Then, I wrote my second complete song, which ended up taking about the same amount of time as the other one. I wrote that song about how even though life is hard sometimes, there is a safe haven for people who need the protection and love that they never had (a.k.a. Heaven). I started writing a third song, but I didn't really like how it sounded so close to second song I had just written, so I discarded it. Anyways, other than that I have been pretty lazy. Spent most of the days watching YouTube and playing games like Minecraft with my friends. However, some other cool stuff happened as well. I will talk about it in the next 5 blogs I do, but some amazing stuff happened for my birthday and I can't wait to share it.

Honestly, turning sixteen is something that you look forward to in our house. For most people it is usually just that you get to finally drive. For me though, it is a different story. Turning sixteen means that I can finally date! Although this kind of excites me, it is also kind of worrying. I can actually show my affection towards another person while wondering if I am doing a good job, or if they think I actually do care for them. I probably won't date anyone who I think is immature though. Also, I am pretty sure that no one would want to date me anyway. We will leave that to decide another time. Thanks for reading!

Rant Time- 3/11- Zoey McGowan

 Welcome back, I have actually done things beside sitting on the couch. Don’t get me wrong I’ve gotten through a couple more shows but it was worth it. Anyway Father’s Day was okay I guess. I mean when your family can’t talk without it ending in an argument it is always nice. However my church did start Vacation Bible School, and since my nephew is finally old enough me and my mom signed up to help. Well let me just tell you, the first night went pretty well. Even though we have gone to this church for years it still feels awkward and weird but maybe that’s just me. I know what a surprise. Now onto Monday night. Well I was not very happy. Levi had a great time Sunday and really wanted to go back. So on his mom's day he asked if he could go. My wonderful ex-sister-in-law said no. But that wasn’t a surprise. It’s not his fault they screwed up his life. I just realized this is now my rant time and less of a blog but oh well. Anyway let’s move on to the next topic, which is luckily not about my messed up family.

So this Friday my aunt is taking me to see Les Mis in Jonesboro. We went to see an actual production of it a year or two ago. It’s such a beautiful show with stunning music and very complex story lines that all go together perfectly. We started going to plays a few years ago. It started when my aunt got tickets for Wicked and I just fell in love. The scene, songs, costumed, and not to mention the story lines. If you can’t tell I love a good plot, even better is the plot twist that comes along. But back to Les Mis. If you don’t know what that is, you are uncultured in my eyes :). It’s been over a year since our last show. Even though it won’t be as extreme as the one I went to, since it’s at the community theater I hope it will still be good. I just miss going to shows and being to actually do things like that. 

That’s all I got for you today folks, hope you enjoyed it.

Here We Go pt.3 - Hailey H

 You guys! I finally have something to write about. Shocking I know. This week I am officially fully vaccinated. I got the Pfizer one ( and I believe that is how you spell it). The first one I had no symptoms but this last shot I felt awful. I didn't have a fever or anything but I just laid in bed most of the time. I didn't want to eat, super nauseated, the worst headache, and all while my nephews were over along with a bunch of other family for Father's Day. I just took a bunch of Tylenol and toughed it out for the big lunch so we could celebrate properly. My family has all been vaccinated mostly. And everyone had a different reaction to the vaccine and we all seemed to have gotten different shots. I am writing this to inform you guys mostly and even though it was a rough 24 hours I am glad I got it so I can not pass it on to others (and not have an awful face mask tan line or anything). 

Unfortunately, that didn't make the word count so I guess I will have to write about something else now. I was really proud of myself for having something to actually talk about but it didn't fill the page like I thought it would. Well, I could ramble on about what comes to mind but I don't think that is the best idea since the other day I went on a super long rant about how I have spelled the word banana wrong my whole life and I blame that on autocorrect. 

I am not hating these entries as much as I did in the beginning but still don't have any idea what to actually call this. I think it is kind of cool reading about people's lives you may not be friends with or close to. It's kind of creepy but still very entertaining for the most part. I don't have much else to say, but I hope you guys are continuing to have an amazing summer, and thank you for reading. Until next time.

always expect the unexpected- emily fitzgerald 3/11

     Life changes all the time, no matter what you do in it. About 2 years ago, I got diagnosed with the gene for celiac disease, which is a gluten allergy. I traveled to many different doctor offices and even stayed a crazy amount of sleepless nights in hospitals. I finally had a special surgery to see if my doctors can see if I had the disease or not. My doctor told my parents that I did not have the disease at the time, but it will develop anytime. So that means that it can come tomorrow or it can come 20 years from now, which gave me so much hope for the future. I stayed on the gluten-free diet for about 4 months while all of this was happening. My doctor soon told me that I need to eat all the gluten foods I can eat, so I got so excited and went completely crazy. Gluten is in many different kinds of foods that we eat in our everyday lives, so when I took it out of my diet my body wasn't used to it. Well, recently I started to show more symptoms of celiac disease, so I went to my doctors to get blood work and things like that. Today, I found out that my disease is now fully active, and it's crazy to understand that I finally have it fully. As of right now, the only cure for celiac disease is staying on the gluten-free diet my entire life. I can't eat at all the places I used to eat at, can't have many sweets, and I honestly kinda feel like a burden to other people now because of it. I feel like I sound stuck up telling people why I can't eat gluten, and I don't wanna be that way at all. Now when my friends and I hang out we have to eat at certain places because of it, which is so sad. So please, with whatever you may do in life, don't take what you can eat for granted.

World's Greatest Philosopher - Jon C. / Post #3

    Things have been as slow as ever, if not slower. I've literally spent the last few days laying on the couch watching TV, because I have nothing better to do. I think that I'm going to get into game design instead of doing that summer to-do list, as I can't think of enough things that would make it interesting On top of that, making a video game sounds like a lot more fun. Now, with nothing better to talk about I guess I should talk about how I've been learning ancient war tactics, or rather the philosophy of war. A quote that swirls around in my head often is, "All war is based on deception. - Sun Tzu.".  There's something so engaging about the art of war, and how great leaders and generals have inspired men to take entire countries with mere words alone. And it's not even war that inspires me, it the notable people from the past that is so intriguing. Diogenes was an ancient Greek philosopher who had a great effect on philosophy in ancient times. He was a homeless man who lived in a barrel in the streets of Athens, after he and his family was kicked out of Sinope, or a Greek state. After his family had died, he moved to the streets of Athens and became a beggar, often trading his wisdom for coin. Diogenes was known for his boldness, going so far as to spit in the face of a noble when invited over for dinner, then saying, "In a rich man's house, there is no place to spit but his face.". He had also mentored Alexander the Great, or the guy that ruled at one point most of the eastern continent. One of the exchanges that the two had together was, " If I were not Alexander the Great, I would wish to be Diogenes, " which prompted Diogenes to say, "If I were not Diogenes, I would also wish to be Diogenes.". This guys was legendary in his time, and he had a great impact on modern day philosophy. Anyways, that's enough rambling about history, I should be going now. Thank you for reading.

My Summer So Far 4/11- Alexis Roberson

 This writing a blog thing is getting kind of fun actually.

I’m debating on which song I want to learn on my keyboard next.

One of my followers suggested Hold On by Chords Overstreet.

I keep going back to Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson, or Impossible by Shontelle.

I will see which one is easier. They both would be fun songs to learn.

I’m also debating on learning Good God Almighty on my keyboard as well.

I plan on learning all of them, I’m just trying to decide which one is next.

What do you think? More than likely, I would go with Impossible.

It seems to be the one sticking out to me the most right now. Let me know your thoughts as well.

I could really use that, I’m a very indecisive person sometimes. 

I try to be funny and witty when writing my blogs. I don’t think I come across that way.

I just find it more cringe then I mean it to be. I’m reading The Twin by Natasha Preston.

I haven’t actually read it yet, just got everything marked and set up.

I got a new hat too from cheerleading. It was an incentive for the fundraising we did.

Its black with a little trophy on the front. It’s actually really cute. I might wear it later.

Before I started blogging, I kept my journal and just transferred everything onto there.

I forgot I had a summer assignment to be honest.

I’ve been busy and it just slips my mind when I get home. Not only am I indecisive, I’m also very forgetful as well. That’s why I try to write everything down.

I was glad when I picked up my journal and just started typing over what has happened.

Even though blogging is starting to get fun now, its still weird and foreign to me.

I feel like one of those people in a Hallmark movie. Some famous writer works on her blog. 

Any who, I’ve pretty much got caught up on everything that has happened to me this summer so far.

Nothing really exciting or amusing. I do hope I get to be a flyer.

I still need to work out some things though.

Until my next weird blog!

My Summer So Far 3/11 -Alexis Roberson

 This year, I have a goals list and expectations. For me, I’m the “quiet” girl and I don’t really like talking in group discussions. Even writing this blog is weird to me. I’m trying to change that. It’s one of the main reasons I was even interested in trying out for cheer. To get out of my comfort zone, and push myself to be better. I hope to be more positive and more confident in myself. I also hope to speak up more. People find it weird whenever I do speak, they don’t expect my voice to be “squeaky”. Which I’ll take as a compliment. I also hope to stop procrastinating on my writers block. I’ve been struggling to proceed with my novel. There are some touch-ups on it of course, but its a goal now for sure. I have my reading list up on Goodreads, which I’ve still been using since the 7th grade I believe. It’s really helpful to keep track of the books I read, and definitely makes me keep up with my reading. If you have any recommendations of books, please list them in the comments. I really like fantasy/thriller/fiction novels. I’ve recently got into more creepy type novels.  Nothing historical, depending on the author I suppose though. I have read a few good historical books, but its not my type of genre. 

Here I am talking about books. Nothing new there I guess. I get on Tiktok a lot, as I’m sure you all do too. I like going live and meeting all the new followers. It brings a highlight to my week. It’s interesting all the people who you meet or follow. You never really notice them until they are put on the spot. I also like making a bunch of ridiculously appropriate tiktoks. It adds a fundamental joy to my life like reading. It helps me to be creative, funny and out of my comfort zone for sure. It definitely challenges you on a certain level. I like playing my keyboard on there. I’ve just finished up learning Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi. I’m really proud of it and the accomplishment I made over the months learning it slowly. 

 I’ve been playing a lot of Fornite as well. I’m sort of new to the gaming community. I’ve only had my xbox for about six months. I am fairly okay at the game. I’m still trying to get the hang out it though. Hoping that I will, eventually. You all don’t want to hear about Fornite or Tiktok. Those aren’t really important I guess. I guess you can say my summer has been very chilled but busy at the same time. Oh! I almost forgot. I went on a date. It was fun and weird for me at the same time. The guy eating behind us asked if it was our first date. Which we both replied yes. It’s funny, because we were arguing over who would pay. I guess the guy took that as the first date sign. Anyways, until my next weird blog!

My Summer So Far - 2/11- Alexis Roberson

There’s really nothing interesting when writing a blog to me.

I never had fully understood the context of writing what you think.

Then, people wanting to read about it.

I find that’s what books are for, and they carry you into a whole other world.

New imaginations, characters, and storylines that bring you to life.

I guess it can be repetitive with some of the stories. I still don’t like blogging either.

I last said that I was in cheerleading. I still am, and we are having three practices a week.

We do these core workouts, they are not fun at all.

We had to do a plank with a basketball today.

I am the most unexercised person there is, I struggled so much with trying to find my balance. 

I am a geek, I’m pretty sure everyone knows this. I also know how to solve the Rubik's cube too.

Well, this summer I picked it back up, and forgot a move.

Now let me tell you this, there's these “sequences” or “algorithms” that are used to solve it.

Basically a cheat sheet if you will.

This little lady forgot one of those “sequences” and imagine my reaction after trying to relearn it.

Well I was just chilling and then BOOM, it hit me, and I remembered.

I was so mad, I just shut it in my vanity and walked away.

I was also kind of glad my muscle memory kicked in, it wouldn’t have been fun relearning it, trust me. 

I’m excited for school to start back again.

Not many people know this, I sort of like school, but at the same time I don’t.

I really look forward to my English classes, we either get to read or do something fun in there.

This year, however, I’m excited for the new adventure that awaits.

I get to see familiar faces again.

I was virtual all year long, and I’m excited to be able to see those familiar faces again.

I’m excited for the new cheer season coming up, and being a possible flyer.

I think that would be interesting and a bit terrifying as well.

My Summer So Far- 1/11 Alexis Roberson

 Well, I am a little late starting this.

I have been busy with cheer practice, and trying to figure out what to say on here.

My summer has been going pretty good so far. It’s a bit boring really.

We have a pool and a trampoline. Both, I have not used in sometime.

Usually my sisters bring their kids over, and they go swimming in it.

I haven’t been in the pool, maybe once or twice.  I tried out as a cheer leader, and I made the team!

Never thought I would be a cheerleader.

We have been practicing stunts, and they are having me be a flyer

(put in the air) Which scared me a lot at first, but now I am slowly getting used to it.

I still have a lot of chants and cheers I need to practice and learn as well.

You know what they say, “Practice makes perfect.” Hopefully I’ll get better. 

I’ve been busy with my usual fundraise for Books For Bailey.

The Mid-Southern Championship Wrestling has helped partnered with me to help with my fundraiser.

That was pretty exciting working with the wrestlers.

Now we are doing a Yoo-hoo challenge to also bring awareness.

I think they are pretty cool, especially 187, even though he's supposed to be “bad”.

They absolutely make me laugh.

I’m currently drinking my Dr. Pepper and eating my bag of barbecue chips.

I would be eating the Sour Cream and Onion, but my mom ate all of those. 

I’ve been going to youth group this summer. It’s actually been fun, I have to say.

I’ve enjoyed going, and its really been an enthusiastic experience.

We are suppose to go on a St. Louis trip next month. Stay tuned for that.

I am really looking forward to their museum, which is suppose to have art, which I LOVE.

I’m a very artistic person, and I love painting and drawing. My youth pastor said I would enjoy that.

I’m taking his word for it too. I think it would be a fun and interesting experience.

It’ll also keep me from just having cheerleading this summer!  

Here we go pt. 2- Hailey H

 Here we go blog post number two. I don’t know what to call these things. I am not a huge fan of calling these blog posts, but that is an issue for another day. My life has been truly thrilling. I have done absolutely nothing besides going on long drives and fighting with my sisters. I can already feel your jealousy. I have been trying to pick up hobbies and the only one I’ve kept alive is attempting to learn guitar. It has not been as easy as I thought it would be. I try to practice honestly, but I end up being on my phone full of frustration. I have a goal to become the next Jimi Hendrix but that will have to wait until I can actually change chords smoothly. 

I have family coming into town this weekend so hopefully I will be able to make the next entry more interesting, but for now I need to finish this one. 

I am at the point in writing this where it can go a couple different ways:

1. I could tell awful jokes

2. Ask stupid questions 

3. Go on a rant about something neither you nor I care about 

But I don’t think I am going to do any of those. Last week I read a comment that my entry was “fancy” but fun fact I only did that to reach the word count. I had nothing to really say that would not go past 230 words. Currently, I am trying to open my sisters to the wonderful world of actual good movies. Filled with sarcasm, fight scenes, and good one-liners. I hope my efforts work because I don’t think they have been really interested in movies or well anything I am which is I guess normal. But I’ve reached the point of this whole covid thing where when I make a movie/ tv reference they give me this very confused look that ends up frustrating me more each time. 

Dang, I guess I did go on a rant that you probably didn’t want to hear about. Whoops. I hope your summer is going well and more interesting than mine.

2nd week of summer- 2/11- Zoey McGowan

I know that my title is very bland, but so am I. I mean what am I supposed to title this, when I've still literally done nothing. Well Saturday I did force my parents to drive to Search for  a bookstore. But guess what, it was a major flop. It was filled with those old people's books. You know, like historical fiction. Not my thing at all. So I got them to drive to Little Rock. To my favorite places ever, Barnes and Nobles. I know NERD ALERT, but hey I have to do something to pass the time (even though I just play on my phone for the entire day). I get that some people don't like reading (you weirdos), it's literally an escape to this new place. But that's not the point, the point is I went to this huge bookstore and only walked out with one.That is not normal for me. I shouldn't even be trying to get anymore books.  Like what is wrong with me, I have stacks and stacks of books just waiting to read. Here I am wanting more. My tbr (to be read) list is an ever ending cycle. I read one, add six more to the list. Wow I really have nothing to write about, so I've been talking about books for this long. Let's change the topic.

While I haven't done much yet, we have a vacation planned for the summer. At the end of the month, we are going to the beach. It's been two years since we last met. I'm excited to just get away for a while. After being locked in your house for like six months I think everyone was ready for a break. They just got it a lot sooner than I have. Some of us can't just jump up and randomly decide to go places, because we have responsibilities. Anyways I won't get into that. But an escape, especially to the ocean, is well deserved. 

Also I don't remember if I said anything about this, but I got a french horn for the summer. I do not think that we will make a good match. It's just so different from a woodwind instrument. However I do hate it when people say woodwinds are easier just because we have buttons. It's not my fault you couldn't pick the right buttons, and ended up with a tuba. Before you say it, I will. BAND NERD

2/11- before the vid -emily fitzgerald

 Before the most important coronavirus, many things were different than they are now due to the virus. I personally feel like my life is getting real close to normal again. I no longer have to wear my mask in public because I have my vaccine. It makes me feel like soon life will be great again, because oh how I took life without corona for granted. At this very moment, I am typing this while drinking some iced coffee, with a great tan, and currently watching the sunset, that's why I enjoy summer so so very much. This right now reminds me of life in quarantine, and I absolutely disliked it very much. I tend to appreciate the small things now because I realize that life can be a whole lot different within the coronavirus season. Oh, how I missed all of the hot summer nights before the virus, and now I'm getting all of the nights back. I absolutely adore going to the lake during the summer and weekend concerts. I'm slowly falling in love with life again, and that's such an accomplishment for me. I feel like every one of us takes life for granted before corona, but now we know that we need to not do that anymore because you never know what can happen. So my advice is to just live life to the fullest every day and do things that make you scared in life, you'll have way more fun that way. By the way, I hope yall are having an outstanding summer, and let me know what yall have been doing. Ever since I was a little girl, I always enjoyed summer for many things. I loved being able to go to the lake, staying up late, ice cream nights, and many different nights full of cheerleading. As I've been getting older, I've realized that things that used to make me happy just don't make me that happy anymore, but I need to change that attitude. When I change my look on life, I'll be able to love life more than I already do. Thank you for reading & I hope you have fun blogging!

Same old, same old - Jon C. / Post #2

    Well, I asked for things to do, and you gave them to me. It looks like for the summer I will be making a list of things to do before it ends. In the next post I'll be sure to upload a picture of said list, so stay tuned for that. Anyways, things have been going ok for me, no big events or anything crazy planned for the summer yet, but I would like to see something happen. I suppose adventure comes to those who seek it. I've been playing a lot of League so that I can be ready for next year, and let me tell you, these teammates that I'm getting are just strange. It's as if they are intentionally trying to lose, but I won't get started on league, at least not in this blog post. The shoveling dirt has been getting easier, and we even have a side-walk leading from the drive-way to the front porch, which really brings the whole garden aesthetic together. I might even get out there myself and plant some roses, or maybe some nice lilies would tie the variety of the garden together. Anyways, I'm really enjoying this summer, something about it feels different from the others that I've had before, maybe it's the more freedom that I have now that I'm 16. I should probably start writing this summer to do list, but I have a bit of a writers block, as I don't really know what to put on it. It has to be something that isn't too easy to accomplish, but not so hard that I won't want to do it. If you guys have any suggestions I would gladly take them in the comments. I think that I might also make that video game as well if I run out of things to do. Maybe I could add making a video to the list. I have been looking for a new hobby so making video games might actually be good for me overall, or I could learn how to play chess. That's all from me this week, I'll read you guys later.

1st week of summer-1/11-Zoey McGowan

 Here we go, my very first blog post. Now let me tell you, I have never really been a fan of blogs. Just talking about yourself and putting it out there has never been enjoyable to me. I’m actually a pretty private person and just opening up is not my any means my thing at all. Much less to a bunch of people I will soon once again have to see everyday. I was and still kind of clueless about what I’m going to write here. I mean I’ve been sitting here for days and days pondering over what I was going to write about. There is no way I can get 350 words out about sitting on the couch binge watching tv literally every day. I mean I have nothing else to do, no place I need to be. I honestly think I’m cursed to wake up early. It does not matter what time I go to bed, it’s always early. I’m literally writing this at 8 am Like how does someone get up at noon and still go to bed at night. I mean this summer is not off to a bad start, just not as action packed as some of yours might be. I have my nephew here, which is a whirlwind itself of playing then watching tv then playing again. Now don’t get me wrong, I love him but sometimes it’s a lot. 

My mom thought I could talk about making a summer bucket list. Let me tell you, not my thing. First off, having a sit down and literally coming up with things that I know good and well I’m not going to do. Second, I’ll just be upset with myself if I don’t get things done. So while it may be a good idea for some people, it’s just not the right fit for me. 

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed me rambling for a good 10 minutes. If you actually read this is a mystery to me that will never be solved. Anyways, I hope to have more exciting things to tell in the future. :)

P.S: I’m not gonna leave you a question to answer, because I wouldn’t answer them either

Here we go- Hailey H

"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne 

Ladies and gents, welcome to my "blog". I have been trying to write this all week but I have not found my motivation. It might be under the pile of clothes in my closet but I will let you know when I have found it. I liked that quote up there, kind of hit home for me with this assignment since I've been looking at it all week but never started to actually write it. Everyone seems to be talking about their summers so far, so I will fill you in on mine.

My summer has been very chill, I haven't done anything too exciting. I've been attempting to learn guitar not going as well as I would like but progress is progress, right? I've also been pet sitting for a couple people. I mean I get paid to hang out with animals, like who wouldn't love that? I've also been watching way too much Disney + thanks to my lovely nephews who just have to watch Moana four times a day. I've been baking a lot to help destress but my family isn't thrilled with all the cakes and stuff around (If you want any cake let me know!) Always seem to have some family from out of town come to stay which is great but I like quiet and with my family that is very scarce. Okay, I am done rambling about my loud house and chill start to the summer now, you're welcome. 

I have some questions for you guys to maybe answer for me. If you would I would tolerate you forever. I can't say I would love you forever since that is a big commitment and I can't seem to cut my hair without overthinking it. I will just have to tolerate you if that is cool with you guys. The first question/ statement I don't really know what it is, I need some music recommendations if you don't mind. Going on road trips I would like to expand my music genre. I don't think Jon's 80's music will work though not a huge fan of it (don't come after me please, thanks.) My second actual question- is summer bucket lists a thing still? I've had one every year but I have no clue if those are a thing anymore. And my last question is how do you guys come up with topics to write about? I feel like my word vomiting and making no sense so please let me know. 

the beginning of summer 21' 1/11-emily fitzgerald

This summer has already been so great! It's already been so weird compared with other summers I've lived through. I started the summer by getting my first dose of the new Covid Vaccine. I didn't have many symptoms on either of my shots and I'm so happy I didn't have many of them. It makes me feel like I did something good for my body and it also gives me hope for the future with the well-known covid-19 virus. It makes me feel like eventually, we won't have to wear masks anymore & coronavirus can soon be gone! I've already taken some lake trips that have already been so fun. I'm going this coming weekend too because of my nieces' pageant. Memorial Day weekend was a cold trip though. We decided to go ahead and rent a boat on that Saturday, but the weather had other plans. We got up Saturday at our camper and it was so cold compared to all of the summer hot days surrounding the day. It was like 50 degrees that day & the wind was blowing, so that made the cold even worse. This summer feels just like the recent school year for me because I did not go to school this year, so it's pretty much the same on the days. The only difference is the weather pretty much. I've always enjoyed sleeping in, waking up drinking a good cup of coffee, watching my daily Netflix, and halfway eating healthy (haha, don't judge). I've been writing a blog of my own an enjoyable thing to start. It keeps me going and I hope it helps with me writing different kinds and types of essays this year and for my college career. I understand that it sounds completely insane that I enjoy writing for my good, but I believe that it will end up helping me in my college career, and that's something that I've been trying to help since the 7th grade. I cannot wait for this summer, I just have a feeling that it is going to one of the best because my family and I already have so many trips we are going to do this upcoming summer. I hope yall have been having a great start of the summer too!:)

1st week of summer 1/11 -Raven Horton

 This summer is unlike most. Usually I would sit around mostly sleep, but this year my summer will mostly consist of sports such as cheer and sofball . This week was really the only "off" week I will have all summer and still I had softball practice. When I'm not doing sports I want to spend as much time I can with family. Last weekend my parents went on vacation so I got to spend time with my cousins, who I normally just see on holidays. Monday was a holiday so we went to my palpals, grilled out, and fished. Tuesday I went and hung out with friends. Wednesday I went to the library in the park with my bonus mom and siblings. Then I went to Wal-Mart with a couple friends and played hide n seek. Thursday I went to Jonesboro with my family and went shopping, you know we had to stop and get us some chick fil a. Friday I had softball practice, and when I woke up right before practice so I did not get food or water I just went straight there. That was a very bad decision because the whole time I felt like I was going to fall out, so I came home and went to sleep. Saturday me and my family went to the water park in manila and met up with my aunts and cousins. We spent all day there, until we went to the park to dry off. Then we ended the day wth sonic and a movie. This week I  was pretty active and that's only going to imcrease. My goal for this summer is to kinda just YOLO it, to just live life to the fullest, to become closer with friends and family, to do better academically and atheltically. Most off my off time I will spend time with my mom, so its impossible to just chill. 

How's it hanging? - Jon C.

 

    Let me just start off by saying that my summer is off to a great start. I forgot how good it feels to sleep-in on weekdays and have minimal chores. So far, my mom has got me doing and hour of shoveling out in the front yard so we can get the garden set up. You may think that I would describe the work as grueling, but it's actually kind of nice. I just pick up a shovel, turn on some 80's music, and get to work, same as the rest of my chores. Speaking of chores, do you know how big this house is? There is so much to do, and I don't even know how my mom did all of this by herself when I was just a kid. Anyways, all this freedom is starting to get to me. I so used to having things to do, that I don't really know what to do anymore. I am exaggerating just a bit though, there really isn't that much to do. I'm going to need your help. In the comments below, I want you to vote on something, something that will help me wile the time away during this summer. It's come down to the decision of making a video game, or make a must be completed summer list. With the video game, I can take suggestions as to what to make and give you updates on how it's going. With the summer list, you can help me choose things to put on it, and even help me decide a punishment if I can't complete it by the time summer ends.  Either way, I'm leaving this decision up to you. Sorry for rambling there, I got pretty focused on the vote. So what are you guys doing for the summer? The only thing that I've got going for me is what ever you guys decide in the vote. I guess that's all I have to say for now, I'll let you guys know which activity won the vote in the nest blog post. I hope to hear what you guys are doing this summer.

Summer Begins - Caiden Hinkle - 1/11

 As summer has officially started, I realized that I really don't have anything to do. Of course, it would be good just to sit and play video games all the time. I remembered that when I was younger, I was given a schedule to for for every single day of the summer (excluding weekends). I decided that for my benefit, I would make myself a schedule that kept me focusing on more important things other than video games, while still giving me time to play them as well. My days are usually about 14 hours long, the other 10 consisting of a good sleep. I would usually play video games for that whole time, which is no wonder as to why I grew to be bigger than most. Knowing that my dad goes to the gym on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I decided to make that a part of my schedule for as soon as I wake up. The other two days of the week took those out and replaced it with eating breakfast and playing video games. That took up a time slot from 7:20 - 9:30 AM. From then until 11 AM, I would wash up from the gym and then play video games. From 11 to 12 PM, I would take time until June 12 to study for the ACT (I would stop because June 12 I am taking it). Then, I wanted to start spending more time with my family. From 12 - 1 PM, while my mom was still at work, I chose to watch some type of show and eat lunch with my dad (My lunch usually being a salad of some sort). Then I would hop back on games until 3 PM, giving me 2 hours to play. From 3 - 4 PM, I take a break to do anything such as this summer project, but also to write music or read (I do not like to read). Then, I relax for the rest of the day unless I have something for church, like I do on Tuesdays. Overall, I am hoping to lose some weight and still have lots of fun during the summer.