Austin Cottingham 6 - Taking Drivers Ed.

With school schedules you have very little wiggle room for other classes that you may need or enjoy, this could be for example drivers ed, agriculture systems, or a music class, for us band nerds. I have a very messed up schedule this year so I could not take drivers ed. This was a bit of a worry of mine seeing as how my family needs the cut on the monumental insurance total that you get when you are a teenager, because companies do not think that younger people cannot drive and that is mostly true because a lot of crashes are caused by teens or distracted driving by teens. We had to turn towards another school over the summer or get bashed by the insurance, so we chose the drivers ed program at Green County Tech. Being honest I was a tad nervous going into a new school and meeting new people for at least two weeks. Me and my dad went to Green County Tech before the drivers ed started and talked to the office about the hours of the drivers ed course. The hours for the drivers ed course was from eight in the morning to noon. The course started and I had to drive from Brookland to Paragould every day ,(except for weekends). This was very tough at first because of the crazy traffic on the way to Paragould and in Paragould. I had to turn around once in the MacDonald's parking lot because a guy sped up and wouldn't let me over into the other lane to turn. The drivers ed classes were actually really easy and the people in the class were younger than me except for one kid in the back right, the teacher was also really nice. The actual driving part of the class was really easy even compared to the other even easier class that we had to take a week before the actual driving portion. Anyways the driving portion was almost over before I knew it. We only drove for thirty minutes and there was only three of us driving so in total you only had to drive around ten minutes. This was my time at Green County Tech and it wasn't half bad. If anyone needs a drivers ed course over the summer this is one of the easiest.

Bryce Despain - 6 - Horrible Week

Heads up, if you don’t like reading sad things, then don’t read this. 

So, hello everyone who is reading this. I hope that everyone of you guys have had a very good week so far and continue to have one. Personally, I haven’t had a good week at all and I’m not gonna hide it from anyone, nor am I gonna hide my emotions . I’m not gonna go into detail about what all happened, but I will say that in the late afternoon on Sunday, June 23rd, I lost a friend to suicide. So I’ve kinda been depressed all week long and lost, because I just wanna know why. The friend that I lost, I worked with, and now I won’t get to work alongside him anymore sadly, which is just crazy to think about.

Monday morning, I didn’t go into work, and none of the other workers did either. They said we didn’t go in because it was a “rain day,” but I just think it was because all of us there were so lost and upset, that none of us really needed to be there because I don’t think we would get anything done at all. If we were there, I honestly think all of us would be questioning about why he did it.

When Tuesday came around, we went to work, but it was a really slow day, and I mean slow. You could tell that every single one of the workers were depressed, including me, and some were even crying because they still couldn’t believe that it had actually happened. Honestly none of us expected it and never would have expected it to happen in a million years. It’s still crazy to even think about it because last week he was completely fine and nothing seemed to be wrong with him. He was acting like he usually does, and now he is just unexpectedly gone, forever. 

As of writing this, today is currently Thursday. We went into work, but at about 9, it started to rain so we had to go home because we can’t work in the rain. I was kinda glad that the rain came though, because honestly I didn’t wanna be there, it just isn’t the same without him there. I hope everyone of you have had a much better week then me. Goodbye. 

Anna mason #3 - I don’t do anything

Hello everyone who actually cares enough to read this. My summer actually hasn’t been that good so far. This is kinda sad but my grandpa actually got diagnosed with stage four liver and pancreas cancer and the doctors have only gave him a couple weeks left and so basically my entire summer so far has been spent with him. So when you folks got the time how your heads and send up a prayer. Also I’m the one that has been having to help with his cows and I don’t know one thing about a dang cow. I almost ran one over the other day with the mule because it was laying in the grass. But now I look at it it’s pretty fun. I have about one more week before I get to go to World Series. And World Series is the best part of my summer. I get to spend a whole week with my girls on my team. And we bond so much and it is so great. Then I’ll be back for a week and gone for another two weeks.  I’m barely going to be home. So I’m trying my best to get this dang assignment done. And is anyone would like to tell me what a heading is in the book you would be my best friend. I am so lost about it but I think I got this blog thing down. And my car this summer has gotten so much fatter. For the ones that have seen jellybean before he was alreadly big but now he’s like a balloon. And I’m running out of things to talk about because yeah I don’t do much but play softball and eat. Oh, my phone is still shattered and doesn’t work and my parents won’t get me a new one because they said it still works but my fingers have gotten cut so much typing this blog. So I think I should get bonus points for taking it like a champ. I have also been wanting to go see the movie MA but it is rated R and I still look like I’m 12 years old. I have ate so many snowcones  this year and I am not even sorry about it. My lips are still chapped really bad and I don’t think it’s normal because like I don’t even know. So I hope everyone else is having a good summer. And I am also really tan now I could pass for a Mexican. And I hope everyone else will have a bomb summer and eat many snowcones and get super tan.

Ella Servadio — Blog 4

So I’m really bored right now. I haven’t done anything but go to the pool and tan for the past week and a half. I’ve gotten really tan though, so that is a plus. But it got old quick, so today I’m at my grandmother’s catching up on The Bachelorette because I haven’t been able to watch in awhile. I don’t know if any of y’all watch it, but you should. My favorite guys on the show right now are Jed and Peter. I really can not stand Luke P, and I don’t know why Hannah keeps him around. I really hope she sends him home soon because he’s making me not want to watch anymore. I’ve also been watching Grey’s Anatomy (for the third time). That show will never get old. So if you haven’t watched that either you need to. This past weekend I went to the races again. I go every weekend because my boyfriend races. His dad, brother, cousin, and grandfather race as well. Right now, he is on a win streak. He’s won three races in a row. Last season, he won eleven in a row. After the races were over, I was walking around with his niece, and I tripped over the ramp of the car hauler. There was some metal pieces that had fallen off of the car laying right where I tripped, and I cut my leg up on it. The whole back side of my calf is cut up. It really hurts, but I’ll be okay haha! Oh, and my little cousin’s birthday party went great! She loves her present from me and McKenzie! We let her ride it around inside the shop because it was raining. We set up barrels for her to go around, and she ran into one. I jumped up because I thought she was about to start crying, but she started laughing like crazy and said “Oh my goodness I crashed!” She sat there and laughed about it for at least ten minutes. It was so cute. I’m glad it went great though. I’m just really excited because I get to to go the beach in one week. The nine hour drive to Panama City is going to suck, but it will be worth it!

Austin Cottingham 5 Memphis fun pt 2

After the delight of being guided around the Amro store we left and started to head towards our guitar store, or our second music store of the trip. The music store that we visited was Guitar Center, we pulled into the parking lot and this place is looking rather bland. Although when you venture inside the store it has tons of room and things to look at, in just the doorway. As soon as we walked in we were greeted by a nice guy called Grant who works over the bass and guitar section. The guitar section was giant with a multitude of guitars for about eighty feet and stacked four guitars high. Then you got the bass guitar section with around the same stack, just about forty feet long. Then one bass stood out to me that I had been researching for quite some time. This was the Epiphone four Thunder Bird, it had a darker wood grain with an white outcrop on the horn of the bass. Then on the white horn of the bass there is a Apache looking eagle design. I ended up getting someone to get the bass of the wall for me because it was the fourth one up, on the ceiling. I studied the bass and played it for about thirty minutes then made my decision, and I decided that I was going to get a new bass. After we bagged it up we continued to walk around the store and look at the various instruments and sections housing the instruments. The store had an acoustic section as well as a piano section and a drum section. Then another big part of the store was sound equipment as well as light bars and recording studio equipment. After we got done looking at the giant store packed to the brim with sound equipment and instruments, we put my bass in the back of the Jeep and headed to my dads grill and spice store. After looking for spices for around ten minutes he made his selection and once we left there we went into a bike store adjacent to the spice store. The bikes were pretty much the same as Gear head in Jonesboro. After all of this shopping we decided to go home and try out our new stuff.

Tristan #1

Hey guys, so far my summer has been kinda boring. The week after school let out we went to Oklahoma for a few rodeos. Then went to the East coast for a few more. Come home for a couple weeks and haven’t been anywhere in two weeks because apparently my luck runs low. Someone pulled out in front of us while pulling the trailer and long story short, totaled the truck. Of course on top of that the vet bill, because my horse is gonna get hurt any chance she can. The last week we have been getting her back in shape and we can start going places again. I thought I better start this assignment since I have nothing better to do. So far I have completed the first chapter of the book. One of the perks of being in a truck for 10+ hours. (Jk)  Anyway, my dog and I hope y’all have all had a good summer. We are currently sitting watching tv since sleep is not needed. This week has been pretty entertaining. It started off as we found a small water leak in the front yard. They come out and did their thing. As it wasn’t an emergency they said they would just come back. Well Friday comes around and we look out front as my grandpa was leaving for work and see about a 12 foot spout of water shooting out of the ground. Seeing his face was pretty entertaining. So as of today we have a big pile of dirt in our front yard. Remmy and Gunner are in heaven. The bathtub however is not very happy nor clean right now. But my grandpa and I have been working on a flower garden for my grandma since Saturday. We revealed the freshly prepared ground to her today. As we sat down to eat she decided she really didn’t want it. Her reasoning being we aren’t home really long enough to take care of it. Well normally aren’t until it comes to stupid things. After two days of sweating and hearing my grandpas not so friendly words, it come to sad end of not going to be used. Hopefully we will be able to go places again by next weekend. Anyway Remmy and I have reached the word count and are going to finish the movie. We hope everyone has had a good summer so far!

Bryce Despain - 5 - Don’t Read Please

So, my week has been pretty good so far. I’ve actually been busy almost every single day, which I mean is good because I’m not bored like I usually am. Monday morning I woke up at like 4:30, then I went to work at 6 and didn’t get home to around 5, so that was a fun day for me. After I got home I was so tired that I took a shower and didn’t want to do anything else. I didn’t work Tuesday because I went to watch the new Godzilla movie, it was an alright movie, but if I’m being honest I was asleep for over half of it so I don’t really know what all happened in it. I could spoil it for all of you, but I’m not gonna do that. Just kidding, Godzilla kills the three headed dragon in it and becomes the king of the monsters, hints the movie title, Godzilla: King of the Monsters. I wish that I wouldn’t have fallen asleep for half of it because that was a movie that I actually wanted to watch and was looking forward too. But the reason I fell asleep during it was because the beginning of the movie is actually super boring so I just fell asleep. I’m gonna stop talking about this now because I know most of you people reading this really don’t care, but it’s okay for me because as I’m typing this sentence not only am I getting closer and closer to 350 words, but I’m also wasting your time, basically it’s a win win situation for me, so you’re very welcome for that. I was gonna work Wednesday, but I woke up and it was 9 in the morning, so I called my dad and asked why he didn’t wake me up and he said that they didn’t need me that day, so I was like sweet and just sat in my bed all day. Honestly I could tell you all about the rest of my week because I’m sure most of you would want to hear that *sarcasm* but honestly it doesn’t really matter, because I have over 350 words now. So see you guys in my next blog.