Summer

[kk]

Mission trip? Fun! Where to?

My church always sends missionaries to the Dominican Republic...or Washington DC, to hand out clothes to the homeless...or to the front parking lot to greet people on Sunday mornings...

[magicalmike]

the not fun thing is my month longs SAT course. Bleh to the comeing 11th grade year. The fun things, parties, i have tickets to go see modest mouse when they split up their tour with REM and The National(still jealous that my friends dad is takeing him to see that national) Might go see less than jake since our schools band is opeing for them. Might end up getting dragged to the midnight release of breaking dawn by my obsessive crazy fangirlish friends. Hopefully a relaxfull summer.

[Mona0622]

kk: We're going to West Virgina to build/fix up a house for a family that cannot afford to pay for it. We're going there for the last week in July. My church builds/repairs a home every year, but just a different locations. Actually, my friend is going to the DR this summer for a missions trip with her church. I'm kind of jealous, because I wanted to go to.(I didn't do all of the prerequesite activities and it was too late to do them.)

Magicalmike: I took an SAT course in February and March. It was a lot of work, but in the end, I think that it was worth it. I'm taking the SAT's for the 2nd and final time June 7th (which happens to be my first day of summer break - oh well). I'm glad that I'm almost done with it, and wish you luck with your's.

[kk]

Mona: What's the name of the church that your friend goes too? Something just makes me very suspicious that it's the same one...

Happy near-summer everyone!

[wizardsrreal]

I'm so excited that it is finally summer!! I got out of school tuesday and I've thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in. But I actualy have a full summer this year so I won't get to do much relaxing. First i'm going on a chior tour wiht my church. Then Cornerstone Festival which i'm super excited about ! After taht is mission trip also with my church. 4-H is my only thing in August which i'm unprepaired for. Then <STRIKE>school</STRIKE>

[spyells]

School! NO DON'T TYPE THAT WORD! IT'S BLASPHEMY!!

I'm done!
Anyway, I hope you have fun. It certainly sounds like you're going to have a full summer. I don't get out of school until June 12 (11 if you're like most of my friends ) so we have 10 days left. (Nine if your ditching the last day. Something that I'm seriously considering at this point...)

[EricG1793]

Well, Spyells, I hate to break it to you, but there's an entire thread on this site dedicated to "THAT WORD".

I know that I'll probably be very worrisome about high school his summer.... And mourning over leaving the middle school.... And wondering whether we'll be getting new buses.... I had an interview with our school's bus coordinator today, and he said that my bus is one of the next few buses to be replaced by a new one. So that's something to look forward to.

[spyells]

Yes, I know I have checked out that topic on a number of occasions. *cough, cough*

But anyway, I'm worried about my Senior year. Actually I'm more excited than worried. But many of my friends are scared (fill in the blank) because most of us will be turning 18 soon. We will soon be adults and in a years time we will have to become more responsible. Right now I'm trying to figure out a way to get all of my friends together for our last summer together. After Senior year that next summer everyone will be getting ready to start their lives. It will be difficult to keep in touch with everyone.

I guess I can only take it day by day right now. (I'm worried that my mom wont be able to pay for my senior things next year. She will get the cap and gown, but what about the class ring, prom, yearbook, and grad night? ) I only have summer to look forward to right now.

But you want to know what's a real bummer? Because our governor (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is doing budget cuts to the schools my class isn't going to have a senior picnic. In fact the class of 2008's picnic will be the last one for a long time. Sucks huh?

[Emi]

Ah spyells that sucks about the no senior picnic thing.

I'm going to be a senior next year too!! This summer for me is filled with work and visiting colleges!!! Yay!

[Mona0622]

I also am going to be a senior next year. I'm really looking foward to next year. The seniors have left so my class is now the oldest in the school. It's very different. 5 days until summer break for me!

kk: My friend goes to Calvery Church.

[Mel]

I am going to spend this summer doing a blessed nothing. It will involve many trips to the beach, books, and a lot of exercising (I am horrribly out of shape, plus my friend needs to train for field hockey try-outs, plus gas prices mean I'ma be walking and biking a lot more than usual...) Next summer I think I'll apply to B&N or somesuch bookstore. I think I'd actually feel comfortable there, a first!

Eric: Don't sweat it. I nearly freaked, but it's not worth it. Just go into it with a cool head, and know that you won't know everything and you might make a few mistakes along the way. Chances are you'll learn to love your new school pretty quickly. It's a big change, and a lot of stuff happens, but it's worth it and so much better when you finally find a place where you belong. It feels nice,

spyells:
Oof. No picnic. Ouch, sorry.
And I know what you mean about funding. Aforesaid oil prices make everything more expensive... plus college fees... plus HS fees... I think I'm just about in the same boat. But you'll pull through. You always do, somehow. *huggles* good luck, and I hope you have a fantastic senior year!

[spyells]

Emi: What colleges are you going to be visiting this summer? One of my friends visited a bunch of colleges on the East Coast over Spring Break. She had a blast!

Mona0622: You're lucky that you only have five days left. I still have nine.

Mel: Thanks for the encouragement. As long as they don't cancel Prom and Grad Night I'll be fine. But I was really looking forward to having the Senior picnic.

[kk]

Mona0622: Five days? Lucky! I have the whole summer to go through, still doing schoolwork! It's one of the side effects of being homeschooled. My mom always makes even the vacations educational, and anytime there's nothing else to do, she forces schoolwork on me.

And no, that's not the church I go to. I've heard of it, though, I think.

I think it would be amusing if my friends ran into your friend in the DR this summer.

Anyway, remember, when your friend gets back, to ask him/her if she/he met anyone who claimed:

1. Insanity, or mental illness
2. That they just wanted to help the children have fun while learning about the bible
3. That they were from the Fairfax Church of Christ.

That's what I've heard the missions team claims, anyway.

It would be odd if they did run into each other...and prob not going to happen, but oh well.

[Emi]

I'm going to be visiting North Carolina School Of Arts in Wintson-Salem. I'll also stop by Pratt Institue in Brooklyn NY.. thats a possibility. Yeah.

I still have 14 more days of school left.

[Daisy]

Emi: 14 days! I am homeschooled so I have all summer to go.

From the sound of it, everyone here is a lot older than me. I will be entering 5th grade next year, and everyone is talking about high school, wow.

Well, I do not really have any plans for this summer, I might be going to a Girl Scout summer camp, but I am not sure yet.