Adjusting Focus

I had the opportunity to go to a leadership camp for two days at my new school, Mount Wachusett Community College. I wasn't really looking forward to waking up at 6 in the morning and being there for longer than a school day. In fact, when the mornings came, I honestly considered falling back asleep and acting as if I had forgotten. I knew I had to go, not only because the camp was mandatory, but because I knew that somewhere along the way I would learn something. All I had to do was be open to what people had to say to me. In the end, I learned a few things and gained some knowledge. I noticed a few things and realized that I hadn't wasted 100% of my time. Tuesday was the first day. I really questioned that day afterwards as I reflected on some weird meditation I had to do for like, 10 minutes. "You're in a dark room. You can't see anything. Suddenly, your foot hits something. It's stairs. You climb up the stairs. With each step you think of something that...

My two weeks were super fun. I hung out with my cousin almost everyday and I finally have a room. My walls are all painted! One wall is red and the others are beige (although it turned out a little more grey... I call it greige). I got to spend some time with my parents, which was great. My favorite dog ever, Bella, got to sleep near me on her bed every night too. She's literally my favorite dog out of all the other ones I have ever owned (sorry).  I'm sad it's all over but at least I'm back at my real home with real floors and ceilings. The NH house does look great and my parents worked incredibly hard everyday to get it to where it is currently. I'm grateful for them and their hard work. It has come so  far. So, as you've seen, I've taken a lot of pictures with my cousin within the last two weeks. It seemed like almost everywhere we went we were asking our moms to take pictures of us. One of our last pictures together for a while came from our adventure...

The concert last night was a ton of fun. It was incredibly loud and afterwards my voice was kind of gone. We listened to some 5 Seconds of Summer beforehand. When they were done performing there were music videos playing on the big screens. We waited and waited and finally the lights turned down and all we heard were thousands of screaming people all around us . It was wicked cool.  We had good seats. Gillette Stadium is flipping huge  and tall . I was scared for the people all the way up at the very top. I was amazed at how close we kind of were. I mean, we weren't on the floor, but we were on the bottom right near the floor... which is pretty awesome. And with the big screens, you could still see all of One Direction's faces... It's weird to think that only 24 hours ago we were just leaving. Here's some pictures from last night. Waiting... at least there were music videos for entertainment. I'll admit that I enjoyed 5 Seconds of Summer. Dang . I ...

Today I didn't do too much. I watched some TV... I had amazing watermelon (as pictured below). Watermelon is so  good. I went grocery shopping... At the end of my day though, I had a goodbye party to attend. I even curled my hair for this event which wasn't extremely terrible as it sometimes can be. I found this great thing on Pinterest where you just put your hair up in a ponytail and then take strands and curl them. I got some compliments which was very nice. Sorry, this picture isn't the best. Mainly because I have a silly smile and we have a nice little photobomber on the side...  BUT this is the only picture I have of us. Thanks, mom. I had an enjoyable time at this party but I was sad to say goodbye to this wicked good friend of mine. He's been a huge part of my life since we became friends. He was also my very very first dance when I had turned 14. It was some instructional dance that people don't particularly favor, but as we figured out, he...

Last night I was on the floor trying to play with my dog. I called her name and she turned around, quickly looked at me, and raised her paw to my face. She hit me right in the eye and I whipped my hands towards my face and curled up. For a second I was scared that when I opened my eyes, I wouldn't be able to see anything. When I raised my head, I was incredibly glad to find my eyesight was still there. I went over to my mom. I took out my contact to find that my dog's toenail had poked right through it. We figured I was lucky that I had my contacts in because what happened to it could have happened to my eye. Later today my mom and I finally made the decision to go to the emergency room. Nothing serious happened, which I was grateful for. There's just some redness in one corner of my eye, but I should be all better in a couple of days. I've been instructed to wear glasses, much to my dismay, but I'll live.  Besides that adventure, I made an attempt to catch up o...

I would like to start off my first post by saying that I'm very excited about this blog. I think it will be a good experience and that I'll learn a lot from writing posts... and here's my first one: Today I spent a large chunk of the day by myself (minus my dog, Bella). I woke up, did some Zumba, took a shower, and made scones for myself. I then watched some TV, played the piano, and craved some cookies, so I made them. I played music from Spotify while baking. I fell in love with a few songs and fell in even more love with a few more. Even though I was kind of a loner and even whispered to myself, "I need a life," at some point in the day, in the end, I felt very fulfilled. It was a good day filled with exercise, FOOD, great TV shows, and music. I was reminded of this quote I found on Pinterest that says, "Enjoy the little things." I enjoyed every little part of my day, even if I was by myself. These cookies in the shape of mini muffins are my favor...