Getting there... eventually

Here is more of my life..

Tuesday April 22 and Thursday April 24 I had two scholarship interviews. One was for the Anna Wilson scholarship and one for the CHS Alumni scholarship. They both intimidated me, though the three interviewers at both of them were all very kind. I would just rather explain myself in writing than speaking, but I guess it was good practice.

 

Wednesday April 25 Clancy and I went out to dinner at Steak n Shake. Then we drove to Western Boone High School for an induction ceremony to the West Central Indiana Technical Honor Society. We both got in to this through our health careers class. It was fun watching a video put together by one of the broadcasting vocational classes highlighting the different classes available. When the kids came to our class to take photos we had a lot of fun showing all of the different things we have learned like taking blood pressures and giving shots to our dummy arm. We were also proud of our teacher Mrs. Guard who got a very deserved recognition/award at the ceremony.

Saturday April 28 Josue, my dad, and I went to the Lord's Pantry to volunteer. I'm always happy when I wake up early to go help with my dad, and even happier when Josue joins us. Then that evening I worked. At first I drove two of the other employees to the boy's and girl's club. Then found out that wasn't where I was supposed to be so I had to go to the Athen's art gallery for their gala. I was glad I worked that event. Though my forearm was sore, it was fun serving strawberry agua fresca and mock champagne and wearing a single white glove. There were so many people it was hard to maneuver around them, but it was fun. Made me feel like a party/event that would be on Gossip Girl.

Sunday April 29 was the last lifeteen (our youth group) night of this year. It was senior night. While the younger kids ate downstairs like we all usually do, we had a fancy home cooked meal with chicken and potatoes and salad and pie. It was yummy and fun to eat together. Then we all talked about college and future plans and expectations and one of the kids who graduated last year, Angel, was there joining us to talk about his experience and for us to ask questions. He is so joyful and it made the night even more fun. Talking about trying to keep your faith and not let it slip away during college made me feel even more sure that I made the right choice to go to SLU. At NCYC it's always so cool going from a small town with few Catholics to thousands of teenagers from all over the United States that are all Catholic! It makes me think that SLU might be similar, being a Catholic Jesuit school with a beautiful cathedral. We also had a foot washing ceremony and received cards and a candle from the younger kids and other youth leaders.

Monday April 30 Michael picked me up from school and we drove right to Indianapolis. We met Lexie and Maria, and not long after headed to the student center (? or some other building..) at IUPUI. While we waited we listened to a local band that I can't say I cared much for. Then Blake came! Blake Mycoskie (the founder/chief shoe giver of TOMs) came to talk. It was awesome and crazy seeing and hearing him in person. I loved the stories he told and the excitement and joy in his voice as he shared them with us. It is an amazing story and company that gives a pair of shoes to a child in need for every shoe purchased. They have also recently expanded to eyewear and giving sight to people in need. He was so genuine and happy! I wish I could have listened to him the entire evening.

better late than never

Summer is here. And I'm still in April. Ahh. This is bad. So here we go.

Saturday April 21 was prom! That morning by myself I did my nails. I painted my toenails red and my fingernails french tips with a gold sparkly line where the white touched the pinkish part.

I packed up and headed to Sarah Warner's house. I was excited to bring my prom basket made by and given to me from Mrs. Rainwater-the teacher who was my sunshine lady this year. It was so cute! Gold nail polish, bobby pins, lip gloss, a mirror, hairspray, breath mints, gold eye shadow, oil sheets to wipe your face, scrapbooking stuff, and a key chain that you could put a picture in. Plus the handle was made with two strands of ribbon. One with Ms and one with Js. Aww it was so cute!

A lot of girls came to Sarah's house. Sarah babysits for Sarah Hutchison- who helped me with everything for homecoming. Hair, make-up, etc. I love her energy and enthusiasm for everything. She was doing hair for who ever wanted it because she loves to do hair and only has a little son. She also brought a friend- Amber who was there with tons of nail polish to do nails. Sarah did my hair and my make-up. The rest of the girls stayed for dinner and pictures, but I was off to other things.

I picked up Josue and we went to the Iron Gate where we met Elizabeth, Sam, Ally, Emma, William, Baylen, Tommy, and Tayler. I think that's all of them. It was decent food but I just kind of felt out of place a little. But that's okay.

After dinner we all headed to the Hess house. They have a brand new house and it's gorgeous! We all got dressed -the boys in the basement and the girls in Julie's bedroom. I was happy that the other mom's were there to help me out since my mom was out of town and couldn't.

Josue looked so cute in his tux. I'd never seen him more dressed up than jeans and a nice button-up shirt. He sure was handsome. We gave each other the flowers (which are just too hard to try to spell). I covered getting both of those because I just wanted them to match and to look good and not go wrong like in past years. They were beautiful and perfect.

Then we took lots of pictures. Lots of smiling. Inside of the house.

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And outside.

Everyone else headed to prom. But we had a few more stops to make. We went to my dad's house, but he wasn't home. I felt bad, but we didn't have time. We were already late. Then we went to my grandparents house and snapped a few pictures.

Finally we got to the high school. The dancing didn't quite go so well for us. Neither of us really are into dancing in front of a huge crowd. But we got out on the floor a little bit. Definitely for every slow song we were there. Oh and there was also a photo booth.

Our after prom is at the bowling alley, but that didn't really appeal to either of us. We ended up going back to his house to watch a movie. But both crashed and fell asleep pretty quickly. That was a long (and stressful) day. Then I left my lovely date and went home to bed.

Sunday my dad and I went to church then drove a long way to go horseback riding! It was so much fun. I loved actually doing something with my dad rather than just sitting at his house which often seems to happen. Neither of us had rode horses in so long. It felt good to be on a saddle again. We went in a line with a leader. But we got to trot and canter. It was a little scary at first I thought. But I really enjoyed cantering because it was so much smoother than trotting. Although my dad was a little disappointed that we walked as much as we did. I don't think I could've handled trotting/cantering the whole time though.

My dad had to leave and go to work pretty soon once we got back. I asked him to go to Applebee's, but he just had to much to do. So he gave me a gift card and Josue and I went. It was fun eating dinner with him again just the two of us.