For someone who likes to write, I really don't use this Xanga much, huh?

Well, a little Nicole-update:

School has officially started.  Summer is long gone.  This makes me sad, but after 12 years of it I should be used to it, right? Ha.  Back to work, work, work.  Papers and reading and- Oh, boy- SATS.

Even though I've been doing this school-thing since I was 5, this year definately brings something different.  There's a new excitement, dread, feel for the whole year.  Probably because it is my last.  Last year of highschool.  Last year of SATS.  Last year of "counting hours" (haha).  Last year of being a "kid" too.

My gosh, I'm getting old.

This year also brings the stressful task of choosing a college.  I've visited four (or five?) colleges so far.  Which one do I like best? I still don't know.  It's such a big decision.  It's so different than any high school decision (should I take Chemistry or Physics this year?)  This one has the potential to effect the rest of my life. Yikes.

Remember back in the day... When baking counted as math for the day? My problems seemed to big then.  Now, they are ridulous. All I have to think about is if they were big then and little now, how much more complicated are my problems going to get?  What am I going to look back on (in the future) and laugh at?

To sum it all up, I'm going to enjoy (or try my very best) my last year of high school.  This is it. Wow.

Do you know just HOW frustrating it is to search for something and not find it?

And I mean, really search for it.  I had to have gone through over 35 boxes.  I've been upstairs, downstairs, in here, over there- you name it.  The box that holds my little ipod adapter remains unseen.

And I won't be getting new music until... hopefully not too long.

I couldn't resist...

What Your Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich Means

Your eating style is reserved. You are a bit of a fussy eater, and you have very specific ways you like your food prepared. You have a total sweet tooth. When you can get away with it, you like to have dessert before dinner! Your taste in food tends to be conservative and traditional. It's likely that you prefer "All American" favorites like mac and cheese or hamburgers. You are probably a fairly normal, upper middle class person. You don't rock the boat too often. You are a tough person who isn't afraid to live life fully. There isn't a lot that scares you. You are laid back and extremely easygoing. You never make a fuss, and you try to enjoy every moment.

Just a few traditions the Paladins have at Cook's Forest... (in no particular order)

Tradition #1: "Lunch-rock": its a giant rock in the forest we hike to on Saturday to eat lunch on.
Tradition #2: The Paladin ladies (aka "paladinettes") create and sing a funny song to every in-law their first year at CF. They're pretty darn clever...
Tradition #3:  Seneca point- we always make a trip to the fire tower- climb it, then head to the (rocky place) and climb some more. It's usually a big deal for the braver of us to jump and climb over rocks that are preetttty high up.
Tradition #4: Spotlight. One of the many games that must always be played at night.  Doesn't matter how old we are... it's played, along with kickball, wiffleball, home run derby.  They're played at least once over the weekend.
Tradition #5: Canoeing /tubing.... this year we had the oppurtunity to tube down the river in a fun thunderstorm. Don't worry though... the lightning was in another county.
Tradition #6: One of my personal favorites; last night we're there we take a short hike to the swinging bridge and (of all things) howl at the moon.  We then sing, tell stories or do dares in the dark forest.  It's pretty darn fun.

Like I said... just a few.

Heeyyy- I think I have a home.

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This IS our new home. They signed yesterday.

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