So it's been nearly 3 months since my last blog. I'd planned on doing one a few weeks ago to coincide with my 18th birthday, but for some reason that didn't happen.
Not okay.
However, that's all in the past, so I'm gonna make it up by producing a quasi-long post for everyone right now.
I've offically been a senior in high school for about 2 months, and so far this school year has been crazy. At Junction City High School, the school year is divided up into 6 six-week grading periods; right now we're about halfway through the 2nd six-weeks. And let me just say that the 1st six weeks was a whirlwind. Not only did I have to get adjusted to all my new classes, I had to somehow find a way to cope with having 2 AP classes. I thought AP Government would do me in, but thankfully I've found a balance between the two. I'm also taking Trig this semester, which was hell in a classroom at first. I was worried that I was gonna fail that class; by the second or third week of school my grade was a low B. And then we took a test, and by some miracle I got a 98% on it, bringing my grade up substantially. From there it's been getting a little easier, something that I'll hopefully carry with me through the rest of the semester.
I also had to adjust to being the Editor-in-Chief of our school's newspaper. At first I was so overwhelmed, doubting the abilities of both myself and my staff. But we all pulled through, producing our first issue in mid-September, a feat the Blue Jay hasn't accomplished in my previous two years as a member. I've also really bonded with my staff, and I'm confident that with our easy-going and creative personalities we can get one issue out per month. We're currently near the end of constructing our second issue, one I feel will be even better than our first.
There was also personal drama that occurred during this first grading period; relationship became frayed and then obliterated into chaos. My hope is that it's all behind me now and everyone can move on to new ventures this year.
Perhaps one of the biggest adjustments I've had to face is that of being the "oldest" kid in my house. With my sister Elizabeth away at college, I've had to step up to the plate in the big brother department. It was weird at first, but I feel like my family and I have adapted to her absence. She stil comes home every few weekends, and we talk just about every day. It's nice to know that she's only a phone call away.
Like I said before, I turned 18 a few weeks ago, a fact I'm still getting used to. For the past few birthdays I've had I haven't felt much different; when I turned 18, though, I did, though. I'm not saying 18 is old, but I felt old. I looked back on the last few years leading up to that day, of all the things I wished to have accomplished before I turned 18, and was slightly disappointed that a few of those things I hadn't yet achieved. Primarily speaking, I still have yet to find someone in the publishing industry who wants to represent the book I've poured so much into; I'd always wanted that to be an achieved goal of mine before I turned 18, or even before I graduated from high school. But time keeps speeding up, and sometimes I think that there won't be any left. I know there has to be someone out there who'll love my work as much as I do. I just have to keep looking.
So, did you get all of that? I know it was a lot; just imagine living it. My hope now is to go through the rest of this semester without as much negativity surrounding my life (Trig's enough stress) and to just have fun being a senior and to keep writing. I'm also working on college stuff that I'll get into here once everything's more concrete. All of this should keep me busy, which results in more posts that will captivate you until the last word. If I stop being a slacker and actually write them. :D
