in this post is a very subtle message for someone that only that person will be able to read ( Read more... )

well im back and both trips were amazing. i learned alot from the brasil trip about myself as a person, and we did some really great things with and for some of the schools in porto alegre and the surrounding area. i learned a good deal of portuguese and decided that going to a country for a couple weeks and learning how to speak a language is much ( Read more... )

well i think this will be my last entry before i leave. i dunno if ill have time to write during the three days i get back from brazil and before i leave for europe with my orchestra (yaaaaay SCYO!) but i will try. i might just have one huuuuge journal entry about the whole kitnkaboodle when im back in august lol ( Read more... )

usually this is the entry where i say i graduated the year of high school and became a senior. but i never graduated, because im homeschooled and it doesnt really work that way. so ill probably just automatically assume i can call myself a senior now because everyone else says so ( Read more... )

so sunday i went to first hour and it was alright. it was cool cuz lara taught and it wasnt very long but it was to the point and then we all got to play games n such. then i went to the service and sat in between bethany and will while they passed notes and will told me how sexy i was. i went home and then picked up phil to go to a concert at my ( Read more... )

i am so freaking selfish. it just hit me, and it makes me want to cry. all i care about is myself ( Read more... )

i really did have this whole big entry planned but i totally forgot what i was gonna say...none of its really important anyway but i found out im really far behind in my brazil money and i need to get some fast cash lol my grandparents offered to pay for most of it but i dont want to depend on them. whateverrrrrr ( Read more... )

i got to bring phil home yesterday!!! why you ask? but wasn't his sister there to take him home? well yes, yes she was BUT as to the why....CUZ I WANTED TO. plus its always nice to spend time with phil because hes awesommmmme.even though he wont share a cookie with me. at least not all the time. :-P

~alyssa

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swimming is officially over, but im trying to decide what to do for next year. i need a job. im trying to work something out with my parents where i can become more self dependent. i want to buy the toyota from my dad, and pay for gas and insurance and all that stuff, and get a job so i can pay for joining the Y next year instead of gators. i think ( Read more... )

saturday was the day i spent four hours waving signs and washing cars and getting sunburn. but hey, i actually kinda had fun standing out on route 10 waving signs at ppl and seeing if anyway waved back or honked...or better yet, pulled in to get their car washed. the only part that was weird was how many college students and/or truckers go by and ( Read more... )