congratulations to Pople Benedict XVI! and even though he won't read this, i'm just glad that we don't have to wait for months for a new pope.  i think he'll be a good one too, even though it'll be hard to follow john paul II, but he was his personal assistant type of person, and i'm sure john paul had an infulence on him.  oh yes, today is another ( Read more... )

( once again, to pass the time )

mom and i were looking through some of my grandma's stuff, looking for the ring that i'm supposed to have that's been passed down to the Valerie's since the 1800s.  we then came upon some stuff that my grandma saved, such as her poems... ( here's a few that i really liked )

( just for the hell of it. nothing to do tonite either.. pass the time )

it's been such a long and hard week. i'll never forget monday morning either. it's just been such an awkward week. i understand that todd's gone, but there's a part of me that thinks next week he'll walk back into etymology class, making a joke about the accident. i feel more like he's in the hospital instead and he'll be better soon... oh gosh ( Read more... )

1. being sick like no other. i had the worst night ever- i woke up about every hour because i couldn't breathe- my nose is stuffed up, my throat hurts, i'm hacking stuff up, and i'll prolly be running a fever by this afternoon. which means no lax pratice and no work ( Read more... )

i some how got nominated for this timothy awards for my youth group... my mommy is proud!  and i also got my credit card bill in the mail- $336!  ahh!  i think that's how much is in my account.  this is gettin reeeely sad.  i'll never spend money again (ha yeah right).

( bored, as usual )

think i'm crazy? go ahead and read my vacation, you'll understand. we start by taking 3 days instead of two 12 hour days. so on wednesday we leave at 5.30 pm, get to cincinnati by 10.30. thursday we drive through tennessee, kentucky, and to atlanta to see my mom's cousin and to stay there for the nite. unfortunantly, that was a 13 hour day. ( Read more... )

and why teachers give homework the week before it, i don't know.

( i like doing la crosse cause i can eat junk food and not feel guilty. thought you wanna know.. )

i'm sick of being neglected in my family. ok, y'all might think i'm crazy because i used to be really close with my mom and now i'm not, and i miss it. seriously, nobody cares about what's going on in my life, except steve. take sunday for example. we're on the way home from dinner and my mom just starts badgering me with questions like "so, ( Read more... )