We are down to the last bit of senior year and it’s going by like a breeze. We are down to about 14 or 15 days and it’s been one crazy ride. Starting with freshman year everything was fine and then randomly one day In mid March we went online and had a huge pandemic. We had an extended summer March-August. Nobody knew what to do, nobody knew if we were coming back, and nobody knew what the world came to. The next year my sophomore year we had the option to come back or stay online. I decided to stay online for a semester for everything to calm down. I ended up coming back second semester and wasn’t doing too well in school so I had to get my head back in the game. I ended up passing the rest of my classes and then on to my junior year. My junior year was the year that all of my classes were easy and I didn’t really have to try very hard. It was a breeze in junior year and i finished all of my classes that I had not passed in freshman and sophomore year. I was nervous going into my senior year for the simple fact that It is my official last year of schooling and it really hadn’t really set in. It is now like getting close to graduation and prom. It is getting down to the last things that we are going to be doing in school. We are doing our last blog post, we are turning in our textbooks for classes and we just got our graduation things like our caps and gowns, our class shirts, our class cups, etc. Were getting exact dates for prom and graduation. We are getting a parade on a certain day where we can get recognized before graduation. Everything is starting to wrap up, everything is starting to wrap up and right now it is getting scary because after this I am completely done. It’s crazy to think that I was 5 or 6 starting preschool and now i’m 18 getting ready to finish my senior year. I hope to get a job soon so I am not stressed during school with a lot on my plate. This year was my year to focus and get my head on right and this has probably been the toughest year mentally. This is the end of my blog life, tootles.
So I’ve been with this boy for going on a year and two months. Things just keep getting harder and harder. I go to work, I go to school, and I clean my house daily. I am tired and exhausted but here at home he never helps. Things were all good with him asking what needed to be done and he would do some if not all of whatever needed to be done that day, but now it is like I’m asking for an arm and a leg. Things are rocky right now and I finally told him I need a break, because why would I want to pick up a mess for more than just myself? I’m also an animal mommy I have a dog, Clyde, and a cat, luna, and I love them dearly but they are also messy. My life has been rough trying to keep up with my responsibilities, but if I don’t do it it won’t get done. Once I start slacking I will never get anything done and then I’m 4 loads of laundry and a sink full of dishes behind. I get it that when I was younger all I ever wanted was to be a grown-up but I didn’t know it came with a bunch of responsibilities that were going to need to be done just about every day.I regret not having fun for the times I was young and didn’t have to pay a dime for anything but the concession stands at basketball or volleyball games. Now I pay for just about everything I need/ want and then some, because sometimes my friends don’t always have money at the same time I do and I know that if it flopped around they would be there for me and give me the money I needed
I officially have 119 days left counting weekends and without counting weekends or our spring break we only have 80 days. It is super scary to think that in 80 short days ill be finishing high school and going on to better days. I’ve struggled a lot in my 14 years of schooling but I can gladly say I’ve never had to be held back and in any of the classes I have failed I have made the credits back up. My freshman year was by far my hardest year until COVID came. I started getting bad grades and then when COVID hit we all went online and did zoom calls then it got to the point where nobody was doing their homework but nobody could not pass because it wasn’t something that was planned for us. My sophomore year was very hard because I was online for the first semester and when I came back it was super rough for me. I ended up failing a math class because I never understood it. I then took the math course online in the first semester of my junior year. My junior year was when everything kicked in and it was time to get my things together and no more messing around I ended up not failing a class and taking an online class and passing all of them putting all of my credits back in place and not having to do anymore extra classes. Now I am a senior and am working as hard as I can. It’s been a rough year from being sick, having doctor’s appointments, and having other problems. I still try and be here every day. Things get tough but there is no time for giving up. I cant wait for the day I walk across the stage and make my family proud.
So starting about December of 2021 my brother’s girlfriend was having some problems and thinking she was pregnant. She took a test and it was very positive but a couple of days later she took another one and it was negative. She went on with her life and continued to play sports and lived her life. The summer came and she was never showing. My brother and his girlfriend finally told me that they were having a baby. She was on vacation at the time and I had told her that she needed to tell her mom and go to the doctor because she needed to know how far along she was, what her gender is, and if she was healthy since she hadn’t been to the doctor since she found out. When she got home she went to the fair for a couple of hours and she and my brother got into an argument and they walked back to my house since it’s not very far. Later that night at 11 PM she was having some pains that she hadn’t felt before, and she went to the hospital in my town. They sent her home at 3 AM and told her that she had a UTI. She then went to another town outside of my town at 6 AM and they told her that she was in labor and her baby was coming now. They did a quick ultrasound and found out she was breech and they would have to do an emergency c-section. So my brother was calling me and telling me that he needed me to text our boss when it got closer to the time and to go in for him since I had the day off and he needed to be with his girlfriend. So they did the c-section and she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and gave her a beautiful name. She then told everyone. Nobody knew except for the immediate family. They had nothing and so everyone was shopping for the new baby asking for a bunch of sizes and formulas. It was very hectic after the new baby was born. She is now 4 months old and very healthy and chunky and is learning new things every day. She is very loving but sometimes cries for no reason.
Since I started my senior year I’ve had very little time to watch TV but I make sure I do get the time in. I started out watching Manifest on Netflix, it’s about a family who decides to go on vacation and there was enough room on the plane and so they offered for people to step up and take the next flight. There were three people in this specific family that chose to and something happened on the flight and nobody knows what it was about. When they finally landed there were police and everything around and the passengers didn’t know why. They found out they had been gone for 5 years and they wanted to know where they went. They didn’t even age at all. Later in the show, they find out they have callings to save people. They had to solve the calling. A new season came out and the passengers had aged and more things came along like one of the main characters got cancer and is very ill.
The next show I’ve started to watch is Grey’s Anatomy. Meredith Grey is the main character and everyone freaks out because her mom was a very good doctor years ago. Her mother also suffers from early on Alzheimer. This show has like 15 or 16 seasons and its about these doctors who are starting at the hospital. Things get kind of crazy and there is a lot of chaos. Three of the new doctors start living together. Two females and one male and their is a lot of chaos. The doctors that have been there awhile can pick one of the new doctors to scrub in on the surgeries so they can get more practice. They have a schedule where they work for forty eight hours straight and then go home and then repeat.
At my school, they offer a cosmetology class for juniors and seniors to take. Luckily for me i took advantage of that and have done the class for 1 going on 2 years. It has taught me a lot but I think the things we do in class are not in style anymore. I love all of the hands on things but all of the book work bores me. We have learned how to wax, do different types of braids, and up dos. In the 2 years that I have attended this class things have changed drastically. Last year we had a teacher who knew more about teaching and this year we got a new teacher and she didn’t have much teaching experience with high school kids but she is doing amazing.
This year we have been on 2 field trips this year and one of them was to a nursing home to do the elderly ladies nails and they loved it. I would love to go and talk to them again because some of the ladies are super nice and have really good stories and love to talk about their kids, grand kids, and great grand kids. The next field trip we went on was to visit some of the schools that accept our high school hours. We went to some towns that are near by and got a lot of good information and started picking our schools for after we graduate. We were gone a whole school day and we also went to chick-fil-a and ate lunch and then went to the supply house and bought a whole bunch of hair supplies.
When I started my freshman year, I was so nervous because my 8th grade teachers always told me high school wont be fun, the teachers are a lot harder on you, the teachers will never understand and wont accept late work. Some of those things are true and apply to some teachers but not all. Since being in high school I’ve learned that the more you are involved the more its going to go by quick and the easier it gets. Since high school I’ve learned that homework is not hard if you put your mind to it. I never understood why people always to be involved and to always out your mind to things and you could do it. Things do get easier and some things are still tough but no matter what teachers will always try their best to help you get through it.
My junior year is when it all hit me. I went from having the pandemic my freshman year and a long summer, to being online half of my Sophomore year, to wearing masks almost my whole junior year it has made me realize that my senior year was coming quick. Something I’ve always told underclassmen is have fun, do your homework, and finish all the way and I’ve done the same. Its crazy how time flies in high school because you are a senior before you even know it. Now I’m a senior trying to look back to ask myself where the time has gone.
After high school I would like to take a year off and actually think what about what I want to do after school. I would also like to take a year off to save up money to be able to get into the college I want and not have troubles with the money situation. I would love to do many things but i’m still not sure what I for sure want to do.
After I take my gap year one of my choices is going into cosmetology. I love to do hair and nails but i struggle with make-up and I know that it would help me. I am going to try and stick with the hair and nails because i love doing it. People always come to me when they want their hair braided or curled. Another one of my options would be to go into some type of older people care. I love everything about elderly people except for their attitudes. I feel like a lot of their attitudes come from loosing a spouse or not having family visit them. They just want company and it shows when random people come in and just talk. I love communicating with them and asking about their life before being in the nursing home. About their kids, grand-kids, and maybe even great grand-kids. Most of the people they see, they see on a regular basis and they already talked about it to them and they are just there to take care of them.
My thoughts on senior year were not what I expected. I expected to have a lot of fun and not as much homework at the beginning of the year. Some teachers are more lenient but there are also some strict teachers. So far I haven’t had any problems. My only advice is to try to not miss as much school as you can. My first month hasn’t been too bad other than in some classes I got behind and I don’t know what I’m doing. Even though it is my last year it’s time to get things done and finish the right way, always do your homework, be on time, and don’t mess around.
Motivation: the word I need. I need the motivation to finish out the year. We are 18 days in exactly and my mindset is to graduate. I want to graduate, but I don’t wanna do all of the work. I am the motivator in my friend group. I tell my friends hey did you do this yet, or if not hey you better get that assignment done will help you. Usually, I try my best to stay up on my homework so I don’t seem like a hypocrite and not even do my work. Last year it hit me that school is coming and going quickly and there is no time to mess up. I go to school, I get my stuff done, and soon ill be rewarded to graduate and move on with life.
