Ca plane pour moi

Where to start, where to start.

Sarah turned 17 Friday, went out on a double date with our boyfriends to Olive Garden.

My sister Tryn turning 4 the following day, helped my dad keep the party in tact at my grandma's house, who is in the hospital again.

Senior year is, to my surprise, wonderful.

I'm happy with all of my classes, minus one, but that has been fixed.

I have tons of classes with my three good friends, and I'm trying my hardest to make new ones as well.

Debated, but came to the final decision that I am dropping Spanish 3, it's just not gonna happen. I already have my 2 language credits, why fret over failing when I could just, not take it.

Dropped Spanish 3, was offered to join Yearbook by Miss Mitchell, which coincidentally, was the same block for Spanish, so I don't have to change anything. I figure it's meant to be, so why not.

My schedule is as follows,

1A- Photography

2B- Gym II

3A- Yearbook

4B- CP Integrated Math V

5A- AP Psychology

6B- Honors English

7A- CP Physics

8B- Theatre V

This is going to be a good year.

Still incredibly anxious to finish and go off to college, but this year won't be so bad either.

It's about time too, I mean, at least one of the four years had to be alright, right?

But don't be fooled, this doesn't mean I'm not still counting down the days until being legal and graduation, 273 and 274 by the way.

Needed a 35 mm camera for my Photo class, found a man selling one for $75 on Craigslist that lived 10 minutes away. Took Edrea and Jake's cousin, Josh, with me to go pick it up. Went to the wrong #27 on the wrong road, the house with the steep drive way and buried in the woods, go figure. Turned my car around so we could make a quick escape, knocked on the door anxiously. "Hi I'm Ashley.." "Uhh.." "This is the wrong house, isn't it?" "Uh I think so. But I love young kids..." Hah. Bailed, real fast. Found the correct house down the road, a house with no trees around it and looked safe. Knocked on the door, an elder man greeted us and welcomed us inside. Felt like I nearly stole from the old man, purchasing a $300 some dollar camera for  his offered price of $75, probably could have negotiated down some even. Threw in some extra film as well, nice ol' guy.

Went back to Jake's work to go swimming until close, took picture for over an hour, lots of fun blah blah. Back to Jake's house afterwards where Mr. Willetts hooked me up with a new camera case, and let me borrow a bunch of lenses for the class, he's the best. Played video games downstairs with everyone until it was time to drop Edrea off at home. Nearly died with Jake's trying-to-make-curfew-driving, but hey, Edrea made it 1 minute before 10. Went to wawa with the boys, came home. Good day good daaaaaay.

Looking at a house tomorrow that we're possibly moving into. Not too interested in it, but then again, I haven't seen it. It really has no major effect on me because if I don't want to live there, I won't. And when we do move, I'll only be there for a few more months.

Happy Labor Day to those who work, like me. Scheduled 6 days in a row my first week of school. Are you kiiiidddddiiiinnngggg meeee?!?! I can't wait to get a new job. Starbucks job convention on the 8th.

Ca plane pour moi by Plastic Bertrand overandoverandoverandoveeerrrrr.

Sr.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the end.

Finally.

Everyone is in their dorms and starting classes.

I feel like I'm missing out. I should have graduated early.

On a brighter note, I just found out I got the only 2 classes I cared about.

The rest of my schedule can just be whatever, I got Photo and Ap Psych.

The rest remains a mystery, until 7 hours from now that is.

Present Of The Future End by The Most Serene Republic

One of the best songs I've ever heard, but with the strangest lyrics.

"Wow, you're ridiculously good looking. Maybe you could do that for a career."

Just let go, just be.

It's amazing how when you save your money, you can watch how quickly it grows.
Especially, when your working 5 days a week, 3 of which, are in a row.
Leaving work with over $50 in my pocket each night for a few days has clearly added up.
You do the math. But not so fast Ashley, you still have to continue adding on to your debt payment.
Which by the way, is now down to $700.
Possibly purchasing a pair of running shoes on Sunday.
Hopefully that can be a source of motivation.

Rushed from work last night to Jake's house where I quickly changed and Jake, his Dad, and I all headed to the mall to get Jake's new laptop.
Jake ended up getting a Macbook Pro for college, lucky boy.
Played around on the computers while they got everything together for him.
Ran into an old family friend who has known me since I was born, who now works there.
I call her, "Gail-Friend" one word.
Ended up staying after hours at the mall, inside the Apple store, just talking to the people that worked there. Discussing technology and photography. I really enjoyed it.
Unable to exit through the main doors of the mall due to it being closed, we realized eating in the food court was not a possibility.

Went down the road to Red Robin where we entered the last 15 minutes, you know they loved us. Ate a yummy late night dinner and then headed home.
Stayed up on the phone late into the night and early into the morning talking and listening to jake discover new features on his laptop.

I've realized that holding on to things won't do you any good.
All it does is keep the hurt there still hurting.
Sometimes you just need to let everything go.
What good does holding on to a grudge do anyway?
Hearts are not for hating.
I forgive you.

Down at 4, and up at 9, still functioning, still moving.
I suppose it's time to get my brother and sister ready and drop them off at my grandmothers.
I then will head off to work where I will add another $50 + to my pocket.
Done around 7, I'll hopefully spend some time with Jake before heading home where Jocelyn may come over tonight.

Clean Getaway by Maria Taylor



I found a really neat site with questions, I'll start posting them for responses from you.

The major newspaper headlines for tomorrow will be about you.
What would you want them to say?

Up, up, up

I am in such a good mood right now.
As of this very moment, I feel just genuinely happy.

Jake and I had our 2 years this past Saturday, which could not have been more perfect.
We got up early at 6 am, and an hour later we were in the car on our way to the beach.

We got there at about 9 and unloaded for the beach. We played in the ocean for a bit and then laid out and I fell asleep. Half an hour later I awoke to the feeling of someone watching me, isn't it strange how the human mind works? I looked up, and there was Jake, sun beating down on him, smiling at me. He had a surprise for me, which to my enjoyment, was a can of Arizona green tea, love that stuff.

We then packed up and went to get lunch. We made the mistake of eating at a wannabe Hibachi Japanese restaurant, where we were given mystery soup and salad with mystery, and disgusting, dressing on it. Picking at it for fifteen minutes, pretending we liked it, while we awaited our food, that was an adventure.

Afterwards, we walked around for a bit before leaving to go a few minutes down the road to the movie theatre where we saw The Stepbrothers, which I thought was hilarious. When purchasing the tickets for the rated R movie, I was carded. Finally being able to flash my license that says Hey, I'm seventeen, that's fun. After the movie, we went back to the beach and splashed around before walking up and down the boardwalk, where we took another photo booth picture that I'll hopefully upload tomorrow, and then getting dinner. After dinner we got in the car for the ride home, and called it a day.

Sunday my mom took me out to get things for school. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I absolutely love back to school shopping. I love getting new notebooks, pencils, pens, highlighters. Very strange, I know. We then went to the mall and I got a few shirts, a skirt, a school bag, and these really cute pair of brown shoes, that I plan on getting in pink as well later on.


This week my brothers baby sitter is closed, resulting in me babysitting all week until:
a) I have to go to work, or
b) My mother comes home at 5 pm.

Today I had off, so when my mom got home I left to go out for the night.
I went to the mall to have them take the sensor off my school bag that they forgot to remove.

Afterwards, I went down the road to Jake's pool to possibly swim, but mostly hang out. He left work a half hour early and I followed him home where Jake, his Dad, and I all hung out. We all went up in the tree house, which I must say, is coming along quite nicely. It looks really great so far, and I'm really excited for the outcome. I cannot wait until fall, bonfires at Jake's house and hanging out in his tree house like I'm ten again, but seriously, it's so neat. We were all joking about instillation being put in, which they were actually considering, and cable, ahahhahahha. Then we all went and jumped on the trampoline together before I had to go. It was a lot of fun actually, I really love his Dad.

Thought I was going to the Jonas Brothers concert today for about 2 hours, only before realizing that the so-called "twenty-five dollar tickets" were just to get INTO the Allentown Fair. Tickets for the show, was a whole different story. And the good seats ranged from $300 to 1,800. Ahahahahhaa, you must be JOKING. Maybe someday I'll see them live. Sadly enough, I'd probably fork over that much money to see them, if I had it, that is. I told Jake I wanted a Jonas Brothers shirt for Christmas. :)

I called Starbucks again today because when I met the manager she failed to call me this past weekend like she said she would. Hopefully after leaving a message and my name again, she'll remember and call me back. Last week I went there with Sarah to get a drink and had a nice conversation with the 2 ladies at the counter, only to find that when I asked to speak with the manager, one of them WAS the manager. She asked for my name and told me she'd call me later on in the week. So fortunately for me, I was able to make a really good first impression upon her, showing her my outgoing side, unintentionally, how awesome. She told me she had been really busy, so I'm sure that's why she hasn't gotten back to me yet. I have faith that I will get this job. I just need to be patient -yet persistent. :)


Have you ever looked at a certain word for too long that suddenly it doesn't look like a word anymore?

Dear Braden by Dany Fujikawa
That song is on the ad for Mary kate and Ashley's line, The Row. I love it.
Although the lyrics aren't very understandable, I guess that's part of what makes it beautiful.

Count me in.

I can't even begin to express how incredible this past week has been.
I guess I've been putting it off because so much has happened it's a bit overwhelming.

Last Sunday I went to church and met up with 26 other high school kids from my youth group.
After church, we were sent on our way in vans headed towards the Eastern Shore, Virginia, in a small town called Onancock. I can't even begin to go into detail to share with you all. Fortunately, I know I'll never forget it.

This morning I went to church and afterwards went out to lunch with 4 boys from church and Edrea. We all went to Pat's Pizza and must have been there for over 2 hours. We all just sat and talked about books, movies, music. I had such a nice time. When we finally left, I dropped Edrea off at her house and she showed me her room, which is really really neat by the way. She has the most precious cat, his name is Yahtzee. We began thinking of some other cool names for her future cats and Monopoly, Parcheesee, and Clue were all mentioned.

Afterwards, I left and went to Jake's work around 2, because he couldn't get off today. I stayed all the way until it was time for him to close and then I had to go home. I love that boy so much. Nothing too special happened today but it was just so nice spending time with him talking and enjoying eachothers company. Our 2 years is Saturday. :)

God has truly placed some things and people on my heart this past week. I'm so greatful for this experience and all the incredible people I have met and come close with. I can honestly say I've never felt as much love in my whole life, as I have this past week. I feel so blessed. I don't want to go back to the way things were. I'm tired of sitting out and being quiet and awkward. I'm ready to be exciting, friendly, and fun to be around again. I'm letting go of everything I've been desperately trying to hold on to.

I'm stepping out of my shell.

Count me in.

Here are some pictures that can't fully sum up my amazing weeek, but hopefully will help,

Our youth group, True Impact.

Our first time showering the water ran out on us. I had some shampoo in the back of my hair, which wasn't even completely wet, and Jocelyn was dripping with suds.

Me, my new friend Whitney, Jocelyn

We were inseperable.

Whitney, Jocelyn and I.

They split everyone up from different churches into groups, ours was called The Shopping Carts, our group stopped at a really cool new ice cream parlor and our van broke down. How much fun can you have at an ice cream parlor with your 2 best friends there and a camera?
A LOT.

Stay tuned for more pictures and a video of our adventure while being stranded.

Me, Mr. Willetts, Daniel

Boyfraaaaaan.

On the way home, our youth group stopped at the beach for a few hours :)

Text message while Jake was following me when we were driving home.

Jake: Are you on the phone or singing?

Me: Singing to uffie!

Ahahahhahahahhaha.

Uh, I guess you had to be there.

This is one of my sloppiest entries yet, but the happiest.