Evil Remnants

Well, I just let my "little nuisance" outside and saw a very evil being.
A wheelbarrow.
To be specific, a wheelbarrow that is still in the sunroom half-way full of wood that I brought inside a while back when we actually had sn--...that one four letter word.
(And there's a few pieces in the living room next to the fireplace, too.)
I thought, "Guess who's going to be told to put that away over Spring Break?"
Heh, yeah. Me.
I have glared at that wheelbarrow and thought that line almost everytime I've gone out to that room.
And as a result of this glaring, I have realized something.
Sadly, I'm not like Matilda and the wheelbarrow half-full of wood will not move on it's own.
What a pity. That'd be cool.

So, I will be looking forward to manually transporting the wood back to the woodpile behind the back-garage in the back of our yard.
Yippee.

The Little Nuisance

My dog is sleeping peacefully next to me at the moment and made me think of this one email I sent to Stacie about Ginger, my dog. We were talking about how her dog, Kirby, kept her up all night and I shared how my dog likes to keep me awake, too.
Talking about it, made me think of that previous weekend when Ginger seemed to be...bothersome.

Joy didn't want Ginger sleeping in her room because Ginger came in from outisde soaking wet and ending up leaving (practically) a puddle of water and some dirt in her bed. So she put her in my room.


And shut the door.

(Now, don't get me wrong, I ALWAYS shut my door, BUT if I know Ginger is sleeping with me that night, or that she will when she's done "roaming the house," I put one of my houseshoes between the door and wall. It's a big enough gap that she can get through, and I'm happy because my door is mostly closed and blocks out most outer noise.)

But anyways, she shut the door.

Of course, I knew nothing of this because I was sitll asleep, but I do recall feeling Ginger laying down beside me and being wet.

When my door is shut and Ginger hears the front door, hears that my family is present (by their talking), or wants to be let out, she sits in front of my door and whines, occasionally barking. I try to ignore her and sleep, but usually that lasts only a couple minutes at a time.

So eventually, she wakes me up and I'm annoyed because I'm cozy under my blankets and I don't want to get up to let her out so I yell at her and tell her to get on my bed. (Yes, I am very lazy in the mornings.)
Usually, she stops whining loudly for about 10 seconds when I do this and then thinks that if she whines softer, she won't get in trouble.

Too bad I can still hear her though!!

I keep yelling at her and force her to come close enough to my bed that I can reach over and pick her up to place her on my bed. And what does she do next? She waits till I'm done touching her and get back under the covers then jumps off my bed and goes to the door to whine again.
Finally, I'm at the point where I KNOW I won't be able to fall back asleep because I'm so awake and so annoyed, so I throw the covers off and let her out. Then I somewhat-slam my door shut so she can't get in.
Sometimes when she comes in my room from somewhere in the middle of the night, she feels like she can be lazy and make me do everything for her! She'll stand up by my bed and whine and whine and whine until I wake up and pull her up there. As usual, I don't want to move and I tell her to get up there. So she "pretends" to try to get up there by bracing for a jump going up and down about three times then stops and stares at me as if saying, "I can't do it. I will later, just pull me up now."

Eventually, she either goes away or I pull her up and try to jostle her as much as possible when she lays down on me before I can lay on my pillow again.


So does my "little nuisance" sound like anyone else's? ;P
EDIT: ...I hate it when I misspell something! :(

Another Common Test for High School Students

...Or ACT for High School Students.

Many students in my Class have recently received their test scores for the ACT so you'll most likely hear someone talking about it. My friends and I have mentioned it a few times, mainly just to say were probably going to take it again. Though, a few of my friends have actually fussed at me for saying I'm going to retake the test because I'm not happy with my score. Well, what can I say? It's the truth. When I opened the envelope containing my score, I wasn't too thrilled to see a number lower than what I wanted. True, I did score well, but it's not what I was striving for. Though, I am happy that I was able to score this high and I can still get in many colleges with it, but I'll have to score higher if I want a "full-ride" into college.
Sadly, the subject I thought I would score highest in (Math) was tied (with Science) for my lowest score.  I think if I had managed my time better when we took the test, I could have scored higher. For English and Reading, I remember being surprised that I actually finished them. Maybe I'm reading faster or maybe I just had a healthy amount of sleep and had a good morning, but, either way, I did better than expected in those areas which was very pleasing.

 My overall composite score was 29 (which means I ranked in the top 6% of the US), so I can see why I was fussed at. I suppose, thinking back, I did make it sound like I scored horribly, when I truly scored well. Oh well. My goal is at least a 31, though, preferably a 32. :)

What Do You THINK Is On My Mind?

Answer: Spring Break

Spring Break - n. a time away from school usually held in middle of spring term
syn. time out, rest, break, recess 

Doesn't it sound so wonderful?

Though, part of me is sad because I'm not going anywhere.
But if you think I don't want it, you're definitely wrong.
I am truly thankful for this break. I can catch up on some things I've been wanting to do and maybe get some wholesome sleep! I'm sure you already could guess this (especially if you've read my other blogs), but I will probably be spending my time in front of a certain Box, Station, and 52-inch screen. :]
Hey! Don't roll your eyes!
I can't help what I'm sleeping in front of! ;D
Yeah, I'm sleeping in my brother's room since some family will be coming over.
Actually, they've already come over, but at the moment, they're in...another town that starts with an "E" because my great-aunt just had a stroke and is not in the best condition. :(
So, since my room is the "guest-room," I have to give it up.
And I know that you know I'm fine with that since I'll be temporarily moved to my brother's room.
:D

I just hope Spring Break will be fun for everybody!

"There's always a silver lining."

Well, by golly, where is it?

At this time, I can't think of one silver lining in having to make ice cream.
One might say, "EATING IT," but I would disagree.
If one had to make the ice cream, one would not be encouraged to eat it because that means you have to make more.
See?

Many people think it's not fun to work at a restaurant.
Many people think it's not fun to work at your parent's restaurant.
Many people think it's not fun to work with your parents.
I can deal with all of that. None of it bothers me. (And yes, I do like working with my mom)
It's just the ICE CREAM that's so annoying!

The amount that is needed to be made is always changing because different people come into the store at different times.
The flavors that are needed is always different because different people have different tastes.
The products available to create the ice cream limit what you can and cannot make that day.
The amount that you can make has a limitation because you can only make 100 gallons a day.
The flavors that you make usually depends on which ones can lead into the next without needing to rinse the machine (like one chocolate flavor to another).

And we live on the other side of town from the store, and we try to make it while we are on that side, so on school days we make it after school is over and it always takes an hour and a half at least for just 20 gallons. (And on Wednesdays, I have to stay for ESS until 4:30, so we get started an hour later than usual)During the winter, it's not that bad since the ice cream demand is not very high. But during summer, you basically have to make ice cream every day, so thank goodness we don't have school then or else I'd never get homework done.
But during spring and fall, though mostly spring, it's difficult since there is still a large demand. For me, I don't like it because I have homework to do, usually in most of my classes, and can't do it until maybe 7 or 8 at night. And if it's a great deal of homework, I have to stay up until some time past midnight to finish it. About 6:30 I have to wake up so I can eat breakfast and get ready for school, so I don't get much sleep.
(I have to get up that early because my mom has to be at work at 7:30 and we need driving time, so we leave the house usually at 7:05.)

So, in my opnion, ice cream may taste good, but remember, someone has to make it.
And for the benefit of my parents' restaurant, KEEP EATING IT! :D!
Don't stop because of my rant...I was just annoyed. :P

So, does anyone know a silver lining yet?

Crikey! It's Another One!

This week I acquired another gaming buddy.
Though, this one is for the XBox. :)

Stephanie (Sch.) told me on Monday that she was going to go home and create her own XBox Live account and that I should get on to play Halo 3 with her.
(First thought I had was "Oh crap. I haven't played that game in forever. I will just die...a lot.")
Later that day, I was (finally) able to get on. She had already been playing and so I joined her.
She was previously with two guys that she thought were pretty good players and weren't rude, so she invited them. They were pretty cool. They definitely liked to talk, which suited Stephanie (XD just kidding Stephanie!), and they played pretty good. They weren't the best out there, but, hey, they were good enough.

As many gamers know, two games that come from different companies, or even a different series, don't have the same controller layout. Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3 are similar for the most part, but simple functions are very different. This was the main reason I was nervous about playing Halo 3 after being used to Modern Warfare 2 for so long.

And, surprisingly, I didn't make my team lose on the first game! I only got 15 kills, but that means I did more than I needed to. (There are 5 players and need 50 kills to win, so each player should get 10 kills, at least.)

We all played more and eventually Stephanie's cousin joined us. Turns out I wasn't the only one who was used to playing with Modern Warfare 2's controls. After a while, he tried to convince Stephanie to play Modern Warfare 2 because he wanted to show her how he thinks it's better than Halo 3. Eventually, Stephanie agreed to try it out, and I decided to turn on that game, too, so I could play with them (if they let me).

When we finally got a game setup, her cousin and I tried to explain the controls to her. Once we got through the basics of shooting, throwing a grenade, and running, one of Stephanie's friends shows up. We didn't realize he was there until suddenly we all just died. Stephanie yelled at him and her cousin tried to explain that we were practicing while I simply tried to get revenge and kill the dude. The friend seemed unable to hear us talking to him, so he just kept killing us. I tried to to find Stephanie so I could explain more of the controls, but everytime I went to search for her I would die. Eventually, I was able to find her and explain a few more things, but her cousin and I basically gave up on trying to show her stuff because it'd be too difficult.

About 5 minutes later, we grew tired of just killing the same people so we backed out of the practice match and went into the big leagues: Multiplayer.
While playing Team Deathmatch, we crossed paths with a few...juvenile characters.
I'm not going to talk about them mainly because I don't think they are worth the time.
Let's just say that we were estatic to be free of them when they were gone.

Stephanie and I eventually looked at the clock and saw that it was 11:22 PM and we weren't in bed yet, so we called it a night.
:)

To Do List...

If I could make more time to do things, I would be torn on what to do.
Part of me says, "Finish homework," while the other part says, "Play games."
I think it would depend on my mood.
If I was in a good or decent mood, I'd probably do homework and then play video games. ;)
Though, if I'm in a "blech" kind of mood, I'd probably go straight to the games for a while until I got in a better mood. Once my mood would lighten, I'd most likely go do homework (or at least some of it).

Wow, that was short.
Hmm...I suppose if I had a lot of time, then I'd do a few other things. :)
I'd most likely clean my room.
Not straighten it up, I mean clean it.
Like vacuum the carpet, dust the furniture, clean the mirrors and window.
That kind of stuff.
Though, with Spring Break coming up in 10 days, I'm sure I'll get plenty of time to do that.
My mom will make sure of it.
(I can hear her reading this now saying, "Yeah, you bet I will. Thanks for the idea.")
:P

Sudden Desire

Lately, I've had sudden urges to play some video games that I haven't in a while.
One of them, I figured it was because of the fact that I was listening to the soundtrack from it over and over recently. This seemed reasonable, but then I would get the urge to play it randomly, like when I'm taking notes in Biology or just walking from US History to French.
Speaking of Biology, I thought of another game that I wanted to play while in there today. This game I don't even own (Stacie does), but I sitll felt the urge to play it. I was writing a word and suddenly thought of it. It wasn't the word that made me think of it because they had nothing to do with each other, but I still thought of it. I'm not sure why (it could possibly be that in the back of my mind, my thoughts chose to go on a random rambling rampage and somehow landed on it), but thinking about it now makes me want to play it more. :(
The only game I have actually played recently is one that I haven't had the greatest desire to play. Actually, I've seemed to have played it more than Stacie, though she was the one who was excitedly waiting for the release of it and I was not so enthused. It's not that I don't like it, it just seems that the craze about it has kind of dampened my want to play it.I've probably played it so much because it's on my Nintendo DS and it's much more portable than my PlayStation2 games, or even XBox 360 games (which, surprisingly, I have not played in a long time).

I'm starting to think I want to play it because of spring coming. Usually, during summer or spring, I like to play my video games again. I suppose it's because everything is beginning again, so why not begin my game again?