Terrarium Becomes a Reality

Today was my last cross country work out day. We still have practice but the difference is that a workout is much harder and is supposed to train you so you get better. With a practice it is typically an easy 45 minute distance run. We still have a good bit of meets left before the season is over though. I am thinking about getting a sundew terrarium. They are plants that eats flies and bugs. They are sort of tropical but not expensive or hard to take care of. They are similar to venus fly traps. I have been wanting them and I think that I can finally get them. I used to have pitcher plants but they were hard and they were one of those things that everything that could go wrong did. These sundew are very pretty smell like honey are inexpensive and are easy to take care of. This is a picture of a sundew. Also if you want to see a video of a sundew catching a fly click HERE.

Cross Country Meet Gone Bad

Friday I had a cross country meet. It was a big invitational and there were 35 teams that is 200 plus kids a race. I thought it would be a regular race and that it would be the usual 50 to 70 kids. First two kids passed out so they had to bring ambulances to help. Then a helicopter landed to help a person because they broke their neck. They tried to do a back flip. I did do well in the race though I beet 43 people and moved up a whole rank on my team. I was very happy with what I did. I have had many other meets I just don't put them on but I will start to put on my weekly meets. Also today I joined the my coke rewards thing to get prizes and stuff. I already have 32 points so I submitted into a contest for a cruise. It only cost 3 points.

Reports

In school I have been getting a lot of reports or big assignments. In one day I got a 80 point English assignment and a 90 point cooking assignment. It was insane I was up until 11:45pm. Just to do half of the cooking assignment. Today and tomorrow I get out early because I have a cross country meet in a place an hour and forty five minutes away. I get out at half way through seventh period. I got new glasses. I like them a lot better than the old ones because they are multicolored but with natural colored blues and grays. In my reading class we always get a warm up. You know like a simple question, two or three sentences and then you share. I guess this one made my brain go nuts and I just kept writing. I wrote two and pages in a big notebook. I just kept writing through the entire class.

Sailing

I just got back from a weekend sailing trip. I did a merit badge for small boat sailing and I think I got it. It was a lot of fun we got to sail sunfish. By the end I was flying through the water with my friend. They are two person boats that are 14 feet long. They are a lot of fun. Then I camped out and at our site there was an apple tree. So I picked some they were really sweet and juicy. I thought the trip was a lot of fun and I would do it again. Below is a picture of a Sunfish sailboat. This is not a picture of me on the boat it is just an example picture.

New Music

I finally got iTunes so I can get songs for my mp3. I know that iTunes is for iPods only but I found a way to convert it and make as many copies as you want so I got all new music for my mp3. I figure that an mp3 can hold just as many songs and it is about $130 cheaper than an iPod so I have one of them. One of my older sister's friend's friend has a web site and blog that is really cool. She raises worms and then gets their poo as fertlizer. To check out her site click here.

School Is Crazy!

It is now the second week of school for me. I am starting to get the normal amount of homework. I have been having to stay up later to get it done. I have had no problems so far though. Tomorrow is the seventh anniversary of 9/11. I am going to where special charms tomorrow. They are supposed to protect me and others.

The Cross above is supposed to protect from disease and bad fortune.

The Mayan symbol below is supposed to give me strength and help me through tough times. I have it as a pendent.

Starting School

I started school and it is very different switching from class to class 9 times a day. I do like this school better than my last one though. In my new school there are new lockers that are really nice and there are old lockers that are not that nice. I got a new locker I was so happy. I also got really nice teachers. The school has a salad bar and it is so good. I love it. That is what I get for lunch every day. Also a lot of my friends are in my classes. The only bad thing is that my classes are all over the school so it sometimes hard to get there.