Whew. It was about time. You would think I had taken another break.

I am starting a new category. I have decided to start a series about what I am doing for school this year. I hope I don't bore anyone. Because doesn't it kind of seem like a homeschooling mom kind of thing to post what their kids are doing for school this year? You certainly won't be forced to read it, especially if it makes you want to conk out. But on the other hand, maybe I am doing something for school that sounds really fun to you, and maybe you could do it too and have more fun with school. Or... something like that... Hee hee. So I will be starting that up soon.

Other things... I turned 14 last Saturday (October 4th). It was a nice birthday. My sisters and I made Brittany's Pineapple Cake. It was good! And we also had mango ice cream. I got some nice presents, one of which was the Violin One part to the Messiah music!!!! (Yes, Mom, I really am still excited about this gift, even though I haven't played it in a week. That's because I keep wasting so much time every day that I'm not getting all my other things done in order to have some "free time" to go play.) I have the recordings for almost all of it, and it's very fun to play along with the CD.

Some other nice things I got were some candy (which I keep sneaking all day long -- well, not exactly. ), a backpack which matches my sister Amy's (can't wait until we both wear them somewhere!), and a beautiful new journal (for when I fill this one up, of course). I have somewhat of a strange memory to associate with this birthday. I had put just about all my birthday presents in my backpack, and the backpack was sitting right next to my desk, UNZIPPED. Big mistake!! I don't know why it wasn't zipped. I usually had it zipped, I guess I just forgot. So on Sunday night, I came into my room in a big hurry and knocked a nearly-full glass of water into my open backpack. !! Needless to say, I was NOT happy. I soaked (okay, not quite, that damage wasn't that bad) my new books and things. Thankfully, my Messiah music was on my music stand, so it escaped! Whew!! Not to worry, except for a few spots on a couple of my books and my new journal, you would not be able to tell. Hopefully I learned my lesson about haste making waste... or at least a disaster. LOL! I don't think it did much good. I'm still doing things in a hurry.

We're going on a trip coming up very soon... I'm planning on posting about that when we get back. It should be fun! Stay tuned.