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Sep. 9, 2008 - Colorado Mountains, Cornell, and Renn Fest!!!
So I was like so totally working on a long post for my blog about everything that has been going on in my life, and then both the desktop computer and the laptop crashed, within two days of each other. So like using the computers at school is not fun, and I will try and post updated info on my blog when we get the computers fixed.
So like right now, I don't want to go to my US History class tonight, I know it all, it's boring, and I'm tired. I want to run away to the mountains of Colorado, like right now, not later, now! I was looking at photos of when I was last there, and then I dreamt about the mountains last night. So like, anyone want to come with me??? JK, I really wish I could though. Just found out there is a Renaissance Fest just like the one back home, that's only two hours away, I'm so stoked!!! Working on my costume right now, it's so going to be gorgeous. Seriously thinking about Cornell for my vet school, totally gorgeous, plus it's in NY with the gorgeous seasons. Surprised my WONDERFUL, AMAZING Carthage theatre friends last night, missed them so much, almost cried when I saw them. And now I seriously need to find another theatre, like soon. Anyway, check my blog in a couple of days, and I should have my updated post about Maryland trip, college, and everything else going on in my life posted.
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Sep. 2, 2008 - So alone
So I am sitting here at Crowder College, and I just want to run away and cry somewhere. I have never felt so alone. I haven't made a single friend, not one. I know people are going to say you have to try, you're just to shy. But I am trying to be more outgoing, and everyone justs ignores me. It's a small school in a small town where everyone went to elementary, middle, and/or high school together. They have known eachother forever. And I'm just lost. I see people talking to friends, making plans to hang out after classes. I miss my friends, I need someone to talk to. I need to see their smiling faces. My classes are okay, but it is just so hard watching everyone else talk with eachother and laugh with eachother. I had my speech class the other night and we had to stand in front of the class and let out classmates ask us questions about ourselves. I talked about my major, my traveling, where I am from, things that i though people would want to talk about with me more. At first i thought maybe, they just want to talk to the people they know, but then I saw them talking to complete strangers about their answers in their intro speech. They're were two other persons in my speech class with the same major as me, they didn't know eachother, yet they still talked to eachother. And I had more in common with one of them, we are both planning on going to the same vet school, to be the same type of vets, and he has done volunteer work in Cuba and I am planning on doing that in Africa, yet he still talks to the other girl because she is pretty. My mom says to stop sitting in the back of the class (what I usually do), so I did, I sat next to people that looked nice and tried to talk to them, but they just turned and talked to the stranger next to them. I eventually came to the conclusion that I am just not pretty. I see guys come into work, I work at the bookstore in the college, all the time and they talk to the two really pretty girls in the store, and when I try to talk to them they just look at me and turn back to the other girls. I miss my friends, I need them to cheer me up. I had so many plans for my first year of college, I was going to be in a dorm, make lots of friends, join clubs, have study groups, and this is not at all what I planned. I don't understand why they don't like me here. Everyone's so cold and distant, and I just want one person to befriend me. I didn't even want to get up this morning, I wanted to stay in bed and cry. I know I'm not pretty, but why can't people just stop judging the book by the cover, why can't they stop and take the time to know the me, the person inside. I just want to go home to my real home, my Chesapeake and sit on the pier. I always went there when i was upset, I would cry to the water, and it would calm me. Anyways I just looked at the clock and saw that I have to go to work in 10 minutes, oh joy. Ciao, Sara
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Jun. 30, 2008 - Elegant Eighteen
As of 3:34 a.m. this morning, I am eighteen years old!!! I can't believe that today is my eighteenth birthday, I remember my fifth birthday like it was yesterday. So I have a lot to blog about, but I am about to go to one of my bestest, bestest friends Elise's house for my birthday party, and to eat falafel, an egyptian dfish Elise is making, and a surprise dessert that Chelsea is making!! Then after the party, I am going down to Chesapeake Beach with one of my other bestest, bestest friends Katherine and we are going to spend the night and tomorrow down there. I can't wait!!! I am so blessed to have such amazing friends!!!! I don't know what I would do without them. Okay, I better go now because I have to give Ben (the little boy I am a nanny for) a bath before we go. Ciao, Sara Belle
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Jun. 25, 2008 - CREATION 08!!!
Everyone has to check this out, it is AMAZING!!! It is called Creation and it is tons of christians and christian bands all together in beautiful Pennsylvania!!! Some of the bands that are going to be there are: Newsboys, Toby Mac, Kutless, Switchfoot, LEELAND!!!, Barlow Girl, Superchick, Skillet, Flyleaf, Stellar Kart, Fireflight, Worth Dying For, and the list goes on and on!!! I am soooooo excited. I get to go camping with my friends, meet tons of amazing christians, and see some amazing christian bands. Anyway, here is the website so you can check it out: http://www.creationfest.com/ne/
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Jun. 17, 2008 - Yippee!!!!!
I am home in Maryland!!!!!! Okay, I just had to say that, I am soooooo happy!!! Life is good again. I cried when I flew over Baltimore and saw the gorgeous city lights. And last night I just sat and watched the sun dancing on the waves of the bay, I don't think there is a prettier sight. Home is... ah just home. The feeling of joy and happiness is indescribable, I love being home with all of my wonderful friends and glorious city. Driving over the Severn River on Sunday and watching all of the boats and jetskis was just wonderful. How I have missed the water and saiing. I have missed busy sidewalks, traffic, and tall buildings. Ah, I just love being home. And I love being a nanny to the most adorable 3 year old little boy on earth. Ben is just to cute!!! He always gives me a hug and says "I love you Sara", which just melts my heart. He is at pre-school right now and Chris and John (his parents) are at work, so I am by mysef today and it is strangely quiet. Anyway,this two sentence note just turned into two paragraphs. I am just so happy to be home, even though I really,really miss my wonderful friends in Carthage, and Sharla and Abby and Amber in Sikeston and Illinois. Okay, I think it's time for a nap, because it has just been nonstop since I got home and I am exhausted. I will type a longer post later about how crazy it was just getting here and everything else that has happened. I was going to do it now, but sleep just sounds so good right now. Ciao, Sara
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May. 20, 2008 - Class of '08...
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Graduation was amazing, excited, wonderful, surreal, indescribable, basically just WOW!!! I am going to miss all of you so much!!!!!!!!!! We were BRILLIANT!!!!! And the amazing thing is that I didn't trip or faint, I was shaking pretty bad though, haha. College here we come!!!!!!!!!! Ciao, Sara M.
Oh yea, they even said my name right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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May. 18, 2008 - In loving memory of a wonderful, friend, classmate, and animal lover
Saturday May 10th, the day before Mothers Day, we had severe storms and many tornados, it was on the front page of USA Today, so I am sure you guys have heard about it. On Saturday night on of my dear friends, Casey Coggin died from the storm. Casey was... well just Casey; there are no words to describe her. I was at a birthday party when I found out she died, but since I am not good with names, I didn't realize that it was my friend Casey that died until I went to school and Mrs. Rainkin the librarian showed me a picture. I was in shock most of Monday. Then Tuesday morning I walked into the school office to work, and I guess I looked upset, because my wonderful principal Mrs. Frazier asked if I was alright and as soon as she said that I burst into tears. She helped me over to the counselor's office so I could talk to the wonderful Ms. Bailey. Then in homeroom, Mrs. Lanyon just held me while I cried. I never realized how much Casey meant to me until she was gone. I only knew her for a short time, but in that short time, she changed my life. I went to Casey's visitation Tuesday night and I did alright until I got to the car, I start sobbing and I cried so much I made myself sick. The shock of seeing Casey in the casket was just too much; it all seemed like a horrible nightmare until I saw her laying there. Casey was always smiling and I loved that smile so, so, so much. When I was staring at Casey in the casket, in my head I was just begging her to wake up and smile, and when I got into the car I kept repeating it and couldn't stop. It made the horrible nightmare a reality, and I just wasn’t ready for that. I cried most of Wednesday at school. In wonderful Mrs. Lanyon’s AP Lit class, she had us write our final journal, the subject was a reflection on the past year. Usually our journals are only a page long, but I filled up 5 pages, I would have written more if the bell didn’t ring, anyways I started writing about Casey and I just started crying. Sweet, wonderful Mrs. Lanyon let me go to the restroom without a pass or any questions. Then at the end of class, she gave a really long nice hug and just held me. It was
With only two days gone by since the death of their friend, Casey Marie Coggin, 17, a group of young people gathered at the shattered remains of the Coggin home to remember, reminisce and shed some tears.
"She was on the graduation list for December," said Chad Marsh, the man whom Coggin intended to marry next year. "She worked so hard to get her grades up."
"She had plans to go to college," said Tedie Balster, another friend of Casey.
"She's probably the nicest person you would ever meet," said friend Chase Gregg. "If you were having a bad day, she would brighten it up."
"She touched so many lives," said Mary Marsh, Chad Marsh's mother.
"She's treated me more like a sister," said Deonna Platko, another friend.
"I just want to be there for her," said friend Brian Berg.
Those were a few of the comments made by a group of about 10 friends who gathered at the home on County Road 80, about six miles east of Carthage and south of Missouri Highway 96.
They were there to help clean up if they could, and they were there to remember the
Her parents, Jeff and Debbie Coggin, were able to stagger from the mobile home immediately after it was struck by two huge trees blown down in the EF-1 tornado that hit the area.
A friend to animals
The friends recalled a vivacious girl who loved animals and nature. They walked around the destroyed trailer, looking at the caged rabbits that Casey cared for. The cages, only 20 feet from the trailer, seemed to have survived the storm almost unscathed.
Chad Marsh said he managed to save their two dogs, which were like children to Casey, but they were still missing a black and white cat.
"She was wanting to work in a zoo, she loved animals," Chad Marsh said. "That was Casey. Those are her rabbits over there, our dog is basically like her daughter. I got the dog out of the house, she was trapped between the couch and the roof."
Chad Marsh said he loved to fish, but because of Casey, he almost never got to eat anything he caught.
"I could go fishing, and catch the biggest fish in the world, but by the time I got home, I would have to take it back down to the pond and let him go because she had named him," Chad Marsh said. "She made me stop and pull to the side of the road so a turtle could get across the road.
"Her love for animals was amazing, she fed a stray raccoon that had goop around its eyes. We found it in
Marsh said Casey was a member of the
"She was always involved in
Other friends said Casey was a cheery person who spread her cheer among her friends.
"I've been friends with her for about two years now, but she invited me over to have supper with her parents a week after we met," Gregg said. "She's just the nicest person you'd ever meet. For someone to do that, invite you into their home when you just got to know them, that's just Casey."
So little warning
Chad Marsh recalled that scary Saturday evening when he was at work at the Arrowhead Bar and Grill near
The National Weather Service determined that a tornado with wind-speeds of between 86 and 110 mph touched down near County Road 90 just north of
"We could see what looked like funnel rotation, when it was coming up the other side of
Chad Marsh said Casey's father told him that Casey told her parents about the storm, then went to her room to get her shoes."
If she would have just gone outside barefoot ... but that's not Casey," Chad Marsh said. "She always had shoes on her feet, she's got soft feet. But she would have made it."
Marsh and a neighbor, Todd Johnson, both said Casey Coggin's parents would probably not be alive if Casey had not sounded the warning.
Jeff Coggin suffered some cuts and bruises that required stitches. Debbie Coggin escaped with fewer physical injuries.
"If I wouldn't have told her to wake her dad up, and stuff, her parents probably wouldn't have made it," Chad Marsh said. "It was probably two seconds after I called that the trees fell. The last words I heard from her were 'I love you.'"
Casey, you will always be in my heart. I am so blessed to have known such an amazing person. Anyways, I graduate Tuesday and then I leave Wednesday with my dad and brother. I will try and blog again before I leave. Ciao, Sara Belle
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May. 5, 2008 - URGENT...Please pray for my baby brother
My mom just got a call that my baby broth
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May. 2, 2008 - Kitten Photo
I finally found the charger for my camera, so I finally took pictures of the kittens. But sadly only one came out ok. So here it is: 
Aren't they just the cutest kittens you have ever seen!!! I will try and take some better ones soon. Ciao, Sara Belle
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Apr. 29, 2008 - Yet another kitten update
So we have six precious kittens and they are all doing well. Thank god there were no complications and that they are all healthy. Poor Bella is exhausted after 48 hours of labor, but she is doing great. I ended up delivering the first one and the last two, she was so exhausted at the end. We have a black & white kitten, an orange & white kitten, a tabby bobtail kitten, two kittens that look just like Bella and one has a bobtail, and then the last one is white with an orange ear, a black ear, and a bobtail. They are all so adorable!!! I will try and post photos later. Ciao, Sara Belle
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Apr. 29, 2008 - Kitten update
Bella just had another kitten about 3 minutes ago, a little calico. We now have 5 kittens and I feel at least one more still in her womb. The tabby and the first calico both have bobtails, which is really cool. I will keep you all updated. Ciao, Sara
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Apr. 29, 2008 - The BEST after school surprise...
I just got home from school and saw that Bella had three more kittens. She had her first Sunday night at 9:55 pm which was a black & white male and the runt of the litter. Now we have an orange & white kitten (identical twin of 1st kitten, except for color), a calico kitten (looks just like Bella), and a tabby kitten. They are all so precious!!!!! I am SO in love!!! I can't wait to see the personality of the B&W kitten, because he was born 36 hours ahead of his siblings which means he is impatient and he is very vocal. I am so proud of Bella and so, so happy. Okay, I have to go and just stare at them now because they are just to darn cute, and take tons of photos!!! Ciao, Sara Belle
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Apr. 27, 2008 - God's Greatest Gift!!!!!
WE HAVE A NEW KITTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just delivered Bella's first kitten at 9:55 pm CST with my own two hands and it was amazing. Bella did such a good job, she purred through the whole thing and was just so amazing. The new kitten looks like it is a little boy and it is black and white and just teeny tiny. I had to help by pulling it out and tearing the sac, but after that Bella took over. I started crying when it gave its first tiny mew. Please pray that all the other kittens are healthy and that we don't have any complications. I will keep everyone updated as each kitten comes. New life is God's greatest gift ever. Ciao, Sara
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Mar. 29, 2008 - A very special delivery coming soon...
So as I am typing this, my kitten Bella is in labor and I am freaking out. Yep, I said it; my 11-month-old kitten is having kittens. I wanted to get her spayed before we moved, but she wasn't old enough and we have been so busy after moving out here we completely forgot to get her spayed. I am such a horrible pet owner!!! I seriously hate myself right now. We just realized she was pregnant the other day, which makes me feel even worse. We thought the reason she was bigger was because of winter fat. If I wasn't so busy, I would have noticed a while ago that she is pregnant. As I was checking her over last night, I thought we had at least a week, two at the most, until her due date. I am so not ready, I haven't set up a birthing box, I don't have newspapers, I don’t have any supplies at all, and the RV is a mess. If I was a better pet owner, I would have noticed when she went into heat and I would have kept her inside so she couldn’t get pregnant. I feel like a complete hypocrite, here I am telling people to spay and neuter the pets and I have a pregnant kitten. Who is going to listen to a hypocrite??? Anyways, even though I hate myself for letting this happen, I am still a little excited. Who isn’t excited when you have any kind of baby on the way? My mom completely surprised me by saying we were going to keep one; I didn’t even have to ask her. I really wanted to take Bella to the vet before she went into labor to find out how many kittens she is having. If I knew, I wouldn’t be as nervous. I knew with Lilly’s last litter because we had to rush her to the
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Mar. 14, 2008 - GED, Spring Break, College, and Africa
So I am currently sitting in school with nothing to do. I took my GED yesterday and it was so easy, I am so happy that it is finally over with. I don’t have to step foot in the GED class anymore. Technically since I took the GED I am done with high school, but I want to stay and have a graduation. So I am auditing classes, and they let me choose anything I wanted. I decided on Spanish (to help with my Italian), Government, AP English, Foods and Nutrition (cooking), Theatre Arts (performing), Theatre Appreciation (reading different plays and discussing them), Child Care Provider (playing with little kids), and for my last hour I am working in the library in the school. I was going to take French, because I love the language and it will help me when I go to
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Mar. 12, 2008 - Panic attacks and GED test
Okay, so right now I really wish I wasn’t homeschooled through high school, I mean really, really wish. I am taking my GED tomorrow and I am scared to death, like seriously. I want to stop time right now so tomorrow never comes. I have taken two practice tests and I have been studying every spare minute I have. Maybe I will mysteriously come down with a relapse of the flu tonight, which could happen couldn’t it? Everyone says I shouldn't be nervous because my scores were so high on my practice tests. I am not worried about not passing; I am positive that I will pass. I am worried about not getting the score that my mom wants me to get, I’m worried about forgetting something important and I won’t be able to take the test, I’m worried about getting lost, and I am worried about not getting there on time and not being able to take the test. I wish it was already done and over with. Plus I found out that the school secretary forgot to mail the check for us to take our tests to the GED place, and they say I am the only trustworthy person, so I had to pick it up at school today and I have to give it to the GED person tomorrow morning. I have been carrying a $120 check around today, and if I forget it Jordan, Blake, and I cannot take our GED tests. I have this pit in my stomach and I am about ready to cry, I can’t do this. I seriously cannot do this tomorrow. I am a nervous wreck, a serious nervous wreck. I have decided that I will not homeschool my kids through high school; I will not put them through this. I am leaving here at
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Mar. 2, 2008 - Life in its crazy insaneness
Oh, there is a God and He loves me!!! I missed three days of school last week, one for district competition for my theatre class, one for fainting at school and being sent home, and then another for finals competition for theatre. Therefore, I am really, really behind in homework and catch up work. I have been working all weekend and I still have a ton to do, and it is due tomorrow. I was so stressed out about babysitting tonight, because I would not have been able to finish my work. But when I went to baby-sit, they told me they canceled their plans. I was so relieved!!! Now I just might be able to finish everything. And to make today even better, I found my dream college!!! It is PERFECT!!! Anyways, I had better go tackle my homework. I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!!! Ciao loves, Sara Belle
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Feb. 25, 2008 - The life of a senior
Busy, busy, busy. I am so exhausted, blah. I am now taking my GED March 13th, instead of the 6th because it was full. This means another week in the stupid class. It is so easy it is boring. You want to know what we did today??? We learned where to put a coma in a sentence. A COMA IN A FREAKIN SENTENCE!!!!! I though I was going to go insane, seriously. Here is one of things we had to do: Put a coma where it belongs in the following sentence: Three of my favorite foods are pizza ice cream and macaroni & cheese. Anyone over the 4th grade should know that you put a coma after pizza, ice cream, and the word and. Oh and in math, we are doing percents. I mean come on, are we in 5th grade people?!?!?! I have to sit in this class for three whole hours, and if I hear another cuss word or sex joke, I am going to scream. Don't these kids have any manners?!?!?! Please somebody come and save me, I do not think I am going to make it. Anyways, tomorrow is MSHSAA, which is competition for our theatre arts. Mrs. Wilson said we are one mini step away from greatness. Tonight was our last dress rehearsal and we loaded up the truck. We have to meet at school at
Lacing up my slippers
I dance en pointe across the stage
I am elegant.
Now we have to pick any poem and illustrate it using pictures, music, videos, acting it out, etc. I have decided to do "Fairies" by Rose Fyleman, which was my one of my MorMor’s favorite poems, and I am OBSESSED with fairies, actually beyond obsessed. When she died, we got to draw something on the box her ashes were put into. I drew a fairy on a swing in a garden because of the poem "Fairies." I was going to act it out, but with my insane schedule, I decided I am just going to do a slideshow of pictures. I have found countless photos, but I can’t find a good song. The song has to illustrate the poem. Any suggestions for the song would be greatly appreciated. I really wish I was in
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Feb. 11, 2008 - Ice storms = no school = boring day
Ice storms are the worst thing EVER!!!! I am quite surprised that we still have internet connection and electricity; hopefully it will stay that way. How can something so beautiful be so horrible??? And to top it all off, I am sick and have been since Friday night. Anyways, I talked about the GED in my other post, and if I took it right now, I could pass it. They had me take these incredibly easy tests; I got 100% in everything except math, which was 90%. They said I could easily take the GED right now and pass it with a very high score. I am still in shock. The next testing day is March 6th and that is when I will take it. I am soooo excited. Unfortunately, I still have to go to the classes, even though I am not learning anything, or I will not be able to have a real graduation with the cap, gown, and diploma. So I am stuck, at least until March 6th. It is so frustrating, because I am stuck in this class very afternoon with these bad kids that don't care about their education and every other word out of their mouths is a cuss word or a sex joke. The other day when I was sitting in the corner they asked me if I was afraid of them, ha yea right. In my other post, I said I was going to
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