my sixteenth birthday has come and gone and since then, my mind has been going a little crazy!

when I was thirteen, I could not wait until i was sixteen. Movies portrayed it as this wonderful day where the guy the girl is crushing on suddenly loves her which is usually followed up by the girl recieving her first kiss and so on and so forth. I had an immense crush on this guy who I now realize was a jerk and wasn't even as cute as I thought he was then. And this crush wasn't really a crush...he was more of an obsession. To my friends who knew me then, I AM SOOOOOOOO SORRY YOU HAD TO ENDURE MY STUPID, PATHETIC RAVINGS!!!! I WAS A LOONEY!!! Now, I must explain this situation. This guy was 4 years older then me, had no intrest in me what-so-ever, was completely disrespectful of his parents, was a jerk and all this other stuff. Frankly, I'm not sure why I liked him to begin with. Haley, Hannah, Rachel, do you remember and why didn't you slap me upside the head and tell me I was a completel loon?!?!?!?!!?AKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAK!!!!! I had these silly STUPID little daydreams that on my sixteenth birthday, he would suddenly realize he was desperately in love me, propose and so on. (give me a break; i was a REALLY stupid 13-14 year old!!!!!!) The reason it would be on my sixteenth birthday was because mom and dad had told me that I was not allowed to date till then. I hated that!!! I couldn't wait that long! My friend had a boyfriend already and I wanted one!!! Now that I am 16 I keep thinking....WHY? it doesn't seem that big of a deal anymore. College, my book, and faith and such are much more present on my mind then who i would want to date or wishing he would ask me or whatever! now it seems that I have much better things to do with my time then pining for some guy. If he wants to date, he'll ask me. there is a song by BarlowGirl that i apsolutely love! Its called Anthem and one of the lines is "There are trophies to win instead of being one of yours!" My friends say that it is my theme song...I'll probably put it on my playlist and see what ya'll think of it. I love it and think my friends are right! hehehe

my birthday was wonderful! My family and I went to see Horton Hears a Who which I will be buying when it comes out on DVD. It was very cute and funny and ya'll shoudl definetly go see it! Totally worth the movie theater price!!!! Mom and Dad got me a gorgeous purity ring that has my birthstone (aquamarine) in it and doesn't get in my way!! They also got me a full biking outfit; jersey, pants, and gloves. They said that I'll get the shoes at a later time. Mom is going to buy me a dress for the party I am going to have and its great! My friend Cyndle got me the book Mr. Darcy's Diary (a very good book!!!!) and a writer's feather quill. Its a blast to write with but takes some time!! love it tons!!!

I will let ya'll go and see ya'll later!!!

kate