volunteering

okidoki, every thursday for more than a year i have been volunteering at a place called farmstead which is an assisted living place for older people. every thursday i play games mostly uno or dominoes and then the second to the last thursday of every month is a birthday party bash for people living theres b-day. ok so every once in a while a guy named joe who works in the kitchen comes in and plays the games with us for a little bit and then goes back to work or he talks to me and stuff. anyways today i started volunteering on mondays during my 5th hour free period so i first of all went to big bite pizza to show the manager there, joe, the add that i had designed for him to put in the yearbook. i got some very tasty breadsticks there too. and talked for a few minutes to my brothers girlfriend rachel, she is awesome. anyways so i got to farmstead and joe was sitting there in the little book/ fireplace area and so i stopped said hi to him and gave him a breadstick. then i went helped cheryl out for a bit and went back out there and joe was still there. he was playin on his cell phone. anyways i sat down for a little while and he asked me about some stuff and then asked me if i had a boyfriend and i said no. its me, who would like me, i dont know. then we talked about college and so on. . . he then asked me for my phone number. now remember this is a christian assisted living place. it humored me a little and i do have to say flattered me too ya know its me. anyways there is my interesting story for the day. have a grand ball of a night, i have to go work on a paper now. talk to you later.

ACTs

why oh why in the world do they make us kids take this stupid test. I think it is a horrible way to say how smart a kid is. I dont believe in crap like this. Remember in elementary school when we had to take the Iowa Basics oh my gosh. Anyways so I'm studying for this test. Not doing too well studying either. I decided I am going to do horrid. Anyways. . . I'm done complaining for the day. Enjoy the cold October weather.

Fall

Within the wind with a whistling sound
Falls a brittle leaf onto the waterless ground
Blowing in the brisk breeze

The bright colors do swiftly leave

here you go, you get to know me better every day! 

sales people

oh man, so i just got a call from a sales person about a credit card. how stupid. they try way too hard to get me to get into the plan. alrighty im done now.

yeah! God is awesome!

hey, the other day i left a not for my boss saying that i couldnt work sunday mornings because "God goes before money" and that i could only work two days a week because it was too much with school and all. anyways i got a call yesterday from angely, one of the assistent managers. she told me that tony read my letter and that they are not going to schedule me sunday mornings! praise God! he is so awesome and answers prayers. also they are going to schedule me only two days a week one they hire another person! oh man that takes a load off my shoulders.
alright on with another story. i showed my poetry to my english teacher today. im a little uptight about my poetry cause its not that good and stuff. anyways there is this competion that i entered one of my poems into. oh man. i hope they at least give a thought into my poem, it would be soooo cool if they put me even in 3rd place. i would be flabergasted. alrighty well im talking to jonny-boy now. keeping him from writing a paper for class. i better get going i need to get some sleep sometime. rock on and stay kool!

work sucks

ok so today i had to again wake up and get to work by 6. how insane! anyways so today was crazy. where do all those people come from? on my gosh and then i forgot to ring in &62 dollars worth of winning lottery from the night before so my drawer ended up being totally off im such an idiot. either that or the job is just stupid. i agree with the second statement more so. so alright. i am now looking for a new job. im hoping and praying that God will get me a job at borders books cause that would be oh so much better than a gas station. anyways, tonight we are having the church over for a bonfire at my house so i have to get my room cleaned and stuff. im a bit worn out though. oh well nothing i can do about it anyways. have a great afternoon

practicing the tenor

yeah, i do have to say. music is quite cool when you think about it. jazz rocks! im foolin around with the piano, tenor, and bass clarinet and was just thinkin how rockin it is. just hought i would share. music is so much cooler than sports i do have to say. :)

i could have told you a long time ago im a tree hugger 

this is another pic.its cool too. this is a place where i sit and read or just think too. prety comfy log if i do say so myself 

this is one of my senior photos, one of my favorites. it portrays me prety well. that is the place i read in my back yard all the time 

When a Day Starts Out Good!

Okay, yesterday was senior skip day. for our school, we as a class go and get a class picture taken. this year we got it taken at mall of america by lego land. it rocked! i went on some rides then hung out with my cool friends.
Today was a really awesome day also. it is always good when a day starts out good! so erin and i were drivin to school and we were stopped at a stop light and i look over at the truck next to us and my friend luke from st. francis is waving at me. that was just cool cause i dont see him too much and when i do, it is always at the weirdest timings. prety cool. then ya know i actually got to school on time now and when you hear this your like "wowzers carrie im inpressed!". i know, i know. So anyways. on with my story. since today is wednesday we had chapel after first hour and that rocked my socks off! God is sooo awesome. the worship team did a great job and it is cool to see all the talents like guitar and stuff. . .
so the rest of that day wasnt too cool until 8th hour (yeah its crazy, my school has 8 classes a day! ick!) during the nice 5 minute passing time before the hour we call 8th my friend ryan came up to me and showed me a picture of himself on some card. he asked me "what the heck, do you know what this is?" and i replyed, "umm. . . maybe if you stopped moving your hand i could see what you have kiddo." nah just kidding. that isnt what i said but it ended up to be a card that has your school photo on it and has info about if you become missing. the laughter then came out. it says and i quote, "What to do if your child is missing: 1) Immediately call local law enforcement 2) show this image to authorities 3) call the national center for missing & exploited children at 1-800-THE-LOST" indeed quite sad. i am collecting all my friends cards now. if they become missing. mei, oh well. j/k. then after school i talked to my good friend nathaniel who i dont get much of a chance to talk to. he was picking up his cool bro ben from school. anyways, the day was quite interesting for me. i dont know how cool my day was for you. thanks for reading this far though. chill out home slice!

this is a pic i took a while ago, just thought it was cool