Hey wow, I'm alive!

Look at me! I'm here, alive and well. I survived giving my speech in class AND driving home from goshen kroger at night. amazing, absolutely amazing. a downright miracle in fact. i'm very relieved to have my speech over with, i was afraid it wasn't exactly what it was supposed to be about, but then i went near the end and heard everyone else's speech, and mine wasn't really off topic after all. the only really bad thing i did, actually, was i ended with "and that's it". our teacher has permission to throw erasers at us if we do that. i said it really quiet though, because i like started to say it, and realized i wasn't supposed to, but couldn't think of anything else, and faded off. next time, i'm going to take a lesson from emma, who went after me, and just end by thanking everyone for listening. but otherwise, everyone liked my speech. it was about how mr. begley left, and how his leaving showed me the way teachers view students leaving as opposed to how students view it. most of the class thought it was brave of me to give a speech where i was praising and sympathizing with my teachers, because in high school that's just not cool. i also had to explain that i was still in high school for the right message to come across, and everyone was really impressed that i was doing pseo. so yeah, i'm relieved. and not as worried about my next speech, although i still need a topic....i need to give advice based on a personal experience...any ideas?


God, give me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference.