Book My Flight On the Second Star to the Right.

Those of you with xangas, i now have a xanga account- saraikristi . i'm just going to copy entries to both.
I knew it, i knew i shouldn’t have told my mom about that harvard deal. Because she got all excited and she told my dad, and now my dad told my grandpa, and at the moment they are discussing my extracurriculars and different awards. Gaa. And i’ve always been planning on applying there, at least, just to see if i’d be accepted, but i’m not sure i’d want to actually go there or not. Even with this new financial deal...i’m not sure. But if i do get accepted, with everyone all excited about this new deal thingie, esp if its what it sounds like, it’ll be a lot of pressure. I mean, the little money concerned voice in my head would be pressure enough, i don’t need everyone elses voices to add to it. Speaking of financial stuff, i need to go look more closely at the scholarships i pulled off of fastweb and start working on them. Or at least go finish organizing my room, which i’ve actually made pretty fair progress on. Both those would involve going upstairs though, and listening to my dad discuss my college application resume with my grandpa, which i don’t feel like listening to.
Really i haven’t been doing much lately. Pretty much i’ve just been working on organizing my college and scholarship stuff, and my room in general. I’ve got my list of colleges down to 17 that i’m looking at now, isn’t that good news. Oh, and we all (me phyl rachel krystal miles) went out to breakfast at ihop the other day, like we did last year. We even had the same waiter. It was a bit freaky, actually, we were even at the same table. I think the only difference was that phyl drove everyone this time, and we ordered (slightly) diffferent foods. But speaking of driving, i’m going to rant about gas prices for a few sentences. Up until now, the worst jump in price i’d seen was 26 cents in a five hour time period at the gas station near the college, and the worst price i’d seen was 2.99 at a gas station in yellowstone. Today, the gas station right by my house went from 2.53 to 3.09 in TWO hours. Fifty six cents in two hours. I know its because of the hurricane and all that, but really. I had avoided seeing a 3 in the dollar spot until now. Even in yellowstone, although it was only one tenth of a cent off of three dollars, it didn’t have a three there. I’d hate to see what gas costs are there now. And to switch from gas back to driving, i take my test on sept. 13, so i should have my license very soon, and before college starts. Wish me luck, and i’ll pray i don’t knock the stupid cones over, even tho they deserve it.
And i think people are getting happier again, which is a good thing. For a day or two, it seemed like almost all my friends were broken. Honestly, i haven’t talked to any party from two of the three broken couples that were making me sad, but miles and krystal seem happier for now, which is a great thing. And i actually have got a poem about this at my gallery, if anyone would care to look- book my flight is the title. And.....i think i’m about done now.

You be quiet, I’ll be right.

I Sound Like a Prep...

i'm still alive, really, don't hurt me! okay, i know i have a month to catch up on pretty much, so i'm either going to leave a lot out or make this really long or both. so we'll start with michigan. on the way to michigan i finally got my digital camera- *BIG GRIN*. heehee, its fun. the week i was in MI i was going through four batteries a day pretty much, i was playing so much. i've got cute pics of my uncles puppies up at my gallery. and theres many more coming of sunsets and beaches and mountains and wildlife.........but i'm getting ahead of myself. yah, not much interesting happened in MI. bridal shower, family reunion, etc etc. came home about 11 pm, left again for the airport for idaho at about 5 am. little earlier actually. so now about my two weeks in ID......

we went camping, had horseback riding lessons, half hour trail ride. saw bison, antelope, moose and elk all in picturesque settings in a single day. while i'm on wildlife also saw a coyote really close, wolves and a bear through a spotting scope really far away, bald eagles, lots of birds, a zillion bison, a few more random moose and elk, a marmet and picca (sp?), and more. my aunt declared me a wildlife charm. said she saw more with me in two weeks than all year. anyway, back to events. went kayaking, backpacking, horseback riding again- 2 hour trail ride this time- canoeing/bear tracking, hiking, more camping, exploring yellowstone, and best best best of all- PARAGLIDING!!!!!! that was awesomeness.

thats idaho in a nutshell, too tired to do more than that. since coming home- school started, went back to work. let them know i wasnt dead, all that. hadn't quit. not as many new people as i'd thought there be, but i might just not have worked with them yet.couple new procedures though. school wise, as i've already posted, bartons gone. new news on that- teacher is mrs. hansford. i'm not sure how other people feel about her exactly, i think we're all kind of afraid still of somehow offending mrs barton by liking hansford to much, but i'm getting really excited about this year. she knows what mrs. b was trying to do with the choir programs, and shes promised to build on that, not backtrack or tear it down. and she has something mrs. b doesnt...discipline maybe, because she doesn't love us too much to discipline us, which i always thought was a bit of a problem for mrs. b, bless her, was that she loved us too much. and she seems more organized, which could be a good thing. on top of that, 1st period is 27 people big, with- get this- FOUR guys. to non choir people this sounds like nothing, i know, but its really incredibly monumental. 2nd period i'm not commenting on, i dont think they've changed much. if so, i think its worse. and shes KEEPING show choir. didn't have to send nasty letters to the board of ed to keep funding after all. history is fine, although i realized theres people in my class i haven't seen since middle school practically. actually, i really haven't seen danny or adam except for maybe a couple glances since 6th grade. i hadn't realized how long i'd been away from regular classes. last news-we get our transcripts on thursday. its scary how much that excites me, but eh, thats who i am. course, strathern already warned us that the computers might not cooperate with said date. that would make me very sad. i really want to see how pseo classes translate onto our high school transcripts. anyway, i think i'm caught up now, at least in general. oh, and theres a couple new poems at my gallery as well, and there will be plenty more pictures coming, believe me.


It will be a wonderful day when our schools have all the money they need and the airforce has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.