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A New Kind Of Friday & Saturday Last weekend, I got to spend the night with my very close friend, Haley Sapp. She invited me over on Friday to hang out and spend the day with her on Saturday. I hadn't spent the night over at someone's house in a while and couldn't wait to spend time with her outside of class. Goodbyes After school ended Friday afternoon, we left Spanish and headed towards my mom's classroom to pick up my overnight bag. I said my goodbyes to my mom and we went on our way to Haley's car. We got in, buckled up, and went to pick up her 10 year old brother, Dylan, from after-school. After that, we then drove to her house, while listening to music and talking. Doggies! Once at her house, I dropped off my stuff and we drank some sodas. Dylan showed me his book collection and even wanted me to read one of his favorite books. Then, Haley let her dogs into the house. There was a very sweet dog named Coco, a wild puppy named Bodhi, and a fashionable little...

A Different Sort Of Christmas  My winter break this year was a bit different from how it usually goes. This year, my family decided we would travel for Christmas, instead of remain at home like we normally do. This break we would not stay in Georgia, but travel to my family back in my birth state. New York! Normally, we travel to New York City every summer, but this year, we skipped our trip and traded our hot visit for a cold one. At first, I wasn't really into the idea of leaving our home and Christmas traditions back in Georgia, but then, I started thinking of all the fun we would have. I hadn't spent a Christmas in NYC since I was five years old after all! We started planning our trip and the things we would do and, eventually, left for NYC. On the Road  We spent a whole day driving the long trek to NYC and ended up stopping for the night in Virginia. On the road, I spent hours reading Kingdom of Ash, whilst crying unending tears through the pain and beauty of the 1,000 pa...

A Time Of Rest And Family My 2018 Thanksgiving break was very chill, relaxing, and filled with movies and family. I started off my break enjoying time with family and with lots of sleep. After so many weeks of school, it was incredibly nice to be able to just rest and not have to worry about work. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because of the time spent with loved ones, the cooking, and the weather. This year it was nice and cool, and was the first year since 2011 that it was only my mom, dad, sister, and myself celebrating together. It was sad to not have a house filled with family this year, but it was great just being able to have a laid back Thanksgiving instead of being hosts. Due to not having other family members join us, we were also able to do more activities. Breakfast And Volunteering On Tuesday, we went to Jerry's Country Kitchen for breakfast and then to the Carroll County Animal Shelter again to volunteer. We spent time petting and playing with three beau...

The Celebration That Never Ends I turned 17 years old on September 20th this year. It was an amazing birthday spent with family and absolute love, laughter, and joy. A tradition in my household has always been to spend the actual birthday with family and then, later on, continuing the celebration with friends. I'm known by my friends to really extend my celebration, for my birthday parties always take place a month, sometimes longer, after my actual birthday. One year, my birthday party took place all the way in April! This year, my birthday party with all of my friends took place in October. My parties always consist of very close friends, adventures, music, glow sticks, and food, and this year was no different. Friends Arrive My friends Haley, Taylor, Alexia, Katie, Mikenli, Adrianna, and Cirel slept over to celebrate my 17th with me. I had invited a few more people, but they weren't able to make it. One by one, my friends showed up on the Saturday of my party, and, as they a...

A Concert Surprise Last Friday, I got to experience my very first concert. I was able to see Ed Sheeran perform live at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and also got to hear Snow Patrol open for him. The day before the concert, I was working in my mom's classroom when she suddenly walked in and told me and my sister to listen because our uncle had invited us along with him and his daughter to the concert the next day. At first, it was literally the last thing I wanted to do. I had already made plans with myself to sit on the couch, watch TV, and paint my nails, but Zooey admonished me saying that was really dumb and she wanted to go to the concert with me. Ed Sheeran? I had never really listened to Ed Sheeran before, but already knew my music taste was extremely different from his songs. However, to please Zooey, I said I would think about it and continued to work, while going on YouTube to play some of his songs. He still wasn't my favorite singer in the world, but I didn't want...