Oh goodness, where to begin? Let's see, I went to Dallas! It was right in the middle of the swine flu scare, so it was pretty much a ghost town, but, man, was it lovely. We got to get all dressed up and went to this symphony. I'm not gonna lie, it was really boring, but it was a nice experience. We (as in the school band) were going to do a parade, but the city was pretty much closed, so it got cancelled. We got to go to Six Flags! It started pouring rain when we were there, so we were all completely drenched for the remainder of the day. We went to a rodeo! It was pretty wild. They had this inhumane calf-roping competition in which they had to lasso the calf and then tie up three of its legs. It was rather sad.
We got to go to this super cool church called Gateway. They didn't really present the Gospel at all, but aside from that it was lovely. I definitely got to experience some more of what's on StuffChristiansLike.net. On the way home, I caught some terrible virus. Actually, it wasn't that bad, I was really scared it was the swine flu, haha. Thankfully it was not.
Ah! Today was the last day of school! I'm not going to know what to do with myself this summer. I'm going to try to take some music lessons, get ahead in math for next year, paint my room, volunteer at an animal shelter, and work at the library. Fun fun. I'm going to this cool camp the week after next...I'm pretty stoked! Oh, my family got this inflatable kayak a few weeks ago...it is so fun! We took it to a local park last week and just paddled it around...it was delightful. Man, I am so stinkin' disappointed in my exam grades. I've stayed up till midnight or one everyday this week to study, and I still didn't make preferred grades. Boo.
Cory and I broke up last week, and that's all I have to say about the matter. Haha.
Oh man, they had this event called Israeli Fest this past Sunday. It was so fun! My sister and I bought these really cool hats (hers was a fedora and mine was this other thing, lol), and they had a Jewish band; all the lyrics were in Hebrew. Haha, and they had Israeli ice cream and everyone was wearing these super cool Yamikas(that's definitely not spelled right, but I don't know how to spell it). I have a new love for Jewish culture and I really want to visit Israel.
Revival was this past week! It was so awesome; I definitely learned a lot. We had this black preacher one night and he brought his choir...oh man, everyone was getting pretty crunk. All these little old white ladies were dancing and clapping and singing. Hahaha, goodness, it was amazing.
The school year is over and we all know what that means... lots of yearbook signage, so I thought it would be appropriate to give awards for all my favorite notes or whatever they're called.
My Top 5 Favorite Yearbook Signatures (in no particular order)
1. "I'll miss talking to you about politics."-Ryan.
2. "Marissa! You're so sweet and funny. Oh, watching all those tennis matches. Fun. 'I look like a panda.'"-Katherine.
3. "If I didn't have you as a lab partner then I'd be screwed."-Jami.
4. "Marissa! You need to speak up."-Jake.
5. "Marissa, you're cool. You should try out for bass drum next year. You sat by us on the bus in Dallas. And we hung out at tennis matches."-Daniel.
Congratulations, folks. I know it means so much to y'all. haha.
I guess I should go clean my room.
Much Love,
Marissa.
