Thoughts of a Dumb Blonde

     I've only been home for a few hours, but I miss Florida so much. I knew going into this weekend that I wouldn't get to be there long. I've never been in Florida for that short of time before. Usually I have time to accept that I'm leaving, but this time I was just there and gone. I've said it a million times: I love Florida so much. It's honestly one of my favorite places ever. I love the atmosphere and the weather and everything there. I have family there that I don't get to see often enough. Part of me is there. I've gone there so many times in my life that it's just normal. I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to have gone there so many times. I wish everyone had the opportunities I have had in my life.

     The first day of the Celebration of Harry Potter 2018 was awesome! I got to see exhibits of props and other things that were super cool. There were these amazing chalk sidewalk drawings that had so much detail. Plus I got to ride all of my favorite rides. It was a really fun day at Universal. I got a shirt just for the event. I love Harry Potter and it was fun to see some of the things that went into making the movies. There were so many people there because they love Harry Potter. I saw people in amazing and elaborate costumes that looked like they could be real. I got to watch special shows. The whole thing was really cool and I'm glad I got the opportunity to see it.

     Tomorrow morning we leave for a long weekend trip to Florida! The trip is my Christmas present and I'm so excited. We fly out tomorrow morning and I get to go see my family and go out to dinner. I'm can't wait because we're going to the celebration of Harry Potter Friday at Universal. Then on Saturday we're going to Disney. We fly back Sunday morning. I already know that the times gonna fly, but I'm really looking forward to it. I love Florida so much and I'm so ready to go back.

     We got an early dismissal from school today because we’re expecting an ice storm along with 4-6 inches of snow. It’s been raining all day And there’s barely any snow to be found, but by tomorrow everything will be covered. It’s nice to get out early and end this week a little early. We have Next Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’ll be a nice long weekend and I’ll be able to ~hopefully~ catch up on all the work I owe. The end of the nine weeks is Thursday the 18th, so I’ll have basically two school days to make everything up. I need to get back in track because applications for Nation Honors Society start soon. It would help a lot if I could make it in. But for now I think I’m going to take a nap and relax a little.

     I competed in Warren yesterday. I had a pretty good meet. I got an 8.9 on both floor and vault, a 8.8 on bars, and a 8.85 on beam. I managed to get all of my skills and not fall. This gave me an all around of 36.45. I beat the girl on my team by about 1 point. Usually she is my main competition so it seemed as though I was in the lead. What I didn’t know was that Corey had added an excel silver to their team; bumping the total of excel silvers up to seven. The new girl, who I had never competed against, was good and got first place on everything except beam. I walked away with solid second places and first on beam. I was kind of blindsided by having a new girl there, but I’m excited for the new competition. It looks like I’ll have to step up my game.

We had a snow day today, not because of snow, but because the windchill was -20 F. All week the temperatures in the morning have been 0 F or below with windchill of around -16 F. This makes this week a three day week. Everyone is happy about not having to go, but now we lose our only off day in February. It’d be a lot better if we didn’t have to make up our snow days until they got to a certain amount. What’s one day out of 180? It does come at a good time for me because I can catch up on work and just take a break. I feel like I talk about wanting a break a lot but it seems like right now most of us are just floating from one break to the next. People were not lying when they told us junior year would be the worst. I’m stressed and stretched thin trying to get by. I honestly just can’t wait to get through this year and know that it’s over. But right now, I’m only half way there.

     Okay so I know every year everyone always says they’re gonna follow their New Years revolutions for them to follow them for a week or two and then go back to the same way they were before. I usually don’t make revolutions for that very reason. Honestly I always thought they were kinda pointless. But this year I want to try to actually accomplish at least some of the things I want for 2018. So I’m gonna share a list of revolutions and hopefully if I remember I’ll update my blog with how I’m doing with my revolutions later. Resolutions for 2018 Go to church more often Workout more  Be more organized Draw/paint/do anything with art more  Keep blogging (even after school is out) Read even more books (finish the Harry Potter series) Stick with gymnastics Go to more softball practices/games Save money for college Make college decisions  This list is what I’ve come up with for now. I might edit and add some later but for now these are my goal...