Last day of what will REALLY feel like summer.

Tomorrow is my sister's first day of high school. It's also the first day of school for every school I have ever been to, and I'm not going to school tomorrow, because school for me doesn't start for almost another month. She's enjoying her last day of freedom by spending it with horses, something she loves more than breathing. I am spending the day enjoying that it's not my last day of freedom before school starts.

I did get something in the mail vaguely implying that I would get my first assignment on September 4th or something, but I'm not actually sure if that's what it meant. It was for this back-up service my school endorses, and they mentioned something about ordering before then so you could have the service when you got your first assignment. I don't know. The whole thing was rather disappointing, really; I got this really thick envelope from the housing department today, and my mom thought it might be talking about which dorm I'm in and my roommate, but no. It was just stupid information I didn't need or already knew (they sent me an order form from a linens company that I already ordered my linens from! Talk about a waste of paper!).

It's gonna be weird tomorrow, not going to school when my sister is going. This will be the first time ever that she's going to school and I'm not, but I'm not sick. Although, some day (or maybe a few days) before I go off to college, I'm going to visit my old teachers, especially my drama and chorus teachers. And my best friend and I have already decided that we want to arrange a day when we go to school with our sisters (who are conveniently the same age) so we can wreak havoc. It'll be fun ^^

Also, I just wanted to acknowledge that today is August 25th, and I have 25 days left before I move to Irvine. I just thought that was a cool coincidence.

It's Officially Official Now

Today I went to the school to pick up my diploma. I am now officially an official high school graduate. I have paper proof.

Also, we got kittens ^^

It's Official

More details later when I have time to write.

Almost Over

It is currently fifteen minutes after midnight on the day that I graduate. Even though I have a big day ahead of me tomorrow, I can't sleep. I'm just not tired. That happens to me a lot, especially when I get into the habit of staying up late, which I have been. I also tend to get distracted by things like the internet.

Today (yesterday) we had our first grad practice which was completely disorganized, but what can you really expect from people? The most organized thing about it was "meet us on the football field at 11 AM." After that, total chaos. The good news is, I get to walk to the bleachers with my best friend with whom I've been attending school since kindergarten. It makes me feel like things have come full circle. Ironically (?), she has a brother who is just finishing kindergarten on the same day we finish high school. I remember when she told me in fifth grade that her mom was pregnant, and thinking then that her new sibling wouldn't start school until we were almost finished with it. And now it's happening. Oh how time flies.

I also got a manicure/pedicure for graduation. I'd forgotten how lovely it is to be pampered. Now I have rhinestones on my toes. They make me feel extra pretty.

Tomorrow- well, actually, later today- is a final grad practice before the actual ceremony. I hope it's less disorganized now that we all supposedly know the order we are supposed to walk in. I hope too many people didn't forget.

This time tomorrow, my blog title will be officially true, and I will be on a boat.

Another Crazy Scheme of Mine

Alright, blog take 2. Or maybe three, it depends on how you want to count it. Either way, this is not the first blog I've ever had, and it likely will not be the last. But still, I will persist, and try to keep some sort of record of my life. Even if this does end up being deleted. But whatever.

Regarding the title of this blog; okay, so maybe I'm not officially a high school graduate yet, but graduation is in two days, and I doubt that anything will happen between now and then. And besides, I can always change the title later, right? I certainly hope so. Although, if I do that, then people in the future will probably be a bit confused when reading this first post, and I talk about the title mentioning that I'm a high school graduate when, in fact, it does not. Well then, as a message to future people reading this blog, because I doubt it will gain any readers at all before the title is changed anyway (I do like to change things up occasionally), the blog title at time of writing was "Diary of a High School Graduate," regardless of the fact that at the time of writing I am not an official high school graduate yet, but will be soon enough.

Speaking of that, I have graduation practice in the morning. Although it's not for about 11 and a half hours. So I have time to write this and still sleep.

I guess I'm starting this now because I am extremely impatient. I was going to wait until I had actually graduated to start this, but since immediately after graduation I'll be entertaining relatives and then hopping on a boat for the night, I don't think I'll have time to start a blog, or even post an entry until the next day. So I'll start it now. It's close enough, and today felt enough like summer to count for something.

So now I suppose my next move is to post this, then keep writing and see what happens. I really hope this doesn't flop like everything else I've ever done in my life.