I am superhero

Greetings long lost blog of my life.

I should probably change the title right about now........... hum.. maybe something like "MARY JO MEGA SCHEDULE" it would be suiting, hm?

Spring break was awesome and definitely too short. I also just found out that we get two days off (plus the weekend) for Easter break...  pathetic...... I think I'll have to call it good a little earlier that week and possibly head off to Chicago with my family to see cousins... as long as I'm back by Easter vigil..... But it really wasn't so complicated to get back ahead after the March (for Life), so I'm positive I could pull this off.

It's been snowing on and off for the past four days or so... And I just keep thinking about how good for nothing this white fluffy stuff is, cause it keeps melting when it reaches the street... which basically means... no snow day :(   (Although I heard Prep got off on the first day.... those boys are all just wimps...) But despite all that I guess it's not terrible because it has delayed my first tennis match! : D Don't get me wrong, I like tennis, but a Tuesday for a match was just not a good choice for my MARY JO MEGASCHEDULE.

haha, I love saying that... It almost sounds like the name of a superhero... :)  yeah, 7 more weeks of school and finals... I will conquer

I won

I made it!!!! I made it through the week! well, ok so really i have two more periods to go and i'm using my study hall to post on my blog - but hey! i can handle two more periods.. and tennis practice... erghh... i want to come home and sleep.

But hold that thought, i promise i will! it's just going to take until about eleven o'clock tonight. and even if it takes later than that, it doesn't matter, because

I WON. I won third quarter, i made it all the way through, and i got fair grades too. and my reward? SLEEP. (and spring break of course.) ohhh yeahh baby, i'm a winner!!!!!!!!!!!

So, let's make a list of all my want to do during my winner's period/vacation/spring break:
* clean my room
* work on the decor and organization of my room
* watch The Secret Life of Bees (cause i finished with the book not to long ago)
* EAT A PIZZA.
* make handbands... tons of headbands (my brain is starting to formulate a plan on what i can do with them after that.... hehehe)
* oh yeah, and i want to throw pigs at Kolbe's house too

                                                                                              hehehe   :D


it's a good thing that kid doesn't read my blog at all really.

enjoy your evening, and for my fellow school finishing friends - YOU. ARE. WINNERS.

            
                                                                        OMG! FAT TUESDAY IS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!



But even more exciting is the start of another great week full of homework, sleep deprivation, and best of all; crabby teachers who are suffering from the same conditions.

oh yes.
                          We love highschool.


So besides my uprising panic about getting things done by end of quarter and that lovely large dose of sarcasm that always manages to help things, that is my sister up there and she really is excited about fat tuesday. Cuz that's what she wants to be when she grows up. She has the largest sweet tooth I've ever seen on a little girl, and I grew up with homeschool families. I'v known alot of little girls.

On sunday I had a nick name war with my friend Amara at a polish polka. and here's a shout out to all those random people out there!!!! being random is amazing and awesome. therefore, you are. thank you for tuning in. have a great life!

-jozie

p.s. I won by about eighty ;)

I suppose so

I think my due date for this assignment of daily blogging is long past, but i rather like it.

So will I continue?
I suppose so.

It seems some of my friends actually read and enjoy this thing, and i admit to enjoying it too.

So i went to a polka tonight. My feets hurt. and it's a good kind of hurt. I love dancing, especially when it's bouncy, exhilerating, and fun (while still giving you a work out!)

The cows "moo" is louder than the gorilla's "roar." plus a four foot child could fit inside a hippopatumuses mouth.

i soooo spelled that wrong.... :) and now i must go iron. i will probably burn myself too, i always do...

the lucky all

Last night I got home from dance to see a few guests still with my parents and they were all enjoying themselves. My own Dad's white elephant gift was a portrait of Barack Obama and some how The Tuckers or Heldridges managed to get it hung up in place of a different portrait in our kitchen before they sneaked away. I was the first to spot it, and laughter ensued quickly  :)

I was up late, but having a scare with a friend of yours does something to you I guess... Last night I just sat by the computer and almost caught myself with a few tears. just because. I have it so good. there are always downsides, they always stink, and they're always going to be there. But so are the upsides. And as long as there are upsides then the downsides shouldn't really matter..... That's why anyone in their right mind always loves thanksgiving, right? there's so much to be thankful for, and it goes way beyond history and the pilgrims helped the indians so this holiday is really, once again about the powers of friendship.


Like, shut up! that's what the public says about every holiday that was meant to be religious in any way. And it's not true. The truth is a pure celebration of love. The kind of love that God has given us. the kind of love that makes us thankful. The same kind that makes me think "God I love them" when my friends come to my mind.

And that's why there are no "lucky few." We've got the love. We are a lucky all.

Crap.

a friend of mine went to the hospital this very evening because he had blood clots that moved from his legs to his lungs... and for forty stressful minutes all I knew was that he was in ICU and it wasn't going so well...

He's better now.

And yeah.. I may kill him for the scare ;) well, but today is his birthday.. so ok, maybe not.. how ironic for him though, haha.

But it's funny, can you guess the one word going through my mind throughout all of this? yup! that's right, just look above... CRAP.   so descriptive...

In other news my mom is finally getting her white elephant party tonight and I am commissioned to go vacuum the dining room before I leave for dance.

And in case any of you get blood clots any time soon - I love you!!!! I really do. No joke. have a great evening.

setting it up

so I had my comeback, now I need to set it up... everything. including my attitude for this semester. this could be tough.

first practice of tennis that I managed to get myself to today. We don't have an extremely competitive team... and this is a good thing! haha my competitive spirit goes into singing this spring, as I will probably do a solo when we get to districts. The hardest part of this semester will be trying to keep a 4.0... if I even want to try... bleh... :( stupid honors classes...

Now you guys wonder why my vision of heaven is taking it easy ALL THE STINKIN TIME! hm? I want to lie around all day and just read books, eat things that will make me fat, not be freezing but not be hot, be surrounded by people I love and hug them, listen to great music that fits the moment perfectly, and be in tuuunnedd.... all the time. with him. except. I've rather grown to like my suffering. and not in an emo way. I just wonder if heaven is everything, then will they recreate suffering so that it's not quite that, but so that I won't miss it....?

goodness knows...

anyone want to find goodness for me? I've got a few things to work out with him..

The slow comeback

it's a work in progress.  and it's a slow work in progress, but I'm making a comeback!

I decided that this morning when I actually found twenty minutes to sit down with my geometry teacher and work out about a trillion problems that I didn't understand.

Other random facts of the day include:
I think I'm starting tennis tomorrow
I imitated a classmate's chinese accent today and it made him laugh and his buddy stare at me strangely
Da vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously
EVERY DAY ONE OUT OF TWENTY PEOPLE WEARS MISMATCHED SOCKS!
Nine year olds = not responsible with phone messages
I saw some cookies in the cafeteria and almost lost it (followed by some black bean brownies here at home.. ahhh satisfaction for my poor aching sweet tooth)

So i'm making a comeback. I really am. I could feel it today, I was no longer in a daze of "my body hurts so I'm going to be easy on myself plus I'm tired... zzzZZz"

And now my father is spinning a tale about how he really found kate and johnpaul as babies on the prairie by the side of the road next to a dead gopher. And for the record he met my mom on a romantic beach when he was riding hoppity (his one legged horse).

yup. there is definitely, most certainly, no place like home.....

Tuesday nights aren't so bad....

This morning wasn't so good. I woke up at about 4:30 am.. with anxiety about my undone and piling-up geometry homework... Stupid sick day assignment... And I kept trying to get back asleep only to wake up twenty minutes later thinking that my alarm would go off any minute or worrying that I had missed it. 

Oh, I hate school days... Did I mention I spilled a fair sized puddle of my VERY HOT TEA spilled on my lap that morning in the car on the way there.  I had it in between my legs as I was buckling my seat belt and it tipped over.. So much for safety first, My thighs were burning every time I moved them against each other this morning - so basically it made walking painful. 

Not the best day, but on to a different subject. Have you ever had any of those "accidentily good" photos before? Just thought I'd share a few of mine today....

 It's too bad that the back round for this one is our changing table, haha

 My sister, Kate, who actually took this herself I believe

 My mom and little brother Peter - Easter last year 

 I wish very much that I knew how that one did a close up blurry-backround but I don't recall.... It was an accidental! 

 Colorado horseback riding

 Colorado again