Back again

Currently reading: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Most recently watched movie: North and South
Current favorite quote: "No one is so advanced in prayer that he does not often have to return to the beginning." -St. Teresa of Avila

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Well, I'm back. It's deplorable how unfaithful I've been to blogging. How long has it been since my last post? I don't even know. So many things have happened, I don't know where or how to begin. I suppose this will be one of those random, incoherent posts... :P

First of all, and perhaps most importantly...I'm an aunt!!! My brother and his wife just had their first baby, and the first grandchild in our family. Here she is:



Isn't she adorable?? Just as cute as a button. *cue awwwww sound*

What else? School is starting up soon. It's hard to believe how quickly the summer went by -- I don't think I really got anything done that I wanted to get done this summer. I just didn't have time because of work. Yes, I now have a job! I work at the store of this shrine near us, so mostly I work in customer service -- you know, answering phone calls, directing people to the right transfer, giving them information, taking orders. I also work in the gift shop. It's been a really great experience, and I love working a job where I get to help people out. I never realized just how much I would like it. You'd think that it would inspire me to be more helpful around the house, but it seems that strangers are easier to help out than your family. Do you ever feel the same way? It's funny how the people you're closest to are oftentimes the hardest ones to get along with....

School. Yes. I'll be a senior this year, so I have to start thinking about applying to colleges. Actually, there's really only one college I want to apply to. I fell in love with it ever since I first heard about it and I've been wanting to go there ever since. Here's the website: wyoming catholicollege.com
So for my senior year, I will still be homeschooled (of course!), and I will again be taking some classes at the community college near us. I don't know all the classes I'm taking yet, but here's what I know so far:
(College) Drawing I
Intro to Psychology
(Homeschool) Church History
Algebra II
Latin
American Literature (possibly only in the spring semester)

I'm also supposed to be taking the SAT for the second time in October. Hope that goes well (yikes!). The first time I took the SAT, I got a pretty decent score, but I thought I may as well try and up my math scores (where I scored the lowest). So I'll be doing some Algebra I review before the SAT, and really getting into Algebra II after the SAT.

This is probably all rather boring, but I'm not sure what else to write about! Until I get into my blogging groove, my posts will be mostly random updates like this. Oh, I got a laptop! That's what I'm using right now. I need one for college next year, but my parents got me a laptop now so I could use it for the psychology class I'm taking this year at the community college (it's an online class).

So anyway, that's my life. Not in a nutshell. Just kind of...a generalization. It's hard to express everything you've gone through in a few months in a few paragraphs. Ah well.


Pax,

Lady Clare