Christin is over here right now! She spent the night. She's camping at harrison bay for 2 weeks (the 2 weeks ending on wednesday) so i got all excited since she was so close and i said we had to do something together lol. So after school yesterday when i got home she called and i begged my parents to let me drive over there by myself in my car lol. At first my mom was like NO NO WAY, and i was like DUDE come on! It's only 3 miles down the road and when i get near there the speed limit is 20! So she said call your dad. So i called and he gave in heahea. So i packed up my stuff and drove over there and i prayed the ENTIRE 3 miles there lol. I was so scared that i was gonna do something bad lol. But it was all good. I had like the ranger dude behind me the whole way there so it was like mom was there haha. But then i parked next to her trailer (which is the cutest thing ever lol) and then we drove down the pool, which we could of walked to but we wanted to ride in my car lol. So we went swimming and there was like 5 people there so we basically had the pool to ourselves and we were talking and all and then like 45 to an hour into our swim time, a group of church/day care kids came. And there were about 30 of them. All middle school. So they come and were like oh no. And we had our stuff laid out next to the fence and they just decide there gonna put all their crap around us where we cant get to it. So i get out and move everything over for them, im nice i know (sarcasm). And then they all were screaming the entire time and splashing water and then some girl was backstroking and she hit me in the head with her hand! She hit me! And i was like in shock and she goes, oh im sorry and swims off like it was nothing and then one of her friends behind us some distance starts laughing! So by that time we got sick of it and we went back to her trailer and hung out. And then i asked if she could spend the night and she could so we decided to go for a joy ride and get her car washed lol. So my mom wanted me home for dinner so i went home and ate and cleaned my bathroom and then i went back to her house around 7ish and we hung out some more and then she followed me to the gas station and we got icis lol. I wanted to drive us but my mom forbid me to take anyone with me since it was the first time i'd been on the road alone lol. So then she realized she'd forgotten her purse, so we went back and got it. And then on the way home, she drove up next to me in her car and she talked on the road lol it was great. And then we came home and got online for forever and then i did her make up which she loved lol. And i think were going swimming again later today, i'll write more later! bye guys!

No more Coach Heleton! Praise the Lord! Ok me and Lindley did good on our exam in there though. We had to get into groups and we were partners and we had to cover 3 chapters. We had alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse. So for each chapter we wanted to bring in food that goes along with our info. So for Drug abuse we didnt have any food but then i thought I could of gotten candy pills lol but anyway we did power point for that and made a poster that was the shape of a pill bottle and it was colored like one. And then for Tobacco we did a poster shaped like a cigarette and we were gonna hand out candy cigarettes to everyone but we couldnt find em! So we had tobacco gum! lol its the big league chew thats shredded like tobacco. And then for alcohol we had a wine glass poster and had sparkling grape juice in wine bottles, u know like welches? So we poured them that and gave em gum so it was all good. And at the end we had a whole pack of the gum left and for some reason Shelley and Jamie wanted me to stuff the whole pack in my mouth at once lol. I dont know why but they did and then everyone cracked up so i did lol. That was interesting. The pack probably had 10-15 pieces of gum in it so i ate it in sections and would take one section out and then when i was done i added it all together. I almost choked there was so much gum. But everyone got such a kick out of it lol. And then i took it out and all these poster boards were in the garbage so they told me to stick it to it and i did and it was a massive ball of spit and gum and it slid down the poster some, it was great lol. I said i wouldnt eat gum for a while though lol.

And then yesterday Megan gave me my birthday present! I flipped out! It was a little box she had painted black and then on top she had broken some plastic or something into all kinds of pieces and spelled out I heart BSB and then all around that she had pieces of mirror she's smashed. It was the cutest thing. And then inside she put red white and blue star buttons and 4 leaf clover buttons! I was so excited i about peed on myself lol. It was so great u have no idea. I dont know what im gonna put in it yet though. Probably something BSB lol. Ok Megan just so u know when I make my BSB video, thats gonna be on there and i'll say my friend Megan made this for my 16th birthday lol.

I had english and spanish exams today. Spanish was a piece of cake but English was kinda hard. But i didnt study too lol. After we took the exam we got our compliment sheets though. That was fun lol. Those sheets are fun. It made me feel good. I'm gonna put the compliments on here just cause I want to lol.

1. I love BSB and Legolas, too!
2. You're so nice and you have a great smile and good attitude.
3. She is a fun and outgoing person who I like to talk to.
4. You're so sweet to all the people and UR funny, too. :)
5. She is friendly to everyone.
6. You are sweet and your BSB obsession is hilarious.
7. An extremely nice girl.
8. She is someone that you can always rely on to listen say something funny or sing BSB.
9. I like the way she listens to me and gives me advice.
10. Corndog, nice hair, love it. Thanks for letting me bother it.
11. You have fun, elf hair!
12. Akways fun to be around.
13. She smiles alot and seems to enjoy everyday.

lol those crack me up. And then before the exam Ben was sitting behind me and he drew a smiley face on the back of my arm just because he said he was gonna die if he couldnt lol. And he almost ripped my hair out since he was using them as reigns lol. And then after the exam he was like i cant see the smiley! So he grabs my arm and rolls my sleeve up and he goes there ya go, show off those guns lol i was like surrreeee Ben haha. I was like Ben were not gonna have english together anymore! cause we had it together last year. And he was like yeah im gonna miss u Cortney, ure so fun lol and he came over and was trying to give me a hug while I was sitting down and it turned into a headlock lol. I swear he cannot be gentle or quiet, everything he does is loud and strong lol.

We took Christin home today too. She is camping at Harrison Bay so we took her home.

I got my license yesterday! It took 2 1/2 hours before i drove though! When i was done my knees were shaking lol. But my pic looks bad but thats ok. No biggie.

NO MORE CHEMISTRY!

PRAISE THE LORD! NO MORE CHEMISTRY! omgosh u have no idea how happy I am to be out of that class. Ahhh i thought it would never end. Ok I have to admit for the first time i didnt study for this exam. I went over the review sheet once, and all my tests once and i didnt really comprehend what I was reading cause I was watching tv actually lol. I was like ya know i dont care about exams for once. Cause if u really think about it, exams arent that important unless your almost failing or on the border line of a D and C or B and C or whatever. Cause otherwise if u have a 99 in a class for one nine weeks and a 98 for the other, pretty sure ure gonna have an A even if u bomb it lol. I think i would concentrate more on regular tests in the year than exams. But anyway that was my soap box, well i thought the exam was pretty easy considering i didnt study. I knew alot of the stuff, it surprised me. Mrs. Taylor gave everyone an ultraviolet bead bracelet, she said this is for yall to remember chemistry bye. I was like umm... haha...sure. They are pretty though in the sun. There clear in general and then in the sunlight they turn different colors there cute. I think i wanna go look for some more and make a necklace lol.


I have my Bible and Health exams tomorrow. Shouldnt be too hard. I'm just glad we dont have anymore full days. Oh the days go by so quick when their half ahhhh i cant wait lol. And then im going to get my license after school tomorrow! yay! From what i hear, i think i know what the course is and it's easy as poo lol. Me and mom drove it after school today, or what we think it is. I know my way around there anyway cause we go to the mall that way sometimes so it's all good. But Christin kinda scared me when she said that if u dont park between the lines or u go over a curb, its an automatic failure and u cant take the test again for another month :(. Better not do that lol. Pray for me and wish me luck guys! If i get it im gonna beg my parents to let me drive to school the last day. I dont think they'd mind as much since it's a half day and since no one is in the bottom lot lol. Today I saw Brittany's lone car down there so i'm gonna ask lol.

Birthday!

It's my 16th birthday! yay!!! I had a great day! Well let me tell u about the bad part first.

So yesterday I went to the special doctor for my tonsills and he said they were massive (which I knew) and I am having surgery June 5th! 2 weeks from today! And im the first surgeony that day so I have to be there at 6:15 bright and early. Yay. But anyway I talked so much yesterday at the doctors office to my dad, i was bothering him and this morning was my punishment. Well anyway we go home and my throat hurts worse (i have a sore throat, a throat infection i think). And i mean it hurt so bad it hurt to talk or open my mouth or move my tongue or anything. So then my head starts to hurt too. So it's making me sick and im tired so i run to bed as fast as I can. So im lying there and eventually I go to sleep. And that was at 9:30 and i woke up at 12:05 or so and my head is about to explode and my throat is on fire. So I lay there a bit and finally I get up and take some medicine and then I lay back down and im about to be sick. So I get up and im crying now cause I just want my head to stop hurting SO bad. So I go to the bathroom and sit there in front of the toilet for a few mins and I start coughing. And I gagged some and then I threw up twice. And then I start yelling for my mom and my dad comes in there, which is really weird cause my mom always comes but she didnt hear me. So my dad helps me back to bed and he sits next to my bed for like 10 mins or so and he gets me a wet rag (it always helps the head) and then he goes and gets me some water which helped my throat and he thought I should take some more tylenol and I was like no i already took 2 like 20 mins ago, but i didnt know if i threw it up or not. So he says he's gonna get me one and he did. So the entire time i keep asking if u can go to the hospital and get a shot to make a headache go away and i was like can we go? and he was like cortney u cant get a shot and i was like crap im gonna die. And i had just thought, its my birthday and i go, it's my birthday in my nonemotion voice and he goes Happy Birthday with a laugh and i smiled lol. So then I told him to go back to bed and he did and I layed there a while and i felt better. So i finally fell asleep and then I woke up at like 4 and my headache was gone! The entire time i had it i was praying for God to make it go away and finally when it did i said thank u Lord so many times. U cant count how many times I said it. So then i went back to sleep and woke up with my alarm, dead. I had gotten like 4 hours of sleep. But i felt fine. And all night when i was in pain i though Oh no im gonna be so sick tomorrow and cant go to school on my birthday and im gonna miss my classes and my tests and im gonna fail chemistry cause i missed so much and have to take it over! I think I have like 1 day left in Chem to miss.

But anyway i was fine and i got ready and all and we went to school and I heard a million happy birthdays and Jillian gave me a hug (yay! I felt good after that). And then when Katlyn came to wait on me from Chemistry she started screaming down the halls HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY CORTNEY! And I was like Katlyn AHH!!! lol. But anyway it was a good day cause we barely did anything in our classes. And I missed 3rd period cause of Chorus practice for graduation! yay! I missed the insane man! And we didnt take our SP test in english so today was good. But now I know why my throat hurts worse at the end of the day, cause im talking so much and im not kidding. I sang in chorus today and I was in pain by the end. Ahh cant do that anymore. And back to the bday, Meenal gave me the sweetest card ever! It was a regular card that she had written all kinds of quotes on! At first I thought it was a card everyone had signed but she put all kinds of stuff on it. My favorite one was "I hate the Backstreet Boys" - everyone but Cortney HAHA! I got a kick outta that one lol :) And then we went to Sonic for dinner cause I asked since it was my bday lol. Its my fave restaurant. I got my dinner and a sundae! yum! And then after school I drove my car home with the top down! I felt cool lol. it's been a good birthday. yay!

We scheduled our classes today for next year. My goodness all im gonna do next year is study. And today Mrs. Parrot scared the crap outta me when she said that whole thing about Physics being required. I was like "What the f***! I already have my schedule for the next 2 years! Now I basically have to take Chemistry all over again! Why are u trying to put me through hell?!?!" But it's ok now cause she said that was for the 8th graders right now that are going to be freshmen. So it's all good. Well here's what I think i'll be taking:

1. AP Biology
2. Ethics of the Bible, History of the Bible
3. AP History
4. Honors English
5. Spanish 3
6. Algerba 2
7. Study Hall

Now I was gonna take Biology 2 in the place of study hall so I wont have a science when i'm a senior, but Mrs. Parrot said that it would be really difficult having 2 Biologies and then the classes might overlap and learn the same things. So i'm taking Bio 2 when i'm a senior, yay.

But anyway onto something new! I'm getting sick AGAIN! Yay! Lucky me! Yes this is the 3rd time in the last month that i've been sick. I am gonna die one day of a cold, i just know it. Well I got really sick before the chorus trip with a bad sinus infection, and then i was almost completely better by the trip, and then that sunday on the trip i woke up and my throat hurt again! So I went back to the doctor and took more medicine. And now it my throat hurts again! yay me! And tomorrow i'm going to the eye, nose, ear, and throat doctor. Here's the background on that: My tonsills are majorly oversized, and by oversized i mean that when yall are sick with a sore throat and your tonsills swell up, mine are that size all the time. So basically my tonsills look like there infected all the time. That's how big they are normally. So every doctor that looks at them automatically says, Oh my goodness u have to have those tonsills taken out! Well everyone thought they would shrink as i got older, no. They've gotten somewhat bigger actually. So with all of my headaches and everything else wrong with me, i'm going to have them cut out. Oh yes, hopefully right when school is out, there getting cut out for good. Since i have a headache everyday (literally, im not kidding), they think that my enlarged tonsills could be the reason. And here are the reasons why: Well my aunt said that someone at her church was having headaches all the time and she got her tonsills out and they stopped. And then the doctor said that I could be having headaches b/c since I snore so loud, that that means im not getting enough oxygen to my brain when i sleep, so thats why i wake up with a headache, and then therefore that means im not sleeping well, so thats why im always tired and cold. This is gonna solve alot of problems. We checked to take em out 3 years ago and never did, i think it's a good idea now. So were going to see the dude tomorrow to get the ok about it and schedule a date. And im leaving school 10 mins early! And your probably thinking ok thats a whole lot of time Cortney, well im not going in till like 10:30 or 11 cause I dont wanna go to awards day cause I never win and I dont wanna sit there, and my mom has to sub at 11, so it all works out good! yay! Short day for me!

Well the chorus program went well, and hot too. I sat there and sweated the entire time. Since the gym has no air conditioning (and where does all of our thousands of dollars of tuition money go to?) i sat there and sweated the ENTIRE TIME. I got up when it was our turn to sing, an hour later, and my dress was wet on the front and back. Yeah it was wet all right. And then when we ALL got up there, the 200 of us or however many there were, i was sweating really bad. Ahhh why do I have to have sweat genes this bad? My entire family sweats like this. We sit there and sweat. Everyone used to stare at me in volleyball cause 20 mins into practice, all we would be doing was bumping and it would pour down my face. It was gross. Ahhh lucky me. Well anyway I was right. The slide show did last for an hour ahhhhhhh shoot me now.

Anyway, today around 1 or so I was counting my I Love BSB's, and im almost done counting by the way, so i'll be done writing soon too lol. Just thought u'd like to know that lol. Well anyway my dad knocks on my door and asked if I wanted to go drive my car and I was like YES! SCORE! But it didnt matter cause I was gonna drive it to chorus tonight, but it monsooned outside our house right before we left, so we didnt drive it. So we drove to Chik Fil A this afternoon and Adam said that people would look from their windows at the car lol. I was like yes! But the only bad part was like i was frying in the sun while I drove. I could feel the heat the whole time. I'm gonna get my tan from my car lol. But then when we got home, sweat rolled down my leg from the crease, and when i got up, my shorts were soaked and the leather was wet. Ew.

I GOT MY CAR!

I got my car!!!!!! Ahhhh!!!!! Score!!!! We went right over there after school yesterday and I had a hay day lol. My dad drove it home and I blasted the radio lol. Ok this car has a system in it already! It has front and rear speakers, 6 disc cd changer, and the bass is SO loud. It booms and if I touch the dashboard, I can feel it vibrate lol. I can't wait to blast Backstreet Boys in it lol, i've already got Millennium and Black and Blue in the cd player lol. The only poo part of the whole cd this though, is that my cd burner is poo and it won't copy cds, only like burn from the computer, so I have to download all the songs that I already have on disc, to burn onto a blank cd. That's gonna take a while. Poo on it.

But anyway when we got home and after dinner and all me and dad went and took our route and drove it so I could get a feel for it. It moves really well. The wheel is really tight (no not "oh hey man that is tight! Not Kris K at school lol). 'Tight' as in, if u move it a smidge, the car moves, it's easy to handle. But the brakes aren't as tight as the van, I have to push a little harder on those. But dad said we can get em tightened later. I told him last night when we were at a red light that I felt special cause I had a converti and that on tv and in the movies, u always see someone in a converti at a red light when everyone is looking around at the cars lol. I felt cool lol.

Ok tomorrow is our chorus concert. Do u have any idea how long were gonna be there? Forever! Were last to sing and we have like 6 songs to sing just by ourselves, and then all the other choruses have to sing too. Oh goodness and then that stupid slide show will take another hour, I know your thinking, no it wont, oh yes it will. Trust me on this one. It took that long last year and I thought I was gonna kill myself. But I think the whole show will be fun. The 6th grade should love us too if they get to watch lol. I love them there awesome lol. "HEY GUYS, I WENT TO THE STORE AND I BOUGHT AN APPLE, A BANANA, A LLAMA, AND A ZYLAPHONE!" haha :)

Ok im really pist off right now. I was suppose to go right after school and get my car today, but no, the Fed Ex people couldnt leave the check like they were suppose to now could they? No they didnt! We were suppose to get a loan today in the mail, cause they came yesterday and no one was home so they left a slip of paper that said that we werent home and all and that since no one was home they couldnt leave the money. That was fine cause they said they would try again the next day. But on the slip of paper it said if your not home and u want us to leave the money anyway, sign and fill this out, so we did. They didnt leave it! And my dad took off half a day of work and all for this. But it's ok cause he went to the car place and made some deposit on it so it's ours and were getting it tomorrow. But it ruined my day cause i've waited all week for it and I was so excited about today and then I get in the car and my mom was like dad called and he sounded mad and he said go home. So I was like joy. But it's ok I can wait one more day, it wont kill me.

But anyway class day was crap today. When we finally got up to sing, it's never felt that good to stand up. Omgosh it was wonderful. But anyway my skirt kept getting blown by the wind and on the way to the risers, the last step was steeper than I thought and I stepped down and almost fell. Yeah I know.

ONE MORE DAY TILL I GET MY CAR!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!! My goodness I swear Im gonna pee on myself before school is over tomorrow lol. Oh crap tomorrow is Class Day. Were gonna sit in that gym for hours. And I dont wanna sing. The only good part is that I get to wear a skirt to school and I have a good excuse lol.

Ok I forgot to mention yesterday morning that I got my LOTR puzzle!!!! I ordered a 700 piece 3D lord of the rings puzzle for my birthday! omgosh it's massive. It's gonna take me years to do it lol.

Ok I was gonna talk about elections yesterday, but if you wanna read go to Megan's journal (sorry cant do the link thing, im not that coordinated). Well anyway let's see.... Aaahhh oh yeah, i'm going to saturday school in a few hours! Joy! Well I don't mind that much cause im already up and I have nothing else to do except go look at my hopefully soon to be car in GA. So I think this is better because I had time to study and I have all the time I want to take it. But when I missed it, i missed 3 days of one week in a row too and I missed how to do it all. So I didnt know how to do the w/s last night. Yay. But SS is gonna be fine cause theres gonna be a big party of us sophmores there lol. Christin's comin and Jillian and Jamie, i've never been and I think I picked a good day don't ya think?

Yesterday after school Adam came and picked me up and we sat there for a while waiting for someone to be nice and let us pull out, cause he parked in the MS parking lot on the side next to the fence. So were waiting and waiting and he always likes to keep the windows down, but yesterday he had the air on. And Robby hadn't walked to his car yet (which is right above where Adam parked), cause I KNEW that if he saw Adam he would come and talk to him. And I told him to roll down the windows for some reason or another and he did. And i did that b/c his windows are tinted, so yeah u see what I mean. Well anyway, we finally get pulled out and were sitting there. And then I see Robby walking up from the locker room im guessing and I was like YES! But then Adam decided to roll up the windows, of course. And then he's walking towards his truck and I know he saw Adam cause he got this smirk on his face. And he walks over and he rolls down the window, and Adam was like hey man what's going on? And I have NEVER seen Robby this excited/have facial expressions like this before when he was talking to him (ok you have to understand he was like this b/c he bugged the CRAP out of Adam during football a while back. And I don't mean a little, it was constant torment, and he always talks to me about him and how much he loves to harass him). Well anyway back to the convo. Then Robby goes, "What's happnin? What is happnin? (it was HILARIOUS, well to me at least, sorry haha). And Adam had on his stupid cowboy hat and he was like nice hat there, and some other stuff and then he left cause we were blocking traffic. Oh it was great. But then of all days for that to happen, I didnt wear any make up.

IM GETTING A CAR!!!! AAHHHH!!!!!! WE WENT AND LOOKED AT IT TODAY AND ITS PERFECT! IM GETTING A CAR!!!! IT'S A 2001 RED MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE!!!! I CAN GET IT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY!! But im not 16 for 11 days lol. Who cares!?!?!?!?! IM GETTIN A CAR!!!! Now just so u know, when my parents say I can take people around, I will haul any of u around that want a ride :)

Rain, rain and more rain

Well well well, who woulda thought, school is closed! Haha thats too funny. I've never seen this much rain in my life. Well I heard that 153 on Lee hwy is flooded and closed,and 2 other important places are too. So that means alot of people cant get to school, so ya know what? No school! Yay! But the only bad part is we have to make this day up on May 30th, one more extra day that we dont need along with our wonderful snow day. Well anyway, we got out of school at 1:30 yesterday too cause they said a storm was acoming (or thats how I like to say it lol) and wait let me see, it hasnt rained since a night ago. Haha. We all were like, Why arent we out of school when we have a BBS river, which is making it's way to the bottom parking lot? And the seniors couldnt park yesterday either.

Well Hope said yesterday that they were talking about us and taking pictures of the school on the news, but we werent closed now were we?!?!?! Retards. They seem to care that we have no football field or ANY ground for that matter anywhere on campus! I think there's something wrong when the school makes you ride a bus or a van to get to lunch when its 200-300ft away. And again about Hope, when we were all talking yesterday morning, she said the funniest thing that was true too. She said, well instead of canceling school they'll make us get BBS kayaks that have the school emblem on them and they'll make us paddle everywhere we go and if we dont buy one, we'll get a demerit. HAHA.

Oh yeah the golf course right next to the school is a lake, there is no grass. If u had never been here or passed by there before, you wouldnt know what it was cause all you could see was the top of the flag markers. And then right on down from that, there actually is a real river that runs and you have to pass a little 2 lane bridge over it. The water is almost to the bridge. If you look below real good, the water is covering the 6-7ft trees. Yeah i know.

I wanna talk to Jillian!!! She was SO excited about the concert! I hope it went well. I want details and pictures lol.

Adam comes home today for good. Ahhhh. For the summer at least, which is all of May till the end of August. Not fair. He did buy me an Elvis snowglobe though. For no reason either. It's SO cute. It has a cartoon pic of Elvis on his toes and then 2 hands in shackles holding onto bars. It's jailhouse rock if u cant tell lol. Im glad I bought him a shirt in Gatlinburg for no reason though lol. It evens things out lol.

This is long...

Ok I have to say that the Gatlinburg trip was one of the worst trips I have EVER been on in my life. It was gross. The hotel was a piece of crap, Dollywood sucks, and i'm just as sick as I was before I got medicine, which was LAST monday. Ahhh our hotel was disgusting. We had black vinyl chairs, hard beds, and to top it off, we had 2 plastic cups in the cup holder which were used. Yeah, they had purple and other colors of liquid in them. Mrs. Rose is almost like the devil. The woman came back to the back of our bus and took the rubber bands away from the 6th graders and goes "Do anymore of you have any rubber bands????" and stormed up to the front. She told me, Casey, Jesse, Anne, Kristyn, and Callie to do something with our chorus dresses and all and to meet at the place to watch Girl's chorus sing and everything and then it turns out shes wrong. We sang and I had to lead everybody out onto the risers cause I was the last one on the top row, I felt special out of 50 something people lol. And then when we were all done with singing, it had started to rain, so me and Casey ran to the hotel in our dress and all and ran to get pizza cause it was suppose to be there at 11 and it didnt get there till 2:30. I hadn't eaten since 6 that morning.

And then after that we went out in Gatlinburg and went shopping. And I went into my Irish shop and I got another ring, and then I got Adam a redneck shirt (haha) and I got myself a purse, and something from Dollywood. Ok I saw this purse while we were getting water and I kept staring at it and it came in 4 different sizes, so I couldnt resist getting one. It looks like my straw purse with the wooden handles from Khols with the hibiscus flowers on it. But this one has like bamboo handles and its dark blue with hibiscus flowers all over it. It's SO cute.

Well anyway I have to say the best thing about the whole trip was Hard Rock and Dixie Stampede. We ate at Hard Rock on Friday night and on the way we got mooned by some awful teenage guys (long story, go ask Jillian she'll give you details lol). And anyway we could get 6 different things there, and then the whole time they blasted music and showed the videos and we sang along with em, it was great lol. And then on the way back to the hotel, John said he'd seen nuns earlier that day and then me and Casey and her mom saw Omish people earlier that day too! We saw them on the other side of the sidewalk and there were some men with long beards and they were actually wearing color, it was funny, and then the women had bonnets on and they all were pointing at things in amazement, it was quite an experience. Now I can say i've seen Omish people before lol. Oh by the way, I think Omish is spelled with an A, not sure though. But anyway....

Well then the next day we went and ate at TGIF's for breakfast, which was continental and they had bagels and danish's and fruit. It was good to me, but alot of people were complaining that they didnt like that stuff and that they wanted like eggs and stuff and I was like dude, take what you get, there are alot of people in this town who i'm sure would think that that food was a feast. And besides on the schedule it said Continental, that means basic, not a full out eat every breakfast food known to man. Sorry, blowing off a little steam, there will be more of that to come later. Well then we went and drove for an hour back to Knoxville for our last competition, and there were alot less of us since alot of people left, which I still dont see why people would come for one day and then leave. But anyway once again I had to lead everyone on the risers, but first Mrs. Wortman told me to get everyone in riser formation and then to be lined up at the door when she came back cause she had to conduct everyone else. Well no one was listening or anything and everyone was dancing around and talking and what not, so finally I just yelled as loud as I could, "OK EVERYONE GET IN RISER FORMATION RIGHT NOW AND LINE UP AT THE DOOR BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA GET YELLED AT!" And then everyone stopped and some of the guys were going Ooooo and Braden walked up to me and just had a blank look on his face and just stared me in the face and started clapping lol. So then everyone got in order and we were ready. I swear everyone in that class does not pay attention, no one does anything that there told to do. I will be SO happy when i'm out of that class.

Well anyway we changed on the bus and went back and got to Dollywood at like 1:30 or 2. And everyone was starving so it was me, Christin, Allison, Megan W and Megan G and Jillian. Well I was getting Casey to go with us cause she wanted to ride rides too, but we were walking in and I was screaming her name and she couldnt hear me so I walked on in and everyone was following behind and I was like ok, she'll be behind us and i'll find her. No. Couldn't find her. So we went on cause it was either find her by myself, or lose everyone else I was with, so I went with everyone else. And then later I found out that her and her mom looked for me for an hour and I felt like crap. So we were looking for somewhere to eat and we found this little sandwich shop and Jillian and Megan kept walking, at the time we didnt know why either. But anyway they gave us an 8$ lunch ticket and oh yeah the sandwich itself was 6.59. And that DID NOT include a drink. But it came with chips and a cookie. So the 4 of us ate and then we went to the TN Tornado and the line looked long, but it never stopped moving, so we got to ride in like 8 mins or so and it was great. That was the best ride of the day. And then we went and stood in line for another coaster, but that one was crap, it was more like a look and watch ride, not a real coaster. But anyway the entire time we were at Dollywood all I hear from Allison is I wanna go home, I wanna see Joseph, I wanna go home, I wanna ride a water ride, I wanna ride a water ride. So we find a stupid water ride and I didnt ride for the sheer fact that I didnt wanna be wet all day. So I sat and waited and they come out later soaked and Allison's shorts are soaked on the back so her butt's wet. Then for the rest of the day all I hear about is that her butt's wet and she wants her shorts to dry. She was the one who WANTED to go on the ride cause that was all she could talk about and then when she actually rides it and gets wet, which she knew she would, she complains about it. Well i'm sorry I dont wanna hear her crap anymore cause she whines more than anyone i know.

So then Christin and Megan got funnel cakes and we waited why they ate and then we went and rode the tiltor world, u know like at Lake Winnie? And then we went and rode the train, then we went and saw a Magic show, and that was fun cause the guy was funny. And just so you know, Casey said she saw 8 mullets at Dollywood alone (haha). And then by that time it was almost time to go. And u know the whole time i'm dying to go to Ireland cause it's Ireland, why wouldnt I wanna go? Well that was what we walked into when we first got there, so I was like ok we can do whatever yall want, just let me go to Ireland as the last thing on the way out. So we go and i'm basically running to get there cause it's 7 and we have to leave by 7:15-7:30. I finally get there and go to the cart that I saw earlier with all the Irish stuff, and ya know what? Who coulda guessed! It was CLOSED. Everything Irish was CLOSED. The park doesnt close until 9. I kinda wondered around with a blank stare on my face for a while trying not to cry cause that was the only reason I wanted to come on the trip. That was why I was excited. Then Megan told me that Krissy found a Celtic Heritage cart a little ways down that she took me to and I bought a doll there. And we got back on the bus and I sat down and cried. I was so upset. Everyone else got to do what they wanted to do, except me. I felt wonderful. I cried all the way to Dixie Stampede and I could of cried some more if we hadn't gone inside.

Well anyway the Dixie Stampede was the best of everything there. They take you in for 2 pictures, which you can buy during the show. And it was the 6 of us again like it was during the first part of Dollywood. And then we went in and it was so crowded and 4 guys were playing the guitar and singing and stuff and we didnt know where we were, but i think it was just to entertain everyone until we could go into the actual arena place. So then we go in and we were on the North side (ugh, well I thought that at first). Ok for all of you who don't know what the Dixie Stampede is, it's a restaurant/show from the Civil War and you sit on the North or South side and they have a show and play games to see which side wins and each row you sit in has a waiter and there dressed in a military uniform for the North or South and they bring you a whole chicken, soup, bread, barbeque, corn, potatoes and an apple turn over. And you eat everything with your hands and you drink out of Mason jars. It was great. Our waiter's name was Nathan and he was SO cute. We all were like drooling over him lol. And when we walked in he took us too our row and I was wearing my Ron Jon shirt and he goes hey, is that the Ron Jon in Coacoa beach in Flordia? And I go yeah! Well then they bring each food out one at a time to you and the whole time this is going on, this main guy on a horse is talking in the center of the arena and then the waiters and waitresses actually perform in between serving. It was crazy. Megan was like Hey thats our waiter! lol. And then when they were playing the games, Ebonee, Chelsea, Trent and Braden were brought out in front of the 200+ people there to play a game and we all stood up and started screaming. It was great. They had to ride a fake pony around and see who could do it the fastest cause they were playing against some older people. Well they won and they got medals, and then Braden and Trent took a victory lap around the arena after they'd won, it was great. And then our bus driver was in one of the competitions! Bo Diddley! We all were screaming, thats our bus driver! bus driver # 3 rules! lol it was the funniest thing. And then at the end they played one last game where everyone was involved and u had to pass the baton to the person next to you, but you had to stand and salute, but the North wasn't doing that, we were throwing it across lol, so we won.

Ok remember that picture I was telling you about? Well a woman came by and showed us the pictures with the cover and all and it was 22$ for 3 sets of those pics, so 3 people would get one. And everyone was like ok everyone were gonna split our money up, and I was like ok wait excuse me, why would I give yall money when i don't even want one? So basically I paid for everyone's picture when it comes right down to it. I had a 20$ bill and Christin had so much and I didn't get a picture. Why did I pay again? So now Christin owes me 20$. Ok heres the thing, my parents gave me 100$ for the trip cause I and they know that park crap is expensive and they give us crap to eat on, so they wanted me to use like 20-40$ on food alone, so I could get like water or something, which I did. But then I lent Megan W some money cause she didnt bring any extra, which is completely understandable cause the trip was ALL paid for. All of our meals were paid for, thats why we paid extra money early cause it was our food money. So in all I think I let Megan borrow like 5$ which was fine with me. But it kinda bothers me that people think I have all this money and wanna mooch off me. Ya know what I mean? It's like yeah I know I have extra money, don't come ask me for some cause thats rude. I AM NOT POINTING THAT TOWARDS MEGAN. I didnt mind giving her money cause it was for food, but other people think that its cool to come and get money from me, when in reality they should have there own. Sorry that really pist me off at the Stampede about the picture thing.


And then when it was over and we were leaving, me and Christin took a picture with the waiter! Christin was like can we get a picture with you? And he said sure, but not w/o my hat on first lol. And he came and put his arm around my waist! I hope thats a good picture. And then we left and sang songs the whole way home with the 6th graders. Ok I have to say, we all did not in anyway wanna be with the 6th grade, but those kids are awesome man. They have an odd idea of whats cool, but there great lol. So then we all couldnt talk when we got back. And then I was in the bathroom, and I look outside and there having a devotion outside some of the guy's rooms singing at 12 at night. Ok no offense, but what is with the Church of Christ's having devotions at 3 in the morning? I mean it's just as meaningful and good when you have them at 3 in the afternoon, but then your not falling over from sleep depravation. It reminded me of Winterfest, cause it was 3 am and we werent in bed yet cause were still singing. Not fun. But I wasnt there cause I was in the bathroom. So I didnt go. And then we finally go to bed and we go back to Fridays for breakfast the next day and we have church and then we go home, and we didnt leave at 10 like we were suppose to and we didnt get back at 12:30, it was like 1:15 or so. And by that time i'm just as sick as I was before I ever got any medicine in me at all. So thats why im home today. I left school early cause I feel like crap. My ear had popped and I was getting better, but the trip ruined me just like every other trip does. So now I cant hear out of my ear and I blow my nose every 30 minutes and im not joking about the nose thing. So, I'm going back to the doctor this week I think. And then last week when we were there he said he wanted to schedule an appointment with me to see my tonsills when I wasnt sick, which is next monday, and now i dont know if i'll be sick or not. Were getting these tonsills taken out when school is over. There massive in size, and he thinks thats one reason why my head always hurts cause my eyes dont water and i dont sneeze and all, its just my head. So that should be fun, and i just took a 2 hour nap, so i will let you stop reading now cause ive been typing for a long time. Bye guys!

Gatlinburg tomorrow! Woo! Ya know I wasnt excited about this trip when I first found out about it b/c i've been there too many times to count and besides I always get sick after a trip. But then I saw a Dollywood commercial and there gonna have festival of nations through may 11th and there gonna have Ireland! So now im going to see Ireland lol. Someone said (I think it was Jillian or Casey) that maybe the Irish dancers from Williamsburg would be there, haha I wish. But anyway then the schedule isnt packed at all which is good cause I do not like to do EVERYTHING. Were eating, singing, going to Dollywood, church and home. Sounds good to me. But ya know we could have the Lord's Supper on the buses on the way home, then we could get home quicker. Just a suggestion. But anyway we have to be at school by 6:30 tomorrow morning, yay. Ok I need to pack and do some other stuff.