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Hey guys. It’s been a while. Sorry about that. Most of my major exams are over; I just have to manage to pass finals for English, Chem, Math, and IED, and the SAT IIs for APUSH and French. My APs (APUSH and French) were mostly easy. Hoping for a 4/5 on APUSH and 3/4 on french. Actually, I was so surprised at how easy french was. The speaking portion (the one I was freaking out about most) was probably my strongest. My essay-DBQ-thingie was pretty terrible though, and the reading section was confusing at times. I’ll probably get a 3. Only 5% of non-native speakers get a 5, sooo. I can just cancel my score and take it again next year as a junior, ’cause that’s when you normally take it. No one would have to know…Anyway, I’m just glad those exams are behind me.

My two grandparents are coming on Thursday, but, unlike Sonny’s, they’re only staying for 5ish days. Overall, my grandparents are amazing, as well as cliched. For example, it is true that my grandmother make the best cookies ever. However, we just have to avoid talking about politics, because they are really conservative/religious people. I think we’ll just be doing touristy stuff around DC and Annapolis. How fun (./sarcasm) I suppose the amount of german being spoken in our house will increase, so I won’t really understand anything that’s going on…

I’m sad because a lot of people I know (well, 4) are moving away to different countries over summer break. I know two people moving to Sweden, one to South Africa, and one to Germany. It’s kinda sad. I mean, I don’t actually know any of these people that well, but still. I know I’ll probably never speak to or see them again. I won’t even remember what they look like or who they are in a few years. It’s depressing that the world is so big that you will probably never encounter someone again. Our lives only intersected for a short while. Whoa, getting a bit existential. I guess I should just appreciate the wonderful people I do have around me.

 

Plan for the next few weeks:

Moo?

So I think this is my 10th post. \m/  I just went and ate falafel and it was good.

I keep hearing everyone freak out about their AP exams. It’s weird–I honestly don’t feel worried about mine. APUSH is one of my better subjects and the practice exams I’ve taken so far are easy. I’m just a little bit nervous about my hand falling off or turning to dust during the 2 hour writing section or freaking out about the DBQ and using all my time on that. French is weird. My teacher hasn’t told us anything about the test or what’s on it, soooo I’m kinda screwed for that test. To people getting Mr. L next year: He’s a good person and really, really weird, but he doesn’t teach you much. Also, the SAT II for USH was today. Watermelon told me it was easy, so I’m not too concerned for when I take it in June. I also decided to take the SAT II for french with listening because it has a greater curve and less vocab apparently, so that’s next November.

Umm, I feel like this post was really boring, so I scoured my computer to find something interesting. Here’s a photo to make up for it maybe. It’s of me looking very dignified with some cows when I was 6. They have cow bells ’cause they’re Swiss cows. Swiss cows are obviously superior. :3

 

No, Sonny, this doesn’t mean you must put up a picture. Besides, this photo is mostly full of cows. People will be looking at the cows, not me. I mean, it’s a ratio of of like 3 cows to 1 Marlena.

 

Today

I’m blowing off homework for you guys to post this, so..feel special.

Today was ok. Watermelon and I have basically finished our IED (intro to engineering design class) project which was to design a bike storage system for someone who lives in a small apartment. Our solution was to create a pulley system so the bike could be hung from the ceiling. We are quite brilliant, if I do say so myself. Anyway, the project was due on monday, so naturally we were spazzing out with my friend Sonny and his IED partner at lunch in the computer lab. It was fun! :3

After school, Watermelon, Panda, and I went to help a former teacher like we do almost every week. This time we took the bus, and got off at the right stop. Watermelon usually freaks out because she thinks we’ll miss the stop and have to walk across the highway–that was ONE time. Then we graded students social studies notebooks. Unsurprisingly, most of them failed. Anyway, here are some blurru photos from the concert on monday. It’s kinda weird. When you’re at a concert, it suddenly hits you at random moments that the band are real people and not just pictures on the internet.