No time

Just a quick update while I have a moment. I've been super busy because of huge projects, tests, homework, etc., etc. Good news is that I'm done with the driving classes and I only have two more days until I am flying to New York City! The funny thing is, we keep finding these news articles about airplane pilots who flipped out and said there was a bomb on board (he had to be restrained by the passengers!), and a woman who went crazy and attacked the crew members, scratching and kicking them. It figures everyone in the aviation business would go insane right before we fly out. Oh well, we'll pray for the best and be ready to tackle whoever freaks out next.

I wish you all a good week and spring break!

Sarah

p.s. I got two new books: The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. I'm reading Hemingway now and so far I'm loving it. It is so obvious that it is written by a man. It's great!

In time...

These next two weeks are going to suck pretty badly, but after that life is going to be so much better! For this approaching fortnight I'm going to have my hands full with school, stupid SAT prep classes, even worse driving classes, and bunches of homework and tests.

However, right after this interval of slavery comes a week of glorious freedom! Spring break is going to be so nice because it marks the end of my SAT prep classes, the end of my driving classes, a short reprieve from school (not to mention I'll be going to NYC! ah!), and the beginning of my 16th year. I am so ready to be able to drive by myself and give blood. Yeah, call me weird but what I'm looking forward to the most about being 16 (besides getting my license) is being able to give blood. After April 10th, I'm driving myself to the nearest blood drive. It'll be great! :)

Anyway, I need to go. Have a good weekend because the Lord knows I won't haha ;)

Sarah

Books are special friends

I was revisited today by an old friend, Lord of the Flies. It wasn't that long ago that I read it, but it still seems too long. I flipped through it, read certain parts that I love, and realized how truly good it is. William Golding is brilliant writer. His book is full of symbolism and morals and lessons to be learned, yet it is still an entertaining, adventurous and extremely well written story. It slowly grows on you as you read and eventually becomes a close, wise friend. You realize how much you love it when you pick it up. It's not like the Hunger Games trilogy which fills you with immediate, frenzied passion to find out the end of the story, but is a consistent, modest fondness that is easily forgotten (however it will resurface every time you pick up the book).

I don't know, it is something to observe. This year I am going to be reading plenty of classics and I am wondering if they will all have this effect. Do our books today give us temporary highs and show us different lives but don't teach us different lessons? I feel like classic books are wiser than the ones today. They say something, they have a purpose. Is that lacking in books today? I don't know. It's an interesting question that I hope I can find the answer to.

Sarah

MAKE KONY FAMOUS

Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it, it's long but for the sake of all things good and beautiful, watch it!

WATCH ME

Now spread the word!!! Make him famous! We can end this THIS year! I made that pledge at the 25 event: "We've seen these kids, we hear their cries! This war must end! We will not stop! We will not fear! We will fight war!!"

I intend to keep my promise. Will you help?

Sarah

My life consists of...

Jesus Christ
School
Homework
Sleep
Yoga
Listening to music
Homework
Hiking
Homework
Homework

Life? I have no life. On a random note, though, I have fallen in love. Yes, I am totally and unmistakeably in love. With whom? Oh, I think you mean with what. Yeah, it's not a person, it's a band, The Tree Ring. Oooh my goodness it's the best. Look 'em up, kiddos, they're super cool. Anyway, I'm going to go smear some paint on my notebook and call it art. See ya!

Sarah