Sarah and the Adventure of Life

It's the little things in life that make you realize everything isn't as simple as it seems. If you have been wondering where I have been for the past couple of days, blame college! I briefly mentioned in my last chapter  that I am taking a college course with my local community college this summer. It started about ten days ago, and my life has been turned upside down ever since. It was stressful enough planning and packing for my upcoming university experience (I'm moving out in less than a month!), but this summer course has really added the cherry on top. Accurate representation of my summer Seriously, though. I thought AP classes were fast. The speed in an AP class is NOTHING compared to a Summer II Session class. Now, I don't mean to scare everyone and make you dread college. No. Go to college. The reason why I am being such a wimp about this is: It's a Math Course (Trigonometry) Absolutely No Lecture Way Shorter Semester (Normal Semester is ar...

Happy July 11th! For my friends who don't know what this holiday is, it's Cow Appreciation Day. Mooo! Translation: "Dress like me. Get free chicken." If you know me at all, seen my room, or my backpack, you know that cows have a special place in my heart. And, luckily, my friends know this too, so this past Christmas, my best friend, Kimberly, gave me a Cow Onsie. Well, a Kigurumi, which is basically the Korean version of a onsie.  Me in January, wearing my onsie. Naturally, July 11 is a very special day to me now.  However, if you didn't know, I started my online math class July 9. Since I am learning a semester's worth of math in a little over 5 weeks, you can imagine just how jam-packed the curriculum is. It's not too bad, and I'm actually kind of enjoying learning on my own.  Anyway, I made a goal to finish a section of the chapter today, so I worked straight through lunch without even realizing it! When I finally finished, ...

For all of my American friends: Happy Independence Day! I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Fourth of July weekend. I sure had a great time! I started the holiday by heading over the the Heritage District with my dad to see the annual parade. I think I might have seen this before when I was like, 6, but recently Fourth of July's have been spent indoors, cleaning in anticipation of visiting family. So, even though it was pretty hot and sunny, it was fun to bathe in the sun and see all the patriotism. Respect And, surprise surprise, my boyfriend, Luke was in the parade, too. I saw him, which is most important, but my snapshot skills were a bit slow that day, so this was the best picture I got.... Those calves tho. Since Dad only came to see the Fire Department (which led the parade) and I only came to see Luke (who was about third in the line up) we decided to ditch the parade early. Real patriotic, I know . I was lucky enough to be invited by Luke's Step-Fat...

I'm sure you have noticed, but look at my new blog!! Ooooooh Shiny! So, while you're here, let me take you on my blog tour!  If you look above, I have changed the theme color from red to purple . If you look at the background, you will see my absolute favorite movie displayed. *Ahem* Tangled. Minimized version of my background. And, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can see my updated bio and profile picture. :)  And, most important of all, if you look to your right, you can see my Question Box!  This is a picture. Don't try and click on it... So, this is a really cool application I put here (all by myself!) that will send me your questions! This might not be too useful now, but when I am in college and my whippersnapper friends have some burning questions, here I am! I will be featuring questions every time I post a chapter, so don't be shy!  The only downfall to this application is that it will ask you to sign...

I know I'm not the only one who is excited it's finally summer. We've all worked so hard in school; these three month breaks are totally well-deserved! Relaxing in the summer sun... However, as much fun as summer leisure is, it doesn't ever last long. It's nearly the end of June! And for a lot of us, we are all pretty busy. For example, I just got back into town from my Orientation. Orientation for every school is unique, but all usually have the same agenda. Initiation. Learning about the school, traditions, rules and regulations, benefits of choosing one school vs. another, and (best of all) registering for classes. Orientation for my school was two days of tightly packed information and fun. My head was swirling with new information mid-afternoon on the first day.  Me going through all the paperwork I was given Orientation was also great because my roommate and I finally got to meet each other in real life (We've been interacting via soc...

Raise your hand if you worry about things you shouldn't worry about. Meeeeeeeeeeeee Well, you're not alone. I do it, your sibling does it, your mom does it....we all do it. We all worry (especially your mother). A little bit of anxiety is okay because sometimes it motivates us, but I, along with many others, commonly slip too deep into the pool of worry.  I've been doing this recently, for a number of reasons. Some things were in my control (postponing writing thank you notes...sorry dear friends and family!), and some things I simply can't do a whole lot about right at this moment.  I am eighteen years old, but, honestly, I don't care what the law says I am... I am still a kid . And it's scary to grow up all of a sudden. In less than two months I will be living far away in a new, different place with new, different people, learning new and different things and this is one of the scariest things I have ever done. I know I can handle it, but that ...

Day Seven My family was reunited for our last day in Walt Disney's World. We decided to spend our last day in Animal Kingdom , one of the four parks of Disney World.  The iconic Tree of Life at Animal Kingdom  This park is basically a giant zoo; there are a bunch of animals like monkeys, macaws, otters, crocodiles, and so on scattered throughout the park.  Monkey! Monkeys! The park also has "Treks" where we can walk a trail and see animals.  A slumbering Tiger Sleepy Bats There was even a room on one of the Treks where exotic birds were freely flying about. This is particularly cool because many birds crossed our path...so close we could almost touch them! We called these Banana Pigeons, because they were yellow and looked like Pigeons! Cute little bird who followed us around! Colorful bird! Anyway, early in the morning, Dad and I went to go ride Expedition Everest ; a high speed ad...