As I'm swimmin' through the stereo, I conduct a symphony of sound

I'm listening to Turning Tables by Adele right now. My sister's been trying to get me into her music for a while now, and I finally have. I love it. I spent all day today studying for finals which start next week. My first final is Government and right after it is Geography, my two hardest classes. They would be on the same day. Then I have English on Thursday and Spanish on Friday. Right now, I'm most unsure about Government and Geography. I really want to do well on these last two tests so I can pull a B in them. I think I'm studying for these finals more than I have before. :) Hopefully, it'll all pay off.


I wrote, edited, and turned in my last paper of the semester yesterday and it just lifted this huge weight off my chest. I now have three-ish months to write whatever I want. I'm sure most everyone has already started thinking about what they want to do this summer, so here's what I want to accomplish this summer...

• Read, read, read. I want to finish Mere Christianity, Franny and Zooey, Just Jane, and Breakfast At Tiffany's. I want to read more Nicholas Sparks and Anna Karenina, too. 
• I want to finish my novel. I'm seven chapters in and I think if I can dedicate a couple solid hours every day to working on it, I can get it finished. 
• I want to do a study of the book of Jeremiah. I'm doing it on my own without a study guide. We'll see how it goes. :)
• Continue growing my hair out. 
• Find at least three new musical artists who I consider my favorite. 
• See those friends who will be moving away for college before they go.

Even though I've technically been out of high school since the beginning of this year, I'm getting excited about my 'graduation' that's coming up in a few weeks. I decided that I wanted to have a high school graduation just because. It isn't going to help me get into college or anything. I just wanted to be able to have senior pictures and a graduation ceremony and all that jazz. It'll be sort of cool to stick it on a job app too, I suppose. :) I also get to graduate with one of my best friends which is really awesome. I'm getting super stoked for the mission trip coming up in June! If you haven't heard me talk about it already, I'm going with my church's choir on a mission trip all over Texas where we will be doing Juvenile Detention Center ministry. Through music, we're going to bring these kids the hope of the Gospel. Please be praying for us. :) I know God already has the details figured out. 

I'm in the process of applying for a summer job. I'm applying to JCPenney, Macy's Barnes & Noble, Braums, Cinemark, Mardel, and my church. Hopefully, I'll get something but I feel completely unqualified. But I guess everyone's got to start somewhere. 

I'm also making up my class schedule for this coming fall and I just need one more class to have full time student status. The class I wanted is completely filled in all sections, so I really don't know what to take. I had this problem last time and ended up taking a class I didn't need. I also ended up hating the class, so I'm definitely not signing up for anymore useless classes. 

Well, I'm going to sign off. I have a lot to do before I can tackle my summer goals. Thanks for reading!

M