Home Again

He thought you meant to find fault with his work.

That's what the average farmer would have meant.

James would take time, of course, to chew it over

Before he acted: he's just got round to act."

-The Code, Robert Frost

Ok I'm going to say it right now: I REALLY don't want to go back to work tomorrow. I'm really enjoying not working. And no one is to say I NEED the job. I manage fine without the extra money, and I could always find less...committed lines of work, like tutoring or cleaning or teaching piano lessons. However, the extra cash is a blessing, I really do love my job, and I simply can't leave them short-handed right now.
As this is such, I will be waking up tomorrow and returning to work after my break off. *Sigh*
I got back from girls' camp on Friday. The trip was shorter than normal, which stunk because it was my last year, but I had a blast. There is a ton to write about but only so much I can say before anyone who bothers to read my blog suddenly gets bored and decides to go do something more fun and exciting, like...get the mail, or...scoop cat litter. Yeah. SO: Highlights: 1) Being a YCL, 2)Getting lost but not really* on an incredibly long hike, 3) High Ropes course, 4) Eating a ton of junk food on an already sick stomach on the last night, having it all come back up, then going on as normal for another 3 hours, because I could, 4) learning a new verse to the frog song, 5)pretending I had a venomous snake bite and a first degree burn.
Want to hear one of the MOST embarrassing things of my life? I got my Report Card last week. Sadly, the Most Important report card in my highschool career is also my worst by far. Worst of all, I failed second semester Pre-Calculus. I don't think I have time to repeat it before I turn in my college applications either. Looks like I really WILL be spending my first year or two in community college. Bummer. Seriously, I really am upset with myself. I actually TRIED in that class. I also mysteriously missed all of this year's deadlines for the ACT and SAT, with no help from my school counselor. Senior year will be rough. I'm still excited for my AP English and AP Psychology classes though.
Some weird thoughts have been wrestling in my mind lately.
1) By this time next year, I'll be headed to college (of some persuasion) and life on my own
2) Liberty Jail is one of the biggest oxymorons of our time
3) This is my last summer as a legal kid.
I'm burning through books faster than I can borrow them from the library. In the past two weeks of summer I have read the first three books of the House of Nyte series (I don't recommend them), the last two books of the Twilight series(I had started the first two during school, so it doesn't count), Graceling by Kristin Cashore, and The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman. I REALLY recommend Graceling and The Other Side. The last one is interesting if you're against the whole, 'Global warming and socialism' thing. :)
That being said, I'm reading a book of Ray Bradbury's Short Stories to break the tedium between library trips. Does anyone have anything they recommend? I'm liking the fantasy/young female heroine/handsome mysterious gentlemen the heroine falls in love with thing right now. Maybe it's because I want a boy in my life. I don't know. Oh well.

Love, Happiness, and Music to all!

*My definition of getting lost: Having no points of reference as to where you are, not knowing where you are, no way of finding where you are, no communication to help you find your way, and not remembering which way you were supposed to be heading. Basically, being on your own and helpless in the middle of nowhere. There's a reason I say I'm never lost: I've never not been able to find the place I was going to.