Assignment 24: chapter three of four- Emma Lauritzen

I have had weird school years. There was the year that we had two weeks of snow days, the year the swine flu went around, the year we had a whooping cough outbreak, the year I was a part-time student, or the year where I was in the hospital and did a semester online. And then there was this year. The weirdest of them all, which is like a big combination of all of the other weird years. 

This was a good year for the most part. I finally found my perfect friend group, I somewhat discovered what I want to do with my life, I loved my teachers this year, and I made some great memories, and I played a bigger role in the school. Those were my successes, on the other hand I did have some failures. I dated a really mean guy, I confessed my love for another guy again, I didn't push myself hard enough in school, and I should have stayed more out of the drama and controlled my temper. 

One lesson I learned this year was that you can have your cake and eat it too. I learned that I can be happy, have fun, and be a good student. This was a big risk I took this year. Another risk I took was letting my freak flag fly and finally embracing myself for the loud, emotional, flower child that I am. 

This summer I was supposed to go to Costa Rica for a month. I was supposed to scuba dive, rock climb, see endangered species, and zipline. But instead, I will be not doing that. I don't really know what I will do this summer. I signed up to teach a psychology class this summer but besides that its an empty calendar. 

I have two goals for my senior year, the first one is to not cry more than five times in Ms. Deweeses class and the second is to experience a lot of joy. 

It's so odd that the year is over, se la vi (I don't know how to spell it and I also don't know what it means but I like it).