Scrolling down my mummy's blog-so many forgotten things. Makes me long for my past lives. It doesn't seem quite possible I'll never be in that house with my best friend again, running around and trying to make echoes. Or bouncing a bouncy ball along the hall, and quickly blaming Daddy when it hit the light fixture (true story-he did break a light bulb with a bouncy ball)
So I am content with photos and emailing. I still miss the suppressing heat, the joy of the first rain. The noisy classrooms with the old-fashioned desks and windows without screens. Walking into a mosquito net in the middle of the night when you have to pee like nobody's business. (Don't ask how many times that happened-I lost track after about 57)
But, hey, I am content now.
I guess.
random, but I LOVE my friends. One thing about having so many is that I love going to different ones when I'm in different moods. Andi and Kristen if you m=need to spill out a secret, Maddie and Alex and Sariah and Quinn if you just want fun, Anneka and 'Lisabeth if you desperately want to tease someone, Clara for a laugh, the guys if you want to talk about something OTHER than guys or makeup....Just kidding. Though most girls don't appreciate a good book. They are all slow readers which can bug me. Well, not all. Most.The list goes on. And they all are like my sisters. Or brothers.

Love

Spending a bit of quiet time next to my best friend in LA, skimming through pictures of me with short hair (much to my friends amusement) and writing a song in my head. I can never seem to stop the constant flow of songs through my head. It means I often sing random lines. Maths-playing with our awesome teacher's son-he has FINALLY stopped calling me Jonah. Settled for Ana instead. And begged for me to push him on the swing. Seems so much more fun than finding the least common multiples. Ah well.
there are times like this that are just so precious. Seeing my best friend read my mummy's blog, after I showed her how to make one. She was really excited. And she got so happy when only one of the sweetest people I know held out a loving hand to get her up off the ground. Just like me...I hope.
I love this school. We watch out for each other. Help each other along. I have so many precious friends. To think, I have only had one or two best friends before, but now I have a million! They are all so amazing. I love them all.

Beauty is often in the simplest of things.

Things I've learned.

Say I love you every chance you get.
Even though it can be difficult,catch whatever life throws at you.
It's okay to cry.
Make a good friend you can trust with anything, even if you're not a trusting person.
Don't let the past stain your future.
Even though it can be hard, impulsiveness has its quirks
Scream when you hurt.
Throw yourself into the things you love
Don't be scared to take a risk-even if you fail, you learned, right?
Question things.
Be proud of your accomplishments.
Speak your mind.
Learn to let things go.
Practice detachment
Be patient
Hug people
Eat cookies
Swing
Stand up for someone.
Express yourself
Make a fire ( IN a fireplace)
Laugh.
Don't be afraid to go out there and fall in love with someone, even if you've been hurt before
Hike
Look to the horizon, not at your feet (It's prettier)
Focus on the present and the future.
Don't dwell on things you can't change
Don't give up
Sing your heart out
Remember that there's always someone out there who loves you.
Live life to the fullest-who knows if there even is a tomorrow?
Live a simple life.
Listen to good music-it helps clear your mind when you're mad.
NEVER say "I can't!"
Keep contact with people you hold dear.
Call someone at a random time just to tell them you love them.
Drink tea.
Cry when you're happy, sad, or anything in between. There's no shame in it.
Don't complicate already complicated things.
Don't be scared to say what you feel-someone will listen.
Smile.

HI!

Halloween dance tonight! YAY! I got my eye stabbed out on the bus. One of my friends tried to give me a V8 but we went over a bump and he missed my forehead and got my open eye with his palm. HARD. I tried putting a band-aid over it so i wouldn't strain it. That worked well...OR NOT! I DIDN'T rip off my eyelashes, but I suspect my right eyebrow is slightly bald. Oops. Ah well. they're ninja eyebrows-practically invisible. haha. Oooh ooh LOOK! ninja- QK see it? tilt your head sideways.
My friends teased me about my band aid eye patch, evidently I looked like a pirate. ARGH! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Mwah ha ha.
haha. i wrote "jouse" insteed of house. And yes, spell check, I KNOW it's not a word you don't need that squiggly annoying line under EVERYTHING! It's called being creative and making up your own words. SO THERE!
Ha!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRgh! My sliver tooth is wobbly. When it falls out I'mm gonna stick it in Coke and then have a silver-metal-cap of my tooth. AWESOMENESS!
Did you know something? Silver and orange are the two English words that don't rhyme. That means antidisestablishmenterianism, the longest common English word, has a rhyme. COOL!

ok. ENUFF! Yoda. HA! Anyway. BYE!
love
~A~