Life is getting really intense! Now, if you know me how I am lately, you’re probably guessing that I’m excited because of school and all that stuff. Well… yeah, you’re right!

I’m learning so much and I recently developed a mjor goal and the college situation just changed quite a bit!

First of all, I’ve decided that I do not want to go to college for audio engineering anymore. I figure that four years of that stuff is overdoing it a little bit. Plus, I’m interested in that stuff right now and all, but I know that four years of intense study is probably going to ruin it for me because it’s not a very abstract study. I’ve dicided that I want to go into college for mathematics and physics!

The major advantage to this is that I’m going to be going to IUPUI instead of IU which is going to be a major relief in terms of moving out and financial aid. I’m also going to be able to get in a lot easier.

The problem with it is that I’m not taking a math class this year. I’ve been feeling kind of guilty about taking AP Psychology just because I know I would have been amazing in Calculus, but today I realized what I’m going to do about it. This is my goal. I’m going to teach myself Calculus to keep my momentum this year. I need something to guide me into college so that I don’t slow down in math. I looked at Calculus books in Half Price today and they’re only 8 dollars! I found one that’s perfect. It doesn’t come with applications. It’s just abstract Calculus with no connection to the real world. That’s what I need to keep my brain going. Keep it simple.

In school, Psych has been really awesome. I finally got my grade up. It’s at an 88 now. I’ll get it up to an A soon. Speech has been great. English has gone really smoothly. I have to make revisions to my rough draft tonight to turn in tomorrow. I’m going to my mom’s this weekend and I’ll work on it there. Katies staying home this weekend so I get to have a mommy-son weekend! In ICP, it’s really easy, but I’m really applying myself and learning a lot. Accounting is going well. I love that class. French is cool. Government is awesome! I’m learning so much! I’m starting to really develop my mind. I’m so ready for college!

Still Remains and Gwen Stacy tomorrow! It’s going to be such a great time. I’m so excited about going. OMGZ! Life = amazing right now!

This whole week I’ve been working on my research paper and it’s coming together very nicely. I’m actually enjoying it quite a bit for some sick reason. All of my classes are good. My midterm was

Psychology- B-
Speech- B
English- A
ICP- B
Accounting- A-
French- B+
Government- A

Not the best I could be doing right now, but I’m working on it and have high expectations for my report card.

Tonight I’m to the first show at the emerson in forever! It’s seriously been like a year or so. I’m going to see Haste the Day and the Tide. It didn’t look like anyone else important was playing. I’m really excited about seeing the Tide for the first time. I’ve liked them for over a year now ever since Mike first started listening to them. He became a hardcore fan after he first so them. They seem like really awesome guys. Next Friday I’m going back to the Emerson to see Still Remains and Gwen Stacy. That should be so fun for me. I’m gonna have a blast.

This week I’ll be finishing up my research paper and after that’s out of the way, I’m going to be unstoppable in all of my classes. Tomorrow I’m going up to Burning Bridges for my first mentor visit with Joel. He’s the owner and guitarist/vocalist in Anapparatus and a couple other bands. He’s a really nice guy and¬†I really appreciate that he’s doing this for me. That should be fun.

I hope you all have a great weekend! Be good!

Time has been flying by. It seems like everything I need to do outside of school just get thrown into my pile of things to do and by the time I’m done with school stuff, it’s too late. It’s been so busy and there’s constantly something to worry about in school and always money needed to pay for something school related. It really sucks. I feel so bad always having to get my dad to pay for this and that.

My mom did this walk to Emmaus thing this weekend. She went out to a camp for 4 days and was completely separated from the world to be isolated with God! I’m really excited for her. I know she had a great time. I was meaning to write her a letter or an email for the past four days but now it’s Sunday and it’s too late. I feel really bad about that. Congratulations, Mom! I love you!

I’ll tell you¬†all the worries of this week! On Monday, I stayed after to work on research. I still have a ton of research to do until I have all of it for the whole paper… but I got plenty of time. On Monday I realized how many things I had to work on this week… In English I’ve had the research paper everyday. In French, I had a big presentation on Thursday which I did really well on. In Government, I had to write this 1000 word paper on the 25th amendment so, that kept me busy all Thursday. In Speech, I’m doing a researched speech about Wal-Mart. It’s good I have a good background on the subject because I would have been panicking about that. My speech will be on Wednesday. That’s going to be what I’m stressing about on Monday and Tuesday. In Accounting, in class, I’ve been working slowly so I had to find time to stay after school and catch up. I got that taken care of. On Tuesday, I have to do a mentor shadowing. I have all of this and on top of all of it this research paper which I’ve kept up completely on. I’d say I’m doing really well. In Psychology, we’ve been taking in quite a lot of information. There’s a test the week after this coming one and I’m going to be studying like crazy for that.

It’s so hectic! I’m so happy that I’ve been able to handle it without boiling over! I’ll just keep praying that I don’t trip up.

I think my grades are somewhere around here…

Psychology- B but if I do really well on the next test it will raise it to an A. Tests are 70 percent of our grade in there and I messed up that last one. I’ve done really well on getting all of my work done though.

Speech- solid B

English- A

Integrated Chem/Physics- A

Accounting 2- A-

French- it was a high B last time I saw my grade but I think my presentation bumped it up to a low A

Government- strong A