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We went to Grosse Pointe South today for a track meet. They crushed us, of course. But I decided something as soon as I got to the familiar part of Grosse Pointe. If I had to live anywhere in Metro-Detroit, I would live in Grosse Pointe Woods/Farms/Park. I have vague memories of it from way back when I lived there, but going though it again, seeing all the beautiful houses and the parks and the lake and everything just made me decide that if I had to move anywhere in Metro-Detroit when I'm older, it would be to the East Side. The rich East Side. I'm just not that big of a fan of the Birmingham people. There are some very nice people in B-ham, but then there are these incredibly annoying people. So I guess once an East Sider, always an East Sider.

Well, this week has been so much better than I thought it would be. It was really long, and I didn't get to sleep in this weekend, but I'm ok with that.

The track team won the Lake Odessa Invitational. Outright won it. I don't think we've ever won an invite (besides regions, but that's an easy invite). This year is gonna be a good one. I ran my best mile and 2 mile ever. 6:27 and 14:30. That was very exciting. And I passed 2 people at the end of my race. And my points actually counted because everyone counted! It was a fun meet, and I looked like a lobster yesterday, but now my face is very tan, and I'm getting the track tan.

Other than that, life is good. 6 weeks of school.

Yeah, life throws you curves
But you learned to swerve
Me I swung and I missed
And the next thing ya know
I'm reminiscin' dreaming old dreams
Wishing on wishes
Like you would be back again

I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song
We danced to and then
I head off to my job
Guess not much has changed

Punch the clock
Head for home
Check the phone, just incase
Go to bed
Dream of you
That's what I'm doing these days

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Yeah it's ok. It's so nice.
It's just another day in paradise.
Well, there's no place that
I'd rather be
Well, it's two hearts
And one dream
I wouldn't trade it for anything
And I ask the lord every night
For just another day in paradise

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There's your trouble, there's your trouble
You're seeing double with the wrong one
You can see I love you, you can't see she doesn't
But you just keep holding on
There's your trouble

I just got back from my trip to Pittsburgh. I visited Carenegie-Mellon. I never thought I would fall in love with a school, but I did. This school is everything I could want. They have an amazing engineering school, great pure science programs, a musical theatre club, a music conservatory...and so much more. The campus is very very pretty, and Oakland and Pittsburgh are the right kind of town. Now I just need the scholarships. That way I can be a Tartan. A tartan is a plaid, by the way. A blue, green, red and yellow plaid. That is the school's colors. And their marching band is the only "band without pants". They wear kilts. Men and women. I think that's pretty cool.

For the first time, I'm not worried about what I'll do after college. Carnegie-Mellon is supposed to be a great place to get jobs. And plus, that's pretty far away anyway.

I love Spring Break so much right now. Yesterday I got back from up north. We went skiing at Crystal, and it was quite possibly the nicest weather and snow ever. Now I'm just looking forward to one more week of break. On Thursday, I think I'm leaving for Pittsburg to visit Carnegie-Mellon University. That'll be fun. Other than that, all I'm doing this week is working, which is good. I enjoy work a lot, more than I probably should. I really love dogs now. I've decided that as soon as I can, I'm gonna get a dog. I'll probably get a rescue dog or something, because the dogs I love most at the vet's are the mixed dogs.

If anyone wants to do anything this week call meeeee I'm bored.

Today was a big day for me. My mom took me to the bank, and we set up a checking account for me. As in I am armed with a debit card, and I also have a place to put all my money from work. I feel like I'm growing up too fast. In less than a year, I'll be 18, a complete legal adult with control over my own life. I'll be heading to college. It's really scary. And kinda exciting. But really scary.

I also bought Little Shop of Horrors CD today. I'm so excited for next year's musical, its not even funny. I'll be really disappointed if they switch it to fall. I swear, that would suck some major ass.

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For the first time in a while, I realize that I am actually happy. I wasn't missing anything like grades or boys or whatever. I was missing sports. Now that track has started, I remember why I love running so much. I go down to the track, and I leave all of my problems behind. I can get all of the pain I'm feeling out through the pain in my muscles. I can wake up the next morning feeling sore, and know that I worked hard, and that the pain will only make me stronger. And that feeling is amazing. Life just seems so much nicer now that I'm running again. Plus, I missed the team. I love all the Fried's room people to death, but hanging out with new people, different people, is so much fun.

In other news, I don't have homework tonight. So I'm doing nothing. Maybe I'll do my math homework if I really feel inclined.

So I'm gonna die next year. After the second week. I'm gonna be a senior, and my schedule is:

Choir
AP Survey
Orgo (H)
Physics (H)
AP French V
BC Calc
Gov/Civil War (H)

7 classes and I'm a senior? I don't know what I'm thinking.

And I'm talking about getting screwed for next year, I'm screwed for tomorrow! I hate history papers/editorials/worthless thingy-ma-bobbers-that-no-one-cares-about.

We have a 2 hour watch a movie/assembly. That sounds like the perfect time for a nap.

Well, I've finished that whole SAT thing. And today, I discovered to be a national Merit Finalist, you need to do well on the SAT. Well, I hope I did well.

I had my meeting with Mrs. Penkala and my parents last week, and we talked about colleges and stuff, and all that stuff we're supposed to talk about. So I went and researched this weekend, and I found 2 colleges that seem like they would be interesting for me, and that could be affordable because they have massive endowments. So my college list (at this moment, it changes all the time) is:

-University of Michigan
-St. Olaf
-Hope
-Rice
-American University
-Carnegie-Mellon
-Ohio Northern
-Yale
-Princton
-Dartmouth

Sometimes I really wish that I qualified for need-based aid. I'm right in the middle, where my parents make too much money for me to be able to get need-based, and where they don't make enough to be able to pay for the schools that dont' give merit-based. So I have to be able to qualify for scolarships and stuff.

One week left till break. I'm so excited to get out of school. Lately, it just seems like school is taking forever, and I just wanna get out of the building.

Track starts tomorrow. I hope it'll be a good season.

Junior year has 9 weeks left in it. 9 weeks till we are seniors. That is v. amazing. Seniors. I never thought I'd ever be a senior. And now I'm about to become one. That's scary.

ETA: I updated my list. Because my parents and I talked about it.

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