I take that back.

So my last blog I wrote about winter, and how im so excited for it to snow. Yeah, I take all of that back. We got a ton of snow over the weekend and it hasn’t been to good for me. It’s too cold to even go sledding or snowboarding and the roads are way to icy to even be out and about. My family went to Iowa City on Friday and on our way home on Saturday; we could barely see the highway. It took us about six hours to get home. Pretty sure we were only going thirty miles per hour down the highway, and better yet, the snow plows weren’t even out. But we got home safe, it just took us forever. On the radio they said traveling is not safe during this kind of storm but that didn’t stop my dad, he wanted to be home as soon as possible.

My dad got me a car a few weeks ago but I haven’t been able to drive it because I haven’t had insurance or plates on it yet. I just got insurance and plates for it on Friday, finally. Last night I went to go start my car to warm it up and my heat doesn’t work now so therefore I can’t drive my car when its ten below with no heat.

Nothing good is going on for me this winter. I take everything I said back about how im so excited to do all this stuff and how i cant wait for all the snow. It just needs to melt already!

Tis' The Season To Be Jolly.

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la, la la. Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la, la la.

Christmas is right around the corner, and yet there is still no snow on the ground. Im really starting to get in to the Christmas mood. I have a lot of stuff already planned out for winter break. Me and a all of my friends are going to have a Christmas party, we each drew a name out of a box and got secret Santa’s. I have not made my Christmas list yet but my parents already have presents under the tree. I do know one thing i got though, a morkie puppy. I can't wait to see it. During Christmas break I go to about four Christmas parties a year and get a ton of presents. Last years Christmas sucked because I didn’t really get anything I wanted but I think I will be happy this Christmas because I need to start appreciating everything my parents do for me and what everybody else does for me. I can’t wait until you actually get snow on the ground so I can go sledding and snowmoboiling with all my friends. This winter is going to be a good one, I can tell already. (:

Winter

I hate cold weather, but I love snow. Why can’t we have snow in hot weather? I guess that’s just not how this world works. Some of the best memories come in the wintertime. Like being snowed in with all friends, and school getting cancelled. In the winter my friends and me always pull the sled behind my four-wheeler and drive around town, since that’s the only way to get around most of the time. We always go sledding too at the sledding hill in East Park, even though its cold, its always fun. My favorite part of winter is having those movie nights with all your friends, sitting by the fire, drinking hot coca and watching movies with tons and tons of warm blankets. Im actually pretty excited for winter this year. My family wants to get a snowmobile this winter since we have a huge open field in front of our house, and some of my friends have snowmobiles too, so we could all go riding around together. Usually I hate the sight of snow, but this year i have a feeling Im going to love it. (:

Rest In Peace

Two students at Mason City high school have died in the past week, Zach Graney and Colby Schmidtke. They were both really nice boys and i will never understand why god had to take them out of all people, but i guess god needed two more angels.

I seen the car in the water and found out who the the three people were. I was the one who called Sara and had to tell her the bad news. It was so hard telling a best friend that her cousin Colby got into a car accident. I have been here for her every step of the way, along with many of our other friends. I have known Colby for a long time. He had the biggest crush on me in eighth grade and we were really good friends. But as we both got into high school we drifted apart; that's something that i will regret. Colby was always joking around and messing around with people. He was in my fifth period class, its going to be hard going to class today and having to look at his empty seat. Him and Sara were really close and its really hard to see a friend have to go through this. His family is really strong, and so is he. We will all defiantly miss Colby and all his jokes he told.

Zach, I just talked to this kid the day before he collapsed. He was probably one of the nicest kids i have ever met. He always had the smile on his face. I remember when he would talk to girls, he would studder. He was always kinda shy. I remember the day i found out he died. I was laying in bed and checking my facebook on my phone, and i seen somebody write on Zach's wall and said, "r.i.p Zach, you were a cool kid!" and i was thinking, what the heck is going on? then i got a call from Sara and she told me, it was so hard to believe that somebody so young was gone. Zach was in two of my classes and everyday i look at his empty seat wondering why god took him. Zach's sister is probably one of the strongest girl ever. i don't know what i would do if my brother passed away, i would go insane. Zach's kind heart and big smile is missed.

This past week has been very hard for me because i used to be good friends with both of the kids that have passed away. Zach and Colby were both juniors. I guess i will never fully understand why god had to take them but i guess i will have to ask god when its my time to enter the gates of heaven. Zach and Colby are going to be missed in the halls of MCHS. Rest In Peace.

Drugs and Alcohol.

Sooo many teenagers these days are either drinking or doing drugs, its crazy. I know lower classmen who provide some upper classmen with drugs. I know parents who buy alcohol for there kids and there friends. I know middle schoolers who are doing drugs and drinking every weekend. I think this is becoming a huge issue. My parents want me to go to a smaller school because they don't want me getting into all these drugs, but no matter where you go there are drugs and alcohol. Some people think its cool to get high everyday, truth is, its really not. I have no idea where all these young kids and teenagers get the access to all these drugs and different types of alcohol but its outrageous. I had a friends that hungout with the wrong croud and got caught up into all sorts of drugs, herion, cocaine and meth. He got sent away to a rehad facility and he is now better. He said that doing all those drugs ruined his life. I would imagine they could ruin anybodys life. I think drugs are worse then alcohol but alcohol can be just as bad. Niether of them are cool to do.

This is getting old, real quick.

Blogging used to be fun at first, but now its getting a little to much. I have run out of ideas to blog about.. Everybody blogs about the same ideas, jersey shore, cell phones, texting, abortion, teenage sex, love, and some people even blog about mr.dykstra, haha. I think it would be easier to write a blog if you someone, like a teacher, told you what to blog about. Like gave each student a different topic to blog about because im pretty sure we have all ran out of ideas, there for blogging is becoming lame. I think many people would agree with me or I think we should just put blogging to an end. I think some people blog about stuff that they will later regret in the future. Whatever you blog about will be on the interent forever for everybody to read and i dont think some people realize that. Mr.Dykstra, blogging is getting old! Lets do something different and more exciting, or atleast give us different ideas to blog about.

The End is Almost Here.

Looking back at Elementary and Middle school i cant believe that I'm finally a junior in high school. I will graduate soon and be on my own. Each and everyday of school it goes by so slow, but when you look back the years went by so fast. As much as i hate school now, i think when I'm graduated I'm going to miss coming to school everyday and getting updated on the latest gossip and whose dating who. Even though I'm planning on attending college, its not going to be the same as high school.

Iv lately realized that grades mean a lot to the college your deciding to go to. I want to go to The University of Iowa, but i know for a fact that i wont get accepted with the grades that i have now. My parents push me hard to do good in school but yet i still slack. They ground me for getting bad grades; i have been grounded for about a month so far because I'm failing one class and yet i still haven't managed to get that grade up. Everybody says that your junior year is the hardest year in high school; I'm going to have to agree with that statement. I usually do pretty decent in school, but this year i have no idea whats going on. I'm more concerned with my surroundings and whats going on outside of school.

I really need to focus on my future and stop worrying about other things that are going on in my life. I only have about a year and half to pull myself up and do good in school. I'm really regretting getting bad grades in the past because its not as easy as you think to get them up and you cant change your grades from previous years. Colleges are going to look at that but Junior year and Senior year really matter to colleges. From now on, im going to do my best.