Senior-itis

Finally! School is almost over! At least high school anyways. But either way, I am super excited that I just started the fourth and final quarter of school. I only have about a month and a half before school gets out. And I cannot wait! Woo! Also, today I went and had my senior pictures taken. If there is anything that makes you feel really old, it is when you take your senior pictures, especially when you put on the cap and gown. We took a few of those, and boy did I feel super old. I just couldn't believe that I really am graduating in less than two months. Awkward... Even though I am old, I am sooo excited to get done with it! WOOOO!! And for your benefit/interest, I have added a countdown to the day that I will officially become a woman!! :D
~PS~ I will post my senior pictures when I get those back, but that won't be for a bit...sigh.

~MeL

Apparently I can't sit with Widows...

Yesterday, I went to the Spring Glen church ward because a few of the other Seminary Council members were speaking and I wanted to hear them. Well Rebecca Goodrich and I arrived a little early (like an hour! we were told the wrong time!), and so we decided to just sit down and wait for our teacher to come. We parked ourselves on the very last comfy bench in the chapel. A few minutes later, this older lady walks in and heads right toward us. She stopped right in front of us and just stared at us. Finally she tooked at me and said, "You are in my spot." At first I thought she was just joking around, but she looked totally serious. So, trying to be polite, I simply said, "Oh I am sorry, Would you like us to move?" I thought she was going to to just say that it was alright and that she would sit somewhere else. Well instead she said, "Ya, this is the widow's bench. This is where we all sit." I just sat there shocked. I couldn't believe it! Rebecca and I just started laughing (although we toned it down because the woman was still standing there waiting). The woman then said that we could sit down at the other end of the bench, just not where we were. So we moved. As soon as we moved over, the lady immediately sat down. I just kept laughing to myself, trying not to burst out. To the side of me, Dayton Martindale (the other semiary council member speaking) and his mother were laughing so hard. They were turning their heads away to make sure that the woman did not see them laughing. I was really funny. One thing I have learned is that apparently, I can't sit with widows...
~MeL~

Sterling Scholar

As many of you know, I was selected as the Math Sterling Scholar for Carbon High. Well, the competition was today and I am so stinkin' glad it is over! I have been waiting for this day for 6 months! WOO! In the competition, I thought I did pretty good. I got one of the Runner-Up positions. I am perfectly happy with that! At first, I did think that I had a better shot of winning the dang thing, because I thought that I did really good on the interview and my book was really nice, I thought. But as I was looking at the other competitor's books, I knew my chance was shot. One of the other competitors, Brett, had scored a 35 on the ACT test, and a 36 on the Mathematic section. Well shoot! If any of you know the ACT grading scale, a 36 is a perfect score! There was absolutely no way that I could beat him. I just couldn't top it. But I am happy for him; I met him and he is an incredibly nice guy. So I thought I did pretty good under the circumstances. :D

We could never look at the cameras at the same time! None of us were ever smiling together! :D

Myself with my friends Rebecca and Katie, both who also were Runner-Ups for their categories, English and Music.