Slice of Life Challenge # 16 of 15 ish

       Unfortunately, I was unable to join you fine people at school today because I spent my entire morning in the hospital. I went to the hospital earlier this week because my body hadn't been working the way it should and they suspected it was due to lack of insulin production and a hormone imbalance, so today was spent drinking tons of water and a couple different lab tests. After two bottles of water, a cup of hot chocolate and two failed attempts I was able to get a successful ultrasound done. That was crazy difficult because having the woman push on my bladder was causing me to "panic laugh" because I was scared I'd pee my pants. This slowed down the process because my laughter was making the picture move. They then tried taking my blood which also took forever because the first woman couldn't find a vein. I then jokingly mentioned to my mom that I would never make it as a heroin addict, she laughed which made me happy because I knew that the joke would go either of two ways. After I was poked and jabbed four times, we tried with another woman and she was able to get all ten vials of blood in a single prick. The first woman who tried to take my blood ended up talking to my mom about wrestling because it was Chase Peavler's step-mom while I was getting my blood drawn by Molly. Once that was all done, it was around noon and my mom had some errands to do in Anderson anyway so we stopped by Panda Express and picked up paint for the living room. While I missed some fun activities at school, I've decided that today wasn't half bad after all.

Slice of Life Challenge # 16 of 15 ish

       So I read this study on Yahoo that talked about how not having a boyfriend/girlfriend in middle school is actually beneficial. It went on to say things like kids who invest so much of their time in romance are twice as likely to use drugs and alcohol throughout high school and that their overall academic performance was much lower than those kids who didn't have a significant other. Reading that got me thinking of my younger brother, Matthew, and how he and his friends are so caught up in having a girlfriend all of the time. Also, all of the stuff he and his friends would post on Facebook and Instagram about how much they "love (insert name here)" and it just worries me that they won't be able to become the best they can be. I fear the day when he comes into my room telling me that he got some girl pregnant because he's too scared to go to my mom and step-dad. After reading that, it just makes my fears seem that much more real. I hope that he and his friends will be okay despite the many results from similar kids in the article....

Slice of Life Challenge 15 of 15 ish

     I told myself that I wasn't going to slice about Spring Break but here I am doing it. I'm so excited! While it seems like a lot of people I know are going to Florida and soaking up sun, I'll be in Illinois soaking up radioactive rays emitted from the tv in my friend Danielle's basement. It's going to be kind of weird being in Highland and having my friends be out of school too because the last few times I've gone there during break, I'd spend the mornings and afternoons with my grandma and then come 3 o'clock I'd be with my friends rounding up literally hundreds of pennies to buy chicken sandwiches in the McDonald's drive thru or something like that. I also plan to visit my adopted grandma in Effingham with my friend Heather so long as she doesn't get her license taken away.... but I really do hope we'll be able to go. I know come time Spring Break is coming to a close I won't want to face reality and come back to school but I know I will.

Slice of Life Challenge # 14 of 15 ish

     I saw this picture and thought it was unbelievably strange. I guess I've never thought about a backwards world where instead of humans picking fruits from trees, fruits would pick us. That made me think of all the other strange things that would happen in a backwards world. Would actors in a play clap for their audience or would the audience clap with their feet? Instead of us owning pets, would we be pets for cats and dogs? There are so many different possibilities out there. I couldn't imagine fish fishing for people but I suppose that very well could happen too. Would that mean whales would capture us and harness our blumber? It's all much too strange for me so thank god we'll never have to find out.

Slice of Life Challenge # 13 of 15 ish

      I seriously think that Disney movies have the best soundtracks ever. I'm actually listening to "I Won't Say (I'm In Love)" from Hercules. It's probably one of my favorite songs from all of the Disney movies. I really love the entire Hercules soundtrack. I also really like the songs from Aladdin, Pocahontas and Mulan. Even A Goofy Movie was amazing and had great music in it! I really wish that Disney movies wouldn't have changed and were the same type of stories that we all grew up loving with similar music that even at such a young age we were able to appreciate. Now their movies are blah and they don't even have catchy music. Too bad we don't have that time machine yet.

Slice of Life Challenge # 12 of 15 ish

       Lately, I've been listening to Marina and the Diamonds a lot because I used to be pretty into her music and for some reason just stopped listening to her. I absolutely love the sound of MArina's voice! It reminds me a little of Regina Spektor and while I know they don't sound the same Marina just kind of reminds me of her in that way. She makes such a variety of different sounding songs from super fun and poppy ones such as Oh No!, to more personal and not as lively ones like Obsessions. I think that all of the music she makes is awesome and I hope to one day see her in concert.

Slice of Life Challenge # 10 of 15 ish

       So, almost as soon as I got Roscoe I knew that I would eventually train him to use the toilet to keep me from waking up to the stench of cat poop in the morning, and besides I thought it was super neat when I saw it on Meet the Parents. I have recently looked more into it and have officially bought the CitiKitty training kit after reading tons of reviews. I'm still a little weary about it because it'll cost me a little over $30 and whatnot but hopefully it'll be well worth the money. I'll have to slice about it more once I get it but as of right now I'm super excited!