I have so much to do! This last couple of weeks have been beyond busy. I've had two applications to fill out: National Honor Society and the Paris Scholars application. I've just been constantly busy and stressed. It's ridiculous. And exhausting.

We've been reading Fahrenheit 451 in AP Lit, and that's really interesting. It's kind of been freaking me out. It's set in a future-istic time when technology has completely overrun people's lives, and books are banned. I think it's weird to think that we could possibly be heading towards that. I had to mention it because it's been bothering me.

Okay, and prom is coming up really fast. I have my dress, but I need shoes, and I plan on getting them tonight. And I have a YMCA auction to work Saturday, and May Fete Sunday. So I have a busy busy weekend coming up, but that's nothing new. (:

I have not had a good week. I just feel like everything has been going wrong. Not so much that everything has been going wrong, really--but I've had so much to do lately that time has been getting away from me. And I don't get very much sleep, so that kind of adds to the whole thing. I just wish I had some time to myself once in a while. Even though this weekend is going to be busy, I think it will be fun. I've been wanting to do May Fete for my entire high school career, but this year I'm actually going to do it. So I'm pretty excited about that. Also, I'm going to visit a college on Monday. It's the first one I've gone to see:)

This week I turned seventeen! It was an awesome birthday. I am so ready to be seventeen. It just feels like it's going to be a good year!:) Also, this week I had WYSE, which is like a day where nominated students go take tests in certain areas. The tests are really hard. Anyway, at WYSE they were having drawings, giving away t-shirts and pencils and stuff like that. Then they started giving away electronics, like PSP's and a laptop and Ipods. I never win anything, ever, but this time I won an Ipod Touch, which was funny because I got one for my birthday literally five days ago! So that's my funny little story of the week!:)

Ice storm! That's what happened here in Paris this week. An inch or two of ice on the ground, strong winds, and negative temperatures meant four snow days for us:) It was also a great opportunity to take pictures, which is what I did yesterday. Everything is covered with ice and icicles, and it looks really cool. I got pictures of the trees, the grass, and various items in my front- and backyards. I just like the way everything looks when it's icy-like it's glass. I do wish it was spring already, though!

Oh, and that journalism conference I was talking about last week? I got in! Now I just have to fundraise the enormous amount of money it costs to go! :)

Also, I'm putting one of the pictures I took yesterday up.