Community Day

"So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them." - Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

*All credit goes to Julie B. :)

Yesterday was community day! I was debating on whether or not I should blog about it right now because of how much work/studying I have to do, but I realized if I didn't do it now, I probably wouldn't ever. Regardless, community day was a lot of fun, and I'm glad I went!

I had to volunteer/run booths so I didn't have much time to enjoy everything that our community put out for us, but it was mainly little kids doing the fun things like hayrides, the moon bounce, rockclimbing, decorating pumpkins, etc. Because our high school just got rebuilt, I was indoors helping people tour around the school. And afterwards, I went out to help French club, only to find out they JUST shut down the booth. So I spent the remainder of the time hanging out at Latin club and chem club because that's where some of my friends were. :)

Community day was beautifully planned out though. As I said, there were things like hayrides, etc., but there was also a concert in our brand new auditorium, outdoor music, balloon making (little kids were everywhere with these fancy balloon hats!), acrobats/people on stilts, booths for essentially every club in my high school, community booths, tons of food, and more!

At around 7, I met up with Iris and Nick and we drove over to Chipotle for dinner! It reminded me of all the times I went to Chipotle in Pittsburgh and summer memories started boggling me down. I didn't even come close to finishing my food because of how much they give you, but after that we went back to the high school to get ready for the dedication fireworks!

We met up with Eddy and Michael for the fireworks (unfortunately no pictures of those...my camera wasn't cooperating with me so), but the fireworks themselves were beautiful. SO much better than the ones I saw on the 4th of July. :)

So after that, Eddy, Iris, Nick, and I went to AC Moore/Michael's to buy senior class picture day shirts. Basically, on Thursday, the whole senior class sits in the gym and gets the class picture taken. But lots of people coordinate colors to show friend groups and etc. so we wanted to buy the shirts! Except both stores were closed so we headed to Walmart. And then there weren't any smalls so. But we'll get them eventually!

Overall, it was an extremely fun day, and I wish every weekend were like this! Haha. But now I have to catch up on all of my work so until next time! :)

P.S.- Instagram anyone? @ambzhang

Every Night

"I keep feeling as if I could cry. It's very stupid, but it'll pass off." - Leo Tolstoy

I'm so sorry for being so inactive. I really don't have any time anymore. I have HUNDREDS of pictures to post, but school is really taking up every last second of my time and making me go insane.

I'm a senior in high school now. It's not known to be a tough year, instead it's famous (or infamous...) for how laid-back it is. But I'm taking harder courses this year and receiving homework like I never have before. On top of all of this, there's college applications, and basically my friends and I are just stressed beyond belief. I find myself constantly up in the middle of the night. And in order to be more productive/ensure that I wake up to my many alarms I set from 2AM-6AM, I sleep on my bedroom floor now.

I only have to push through another few months until I can be free from this stress so I just want to give all of this a good last shot. It won't be easy, but I'm trying to keep a really positive attitude during all of this. "No regrets."

I'm definitely planning on mustering up more time to blog because I miss it so much. I have off on Wednesday for Yom Kippur so I'm hoping I can get some serious editing done. But other upcoming events include:

• September 24th- My brother comes home!
• September 25th- Last day of tennis season
• September 29th- Community Day! (Expect some pictures from this!!)
• October 5th- The Perks of Being a Wallflower is in theatres ♥
• October 6th- SAT IIs

I hope all of you are having a fantastic September, and expect to see me more often! :)