Silver Rush

My school is absolutely amazing.

Every year, throughout the whole month of December, we have a charity drive. This year the Student Body Officers decided on the charity the Christmas Box House - a temporary shelter for abandoned, abused, and neglected children until they can be put into a foster home. It was a great cause and everyone was so excited (especially the sophomores... because sophomores are ridiculous)!! Everyday there was the opportunity to participate in "Odd Jobs". Odd-jobbing is where a group of students are assigned to a neighborhood and go door-to-door asking if there were any "odd jobs" to do around the house for a donation, or if they would just like to donate. More often than not the person would just donate, but rare occasions that we were asked to do odd jobs make the best stories!

It was my first day doing odd jobs. A lady invited us inside and put the girls to work decorating the house for a bridal shower that was happening in an hour, and sent the boys off to move beds and van seats. We strung streamers, decorated the banister, and got offered cookies ("is this frosting skin colored?? *shudder*). The whole time working, I always had "how much are they going to give us?" in the back of my mind.

But by the end of the month I realized it's not the money that really counts.

At school, we had lunch room activities to raise money. $2 to put your friend in jail, $20 for a sweatshirt, $4 for a bracelet... etc. I made sure I always had extra cash. Literally every extra hour - every extra dollar - I had went to Silver Rush. 

I was looking forward to finding out the Silver Rush total more than Christmas! (wait a minute, it's Christmas Eve???)
Yesterday (because we were still in school......) was the assembly! Spirits ran high, and my heart was pounding when the recap video played showing all the work that had gone into this month.
Last year Silver Rush earned $82,000 which was the highest number thus far. I kept praying "over $80,000.. over $80,000...".

The banner dropped revealing the number. 

$107,267.12 

(extra donations were given after the banner was created)

INCREDIBLE.

Everyone was screaming, jumping, crying, laughing, hugging each other. We sang the fight song, we kept repeating the number that proved how truly amazing our community and our school is. It was the best feeling in the world. :)

Here's the news article about it :)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53177170-78/charity-students-riverton-campaign.html.csp

Definitely proud to be a Silverwolf.

Merry Christmas. xx

Okay.

Haven't been posting much, SO SORRY. Gotta work on my grades and such. You know, livin the American dream. But anyways... this picture is hilarious. (:

WIN.

Much love, need to sleep. #homework BLAHHH <--- yeaaah twitter talk, it's whatever.

Love this.

"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;

It was never between you and them anyway."

-Mother Teresa

BOOOOOOOOOOOO

It was 11-11-11 yesterday.. and at 11:11 PM, I lived the best 60 seconds of my life. Screaming, fireworks, sparklers, and a little Brazilian jumping up and down a million miles a minute. And then it was over.

Everyone has been treating 11-11-11 as a holiday, almost. Like New Year's Eve. Except, more exciting, because it won't happen again for a century.

So I stayed up until 2:30 AM thinking about my life. I hate it when I do that. But if I'm going to change my life, it might as well be now. Why wait longer to rewire my life so that everything goes as planned - nobody gets hurt, nobody takes chances?

When I was thirteen, I told myself I'd never make the same mistake twice. Almost three years later, and I'm not sure what is a mistake and what isn't. I'm not sure what I want right now.

Let's say it this way: I AM BEING A PAIN. This is what happens when I think too much.

It's just, people come and go so fast.

I'll figure this all out later.

Meanwhile, also yesterday, I watched the best movie of my life during health (not sure why). Taking Chance. The room was silent the entire movie, which is unusual with a class full of sophomores; and of course I cried the whole way through it. Definitely a good way to remember those who risk their lives for our freedom.

Well, the day has just begun and I have a lot to do...

Much love.

Wasting Time

Thoughtful, lovely, passionate, caring. 

I guess that's true, this is kinda cool. Try it yourself. :)

Oh. And the picture below just makes me happy. An extra dose of happiness is always good, especially when you're a sickling like me. Doctors appointment in a few hours, thank goodness.

Much love.

Halloween... and sick.

My Halloween was totally different this year.

Kelsi, Ana, and yours truly (:

Friday I went to a Fear Factor party... in one contest, one member from each team had to crumple up cheese puffs and the other member had to lick it clean. Those people went to town.. I almost threw up.
Saturday was the Girl's Pref Halloween dance that I didn't go to. Instead I went to Puss In Boots with my lacrosse buddies BrocScottMattClay. They can make me smile like no one else can.

Halloween was Monday. I woke up and felt AWFUL. My head was pounding, my throat was swollen, the whole shabang. I couldn't miss school on Halloween, though! I decided to be tough and slipped on my modified Snow White costume. That night, after working at Plato's Closet, I didn't feel up to doing anything. I ended up at my Young Women leader's house with her and her husband. We spent the night watching Dancing With the Stars and I passed out cookies to all the little trick-or-treaters because Carla and Austin were tired. They are the sweetest people and I want me and my future husband to be JUST LIKE THEM when we're old. (:

Definitely a Halloween I'll never forget!

Anyways... I'm still sick. And missing school. Meh.

Much love.

Pileofthoughts

High School could possibly be the best thing of my life. Of course I loved going to my little charter school, but RHS holds so much room for inspiration, individuality, and self development. Plus it is significantly easier than the charter...

My favorite thing? NO DRESS CODE. Now I can wear the clothes I want to wear, and break my bank buying something new each week... Of course all my clothes come from Plato's Closet, and I've loved working there this summer! Thrift shopping is the way to go!

I love all the people at RHS. I've heard complaints, "they're stuck up", "they're all the same". Every person I've met is SO different and SO individual. Everyone is funny and nice and it made me think about how judgmental people can be without actually knowing someone.

We did an excercise the first day of my Language Arts class. We had to fill out a typical "Get to Know You" sheet for ourselves (favorite color, music, movies, etc.) and then we had to fill out one for the person sitting next to us without asking them anything about themselves. I honestly had no idea and guessed depending on my neighbor's clothes and behavior. Surprisingly, I answered some right and she did too. I had no idea how readable I am. It made me think, what do other people see when they look at me? Do I appear "stuck up", or "the same as everyone else" just as I thought kids at RHS were before I actually attended the school?

Gives me something to think about.

My life has been so stressful. Probably due to all this THINKING. Goodness. I have to worry about old friends, new friends, grades, family, endofthequarter, clubs (Hope Squad, DECA, Interact) and colleges. Plus there are always the typical worries about fitting in, doing enough right. I just want this week to be over. And it almost is..! Ready to tackle this Saturday and put this week behind me.


Next week will be good.

Much love.

Big news. I have turned Asian.

New Obsession.

Well, it's been a while...
Yes, I got my TOMS for Christmas. Burlap! They're the most comfortable shoes in the whole world, but unfortunately they don't hold together very well :( <-- yes, that's a frowny face.


Obsession ... YOU READY?!!!: Indie. Indie everything. It's not a particular style, indie stands for "independent".  Indie clothing style can range from Bohemian to Punk, and I really love the earth tones styles. Complete with feathers, braids, belts, and small purses? I think yes!

Modcloth and ShopRuche are definitely my favorite places to look for style ideas :)

Indie rock is my new favorite type of music. It's anything different, anything just a bit indescribable. I've been making an Excel Worksheet full of songs I find that are phenomenal. I'll share a few before I forget :)

Freelance Whales - Hannah. It's Amazing.

Redlight King's "Old Man" is definitely up at the top of BEST SONGS EVER

She & Him has that old school sort of feel :) The song "In the Sun" is so cute.

Ahh, there's so many and I keep finding more and more! How? Good ol' YouTube and IndieRockCafe.
(and in case you're wondering... yes, indierockcafe.com IS my favorite website!)