A deer in the headlights

Things are finally starting to wind down, as summer arrives and the school year is coming to a close. Needless to say, I've been slacking a bit on my assignments and exam prep for school, but at this point I don't mind too much. Unfortunately I have until June 6th for high school to end. My AP exams  and ACT testing is all finished, which had been festering in the back of my mind for some time, and now my main priority is to just complete my comp 2 paper... which isn't going as smooth as I would've liked it to. I wouldn't say I have a writer's block, just maybe an organizational block... which is causing me to scrap and start over multiple times.

                Other than that I don't have a whole lot to do. It's been great being able to get out and do things every once in a while, especially with the weather the way it is. Unfortunately I missed a concert at Paradigm tonight that I wanted to see due to work, but I was up there on Thursday for LUCE, which was pretty fun to watch. My drive home from Sheboygan that night put a tad bit of a damper on my day though... as I decorated the front of my car with a deer. Damn damn damn. Although I don't sound sympathetic, I was. I felt absolutely terrible for hitting a deer, I was in tears because it was still alive first off, then really pissed because I realized how badly it fucked up my car, then crying again because it died on the side of the road. The sheriff came just a bit before my parents did, which was fine, although I knew I recognized him from somewhere. When my parents were talking to the cop, it was then that it set in how I knew him.... It just so happened that last summer I almost got a 700 hundred dollar fine from him, and since I managed to get off the hook, I left out the part about telling my parents. Ha, so in addition to everything with the smashed up car, I now had to worry that the cop would realize who I was once he filed the accident report with my parents standing near. Thankfully he probably realized I was having a bad enough night and kept his mouth shut. Yep, just another week. Good bye money for traveling, hello new hood and headlights. Oh, and thank god for this being the last blog post, we'll see if I ever come back on this site. Peace out

Summer!

Oh boy, summer's right around the corner. After a few more weeks of trying to get things done, I aught to be in the clear. Hopefully with a second source of income, I might be able to get away for a little while this summer and do more fun stuff than I have in the past. I'll definitely have to take a few camping trips as usual. It's always nice to get away for a few days and go live in the woods, you get peace and quiet on a very minimalistic budget. This year though, I think I need a real getaway. I've always wanted to go out west, and I think this might be the summer to take a little road trip. One of my friends is graduating college and we've talked before about taking a trip and now seems like a good time for it. The one problem I will probably run into is getting my parents to agree to letting me drive out west for a week with one other person. Granted, she is a very responsible college student, but I'm not sure my parents totally trust my decision making skills... Tough luck though, I'll be 18 in less than a year and I can go wherever I want. I kind of doubt that I'll mature all that much or be any more qualified to go in a matter of months.

Even if I don't wind up going, there's plenty more fun stuff to do around here. I really can't wait to hang out with friends that I haven't seen in a while and just to have free time to do some art or take a hike will be a wonderful change after a busy school year. Summerfest will also be spectacular this year I think, despite an overall crummy lineup, they've got a few artists that will make up for it I think. Ziggy Marley should be mind blowing, I've always wanted to see him and I won't miss that concert for anything. I saw his brother Stephen last year which was a great show as well.  Hopefully I get a few good days down there before I get all summerfested-out. So many fun things to do, summer can't come soon enough.