thx 4 the mmrs

t minus 13 hours & 52 minutes until the beginning of junior year :)(: #yay #excited 

tbh im kinda freaking out a little bc its the so-called "hard year". . . what does that even mean?!? school can't be that hard can it??? one the other hand , i finished my summer assignment and I'm soOoOoOoO bored so maybe this is a good thing? i'm a tad excited & i have friends in my classes & meeting new teachers is gr8

creative writing will be really fun w ms chupp ahhh! and strings will be chill n cool bc all the good people tested up to the higher orchestra lol oops not me

AP english is gonna be rough but huck finn was actually a good book -- i thought jim & huck & tom were cute friends and their simple , daring adventures had a certain sense of wonder wrapped up in them  

anyways , the end of summer has been AWESOME (wink to jemma if she ever reads this) 

i saw two movies , what if and the giver

what if was supa cute and it had daniel radcliffe in it , along with zoe kazan (she's so cute and i secretly wish i wore glasses and looked like her)

the romance was cute n fun , and I'm glad we drove all the way to the embassy to see it

i also really liked the giver , but idk if its just me bc i have a weird obsession w books about future utopias (its so interesting to think about what the world could be like, and then find joy in knowing its not) 

they added a little more romance than in the book , and they conveyed the whole "everyone is equal" and "everything is drab & controlled" really well using black and white for the beginning of the movie

also, theres a part where the giver is giving the main character jonah happy memories of the past world and some of them are hit youtube videos from current day - which kinda resonated with me

what if

the giver w tswiz (LISTEN TO SHAKE IT OFF RN)

one day me and my friends decided to go on a typical sonic trip, but added a twist - - order the weirdest slushies we could think of and try them all

some of the combos included peach ring w banana taffy, blue coconut and orange, miami sunrise + nerds, & green apple and cotton candy

surprisingly , i thought most of them were actually pretty good and miami sunrise is my new fav

summer shenanigans

a few weeks ago , me and my friend sarah got together and starting setting up LUG, a bible study that junior girls put on for freshman girls each week

i think we picked some really great leaders , and I'm extremely excited to get to know the little freshman!!! i was involved in LUG freshman year and some of the girls i meet where people i looked up to , so it's really exciting that i could potentially get to be that person for someone else 

its kinda scary to think about that I will be the one teaching, instead of always being taught like before , but it will be a fun challenge that i think will help us all grow in our faith

fishie faces

speaking of older and younger girl friendships , this week i had to say goodbye to emily & amy bc they are going to COLLEGE!!!!! its so weird to think that we meet when they were my current age. . . i wish them both good luck at college station and i look forward to visiting them!!

im so glad we are friends

next on the summer sched was FISH CAMP!!! this year I was a part of a program called link crew , where the upperclassmen guide freshman around on orientation day to help them get used to the high school and what its gonna be like

i thought it was SO fun, my freshmen were all very different but very cute and it was fun getting to know them and answering their questions about life as a ninth grader

i also had a rlly cool partner and we spent the day taking go pro selfies, blowing bubbles, eating pizza, and playing catch phrase

@ one point one of them got lost and they wrote on the board which was against the rules but otherwise i think the day went smoothly and hopefully didn't suck for freshman too horribly 

i also got to see all my old teachers which was so great & spend more time getting to know other teachers/students i otherwise would not have talked to 

bubble blowin contest

LAST NIGHT WAS THE BEST THING EVER!!!! we took at road trip to austin to see one republic and wow they are so good!!! i was super interested in the cello player, and all of their songs ROCK

opening for them was christina perry (jar of hearts girlie) and a cute british boy named jamie scott

the venue was outdoors which was a little hot & sweaty, but still worth it

the food was super overpriced but they had food trucks from all over and i got a rlly cute tshirt

we slept over at my lake house (where we had a good time being silly) and left austin bright & early this morning bc my friend abi had to be at work

polaroid selfies are not recommended

my clique

welp, wish me luck @ school tomorrow and thanks for the memories summer!!!! 

--ellie