Lakehouse BABY!

So I said my summer has been filled with adventures both big and small, well, the lakehouse was definitely big! It was amazing! One of the best trips of my life! I mean, how couldn't it when you are with those girls? It was drama free (probably one of the best things of the trip) and we just got to kick back, relax, and hang out. Let me just say, the Greco family rocks! The lakehouse is full of so many adventures I could be here all day! We started out by staying at Amy's house the night before departure and getting little to no sleep because of our overwhelming excitement. We left the next day at 5 in the morning which consisted of us waking up at 4:30, early right? Not when you are so excited you want to scream! We packed into the cars and started what we thought was just a trip. Of course it was just a trip, but by the end it turned into something far better! It turned into a journey that had started with 5 girls who have become friends over the years and ended with 5 girls who knew each other inside and out and upside down and still loved each other for it. Our walls and inhibitions came down and we saw each other in different places, and what amazes me is how people still love you after they see who you really are. That's when you know your friends are genuine, that's when you know they are people of God whether they know it or not, and this is a beautiful thing. I couldn't ask for anything more in a frienship. So thank you girls, for loving me as me.

summer adventures and cherished memories

Well, I have to say, my summer has been pretty full since graduation. I've had many adventures big and small. Gradnite was actually really fun and watching the sunrise at signal hill afterwards was amazing as well. Nikki and I have also been trying to fill our summer with fun since the school year wasn't as lucky. We've been scrapping, having tv marathons, and going on spontaneous adventures which consisted of taking her for her first time to signal hill and then for a yogurtland treat on 2nd, truly and adventure. We're trying to make up for the last however many summers that we hardly saw each other because of my crazy summer schedules, and I have to say, we are doing pretty darn well. I can't believe we are going our separate ways next year. We've been together since first grade, stuck through the thick and thin together, watched each other grow up, and stood by each other's side. I've seen her everyday at school for 12 years and all the sudden we will be in different states. I can't believe how fast life goes by. I remember Nikki and I being little six and seven year olds that were the last ones at daycare everyday because our parents worked. I remember Nikki and I at sixth grade promotion despising Lexington because Landell was our home. I remember Nikki and I at eighth grade promotion despising Cypress because we didn't want to go to high school. And now, I remember Nikki and I at graduation, savoring our last school activity together and cherishing the years we've stuck by each other. Needless to say, I'm gonna miss her so much next year, I don't know what I would have done without her all these years, especially senior year.

Graduation....

What can I say? I'm done! I am officially a high school graduate. Today was an interesting day...I woke up, showered, then went to school to deliver gifts to my teachers which was probably one of the weirdest parts of the day. When I got to school it already didn't feel like my school. I parked in the visitors spot, and when I asked Melissa if it was ok, she said "well yeah..you are basically a visitor now anyway." And that's when it hit me, Cypress isn't mine anymore. It just didn't feel the same as it used to. When I got home, I was starting to get some graduation anxiety, I went to Nikki's and she was feeling the same. We were both a little freaked that we were actually graduating in a few hours, so we tried to calm ourselves down with simple conversation. I don't really know how much it worked. We stalled until it was time to start getting ready which is when I was feeling a rush of emotions. I was sad, happy, excited, overwhelmed, scared, freaked....the list goes on. Em came over to help me get ready and help calm me down since she was coming to graduation. All the while, courtesy of Isabell I was listening to some calm music, namely "Comes and Goes in Waves." Finally it was time to go to Western and I started to feel a little nervous. I got there and found Nikki right away, we put on our caps and gowns and started taking a few pictures. When it was time to go wait in the gym, we found our spots and waited for what seemed like forever in the heat. Of course today was the first day the sun has come out in about a week now. I think the waiting was the worst, because my anxiety kept building up. I'm not sure how long we waited, but when we started walking I began to feel nervous like I do when I perform in front of people, which is weird because usually if I am in a group, I don't get nervous. The ceremony was surprisingly very short. It felt like no time had passed when we had to get up to get our names called. When we stood up and started walking I literally had butterflies in my stomach, I mean, I don't know why, it wasn't like I had to do anything but walk. I think it was just knowing that I was graduating. But it was weird actually being the ones on the field wearing the blue gown and the funny square hat. It was something that I have always seen, but never really pictured myself doing, and here we are, I was one of those people. Afterwards it was like a paparazzi was following me around. Literally every second I turned around I had a camera in my face to capture every last moment. Finding family, friends, or anyone else was crazy in the midst of the sea of people, but it worked out in the end, and I found most of the people I wanted to take pictures with besides two. We went to dinner, and now I am home anticipating grad night. I am a high school grad, and it feels weird. I'm not sure how surreal it is yet. I just can't believe I'm done. I can't believe I am not a part of the public school system anymore, I can't believe I won't be lumped into all the k-12 statistics anymore. I can't believe I am done with the mandatory education our nation requires....I can't believe this chapter in my life is closing. When I was little, high school felt like a world away....now it's gone. Everything about it is just a memory. No more will I wake up for school and drive down Orange, park in the parking lot and head to class. No more will I be walking from class to class during a seven minute passing period. No more will I go eat lunch in the quad with the people I've known since elementary. No more will I be at school and have so many restrictions placed upon me. No more will I actually have to be in class without a choice. I guess you could say it's freedom, but right now it's still too bittersweet, and a little more bitter than sweet. All that anticipation for something that just flew right by, I can't believe it's already over.

Last day of high school....

Well...today was our last official day at high school, it's bittersweet. The day went by faster than most, actually the week flew by. It didn't hit me until I was walking with Nikki to fourth period that it was our last time at school. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel because some part of me is jumping for joy, but the other is very apprehensive and a little sad to be leaving Cypress. As much as I said I didn't like it, it was home, and I am going to miss it. I never really thought about this day through my high school career, I mean, I've thought about graduation and how I will feel and tried to play it out in my head...but I never really took the time to think about the actual last day of a regular scheduled day at Cypress. I can't believe it is already time to say goodbye. Somehow I don't feel ready, or I guess I just don't feel like it's time to graduate yet. It feels like Monday will be yet another normal day at Cypress High and the week will go on as it has for so long now. It's weird to think that I technically won't belong at Cypress anymore, I mean, it will always be my school, but it's not really my school anymore which is a little discomforting. 

Anyway, this is my first post on a blog that will hopefully take me through the next four years when I will be posting the same thing about my last day of college.