FINE & DANDY

With all the stress of school and due dates hanging over your head, it's hard to find time to hang out with your friends and be stupid together. 

But I'm thankful that the past couple of weeks have been filled with much laughter and exciting moments. 

8/29/15

My little baby Emma (the cute redhead in my arms) turned fifteen last month, and we celebrated by having a stereotypical Floridian beach party. The weather was perfect, for once, and the sunburns on our backs were proof of a fantastic morning. 

9/18/15

A Sarah and Kalli date was long overdue, so we decided to go downtown and try our hand at painting pottery (I'm a little afraid to see the end results). We then decided to have a mini photo shoot because that's just kinda the thing you do when you're surrounded by beautiful, abandoned homes and perfect white walls, right? 

9/20/15 & 9/22/15

Krynnie and I finally got together after about four months of failed attempts!! We went to see that new maze runner movie, and it turned out to be a very interesting night because 1) the movie was way more scary and gory than we thought it would be, 2) we were so scared but yet we were laughing our butts off at the same time, so ??? 3) a random woman decided to turn the movie theater aisles into a catwalk. 

9/22/15

TEAM PHOTO DAY! Words cannot describe how much I love all these girls! And taking pictures with them is a blast and a hassle all in one so it's always a wonderful adventure. Photo day is probably my favorite thing about volleyabll. I mean, who needs all those stressful games and matted ponytails?! Not me! 

HERE'S TO GOOD TIMES & GOOD FRIENDS. 

BACK TO THE GRIND

VOLLEYBALL HAS STARTED, ONCE AGAIN! Which means that my knees are now covered in bruises the size of my fist. Oh how I love this sport!! 

I may or may not be being sarcastic. 

No but really, even though I'm not a huge fan of the stressful games and Coach yelling at me every two seconds, I love my girls. They're the best and always so encouraging! We make the best out of being bench warmers and look good as heck in our uniforms, hence all the photos.

This year we're losing a lot of great seniors, including my girl Kryn!!! That's right, she's all grown up and ready to take on the world, and looking fabulous while doing it, of course. Honey, I love you so much! I'm really going to miss you on the court next year! We definitely need to have that "play in your pearls and high heels" game before you graduate because priorities!

Change is good!

The past couple of weeks have been pretty much the same: eat, pinterest, nap, netflix, bed.

Don't get me wrong, though, I love this little routine of mine! But when it's 4 pm and you realized you haven't brushed your hair out all day, there's a problem.

Luckily for me, something exciting has finally happened! And when I say exciting, I mean, like, journal-entry worthy.

OKAY SO HERE IT IS: I HAVE A JOB.

About a week ago, my community college was announcing a position as a bookseller in their bookstore. And I applied because I thought heck, why not?! I just bought a $600 laptop so I could use some extra cash.

I guess I wasn't really expecting to hear anything back, but on the way home from my favorite coffee shop, I get a phone call asking me to come in for an interview the next morning. And then they hired me on the spot, even though I couldn't stop shaking and stuttering. They have no idea what they've gotten themselves into.

Glimpses of summer

1. COUSIN PARTY AT DAYTONA BEACH (look, you can see my baby abs!)

2. DA KINE DIEGO'S INSANE BURRITOS (I hate burritos but I love photogenic soda bottles)

3. SITTING ON A LOG, WISHING I WAS A MERMAID (Ariel, trade with me)

4. JULY FOURTH (I hid under the blankets all night)

5. CARTOON NIGHT AT CHURCH WITH EMMA (neither of us participated)

6. THE BEACH AND COFFEE (a perfect combo)

After an unexpected three week blogging break, I decided it was time to get back into the swing of things, so that should explain why I dumped all these random pictures on my blog. 

I have three weeks left of summer, and I'm expecting to make them count! I've already gotten a tan, tried a new coffee flavor, and saw some real life manatees, but I have a few goals that are yet to be accomplished. (one of these being to watch Titanic without crying like a baby...)

HERE'S TO #SUMMER2K15 AND ALL THE WONDERFUL MOMENTS STILL TO COME.

MERMAIDS FOR DAYS

Because when you make Bostwick into a mermaid, it has to be properly documented. 

#mermaidsrule

something a little moody for your monday

That five year old girl woke up with messy hair and a big smile. That five year old girl sat at her desk and wrote out a big list of big dreams, and was determined to accomplish every one of them. Because when you're five, anything is possible. There was nothing holding her back.

A couple years went by, and that five year old girl was now an eleven year old girl. She still woke up with messy hair, but her smile had gotten a little smaller. She stared at her big list of dreams doubtfully, wondering if she dreamed a little too big.

She was now a sixteen year old girl. She couldn't remember the last time she woke up with a smile; she had tired eyes and a ruptured heart from all the events that had taken place within the past years. Her big list of dreams was now in several pieces, scattered accross her bedroom floor. She sat at her desk once again, the white paint worn from use. She scribbled out a new list, but it was not a list of dreams. This new list contained life lessons.

***LIFE LESSONS TO NEVER FORGET***

don't trust anyone 

never expect anything 

remember that nothing lasts forever

don't talk too much

observe & notice everything (without being noticed)

P IS FOR PROM

Yes, homeschoolers have proms, too!

(And we have some mighty good ones.)

Last Saturday, me and like twenty of my friends threw on some fancy clothes and danced the night away. We also ate some really good tacos.

UPSIDE TO HAVING PROM ON THE BEACH: it's so pretty and picture perfect!!
DOWNSIDE TO HAVING PROM ON THE BEACH: the wind is strong and sometimes your pictures are not so perfect. Exhibit A and B are right here.

Our group kind of made up the majority of prom, but hey, the more the merrier! Most of these kids have been my besties since middle school (ah, middle school...the wonderful age of awkardness and bad style.) so it was pretty great. I'd say that the blistered feet and tangled hair were worth it.
#swingprom2k15