Sweet 16!

  Hey guys! The other day, I turned 16! Not much happened since it was a busy school day, but I thought I'd at least make a small post to tell about it.

  All throughout that week, I had been waiting for it to be that day. Not because it was my birthday, but because it was a FRIDAY. I could not wait for the week to end! There had been a choir concert, a basketball game that took all day to go to and play, and several tests to study for or makeup. Seriously, all I wanted was to eat and sleep!

  I got ready for school as normal. I felt kind of nervous because I though my friends would see me walk into the gym and suddenly scare and embarrass me by singing, but I was lucky and got to school before them >:D However, a bunch of people did hug me and greet me by the time I got to my locker.

I went through the day while getting sung to several times, then waited after school for another basketball game to come.

  We won the game easily, and I got some points(it's a rare thing :O)! After our game, the guys played, so I decided to stay and watch until half time. I had an awkward experience...:

  After coming out of the locker room after our game, I saw that my mom set up a thing for me. There were cupcakes and a big balloon, and she made me wear a t-shirt and tiara that said "sweet 16". I wanted to buy some food from the cafeteria, so I had to walk across the gym to get there.

  While I was waiting, one of the girls from the team we had just played came up to me to say "happy birthday" and give me a hug... For some reason she had a plank, and gave me a loooong awwwkkkward hug so she could... Yeah.

  I was tired and felt awkward sticking around, so I decided to quickly go home, eat, and sleep.

I wanted to take a shower and sleep, but I was too tempted to open my presents! I got black Dr. Martens from my parents and an awkward panda from my sister! I also received a scarf, hat, lotion, chapstick, etc. from my friends! We also ended up eating a fancy mousse cake! So many exclamation marks...
Anyways, that sums up what happened on my birthday~ It was amazing and I am so thankful for being born on the day that I was!

~Mare

Comfort Zone

  Hey guys! Sorry, I don't think I posted anything last week... I just wrote my speech on pets, and it was kind of... suckish. Well, all my speeches are but that one was extra stupid and cheesy. However, this week, I wrote my speech on gettting ot of the comfort zone!
  Whatever it is you like to do, it is important to get out of your "comfort zone" to improve. It pretty much explains itself. Your comfort zone is what you are you used to doing, but to get out of your comfort zone,

you have to try new things. This is why you should get out of your comfort zone once in a while.
  First, getting out of your comfort zone helps you improve. I'll use basketball as an example. You may be used to dribbling around the court and making lay ups, but you have to get out of your comfort zone and also practice shots farther from the hoop in order to improve them.
  Second, it gives you more options. The more you get out of your comfort zone, the more you'll know how to use. Instead of having to dribble up to the hoop to shoot lay ups, you'll also have the option of staying farther away and making hoops.
  Last, it will help you discover new things. After putting those things that were outside into your comfort zone, you'll discover a new level of things, and as you put those things into your comfort zone, there'll be even more.
  You have to try something you aren't comfortable with sometimes! It's important to get out of your comfort zone because it helps you improve, it gives you more options, and it helps you discover new things.

So yeah! For some reason, I'm running out of ideas about what to write about :( For at least a week, however, I should have more time to get online and draw, write, etc. My volleyball season just ended, but basketball season already starts in a few days! Anyways, see you guys in my next post!

~Mare