Well, now that school has started, well a month ago I guess, local Fencing tournaments have started up again. That is why I'm in Huston right now. My drive down was terrifying, I kept seeing twisted steel, I mean everytime we changed lanes I thought we were going to flip. Plus it was really late when we got to our hotel, ha-ha try thirty minutes massed midnight. I was so tired, my complexion was all red and blotchy too. I finally got to sleep at one o'clock in the morning. Then I slept till ten. Boy was I sleepy. But when I did get up I made sure I looked presentable, my face's complexion looks a little better at least.
I don't acctually Fence till Sunday, yeah I know I got here way early, not my fault. My mom decided it was be a great chance to have a 'vacation'. Right, you can't have a vacaton in the middle of the school year! I also have whole lot of homework to do over this weekend, except I have to do it in a hotel, so I don't have my French dictionary or a lot of the stuff I need to do said homework.
Then, my mom wants me to go swimming, even tough I have a) homework to do and b) easily burnable skin. Seriously I fry as soon as I walk outside, sunscreen you ask, my mom forgot to bring it. So I can't, and might I add don't want, to go swimming.
I even brought a book to read while I was bored, which I enevitably will be. It's called 'I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You', it's about a spy school for girls. I haven't really started reading it yet tough...
My sister's at College this year, I can't wait to be in college, even if the work is a little harder.
This October I get to be a docent for the Kimbell Art Museum, I get to talk about a French painting. It looks like it's going to be a whole lot of fun.
This summer I'm thinking of trying to get a job since I'll probably have more free time next year for a job since I'll only be taking five or so classes.

School has been...well not hard but time consuming to say the least. I have had barely any time to use my computer at all. You would think I would have papers to write for English but apparently not. However, even with the amount of homework I have, I am going to a tournament for Fencing this weekend. I'm not really scared or anything but I would like to do fairly well. Plus a big NAC is comming up soon which does scare me. I have to do well this year, I have to get a better rating than my lowly E. A D would even be better though I would prefer a C. Hopfully this year I'll get a B either at JO's or summer nationals. I've been working very hard so I really think I can make it. This being my second year fencing I should climb higher in the standings. I get to go with my friends to the tournament this weekend though so I won't be alone. Except they're all super good A and C Fencers so they won't have a problem doing well.
I've been reading a book called Wideacre by Phillippa Gregory, it's very...weird. But I'm going to finish it even though it has some....weird stuff in it. Basically it's the story of Beatrice who is obssessed with the land her father owns, Wideacre, so she ends up having her brother's kid and all kind of weird stuff. But the story beyond the weird romanceish stuff isn't so bad, that's why I'm still reading it. I mean if it didn't have an okay story I would have just stopped reading it all together.

School has started, well it started a while ago but in any case. I have been very busy. Junior year really is hard, I mean I am taking seven classes, I probably should have just taken six so that I could have a free period. But I didn't. Unfortunately I have barely any time for writing and or drawing. Basically I have no time for anything. Though that suits me just fine I suppose. I do become bored easily if I don't have something to do.
I have been able to do a little creative writing which was nice, though I didn't get to do that much. Plus I have a lot of homework to do as well, that however is not fun at all.
I have been reading this book called A Thousand Splendid Suns, it's by the same person who wrote Kite Runner. So far it's very good, kind of depressing though...
I really hope this is my year in Fencing, I want to get a better rating and do good at the NAC's. I hope, I hope, I hope.

I finished reading Eclipse today!!!  Such a good book!  I was trying to read it slowly so that I would enjoy it more but in the end I just couldn't.  I had to finish it to make sure it was a happy ending.  I was really afraid, during the whole book, that Bella would end up with Jacob.  Thank goodness she didn't.  I was going to write a letter to the author if that happened.  Since that would suck.  Anyway, I got quite hissterical over this book, no kidding.  I acctually cried when I though she and Jacob were going to get together.  Also, I wished the book had a little more Edward in it.  I don't mean to sound like a pethetic fan girl or anything, but I really like Edward best.  Jacob just acts like a jerk most of the time.
I can't wait for the next book either.  I mean Iwas expecting Bella to be turned into a vampire already but no.  Next book.  I really liked the book though, once I finished it and everything turned out alright.

Here's a rish story, I was at Fencing yesterday having a good time when suddenly m mom calls and I have to be picked up right away because my sister(younger) is missing.  So my mom races home and I'm freaking out.  Then we find her and everythings great.  Except that I missed Fencing.  Which was deppressing.  It's all my sisters fault too.  I had to tell me coach and everything so today everyone's probably going to ask.  Though I guess I would feel worse if no one asked at all....

Anyway, I need a new book to read other wise I'm going to get really bored.  Plus, school is comming up and their inforcing a really stupid dress code.  UGH.

I'm home again, which makes me really happy.  Except that I have to deal with my father, who is a jerk.  I miss camp I guess since I had a fixed schedule.  But I am happy to see my family.  On Monday my brother, and best friend, comes home.  I hope he still likes me.  He's really kind of strange because he changes him mind alot and so I'm afraid he made better friends than me or that he won't want to tell me about how his camp was.  I am slightly paranoid.

I painted my nails today, I think they look good, but I feel a little self-conscious.  I get to go to Fencing tomorrow though, which I can't wait for.  I also start drivers ed.  Other than that my home coming was very uneventful, that makes me a little sad I guess.

    I feel very home sick right now.  At the moment I am in Pennsylvania, which is very far from my home.  Of course I don't resent that I'm here, I came here for a Fencing camp and it was my own decision.  But still, I have been gone for two weeks and that really is a long time if you think about it. 

Plus my best friend, who happens to be my brother, is at another camp, meaning I can't even talk to him over the phone.  I miss him a lot.  When ever I got really depressed, which happens a lot mostly because I think to much, he can always cheer me up.  And I have been feeling slightly depressed since the second week started.  See I have only been Fencing a year, I'm good for only Fencing that long but I feel so depressed when I see how much better everyone else is because I feel like I need to work harder that I have been lazy and if only I would have work harder I could have been as good as them.  Except that they have been Fencing much longer.  I know I have no logical reason to feel bad, but I still do.

    The weather here is annoying though, it's to cold in the buildings and to hot outside.  So I end up having to bring my jacket everywhere with me.  The gym that we work in is very hot though, so I end up sweating much more that normal.  I'm sort of worried that I'll end up dehydrated since all the coaches keep telling everyone how important it is to drink a lot of water.  The thing is, when I fence at home I don't drink all that much, water I mean.  So when I came to this camp I ended up not drinking as much either.  But now I'm all worried that I'll get dehydrated and end up sick or something awful like that.

    I do have a lot of free time at this camp though, between sessions.  So I've been able to catch up on my manga reading.  Pennsylvania University, which is where I am, has the huge two story book store with a fairly large manga section.  So I've been able to read a bunch.  Mostly I've been reading Skip Beat, which I really like.  It's so funny, but also really sweet now that Ren realizes that he's in love with Kyoko.  I'm amazed that there isn't a lot of fan art of Skip Beat, I guess it isn't as popular in America.
 
    In any case I have also been reading Prince of Tennis, which I must say for a sports manga is really good.  It becomes a little monotonous after a while but still.  Though that's the one thing I don't like about shonin manga, there's no romance at all, zero.  It's a little sad.  I understand it's more about the fighting or whatever but couldn't they add a little love on the side?  I would probably read more of it if they did.  I'm a romantic.
I can't wait to get home, when I do I get to start drivers ed which means I can drive myself anywhere I want.  No more begging my sister or mother to take me places.