Day 152 of San Diego

Well... I'm home...

Not the happiest day of the week... But, I'll manage. 

I knew this day would arrive. It's no surprise. I just didn't want it to happen. 

I miss Mason, of course. I'm shocked I didn't bawl like a bubble-blowin' baby yet. It'll sink in soon; the pain of falling asleep without a strong arm holding me... Little things like that... Even caressing Mason's face while cuddling him I'll miss. 

It's interesting how I wasn't homesick at all while visiting San Diego. The weather was sunny and warm, I got to hang out with Mason each day... It was pure joy.

It felt like, when I was in San D., I was an outside flower blooming on my own terms, letting my roots grow freely. But when I came home, I felt like someone dug me up, placed me in a pot, and encased me inside. I felt cooped up once stepping inside my house. I felt like I couldn't allow my roots to grow freely anymore. 

Today, around five, the grandparents had a BBQ. The folks and I joined them. I brought my computer to chat with Mason. It was a nice BBQ. It was nice to come home to more gorgeous weather. 

Hopefully we'll have more days like today! Sunshine. Cool breezes. Blue, clear skies. 

Hey! On a funny note, anybody use the term "Sassafras?" I use it to describe a person who has a lot of sass. Well, crazy enough, there's a street in San Diego called Sassafras. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it on my mom's GPS. I took a screenshot of it and sent it to Mason. He thought it was just as hilarious. Here's the proof!:

Day 3 of Visit to San Diego

Another marvelous day! Mason, mom, and I again woke up at five in the morning to drop off Mason. Mason and I hugged and kissed and I waited for him to get off of work.

While doing so, I caught up on homework and other silly things until mom invited me to lunch with her and a teammate (this teammate I keep bringing up is named Alissa) I wondered what place we were going to eat at and, surprisingly, mom wanted to eat at the Spaghetteria Mason and I ate at last night! I was stoked. The food there is absolutely top quality. 

We were their first customers! We had to wait for ten minutes for them to open and prepare. Once they were ready, they sat us outside. The weather was gorgeous today. A warming seventy-plus degrees. Alissa and I had wonderful conversations about writing and Mason and I. Mom and Alissa had conversations about work. But we all talked about life. It was nice. 

I really like Alissa. :)

Did you know she writes stories? No joke. We need to become writing buddies FAST.

Mom, Alissa, and I had a HUGE lunch. Mom and I had a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel. So, I was still a bit full from that. Yet I tried! I tried to finish my Fettuccine, but I couldn't pile it in!!! I felt like I was about to burst! 

The food was of course - AGAIN - amazing. Delizioso!

After lunch, mom and I hung out in our hotel room until four to pick up Mason. While we waited for Mason at Wells Fargo (where we pick him up), mom and I watched the jets and large military planes soar around base. Us civilians think that's pretty neat!

Mason and I didn't stay at the hotel for long. I noticed near a port a couple "pirate" ships. I was intrigued and wondered if Mason (during his working hours) would like to join me in visiting the ships. He said Sure and that's what we did!

The ships were BEAUTIFUL! They are supposedly museums! But we didn't know how much the tickets were and we were super hungry for dinner. So, I simply took pictures before we left. 

While walking home, Mason pointed out a large stationed carrier. He said that that was a museum, too! I'm planning on going on THAT when I visit next!

Mason and I had Subway for dinner. We came back to the hotel, ate our food, and watched Markiplier. Now, Mason's falling asleep as I type this. 

I best hop on Minecraft quickly before he's out like a light! He'll want to watch me explore. Maybe. Hehe. <3

Day 2 of Visit to San Diego

Mason and I hung out again after work! 

At five in the morning, mom and I dropped Mason off at his base. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE BASE WAS SUPER HUGE! It's pretty much a town within a city. It has street lights and stores and a theater... The only way you could tell it was a base was because of the barbed wire fencing encasing the place. 

I took a nap around seven. Mom was at her business thing, showing off her company. I woke up at 11:30 and decided to join her and her teammate and boss. They were just packing up once I arrived at the hotel. I stayed for a good thirty minutes before saying Goodbye, getting Subway, and hanging out at our hotel, waiting for mom to come back and waiting impatiently to hang out with Mason. <3

For dinner, Mason and I went out to eat. We traveled through a block called Little Italy. We found a cute Spaghetteria and had, none other than, spaghetti! It was delicious. Way better than last nights food. And we actually had a variety! 

Afterwards, we walked to the hotel and hung out. I played a little Minecraft while Mason watched. 

We're about to fall asleep. Mom is out with her teammate and boss. I don't know when she'll be back. Hopefully she has a key!

Tomorrow, Mason and I might see a movie! I really want to watch The Grand Budapest Hotel. Anybody seen it? It looks good!

Day 1 of Visit to San Diego

Yep! You read that right! I am in San Diego, visiting the love of my life!

FIRST!

Mom and I woke up at three in the morning to finish our packing. Once done, dad drove us to the airport and we hopped on a plane. Two hours later, we made it safe and sound to San D.!

When we rented a rental car, mom and I picked up Mason. I was absolutely... excited doesn't even suffice!!! I rushed up to him, hugged him, and told him how amazing it was to see him after four months. <3

Mason and I hung out at the San Diego zoo for... umm... a severely long time. I'm not sure if it was four hours or ten. Yet we visited each section. We didn't get pictures of each animal, but I definitely filled my camera roll!

After that, we walked to me and mom's hotel. 

MASON IS SPENDING THE NIGHT!!!!

For dinner, me, Mason, mom, a few coworkers, and mom's boss went out together. I haven't seen my mom's boss in FOREVER!!!! It was awesome to see him again!!! 

When we went back to the hotel, something horrible occurred while we were in the elevator. Now, I have a horrible fear of elevators... I fear that the elevator will malfunction and DROP, killing us instantly... Well, abruptly after we got into the elevator, we began hearing an alarm... When the doors opened, letting off another man in the elevator, we saw flashing lights. Then, an announcer says, "The fire department is on their way." That's when I FREAKED. The blood rushed from my face... The anxiety shot into my brain and threw me dizzy within a matter of SECONDS. I wanted to run out of the elevator as soon as possible. But my mom kept saying, "Stay in, Payton. Hold Mason's hand. Don't pass out, Payton." Thankfully, we got to the main floor without difficulties. I had to sit. I needed to gather the blood back to my brain. 

Once the announcer claimed the fire alarm was false, we all rushed to our rooms and called it a night...

So, I'm calling it a night finally!! Here's a few picture from the plane trip to the zoo!

Day 147 of San Diego

Oh sweet baby Jesus Lord Almighty in Heaven... I have bad news...

I am NOT leaving to San Diego on Saturday... I'm leaving on Sunday... Mason and I are slightly bummed out... We planned to go to the zoo and Sea World; we really want to hang out! But I don't know how much we'll get done since we'll have to work around Mason's job schedule. 

Mom and I arrive in San D. early, though. I'll most likely get to hang out with Mason then - and for a satisfying amount of time. 

Mason and I guessed hitting up the zoo first would be best. Hopefully that'll happen on Sunday. <3

I'm wiped out... I need sleep... Like, right now!!

And tomorrow, I'll chill out in bed like Fluffy and Cheetah:

Day 146 of San Diego

Man, I'm hearing stuff. I'm hallucinating my sleep is so terrible! Unless Mason's roommate had a fairy-type alarm sound trigger off around 11. Kind of freaked me out because my folks (who just got back from Boston) said they didn't hear it. 

I don't even know...

I need my sleep...

But I'm trying to find a ninja scarf on IMVU's shop and I can't find the one I found earlier. 

I need sleep, though.

I'm hearing goddamn fairy flutes.

Day 145 of San Diego

A girl in my SOC class blacked out today. We were watching a video of a woman who was obsessed with breast implants. The video showed clips (not too gruesome, in my opinion) of doctors doing surgical procedures. Suddenly, after a few moments, I heard a thunk on the floor. Thinking nothing of it, I kept watching the video, until everyone began asking, "Jessica? Are you okay?" and people began turning around to see what happened. This girl was lying face-flat on the floor. When she came to, she asked, "Did I pass out?" She had no idea what occurred to her! Everyone, even the teacher, made sure Jessica was okay. They opened a door to let in fresh air, we ended the video, and let Jessica have her space.

Besides worrying if Jessica was okay, my whole day was simply dandy. I hung out with a lot of friendly folks in between classes. I first hung out with Dean, a student in my ENGL class, before class started. However, once walking to class, we saw a notice on the door saying...........

The class was canceled.

If I knew this prior, I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP.

I should check my e-mail more often. Maybe the teacher emailed us to let us know that... well... there wasn't any class today.

Thankfully, Dean wanted to chill with me. We hung out in the computer lab and chatted. When he had to go to class, I followed a few minutes behind him to relax in the R-building. But as I walked up a straightaway, I noticed someone else familiar..........

IT WAS ALEX.

I hadn't seen Alex in, I think, several months. At least since Christmas. We hugged each other and I followed him to a bus stop as we talked about what we missed. It was great to see him!

Once he got on the bus, I left towards the R-building. But I received a text from Dean saying, "My other class was canceled." We decided to hang out again. I hung out at ANOTHER bus stop since Dean decided to just head home for the day. We talked about Chat Roulette and other silly insane things. When the bus arrived, we said Goodbye, and I left for SOC.

After SOC, I hung out with Bryndis. We hung out the whole hour until I had to sit in NUTR class and act like I was paying attention. Yet instead of jotting down notes, I had to write answers on a printed project that was due today. The project was eight pages long. Luckily, we have four people in our group. Each person was assigned two pages. We didn't print the pages out (because one of our group member's was generous enough to print everything out herself). We wrote our answers on a separate piece of paper before bringing them to class the next day (today). It was frustrating to rewrite everything. It was frustrating in general to have an eight paged project - that had answers nobody learned about - that was due in under three days...

Oh... And... I must do this before I leave...

HI, MOM!!!!! THANKS FOR READING MY POSTS!!!!! SUPER KIND OF YOU!!

Hugs and kisses xoxox.

Day 144 of San Diego

My cat, Bugger, is suddenly obsessed with Indigo. She's also obsessed with boxes. However, although Indigo's cage is box, it isn't open for her to sit in it. So, she decides to sit on TOP of the cage, trying to get Indigo.

Sheesh. It took her a year to finally acknowledge him. When I would take Indigo out of his cage, I would sometimes let my cats see him. Bugger didn't notice him on my hand even if he were in front of her nose. She would simply rub her body against me like normal.

NOW, out of the blue, Bugger wants to play with him.

Today wasn't as bad as yesterday. The only frustrating part was being tired... AGAIN.

I can't sleep without my parents! I'm worried sick about them. Just a year ago, the Boston Marathon was bombed. THEY'RE RESIDING IN A HOTEL NEXT TO THE FINISH LINE! What if another nut decides to "play a prank" and put backpacks, filled with whatever he damned well pleased, next to the hotels/imaginary finish line and successfully blew them up? I don't want the hotel my parents and their friends are staying in to crumble or catch fire!

Gosh... I feel like I'm THEIR parents. The roles have reversed.

Right now, I'm having a good time with Minecraft. I brought my computer to school today just to do that - play Minecraft. Yet an hour on Minecraft feels like a minute. Each time I had to go to class, I would moan and groan. Not only because I had to go to class (I moan and groan about going to class EVERY day, even if I'm not doing something fun to kill time), but because I had to stop playing Minecraft.

In all honesty, I'd rater be addicted to a video game than something that can harm my health.

:)

P.S: No, this picture was not drawn by me. I wish...

Day 143 of San Diego

My day was a little disappointing, but no need to complain because my parents are alive and well!!!

CONGRATS TO MY DAD WHO PASSED THE BOSTON MARATHON FINISH LINE!!!!! WHOO-HOO!!!!!

First in the family!

Thank the Heavens nobody was hurt by a terrorist attack. 

I'm super proud of my dad! I'm sure he's stoked. 

My hours at school were the parts that were disappointing. I received disappointing results from two tests...

All I can say about this is: I tried. Sue me!

Now, enjoy a cute picture of my cat Fluffy exploring my car:

Day 142 of San Diego

I don't think I bragged about seeing a shooting star a day ago.

That's right, I saw something from space zoom through our atmosphere!

Or... it was a UFO...

During the night of when I left for my grandparents' house at 2 AM, I saw a bright turquoise light appear in the sky. Looking upwards, the light then flew down to the horizon and disappeared. I've never seen a turquoise shooting star. Sure, I've seen a white shooting star. But turquoise?

That's why I think it's a UFO!!!!!!!!!!111

IT WAS FOLLOWING ME!

;)

Actually, now that I think of it that way... I hope it wasn't a UFO... Haha.

Today was nice!

HAPPY FREAKIN' JESUS-RESURRECTION EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

The family (including me) joined Jay and Jill (at their house) to hide Easter eggs, have us kiddies find them, before hanging out and enjoying a lovely feast - ham, potato salad, lemon cake and rolls!

I carpooled with the grandparents.

Around five, we left for home.

Now, I'm watching the newest Total Recall movie while chatting with Mason and a few other pals.

My dad runs the Boston Marathon tomorrow! I wish him and everyone else there to spectate, run, or secure safety a safe time.

Send positive vibes to my parents!

Day 141 of San Diego

My day was really fun!

Except at 2 AM in the morning...

I was trying to Skype sleep with Mason, but my Internet conked out around midnight. It was the most frustrating two hours of my day... I restarted my computer, I restarted Skype, I tried Skyping on my cell phone... Nothing was working! I fled into a panic, freaking out that I would spend the night in my creepy house ALONE, and told Mason I was fleeing to my grandparents' house. I called my grandma, she answered, I told her the problem and she let me spend the night.

When I woke up at 8:30, I felt better knowing I was with people. I joined my grandpa in the living room, watching news. Once grandma woke up, we cooked breakfast. A couple hours later, after hanging out with my grandparents, I had to leave for home to turn on Indigo's lights and check on the animals.

Instead of heading back, I chilled at home. Around 2 PM, my aunt Jill texted me wondering if I would like to dye eggs with her, uncle Jay, cousin Jaylee and Willow. I agreed right away. At 4, I arrived at my aunt and uncle's house. We dyed eggs together for an hour and a half before I left, needing to feed Angel.

I planned to have dinner with the grandparents today. When I was finished feeding Angel, I drove to grandma and grandpa's. We had a delicious dinner! Meatloaf and a baked potato. YUM!!!

I don't think I'll spend the night with my grandparents tonight. I want to Skype sleep with Mason. Tonight will be the last night for us to Skype sleep until next weekend. If Skype doesn't work again, and I feel uncomfortable sleeping in my house alone, I'll leave for grandma and grandpa's place again.

I do need to get used to living by myself. What'll happen when I move out while Mason is still in the Marines? I'll have to get used to it quick. I'll have to learn to pay bills - become responsible.

But let's not worry about that now.

Day 140 of San Diego

I skipped NUTR. I was NOT waiting for an hour for class to begin and then sit in class for another hour, watching an old PBS show. But the rest of my day was decent!

The only sad part was sending my folks to the airport. They're going to be gone for a WEEK in Boston. Like I've said before, dad is running the Boston Marathon. Afterwards, the parents and their friends will be touring the state for fun. 

I feel like my parents moved out instead of vice versa... I'm going to deal with chores, taking care of the pets, grocery shopping, etc. 

I'm not complaining... Kind of. Haha!

What I'm saying is that I'll need to teach myself responsibility. 

I also need to get out of the house more often to save myself from Cabin Fever. 

Anyway, I'm glad it's Friday!!!

Day 139 of San Diego

Each time I lie down and get comfy, I remember I have to write a post...

I don't want to officially say that writing a post every day is boring me or it's a hassle, but it kind of has been for the past few days! I've been extremely exhausted (such as today - I almost passed out in each of my classes. I had to keep wiggling myself awake) and I just want to sleep!

However, I am being ignorant. I would rather hang out with Mason than sleep. Not the healthiest choice, but I would sacrifice A LOT to be with my man. <3

Today, like I mentioned, I was tired throughout the school hours. Once I was home, I played on my computer. I did plan on taking a nap... But like always, I switch the scenarios on myself. Right at the last minute, too!!!

Seattle had a beautiful rainstorm this evening. Afterwards, a gorgeous, vibrant rainbow appeared right before our house. I took a few photos. Here's one:

Day 138 of San Diego

Oh GOD, I almost fell asleep.

I need to get to sleep right after this, though. Today was a long day.

School was cool. But once I came home, I had a lot of boring homework from two of my classes - NUTR and ENGL. I'm slacking a little bit on SOC since I busted my ass off for it in the previous couple of days. 

Today was my aunt Jill's birthday!!! The family surprised her while Jay and her were out. We sang Happy Birthday and presented her gifts. She loved everything. And she was TRULY surprised when she saw everybody. She kept telling us how she thought everyone forgot about her birthday because nobody had texted her. Haha. 

The family and I just got back from Jay and Jill's. I guess I'm skipping Skype with Mason. I don't know what he's up to. I guess not video games. He would've replied already.

Hopefully he just fell asleep.

Well, that's it for today. I don't know what picture I'll post, but let me see...

Oh! I guess this one will do:

Day 137 of San Diego

Another bombing threat at the Boston Marathon finish line. It supposedly happened today on the anniversary of the last years bombing. Police evacuated the scene. It wasn't during a race, thank God. Police detonated the bombs and arrested a suspicious man whom they presume planted the bombs. 

I'm nervous, anxious, paranoid; you name it - for my parents attending the next Boston Marathon. 

I'm not trying to intimidate or provoke the universe, but I don't think life would suddenly make me an orphan. I can't imagine it. It would be unfair. 

Why? That's the question. Why would life do it to me? Life has treated me well. Solid. Balanced. 

I don't think, and I hope, life wouldn't abruptly take my parents' away. 

To change subjects, the pollen is dominant right now! Check out this picture of my front wind shield after school!:

Day 136 of San Diego

Did you know Gary Oldman has a British accent?

...

WHEN THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN?

Anyway...

My day was a little stressful. I forgot to read a short story in which we were discussing about in ENGL class today. Then in SOC, I didn't know the rules for studying a quiz and I had to guess the entire thing. Oddly - and miraculously - enough, I managed to get a few points. Nowhere close to 100%, mind you...

When I came home, I sent Mason's Easter gift through the mail. When I came home a second time, I jumped into the shower before starting on boring homework...

The homework isn't difficult. It's easy to me. All I do is read and read and write a little and then continue reading about other stuff.

In a sense, I'm glad this quarter is simple. A few things are annoying - like waiting an hour in between classes - but my days are going smoothly and that's what I approve of.

The thing I don't approve of is not being able to play satisfying games with Mason... He's an xBox guy, I'm a Playstation girl. We've tried a few computer games, but they ended up at the sidelines. Minecraft is one of our favorites. Yet we can only play it in multiplayer when he's home (using my Internet connection) I would create a server, but I can't because my IP address is strange compared to other IPs. I'm not sure about configuring my IP to something usable for successfully creating a server. Besides, mom says if we started the project, she wouldn't be able to finish it before the trip to Boston.

Oh yea, by the way, my folks will be gone for a whole week. My dad qualified into the Boston Marathon. His friend qualified, too, but he hurt his leg and had to quit.

Guess who gets to stay in a haunted house... ALONE... for seven days?

Me...

I don't have any rules to break, I'm not a party animal... What will I do? Sleep? Do homework? Shucks, what a vacation away from the parents...

No Minecraft with Mason, no awesome stuff while the parents are gone in Boston...

I'll think of something. You just wait and see!

In a Fog

“I always say that the best things happen unexpectedly and spontaneously,” says Antic Zlatko, a member of our Your Shot community who captured this scene on the Tamiš River near his home in Pančevo, Serbia. “It was taken on a cold winter day, but the ambience was magic—the cold afternoon with the fog and the sun [shining] over it. I saw this through the window and had afterward gone on a walk with my kids. I made a few shots but I think this one shows the true ambience.”

Day 135 of San Diego

I'M NOT IN A HURRY TONIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO WRITE THIS POST IN ALL CAPS AGAIN!

Just kidding. :)

My day was fine. A beautiful day, actually! I spent half of it outside! ... With my laptop on hand, of course. 

I goofed around on my laptop while sucking in some sun rays. My parents suntanned and gardened. 

We had tacos for dinner. That was delicious. 

Dad found a really big Wolf Spider next to his truck. I took a picture of it with caution... 

That's it! That was my Sunday! 

Day 134 of San Diego

I HAVE TO WRITE THIS POST QUICK!!!

I'LL DO IT IN ALL CAPS TO SHOW YOU THAT I'M IN A RUSH!!!

TODAY WAS SATURDAY!!! I DID NOTHING BUT PLAYED ON MY COMPUTER AND WATCHED MOVIES!!!

I ALSO PICKED MY MOM UP FROM THE AIRPORT!!!! SHE WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP, IF I FORGOT TO MENTION!!! 

GLAD SHE'S HOME!!!

TOMORROW IS SUNDAY!!!

GUESS WHAT I'M DOING?! NOT GOING TO CHURCH!!!

RANDOM PHOTO TIME!!!!:

Day 133 of San Diego

My dad purchased tickets to a Mariners game today!!! I didn't even know until an hour after he had told me. I have to set my phone to Airplane Mode or the battery will drain from searching for WiFi. The building my last class (NUTR) is in doesn't allow me to text or even surf the Web. Kind of sucks... But once I turned off Airplane Mode (as I walked to my car), I received texts from my dad, telling me he purchased tickets to a seven o'clock Mariners game!

I wore my Ichiro jersey. :)

Today definitely made up for yesterday night's drama.

The game was spectacular. The Mariners kicked the A's BUTTS!!!! No points for the A's until the seventh inning! Dad and I left around there. We were getting chilly and Felix Hernandez ended his pitching.  

THAT'S RIGHT! FELIX WAS THERE, PITCHING FOR THE MARINERS!!! 

And dad and I were a part of the lucky 25,000 people to get a Felix shirt and a "Happy Felix Day" poster. We're keeping them for good. 

Felix pitched outstandingly. Dad and I witnessed people being hit by foul balls, people catching foul balls, a stadium long wave (caught it on camera), people making airplanes out of the posters and throwing them out in field... All sorts of crazy nonsense!!! 

Dad and I also witnessed a couple homeruns. 

Here are a few picture I would like to share. Please, enjoy:

Day 132 of San Diego

School was fine.

I don't want to write this post...

Goodnight.

Day 131 of San Diego

I didn't skip!!! I managed to remember and not pass out on my readers! But I'm close! I must hurry. 

Today was another decent day. Yet my boobs are swelling thanks to my soon-to-come period! Always fabulous... Makes me feel more like a woman every month...

My Sociology class is getting better and better. More interesting day by day. We had an extra credit assignment on sending our teacher a modern-day painting of Eve (from Adam and Eve) I decided to take part in the project for ol' time sake. It was something to do. And since I like the class very much, I want to involve myself in it as much as possible. 

ENGL wasn't too bad. All we do is read stories and talk about them in class. On Friday's, we write in-class essays. We'll see how that goes for my anxiety...

I think I made a new friend. His name is Yish (I'm pretty sure I spelled his name wrong) He's in my ENGL class. We talk during the group discussions on the stories we've read. He's a very polite young man, a soldier (I'm guessing in the National Guard because he wears a National Guard backpack every day), a representative for our college and seems really popular. I followed him to another building since we got caught up in conversation. But our conversation stopped once he stopped in front of the boys bathroom. I swear if I didn't know where we were headed, I probably would have followed him in on accident. Haha! 

Surprisingly enough, before we parted, he gave me a hug. :)

That's when I figured I made a new friend. Hugs usually mean the person likes you. IN A FRIENDLY WAY! Sheesh. 

I'll see if we'll talk as much as we did today, tomorrow. If not, maybe I jumped the gun too quickly. Haha. 

I don't know what kind of picture I should post for the ending... I shouldn't post the picture of Eve since her tits are showing... 

I think a cute sticker from Japanese candy will do. :)

Day 130 of San Diego

I don't know what to tell you people...

I SKIPPED (accidentally) ANOTHER POST... IN THE SAME WEEK!

That's a new record.

Let me start off with yesterday...

YESTERDAY WAS GREAT! The only teacher I have a problem with is my Nutrition teacher... I don't even know if he's certified because half of the time, he's blankly staring at the PowerPoint presentation projected on the screen... He'll also ask us silly questions in which their answers are showing - plain as day - on a slide in front of our faces. Maybe he's new? I'll cut him some slack for now.

The teacher's I really like are my two other teachers; my Sociology of the Body teacher and my English - Fiction Writing teacher. My Fiction Writing teacher is hysterical. Although he's an older gentleman, he knows his humor. I shouldn't think of older people as slow, fragile, senile human beings anymore since my grandpa is the complete opposite and I've been apart of his life for 20 years. HELLO!

My Sociology teacher is a zippy woman. Her professionalism goes well with her quirkiness. When she wants to be professional, she shows it. If she wants to be playful and quirky, she doesn't hesitate.

Each class I'm having fun with so far. Nutrition could be better... I think it's too easy on my level. Sociology is intriguing. And my English class is gradual but interesting.

I must talk to my Nutrition and English teacher about possibly heading down to San Diego in three weeks to hang out with mom, her boss and Mason. Mom has a business presentation somewhere in San D. and she thought it would be really neat if I tagged along. Not only to see Mason, but to be with her. Her boss also misses me. Haha.

My Sociology teacher is fine with me skipping three days. Yet I do need to turn in homework due that week a week early. Which is totally alright with me! All I care about is seeing Mason and hanging out with mom and her boss in CALIFORNIA!!!!!!

P.S.: I've decided to end my (By: such-and-such) after the description of a National Geographic photo. In the description of the photo, the writer has already done so in saying whom the photographer is that snapped the gorgeous picture.

Over the Misty Mountains

"This photo was taken in the Carpathian Mountains near Kolochava village in Ukraine's Zakarpatska region," writes Your Shot member Volodymyr Zinchenko. "It was the middle of October, when after weeks of dry weather, it started raining. There was almost constant rain from the village to the point where this picture was taken—my camera was the only dry thing." Zinchenko says the warm mountains caused the moisture to evaporate. "That and the autumn colors made the picture."