preparations

day 96

my sore throat and messed up nose kept me home from school yet again and on the same chair in the living room while I sipped on water and tv all day. Thank you Alaskan weather.

Last night I finally made a 2012 calendar book (procrastination, no?) and I'm already filling it up with photoshoots. So exciting!

still thirty six degrees

day 95

it snowed again today. I'm ready for it to be summer and to be well.

I stayed home from school again today. This has been an awful sore throat/cold thing. I haven't even felt well enough to even think about going outside and taking photos.

Play of Awesome: The Performances

From the book: So what's this all about?

This is Mr. Benson, our awesome drama teacher. Not only is he a great teacher, but he's one of my good friends (he's a great mentor). I'm so glad I've gotten to know him and his fiance and I'll be so sad when I won't be able to see them every day. I can't believe that this was my last high school production ever. Oh golly I'm gonna cry. Moving on.


Getting the milk to cereal ratio just right.



High tens.

A lot of this show depended on the audience. We found that the show was rougher if the audience didn't laugh as much. It was like we soaked up their laughs and that determined how excited we were to perform. Monday and Tuesday were alright performances, but as more people came for Thursday and Friday, we got more laughing juice for our acting souls! Laughter truly is the best medicine.



My main monologue was about pushing the button on the soft drink cup lid. And it's so true. Pushing those things is awesome!


Couch fort.


The man couch.

Since we played ourselves in the show, Matt still got to be my boyfriend in the play! This scene was the Man Couch scene; you know, those couches conveniently located outside the women's changing rooms? Yeah. Awesome!


Opening a new jar of peanut butter.

Perfectly popped popcorn.

Like I've said before, I wish we could perform it again. It was just so funny and emphasized the importance of life and all the awesome things that it holds.

Be sure to check back for another post in this awesome series! (is that joke getting old yet?)

everything in its right place

day 94

You should click on the photo. It looks so much better bigger.

I woke up with a horrid sore throat. And even still my voice sounds a bit out of whack and I'm feeling pretty lethargic. I stayed home from school and worked on some graduation stuff as well as edited photos for my church. I have about a million and one photos to edit, so the extra time to do so today was much needed. I wasn't too keen on having to miss school though ...

The dust sparkled just as beautifully as ever today. I love the fact that the sun is staying out later and later. Two moose visited us today. Kids are starting to jump on their trampolines. There's still two feet of snow on the ground (at least) but it's melting more and more every day.