The Start Of Junior Year

Hey Everyone,

Yesterday was the first day of school, and my first day as a Junior at Heights. I was lucky enough to get lockout first period this year, which means I don't have to come into school until second period. It's pretty awesome, getting to sleep in late. I am also driving myself to school now, which is awesome except for all of the crazy traffic and construction work by my school. They've been working on the roads by my school since my FRESHMAN year. Ugh, by the time I graduate, I'm pretty sure I will have a fierce animousity towards construction cones.

On a happier note, my classes are pretty cool so far. I really like AP European History, and French III. I'm majorly concerned about yearbook, though. I feel so separate from my staff, which is definitely not good seeing as I'm their Editor. Hopefully it will get easier... but until then *stresses like crazy*

I think this year will be the most challenging year I've ever had in school- the classes are legit hard this year, unlike my classes in the past that I could have slept through and got an A. I'm excited for the challenge though, I think it will be fun.

I'm also kind of freaking about about jobs. I have to get one. Like now. If I don't my parents will cancel my car insurance, and I'll have no money for gas anyways. I've applied to some places, with no word back. I'm applying to Walmart now.

Wish me luck this year- it'll probably be a crazy one!

Ciao,
Brandi

I Got My License... And My Parents Got Me A CAR!!! :D

Hey everyone,

Yesterday was a HUGE day for me. I got both my driver's license and a car! My dad and I had practiced maneuverability several, several times, but we only practiced going to the left. My instructor made me go to the right. Seriously. I even asked him if I could go left, and he said no. So I went right, trying to do everything that I had learned for the left the exact opposite for the right... and I passed maneuverability without missing a single point. Afterwards, my instructor laughed and asked me why I was so nervous going right, because I aced it. I was so excited! :D

Then we went on the driving portion... and it went great! We mostly just went through some neighborhoods, and then we went back to the BMV. I even parked it straight at the end of the test (which is a huge accomplishment in itself for me). We went back inside, and my instructor told me to sit in the waiting room, and that he'd meet with me shortly. I knew I had passed, even though at that point in time, I didn't know my score. I went over and told my dad that I had passed, and then we waited for my instructor (and my dad was just about as excited as I was :)

When the instructor came out to meet with my dad and me he said "Do you want the good news or the bad news first?" I immediately said "bad". Then the instructor said "You didn't give me a pen to mark down any mistakes. But the good news is you didn't make any mistakes, so I didn't need the pen anyways. You scored a perfect." I was so freaking excited.

Then we went to sit and wait with everyone else in the BMV... but thankfully it didn't take too long. I got my picture taken, and I got my license :D

My License!!! :D

Then I drove us home, and I barely had time to call my mom and tell her I passed before we had to get on the road. Once we turned onto my court, my dad pulled out his iPod and started recording me. He said "I think I speak for both your Mom and myself when I say congratulations and I hope you like it..." just as we pulled into view of my new car sitting in the driveway with a large bow on the front and I freaked out. My mom was standing there with the camera and then all of the kids on the court, and a lot of their friends (probably about 20 kids in total) jumped out and yelled "Surprise!". It was epically awesome.

My New Car: A 1999 Honda Civic

I love it! :D

Ciao!

Summer Is Finally Here

Hey everyone,

Summer is finally here! Let's hope that now the rain will die down and the sun will come out more often. I have a lot of things I have to do this summer. For example:

1.) Turn 16 :D
2.) Have an awesome Sweet 16 Birthday Party
3.) Get my license
4.) Hopefully get a car
5.) Hopefully get a job
6.) Go camping with my family
7.) Go to church camp
8.) Work on stuff for yearbook
9.) Do my AP Summer assingments

Well, I'm off for now :)

Ciao!

Driver's Ed

Hey Everyone,

Last night was my first Driver's Ed class. It was from 6-10pm. To be honest, I kind of expected them to teach about driving at Driver's Education. Instead, we learned about drug abuse. Again. Thankfully, that class is over though. So I shouldn't have to learn about drug abuse in Driver's Ed again.

I still have to take 5 more classes, and 3 in-car sessions. The in-car sessions will consist of:
1.) Country Roads
2.) City Roads
3.) Downtown, Freeway, Maneuverability

Then I'll be done, and that much closer to my license :D

Ciao!

Officially A JUNIOR!!! :D

Hey everyone,

Yesterday was the last day of school... and you know what that means ;) Today is my first full day of officially being a Junior. It's crazy how fast this past school year flew by. I'll still have a lot of work to do over the summer for school, though, (Yearbook and my AP classes), but it's all good, because I've got 3 months to do it ;). This summer is (hopefully) going to be amazing. I'm going to turn 16 on July 6th, and I will hopefully get my driver's license. I will also be in my Uncle and To-Be-Aunt's wedding on June 25th. There will also be camping trips, summer camps, hopefully a job, and a lot more. But for today, I'm mostly calling around for Drivers Ed classes, and relaxing.

Here's to a great summer! Ciao!

On Sophomore Year...

It's hard to believe that my Sophomore Year of high school is nearly over. It's been a crazy busy year, but it seems like it just flew by. This year also had a lot of firsts for me.

Last fall, I took my first college class. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, and I became really good friends with a girl from my class at Franklin University named Britnie "Bree" Reed.

This year, I took yearbook for the first time. (And I'm going to be Editor next year XD)

This year, I got my temps for the first time, and started driving.

This year, I changed my bedroom to the colors blue and green (my favorite colors) for the first time.

This year, I got my first Facebook account. (And with that, my first email account).

This year, I taught myself HTML, and kept the yearbook website up to date.

This year, I created the first ever website for my church.

This year, I slow danced for the first time (with someone who is just a friend, though).

This year, I started my first blog :-)

I seem to have had a lot of firsts this year.... Can't wait to see what next year brings! :-)
Ciao!

Easter Weekend!

Hey everyone,

Happy late Easter! I had a great Easter weekend. It started last Friday, Good Friday, when I had no school and went shopping with my mom at Tuttle mall. It was there that I got to choose my Easter gift, a new book :-) On Saturday, I went down to my family's farm in Southern Ohio. They had severe flash floods, so everything was kind of washed out. I still got to see a lot of my family members who I don't get to see very often, so it was worth it! I also drove us everywhere while we were down there. I ended up having to drive through some minor flooding on some roads (it was that or be trapped for who knows how long before the water resided- the rain isn't supposed to let up for another week). On Easter Sunday, I went to church like I do every Sunday, and we had a special Easter service. After church, my family got together and we all had a large Easter dinner- yum!

Ciao!

Out Driving and Such....

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since I last posted, but I've been pretty busy and I just got a Facebook for the first time, so I've been having fun with that. Anyways, this week was my Spring Break, and I spent Monday through Wednesday afternoon with my grandparents on my Mom's side. (They don't have internet). Wednesday evening I visited my Great Aunt Sandi in a local nursing home for her 65th birthday. Almost my whole family (on my dad's side) was there. Thursday I mostly spent with my Grandma on my Dad's side, who I don't get to see very often. We visited my Aunt Sandi again, too. Both of my Grandmas let me drive their cars, and both seem to think I'm a good driver (at least that's what they say to me). Today I got to drive in my family's 2001 Ford Expedition. It's the same size as the F-150 Truck, or something like that. It's an SUV. But the point is that it was the first time that I had drove anything other than a small car. I did pretty well except for parking, and my turning was a little wide. Oh well, those things can be fixed. I also got to drive my mom to Flyers Pizza to get dinner. I managed to go through the drive thru without damaging anything :-)

I see more driving in my future! Ciao!

Driving- And All The Reasons I Love It! :D

Hey everyone,

As I told you all in an earlier post, I now have my temps (meaning I can drive if I have one of my parents in the car with me). On Sunday, I went out to an empty parking lot with my dad, and he helped me mostly with how much pressure to apply to the brakes and gas. After that I went out driving around town for about an hour and a half. It was so much fun! The fastest I went was 50 mph on a back country road (and that was the speed limit). I was driving in my grandma's car because all of the cars my parents have are either supercharged mustangs (not good to learn to drive in), or enormous SUVs (not good to learn in either).

Tonight I went to a spaghetti dinner at my church, and then went over to my grandparents' house. My grandpa let my drive the car over there. It was awesome, and I was even able to back the car up in their long driveway.

Here's to safe driving! :-)

Ciao!

I got my temps!! XD

Hey everyone,

Today I am officially 15 1/2 years old! Here in Ohio, once you reach "15 years and six months", you can get your Temporary Instructional Permit ID (aka temps), which is basically your learner's permit. Now I can drive with my parents in the car until I turn 16 on July 6th.

While at the BMV, I almost didn't pass my eye exam, though I had no problem with the knowledge test. What can I say, my vision sucks. I'm getting new glasses this month, so hopefully will help (the ones I have now are from the 8th Grade and are a terribly outdated perscription). I wanted to try the test without my glasses (hoping I wouldn't need the corrective lenses restriction on my license), but when I looked into the little eye exam thing, I could barely see the biggest line, line 1, and they wanted me to read line 4. When I put my glasses on, I almost freaked out because I could still barely see. So I squinted and guessed, and must have guessed well because I passed. I can't wait till I get my new glasses.

I also chose to be an Organ Donor. I think it's important to help others, and honestly, once I'm dead I'll have no use for my organs, so they might as well help someone else.

I'm excited to start driving, but my parents won't let me until the roads clear up. Oh well, hopefully I won't have to wait too long.... ;)