I'll Figure it Out

Is stress genetic?
I wonder, because my mom and brother are often up half the night stressing about things that aren't even worth it. But my dad, my other brother, and I rarely ever stress.
People always get mad at me because they always want to have a preset plan, and I tend to take the, "We'll figure it out," approach.
I always just assume things will work out I think, just because they always have.
One day, something is going to go terribly wrong because of my lack of planning skills, and maybe then I'll learn to not just count on things to work out in my favor.
But until then, I'll just make my way through life figuring things out one obstacle at a time.
Mr. Sturgeon says I can blame it on my premature prefrontal cortex. Or something.

:?

This week has been kind of bad its been long and its just been really boring and just cold. I wish there was something exciting I could say about this week but there just isn’t anything I want to or have to talk about.

Crunch.

Currently my brain is crunchy. No, not literally crisp and crinkly; it is like someone microwaved it then baked it. Now I feel like I'm talking about food. God, I'm hungry. See what I mean?

Lately, I've been really stressed out. I have two tests this week (Spanish and Math) then a big AP World final project due Friday, then an AP World test next week. I have a project running with the Placer Herald for the grant board I'm involved in, and although I'm supposedly an ambassador for Placer, I have not attended a single meeting (although I have joined one of their conferences) and am not sure of my role in the whole deal. It's as if Life has handed me a plate full of stress and asked "Oh, would you like some fries with your stress burger?"

On top of that, I have gained weight. Ugh.

I suppose this is what they call "the crunch week", the time before the semester ends. However, I'm more than tired and crunchy. It seems as if all i want to do is sleep and eat, and am losing my love for everything else in life. I feel as if I am constantly hungry and achy, and as if my time is just being used and used and used some more. Stress....Ugh.

So, Life?
I would like to order Peace with a vanilla-strawberry milkshake. Thanks.

My First Game

Tuesday was my first home varsity basketball  game and it was one of the sickest things ever. From pre-game meal to shootaround and coach's pre-game speech it was really easy to get hyped. Then, outside the gym in the locker room getting ready and getting pumped, that was easy! then we came out to the cheering crowd and it was all business from their. We handled Florin 71-49 and now i can't wait until our next home game

Calculus BC

Is so stressful! I certainly do love the teacher and my peers...but there's just so much to remember.

There is a test today and I just don't feel ready for it. I mean I studied...a lot. I studied mean value theorem, Euler's method, volume techniques, surface area, integrals (including all the techniques such as partial fractions, u-sub, integration by parts, etc.), improper integrals, and logistics.

With so much studying...why do the tests always seem so hard? The answer to this is stress. Stress releases cortisol which inhibits the transmission of glucose in your brain. So the idea is to not stress for a test right? But...how do you do that? I have no idea...

So...wish me luck in my mathematical endeavors today. And just remember that when you are taking a test...relax and don't stress yourself out! You'll end up doing worse...goodluck!

The Day of Tues

Nothing exciting ever really happens on a Tuesday. It is a day that is often overlooked, since it's not really at the beginning or the end of the week. However, this past Tuesday my mom and I decided to appreciate this neglected weekday. Last Saturday we saw Harry Potter while my cousins and aunt saw Tangled so we decided that it would be fun to go see it sometime soon. Having completed my homework early for once, Tuesday seemed like the perfect day to go.

At around 4 in the afternoon, we made popcorn at home and put it in large ziploc bags to smuggle into the movie in order to avoiding paying 5-6 dollars for popcorn. We headed out to Blue Oaks (so happy there's a theater so close now) and bought tickets for the 4:45 show. Since it was a weekday, there were only elderly people and some parents with very young children there. Munching on our illicit popcorn, we sat near the back row and watched Tangled in 3D. It's one of the cutest movies I've ever seen and really funny too! There were probably about 10-15 people total watching the movie.

We left at around 6:30 and drove to the Fountains for some shoe shopping. It was like a little winter wonderland town there, all decked out for the holidays. We stopped by DsW shoes and after that Payless before heading home. My mom had just bought a new electric griddle that day and we tested it out by making pancakes for dinner. Yum! For the rest of the evening we relaxed, drinking tea and watching Frasier on Youtube haha. I probably could have used this time to study for the numerous upcoming tests, but I'm glad we took advantage of this Tuesday for some valuable mother-daughter bonding time. Who says no one ever does anything on a Tuesday?

Turkey Day or Christmas

it seems like every year people start setting up Christmas before Thanksgiving. But now days they are having stores get out all of the Christmas stuff months before thanksgiving even takes place. But some people are even celebrating Thanksgiving the day before just so they can be more rested for the black Friday sales. But many still spend the day with their families on Thanksgiving so the holiday has not completely disappeared yet. But it raises the question does Christmas shopping take priority of spending time with your family?