wide open spaces.

with a new school year brewing around the corner, I have decided that it is time to make some resolutions. A to-do list of things that I want to complete during my final year living at home as a highschool student.

1. Get a job. I am tired of never having money to spend and borrowing from my brother or from mom. I am going to apply for a job at the movie theatre.

2. Scrapbook more. I want to make a senior memory/scrapbook so that I can have a place to keep all my pictures and mementos from this year.

3. Go to a concert. preferably Maroon 5 in August in Chattanooga with Kris Allen opening for them. yes.

4. Learn to stick up for myself. Or at least try to do it more. I have never been able to stand up for myself when I am under pressure. Instead, I tend to cry because I am upset over being betrayed or walked all over. I always think of comebacks too late and that does me no good.

5. Thank each of my best friends for being my best friends. They are hard to come by and I am extremely grateful that I have them. Even though sometimes I blow them off or dont hang out with them as much as I should, they still somehow want to be my friend...

6. Continue to write my Compassion child, Abdu. He is living in a less fortunate world and I know he loves it when he recieves a letter from me. Maybe I could even send him a present for his birthday.

7. Find a new church.

8. Blog more. I love doing it, sometimes I neglect it because I have more important things to do. It's satisfying to type about my life on my blog for whoever wants to read them.

9. Plan a senior trip with my friends. Not Destin or Panama City. But instead somewhere less popular, but just as fun. Like a charming little beach town.