speak so softly

I'm very proud to say I took this picture of my cat. Her name is Sumae (sue-may)

Well, good morning blogging community! How is your day? Me? Mine, has just begun, but it looks promising, I promise. Thankfully this weekend is a three day weekend, except for slackers like me who skipped school on friday, making it a four day weekend. My mom just returned home from her Euro-trip like voyage around 1 a.m. saturday morning. Not surprisingly enough, she has stories that I wish to have myself. Waiters she met in little out-of-the-way cafe's. Old couples celebrating their 500th anniversary/80th birthday. All that. I WANT THAT. Needless to say, i'm jealous. She knows because I told her about ten times. I get the privilege of going through her some 1200 photo's and editing them all. Joy! I really am excited though. I want to see the world, even through someone else's eyes is ok to me for right now.

I'm hoping that on tuesday when I go back to school my counselor will finally call me down to change my schedule. I've e-mailed, sent in course change request forms, I even just boldly walked into the main office and made my way towards her office only to be rejected by the asst. principal because I didn't have a "appointment". I don't know what else to do! Its going on our third week of school and i'm stuck in this schedule that is not going to help me as a senior. I don't even have a history class. Which I need to pass. Who does that to a senior? I don't need that stress. I should be passing out in some mansion up in Miami Beach next to celebrity status people, or even people who claim to just know celebrity status people. Either or is fine. Just get me there.

You might have seen them, but I have two new puppies. As cute as can be, let me tell you. They're like a cross between baby polar bears and some type of immensely cute gene. There are two: Osito, which is Spanish for "Little Bear". And then there is Simba, which is Swahili for "Lion". Due to the fact that at the current moment we have five dogs, two cats, and a fish tank full of some smaller critters, we can't keep them. It breaks my heart because they are so freaking cute! Plus, since my mom was away I had taken care of every living thing in the house, especially those two, and we bonded. I named them too! It's ok though because I can't deal with all the extra poop, pee, crying, and anything else that might find it's way out of their bodies.

Lately I feel i'm in the musical decline. Which is weird for me because music is seriously my source of makeshift oxygen. I need to work this out soon or I might burst out with the crazies.

It's my mom's birthday on the 11th of this month. Sucky date, I know, but it works for her. I got her this . I think it's a beautiful gift, not only for her but for someone far away in a country i've never been to. My mom loves helping others just as much as I do, so I figured she'd appreciate the gift as it is pretty much a double gift for her and someone else. It comes with two bracelets, so I have one and so does she.

My girlfriend is in college. How does that make me feel? Like a baller, you might think. Well, it does. But it's hard. It's harder because not only is she in college while i'm finishing my last year of high school but she is in a college far away. Not being able to kiss your significant other is stressful. Especially when they need you to, or vis versa. Sometimes you have to go with the flow, or sometimes you just don't know what flow is worth following. I think this year will be a testament of what my future will surely become. I'm waiting to see.

I just realized how much i've written today, so sorry for consuming your time and making your brain read more than it should on such a weekend. I'll end this on a good note. Japanese.