I'm a big kid now!

In 4 1/2 days I will be a Freshman! I'm very excited and nervous. The only good part of being a freshman is not being in 8th grade. I cannot believe I made it through the eighth grade, do you know how hard it is? Oh boy. I have the attention span of a ladybug so I can't really sit there and learn. This year I've had my own seat in the guidance office, it seemed liked I was there every 3 periods. I also had my share of trips to the office. Everyday the deans ding into class and something about that voice sends chills down my back. They always say " hey (teachers name) do you have (students name) Send him/her down" then it is always continued with a sea of "ohhhhhhhs." I also have defiantly had a lot of bad grades. Mainly in Algebra and English. Every time report cards are sent out my family and I get a chuckle out of the fact that I did better in Spanish then in my native language, English. Well I guess I better go study for my Algebra final.

The dog days of summer.

Summer hasn't even arrived and yet it sure does feel like it, and I'm not talking temperature. Well my Summer is usually consumed of softball, swimming, parties, Kennywood, and well of course more softball. I am a softball player. This is my 8th season and lets just say our teams worst. Our record is like 0-5, mean while last year we were division champions. Softball in the summer means hot games in the black catching gear, yes I do play catcher and left-center. It seems every year it just gets hotter! After a hot softball game mom usually cracks a cold one and we head on over to our friends house, who just happens to have a nice pool. They live 2 houses up so its not to far away. Well since I just did really well at my game I get rewarded a swim in the pool(: There pool is so refreshing. We do have a lot of parties in the summer. We start off the parting season with a huge Memorial extravaganza ,including food, volleyball, kickball, adult beverages for the adults, and ends in a camp out in the yard. We also have my birhday party in the summer since my birthday is July 22nd. That must have been my parents happiest day, ya right that day hasn't come yet its the day I move out. Well we also get atleats one trip to Kennywood in. Usually the annual Canonsburg day, which just happens to fall on my birthday this year. I cannot wait to ride the roller coasters. Oh I almoost forgot the best part about this summer is the fact that 3 days after my birthday I'm going to the... JONAS BROTHERS CONCERT!!!!!!!! Not for the first time but the second(: Yaaaaaaaay I cannot wait. Well got to go practice softball, see thats where the more softball comes in!

rule breaker:P

You know at school how there is these things called "rules"? Yeah well at my school we can't chew gum, can't have electronics, or fight. Well like they always say rules are made to be broken. Well today in 2nd period algebra we were playing a review game, and as usual I was chewing a fresh piece of Orbit gum and had my phone in my purse. Well we broke up in teams and I just happen to be with all smart people so i didn't do anything and sat there chewing my gum and my teacher comes over and makes me spit it out. Meanwhile like 75% of the class is chewing gum and she made me go to the back of the room and work alone. We're doing some square root junk and i was using my phone calculator and out of the blue she comes back and sits next to me. Then she saw me still working on a problem and calls on me out of no where I say " uhhh.. what is uhhh the square root of uhh 45 times 16" and she was like " NO, I need to see you after class." When the bell finally rang I walked up to her desk and man she was mad her words were " Do you think this is a joke? well its not its real life algebra you need to know this stuff got it take a more serious aproach blah blah" during her very important talk i was thinking what was for lunch in 2 periods and when she finished she asked the worst question " Do you understand?'" "of course I do I promise" it was the best thing i could think of. The only good part was that we had nachos for lunch ad there was a fight during lunch(:

The "Lucky" one?

My friends all say "OMG your so lucky, your parents and brother all get along and are still together." I'm like "I guess" See you could say i'm a family girl. I love hanging out the famous porch that everyone sits on with my mom. Wow my mom is such a great lady she actually created this blog for me. She tries to be funny and her attempts to be funny are what makes us laugh. My dad on the other hand ya he is a great dad too. I'm always the one to make a joke about him but hes a really good sport about it all. Hes the owner of the BOD (bank of dad). Im always hitting him up for cash. Now dad doesn't joke he just laughs at EVERYTHING! I mean EVERYTHING! (: I also have an older brother, devin. He is 18 and heading off to college this fall. Don't tell him this but man i'l miss the heck out of him. Hes like my hero i always confied in him. We argue a lot. But hes a great brother. He comes to all of my sproting events and takes me out all the time. His jokes/ stories are so funny they make my ribs hurt from laughing. You know what i guess I am pretty darn lucky.

Greetings

My name is Amanda Ringling and this is Mandy's musings. I'm 13-years-old and from Canonsburg. I started this blog for an 8th-grade English class project. The object is to explain what a blog is and maybe start blogging my daily life, events and random thoughts or opinions. The best thing about a blog is I have an opportunity to express my opinion whenever and whenever. Ah, you gotta love our first amendment right!
So be sure to stop by every once in while to see what I'm up to and share your opinion too by commenting on the posts.