Week 32

     Last week was a very short week for me. But then again I did miss three days of school:/ not much to write about here since the majority of my week last week was spent at home throwing up from the flu:P But for the two days I was at school I got a lot done. My team made some progress on the storytime. I know Alethea is working on a really cool animated background with a thunderstorm so that should be interesting. I also made a lot of progress but I haven't attempted any animated backgrounds yet. I thinking of trying some moving clouds on out first slide but I think we should first finish all the slides and then go back for the details. As of the moment my 'adherence to distractions' is none at all. I literally don't have time to breath anymore I have so much makeup hw and it right alongside all the other hw that is due normally on schedule:P I can't wait for Easter break.

     Challenges faced last week include getting sick. It was definitely not fun AT ALL. I was so sick I couldn't even watch tv:/ That definitely was a bump in the road. Another challenge faced was finding the animations for my third slide. I had a rough time finding crows of angry people since google images can only be so helpful. The last challenge of the week was PLN. I found some people I wanted to contact and followed them on twitter but I haven't contacted them yet because I haven't had time to come up with the questions yet that I need to ask them. AHHHHH there's never enough time...

     Successes of the week would be giving my English presentation finally last weekend. I'm so glad that's over with. Another success would be our soccer games. So far we've been doing really well, won 3 games and have only lost one so I think we're gonna do well this year. Another success of the week was finishing my history paper, took me all weekend but I finally finished.

     My plans for the upcoming week are to contact the PLN finally and find more PLN to contact. I'm also planning on getting all this makeup hw out of the way. I think I still have 2 quizzes and 2 tests to make up so I'm far from done. I'm also planning on celebrating Easter with my family. On Friday I have to go to my cousins bridal shower and on Saturday I'm going to watch my dad play with his band at a street fair and then I'm babysitting on Monday so it's definitely gonna be a busy weekend. 

     20 time as I said before is coming along slowly. I'm still working on getting PLN and have so far not contacted anyone yet. Research is going well and im planning on plugin this information into more slides soon. I think I'm gonna use explain everything since that seems to always work well with videos and stuff. With my research lately though I've been leaning more towards focusing on free diving which I've found really interesting. I think I'm gonna focus on that and a lot on Deans Blue Hole.

     The verse for this week is basically telling us to not let the world shape our views on life. It's telling us to let God affect us and not the world around us. We shouldn't fit in with the world, we should be seeking Gods will and spreading the gospel everywhere we go.

Week 31

     Ahhhhhh last week was so stressful....I'm just glad it's all over. So many projects and way to much busy work! Anyway progress on storytime is coming along I decided to make our intro side animated and personally I think it looks awesome;) there's animated l lightening and thunder sound effects. Also last week we had our first soccer game finally! When we got there we had to wait around for awhile because their reff was no where to be found, but we ended up winning 3-0:) lastly I finally got all the projects turned in, wait no, there's in more due Wednesday:/ NEVERMIND. Another soccer game tomorrow, and Friday,Monday, and Tuesday! It's about to get crazy...

    

     Challenges faced this past week include giving my English project presentation. It was the biggest grade of the year but I'm so happy I got it over with in the first day. Another challenge was the first game, i think we were all worried about how itd turn out. The last challenge this past week was finding PLN, my topic is pretty broad so I think I'm gonna spread out to other areas.

     Successes of this week include finishing then huge English project, it seemed like it would never be over:P another is success was the game since we won;) Also yesterday we reserved our plane tickets for the Bahamas! I'm soooo excited:D the last success was trying on my bridesmaid dress for my cousin's wedding in may.

 

     My plans for this week are to make some serious progress on the tower of babble project. I'm also planning to whip my crazy team in to shape since they always sit there and criticize my slides yet never seem to want to work on their own! I'm also planning to contact some PLN this week, I've decided to take more of a broad approach so my PLN isn't strictly vacation bloggers and stuff. Lastly I'm planning to finish the rest of my projects this week.

     20 time has been going ok. Lately I haven't had to much time with all the other projects being due but I have been making progress lately since I haven't been as busy. I decided to search for different PLN. I been focusing a lot on Deans Blue hole on the island and I'm going to contact some world record holding freedivers who had dived there.

     The verse this week is basically saying that we should trust God and not fear because he is always with us. We need to remember that he is our strength.

Week 30

     So more snow? I didn't see that coming...anyway it's definitely shaping up to be one of the worst months of the year (PS I hate April). I currently having "the biggest grade of the year" project due in English on Monday which I have currently made little to no progress on. Along with that I also have a huge history paper due on Monday which I have also not started. I have two tests this week, a quiz, and a ton of busy work from all the teachers who are in Costa Rica. Practice every day after school, game Friday. I have to plan my cousins bridal shower and had to go there yesterday to get fitted right after practice, didn't get home till late. I also have another cousin whos getting married and I have to go to her bridal shower in WV soon. And on top of it all I need to get a summer job this week or I never will. The problem is I don't know when I'm gonna have the time to fill out applications since I have to devote my entire weekend to cramming those projects in. Oh and almost forgot im in charge of gala decorations which we were supposed to have figured out by today and have a website to order from which i didnt get to 😫 Rant over. 

     So last week was an okay week, I definitely think we should have had a 2 hour delay yesterday I mean come on, it snowed a lot. Last week my team made some progress on our story time. I'd have to say its been rough getting started but once we get everything lined up I think we'll be good to go. Sadly 20 time is the last thing on my mind right, I have a ton of other projects to do, places to be....

     Challenges faced last week was the end of the quarter. I really tried to push until the end and not let my grades drop and overall I think they came out pretty well. Another challenge faced was the dress fitting yesterday. Just so happens my bridesmaid dress is too big again, I went there the first time and it was way too big so I guess their making progress. 

     Successes this past week were slim. Our progress on story time has been going well. My team is getting there slowly but surely. Another success is ending the quarter strong, I'm pretty proud of those grades.

     My plans for the upcoming week are listed in the first paragraph. Lets hope Im still breathing by the end of this month....

     20 time as I said before isn't going to we'll. Until I get all this STUFF out of the way I really don't have time for anything else.

     The verse for this week really applies to my life. I literally feel like I'm being pulled in a million different directions. It's good to know God's got my back.

Week 29

     So last Monday was our last snow day of this school year, I'm pretty sure that is unless it decides to dump a bunch on us today....Anyway last week went pretty well. Friday was definitely the worst day of the week since I had to take two tests and a quiz three periods in a row. The story time project is coming along well, my groups has been making progress. I would have to say were struggling with stretching our story into 12 slides since our story isn't exactly the longest or most colorful. The animations however are easy to find. I haven't had any problems finding the right animations. If you look it up they have a whole site if bible character gifts for you to use so that's definitely a relief. If anything one of the hardest parts of this project is going to be making the animated background. No one in my group seems to have a good idea about how to do that so this should be interesting. Overall last week was ok. We still had to practice every day for soccer in the gym, which is starting to get old:/ By our first game on Friday we will have only been on an actual field for practice only twice... but we're ready. 

     Challenges faced this week was finishing up JavaScript. It was complicated because it was similar to learning a new language and it was nothing like HTML. I got to 20% though which was an accomplishment. Also, it has been hard to find PLNs but when is it not. 

     As for successes, I think getting to 20%, as I mentioned earlier, was a success. Also, finding a couple more websites to use for my 20time project was a success. I hope this weeks StoryTime will make that project a success... My group has been distracted lately by all the funny things we could use for our project that we're behind at the moment.

    My plans for this upcoming week are to find PLN. I'm also planning to work on reading huckleberry finn. Lastly I'm planning to get alot of work done on our Storytime project. 

   So far my 20 time project has been going ok. I've been searching for alot of PLN lately and I think I may have found a few good sources. I have also found a lot of good tourist attractions that are very interesting. 

     The verse this week is telling us to keep going no matter how hard it gets. It says that God is our strength and we should trust in him to help us keep going. If we learn to trust in God and his power we can overcome all things.

Week 28

     So another snow day? Hey I'm not complaining, unlike most of you out there I actually like not going to school;) Overall last week was very rough. It was my first full week of having practice and all five days of school work with it. I cannot even begin to explain how relieved I was on Friday afternoon. Last week in computer I decided to switch from Ruby to JavaScript because Ruby was really getting on my nerves, too complicated. So far JavaScript has been working pretty well. This week in computer it looks like we're going to be working on our animation for the kid story. My group decided to do the Tower of Babel story:P this should be interesting. Pi day was definitely the best day of the week, there was soo much pie:) also were starting to talk about the junior hike, I'm definitely extremely excited except for the fact it's during finals week:P

     Challenges faced last week would start with balancing practice and school again. Winter was kinda of a break for me, I'm getting back in to the system of being so sore I can barely walk up the steps. Another challenge was all the projects I had due, pi project for geometry, bible project, and the civics project. The last challenge last week was getting sleep. That snow day was amazing I actually got a good night sleep for once.

     Successes last week would include completing all my projects on time. Also just surviving in general. Along with  that a successful biology test... Pretty sure I passed. 

     My plans for the upcoming week are to make cookies for the bake sale on Thursday, you guys should totally stop by and get some. I'm also planning to make some more progress on java script, its starting to get more difficult with the coding. Along with that my group is planning to make some progress on our story, were still trying to determine if we're gonna use the leaning tower of Pisa as our Tower of Babel. Lastly I'm planning to make some PLN progress on my 20 time project. 

     So far 20 time has definitely been very interesting, I found some really cool places to visit. Just so happens the deepest blue hole in the world is located there (Dean's Blue hole), I'm really looking forward to researching that more. I also found some really good scuba diving places which is starting to become my main focus:) PLN however has been difficult, since my project topic isn't a sport or actual profession I'm not really sure who I'm supposed to be contacting exactly...

     The verse for this week is basically saying that we need to trust that God has everything under control. It says "if God is for us who can be against us". This means that we should put our faith and trust in God and his power to overcome evil. We shouldn't worry about the future because it is in God's hands.

Week Twenty Seven

     So last week felt really short, I'm starting to get used to only 3 school days a week. Overall last week was interesting. For starters my 20 time research is getting interesting. I've beginning to realize that the Bahamas is less a remote island and more of a smaller version of New York City. I've been trying to find some local places that aren't so city influenced but the best I've gotten so far is a bread shop that caters weddings. It's not really a shop so much as it is a business. I've also been trying to find some PLN but its harder than I thought it would be. I wanted to contact some vacation bloggers that might've gone there and reviewed the place but I haven't found any. It keeps taking me to trip advisor where like 3 million people have given their own opinions ranging from "this place is the most amazing on earth" to "the Bahamas is the last place on earth you should visit, I had a horrible time". It's kinda tough trying to figure out who I should try to contact. Also last week, varsity girls soccer started. It was kinda rough since I literally hadn't run since the last cross country meet in November. But I'm looking forward to a good season, there's less girls so its definitely going to be easier to get places and stuff.

     Challenges faced last week would include as I said before, my 20 time project. The project is great its just a struggle to find the local side of the Bahamas and some genuine vacation reviewers. Another challenge was soccer practice. I'm way out of shape so its tough having to get back in the flow of things. Plus the fact that two days every week I'm literally carrying a back pack, guitar, bag for practice and lunch box. Its back breaking. The last challenge faced this past week was trying to get homework done before hand. I have two big assignments due tomorrow that I originally planned to work on over the week end but that of course didnt happen:/

     Successes of last week would include finding some good tourist attractions in the Bahamas (believe it or not they have more than just beautiful beaches). Another success was surviving soccer, still a lot of work to do. Along with that, last week I succeeded in getting all my assignments in on time;) The last success was progress on the gala decorations. Me and Alet are planning to go look at the location so we can get a table count and stuff to figure out how many center pieces we need so I'm hoping we can get this out of the way.

     My plans for the upcoming week are to study for the biology test and trudge through the reading and questions for English. I'm also planning to work on my 20 time project this week in the area of airfare and passport stuff. I have a lot to cover in the area of transportation and legal stuff. Along with that I'm planning on four days of soccer practice, hoping for no shin splints. Lastly I'm planning on going to Savage (the place where the gala is gonna be) so I can see how many chairs are at each table and figure out the number of center pieces. 

     My progress on 20 time has been okay. Like I said before I'm still working out the details for PLN and local places. PLN for this project is definitely going to be more difficult than my last project. I have however been able to find a lot of interesting tourist attractions other than the beach. They have a lot of pretty waterfalls and lagoons to visit. Lastly I was able to find alot of information about the hotels and stuff. It's pretty expensive there.

     The bible verse this week is basically telling us to not let our stress get us down. We need to keep walking with Jesus and trusting him to help us work through our problems. This verse is telling us to focus on the eternal glory since pain we feel at the moment will only be momentary on comparison.

Week 26

     So last week was the most exhausting week of my life. I think thats the first whole week of school we've has without any delays, cancelations, parties or dress down days. Overall though it was an okay week despite being exhausting. My group presented our our website and I think it went really well. We went through every page and explained it and showed everyone our crazy commercial. I also got the chance to go to the senior concert yesterday. It was amazing! I think everyone had a really good time.... makes me wonder what us juniors are gonna do for fundraising next year....Lastly last week CS1a started using Haiku. We didnt really get a chance to use it for too long in class but I'm excited to see how it compares to moodle. 

     Challenges faced last week were presenting our website. I was pretty sure we had everything done in the requirements but naturally when we were ready to present my mission statement i had put on the home page was gone. I ended up telling Mr.k a rough version of what it was... No idea what happened there. Another challenge faced was the bacteria lab in bio. We tested the combination knobs on two different peoples lockers and the results were pretty nasty (seriously u guys need to clean those) which i guess was good for us since we had a lot to work with. 

     Successes last week were a good presentation of our KnowDip website. Im happy with how it turned out. Another success was the bio lab. Now all we have to do is a really long lab report:P Along with that ive had a lot of success in my search for PLN. I thought it was going to be hard but you have no idea how popular the Bahamas is.

     My plans for the upcoming week are to keep working on my 20 time project. Im also starting soccer practice on Thursday so that should be fun. Along with that im planning to start working on the decorations for the gala. I need to get in contact with my aunt and grandmother who literally have a basement full of decorations most of which are 1920 themed. 

     My progress on my 20 time project has been good. In class on friday I watched some youtube videos to get a feel for the place. I also did alot of research for PLN this weekend and i think im going to have alot of success. Most of my PLN might be people promoting a vacation there so they would be more than happy to answer some questions. 

     I think the verse this week is basically saying that in order to follow Christ wholeheartedly we need to leave everything behind. We cant be tied to anything or anyone. Christ is our one and only God. In order to follow Christ we should be sold out to him. You cant sit on the fence with Christianity, your either all in or all out.