Woops!

Journal - Friday
No technology for an hour! This one was hard but when I was in the riding in the car, I decided not to play on my phone to pass the time by talking to my parents about their day and things of that sort. It was good that they had a nice day. Usually, I get dizzy when I go on my phone or read in the car so this was a good way to avoid that.

Journal- Saturday
Kaitlyn came over and we had a sleepover. Instead of watching Supernatural on Netflix, we put on our snowsuits, grabbed our water bottles ( have to stay hydrated!) and  played in the snow. It sounds odd but it was a lot of fun. We got a couple of wierd looks from passerbys but they should be happy that we are happy and thats what really counts.

Journal - Sunday
Doesn't everyone love playing in the snow? I guess not. I can be the best thing ever especially when you are with a friend. Again, kaitlyn and I enjoyed galloping, jumping, crawling, running,digging and rolling through the snow. I had a very nice time without technology! Even my mom came outside and sat in the deck and bathed in the sun for a while, it was that nice outside. I think that everyone should have went outside for a while that day, the weather was too nice not to!

Kindness, the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate.

I am going to pour my heart and soul into this journal. The challenge was to give someone a genuine compliment and I am not the best at doing this. I must admit, I get jealous over very stupid things. For example, someone is drawing the same thing as me but way better, I will neglect to say that theirs looks amazing and mine is a train wreck. Sometimes, I just am in a mood where I dont really want to compliment people but I am afraid that they will say that I look nice too and I don't really know how to respond. I'm  just awkward. This challenge has made me realize that I am not very self confident and thats something I should work on. I figured that out during my turtle time. I need to stop keeping the majority of my compliments to myself and just go out of my comfort zone and tell someone they look great, maybe even someone that I don't normally talk to. This new challenge will help me a lot!

It's cool to be kind!

Kaitlyn and I are always joking about those girls that walk smack in the middle of the hall, obviously because they think they are better than everyone. I joke and pretend to be like that but when push comes to shove, I will move out of the way when the other person has their mind set on running me over. It is like that game, chicken, where you run, drive or any type of fast paced movement towards another person and the person that turns away first loses.
Today, as usual, the grade sevens being the obnoxious children they are, stood in a pack smack dab in the middle of the hallway. When I am trying to get through without crushing someone against a locker, it is just not going to happen. Eventually, they move but not without a murmur about how "amazing" the grade eights are or a dirty look, but thats the price you pay for walking in the hallways.

When I got home a absorbed so much water that if I was Spongebob, I would not get in my pineapple that day! One of my pet peeves is when my water isn't cold enough, I just can't drink it. 

I think turtle time helps me write my blog, it helps me think about what happened during the day and thats exactly how it's supposed to work.

I like turtles!

The new challenge is to do have turtle time, I thought it was about turtles but then I understood the metaphor. When a turtle goes in its shell, its turtle time. Being alone is great, there is no one there to criticize you for doing something weird and you can just reflect. I didn't really know how to do this today so I just thought about my basketball game and how I could've improved, I occasionally stared at the wall but it was my first time having turtle time, usually I do that in bed when I can't fall asleep. This morning, I was the energy captain at my house, I had to turn of most of the lights, I can't blame anyone because I had left them on, woops!I had a feeling today was going to be a good day! 

The lights!

I was so happy that we didn't have school today, a nice day to just relax on my own and just watch T.V. When I woke up, which was around noon, I congratulated myself then went to get some French Toast Crunch, just so I don't forget how to speak French! I realized that my family had left the dining room light on, the living room light on, the hallway light on and left the pantry door open which automatically has a light when it's open. I'm sure they were in a rush to get out of the house and just forgot about it.So me, the superheroe, turned off all ofthe lights because there was enough sunlight coming through the windows to illuminate the house. That is my story of the day, I didn't want to talk about the other challenges because I did them in a boring fashion.

So much water!

For the water challenge, I have been using my Gatorade water bottle which is about three cups of water. I drank three of those today, I feel great! I am starting to clean up around my house because my brother is oblivious to the messes he makes! I am guessing that counts as picking up litter! When I was at the mall, I had a conversation with one of the cashiers, she was really friendly! More people should be like her, open to talking to new people, I am guessing thats why she has that job! Usually, I leave my lanterns in my room on for a very long time, even through the day. I recognized today that I don't really need them on all hours of the night! Today was a pretty boring day though. All I did was go to the mall and watch movies. 

Same old challenges ;)

I'm starting to remember to do my challenges easier. So now, I don't have to sit for a minute and think if what i need to do! we still need to drink water and I have realized sometimes when I am hungry, it is just my body telling me that I am thirsty! I guess I can cut down on the snacks now! Today, I just layed in bed and watched movies. The good thing that I did was I didn't have any of my lights on! I just let the sunlight seep in through the blinds so that I could actually seem something. I am hoping that there is a challenge that involves sleeping because it is one of my talents to sleep in until 3 o'clock!