October 17, 2015

I feel like you guys know when I woke up and did this morning because it's the opening sentence of almost every single blog I've written lately... BUT today I woke up at 7:30. Mom and I went to the Lutheran Church to help clean (they have designated weekends for cleaning) and then mom had choir practice.

I finished cleaning at 10:30 so I went into the car to read my book, Dr.Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos which was phenomenal! I'm almost certain it is my favorite YA read, now it's not any literary masterpiece but it's just so realistic and I enjoyed it a lot.

Anyway, then mom and I came home and made lunch (meatballs for the family, fish fillet for me).

At 2:30, all of us left to go to the shooting range which actually ended up terrifying me. I honestly sort of hated it. But I let Xander shoot, took some pictures of him and some shots of the beautiful scenery around us since it was in the woods outside of Ashland City. I also ended up collecting some leaves and picking some flowers before driving home with my mom.

Now I have tons of things to do (applications, chores, practice, etc) and I really need to get it all done. So woohoo.


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