Catching Up

        So sorry that it has been FOREVER since I have posted a new post!!!! My life is crazy busy at the moment. With school and other stuff, it's hard to update my blog all the time. So, therefore I have a lot of stuff to discuss with ya'll!
        If you didn't already know, I am signing up for track at my school! I have already gotten my physical and really, that trip was quite fascinating! So, on a Tuesday (of like two weeks ago) mom had scheduled for me to get my physical at the doctor's office. Unfortunately, I had to get out of school early. But, like a good girl, I went without complaining TOO MUCH!! Mom picked me up from school during our lunch, at 12:30. We drove over to Lincolnton, and on the way, Mom is giving me the HUGEST lecture on to not touch anything! ANYTHING!! Due to the fact that the flu had been going around our school. So, we arrived and Mom signs me in and we find that we are the first appointment after their lunch break. That is exciting because Mom is like, "Okay, we will get in and out and be at home in enough time to pick Cole up from the bus stop." After they called, "Macey Johnston," (which really wasn't necessary, seems how we were the only ones in the waiting room!) we entered the room where they checked your height and weight. I was 5'6! Then they ask me questions like, "Do you feel that you can talk to your parents about your darkest secrets"? I mean, Mom was right there!! I wasn't gonna say no! After she did that, they asked me to take my clothes off. While I was doing that, I overheard the doctor talking to my Mom and saying things like, "vaccines and shots" or "here are some pamphlets on the following vaccines". However, I didn't worry because I knew my Mom wouldn't make me get the shots. Little did I know!! So, the doctor comes back in holding 3 needles, bandaids, and cotton!!!! YIKES!! My Mom then tells me, "okay hun, you are going to need to get only 3 shots". ONLY 3! Bravely, I stick out my arm and she gives me one shot in the right arm and two shots in the left arm. They didn't really hurt. The very last thing I remember doing is getting my finger pricked and peeing in a cup!! Wow, what a visit! Although, I did get $25 for getting the shots!!!
            Track starts March 1 where we have tryouts. They gradually cut people every day until they have  a satisfying amount of members on the team. I'm really excited, though, and all my friends are trying out too!!
            Yesterday, we had school and then my bestie, Hope, invited me, Alix, and Savannah to her spend the night party! we had a blast! We acted out Wizard of Oz (I was a munchkin and the tin man) and played text hide and seek!! It was so much fun!!!!!! I can't wait to do it again!
            Well, I believe that's all for now! I will try to update more regularly now!!!
      

Valentine Fun!!

       My family had Valentines one day early!! This morning, we went to church and then to (my pick) Olive Garden!! Mom and Dad had some very surprising news to share, are what's better then eating breadsticks and hearing surprises? They said, "Our family is going to think about others today. Macey and Dad are on a team and Cole and Mom are on another. Macey and Cole are going to buy for each other and Mom and Dad are going to buy for each other. Everybody has a certain amount to spend on the person. One rule though, one of the gifts has to be eatable. Sound good?" Cole and I were so excited!!!! We trampled on over to the mall! Our meeting place was Dicks and everyone had to meet there at 1:30. So, Dad and I were off. First, it was mom we looked for. We knew she wanted the Easy Foot, which is something you place in the shower and you put your foot on it and it cleans it for you. So, we went to Macy's, Belk, and Dillard with no luck whatsoever. We then cleared our mind and decided that a charm for her Pandora bracelet would be better. Once again, we went to every jewelry place there was! No one sold Pandora! Then, we decided to look for Cole. Game Stop was our first instinct and for the first time, WE HAD LUCK!! We got Cole a pre-owned wii game (Indiana Jones Lego to be exact). By then, it was 1:30. So, we headed back to Dicks and found Cole and Mom waiting. We only had 1 gift!! We asked if we could have an extended amount of time because Mom and Cole were already done. Then, we headed out of the mall and to Jared's, which is right across from the mall. Unfortunately, Mom saw us leave and yelled, "Ron! Where are you going"? The look on her face was PRICELESS! We laughed about that the whole entire way to Jared's! Guess what! We had luck here, too! The perfect charm was waiting for her! Then we headed back over to the mall and now, we were on a mission...TO FINISH AND GET HOME!! I felt that the Borders cafe was calling our names, so that's where we went. LUCK! We got mom peppermint chocolate bread. By now, Dad and I were absolutely exhausted!!! Our last stop was the Chocolate Factory, and there we got Cole: a ginormous M&M cookie, 3 marshmallows covered in chocolate, and a chocolate bar that had M&M's in it. Right on time, we arrived at Dicks, and found that Cole and Mom were all smiles enjoying some beverages Mom had bought, while Dad and I were exhausted and needing some sort of liquid in our bodies. We all went back in the car, and on the way to the house, we exchanged our food. Mom had gotten Dad a candy apple with nuts and stuff on it, and Cole had gotten me a HUGE peanut butter cup with a heart that said love in the middle. It was all so delicious! Back at home, we exchanged our objects. Mom had gotten dad under shirts and socks, and Cole had gotten me a book that continued the series I am currently reading along with a pink Sandra Bullock watch! Here are the turnouts:

                                           MY AWESOME WATCH!!! THANKS COLE!

                                          MY AWESOME BOOK! THANKS COLE!

                                          MOM'S AWESOME PANDORA BRACELET WITH NEW CHARM!

                                          DAD'S AWESOME SOCKS AND UNDER SHIRT!

                                          COLE PLAYING HIS NEW INDIANA JONES GAME!

Saturday School

      Saturday school was complete nuts today!!! Not even half of the people came and we basically did nothing. At our school, we have Universal Breakfast, which is where the school provides free breakfast for everyone and it is delivered to your home base when you get there. The food is most of the time yummy. Today, we had and apple strudel. I'd give it a 3 on a scale of 5. In math, I found out that I made a 100 on my test!! Which means, I made the highest grade in my pre-algebra class and the rest of the team!!!! Mrs. Poole was so proud of me! Looks like not having to study hard in science really pays off! In pre-algebra, we played math bingo (when you get bingo, you have to say MATHO)! LOL! In science, we had a sub whose name was Mrs. Freeman! We didn't teach today, though. And now for my favorite part of the day!!! BAND! I play the flute, and in my class is the flutes (duhhh), clarinets, and saxophones. In the other 7th grade band class is the percussion (drums, xylophone, tambourine, and things like that), tuba, trumpet, french horn, etc. So, today was the first time that we put both of the classes together to play our concert pieces! OUR CONCERT IS IN 10 DAYS! So that was so much fun!!!!!!!! It's amazing how much the song changed from your basic flute, clarinet, and saxophone piece, to your big stuff!! Can't wait for the concert!! We skipped gym because we didn't have time for that (please keep in mind that each class is only like 30 minutes!) After that, it was Advanced Language Arts. In there, we played scrabble against the people that sit at your group. No one won since we only had 30 minutes. Next up is Social Studies. In there is Mr. Thompson who is the most funniest teacher I have ever had! We play games in there most of the time. But today, it was a quiz. He is really unlike any teacher I have ever had because he gave us 8 answers off of the quiz!! By now, we just expect to get some kind of answer off of any test or quiz in there! I haven't made below a 96 in that class! Lunch was also served there while we were doing our quiz. Mom always packs my lunch (I have never ever bought food from that cafeteria). So, while I was doing my quiz, I was eating pizza, chex-mix, and grapes. Along with raspberry lemonade to drink! It was the best quiz I have ever taken! Then, the bell rang and everyone was dismissed. I found that my dad and Cali were 16th in line which made my day (I never like waiting on the bench at car riders). When we pulled in the driveway, mom and Cole were playing basketball (Cole had school today too, but he rides the bus). Mom, dad, and Cole just left to go to his basketball game and I am at home by myself (well, Cali is here too) typing away.
          

That's right...I'm a teacher!

     School. If I had to describe my life in one word, it would be school. I'm not going to bore you with a detailed basis of my schedule, but I will share with you the interesting stuff!! So, in science, we are learning about systems (muscular, skeletal, lymphatic, nervous, etc.) and Mrs. Hollar (my science teacher) announced that we could pick one to teach and present to the class! Immediately, I knew which system I wanted. Digestive. I've always been interested in learning about the pathway of food and things like that! Mrs. Hollar divided everyone up and put me in the Digestive System!!!! YES! I found that I wasn't the only one that wished to have the system, but also Cindy, and Spencer. Two very smart people! I was glad I wasn't in a group with a person that depends way to much on others to do the work. So, mrs. Hollar told everyone that we would be taking a test on our system to see if we would be able to teach and present it to the class. I, of course, get a 100!! No surprise there. So, a week later, Mrs. Hollar gives us this big sheet of boxes to fill out lesson plans on. I filled all the boxes out (stuff like, what to give for homework and who says what), while Cindy and Spencer worked together to come up with what notes everyone needed to write. Two weeks later, everyone was ready to teach!!! Skeletal was the first to go and that is when everything came into perspective. Mrs. Hollar had made a quiz for every system and you had to take it based on what the students taught you! So, I knew the next couple of months would be major studying in the science areas! On my skeletal quiz, I made a 100. Sill no surprise. After Skeletal was Muscular. I made a 93 on that test. Yes, you can say it, it was a surprise! Then Nervous went, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory. Finally, it was time for Digestive (our first day to teach was Thursday which was yesterday). This experience has made me want to become a teacher even more! Knowing that I get a while to not study my brains off (which is good because I need them for math) is worth it all the more! Today, we gave out homework for them to do over the weekend! And, oh, what a glorious feeling that was! To pass out the homework and not have to do it! As, I walked around passing it out, their faces were priceless! "Gee, thanks Macey"! Or "Love you too...NOT!" HAHA!

      Well, I guess that's all! I have until Wednesday to teach and I am cherishing every moment of it! I hope everyone's weekends will be wonderful! Mine has my one word (school) written all over it because I have school tomorrow as a make-up day for a snowy week. Bye!
 

First Post!

Hi People! So, I am so happy to start my blog! I will definitely try to keep up to date with it, but you know how that can go! Tomorrow I will try to post about what is going on!