Testing, Partying, & Sniped In The Face...another week in the life of Sarah!

Oi, well I cannot believe I'm actually saying this but I really am looking forward to a less hectic week this time around. This really has been a fun week though...

Monday and Tuesday I had the ITBS, which is the Iowa Test of Basic Skills...it's actually funner than it sounds, for the most part. I got to take it with my friends Taylor & Elsbeth, so that was cool. Taylor and I have taken it together every year since we were 4th graders, so we've kinda developed our own tradition of every year she brings fashion designs that she draws and then I draw them onto my cartoon characters. It's a cool thing we've got going =) Oh, Tuesday was also my bro's 13th bday.

Also on Tuesday the homeschool sports group got together as we always do, only now we're starting up on Volley Ball... isn't as fun as it was back at Camp Hope though :-/ Mainly 'cause we're using all the official rules, which include not being able to use both hands on a serve. So basically that means that I stink at serving and had horrible bruises on my hands that hurt for a couple days afterwords and I didn't even get the ball over the net half the time. Blarg.

Wednesday of course was my library volunteering & youth group...awesomeness. Before going to the library I stopped by the second hand store and picked up a couple things. One was a combat jacket for the airsoft war I went to and the other was this absolutely adorable white fuzzy sweater/coat type thing....and also a pair of pants. All this for only 6 bucks! Wooo =D Then that evening youth group, which is always mega fun. All the girls had a thing for complimenting my jewlery that night...lol. And of course I had a blast hanging with Ian & David, as always.

Nothing much happened Thursday, though my bro had to finish his ITBS. Friday I was so excited because I got to visit with some friends who live a couple hours away who I hardly ever get to see. It was so great to see Mikayla & Patrick again! Then that evening I and several other friends all went over to David's place to celebrate his 15th birthday by having Nintendo Wii tournaments... I was rather pleased with myself for beating the guys in bowling. *grins*

Saturday.... now saturday was pretty much amazing. It was my brother's birthday party, in which he invited a buncha the guys to this nearby farm where we had an Airsoft war. I got to join in the game for the first time... I'd heard a lot about it and it actually sounded like fun, and Nathaniel said that if I could somehow get a gun, I could join in. So I mentioned the possibility to Ian, who readily let me borrow his machine gun. I managed to do ok, for it being my first time... I don 't think I actually got anybody out, but I was never the first one out, and in several rounds flat out didn't get out, which was cool. In the end, I got hit in the face a couple times by a sniper riffle, once in the forehead by a mega good machine gun (I still have a mark from that one... after being hit I realized I'd forgotten to put on my safety glasses....oi. Lucky break there I guess! lol), and then hit in the leg several times. Sounds like I might get to join some of their other wars in the future too, which I'm rather excited about :-)

Then there's today-- Church, for sure. That was good and there were a couple of men visiting. One from California and the other from the Seattle area. They were both really nice. The California one is an ex-school teacher and grilled me a bit about homeschooling...but I kind of liked it. I always enjoy a good debate like that every now and then. And of course I proved him wrong in that ever-preasent arguement about homeschoolers being unsocialized and unable to talk to people well. Hehehe. After church we went home for a few minutes and headed back off for the potluck, along with David. Ever since last summer it has become somewhat of a tradition now that I bring him to all the church events. It's always a load of fun having a friend along on those things... and of course like the last potluck that was at the Croll's place, we went adventuring into the canyon near the house. I should post up the photos some time.

Anyhow...that's my week! Well with the exception of one part I guess... in between all of that I made six dozen cupcakes. Ye-eah.... 2 doz. for my bro's party and then 4 doz. for the potluck. Whew! I think I've had plenty of cupcakes for now...

So yeah, congrats on getting to the end of this rather large post :-) lol