I Love High School

Hello everybody! May I just start by saying that I absolutely loveeee high school? Who would have thought that? It is even better than I could ever imagine. You know people always think of high school as a mean scary drugged up place. But here, it isn't. They call the student body "The Seneca Family". I could not agree with that any more. I feel like I belong. That is something I have not felt before. No matter how hard I always tried, it never seemed to happen. Seneca gives me the wonder, fantasies and splendor of what high school can be.

I have a best friend here named Rachel. She is absolutely the nicest girl I have ever met. We made fast friends and now are inseparable. We argue all the time, but we have fun arguing if that makes any sense. It isn't really arguing. I'd say more debate.

Ana, Lis, Emily, and Gerhard are also really amazing friends that I have made and I am so glad that I have. There are several more, but I know that the list would go on forever. Isn't that a great thing to say?

Also I HAVE A BOYFRIEND! His name is Matt. He is the sweetest, funniest best friend I have ever met. We text almost 24/7, and my poor mother gets annoyed by it. We have so much to say that we are addicted to our phones. Matt just puts a smile on my face each day and I am so glad that he is here. I tell him everything, like him to me.

My favorite part about high school is that people accept me for me. I don't feel I have to change myself to fit in. I don't care what people think of me. I just feel comfortable. I could walk in with my pajamas on and my friends wouldn't think of me any differently.

Well, I hope everyone else is having a wonderful time and is enjoying the cooler weather.

Tah tah for now!

What a Wonderful World

Have you ever felt truly happy in your life? Like how can anything ever be better than this? You try not to waste any second you have so you can savor it. Lately, that is what i feel all the time =)

School is amazing! My classes are wicked hard, but somehow I manage. God is good when I found a group of students who are just right for me. I am loving marching band. Most of my friends are in it... but I didn't meet any of them until after high school started. Ahh high shcool. It is such the life!

Homecoming is coming up shortly and I'm pretty sure who my date will be =)

I hope everyone else's life is going great!

With Love Haley

In the New House!

Hello! I am posting from our new house! Yippee! It is in a small and safe town, still in my school district of course! It is in between both mine and my mother's schools. It is VERY tiny. We only get half of the house, someone else lives in the other part. It is only a couple of people, so I guess we fit just fine. I miss my dad though. Luckily he is here with us today to visit. He surprised us a couple days ago and will be leaving tomorrow morning.

BAND CAMP

Yes, band camp has started and I am officially a band geek ;) I love it though! I already feel like a member of the family. We all get along just marvelously. I have made some great friends! I have a feeling that they are kindred spirits! I went to a fair with Tori a couple weeks ago, and Stephanie and I are practicing tomorrow afternoon.

I am very eager to start school. Mom and I are bored silly. I'm sure that we would be anyways if Ginger, Lily and Dad were with us. School is just who we are.

A Long Way Gone Memoirs of Boy Soldier...

This is the book that we had to read for sch0ol. It is QUITE disturbing and I do not recommend it. Yes, it shows the horrors of Sierra Leone Africa in the war. It is a true story, which makes it all the more disturbing...

I'll keep everyone updated! With Love, Haley

Live Life To Its Fullest

Hello readers! I am writing to share that my life is no longer as complicated as it was. A sudden sense of relief has swept through my heart! I cannot explain much about it right now considering it is still on the D.L. I will explain more as I can.

Also, I have a beach day planned for Monday with the teachers and maybe Marilyssa too? I need to call her tonight with the details but my mother has gone to talk with Judy in private so that might be hard to do. But still the ocean is always fun!

Color Guard is going great! I can't wait to post pictures soon!

I am so psyched for high school :P

In New Hampshire...

Hello everybody! I am in my beloved New Hampshire. We are staying at Grandma's for the week. I as always got my teeth tightened today. My new colors I chose are light pink and dark pink... kind of on the girly side this time. I think that blue is my favorite though.

You know, over the past months I have really enjoyed New Jersey. I have made it my home for the time being, and for high school surprisingly it is the only place I would want to be. I do love New Hampshire, but New Jersey has grown on me. Plus that high school is like a dream. Go to

www.lrhsd.org and click on the Seneca High School link. It is unimaginable.

Eighth grade is now over and boy did I have a great time. Haha we went to New York City, Fairview Lake Camp and the ocean! Graduation was a blast too. When I get the pictures on my computer I will post them here. Lol my hair was awesome! But the Lion King was my favorite thing this year.

Haha I have also made some great friends. No Diana Berry yet, but definitely some kindred spirits.

I am so excited for High School next year, I think that it will be a blast =)

In my Last Technology Class! =(

Hello fellow bloggers =) I am writing from my last technology class! It is very sad, but I am really excitied for summer! Graduation is 6 days away and I am psyched! Summer is just so close, yet so far! Lol. We took our last science test today, I don't think that I did very well... Oh well. I tried my best and I studied hard. Hopefully it won't be as bad as I think. This upcoming week will be a piece of pie, as all last weeks of school are.

Summer this year is still a mystery, but I have been thinking of what I will do. If we are up in New Hampshire this summer, then I will probably be doing Summer Theater. The show this year is "Alice in Wonderland". Sounds like fun! Alec told me a few people joining this summer, hopefully more than that will join. So if you are reading this... DO SUMMER THEATER!!!

If we are in New Jersey this summer, then well it might be really boring. I would stay around camp and help out, but that gets old after fourteen summers. We'll see what happens =)

I will be coming up to New Hampshire soon, thanks to my braces =) You know something, I never thought that I would be happy that I have braces, but I am lol.


Hmmm... what else is new? To tell you the truth, I really don't know. At least nothing that I can mention right now. I will post again soon =)

Hope your summer is going great! Love you all =)
-Haley

Cheerleading

Hello everybody! I hope that you are all well!

Guess what? I am going to try out for cheerleading in the fall! I figured that since I dance, and the cheer team at the school I am going to next year doesn't do tumbling (that goodness!) So why not? The girls seem really nice. Plus, I could join the FCA (Fellow Christian Athletes) club. The high school is also involved in the church that we are going to! How fun!

I am really psyched to go to high school. =)

I need to keep up with blogging!

Wow, it has been a while. Sorry. How's everybody doing? Idk if anyone even reads this but who cares? I do. So school is soooooooo weird. Middle school is just weird. You know when I was little I was scared of teenagers. To this day I am scared of teenagers yet I am one. Huh. Ironic. I do not think that I belong in middle school and I think that I will be much better off in high school. It is like middle school totally blinds you from the rest of the world. Somehow I see others not see the reality of how stupid it all is. There is too much drama for the girls. And not to mention boys. Why do girls even have to like boys? It makes everything so much more complicated. It is hard to be in middle school is all I am saying and I am so close to be to the end of it.

How's Life Going Everybody?

Hello everyone! I know that it has been forever since I have written. Sorry about that! Life seems to be pretty good at the moment, not the best but pretty good. Let's see what is going on...

Tomorrow we start testing :( It is called the NJ ASK. I am very nervous about it. I guess it is like the NECAP, except apparently you can write in your question book. This works for me! But the bad part is these writing prompts that you have to do. They expect you to write an entire story in 30 minutes. Those of you who know me understand that this is very hard for me to do!!! But all in all I hope I will do okay, otherwise it is bye-bye honors classes next year! But I am trying not to think about that.

I danced today... it felt so good! Dance is a way to express your feelings and get all your emotions out into the air and... dance it out of you. I don't really have anybody to express my feelings to, so dance helps a lot lol.

My class is starting to get on my nerves. I can't believe that they were in the same class together since Kindergarten. That is impressive. I can't even stand them for a year, never mind nine years!!!!! Yeah they are great, but I have seen them WAY too much.

So that is what is going on right now... not very exciting I know. But when there is I will let y'all know!

Hey Julia!!!!! :)

"Spontaneous Easter Moments"

Have you ever done something so crazy that after you do it you don't find it crazy anymore? Today is Easter Sunday. It is a time to spend with family, be with friends and surround yourself with the people you love. Today was different. Now that we are no longer in New Hampshire, it is much harder to see family all of the time. It takes seven and a half hours to drive from here to there, and it is not something that is capable to do every weekend. So in two weeks we will be able to see them and celebrate Easter and birthdays and such there.

So today, Mom had a spur of the moment thought. "Let's go see the ocean," she said to us. And that was that. We packed up the car and headed to the beach. We went to a "dog-friendly" lighthouse spot. Unfortunately most of the beach was NOT dog-friendly and we wound up packing up to go back sooner than planned. I am in the car right now on the way back to camp. I have been texting everybody, wishing them all a wonderful Easter. And if I have not texted or wrote to or called you reading this blog... HAPPY EASTER!

What a perfect Easter Sunday it is too. Not a cloud in the sky. I hope you are all enjoying your day!

-Haley

Facebook!

Hey everyone! I'm on Facebook! It is the most coolest thing in the world! I have been talking to people I haven't heard from in a year or more! It is awesome! If you know me, ask to be my friend! (And my name on it is my first, middle and last name). I would love to be friends with you! I love the fact that you can post, and talk to people at the same time, it is just wicked fun! If you don't have one yet, I suggest it highly.

Asthma Attacks

Well, I found out today that I have got a little bit of a problem. I've got asthma. I mean, I did before, when I was seven years old, but haven't had an attack for nearly seven years. And I think I know why...

Last night, I had a wicked bad wheeze/ cough. I don't mean to sound all gross, but there was no phlegm coming up. Mom thought that I was just too scared to cough it up, which was probably true. She made me some green tea, and I went to bed fine last night.

When I woke up, I felt absolutely fine. I got to sleep in thanks to school being canceled because of the snowstorm the previous day. Everything was going normal, until my lungs refused to breathe. I was scared to death, not sure how I long I could go without inhaling fluently. Dad had left, taking our Ford Explorer with him for the morning.

Thankfully there is a paramedic who lives next door to us, and brought over an oxygen tank. I could finally breathe (well somewhat,). She also brought albuterol and a few movies ;) Dad came back, and the closest appointment that the doctor's had was 2:45pm. I had a few more breaths with the oxygen tank here and there when I needed it, and went to the doctor.

As soon as I had stepped out of that house, I felt better. Mom pointed out that I had been stuck inside for two days, with no fresh air thanks to the horrendous snow storm. The fresh air was relieving. By the time I got to the doctor's, I had no more wheezing, and my breath was there. Short and loud, but there.

The doctor's office was itty-bitty tiny. It wasn't even inside a hospital. It was in a little house across from the post office and next to the Subway restaurant in downtown Browns Mills. It was baby blue everywhere, and was definitely cozy in there. Once brought to the patient's room itself, I noticed a familiar painting. it was one of the covered bridges in New Hampshire. The doctor is a vacationer on Lake Winnepesaukee! His favorite restaurant was the Wolfeboro Inn! Wow! It really is a small world!!!

But anyways, he gave me a couple inhalers and a tablet to take everyday called Singular. We all think that the house is what is causing the problem. But the fact that there is something to help control it is great!!!

LACROSSE???

Hey everyone! Guess what? I have been asked to join a traveling lacrosse team. I don't even play lacrosse! But... my teachers think that I would be awesome at it. Maybe they are right. I have always wanted to try, but all my friends had played for years, and were really good. But maybe I will be good. It is something that I really want to do. What do you think???? Should I do it????

February!!!!

Yeah! It is February! Don't you just love it? Haha lol. February is like the best month ever. You have a holiday based on love, a holiday just for a ground hog, which by the way is tomorrow :) And the best part of February is American Heart month. That means jump-roping all month! Lol.

School is amazing :) Mrs. Levy gave me a 100 on my essay on Elizabeth Bennet. I have never seen her give out a 100 before on an essay. I was so excited! And to top it all off, I got strait A's :) I love school so much. Algebra is definitely, by far my favorite class. Who knew numbers could be so much fun? :)

I have started a youth group. It is really fun! There are hundreds of kids my age there. It is just amazing :) I have invited lots of my friends from my school to come to, and so far everyone seems to be enjoying it :)

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hardspot

Ok, I have a dilemma. I know this kid one year younger than me, who has had it rough. His dad died when he was young, his mom was insane and this person did not want anything to do with her. So he was put into foster care. He grew up in a very scary place and was passed place to place in foster families, all of which didn't want him and passed him on to the next family. Right now he is living with his aunt and uncle. This has been the best place for him so far, and I am sure a Heaven on earth. His aunt doesn't want him anymore and will start sending him away on the weekends back to the scary town so that she doesn't have to deal with him over the weekend when he is not at school.

I really feel called to help this person, and I pray for him everyday. I wish for nothing more than to find him a good christian home. He needs Jesus in his life, and I don't think that he can find Him alone. How do I help him? I keep coming to the thought where we could adopt, but I cannot ask my parents to do that. I do not think that this will be a solution, but I wish it could. He deserves a good home and family.

There is also another problem. I have a friend who seems to be in a pickle. The other day I realized that she was always starting to be really tired on the bus in the morning and afternoon. I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Then I realized that she was not eating her lunch anymore. This has been going on since a little while after Christmas break. She has also been ignoring one of her closest friends. Instead she has been hanging out with the "pretty, popular, and trying some not so good things," girl.

I think I am going to talk to her. If you have any suggestions, please tell me.

At my Grandma's

Don't you just love New Hampshire? It is just awesome. There is nothing wrong with this place. People here (in New Hampshire) have no clue what they have. I know this because I used to be one of them. The world is nothing like it is here, which really stinks. It should be like it is here, but it is not. I wish I knew that where I lived was something to be grateful for, but its hard to be thankful for something that you never knew you had. It took me a huge move to figure that out. Unfortunately we don't get to come back here to appreciate it. Right now, we are still stuck in New Jersey.

On the bright side, I still have my braces, which means that we get to come to New Hampshire every six weeks to get my teeth fixed. That leads us to where we are now!!! At Grandmas!!! I am so grateful to be here. I really am. Yes, NJ is ok, but this is home, ya know? I just want to be home. Or as Judy Garland would put it...

"There's no place like home!"

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