The Future

Lyn Lomasi

Hey Guys!
So this week,in my second hour class, I am researching colleges, occupations, and majors. It is so fun! As I am researching the University of Minnesota Duluth, the more I like it and the more I want to go there! They have such good programs and a great community feeling. The more I look into though, the more I start to realize that college isn't that far away. I mean, in a year and a half I will be starting to apply to different colleges and in three years I will be graduatin from High School. I will be packing my bags and moving, hopefully not to far from my hometown. I am realizing that it's closer than I think. I am older than I think. Even being 15 I am thinking about colleges and what career field I want to get in. It's crazy to think the life as you know it, will change. In a blink of an eye, I will be living on my own, working, living on cereal and Ramen Noodles. Soon, most everyone will hit the reality of real life. As we are kids all we can say is, "I want to grow up!" or "I can't wait to make my own rules!". The thing is, once you actuallu do grow up and realize you can make your own rules, you don't want to. You want to go back home with your parents and to be playing in your backyard with your dolls or trucks. Funny, right? My advice is to take every day as a gift and never wish it away.
Have fun living life and having fun for as long as you can!
"Life is life. Whatcha gonna do about it?"-me
See ya!
Kirstin

MCA Tests

Hey guys!
Tomorrow I get to take the first extremely big test of my high school career!! Iknow, exciting right? yeah! No. I am not looking forward to this! I mean, all i have to do is write a five paragraph paper on whatever prompt the state of Minnesota decides to give me but still!! I wrote a practice essay yesterday for the prompt, "What was your favorite place to play when you were younger? Describe it and explain why it was your favorite.". So, I bet you're wondering where my favorite place to play was, right? Well, probably not, but I will tell you anyway! Get excited, because here it comes!! Drum roll, please! MY SANDBOX! Pretty exciting, right? Okay, I know what you're thinking, but it was actually pretty interesting to write about and think back to my childhood, when I was ages five to eight. I was originally just going to make some stuff up, but as I started writing, I realized it truly was one of my favorite places to play. Think about it! My sandbox was waaaay more than a five foot by five foot box of dust and little pebbles. My sandbox became a city that I could drive my cars around, a restaurant where I served the best sand-food ever, or, my most common, a giant volcano kingdom! Any of these different scenarios created a fun-filled time for this six year old. the best part of it though, was the fact that that little box of sand helped me become the person I am today; it took a great amount of creativity and an abundance of imagination to actually enjoy this good ol' box of sand.Looking back on it, I needed that creativity then, and I still need it now, even at the age of fifteen. In school right now, I'm in a class called Interactive Multimedia. It's a class where we get to create presentations, conduct surveys, and make up our own website. right now, we are working on a project about technology through the years. We had to pick a piece of technology and create an online poster using Piktochart to explain how it has evolved. I am working on this project with one of my friends, Kayla. I know, that is not important information, but she's sitting right by me and is making me put her name in. :) Ha well that's all for now!

See ya!
Kirstin