Best Performance on Glee Season 1

New Directions performs Don't Stop Believin' by Journey ("Pilot")

New Directions Girls perform Like a Prayer by Madonna ("The Power of Madonna")

Bryan and Will perform Dream On by Aerosmith ("Dream On")

Kurt and the New Direction Girls performs Bad Romance by Lady Gaga ("Theatricality")

New Directions performs Somebody to Love by Queen ("The Rhodes Not Taken")

The New Direction Boys do a mashup of It's My Life by Bon Jovi with Confessions by Usher ("Vitamin D")

Rachel, Puck, Finn and Jessie sing Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler ("Bad Reputation")

Vocal Adrenaline performs Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen ("Journey")

Will does a mashup of Young Girl by Gary Puckett with Don't Stand So Close to Me by the Police ("Ballad")

Puck performs Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond ("Mash Up")

Shadow

On Wednesday afternoon, Mom and I went to the Davis County Animal Shelter and got a kitten. We named him Shadow. He's a black and white cat and is only eight weeks old. He loves to be held and very affectionate. He's done some pretty funny things in the past couple of days like turning on the DVD player with his paw and being jumpy around big noises.

For my spanish class, I had three orals and a vocab test.

I started reading Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star, the second book in the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull.

Goodbye Patches

This afternoon, we had to put Patches to sleep because she was getting worse and weaker. She was falling when she walked, whimpering,and still wasn't eating on her own. When I got home from school, I sat with her on the front porch and held her for a while. It was pretty sad holding her, kissing her on the head, and putting her in her carrier for the last time. Dad took her to the vet and then buried her in the backyard garden. We buried Patches in a cardboard box with her head on her little heart pillow she slept on. I am going to miss her so much. She slept on my bed with me every night and was my little shadow. I take comfort in knowing she is no longer suffering and is with her original owner, my Grandma Wayment, who will take good care of her in heaven.

Patches

The Lost Finale

I started watching the first season of Lost again on Saturday, which I have on dvd. It's pretty interesting watching the old episodes and looking for clues, noticing obvious ones leading to the finale. I really loved the finale, but still have a few questions. I wish we could have seen if Sawyer and Kate were together after they left the island. Overall, it was pretty great.

Fablehaven

Fablehaven a series of five books by Brandon Mull. The series features two teenage children named Kendra and Seth who go to stay with their grandparents for the summer and realize the farm is full of magical creatures, such as witches, fairies, goblins, and trolls.

Patches

My Mom and I took my 17 year old cat Patches to the vet on Friday. She hasn't been eating her kibble and has been drinking a lot more for the past week. The vet had to sedate her to get blood and urine samples and she was groggy for the rest of the day. He told us he thought she might have kidney disease or diabetes.

On Saturday, the vet called and told us she has kidney disease. I have to feed her some prescription soft cat food mixed with water in a syringe or she will be in a lot of pain. The vet said as long as we can get her to eat, she shouldn't suffer. It's just so hard to see her dying and worrying about whether or not she's in pain. I cry every time I think about it. She is my little baby and I am going to miss her so much. She has been a great comfort to me.

In my Spanish class, I had three orals and a written exam on chapter 13 and 14. Studying for these exams and worrying about Patches has been really tough.

On Sunday, my brother Ryan turned 26 years old. Our home teachers came over after church. I took Patches outside and she smelled the exterior of the deck and all the chairs. She sat down on the patio across from my chair by the stairs. I put her in the other chair and she sat down in it for a couple of minutes, then continued exploring.

On Tuesday, the railroad tracks wouldn't go up so mom had to pick me up at the 7-eleven in Sunset, because the bus had to make a detoured turn. On Wednesday morning, the bus stopped at my stop and the driver didn't open up the doors and just sat there. I had to walk to the front of the bus from the back and when he saw he said, "Sorry."

I also started reading Fablehaven by Brandon Mull.

Mother's Day Week

For mother's day, I got my mom a mosaic turtle and a mosaic candle holder for the fourth of july. Dad got her the roses.

For my spanish class, we are learning the subjunctive. I had four orals, including one as exam for Chapter 13.

I read Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty and started to read A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire.

Summer Semester Begins

Dad left for Nashville on Sunday for a business trip. He missed his flight from Houston and had to fly to Memphis. When he got there, they rented a car and drove to Nashville. Their hotel and covention center had no electricity and everyone had to be evacuated due to the flooding. He had to stay at another hotel 25 miles away and was told his business trip was cancelled because of the weather. He flew home out of Memphis on Monday night and his suitcase was delivered to our house on Tuesday morning at 5:20 AM.

Summer semester began on Monday. For first block (the first seven or 8 weeks), I am only taking Second Year Spanish I, since the English and art classes are taught second block. My class is at 8:30 in the morning and with the professor I had for 1010. On the first day of class, our professor had us build towers out of marshmallows, cookies, straws, and sticks. The other team won because our tower fell over. I also had a oral self-description exam and quizzes on geography vocab and verbs.

I finished reading Eclipse for the third time. I wonder what scenes will make it into the movie. I really hope they don't cut Jasper and Rosalie's histories. I'm excited to see it when it comes out on June 30th. I started reading Breaking Dawn. I really enjoy reading while on the bus.

A Nice Break Between Semesters

I read Book of Thousand Days by Shannon Hale and started reading Eclipse again. I also am catching up on work. I have a lot of tax files that need to be scanned. I also went to Blockbuster and rented Avatar, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Sherlock Holmes, and Where the Wild Things Are.

My mom bought a laptop and we have been teaching her how to use the internet and how to send emails. She also had to go in for a six hour IV infusion of iron last Friday, because she is really low.

I also wrote an extra credit essay for my history class during finals week.

Last Saturday, we had a memorable trip to Wal-Mart in Riverdale. First, a lady bumped a cart into the side of our car, using her car. My mom had to open her door and stop the cart from scratching the side of our car, because the other driver didn't feel or see the cart. Then we saw a shoplifter running through the parking lot with two boxes of diapers while five people were chasing him.