...but I don't get it. Shouldn't people do that everyday throughout the year? I mean sure, it was fun to receive a heart sticker from my fellow speechie (teammate) in celebration of Valentine's Day and her birthday. And I enjoyed the Buzz Lightyear valentine from my friend. And the Disney princess one (with stickers!) from my grandma. Aaaand the flowers and card from my parents. You're probably expecting me to say I got a lovely surprise from a boy. And that he climbed up the side of my house, climbed into my window, and left a sweet teddybear and roses for me. But this isn't fictional. I don't mean to be bitter, but...Valentine's Day has never gone, how do I put this, successfully (yeah, that's a good way to word it) in the last few years.
Anywaaaaay, shouldn't we always show those that we care about how much we love them? Today in speech class, we went around the room saying what love is. Some had cute, cheesy things to say. Some had stories about their dogs...that made them burst into tears. But one caught my attention. He said, "I don't really understand the point of this day. Because this is the kind of love we should be giving to each other all the time-not just one special day of the year." My thoughts exactly. Don't just set aside one day during the year to show those you love how you feel.
So, back to bitterness. I wrote a paper tonight. Well, I did research for a paper tonight. A lot...of...research. Basically, previous junior students at my school have called it "hell in a paper" and many other things I can't say on here. It's a big eye-opener to those who have never actually done REAL research for a paper. No. Google searches don't count as REAL research. I mean you've got to admit, everybody uses Google. But using it to find all of your research isn't really actually putting in the work to get adequate results. Actually, this is what my paper is about. And I don't want to summarize it anymore so feel free to ask and I'll send you a copy of it. So, I was moved up into Honors English starting this semester. And it's a lot more work. Well, reading some chapters of Huckeberry Finn and then taking a quiz on them isn't exactly more work. We've just done waaaaay more with our research paper than the academic level English classes. I was almost done with my research and about to start the actual rough draft when...
my teacher changed my topic. Completely. Turned it in the opposite direction. So I've spent all weekend researching and beginning to write the paper. But back to this lovely holiday, this is what I was getting to...so....I'm spending my Valentine's Day writing a paper. Not that I like this holiday anyway. Actually, I don't (but I think you already got that vibe a long time ago). So I've sat at my computer doing work for the last three hours. And I think I'm going to explode. So, to celebrate the fact that I've now been single for exactly a year (now let's think about this: A year ago today was Valentine's Day also...), I made cookies. Pretty exciting, huh? Well, it's the most exciting thing that I've done all day so I'm pretty dang excited.
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