Book Numero Seis!

I've finished by 6th book of the summer. It's called "Serve God Save the Planet" by j. Matthew Sleeth. It's the book that everyone is going to read and discuss at Houghton this year. That's why I'm not going to write much on this one - I want to wait until I get a chance to discuss it with others who have read. I will say this - it's motivated me to clean out my closet (I now have two huge piles in my room - one of clothes that will be donated to the Salvation Army and another of empty hangers) and to stop turning on lights in my room during the day and just use natural light as long as I can. And today when I did my laundry, I hung it out to dry on the clotheslines. We'll see what other changes I end up making.

In other news, my life has been divided between good-byes, college prep, band camp, and activities around my house. At the band camp, I've been working with the woodwinds with both drill and music (not exclusively). It's been a lot of fun, but it does get a little stressful when I go there on little sleep. But in general, it's been a good time, and I always love having the teaching practice.

Most of my close high school friends are heading off this week, so everyone has been scrambling to see each other one last time. And they all agree that my future Houghton friends (or ones that I've already met) need an instruction manual on how to handle my craziness : P

And then there's college prep. Which is consisting of sorting and packing. And more sorting. Followed by packing. It's a long process, mainly because I get bored/distracted.

My clarinet teacher said this about college: "The first few days you're going to cry every night because you'll be completely overwhelmed. After that, you'll say to yourself 'This is great! I should have done this years ago!'"