Asian Festival

Hey guys! I haven't blogged in awhile so I thought I'd keep you up to date on what's going on. ;)

Well, the housesitting went well. It was nice to get away from my crazy family and have some time to myself. Plus Pheth's house is ahhhmazing. And she paid me very well, indeed.

Fast forward to Friday. Friday night Pheth decided she wanted to take me shopping. We went to TJ Maxx and Belk, but I couldn't find anything I particularly liked. Luckily, afterwards we went to Starbucks and got the usual. :) (Grande Strawberries & Creme Frap.) Then I went home and took a nap and did some laundry. I know, I'm a boring individual. But hey, it gets better. Later that night Viv calls and invites me to go to the Asian Festival in Columbus. I of course obliged.

Saturday comes around and I'm very excited. I was gonna go with Pheth and Viv. It was very fun indeed. (and hot.) There were tons of people and lots of delicious food. We walked around a bit, looked around the little shops, looked at the displays, watched the dancing (which was very good btw.), and finally had some food. We ended up getting fried bananas, some lao chicken on a stick, and some rice cakes with molasses. Yummmmm. :) We also watched her cousin play this Asian game which is like volleyball and soccer combined. You have the traditional volleyball net, albeit a little shorter, and you kick the little ball over.  It was very interesting.The announcer was also hilarious, although they had to translate for me because he was speaking in Lao. Anyway, I got a really cute Asian sun umbrella while I was there. It's dark blue with pink blossoms. It's beautiful! ... And very helpful, because it was like 90 degrees that day. 

After that excursion, we went the Easton, which is basically the best mall EVER! First we went to Anthropologie, which is Viv's favorite store. I can't afford much there, but I did find this really cute journal. It's called the Non-planner datebook. It's a very creative and cute way to write about your day, or whatever's going on. Then we went to Forever 21. I loooove that store. I got this really adorable sailor type tank dress. It has red and white stripes on the top, which a cinched waist, and then a blue flowy bottom. I also got a white top which also sinches at the waist and has ruched flowers. Then I also got a few camis. When I went to check out I had the most adorable guy help me. He asked if I wanted to buy the recyclable bag and of course I had to say yes. It's cute, though. It's blue and has a panda on it with glasses. 

After we were done shopping we went to this delicious sushi place. I can't remember the name, but I think it's Edamame or something like that. I got some Hibachi chicken with fried rice and a salad. The food there was amazing. And then we ended the meal with some lovely Starbucks. Yummmmmm. :D 

After all of the fun of the day, it was time to go home. It was about 1:00 AM by the time that we got there. I just spent the night with Viv. We had church in the morning anyway.

Church was the same. It was a good service. It was talking about the church camp that they kids were going to go to. I'll admit, I was a little distracted. There was the most ADORABLE baby sitting behind me. It was sooo cute. It even had an adorable little grin. It was such a happy baby. Not to mention that the father was also very cute. hehe. :) Anyway, that's my weekend  in a nutshell. I hope everyone has a lovely Memorial Day!

-Britt xx

La Inducción de honor español

 Hey guys! What's up? Thought I'd fill you in on what happened over the week. It was pretty eventful.


Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday was KTTC testing or something like that. Can't remember the exact name. Ohh, well. It doesn't matter. All you need to know about it is that it's Kentucky state testing to measure how much you've learned and know thus far.

Tuesday was math. Super easy. I loved this test the most (even though I hate math) because I'm good at it and because the open responses are extremely simple. I did very well. There were three parts and we went through to 6th period. Although I'm confident that I did extremely well, it kind of sucked because we had WAYYYYYYY too much time. It was ridiculous. You get 2 hours 40 minutes for the first two parts, and most of the students got done in the first 60. 'Why don't you just read?' you may be thinking. Well, after I was finished with my test, I pulled out my novel.
"It's okay, you can read it," My principal, Mr. Dowdy, said.
Not 5 seconds passed before my counsellor, Mr. Carroll, yelled: "No reading while the tests are out." Awesome. I had an hour and forty minutes to sit there. I was so upset. At the time I was reading a Northern Light by Jennifer Connelly. I wanted to finish it so I could return to my friend Lexi. Whatevs.


Wendesday was Science and Thursday was Social Studies. Both were pretty easy. Once again, I had tons of free time left. I'm just glad that it's over.


Friday was very easy since the teachers were easy on us because they knew we were exhausted from testing. In Sociology we finished Shaw Shank Redemption, in Spanish IV we finished Avatar, (the seniors were watching it while we were testing.) and in English we read outside. It was a beautiful day, so it was hard to concentrate on our novel. (Right now we're reading the Great Gatsby. Pretty good read.)


Friday afternoon I mostly relaxed. I listened to music, cleaned a bit, and did my weekly laundry. Then around midnight Viv picked me up to go to her house. She just got back from Columbus and we were going to volunteer the next morning.


So Saturday we got up around 7:30 to get ready. I know, it's very early. Craziness. It was actually fun, though. We were to clean up Ironton but planting flowers, pulling the weeds, and fluffing the mulch. We weren't there for too long because so many people signed up to volunteer. How awesome is that? I love volunteering.


After that we went home and took showers, because by then we were filthy. Once we were clean we got Panera Bread (YUMMMMM.) and then went back home to take naps. We were all very exhausted. It'd been a long day.


Dinner was the best part, however. We had Korean steaks, white rice, salads, and this amazinggggg fluffy strawberry pastry covered in strawberries, bananas, and chocolate drizzle. Every part was impeccable. Viv really is an amazing cook! Yummm. I love Korean steaks. :)


After we cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishes it was off to a late-night movie. The movie of choice: Kickass. And Kickass it was. I absolutely loved it!!! It's a perfect story. I don't know which part was my favorite, Hit Girl or how Dave finally got his girl. It was very cute. I suggest you go see it. :)


Today was alright. I had a Spanish Honorary Induction ceremony. I really didn't wanna go, but it wasn't that bad. I felt very anxious before-hand, but once I got there I felt mostly at ease. And it only lasted about 20 minutes! I thought it would last an hour. We got a cute little pin, a candle that we had to light, a certificate, and a carnation. Then after everyone got that, the seniors got their tassels. Once it was over there was cake. It was sooo delicious. Sra. LeMaster also said that the classes would be eating the leftovers because there would be so many pieces left over! AWESOMENESS! hehe. I love cake.


Once I left, Viv took me over to Pheth's to housesit. It feels weird having such freedom, but it's nice. I've been reading, lounging, and drinking hot cocoa. :) If only I had my license. It would make this ordeal so much easier. Ohh, well. Well, I've talked enough. Hope you guys had a wonderful weekend!!


-Britt xx