Tayler

Dear diary, December 20, 2007

Well not a lot has been going on. I got all my Christmas shopping done. I would put what I got everyone but I know read it, so I cant tell you yet. I will have to tell you after Christmas eve. It is a little weird but my family has always opened gifts on Christmas eve. My mom says it is because we get so many presents that we have to split up the days of gifts from the family and gifts from Santa Claus. It is a weird tradition but I love it because first of all we get to open our gifts early and because it is different from everyone else. This is year is kind of different for me, for some reason I just don’t want anything. I already have everything that I need. I mean I always want clothes and music. But I don’t care about getting any presents this year. The only thing that I really want, I’m getting from my mom. It is a pair of boots from Tilly’s! That is really the only thing I have thought about asking for this year. Usually I have a list of things I want but not this year. It crazy!
Can you believe we haven’t decorated our house yet? It is making my mom depressed. The only thing we have done in the Christmas spirit is make Christmas cookies. I invited Erica over to make them with me and than I gave her a box to take home. Katie went to her house and tried the cookies. She loved them. Erica’s whole family loved the cookies. Than I made some to my neighbor Carl but he was at work so I gave them to Carl’s brother, John, to give to him. But John ate half of them. John loved the cookies. Than when Carl got home he tried the cookies and loved the cookies. Today he asked me to make more for him. And of course Erica asked for more. And John and Katie asked for some. So I guess I got to make more cookies for all of them. Ha-ha at the same time it is a compliment but a curse. I am glad they like the cookies but I don’t have time to make so many cookies!
I have to go to the eye doctor today because I lost my glasses. I hate wearing glasses because they hurt my eyes. My eyes are near sited so I shouldn’t wear my glasses all the time because it will make my eyes lazy. So all day long I put on and take off my glasses and it hurts my eyes. And these last few days they were really hurting because I couldn’t see the board and I was straining my eyes to see far away. I asked my mom if I could get contacts, she said I could if I wanted to. I really want to! I hate taking my glasses everywhere and taking them off and on. Sometimes when I have to copy notes off the board and I take them off so fast to look down at my paper, it makes my eyes tear up. I am going to get my eyes checked today and get my glasses in a few weeks.
I am also not trying out for softball anymore because I was giving up WAY to much to just try out. I went to the counselors at my school to get my schedule fixed for next semester. My counselors said I would have to take another A’hour. I knew that because my other electives are full year. I was really looking forward to not have an a’hour but I wanted to be on the team so I was making a sacrifice to try. Than I found out if I don’t make the team I have to go into regular P.E. I was upset about that because I wouldn’t gert credit for being in regular P.E. because they made up this stupid rule that you can only get half a P.E. credit in ninth grade. I already got my half a P.E credit this year. I think they made that rule because they want you to get some exercise in the three years you are at the actual high-school. I was wiling to even do that because I know a lot of people trying out and they might not make it. So at least I would be with a bunch of friends. But than my counselor told me that the only way my schedule would work was to have my math class with EIGHTH GRADERS! Ohhhhhh heck no! I am not having a whole class with all eighth graders! No way! I would not do that! So I changed my mind. I will try out for softball in tenth grade.
I got out of school yesterday. I have exactly two weeks off. YAY! I am excited about that.

Love,
Tayler!