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New Years eve was so much fun! <3
My parents went to South Carolina for New Years, and so I didn't have to be alone that night, one of my good friends invited me to spend New Years Eve with her and her family.
We went to Savannah for an event her church was holding there. I felt really out of place there at first, since it looks to be a primarily African-American church, but it didn't take me too long to warm up to the whole thing. It was a lot of fun being there, and in the process I think I found a church that I like here in Georgia. Finally! XD
It's fun, it's lively, the people are friendly... and it doesn't feel like I'm stuck at a lecture or something.
That's a problem I've always had going to church. Being the ADD person that I am, sitting and listening to someone talk for two straight hours just doesn't work. I can't focus that way. It was great when I was little, and they let the kids out early for sunday school, but when you get older they don't have that. I used to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of every service, just because I HAD to get up and move around. I used to draw pictures on the pamphlets, too, and things like that. XD
In this church, there's a lot of standing up and moving, there's a lot of visual stuff such as videos, live performances, and such. It's so much easier for me to stay focused on everything, because it's more than just sitting still and focusing on one single thing all morning. =D
When I can drive, I'll be more than happy to go there every Sunday. Until then, though, they do have radio time and a live webcast. <3
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Anyway, whoo, it's 2009!
I'm kind of glad 2008 is gone. There were some great times, but it was for the most part a depressing and painfully uneventful year for me, and I'm happy to start new.
I have a lot of resolutions to get through this year, most importantly: drivers licence, job, college.
Hopefully I'll be able to put my plan of starting college this year into action. =D
I've been aching to get there since I graduated.
Driving is starting to look less and less promising, though,
but I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about it.
It looks like my mom will be getting a job soon, meaning a lot less time for driving practice.
And since we got home, she's been reluctant as usual to let me drive.
Just after I got nagged at about this by my grandparents, too.
Yes, I know I need to hurry and get my license. Yes, I know a whole year of my life just went by, and nothing. You think I wanted that? D:
No, I want to be able to drive. I want to get a job and go to college. It makes me depressed to listen to my friends talk about how great college is, because I want so badly to be there! I don't want to sit in the house all day doing nothing. It drives me insane!
But I can only fight my mom on this so much, you know?
I mean, I may be an adult now, but she's still my mom, I still live under her roof, and blah blah and all that s**t.
My dad would be more willing to let me drive once in a while, but he has to work all the time. He yells at me more, anyway. But at least he's not afraid of every little thing.
It's becoming harder and harder to drive with my mom, because she's so nervous about everything, that she makes me a nervous wreck, and that just doesn't work out well.
It's always been hard to stay calm and collected with her in the car.
And when I can't stay calm, I become so afraid of messing up that I start making little mistakes, which lead to more little mistakes, and the whole drive just goes to hell.
And now that she's going to work, this might be even more of a b***h to complete. I guess we'll see.
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And back on the subject of college, my grandparents keep telling me I need to find a community college.
Unfortunately, I don't think we have any in the area, other than at Savannah State... which even though it's in Savannah, is very far away. XP
Luckily, there's AASU nearby, and from what I hear, their prices are decent. =)
Tuition is around 5,000 I've heard, without boarding and all of that other stuff that I won't be needing anyway.
So I'm looking at starting there, if I don't find a community college nearby.
Community colleges are so much cheaper, though, so I hope I manage to find one.
And if all else fails, I'll take classes online.
I really don't want to do that if I can help it. I love the convenience of it,
but that's just one more thing keeping me cooped up in the house. D:
Then again, maybe not, because I would be getting a laptop for it.
I could take my school wherever I want to, as long as there's internet connection *just thought of this*. <3
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 Ophrysia · Sat Jan 03, 2009 @ 05:13pm · 0 Comments |
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