Okay, first of all, I am really, really sorry I didn't post last week. The laptop I usually use was having internet problems, and I had to use the computer lab during a class, which includes certain very annoying people who I do not want reading this!

Second,
IT SNOWED!!!!!! SNOW!!! SNOWSNOWSNOWSNOWSNOW! YAYZERS! GO SNOW GO! LET'S GO SNOW LET'S GO! BEAUTIFUL! WHITE! SNOW!!!!!!!!! *contented sigh*

Anyway, what is up with me.... Riding went well, my violin teacher and accompanist are happy with my pieces, I have a duet with Tera, I have a competition on the 14th (well, you get graded 1-5, and once you have 15 you get a trophy), and I have to recite a poem for drama class. I already picked mine - no prob. It's called Enchanted Light. You can Google it for the text. When I was little, my dad used to read me poetry, sometimes instead of bedtime stories - I was a sucker for fairy tales. It was one of my favorite poems. We get paired with teacher-assigned partners next week; I'm just praying to the mighty drama gods that I don't get put with TYLER!!!!! OR JAKE!!!!!!!! Not that Ms. Ashley is naive, or something like that, but she can't understand the middle school politics. Not even Veronica gets them, and she wasn't in middle school THAT long ago. Besides, she was a jock, and didn't really interact with cliques.

Actually, I'm a little worried about that. Veronica was very sports-oriented when she was my age. She was totally devoted to her track and swim teams. She sorta freaked out when I asked for tinted lip gloss last week. It's "not appropriate" at my age to have a "lip gloss that's meant to make your lips look a certain color." I mean, lip gloss isn't going to make me a Valley Girl! And if she's freaking about lip gloss, what about if a boy asks me out, for crying out loud? Not that I am in ANY hurry. I wouldn't go out with anyone in this school if you paid me. Rhetorical question only. But I am seriously nervous. Mira and Tera wear mascara and eyeshadow, even! And they're like eight months younger than me! Veronica is awesome, very chic, great taste in clothes, and she's gorgeous, too, with black curly hair and deep green eyes, but she can be just a little bit behind the times.

Oh, and we were at the mall yesterday, because V is going to be MCing at my next orchestra concert, and she needed something to wear, and I saw this drop dead gorgeous sea-green chiffon dress that looked perfect with my hair! V would have let me get it, except it didn't look good because, according to V, I "don't have the cleavage to pull it off." OMG!!!!!!! I almost DIED!!!!!
At least she's okay with tankinis, though - I have a friend whose mom has forbidden two-pieces until she's fourteen!

Kathi, Jaz, r u reading this? I have not heard from you, hint hint hint!

'K, GTG
Natasha