Wicked

Ok so it's been forever since I've been on blogger... school has been keeping busy, although I can't use that excuse for the 3 months of summer that have just flown by... 8th grade schedule is scaring me... I didn't get advanced drama... But I hope I can still be in the last 2 plays. I'm super super excited to have Mr. Brinkerhoff as my Drama teacher and my Honors English teacher!!! I really wanna go see Wicked the Musical... but 1. I dunno if it is still playing, 2. It would be such a long ride to a city that actually had the Musical. I think Boise has it but I'm sure. That would be one awesome birthday gift though! Speaking of Wicked, I went on Wicked at Lagoon this summer, and I LOVE it! Definately planning on going on it by myself next time we hit Lagoon. I really don't feel like typing much, but I will do better as to keep everyone updated as the weeks and the dramatic days go by. Nervous Natalie out.

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When they question everything you put your faith in everyday

Be strong, Be strong

And when your trials seem like they're too hard to bear

Remember someone else stands by you who's already been there

Be strong, and of good courage

Be not afraid, stand firm in the faith for the Lord will be with us

Whever we go

Be His Be one, be strong

When the world tries to convince you to make the wrong choice

Be strong be strong

If the noise that's all around you can't hear the spirit's voice,

Be strong, Be strong

If you stand for something right and stand alone

Remember someone stands by you in our Heavenly home

Be strong and of good courage

Be not afraid, stand firm in the faith, for the Lord will be with us,

whever we go

Be His, be one, be strong

Dedicated to my sister, Jennifer Christensen Mcalister.

Love ya sis.

So let's get everyone updated first of all.
1) Rashes are still on my body, but are very slowly healing
2) I did well on my guitar festival, I got a supior and next year I will get a trophy
3) all my grades are A's again, so a little bit more relaxing
4) 5 weeks until the end of school, and I'm not afraid to say BOO YAH!
5) I'm excited for next school year already!!
6) I'm working hard on my personal progress, and what a blessing THAT has been!
7) I've decided to get my patriarchitcal blessing after I turn 14
8) Summer is here and I'm ready to grow another couple of inches and brag to Mom!
Not alot, but I guess better than the same thing as last time. Well, yeah, that's about it. Bye

Doctors, Guitar Judges, and a whole lot of Nervousness!

Recently I just found out that I have to play two songs in front of a judge, just him/her and me, and if you know me, I know that I have very high standards for myself. The first time I did festival, I didn't get the highest score, so when I got out of the room with the judge, I cried. I'm a wuss. Yes. I hate the truth but it's not like it's not unheard of. I'm a girl, and that's all I can get out of why I cry so easily. Last time when I did festival, I barely got the highest score by 1 point, and even then I felt like I cheated and I STILL cried. Heaven only knows how I'm going to respong to this festival. My hands are sore from playing all the time and my nerves are shot. Braces are driving me crazy and I have these stupid rashes all over my body. Thanks immune system, all I needed was weird gross red things all over my body to stress me out even more!! I'm also stressed because I don't have my old doctor anymore, we switched doctors. I was said to find out, I have had Dr. Wayment since I was soo little, I remember going into his waiting room, scowling because of my sore throat and that there was country music playing, the nurse opening the door and calling out, "Natalie Christensen?" Walking nervously into the room and waiting for the doctor, looking at the popsicle sticks and looking at models or the inside of the ear and posters. The man who has nursed me back to health all those years, POOP! No longer. Instead this weirdo sad looking doctor walks in the room and I would of been not so happy if it werent for the fact that he had the knowledge to cure me. He always repeated himself and he didn't laugh or smile once. Euk, no way. Anyone seen Patch Adams? Now THAT'S the kind of doctor I want. Someone to make me feel like everything is going to be A-OK for a while. I could sure use that now. I tell you what, it's hard being a teenager and being responsible. I'm nervous for school, my health, the guitar fesitval, my doctors, everything I suppose. I just hope that when I get older, I won't be able to cry as easily.

Bleh

Has NOT had a fun time with school lately. At the begining of quarters, grades matter ALOT! I got a D- in Keyboarding because I forgot to do homework and some other things, but now its back to an A but I'm still paranoid and I'm still scared. My braces are driving me CRAZZZZYYY!!!! The pain is tremendous, I'm serioues grabbing 5 orthodonist cards and lighting them on fire and doing an indian dance when those mother chuckers are off. I could not, would not, be able to survive school if it wasn't for the friends that I have. The Lord has really blessed me with good friends that will help me make good choices, some examples are: Aren, he's been helping me relax and giving me advice for grades. Desiree, She makes me laugh when I feel like I'm gonna cry, I know that no matter what I'm going through, Desi has worse things going on with her, and she helps me anyways! Conner, he helps me with my social life and some skills, He's fun to talk to and he showed me how to snowboard, which, may not be useful in my life, but it could help with my social life later on, he also listens to me when I need help. I always wonder if I have those same good qualities as my friends do, but sometimes I feel doubtful. I'm thinking about trying out for the volleyball team, but first I have to find out where and when they will be! Hopefully I can find out Mrs. Field on Monday. The winter picture above is what it looks like in Burley right now. I was gonna go to the Easter Egg hunt, but I think its screwed today. Lots of disappointed kids today. I want to get some easter presents from the Easter Bunny, hopefully the Easter Bunny knows I'm never too old for that like some stupid people do. People comment at how cool I look when I have my glasses off and reading. I don't know if I want contacts... At least not yet. I'll probably wait till I'm in high school to do that. I'm not really concerned that much about my looks right now. The boys at my school are my friends, I've got no need to look fancy smcancy right now. I haven't felt happy in over a month... Hopefully my other emotions other than sadness, boredem, and paranoid will unthaw soon so I can use them when spring rolls around, that is, if it does. People say that I have creative writings, but I tend to disagree, but at the same time, I agree. I just write what comes in my mind, and it really does help when you've read alot of books in your lifetime. I guess the words just kind of flow naturally from my mind to my finger tips, a wave of emotion and storytelling I guess is how I would put it. I love my ipod so much, I hope the Easter Bunny gives me a $20 gift card for Itunes so I can download some new songs like Maroon 5. I'm gonna go and have some breakfast. Happy Easter. Not-so-happy-Natalie out.

Nice day

Today was awesome! I got up early and washed my hair and got everything tidied up. Dad came and dropped me off at the school to where I dropped my poster off at Miss Haws room for the Charlottle Doyle project and read until the bell rang. I went to gym like normal and I had Libby on my team and we rocked everyone's socks! Advisory was fun, we got popcorn and homemade punch. I left with a plate still full of popcorn, and some of my friends passing me in the hallway just grabbed some and said thanks. I didn't care, there was no way I was going to eat all of it anyways, and I knew they weren't doing it in a mean way. I got to geography and I told everyone to dig in before class started. Some liked me a little more for doing that and others got insulted because they didn't get here in time when there was still popcorn left. We left geography and had lunch, then went into Miss Haws classroom. Yay, I remembered today was History Day and most of the honors and non honors geography students had gone to it. No Dylan!!! YESSSSS Desiree and I got far on our project, but I'm afraid Aren will be mad that we did most of it without him. Home Ect, I usually fear. I don't know why, but I just do. But today I was looking forward to it. I didn't know why either. I worked on my blanket and was close to being done when the bell rang. Dang. I was walking upstiars when I noticed someone had walked beside me and was starting to talk to me. I looked over to see who it was and it was Aren. AREN! I missed him, most of my friends had gone to the History Day thing, and I had no one to chat to in between classes. I swung my arm around him for a couple of seconds then let go. I noticed he was wearing a suit, and I couldn't help but see the fact that he looked like a missionary. A nice looking missionary, I guess you could almost just say handsome... 0.0 Oh please, I probably think all missionaries are handsome. I closed it out of my mind. I'm excited for the family reading night at the Jr. High and is just plain excited! Gotta go see what everyone is up to. Nice- Day-Natalie out.