Maybe It Won't Be That Bad

With graduation and everything coming so fast I am kind of overwhelmed. Not only do we have finals next week but we also have the regional baseball tournament. After that there is graduation and then I head straight to work. It's all coming at me like a 90 mph fastball.

Now that all of my complaining is done, it's time to look at the glass half full. My finals this year actually won't be too bad. Creative writing is going to already be done before finals week so I can check that one off. Gym and independent living finals will probably be really easy like they usually are. After those three and off hour I really only have three finals to take. I love baseball so I don't even know why I complained about that one. There go two of my problems.

Graduation is always given the stereotype of being a hectic day, but I honestly think it will be relaxing and exciting. For those who don't think it's possible to be relaxed and excited at the same time, it is. I have no idea when graduation starts or when we're supposed to be there but I do know that I'm sleeping until I have to get up. After the ceremony there'll be a bunch of pictures and then off to my open house (right across the street). Here it will be fun conversing with all my friends and family, eating, and best of all getting gifts. I don't see how this day will possibly be bad. Off with problem number three.

Finally, the big kahuna, work. It's tough to be optimistic about this one, but I figure "How bad can it really be?" It might be tough getting up so early but I used to do that for red flag all the time; and that wasn't even for money. Money is the motivation. Not only is it for money but it also seems like it won't be too hard. I predict that most of the time I'll just be sitting on a riding lawn mower cutting the grass. Once put like that it doesn't sound like work at all. Ok, now I can calm down. Everything has been put into perspective and it's looking good.

Maybe It Won't Be That Bad

With graduation and everything coming so fast I am kind of overwhelmed. Not only do we have finals next week but we also have the regional baseball tournament. After that there is graduation and then I head straight to work. It's all coming at me like a 90 mph fastball.

Now that all of my complaining is done, it's time to look at the glass half full. My finals this year actually won't be too bad. Creative writing is going to already be done before finals week so I can check that one off. Gym and independent living finals will probably be really easy like they usually are. After those three and off hour I really only have three finals to take. I love baseball so I don't even know why I complained about that one. There go two of my problems.

Graduation is always given the stereotype of being a hectic day, but I honestly think it will be relaxing and exciting. For those who don't think it's possible to be relaxed and excited at the same time, it is. I have no idea when graduation starts or when we're supposed to be there but I do know that I'm sleeping until I have to get up. After the ceremony there'll be a bunch of pictures and then off to my open house (right across the street). Here it will be fun conversing with all my friends and family, eating, and best of all getting gifts. I don't see how this day will possibly be bad. Off with problem number three.

Finally, the big kahuna, work. It's tough to be optimistic about this one, but I figure "How bad can it really be?" It might be tough getting up so early but I used to do that for red flag all the time; and that wasn't even for money. Money is the motivation. Not only is it for money but it also seems like it won't be too hard. I predict that most of the time I'll just be sitting on a riding lawn mower cutting the grass. Once put like that it doesn't sound like work at all. Ok, now I can calm down. Everything has been put into perspective and it's looking good.

Best Summer Yet? Doubt it.

"I really think you should take it. It's a great opportunity," my mom pounds it into me.
"Well I think you should take that offer and shove it," I say to myself, "ain't nobody got time for that." Don't worry I didn't say that out loud instead a soft, "Sure," came out.

Every summer for just about the past five years I have run my own small lawn mowing business. Only three or four lawns, until last year when I took on seven! To me that was enough. I felt like I never had any time between mowing and baseball. Now I realize what a luxury it was. This summer I am working out at Otter Tail and let me tell you what, I am not looking forward to it at all. Sure the money is good, but it's just not worth it. "It'll look good on applications," they say "a great experience, you can get some money built up for college." Oh cool, now that you put it like that I'm so darn excited to blow my senior summer working.

If you couldn't tell, I got a little sarcastic at the end of my last paragraph. But come on! I'm still a kid in my books and I deserve to be as free as an eagle in the summer. However, now that it's pretty much set that I'll be working I've made a plan for how my week will go during the summer.

First off, I'm working 10 hours a day, four days a week. On top of that I will have practice Monday through Friday if not a game. So there goes four days of my week. On days that I work, I plan to be boring. I know that will be tough for me but that's how it has got to be. I start work at six and end at four. After that, practice will probably start at 5:30 and run until about seven. After this I will head home and eat supper, no matter what fun activities present themselves. I will set my bedtime for nine so I can get nine good hours of sleep. No one wants to go to work tired.

Now the fun part, here's where having a four-day week will come in handy. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night I will stay up as late as I can and make sure I am always hanging out with friends. Friday and Saturday will be filled with all sorts of fun lake activities. Then, when Sunday rolls around I can just nap all day and prepare for the next week of work. You see, I'm just trying to make lemonade out of lemons here. Just because I have a job doesn't mean I can't have fun. After all YOLO!