Summer Vacation/ Memorial Day

I like to think of the first Monday after school ends as the official day of summer vacation. Since school ended on Friday for me, this is my first school day off. It's also memorial day in the united states. Memorial day is like the first summer holiday. There are barbeques and watermelon and ice tea and tons of awesome summer stuff.
Summer is also a lot of fun for me because I actually have time to run and ride my bike and go from pasty white to tan. I don't spray tan or go to tanning beds. That's unnatural looking. I like the way I look with a natural tan that can only be gotten from spending hours in the sun.
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maggie

Done with Middle School

It's over. I still can't believe it. Today was my last day of 8th grade. It's so unbelievable. In 4 months I turn 15, in 3 months I go to highschool, in 2 months I start band and tennis and in 1 month I get to go to Disney World!
I can't believe how fast life is moving and how quickly this past year has gone by. I know that junior high and high school aren't supposed to be the best parts of your life, but so far they've been pretty good. I can't wait to see what else life has in store.
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maggie

13 Reasons Why

Best. Book. EVER!
I just finised reading this book and I was blown away. It was breathtakingly brilliant and just so perfect.
The narrator of te story is a guy name Clay Jensen and he's recieved 13 casette tapes from a girl named Hannah Baker. Hannah was a girl at his school who killed herself 2 weeks prior to him recieving the tapes. Hannah sent the tapes to a chain of 13 people, each of whom holds a reason that she took her own life. Clay didn't know Hannah very well which is why he's confused. But a the book goes on you really start to discover how much a stranger can do for you and how much a simple smile can even mean.
The author is Jay Asher. I really loved the book. READ IT! NOW!

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Maggie

A Letter to my Best Friend's Boyfriend

Dear Adam,
I know Ashton told you about this so you're probably already reading it. Why on Earth you want to read this, I don't know. But I have ground rules for when you date my best friend. Since Ashton would die if I said this in front of her, I'll just say it in front of the internet.
I know right now you guys are happy, but if you ever even THINK of hurting her, the rest of us will find you. Okay? Good. We all agree that she could do worse though, so we're happy that she's with you and not some jerk from our school.
Also I'm better at patty cake than you are.

Maggie

Cedar Point!

I live by this amusement park called Cedar Point. My dad works there actually...It has the second or third tallest roller coaster in the world (Top Thrill Dragster) and today was the day it opened for the season. 

I also rode this BEAST! Mean Streak

I went with my three best friends and one of their boyfriends because apparently we have to go everywhere with him but it was fun. Lines are always very long on the first day because everybody wants a little piece of everything but if you're patient, they go by in what seems like minutes. Even if you don't want to ride roller coasters it's a great way to hang out and just have fun with your friends. I have friends who hate roller coasters but one of their favorite places to go is still Cedar Point.  Oddly enough, one of the longest waits is for the ferris wheel. Not because of the amount of people that want to ride it, but because of the number of times they have to stop it so everybody gets and equal amount of time on said ferris wheel. Which I find very entertaining. It took me longer to wait for the ferris wheel than it did for me to ride the mean streak. 

I rode this first. Top Thrill
Dragster

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maggie

Life Teen Friendships

I am Catholic and we have this youth group called Life Teen. Tonight was the first night I could go and it was absolutely amazing.
I'm not going to preach catholicism to you because everyone has opinions. I wanna talk about making awesome friendships.
I am very nerdy and it's a very rare occasion that I get to meet people that are as nerdy as I am. When I do meet people like this I get very excited. There are people like this there and that makes me so happy! I like to relate to people and nerdy things like batman and the avengers are great ways to relate to people.

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maggie

Nostalgia with Songs

My end of the year dance was today and of course, I had a friend who refused to dance to songs that she and he ex boyfriend liked. It is not fun to deal with people like that.
I am a believer in letting things go, but apparetly a song isn't something that people can just forget about. You can't forget the emotions that you felt or the times you had while the song played but you can still enjoy the songs because the past doesn't define the future.
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maggie

Spring Dances and Growing Up

I absolutely LOVE my school's end of the year dance. Since I'm an 8th grader, this is my last one. I'm doing a bit more this year than last year. I simplified a few things but I love it. I'm very excited. But the way I see it is, once this dance is over I'm basically done with Middle School which is pretty terrifying.
I'm excited for High School. I just don't like growing up. A lot of my child hood I was very self conscience but now I'm not and I just wish I could've been that way when I was like 6. I enjoy acting like a kid, but there's a time and a place. You know?

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maggie