Meet my dog.

His name is Pepper :) He's a miniature schnauzer and very lovable. He loves children and is very quiet. He doesn't have much of a personality though which is kind of a shame... Oh what's that? you want to meet my dog pepper? Well here he is:


Ain't he cute?

...For those of you that actually thought that was my dog and that all the things I said about him were true, wow that's way off! (Well except for the lovable part). Here's my actual dog PEPPER!


The truth is.. He likes to bark at bigger dogs and babies. As a matter of fact, he barks so much that one time this older woman and her dog saw Pepper coming down the street, so she picked up her dog and crossed to the other side. He has to wear a diaper because ever since he got diabetes he tends to do his business because he can't help it. He loves my dad the most in the family. He thinks sit means roll over now (granted that's my fault). He has a great profile; i've used him many times for my photography class. He has a pretty awesome personality, but likes to talk back (by howling at us). When he gets wet he runs all over the house like a maniac. He's scared of trashcans, drains, the gate that blocks him from the living room, and my mom (just kidding about my mom, but he doesn't go over to her unless he's told. She's the alfa ha).

Even though some of those facts about Pepper I listed wouldn't want to make you buy him if he was at a pet shop, I love him a lot and he's my cute baby boy :)

My Bucket List.

So, I was sitting here thinking about what to blog. Then I looked at this pink list hanging on my wall; my bucket list. Yes, over time i've literally written a list of things I want to do before I 'kick the bucket'. It's funny because whenever I show this list to older people they get upset and say that i'm to young to have a bucket list. I disagree, because tomorrow is never promised. So it's better to write all the things you want to do now then later when you're on your death bead with only two weeks to live. So here's a little preview:

Go to Disney World. Check.


Go to NYC. Check.


Go to college. Almost there.


Get married.


Go whale watching.


Go to the Mall of America.


That's all i'll post for now. Trust me, the list goes on :)

Oh Summer.

It's been a while since my last post.. But that's because high school is over for me and IT'S SUMMERTIME! A lot has happened. I graduated, that's one thing :) And if it wasn't for that i wouldn't be typing to you on my awesome Macbook Pro laptop I got on the day I graduated! I love my laptop.. Although lately i've been staying up too late on it. Before, when I used my family computer, I had to get off at a certain time. Like maybe 11 at the latest. But now, I have the freedom to stay on as long as I want!....Well until I get really tired, and I love my sleep.

I've also taken a trip out to Utah State. Oh and if you didn't know already, that's where I decided to go for college :) I'm happy about the choice. The campus is beautiful and the people are really nice. I went for an orientation like thing called SOAR. It was fun! But let me tell you.. I was SO nervous the night before I had to go. I was freaking out on the simple things, like whether or not my dad should come with me to check in or just drop me off. He ended up just dropping me off, but there turned out to be a lot of parents there to do the parent orientation. I met two really nice people who I hung out with most of the orientation. The funniest part were some of the reactions of people who found out I'm from Maryland. They would be like "Whoa, Maryland?! Like over there?" and they would point to the east or something. The president of the ASUSU (which is like the student government on campus) is from Maryland. He came up to me and was like "Hey! Someone told me you were from Maryland too! Let's chat". It was funny. There was also a dance and this funny skit they put together and the one girls I hung out with was chosen to be in it. The whole day when I was at orientation I thought I didn't have a roommate, because I walked in my room, which had two beds, and the whole day there was no stuff there. Then, at 3ish in the morning my roommate comes in, makes her bed, and goes to sleep. I woke up the next morning like "Oh hey! I'm Caitlin, see ya!" Since we were moving out the next day anyways. All and all the trip was great, except for the HORRIBLY DRY LIPS I got. Note to self: Bring A LOT of chapstick to the dry state of Utah :)

Right now, I'm not doing much. Just relaxing all week. I saw Toy Story 3 with Molly and Meredith on Wednesday and i'm going to see Eclipse at MIDNIGHT with Mere on Tuesday (well I guess early Wednesday morning). I'm WAY excited for that. Taylor Lautner is so hot. I love him dearly. :)

Tired.

So, the past week has been pretty tiring. I really think the senioritis is actually kicking in because lately I haven't been doing so great in my classes. Even worse my math teacher might have been fired (I don't know for sure but it's pretty upsetting to think about since it was such a chill class). I've realized that my math class is crazy without my old math teacher. I swear every sub is going to quit when they're with us because some of the people are really roudy. Also, in english class I haven't been doing so well on the quizzes for some reason. We're reading Othello so it's kinda hard to pay attention to/ understand. What's worse she gives us vocab quizzes A LOT and memorizing vocab is my worst talent. I wouldn't even put that in the talent catergory because I can't memorize vocab to save my life. I can only remember a word if I've like heard it in a movie or something and I ask "hey what does that word mean?". Then it like sticks forever. I don't know why my brain works like that but it's annoying. Lastly, I think I totally bombed that psych essay. We had a test today and I've never done so well when I take a test, probably because i never study.. but it's not like I don't, it's just like when I try to memorize vocab.. it never stays in my head.

Friday was good though because my group spontaneously decided we should go to the mall. So my friend Mason picked me and Robert up and we met up with Tamara, Wayne, and Ben at Lakeforest. I really don't like Lakeforest mall but when I am just going there to chill its okay. We just went to a whole bunch of stores like H&M and Hollister trying on a whole bunch of sunglasses and clothes. Then I had to get home so we all hoped into Mason's car and he drove me back home. We had a dance (more like jump) party in the car, it was pretty fun.

All in all my high school life is starting to slow down to a 'just chill' zone.

Summer '09.

This summer, now that its practically over and i'm starting school in 3 days, hasn't been that bad after all. In the beginning of the summer I took a few swimming lessons. At the end of June I spent some time at girls camp (I was a CC this year), but had to leave a day, more like night..(ugh.. i'm talking I was supposed to leave at like 8 that thursday night but I ended up leaving at 2 in the morning...) early so I could see the play The Color Purple. It was great! For the rest of July I didn't really do much. But I did go to a Jonas Brothers concert, and it was AMAZING. My sister and I had REALLY close seats. There was this catwalk on the stage and we were at the very end of it. So everytime they walked down it we held out our hands so they could touch it. It was an amazing concert. I hung out with friends, went to the pool a couple times, and at that point I thought my summer was lame. That's because the real fun didn't start until August.

My family and I ended up going to Disney World! It was so much fun! we met so many characters and rode on rides. We stayed at this amazing resort that we always stay at. It's called the Polynesian resort and it is always great. It's hawiian themed and there's like this beach and volcano pool that is so great. We got access to all the 4 theme parks plus water parks. At Animal Kingdom, my sister and I rode this rollercoaster called "EXPEDITION EVEREST" and it was insane. It takes you up REALLY HIGH and you think it's gonna drop you, but it doesn't. You go to this track that looks bitten off by the Yetti, then you go backwards in the DARK! it was insane!! Then you finally go forward and oh man! I would pay good money to ride that again. It was just so intense for a non-upsidown roller. Then there's this one water park that I LOVED that was called Typhoon Lagoon. They had a wave that literally went rose 6 feet and knocked everything out of its path. I got knocked over by that big thing so many times and it NEVER got old :). Then it started storming and that was the end of that. The only thing i didn't really like about Florida was the weather. There normal weather is sunny in the morning until around 12 p.m. and then rain/thunderstorms starting at 2 until night fall. Which is kind of lame if someone wants to go there to tan. They'd have to do it in the morning or forget it, because you can't tan once the rain is gone, ITS DARK. By the time the week was over... I remember having a strong dislike for the Magic Kingdom and how many people were there. I've never seen so many strollers in my life. I feel like some people just got them so they could jam them into slow walking people's heels. That's what happened to me at least. My mom and I had taken our spots of this parade that comes down main street everyday. And the crowds grab their spots on the edge of sidewalks fast. So my mom and I were sitting there for an hour till the parade started and I stand up in the spot i was sitting in when the parade was just beginning, and then SOME LADY thinks she can come in with her like i don't know... ten year old child and steal my spot after waiting for an hour? I DONT THINK SO! but she does! she had some NERVE! and by that last day i was annoyed enough with all the little babies. So this other lady, who i'm guessing was with this lady that totally sat where i was standing, was trying to get passed me by her friend, and I, being the kind person I am (note the sarcasm), blocked her way through. There was no way I letting this lady just push her way into my spot after i've been saving it for an HOUR. HA! What I hated also was how this lady was taking pictures of the floats down the street and getting in my way when the float ends up coming right in front of us! I was like REALLY? But minus that annoying spot, the trip was great.

Once I got back from Disney World, I was pretty upset that summer was practically over. I felt like my summer had finally just started.

I haven't even started my summer reading yet. But I got a lot of shopping done. Not school supplies but outfit supplies ;) hehe. This school year hopefully will be great. I really want to be on top of things this year unlike the past, because THIS IS IT! I'll have to start applying for school's and who knows what i'll get into. Hopefully its a school I will end up loving though.

college.

Okay, so, i got my tickets and i'm heading to Utah during spring break for a college tour. Honestly, i don't really care much for going to BYU. Of course i'm going to go visit and look at the campus, but i'm going to keep my other options open. Like Utah State, or BYU's rival school the U! Although its not an LDS school, i'm still considering going there. I kind of want to go to a diverse school with all different types of religions... but like still have a good amount of people that are my religion too, ya know? I mean President Monson went to the U... so i'm considering going there. But i don't know! we'll see what happens once the time comes for applying... :)

street legal...! kind of.

So after all this diddly daddly i finally decided... HEY maybe i should get my permit. I went last saturday, waited in line for a good 30 minutes (and let me tell you that line was LONG), and got to the front just for them to tell me i'm missing a piece of information. I was pretty mad. So i went to school looking for a school form i aparently needed. It took the school a good day to fill it out then i needed to get it signed and what not. So, i end up going back to the MVA today. There was no line and pretty much no wait. It turns out i didn't even need that signed paper from school unless i was not younger than 16. LAME. I could have gotten my permit on Monday. Oh well, at least i know i can get my license on August 19th :) YAY! thats what i'm shooting for. I want to have it before my senior year of high school starts up.