I need to quit knawing on my lip. Just sayin'.

I am so blessed.

I haven't blogged in too long, but I have a lot that's been going on and for whatever reason I haven't felt the need to put things into written words.
But here I go!!

Valentine's Day came and went and the few days before it, I was busy trying to suppress my disappointment with the fact Miko would be on a trip with his parents to Virginia for the weekend. Even though neither of us are all that invested in the holiday, it was still a little bit of a downer to know that I wouldn't even get to see him. Fortunately, my boyfriend is amazing and wonderful. :) He surprised me by coming straight to my house after he flew back in, and he had an orchid the size of a kindergartner with him. There I was, eating a plain yam at the kitchen table, when I see someone walking up the steps to my house. I felt so happy that almost exploded. A very good day.

More recently, my Mock Trial team, which I enjoy so so much, has become not only record-scoring district champs but state qualifiers to boot! We had regional competition this past Friday, and for the first time I was given the opportunity to take the stand against an attorney who, despite talking so slow I doubted her brain function, was actually pretty gritty. I got a chance to really use my brain and we won! I can't wait to milk my school for all the money it's worth in hotel and classy dining expenses. And the best part is, I get to keep wearing my professional adult clothes!!! Woowoo!

Hmmm, what else? I started running? That is worthy of blogging about I think. I've been running about two miles or so whenever time and the weather permits, and it's felt really good. I am still overcoming my issue with imagining what I've recently eaten looks like sloshing around in my belly, but the running is swell so far.
Track starts sometime this week which is very scary, but I am hopeful. Maybe I will throw discuss further than 16 feet this year! Considering my stick arms, I doubt it, but you never know! (Plus, it is fortunate that I actually COMPETE in running races and long jump. But discus is my ambition, I'm telling you!)

Today was a good day because I got to have Miko over and we had a lot of fun. He and Ethan and I built a huge fort in our living room and then we watched the Olympics and Whip It. Then, we ate way more ice cream than I normally would have, but when he is with me I label it "special occasion". Although, that is becoming a problem the more and more I'm allowed to see him.
Also:
MY DAD DOESN'T WANT TO LET US GO TO AMISH COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't mentioined it in this thing but I LOVE Amish Country. I love their outfits, and their work ethics, and their clotheslines, and their baked goods, and they're cheese/meat/apple butter, and their wooden items, and I love having picnics in their gazebos. It is positively my DREAM date. I have my outfit already picked out! And you know what, I WILL make out with my boyfriend there. Because I like kissing him. And I like Amish Country, and he won't be here to kiss for much longer.
SUCK ON THAT, DAD. SUCK ON THAT.

He (meaning my dad) has been particularly infuriating lately. The more he degrades and ignores my momma the more I would so love to send him out to live in a double wide somewhere sort of far away. I don't want to hurt him and I appreciate what he's been able to give me with his paycheck, truly I do. But I don't want to live with him. It is unfortunate, and it makes me so sad to say it, but it's true.

I am tired, so I'm going to go lay in my covers and think about my day. It was a good day.

P.S. I only ever blog before bed because that is really the only time I have the, well, time, (<---seemingly too many commas...) to sit around and do it. I just didn't want to make it feel like too much of a reoccurring theme. neways. Night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Psha.