seven. teen.

what. a. day.
this has definitely been one of my better birthdays. :) not that i can really recall any of them that well, but still! my day started off by waking up later than i wanted to, as usual. i had to leave early to finish a project for financial lit with my husband. and that was a positive way to start off the day. :) then i learned about first-aid in my sports medicine class and we watched a clip from Monty Python. which was great. you know the scene, with the knight that says "none shall pass" and then he ends up getting all of his limbs cut off because of his lack of fighting skills. haha. i need to watch that movie soon. the whole thing! have you ever realized how many times that movie is used throughout our education? yet it is one of the strangest movies, ever? anyways, then i went to choir! where we learned what we scored at small group festival, THEN we played ultimate the whole period. the ALTOS AND BASSES REIGNED SUPREME. :) one of my favorite days in choir by far. then i had a fun birthday lunch at Wendy's with a bunch of my close friends. :) to be completely honest sixth and eight period are kind of a blur. ALTHOUGH. i was technically born at 2:55 on March 15, 1995. so i usually watch for the time just as a special tradition inside my head. it's great because i'm usually almost out of school at that point. well today i went out to my car to get my $79 dollar AP Language test fee check, and as i walked back into the school i looked at my phone and saw that it was 2:55. the first birthday i remember being alone at that time. weird. and i honestly, quietly, whispered "happy birthday Samm." i'm weird. i know.
then i had the life guarding class which was good. Paula gave me brownies. :) i struggled a little bit, but i'm definitely up for the challenge. :) after the life guarding class i went home and showered up so i could go to birthday dinner with my family. we went to Wingers, AND i got shotgun! :) i ordered the same thing i always order which was just as good as the first time! i got sung to, and it scared the living crap out of my mom and i as they walked around the corner. hahah. then i opened up my presents and i got an iHome that changes colors! along with a few flowers and hair things, and new church shoes which i desperately needed. :) then i went home, where i got shotgun on the way back. awesome! :) then i hung out with my friends. Erica and Ozzy picked me up. Ozzy got me a "beautiful" butterfly keychain. Erica got me a new nightgown... a thing of nutella, and earrings. and gum, but as it turns out, the gum wasn't for me, it was for her but she accidentally forgot to take out the gum from the walmart sack the present was in. :) then we went to Smiths and got a 4.99 ghetto birthday cake. :) then we went to share it with our friends at the pool. as it turns out, 4.99 cakes from Smiths aren't the greatest... but it's okay. even if it was the "worst five dollars" Erica ever spent. haha. then i helped clean... happy birthday, right? ;) after that a few of us went to Erica's where we jumped on the bikes and rode around to the highschool track. the ride back was brutal, like, beyond brutal! the hills kicked my butt, and my legs, and my lungs! my legs are still mad at me for it. and they are being loud and clear about it! it was so much fun. but once we had gotten back, we talked for a few minutes and had to leave because in all reality, it is a school night. :/ Lance's car was back at the school, and as Erica dropped us off to go home i got a little choked up as i told my friends how much i love them and how grateful i am for them. i got a ride home from to of my best guy friends. it was a pretty fun ride home. oh, did i mention McKenna got me a cantelope? my least favorite melon, but still. because one time, of the 24th of July this last summer, i ate a BIG BOWL, and i mean BIG BOWL of fruit of all kinds. haha. well i got home and read scriptures and prayer with my family and here i am... typing my day out...
well today was a great birthday, and it would not have been that way if it wasn't for my great friends and even greater family. i get a little teary eyed because of the profound effect my friends and family have had on my life. oh! the troubled teen i would be if it weren't for my great friends, and the ability they have to keep my on the straight and narrow. i love them all so much! i cannot even express.
well, i'm sad this day went by so quickly. thanks for all of you that made my day so great. i'm eternally grateful for you all. i literally am not doing any justice for all that they have done for me. i'm sure i'll write about this again soon to help the cause. but until then toodles! ;)
cannot wait to get my young women medalion! :)
thanks for reading!
hope you had a grand day!

--Samm.