Yes, courses are in. I've already been in to guidance to change up my schedule, and it's posted online anyways, so I know what' I've got;
Calculus, French, Physics, lunch C, Chemistry. And I do not have ms naylor for chemistry. This bothers me. I suppose Muvrin will be alright? I'm really not too concerned about it. Did you know she's engaged pavel? To Mr Mikitzel!
I'm also excited about the first day of school- chiefly because I'm a nerd who enjoys school and LOVES having calculus as my first class- but also because I'm helping out the new grade 9s with orientation. Ah, the perks of being a prefect. We went to a camp in peterborough (don't ask why we decided a 3hr trip made sense, because it DOESN'T) to learn leadership skills, icebreakers, games we could play with them.
I've spent most of today planning for next tuesday and- wait. that's not true.
Most of today I spent trying to fix my house's sump pump. You see, I love when it rains. And apparently the rain loves me too. because it did NOT STOP POURING for 3 hours at my house. That's not really a problem, unless the power goes out. Which it did, because a tree fell on the power wires. But even then, our sump pump has a battery backup. So everything is fine. Oh wait, NO IT IS NOT. The battery was dead, the pump was not working, and the water level in our well was rising far too quickly for my liking. By a quirk of the construction, or perhaps just by irony, once our well overflows it goes right into our basement.
Our basement already flooded in a torrential downpour a couple years ago, and it was not fun. We ended up replacing all the carpet. There is absolutely nothing in me that wants to go through that again.
Thankfully, our neighbours have a backup generator and were generous enough to let me run an extension cord over to their house to power our sump pump. Crisis averted. But it still makes for a good story!
So. After that debacle. And after the rain stopped. I went outside to take account of the materials at my house that might suit for whatever we had planned with the grade 9s. It shames me to say that there is nothing at my house that might work. We don't have any pool toys anymore, any sports equipment we might have had is either flat, broken, or missing, and I don't think the school would appreciate me bringing my bow and arrow.
Oh, I just checked my email and found a list of ideas from Ms Giardina (the prefect teacher). Thank time lord. In any case, we could always play Scream Factor!
For those of you that don't know it (which included me up to last tuesday) it's a really easy game that doesn't involve any equipment. You need a group of about eight, at least. it has to be a number divisible by 4. You take half the group and make one circle, then take the other half and make another circle. Everyone stands shoulder to shoulder and looks down at their feet. The leader counts down 3, 2, 1, and everyone looks up at someone else in the circle. If the person you looked at is looking back at you, you both scream at the top of your lungs and run over to the other circle. Repeat.
It might not be the most exciting description, but I swear to god it's SO MUCH FUN. And with people who don't know each other, it's a good ice breaker. I challenge you to scream in a stranger's face while they scream at you without at least smiling. Impossible.
Well I'd better stop writing before I exhaust all my creativity and don't post again for a month. I'll save some of it for next time. bye nano!
~WishIhadacooloutro
Addendum: If you haven't yet, check out the Triple Rainbow Awesome tour! They're going to be in Toronto end of october! if you like nerd rock of any kind, you should GO!
1. Sorry, just an observation.
ReplyDelete2. The Ms. Naylor thing was supposed to be a secret... Then again I don't think anyone reads this besides you and me.
3. I still need a bow and arrows. The Hunger Games makes me want one so much more.
4. Scream factor is indeed much fun.