My Daily Life, by Kelsey

Okay, so I guess I haven’t done too good on my resolutions.  I have not worked with my horse every day, or written here every day.  But I have a good reason: flu!  This ALWAYS happens this time of year right after I go back to school, I think my body doesn’t want to get out of relaxation mode so it makes me sick so I will stay home and rest.  I started feeling icky on Monday but I figured it was just nerves, I always get weird about going back to school.  Then by Tuesday it was bad cough and sore throat and yesterday I stayed home in bed all day, today I’m doing the same but I feel a little better so I am FORCING myself to be on the computer (ha, ha.)  Mom has no sympathy for me when I am sick, she thinks me being able to sit up without pain (you know how when you’re sick your whole skin hurts, well, that’s me) is an indication I will be well enough to go out and feed the horse this afternoon, which I don’t mind doing but I still feel really crappy.

I just hope I don’t have too much homework to make up but all my teachers are pretty lazy and it’s the beginning of the semester so probably not.  I have one paper to write for English: “What I Did Over Christmas Break”.  That’s right in this town we are not PC and don’t say holiday break, or winter break.  What a dumb idea for an essay anyway.  I’m going to write something real smart and maybe I won’t even get in trouble for it.  I bet Mrs. Reed would like it actually.

Maybe not, I am no rebel, I just like to talk tough.

As far as the rest of the resolutions go, I have not been watching TV (have been laying in bed reading books instead) or drinking soda (mostly orange juice actually) and I went to church Sunday after not going for like 3 weeks so maybe getting sick is God punishing me.  Although it doesn’t make sense to me how if he is all-loving, he deliberately punishes us.  I don’t think he does, I think he just sits there for guidance and if we don’t want to use it, fine, and we blunder through life getting sick and stuff.

I’m babbling.  Anyway I’m going to go, it is -5 degrees right now.  How can Mom expect me to go outside in this weather with the FLU I don’t know.

This is a little bit weird writing a journal online.  I have a paper journal too so what I will probably do is write in it and then copy it to the internet.  I suppose no one will read it anyway.  I have my own (old, slow) computer so i don’t think my parents will read it.  My life is not that exciting anyway!  I suppose I just like to have a record of things so that later on I can show my kids or something.

I will begin this with an introduction.  My name is Kelsey, I am 13 years old (halfway to being 14.)  I live in Montana in a very small town, and I moved here 3 years ago from Washington.  I got my first horse two years ago and I love her, she is a half-Arab who I call Buttons (her show name is something longer I can’t remember, Buttons is more like a joke nickname.  I go outside and yell, “BUTTONS!” and she comes over to the fence and whinnies at me.)

I love writing which is why I write so much in my diary and I also love reading, and horses (which should be obvious.)  I love all animals in general.  I have a black lab named Buddy and when it’s not freezing outside he will go out with me trail riding.  We also have some chickens and two cats.

I want to be a writer when I grow up, but I will probably study veterenary (sp?) science in school, and be a horse vet.  I suppose the only bad part about that would be having to put them to sleep.

I guess that is all for now.

These are my 2007 Resolutions (which it looks like WP has a tag for so maybe it will show up?  I know some things about computers but I am not sure how that works)

Okay anyway.  This is the year I will be 14.  I suppose I will start with the usual ones and talk about them.
1.) Get good grades.  I usually work hard in school but next year will be high school so I want to get into honors classes.  After that only 4 years to college and let’s face it, my family is pretty poor, at least not able to pay for college.  So I will have to work hard to get scholarships.  Anyway it shouldn’t be really hard, I got straight As last semester (one A minus in Earth Science) so if I keep doing thins right hopefully it will show.
2.) Write every day here since I just got this blog.  I usually write every day in my paper diary but I will try not to be too lazy about putting it here.
3.) Work with my horse every day, even if it is just spending time with her (which is what I will be doing until it gets warm again anyway since I can’t bathe her in winter and she is too dirty to ride bareback.  And since I don’t like to saddle her unless I have to we don’t go riding much in winter)

4.) Drink less soda just because it is bad for me.
5.)Watch less TV especially on school days.  It is not *that* interesting

I would say spend less time online but since I am doing homework usually along with chatting and things I am not worried. 🙂

6.) Go to church every sunday even if Mom and Dad don’t, by getting a ride with my neighbor.  Spend more time praying and being close to God.  I keep getting this feeling I’m going to need it, I do’nt know, maybe I expect the worst or something but I keep feeling like the end of the world is coming.  I even have dreams about it sometimes

That is all.  Good luck to ME