So,it's been a month after my little venting session, and everything went back to normal. somehow. My teacher fixed my grades and I was finally passing, along with my other classes. Semester exams went smoothly,and passed all of them, thank the Lord.

My Choir had a holiday concert and compared to our Fall concert, we were 100 times better and we had much more fun. Our teacher was proud of us that we didn't give up and I finally got my Solo for S&E. It's a class 1 and in Italian, yay!

Our three week long Christmas break was somewhat a bittersweet time for me and perhaps one of the saddest. I got what I secretly wanted from my parents: iPod touch. Orignally, I was getting the Amazon Reader, but according to my parents, it was back-ordered 13 weeks and decided to go with plan B: the iPod, since mine was really old. I really didn't want a new one, I was content with what I had, and was planning to get one for myself, but, I really couldn't say no to my parents. I love them. My rich aunt got me a small REAL Coach purse and a pretty rose peral set. Then i got some money from both my grandparents, my great aunt and an iTunes card from my other aunt, who also got me a really pretty throw blanket with my school logo on it, plus, it's black and purple.

However, on December 28 my life took a slight turn for the worst. one of my dear friends was found by his 12 year old sister face-down on his bed. He commited suicide by overdose on his medication. According to his sister, his parents were tell his that he did not deserve to live and that it was his fault for thier poverty, in turn, he took his own life. His sister is now living with a uncle. It was devestating to find out that something so bad happened to someone like him. His funerel was this pass Sunday and everyone attended, even his teachers, but his parents did not attended, the simply didn't care about thier son. I miss him dearly and think about him everyday, but it's still hard to believe that something like this happened so fast.

I'm back at school now, we started class on Tuesday. I'm still trying to get back into the grove of everything. Right now we have a free block in my CompSci class, hence, this journal. Yesterday, my choir teacher promoted me to the Varsity choir, and for the next 6 weeks, I must attended choir zero period for Varsity practice. And because there are only 12 girls in Varsity, his is trying to fly us to Dallas for a weekend for our end of the year choir trip, which is cool. Now I have to do double duty with choir and basketball and all of the homework. Right now,I think that's it.

Before I go I would like to give a shout out to Spirit~Sneer: HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AT SOLO AND ENSAMBLE!! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Another shout-out goes to SandFlames: I MISSED YOU TOO CRISSY, even though we saw each other at Wal-Mart. I STILL HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT! YOU DIDN'T COME SO I COULSN"T GIVE IT TO YOU!! WHAAA!

okay, i'm out! See Ya soon.