And then just like now we can say

Today was my day in the Emerald City.

Just one short day.
A lifetime of fun.

Gosh, can we do it again? I worked so hard on Saturday. So hard. And all of last week, really. You know, I always knew there would be rewards to getting my act together, I just didn't know they would feel this great. Not that I have my act totaly together or anything, lol.

This morning my mom's just like, "find someone to go home with after co-op."

And I'm like... =-o

And she's like... :-)

And I'm like, "okay." (trying to act all cool about it) No homework to do at co-op. She doesn't even care where I go... she doesn't even ask me to call her. Just go, be gone, have fun, we'll pick you up at like ten after the eoy.

Last day of co-op was tons of fun when I didn't have extra homework to do, and I even aced a test. (????) We lounged around in the lobby (loitering like no tomorrow) and broke all of the thirteen comandments (none of which you will find in the Bible, btw). And then of course there was yearbook signing and everyone was estatic and the whole atmosphere was gleeful.

So I invite myself to Cherie's, and my goodness, speaking of paralell lives! Wow. Ryan came too (us three are kinda like the three muskateers) and we were going to watch a movie but ended up talking the whole time, lol. It was so awesome. And we ate notchos. That's important.

We're just three friends
Three good friends
Sharing one wonderful
One short day

And then the eoy (end of year) program, which was long and borring for the most part. It's so funny to me, whenever I see my classmates present they look so poised and professional and impressive, almost untouchable. It's easy to see why the pre-grammar kids poke each other and whisper, "Look, there goes a Rhetoric student!!!" And then I look down at my shoes, which I've been gathering signatures on... and there's Caitlyn's neat, pretty letters neatly written on the line at one side, and Ryan's little computer smilie on the other, and Caleb's big bold signature scrawled across the toe... and I think, "naaah." And if you look closer, you can see the smirk behind Beau's earnest show-face and the hidden sarcasm in Carmin's words. Or your excited because Abby got that one word right that she always stumbles over...

It prolly makes no since to anyone, but it makes me feel so special to be in on the secret identities.

Yes, well, it wasn't really that great. I'm just a little nerdy homeschooler who never really leaves the house and knows she is a bit over her head in all this running around with the cool people, but is pretending this is totaly normal and completely getting a thrill out of it.

but lol, this is such a de ja vu, last year I ran home from the eoy and posted a blog post then, too. Except I was balling my eyes out and my post was all depressed. It's so weird, the only thing that's changed is I've actually grown close to some of the people there, and yet now I feel absolutly nothing about leaving. Nothing but releif that I made it alive. I guess the world's just gotten smaller and less signficant since then, and I guess the kinds of bonds I've formed don't just disolve because we won't be going to school together.

I think we've found the place where we belong
So I'll be back for good some day
To make my life and make my way
but for today we'll wonder and enjoy

What a way to be seeing the city. It was close to perfect. Certain people were missing to make a day perfect perfect, but it was very close. Well goodnight everyone, I've got to hit the books hard again tomorrow. Love to all!

PS. I'm going to a wedding on Saturday. This is even more important than nachos!!!