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September 2017 Dares & Summer Ends

A single tear slid down the girl’s pale cheek. Her lips trembled, and she breathed slowly, evenly to prevent her sobs from ripping from her throat. Her mascara, a sickly dark brown color, stuck to her lower eyelashes, giving the appearance of a tween who has no idea how to do her face. She picked […]

Money + Plans for Money + Other Stuff

I was just thinking along, minding my own business, when suddenly, it hit me. I’m going into my last year of school. After I’m finished, I intend to get a job, save money, and take some community college courses for the first year. And … those are honestly my only plans. I mean, I want […]

Moanings of a Brain Dead Teen

Yesterday was Easter, and now we have a very light week of school as my dad’s on vacation (#homeschoolcool). And let me tell you, I need it. My mind is a lot of spinning cogs and gears, all whirling a hundred miles a minute. When you throw in algebra mixed with shapes, ancient languages mixed with […]

In Which I Try to Improve Myself

A couple days ago, I drummed up a new schedule for my *clears throat important* personal improvement. I’m getting up at 6:30 every morning (except on the weekends). I’m going to bed at 10:30 (well, more like 11:30 … or later … but I’m trying). I’m getting all my jobs done earlier than I did […]

Dark Eminence by Marguerite Vance

I wasn’t going to publish anything until after June 1, but this doesn’t really count as it was for school, and I was going to have to do it anyway. Dark Eminence by Marguerite Vance Catherine de Medici and Her Children I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but this school year (2015-2016), we’ve been […]