Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

Sunday
Originally we were planning to go to church this morning but Mom decided she didn't want to go.  Esther needed to go to the mall to get some birthday presents for her friends.  I went to Hot Topic to get a record.  I also asked what age they usually hire.  They said they hire at 16.  I am going to apply next summer for a job there.  I think it would be a lot of fun to work there.  It took Esther a long time to decide what to get so we were at the mall a lot longer then we should of been.  Luckily we didn't have much planned for the rest of the day.  Tomorrow I am going to Guitar Center with my friends Jake and Chase to get the rest of the stuff we need to record.  I think that will be fun.  I have to finish my summer assignments before I leave for California on Thursday.  I still have a lot to do.  I have to finish my math packet and start on my English assignment.  I will probably put it off till Wednesday though  because I am such a procrastinator.  I have started packing for California already though.  I have started watching a new TV show and it is very good.  It is called Supernatural.
Monday
Today Jake and Chase came over at ten forty five.  We went to Guitar Center to get the stuff we need to record.  We got drum microphones, a mixer, and a bunch of cables we needed to get all of them to work.  Next we went to Chase's house to set everything up.  We got everything set up within a half an hour or so.  It is still going to take Chase a while to figure everything out.  Then we walked to Taco Bell to get some lunch.  I had a piano lesson today too.  At one forty Mom came to pick me up from Chase's so I could be home in time for the piano lesson.  It went pretty well.  We are still working on the Moonlight Sonata.  I am almost done with the first movement completely.  We are planning on starting the second movement on my next lesson.  That will be a while from now though.  We will be out of town for 2 and a half weeks or so.  Other then that the day was pretty boring.  I watched supernatural for the rest of the day.  It is a very good show about who brothers who are demon hunters.  Tomorrow I am hanging out with a friend all morning.  I haven't seen her in quite a while.
Tuesday
Today I went to the mall first thing in the morning.  I needed to get my friend a birthday present because her birthday is Thursday.  That is the day I leave for California though.  She invited me over to hang out today because I wouldn't be there on her birthday.  She really liked her present.  We hung out from eleven till about two.  After Mom picked me up we went to the grocery store.  Mom needed some stuff for the dinner she was making tonight.  Esther and I got lunch there.  After we were all done at the grocery store we went home.  Esther and I played some video games before she stopped to start cleaning the car.  I came up stairs and watched another episode of supernatural.  Just after the episode was over we had to leave because I had a haircut.  I just got a touch up on it.  I got the sides shaved a little shorter and got the top textured a little bit more so that it was easier to gel.  Then when I got home I said hi to sandy.   Then I got ready to catch up on my blogs.  Tomorrow I am going to take my permit test to get my learners permit.  I am kind of scared to drive though.

saturday

Today we went to see a movie as a family.  We saw the movie The Way Way Back.  It was filmed on Cape Cod.  I think that is so cool! The plot of the movie is there is a family who kinda dysfunctional.  The kid is very socially awkward and doesn't fit in with his family.  His step dad is very mean to him.  He finds a mentor of sorts.  He is the manager at Water Wizz.  It is one of my new favorite movies.  It was so good.  After the movie was over we went out to lunch.  After much debate on where to eat we finally decided on Noodles & Company.  After we ate we headed home.  Later that day we went to the grocery store to get stuff for dinner and dessert.  We made homemade milkshakes.  They turned out surprisingly well.  Tomorrow I don't think we are doing much.  I am planning on getting my learners permit at some point this week but I leave for California on Thursday.  I am very excited to go to California!  I think it will be so much fun.  I haven't been in 4 years or so.  It will be nice to see grandma and grandpa Eilers again.  I don't know what all I will be doing but I bet it will be fun.

friday

This morning Janet came to help Mom clean the house.  She showed up a little late but she was done by eleven thirty or so.  After she finished it was just about time for Mom to leave for her haircut.  Before she left we went to get some pizza.  They had a lunch special where you got two slices of pizza and a fountain drink.  I got a slice with ricotta on it and a slice with black olives.  Mom also got a slice of ricotta but she got a slice of pepperoni for Esther when she got home from camp.  It was her last day of camp.  They had a big party all day.  Esther was all hyped up on sugar when she got home. Before long she crashed and was pretty grumpy for the rest of the day.  Tomorrow we are going to see a movie as a family.  It is called The Way Way Back,  It was filmed in Falmouth! I think it is very cool.  We are going to a new movie theater. It seems like it will be all preppy and stuff.  I don't have many other plans for the weekend.  On Monday I am hanging out with the band to get the rest of the stuff we need to record.  My friends birthday is on Thursday but that is the day I leave for California.  I will probably hang out with them the day before to give them their present.

Thursday

Today Esther had her show.  It started at one forty five.  It was okay.  There were some really good bits but a lot of it was very boring.  They tried to do a commentary on how technology has taken over our lives but it ended up being a little preachy.  There was a really good bit where two of the actors broke the fourth wall.  It was by far the longest stage door I have ever seen.  It was over two hours long.  I think next year they should keep it a little shorter.  After it was over Esther wanted to go to dairy queen to celebrate.   A bunch of Esther's friends who went to go see the show went too.  I saw one of my friends there.  It was blizard day at dairy queen.  They donated half the money they made from blizzards to charity that day.  Tomorrow is Esther's last day of camp is tomorrow.  They just have a big party all day.  Esther is very excited for it.  I studied for my drivers test for the rest of the day.  I am planning to go take the test on Monday I hope I pass it.  The DMV is at the mall so Esther is excited to go too.  I am nervous though.  All my friends who have taken it said it was pretty easy though.

wednesday

Today Esther stayed home from camp.  She wasn't feeling well.  She was really congested.  She is enjoying the camp a lot though.  Esther and I starting playing a game of Monopoly but we never finished it.  We also got out the bread machine from downstairs.  We tried making yogurt bread but Esther put in to much salt so the bread didn't rise enough and it was really salty.  Before we made the bread we went to the store to get the materials we needed.  Tomorrow me and Mom are planning to try again.  Hopefully the next on comes out better.  It is really easy to make the bread.  Esther's play is tomorrow.  Mom and I are going to see it.  Ms. Hard says it is the longest play shes ever done with this camp.  Esther says it is almost two hours long.  Hopefully it isn't too boring.  Usually the play's stage door does are fairly boring unfortunately.  I don't have many plans this week or next week.  I leave for California for two weeks in another week or so.  I am excited to go on a vacation.  It will be my first all summer.  The summer has been pretty boring so far.  I only have a couple weeks left before I head back to school.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

Sunday:
Today Mom and Dad went to see Wolverine at Tyson's Corner mall.  I decided to sleep in because it was the first day all week that I could sleep in.  I slept in till eleven or so.  Then I got to relax for most of the day.  Mom and Dad got home from the movie at about one thirty.  Then they took a nap.  Esther and Mom went the swim banquet.  All the people on the summer swim team were invited.  It was a potluck so Esther wanted to go to target get hot dogs to bring. I went with them to pick up dinner for me and dad.  I got frozen pizza and some salad.  Esther got the new Taylor Swift CD at target.  When we got home they got ready for the potluck.  Dad and I made the pizza and salad for dinner.  Tomorrow Esther starts her two weeks of camp.  I think she will have fun.  Some of my friends are going to be counselors there.  This will be her first time doing devised theater.  I really enjoy it.  It is different then most other types of theater though.  I hope she likes it.  I don't have many plans this week over all.  I will be having band practice a few times this week but other then that I won't be doing much.
Monday:
Today was Esther's first day of drama camp with Ms. Hard.  She said she is really enjoying it.  A lot of my friends are counselors this year.  Esther will be at Robinson next year.  It will be the first time since elementary school we will be at the same school.  I had band practice today.  We are still working on writing.  The song we recorded won't be release because our drummer was too off time at some points for to be fixed.  We are going buy microphones for the drums so we can do drums ourselves.  Our guitarist has an easy way to record guitars really well.  I have some really good vocal microphones.  We are going to take out time to finish writing.  We have a total of 7 songs in the works.  After we think we have finished our songs will record them ourselves.  Then one of my friends who is college now for producing is going to mix them for us for free.  So it will still be a while until we release anything.  It will probably be September or October.  We had a good practice today.  We are working on finishing our third full song.  We are spending alot of time on each song to perfect them.
Tuesday:
Today was Esther's second day of camp.  The camp starts at nine thirty.  I woke up this morning at ten forty five or so.  After I woke up I watched some tv.  At noon Aaron came.  Since Esther wasn't here I had an hour long lesson.  We worked on the Moonlight Sonata for the most part.  I am almost done with the first movement.  There are three movements total.  The second movement is few short.  It is barely a page long.  The last movement however is really long.  It is 5 or 6 pages.  After my lesson was over I made some lunch.  At around 3 my friend came over.  We hung out for a while.  It was fun to hang out with my friend.  Tomorrow I am going to the mall.  Then I have a doctors appointment.  I might be hanging out with another friend tomorrow too.  It will be a pretty full day.  Other then that I don't really have any plans this week.  I am going to California in just a few weeks.  I am very excited to get out of Virginia for a few weeks.  I will be there for one week just by myself then the rest of the family will come out for the second week.  We are driving from California to Washington.

Saturday

Today I went to Bethesda, Maryland for a theater conference.  When I got there first person I saw was Mr. Rome.  He is my drama teacher at Robinson.  Then I found all the other people I was there with.  We got to go to three presentations.  The first one was Ashley's workshop on devised theater.  We went really quickly through all the different aspects of Voices Of Now and demonstrated some of the different activities we used to devise our play.  I like devised theater a lot.  Esther's camp for the next two weeks is a devised theater camp.  Next we went to lunch.  I talked to some of my friends from Voices Of Now and caught up with them.  I hadn't seen them since May, when the performance was.  It was nice to see them.  Then we got to choose between a few different lectures.  I choose to go to one on drag in theater.  It was very interesting.  She talked about the difference between a guy playing a girl character and a guy playing in drag.  She said the difference was a guy playing in drag is more comedic and a guy playing a girl is more of an honest portrayal of a female character.  The last workshop was a workshop on tableaux.  We use a lot of tableaux in Voices of Now.

Friday

Today was my last day of work.  My groups performed got there parents today.  Each station was short.  Only twenty minutes instead of fifty minutes each.  At the end of the stations they performed for the other campers and there parents.  My group in the morning is a full day group so they performed in the afternoon.  I performed with both of my groups.  I performed twice in the afternoon.  We also found out today that one of the campers had had lice all week but there parents never told us.  The leader of the camp did a deep clean of all the carpeted rooms we used.  He was very mad that they didn't tell us.  Tomorrow I am going to a theater conference with voices of now.  A few of my friends are going.  We are helping Ashley, the leader of voices of now do a presentation on devising theater.  I think it will be fun.  I am looking forward to finally sleeping in on Sunday though.  Esther had camp this week.  I don't know what I will be doing this week.  I will probable be having band practice a few times this week and I will probably be hanging out with some friends this week too.

Wednesday and thursday

Wednesday

Today I had work.  I woke up at 7:30 to be there at 8:45.  In the morning I work with the oldest kids.  Each group goes to four stations.  Performance, Music and Movement, Acting, and Tech.  In Performance the kids prepare a play they come up with over the course of the week, they perform it for there parents at the end of the week.  In Music and Movement the kids prepare a dance to a song from a musical.  In Acting the kids just play games.  They also learn about improv games and theatre sports.  In Tech the kids learn about the 5 aspects of tech.  Props, Makeup, Costumes, Lights, and Sound.  In the afternoon I have the youngest group of kids.  They are 2nd and 3rd graders.  They are hard to keep control of.  One of the campers just walks off and won't listen to anyone.  Other then that it isn't so bad.  I like the people I am working with this week.  Some of them are good friends I've known for a while others are people I have seen around the drama department but haven't talked to much.  I am enjoying it so far.  It is pretty tiring though.  I am exhausted after a day there.  

Thursday

Today the campers finished getting ready for there performance tomorrow.  The older campers in the morning are dancing to the song Ease On Down The Road from The Wiz.  It is looking pretty good.  The counselors are dancing with the campers.  There play is about a girl who gets trapped in a story book world.  The group is pretty creative and are fun to work with.  The afternoon group is quite a handful.  They are dancing to Let's Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins.  Tomorrow is my last day of work.  I am looking forward to sleeping in this weekend.  I only have a break every other day.  During lunch half the counselors have lunch with the campers and the other half have a break.  I have my breaks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  I always have breaks with the same people.  I feel kind bad for the people that have break only two days.  It is really nice to have a break half way through the day where you aren't around the campers.  I might be seeing a movie with a friend tomorrow night.  That would be a lot of fun.  I haven't seen my friends very much this week.

Friday

Today was a pretty boring day.  The end of my boring day's will be next week though.  I have work from 8:30 till 4:15 or so.  I am a camp counselor.  I don't know what age group I will be working with yet though.  I hope I don't have to work with the really really young kids because I don't work as well with the youngest kids.  Esther will be attending the same camp but not the same week I am being a counselor.  I am only working one week this year because I am technically training this year to be a full-time counselor next year.  Counselor's usually work three or four of the weeks each year.  I am getting paid for this week but not as much as a full time counselor would be.  I won't be able to see my friends as much this week but I might be hanging out with some of my friends after my day of work is over.  I think it will be a pretty good week overall.  I think work will be kind of stressful but fun sometimes.  I will not be working with Mrs. Hard, my drama teacher in middle school.  Even though she is part of the camp.  Esther is taking her camp next week which takes places on the other end of the school.

Thursday

Today I woke up in the morning and watched Master Chef with Mom.  Then my friend Nika invited me over.  We hung out from about ten thirty till about two thirty.  Then Mom came to pick me up.  Esther's friend Zach was over when we got home.  They wanted to go to the bowling alley.  I rode in the car with them.  On the way there Mom took me to Taco Bell.  Then we dropped off Esther and Zach off at the bowling alley.  Then Mom dropped me back at home because I didn't want to go bowling.  At school we bowl every Friday in our gym classes so I am sick of it by now.  After Mom dropped me off she went back to the bowling alley with Esther and Zach because the bowling alley can be shady sometimes.  I relaxed at the house until it was about six thirty then I had a vocal lesson.  The vocal lesson went pretty well.  We worked on some acoustic songs.  I am working on a solo project apart from my band where I sing, play guitar, and sometimes piano.  Next week I am bringing him the first song I have finished writing for that.  I enjoy working with my voice teacher.

wednesday

Today I was supposed to have a piano lesson but Aaron forgot.  We rescheduled for tomorrow morning though.  Esther made dinner tonight.  We went to Wegman's to pick up some of the ingredients.  Esther's friend Hope came with us.  They decided to make the cupcake's together.  We got lunch there too.  I got some vegetarian lasagna.  Mom got a slice of pizza.  Esther's dinner was pretty good overall.  There was a little to much soy sauce in the pasta though.  The cupcake's were very good though.  They were vanilla cupcakes with green frosting, 3 oreo's and an M&M.  They looked like sunflowers.  I am excited to make my dish on Saturday.  I hope it turns out okay.  I have never cooked polenta before of made the sauce.  The dessert shouldn't be to hard though i am just making the cookies for ice cream sandwiches.  I want to start cooking more often because I enjoy it.  Tomorrow I am going to hang out with my friend.  So far this summer had been pretty good.  I enjoy relaxing summers.  I can't believe the summer is almost halfway over!  It has went by so fast.

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

Sunday:
Today was pretty boring.  I woke up around at eight and couldn't go back to sleep cause my throat hurt.  I have a little bit of a cold.  Mom went to church in the morning and ran some errands.  Esther and I played some video games.  Then I caught up on my blogs.  Then the whole family went out to dinner at Olive Garden.  It was fun.  Esther got spaghetti and meatballs.  I got shrimp Alfredo.  Mom got spaghetti and meat sauce and Dad got soup.  For an appetizer we got calamari and zucchini.  I don't really have any plans this week.  I am going to be hanging out with some friends this week.  That will be fun.  Other then that it will be a pretty boring week. Our single is being mixed in a week and then we will have a lyrics video made for it.  We will release it in the next week or so.  It is very exciting.  We are going to try to play a few shows over the rest of the summer.  I am going to California for the last two weeks in august and I am working next week but other then that I don't have many summer plans.  It has been a pretty relaxing summer so far.  That is a good thing.

Monday:
Today the new refrigerator was delivered.  I just woke up when they were leaving after delivering it and installing it.  It fit just as dad and I had predicted.  Then as we were waiting for it to cool off, we went grocery shopping.  Esther had a swim meet that night so it was just Dad and I.  We watched the home run derby.  Dad went upstairs to go to bed about half an hour after it started though.  I stayed up to watch the whole thing.  Esther and Mom got home from the swim meet at 9:30 or so.  Esther and I have decided to make dinner one night this week each.  Esther is making dinner and dessert on Wednesday.  She is making Chinese spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and "Sun Flower" cupcakes for dessert.  The cupcakes are vanilla cupcakes that a frosted to look like sun flowers.  I am making dinner dessert on Saturday.  I am making a mushroom "bolognese" and Polenta dish for dinner and I am making homemade ice cream sandwiches for dessert.  I think it will be fun.  We are going to Wegman's to go shopping on Wednesday.  I enjoy cooking a lot of the time.
Tuesday:
Today I woke up at about 11:30 or so.  I was supposed to have a piano lesson from 12:30 - 1 but our teacher forgot to come.  He is coming tomorrow instead.  I had a doctors appointment at 1:45.  It was pretty boring.  Then I had a rehearsal in D.C from 6 to 8.  It was for the program I did this year called Voices of Now.  We are performing a scene from our piece at a convention in Maryland a week from Saturday.  We haven't rehearsed the play since the beginning of May so it was really rough.  We ended up changing a lot of the scene.  It was nice to see my friends again.  All the people who didn't graduate this year made it back in for next year.  I really enjoy the people in the ensemble.  One of my good friends in the ensemble is going off to college this year though.  Luckily he is going to George Mason which is just down the street from my house.  He is going to come over to visit a lot.  We offered him a home cooked meals and a place to wash his clothes if he ever needs it.  I will be fun to still see him even though he is in college.  I would of really missed him.

Thursday and Friday and Saturday

Thursday:
Today we didn't do anything at all.  I woke up at twelve thirty or so.  Then I stayed at home for most of the day.  I was really sore from warped tour the day before.  It was hard to get out of bed.  My arms were the most sore.  My backpack I brought to warped tour ripped in the middle of the Wall Of Death during Secrets set.  It was a lot of fun though.  I can't wait to go again next year! Hopefully a lot of my favorite bands will be there again.  Issues is on Warped Tour this year but they didn't play our date.  I have seen them twice already but I really want to see them again.  They are amazing live.  I start work in two weeks.  It is going to be fun.  I am going to be a counselor at the Robinson Drama Camps.  I am a walking counselor which means I work with all the kids.  I will be helping where ever help is needed.  I have never done something like this before so I am kind of nervous, but I know I will do fine.  Esther comes home from camp tomorrow.  We are going to make her Great Grandma Anderson's Chocolate Cake.  I don't think I have ever had it but Grandma says it is really good.

Friday:
Today Esther comes home.  We are making Great Grandma Anderson's cake for dessert.  In the morning Mom and I made the cake but we couldn't make the frosting because we were short on the unsweetened chocolate.  Later in the day mom and I went out to get some stuff.  We went to go get my haircut.  I am very pleased with how it came out.  I shaved the sides but left the top long.  Then on the way home we went by the grocery store.  The first store we went had no unsweetened chocolate which was kind of weird.  So we went to another grocery store and they had it.  Then once we got home we made the frosting for the cake.  After some down time it was time to go pick up Esther.  When we arrived the bus's were just pulling in.  On the way home Esther told us all about camp.  It seems like she had fun.  We had hamburgers for dinner.  Then we cut the cake.  The cake was very good.  The frosting was the best part though.  Tomorrow I am recording with my band.  I am very excited we have been working on this song for quite a long time now.  Recording starts at 2:30.
Saturday:
Today I recorded with my band.  I woke up at noon then I got ready.  At about one I headed over to Chase's house to pack up his drums.  He gave me a ride to the studio.  Once we got there we set up the drums.  It took us about an hour to get drums done then we moved on to bass.  It took me about half an hour to get all the bass parts tracked.  Next we went back to drums and got all the samples we needed.  Then we moved on the rhythm guitar which took another half an hour.  Next we did the lead guitar parts which took about twenty minutes.  Then we overdubbed the lead guitar parts which took about ten minutes.  Lastly we did vocals.  That took us about thirty to forty minutes then we were out of time.  We need to go back in order to mix it.  Today cost us $200.  It is going to be another $200 to mix it and get a final product.  It was a lot of fun recording.  We will need to find another $200 though so we can finish it up and get the product so we can release it.  By the end of the summer we will have at least one song done and ready to release.  It is very exciting.

Wednesday

Today was warped tour.  I woke up at seven to get ready.  Everyone was here and we were left at eight thirty.  We arrived at the venue at nine thirty or so.  The doors opened at 11 so we got in line.  Once the doors opened I went with Chase and we got a schedule.  Chase had to leave at 3 so he could go to his swim meet.  We caught Woe, Is Me and a few other bands before he had to leave.  All the bands I wanted to see didn't play till later though.  Before Chase left we went to a signing of the band Secrets.  The first band that I really wanted to see was letlive.  They were very good.  I had already seen them already but it was fun to see them again.  At four fifteen Like Moths To Flames played.  They are one of my favorite bands.  I got up on the barricade for that show.  As soon as they were done I ran over to see The Wonder Years on the main stage.  After they were over I got some grilled cheese for dinner and then I went over to the Kevin Says stage to see Secrets.  I saw my friends Koyla and Matt at that set.  As soon as they were over I ran to the Tilly's stage to see The Story So Far.  After they were over I ran back to the Kevin Says stage to see Citizen.  Lastly I ran over to the Monster Stage to see Attila before the day was over.

Monday and Tuesday

Monday:
This morning I woke up at 11:30.  After I got ready for the day it was about noon.  Mom and I went out to run some errands.  We went to the library first to drop off some books.  Next we went to the atm so Mom can get some more cash.  Last we went to the bagel bakery to get some bagels for lunch.  I got an everything bagel with vegetable cream cheese.  Mom got a banana walnut bagel.  The rest of the week is pretty exciting.  Tomorrow I am hanging out with a friend in the morning.  In the afternoon/evening we are going to have band practice to get ready for recording on Saturday.  Wednesday is warped tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am so excited.  We are planning to be there at 9:30 or 10.  The doors open at 11 and the first bands play at 11:15. The last band will end at 9 in the evening.  It will be a lot of fun.  Chase and I have decided to spend the day together seeing bands.  The bands I am going to see are Citizen, Like Moths To Flames, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far and Matt Kerekes.  I am going to have a lot of fun.  On Friday I am going to get my haircut.  Esther is also coming home Friday night.  I am going to make the chocolate cake recipe grandma sent me a few days ago for dessert on Friday for her.
Tuesday:
This morning I had a piano lesson with Aaron.  Since Esther isn't here this week I took the full hour lesson.  We worked on the Moonlight sonata for the most part.  After my lesson I went to my friend Nika's house.  We picked her up and went back to my house.  We played some video games and played with sandy.  Then we walked Taco bell to get some lunch.  Then when we got back her mom came to pick her up.  After she left I packed up my stuff and I headed to practice.  We started practice at 4 and we practiced till 8:30.  We practiced the whole time.  We got the song we are recording on Saturday completely ready to record.  We also finished up a second song we have been working on.  We now have two songs ready to perform and a few more on the way to being complete.  Tomorrow is warped tour.  I am carpooling with Jake, Christopher, Chase, Fernanda, and Abby.  I am not going to be hanging out with many of them I am going to be hanging out with Chase for the most part.  We are meeting up with our friend Mikayla.  I might be meeting up with some of my other friends while I am there too.

The Weekend

Saturday:
Dad went out on the boat with sandy.  I didn't wake up till 11:30 or so.  I was really tired.  Sandy got really dirty because she went swimming in the water.  After they got back dad and I took sandy to get a bath.  It took a lot of shampoo to get her clean again but we got her very clean again.  Other then that it was a very boring day.  Esther leaves for camp tomorrow.  She will be gone from Sunday till Friday.  She is going to be at Girl Scout.  She doesn't really want to go.  She is worried about not having her electronics for a few days. She is also worried about not being with mom and dad for such a long time.  She is also very mad that I don't have to go to a sleep away camp.  I am going to stay in California for an extra week with Grandma and Grandpa Eilers.  I am very excited.  I think it is going to be a lot of fun.  That is going to be the at the end of August.  I am not going to any camps this summer other then working at one.  I am going to use this as more of a relaxing summer because school can be really stressful and I really need some time to just relax.  Esther is going to be doing quite a few camps though.
Sunday:
Today I woke up early and went on a walk around royal lake with Sandy.  Royal lake is about a mile around so it was a nice long walk for sandy.  After we finished the walk we brought Sandy back home, the whole family decided to go out to first watch for breakfast.  I got carrot cake pancakes.  They were very good.  Esther got the "traditional breakfast".  It was 2 eggs, hashbrowns, and sausages.  Dad and Mom both got a crepe with cheese and vegetable.  After we ate breakfast and got home Esther and I played some Mario Kart before Esther had to get ready to go to camp.  She is going to Girl Scout camp all week.  It is a sleep away camp so I will be the only child here this week.  I think she will have fun at camp.  She seemed kinda nervous about it though.  After we dropped off Esther we went to Costco.  After we got everything we needed and waited in line for the register but apparently dad was taken off his companies Costco card.  So they weren't going to let us check out.  After some bickering with the manager they finally let us check out.  After that we came home.  The rest of the day was pretty boring.

Wednesday, 4th of July, Friday

Wednesday:

In the morning Esther had a dentists appointment.  She chipped her teeth on the side of the pool.  The dentist said that it wasn't that bad.  She sanded off the edges.  The dentist said that if it starts to hurt of anything that she should come back to the dentist.  The day was pretty boring other then that.  When dad got home we ate dinner then we went to the shopping center to buy some fireworks.  Dad gave each of us eight dollars to spend.  We combined our money and bough a 16 dollar firework.  They also had a buy one get one free sale so we got two of them.  Dad bought some fireworks too.  After we bought the fireworks we went to Josie's.  It is a frozen yogurt place.  Esther and I both bought some.  You pay by the ounce there it is pretty interesting.  Tomorrow is the fourth of July.  We are seeing some fire works but other then that we aren't really doing anything.  I think it will be fun.  On Friday we are having band practice again.  We are going to continue writing so that we are ready to record on the 13th.  On the 10th I am going to warped tour!  It is going to be an awesome day.

4th of July:

Today is the 4th of July.  We are going to see the fireworks are the country club tonight then we are setting off our own.  This morning though we aren't really doing anything.  Mom and Dad went to see the new Superman movie.  I woke up at about 11 so they had already left.  Esther stayed here because she didn't want to see the movie.  We played some video games for a while then we walked to the park.  Mom and Dad said the movie was okay.  It was kind of boring at parts and you never really felt like Superman was gonna lose.  For dinner we had hamburgers, and pasta salad.  It was a pretty usual forth of July dinner.  At eight thirty or so we walked to the country club to see the fireworks.  The fireworks didn't start to nine thirty though.  They lasted for a good fifteen minutes.  Then we walked home.  Sandy was really scared of the fireworks.  After we got home we set off the fireworks we bought.  We bought two big ones this year.  They worked really well.  I set off all of them.  We had about 7 or 8 of them.  Tomorrow we are having band practice again.  We record in just over a week now.

Friday:

Today I was supposed to have a full band practice at Chase's house but Chase cancelled at the last minute.  Instead we went to Jake's house and taught Christopher what he missed on last time.  We also ran through the other song we are recording a few times.  I think it is starting to sound really good.  We are going to release it in early august.  One of my friends is making a sort of video for it once we are done recording it.  I am going to warped tour on Wednesday.  It will be alot of fun.  The Warped tour is a big music festival that lasts all day.  Six of my top ten favorite bands will be there.  I am going to see Citizen, Like Moths To Flames, The Wonder Years, letlive., The Story So Far, and Bring Me The Horizon.  I starts at 11 in the morning and goes to 9 at night or so.  I am going to try to meet some people there too.  A lot of the bands hang out at there merch tents after there sets.  It is pretty easy to meet them.  Jake and Christopher went last year but this will be my first year going.  I have heard it is very fun.  Then on Saturday we will record.  I think next week will be very good.

Monday and Tuesday

Monday:
Today I woke up and watched the show Food Network Star.  It is a cooking competition show where the contestants compete to win a TV show on the Food Network.  It is an interesting show because it is as much about the personalities as it is about the cooking.  I don't really have a favorite person yet.  The season just started.  After Esther woke up we played Mario Kart for a while.  For lunch mom choose mystery ingredients for Esther and I to make lunch with then she judges them.  The ingredients were  top ramen, veggie burgers, and waffles.  I made a veggie burger sandwich with waffle buns and a fried egg on top.  On the side I had "french fry" ramen with a spicy ketchup sauce.  Esther made a boiled ramen and waffle puree served on top of a waffle.  The scoring system was 10 points for plating, 10 points for taste, and 10 points for creativity.  We both scored 23 points overall.  I won in taste and creativity but Esther won in plating.  It was fun.  In the evening Esther had a swim meet.  I didn't go to the swim meet I stayed home and listened to my records for the night.  It was pretty relaxing.
Tuesday:
Today I woke up around 10 and Esther had already left for her math tutoring session.  When the got back Aaron was here for our piano lesson.  I took the first lesson.  I am working on the moonlight sonata by Beethoven currently.  It is my favorite classical piece of all time.  After my piano lesson, I went to hang out with my friend Maggie.  We went mini golfing then just hung out for a while it was fun.  After I left it was about 3.  I went home and made myself some lunch.  Band practice started at 4.  The whole full time band was there.  Jake, Chase, and I.  We are working on writing our second single for our EP.  Our first one is done and we will record it July 13th.  It is called "Why Not Tonight".  Our second one sounds better I think.  The bass line is pretty cool and funky.  The drums have a nice beat.  I wrote the lyrics for this one and I think these are best lyrics I have ever written.  This one is called "I Won't Be Seeing You This Summer".  Today we wrote the bass part finalized the guitar parts and got through everything but the breakdown and the bridge on drums.  We will finish up the song on Friday.

The weekend 6/29-6/30

Saturday:
Today Esther had a swim meet in the morning.  Apparently she did pretty well.  I decided to sleep in instead of going.  When I woke up Dad had just gotten home from the meet.  He wanted to go buy a new refrigerator.  First we went to H H Gregg but we didn't see any we like.  We got lunch at a burrito place down the street.  I got a barbecue veggie burrito and Dad got a fish taco.  We went to Sears next and looked at some more.  We decided on one.  It is going to get delivered July 15th.  Our current refrigerator's freezer doesn't keep things cold enough anymore.  This one is a nice one.  It was hard to find one that fit our size constraints and was nice.  We have a very small space to fit one into.  After I got home I played a game of Mario Kart with Esther.  Then her friend came over.  They went to the park shortly after.  After her friend left Esther and I played some more video games.  Tomorrow I am going to a meeting about my job at the end of July.  I am going to be a counselor at a drama camp.  I am looking forward to working there.  I think it will be a lot of fun.
Sunday:
Today I went to church in the morning.  After that Mom and I went grocery shopping.  We got a bunch of stuff.  We are making tacos for dinner.  After I got home I relaxed for a little bit.  Then Dad and I fixed one of my bass's.  The pickups on it are powered by a nine volt battery.  The connector had come off so we had to re-attach it.  It didn't take to long.  After we finished I had to leave for my meeting for my job.  It was at the school where the camp is.  It was fun.  We painted the signs for the camp.  My groups sign was the best.  We got all the info we needed for the camp.  It was two hours long but we weren't sitting the whole time so it wasn't that bad.  I have some good friends who are being counselors but I don't think any of them are working the same week as me.  I am getting a little bit but this year will be my training year so it is not alot.  Next year I will be a full time counselor.  I will probably be working at least 3 weeks at the camp next summer.  It is a drama camp.  I attended it last year and I had a lot of fun.  I am really looking forward to working.  It will be my first job.

Past 3 Days

Wednesday:

I didn't do much today at all.  Mom, Esther and I all went to the doctors today, all at separate times.  Other then that we didn't do anything at all.  I have a few goals this summer.  I want to bake more.  I made my mom's birthday cake.  It was from a box though.  I also want to practice bass more then I have been recently.  I also need to practice piano and singing more.  I am taking vocal lessons on Thursday.  I will be talking over half the singing in my band once I get more comfortable.  I am starting to get there.  After this summer of vocal lessons I think I will be comfortable enough.  I am very excited for that.  It will give us an extra advantage because it is a little different then everyone else.  After we record some of my friends who are already in a signed band will be listening to my band.  If they like us they might promote us and we might get big.  Other then that I don't really have much else I am planning to do this summer.  I want to spend alot of time with friends this summer.  So far I have been spending a fair amount of time with my friends but I want to continue to for the rest of the summer.

Thursday:

Today Esther's friend Zach came over.  They played Mario Kart for a while.  I played with them for a little bit.  I beat them every time because I am the master of Mario Kart.  Then they went to have lunch.  I went skateboarding for a little bit and they went to the park.  So far the summer has been pretty boring.  It's been fun though.  I have been spending a lot of time with friends.  I'm glad I have been.  It's hard to spend time with friends during the school year.  I didn't have a lot of classes with my friends this year it made me really annoyed.  It would be really nice if i had a bunch of classes with friends this year.  The band is going to try to have a practice this weekend.  I am really looking forward to maybe having some this year.  My friends and I are taking alot of the same classes.  We get our class schedule in august though.  I have plans to hang out with a good friend I haven't seen in a while on Tuesday I am very excited.  Esther has another swim meet on Saturday.  I don't know if I will go this time though.  I don't have any friends going to this one.  Esther doesn't want me going either.  She think's I will embarrasses her.  Mom want's me to go to support her though.  The swim meet is very early.  I would have to be there at 9 in the morning.

Friday:
Today I had to wake up early because the cleaning lady was coming to help mom clean.  I am very tired now.  After they left,  I made some pot stickers for lunch.  They were very good.  Soon after Jake came over and we hung out for a while.  We played Mario Kart for a little bit.  I won most of the time.  After we played that we walked to Taco Bell.  It is just down the street from my house.  As we were walking back it started to rain a little.  Once we got back it started to really pour and thunder.  Sandy got really scared.  After the storm calmed down a little bit Jake's Mom came to pick him up.  After he left Esther and I played some Mario Party.  We played on the same team and we won 12 stars to 3.  Then we played some mini games.  I won most of them and she got mad.  We were going to a pot luck at the pool but it got cancelled because of the storm.  Mom made a really nice cake she was going to bring but since it was cancelled we get to have some tonight.  It looks very good.  I don't know exactly what it is though.  Tomorrow Esther and I are going to go buy the new Mario Party.  We are going to go through all our old games and trade in some of our old games.

Past two days

Yesterday I didn't really do anything all morning.  I lazed around watched some TV and played some Wii with Esther.  We have been playing Mario Kart a lot lately.  We have almost unlocked all the characters.  I also went to Guitar Center with Chase.  I am saving up for a new bass and it is 50 % off for this month only but I don't have the money I need.  I will probably have to pay full price after I save up.  After that I came back home.  Later that day, Esther had a swim meet against Chase's pool so I went to that.  One of my friends who I hadn't talked since 8th grade was there.  We got to catch up during the swim meet.  It was a lot of fun.  Esther did pretty well in her races.  She has been doing really well this summer so far.  I am proud of her.  Tomorrow I am going to Jake's house to work on writing some more music.  I really enjoy writing with Jake.  We work really well together and are almost always on the same page as far as writing goes.  I am proud of what we have done before.  Each song we write keeps getting better and better.

Today I had an orthodontist appointment in the morning.  My teeth are still straight.  I don't need braces.  The orthodontist said that my two of my bottom teeth are slightly off but not enough to wear its a problem at all.  Then I got a bagel from the bagel bakery across the street.  After that I went to the DMV to try to get my learners permit but I missed one of the questions on signs so I have to retake it in 15 days to get my permit.  The DMV is in the mall so I went shopping after that.  I bought a new CD.  It is called Rise 200.  My favorite record label, Rise Records, has released 200 albums and for there 200th album they released a compilation of all of there favorite songs they have every released.  It is three discs and 50 songs long.  I also got some more summer clothes.  Then I went over to Jake's house.  We finished a song we've been working on for 6 months or so because we finally had a break though on it.  I also brought some lyrics I had finished writing a few days ago and spend some time on that.  I think it is starting to come along.  We have 3 songs basically finished and 7 or 8 others in the process of being finished.

First 5 days of summer

I have been pretty busy the first few days of summer.  This is my first post and we are already five days into summer!  Tuesday was the last day of school.  After school I had a piano lesson.  I am learning the moonlight sonata by Beethoven.  It is one of my favorite songs.  Then I went to my friend Nika's house and we hung out for the rest of the day.  I had a good time.  On Wednesday I hung out with my friend Chase.  He lives in the neighborhood so I walked over to his house.  We then walked over to the shopping center.  We got taco bell for lunch.  Then we walked back to his house and wrote some drum parts.  On Thursday I hung out with Nika again in the morning.  Then I hung out with Jake in the afternoon.  On Friday the band met with a studio.  We are recording a few songs this summer.  We set a recording date of  July 13th.  We have two songs written and we will record both of those.  On Saturday I didn't do anything all morning.  Esther had a swim meet, she mad it into the A meets this summer for the summer swim team.  Then she had a vocal lesson.  In the afternoon after Esther and Mom got home I went over to Jake's house.  We worked on setting up his drum set he just bought.  Then we walked to Taco Bell for dinner.  After we got back he helped me learn a song on the guitar.  I am going to do some guitar and vocal covers on youtube this summer.
This summer I am going on the mission trip with the church.  We leave on June 30th and we get back on July 5th.  I am not looking forward to going.  We are building a house in West Virginia.  I wish I could just stay here.  I would like to just work with my band.
As I mentioned before I will be recording with my band.  I am very excited.  We will be playing  a bunch of shows after we record.  We have been working on these songs for six or seven months now.  I think they sound really good.  There are a bunch of signed bands that will be listening to them and promoting them after we record.  We could end up getting pretty big.
On July 10th I am going to a music festival called the Vans Warped Tour.  There are almost 40 bands there this summer.  It goes from 11 in the morning to 9 at night.  I am going to try to see the bands The Story So Far, The Wonder Years, Like Moths To Flames, Attila, letlive., and Defeater.  It is going to be a lot of fun.  I am going with a bunch of friends but I don't know if I will stick with them because I want to see different bands then them.
In August I am visiting California.  I am looking forward to that.  We will be driving from Livermore all the way to Seattle.  I have never been to Washington but I am excited to visit for the first time.  I want to visit the town Walnut Creek in California because that is where my favorite band is from.
Overall I think it will be a very good summer.
Next year in school I will be a softmore!  Only Three more years of high school!  I am taking all the core classes (English, Government, Chemistry, and Algebra).  For my electives I will be taking Theatre 2 and Spanish 2.  I also have to take Gym one more year in order to have enough gym credits to graduate.  This will be my last year of gym though.  Then I will have three electives to take instead of two.  I will probably go to the academy and take a music production class as my electives starting junior year.
I would go to Robinson to take my core classes but I would go off everyday and take a bus to a different school called Fairfax Academy to take my other class.  It takes up all my electives.
It's hard to believe that I am almost done with school already.
Dad was in Korea all week.  He just got back yesterday.  I think he had a good time.  He went there for work but he said he spent most of his time looking around.  Esther and Mom went to a concert last night too.  They saw Bruno Mars.  A bunch of my friends went too.  I enjoy his music too.  I haven't been to a concert in a while.
Today is mom's birthday.  After I am done writing this blog I will be making her a cake.  Dad got her some stuff from Korea for her birthday.  He got her a fan and a painting.  They are really nice.
Esther is going to girl scout camp this summer.  This will be her first time at a sleep away camp.  I think it will be nice to have the house to myself without here for a week.
Esther and I have been playing Mario Kart on the wii a lot lately.  We have almost unlocked all the characters.  We have 3 or 4 more but they are really hard to unlock.
It has been a really relaxing good summer so far.  It feels good to be sleeping in everyday now.  It is annoying to wake up at 5:30 every week day.  Esther will be starting at Robinson next year.  It will be weird having her at the same school as me I think.  I didn't like my seventh grade year very much.  I hope hers is better.  I hope she has the same English teacher as I did in the seventh grade because I really liked her.  I think Esther would enjoy her class too.  My history teacher in seventh grade was really good too.  I think Esther has been having a good summer too.  She has been spending a lot of time at the pool.