I have two things to blog about. First of all, i got my ACT scores back from the September test. I'll give you my scores from this time and my scores from last time, so you can compare them.
Composite: 25-24
English: 27-28
Mathematics: 21-22
Reading: 33-24
Science: 20-19
So there's that. i'm pretty disappointed that i went down in English and Math, but i'm real proud of myself for Reading. Yeah that's right... i deserve bragging rights to a freaking 33. I can read!
Next subject: the best weekend ever.
I know i never did a post on Freedom Academy, and i'm real sorry about that... i'm kind of waiting for my slideshow DVD to come so i can just watch it and write about it as i go. Anyways, my point is that my friend Carley and i made some really great friends while i was there. The main ones we hung out with were Trenton, Rendon, and Clay. The last two happen to go to school at Millard High School, which is one of our main rivals. However, through a course of conversation between my Rendon friend and i like a month ago, we were talking about the football game between Kanab and Millard on September 25th. i was tellin him that i was pretty bummed that i wouldn't be able to hang out with him when i went up, because he would be playing in the game, of course. it was then that he said "Well, if you feel like you need a reason to stay in town longer so we could hang out, maybe i could take you to the Homecoming dance the night after the game." Then he told me that Clay was going to ask Carley, and it was going to be just a great ol' double date.
Over the past month, a lot of things made us have to change our plans, which i didn't love. This entire past week, i thought there was no way i'd be able to go. For instance: after Rendon asked me to go with him, his mom told him that since he was SBP, he had to take a senior girl that didn't have a date... which meant he couldn't take me. so for a while, he was trying to talk me into just going by myself so i could hang out with him and Clay and Carley. Also, we found out that there was a varsity volleyball tournament in Parowan the day of the dance, so Carley wasn't able to go. PLUS, my friend LaRisa told me that if i could get Rendon to get her a date, she could come and we could spend the night at her cousin's house in Fillmore... which didn't even end up happening, so for a while there, i had nowhere to stay.
It all worked out in the end, though. Well... for me and Rendon, at least. He ended up waiting long enough that all the senior girls got dates, so that clause was dropped by his mother. Carley ended up not being able to go, and Clay never did get a date. However, LaRisa didn't end up getting a date either (she had one, then he took the last senior girl that needed a date, which freed up Rendon... ironic.), so she couldn't come... plus, she ended up having to work the night of the dance anyways. But at the game on Friday night, i was talking to Renee (Clay's mom), and she insisted that if Clay couldn't have a date, then by golly Rendon should. So she offered me their spare bedroom for Saturday night, and our plans were back on.
So i drove up to Fillmore with LaRisa and Chanelle for the game, where i got to hang out with Clay while Rendon played. (we were playing them for their homecoming, by the way. and we lost 34-6.) After the game, Chanelle went to chill with her friend Kaylee for a bit, while Risa, Clay and i went to the school parking lot for the "after party"... it was actually all the football players and some fans that were just hangin out and talking and shooting off those little confetti popper things. i was real excited, because this was the first time i'd seen Rendon since Freedom Academy. i hung out with Clay at the Millard vs. Kanab volleyball game in Kanab, but Rendon had practice that day and couldn't come. By the way, i was still wearing Dustin's jersey for this whole party thing... i got lots of weird looks. After that, we got back up with Chanelle and Kaylee, and then the four of us drove home. On the way there, i called mama and told her Renee's idea. She said she'd sleep on it. I ended up getting home at like 1:30 and slept in until like 11.
The next morning, i got out of the shower and heard mom say "Do you want your Girls State pajama pants or your SUU sweats?" "What?" "Well i'm about to do laundry, and i figure if you go to Fillmore and spend the night, you'll need pajamas. I didn't want to wash the ones you'll want to take." So there was my answer. In a matter of an hour or two, i was packed and ready to go.
By the way, this was the longest and farthest i have ever driven by myself before... and it was AWESOME! The entire time, i was just singin my little heart out to some CDs. Good times. :) I got to Fillmore around 4, where i met up with Rendon, and his two friends Josh and Jeremy. We all went to Rendon's house, where i met his parents, his sisiter Kammi, and Kammi's husband Brock. I even saw his incredible treehouse! It's the only three-tier treehouse i have ever seen in my life. It was kind of sketchy, because i'm not a huge fan of instability (not that it wasn't stable, it was just... sketchy). Still, it was awesome.
After a couple hours of just hangin out with Rendon's family, he took me to Clay's house, where i brought in my stuff and i got ready for the dance. I was already pretty much ready, but i just needed some touch-ups. Rendon came to pick me up at 7:30, but i was still getting dressed, so he sat in the living room with Renee, who is pretty much his second mom. While i was finishing, i heard Renee giving Rendon the date talk. It was hilarious. It went something like "Do you understand that i am lending Jennifer to you in perfect condition, and i expect you to return her in the same condition, if not better?" and "Exactly what time do you intend on bringing her back here?" Renee kills me.
Once Renee entrusted me to Rendon's care, he and i went to a local Chinese restaurant to meet up with two other couples (Kegan and Rebecca, and Garrett and Kember). That in and of itself was an adventure. The owner lady was like out of her mind and would yell something at us that none of us could understand except for, somehow, Garrett. Also, anyone who ate the eggdrop soup (which was everyone but me, Rendon, and Rebecca) was like way loopy and just crackin up at everything. Sketchy.
The dance itself was alright. Rendon and i were the first to get to the dance, which was fine since the DJs were Kammi and Brock, and his parents were chaperones. More people came eventually, but not enough to fill the cafeteria, so it seemed kind of... empty. Especially when pictures were being taken. Rendon and i broke it down to just about every song, for the most part. Even when no one else was dancing, he and i would make up ridiculous dance-things and just had a splendid time with that. However, that got tiring after about 2 hours, and we decided to go watch a movie at Clay's house with a bunch of kids. That was nice, because then i got to change into my jammies while watching the movie. Plus Rendon got me home way before my "curfew" of midnight, i think it was. We ended up watching "White Chicks"... yeah, don't judge me. I'd never watched that movie all the way through, and now i understand why. haha
By the time the movie got over it was like 1:30 am, and it was just me, Rendon, and Clay that were still there. We all went upstairs, where Renee said "Rendon, your date isn't over until you walk Jennifer to her door." (referring to my bedroom door) Then she added "...but only to her door."
This morning, i got up, put on my church clothes, got re-ready, and had some biscuits and gravy with Renee, and eventually Clay. Rendon stopped by around 10 for a while so he could say goodbye before i left, which was pretty sad. Rendon's my good buddy, but i don't really get to see him too often. I ended up leaving a little before 11 so i could try and get to church by one. Somehow though, a 2 hour drive to Orderville resulted in me getting to church at 1:30...?? Whatever. Anyways, i went to church, then came home. Which was the end of my trip.
Me and Rendon at the dance... this picture kills me.
I know Fillmore is a really long drive and it was a little bit scary driving so far by myself, but that was possibly my favorite weekend of all time. Seriously, i don't even have words to describe how much fun it is to hang out with Rendon and Clay and all of their friends. It's kind of weird to be tight with the "enemy", but you know... it happens. (: Good times, is all i can say. Now i just get to look forward to October 13th, which is a Kanab vs. Millard volleyball game at Millard... hurray!
Also, i think that just being able to go to a homecoming dance with a really good friend made up for missing my own homecoming. seriously, i was thinking about it and i decided that i'm really not that crushed about missing the dance or whatever. i mean yeah, i'm sad that i'm missing the game, but from what i hear about Enterprise, it won't be that exciting. i still get to go to the pep rally on Wednesday night, and that's about my favorite part of Homecoming. so basically, thanks to Rendon (and Renee and my mama), i'm not nearly as sad as i was before about missing homecoming. in fact, i'm way way WAY excited to go to Winston Salem for the wedding! And finally...
GO COWBOYS!
so you may have noticed that on my sidebar thing, under favorite books and TV shows, i have like 5 Jodi Picoult books listed. this is due to the fact that she is an incredibly gifted writer with shockingly accurate metaphors and descriptions, and she has the most intense plots. however, i just want to do a little rant on the one thing i hate hate hate about Picoult books...
