Deep Roots are Not Reached by the Frost

WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SOME VIOLENCE. Characters: Susan (Mother) Amelia (Daughter/Sister) Lydia (Sister/Daughter) Laurel (Sister/Daughter Setting: Begins in the Dining Room and eventually moves through the kitchen into the Family Room of the Theobald home. Scene 1 Curtains open. Amelia and Lydia are sitting at the dining room table doing their homework. Amelia: GAH!!! I hate this!! ( Slams down pencil and dramatically rests head in hands. Lydia continues to sit there reading, taking no notice of Amelia's distressing situation. Suddenly, Amelia gets an idea.) Amelia (to herself) : I think I will text my elder sister, Laurel, a random exclamation, just to see what she does!! ( Amelia proceeds to text Where are you?! to her sister. Giggles come from Amelia as she contemplates what her sister's reply will be. Giggles turn into random bursts of laughter which becomes uncontrollable laughter.) Enter Susan Susan : What is going on? Lydia: It's her friends. Amelia: No! No.....

Since I haven't written in a while I'll just write about what's going on currently. I got a new phone!! It's pretty much...well, how do I say this.....AWESOME! I like it quite a bit. :) Concerto Night drama that has yet to settle. I tried out then re-tried out because Jack had one spot left and 4 pianist that could have it. The next day the list for those who made it was posted and I wasn't on it, but then at the end of Orchestra that same day Jack said if I cut my 15 minute concerto down to 7 minutes then we can do it.....can't decide if it's worth it. AP Calculus. As long as I stay on top of it I'm good....but have I been staying on top of it?...not really. Well, for the past day I haven't. BUT, by the time I got home today it was finished because I worked on it during every spare moment. Pretty great. AP test will be scary though. AP English. Gah...this is going to be the death of me. English is harder to stay on top of because it's...

Yesterday my friends and I went down (that's right DOWN because it's south of Salt Lake, not north, mother....how many times must I explain that too you? ;) ) to Provo so we could celebrate our acceptance to BYU. We left around 5:30. On the way DOWN Julia and Dale were having issues....nothing out of the usual. Haha. The back seat was a bit hyper (myself included). Morgan was getting worried because once we got to Provo we would meet this guy she knows and she didn't want us to be embarrassing. :D When we arrived we decided to go to The Brick Oven. (GREAT PIZZA!!) And, a little extra happiness drifted my way when I called Laurel and she said she would love to come with her boyfriend, Sterling, to have dinner with us. So the 8 of us went to The Brick Oven and ate delicious pizzas. That was a blast. Probably the highlight of the evening. I learned (and promptly forgot) from Laurel how to say "You are too drunk" in Mandarin Chinese. At that point Julia was la...