Lent

In years past, my Lenten promises have rarely lasted the entire season. This year, however, I was/am determined to keep it till the very end. I have been doing great this year. I have only slipped up once this year and that time was today coincidently. Now I wish I would have written this yesterday so I could say I hadn't broken it yet. But today the retreat was long, the prayer/meditation/reflection period was much longer than I originally thought, and I was hungry. I keep on talking about my Lenten promise without revealing what it is. This year my Lenten promise is no junk food during lunch. Previous years I have tried to do too much such as no junk food ever. However, now I am determined that today will be the only slip-up for the season!

Future Career

When I grow up, I am going to be a psychiatrist. I have wanted to be a psychiatrist since the 3rd grade and I am determined to become one. I am interested in becoming a psychiatrist because I like to help people, I like to give advice, and I like to listen to people's problems. I do not know anyone who is a psychiatrist but I think it would be really cool if I could meet one. In order to become a psychiatrist, I will need to attend college and then medical school. Being a psychiatrist is my dream job and I am positive I can achieve it.

Service Project

One upcoming service project that I am particularly excited to start is at Springhill Camp. During this project, I will be helping the campers and the camp staff. I learned about it from my cousins who live in Michigan. They had been going there since they were in 3rd grade so I started going when I was in the 3rd grade. I used to go just as a camper but now that I am in high school I am part of the TST (Teen Service Team) program. I go for 2 weeks in a row. Part of the time I do fun camp activities, and the rest of the time I work around the camp lifting logs, staining cabins, mowing the grass, working in the kitchen, etc. It was great because as much as I impacted their lives, they impacted my life even more. I get 75 service hours for going to camp. I can honestly say it changed my life and I can't wait to go back.

Late Post!

The project I was working on when this post was originally due was the Name Picture Project. This project was fun but a little bit difficult. Mainly because I was having difficulty finding pictures that even remotely resemble some of the letters in my name, such as J, E, and G. It took me a while but I finally found pictures that worked! There wasn't really a theme to the pictures however there were a couple of roller coasters and animals within the pictures. It was frustrating trying to find the pictures but gratifying when the project all came together. I was fairly pleased with the ultimate result.

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey was probably the greatest radio personality of our time. He started working with radios when he was just a kid. After that he got his first job at KVOO. After that he got a job as newsman at KXOK. Then Paul got the job that made him famous across the nation. He got the 10 p.m. time-slot for news! Because of the popularity of his time-slot, Paul also became famous and eventually got his own television series. He recieved multiple honors throughout his career from many corporations, the highest of which being the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2005. My life is not really similar to Paul Harvey's but we do both like to talk and persevere! Paul was a respectable man who contributed to society with his radio personality and opinions. He will be dearly missed.