A Life-Changing Experience Before 7 AM

A life-changing experience before seven o'clock in the morning is not quite as enlightening as you think it is. Really. It is not.

My iPod alarm gently shuddered with a harp sound. The strumming of a harp is melodious and lovely--once. It just repeated and repeated until I had to, like, get up and shut it off. Six am. NOT FUN.

I threw on some sweatpants and grabbed a stick of gum to qualify as breakfast AND brushing my teeth. I adjusted my sleeping-ponytail (which makes it sound more high-tech than it really is: it's just a wad on top of my head), splashed water on my face, missed and grabbed a bunny hug to cover my wet T-shirt, then went upstairs. My mommy drove me to school.

The school custodian was there, surprisingly early, and let me in. My buddy Konnor was in the Home Ec room already, waiting. I dumped my stuff in my locker so I won't have to later and we waited for everyone else.

They arrived. Then we got out the turkeys.

Yes: we were WASHING TURKEYS.

Ewwwwwwwwwwww.

Those gross, frozen birds are not that pinkish-beige raw-skin color. They're DISCOLORED, white and pink and blue like a bruise. And they're really, really cold. Washing them in cold water, as well, is FREEZING. But we're all from Saskatchewan, so we're used to it. Ha.

We had to REACH IN (Mrs. Edwards says it's the stomach, but...) and pull out its guts. A lot of interesting, purplish-dark red shapes came out. We had to rinse it off and pat it dry, inside and out (inside, you can feel the pattern of its ribcage. UCK.) and put it in the pan and slide it in the oven. Then we scrubbed. For a long time.

We are roasting the turkeys today, so the whole high school will smell glorious!

The things I do for the SRC.

Our Christmas dinner is on Tuesday, our last day of school before Christmas holidays. That day, we also have Formal Day (so everyone's pretty) Santa Pictures (with our IA teacher) and the hypnotist (!). I saw a hypnotist last year, and it was HILARIOUS. And a little creepy, and excellent. This year the hypnotist calls volunteers up by class, so since I'm a freshie, I probably won't be hypnotized this year. But I love to watch!

Anyways, now I know how to gut a turkey. I can use this skill forever. But you know what?

I think I'm actually a vegetarian.

Busy, busy me.

I have a busy life. I really do.

THINGS THAT ARE GOING WELL:

1. School. I've been actually doing my homework and studying for tests. I'm almost a model student. *snert*
2. Band. My lunchtime band, the traditional one with flutes (me) and trumpets and stuff is lovely. Garage band, the modern one with guitars and vocalists and keyboard (me) is going awesome. Plus, I'm getting lots of good tunes for my hungry iPod.
3. Figure skating. Sort of. I'm not a naturally athletic person, but I landed my flip! My flip is sad and jerky and pathetic, but I can land it now!
4. Dance. Not that I actually enjoy dance, but my teacher informed me that even though I quit a required ballet exam class, I can still perform a musical theatre duet with my friend, Aaleah!! I'm so excited. It's, like, Bob and Mackenzie something. We're gonna be two drunk men singing! I can't wait!
5. SRC. I'm just a Member at Large, but it's fun. I really want to be president someday. I was secretary in elementary school, which I also enjoyed. One of those would be lovely. Our newest endeavor is that we are putting on a turkey dinner, then Santa pictures, and then a hypnotist! It'll be fun. It also means I have to drag myself to school at SIX THIRTY am to wash the turkeys and pop them in the oven on Monday. GLORIOUS.

THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING WELL:

1. Miriam's Isle. I haven't even cracked the document in weeks. OOPS. It has become a Christmas project.

Merry Christmas, and stuff. We only have two more days of school before the holidays! I only have one more test!

Photographs

Below I have posted some pictures, simply for something to post about. They are not recent, I just took them during the summer and have not shared them "wiff ze world." So anyways, enjoy them.

I love this! Someone had set up one of those add water animals in a jug. I added the "help."

Aw...my fishies, Christine and Coraline. Also edited by me.

Look closely...dotted atop the fence poles are birds taking a rest!

I LOVE THIS MONKEY! From the Calgary Zoo, when I went.

My brother sleeping on a rail around the light house.

And there's lots more where these came from.