It's the lazy days of summer for me, lol! I had a great week of summer camp, and I really enjoyed getting to see my big brother who works at the camp. Thankfully it was not too hot although we did get rain....but that didn't mess up our time at the lake. I got to enjoy swimming, tubing, and kayaking. Then there was dodgeball, counselor hunt, turtle wars, volleyball, rollerskating, etc. Of course the preaching and devotions time was good as well. Since getting my braces off my teeth, I was espeially looking forward to getting something at the snack shop each day....eating stuff I wasn't able to eat when I was wearing braces. However, it seemed like everytime I bought a snack, it was time for another game or activity, 
kind of made it hard for me to enjoy my snack right away. I did make sure I got to the gift shop too so I could buy a music CD, I got one from Majesty Music called "Listen for the Trumpet", one of my favorites. Now that camp is done, I am still waiting to start the on-the-road training for driver's education. They haven't called about that yet, I am both excited and nervous about it. For now, I have been playing computer games, reading, listening to music, doing yard work, and helping out at home. And, a few weeks from now, I will be going to a 4-H activity too. So there is always plenty for me to do during these lazy days of summer!
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Happy times for me this week! First of all, I am done with the classroom instruction for driver's education and I passed....woo hoo! I will be starting the actual driving training in a couple of weeks. And, I got my braces off my teeth....another woo hoo!
I am so thrilled, lol, it feels great to be able to eat what I want now. After getting my braces off, the orthodontist made a cast of my teeth so they could make the clear plastic retainer I will be wearing now. After that, my mom took me to lunch at Taco Bell, it was great! I got a steak quisadilla, along with some crunchy nachos, and a Pepsi.
We then took a look around in a Christian bookstore, I saw a lot of great books and videos I'd love to have, lol. Then we went back to the orthodontist to get my plastic retainer fitted on my teeth. Well, I have to say that my first impression is that this plastic retainer definitely feels different, and it makes me talk funny, lol, like I have a lisp. But the ortodontist says once I get used to it I will talk better later on. I have to wear it at all times except for when I eat. Plus, once a week, I have to put this whitening gel into the retainer before putting it on my teeth. This will help whiten my teeth. For now, I am adjusting to this new retainer, although my teeth are achy. But, I have to say it has been worth having the braces....my teeth look nice and straight!
Yay, I have finally started driver's education! I am so excited, but at the same time I am also nervous too. So far, we are still doing the classroom instruction, so far so good. I am keeping up with everything just fine, taking plenty of notes like I need to do. I am taking the driver's ed. at the local high school, so that has been interesting, lol. We started off meeting in the school's auditorium, but we will be separated into different classes tomorrow acccording to our age. There hasn't been too much for me to adjust to except for taking notes and getting used to the noise level 
. Since I am homeschooled, I am mostly around my siblings. Being around other teens at driver's ed., I have found them to be loud at times. Part of this is my personality, I am mostly laid back and quiet, so I don't always care for a lot of noise. I also tend to be on the shy side of things, however, inspite of this, I did manage to make a friend there. So, for now, everything is going fine there with driver's ed., although I didn't care for when they showed a film on traffic accidents. The film also showed people who had been severly injured or burned in car accidents. I know they're only trying to get a certain point across to us teens, but the whole thing just ruined my appetite 
. On another day, they spoke on drugs and alcohol and how it all affects you, ad your driving. It was all familiar to me because I had already learned about all of this in Biology and my high school health I took this past school year. They also had to briefly touch on one non-driving related subject.....the subject of how to be dressed when you come to driver's ed. Yes, apparently there were girls showing up to driver's ed. wearing spaghetti-strapped shirts and also shorts that barely covered their backside. And, there were guys showing up wearing baggy shorts which showed their underwear 
. So, they told the girls....no short-shorts or spaghetti-strap shirts, and they told the guys....no baggy pants. Crazy! As for me, I didn't have to worry about any of that because I dress modest as it is, in fact, I am very particular about how I dress. Anyway, we get our vision test done tomorrow, I think I should do alright with that though. Anyway, I though I would post a video of my piano recital, I am playing "In Dreams" from the "Lord of the Rings" movie. Hope you enjoy it!
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