#1.14: AVID Class Tattoo Time!

Today in AVID class after I finished my work with my house (Hyperion), I went to the mini tattoo shop in the corner of the AVID room. My tattoo was on both sides of my hand. On the outside of my hand it said "QUIET" in red, black, and blue, but on the inside of my hand it said "I have a concussion" in red and blue. Nicholas was my tattoo artist so of course he added a little razzle dazzle to my hand. Lol. Too bad that as soon as I got home I had to use the bathroom and it washed off when I washed my hands. ;-P

#1.13: Concussion Chronicles-1

There is no picture for this post because a picture won't do justice what I am feeling. The week that I was absent from school, I almost never left the house and I was home alone for most of the time. I have never felt so useless for that long of a period of time before. I mean I could not even do any work that I knew I could be using that time towards. I honestly felt so worthless because I know that there are so many important things that are required of me during my senior year. I can actually say that I was almost depressed because I was so sad that I couldn't keep up with my classwork and have outstanding grades for my interim, finish my college essay, and most of all play in every single soccer game of my last season at New Town High School. Playing soccer here at New Town is not only fun because I'm with my friends, but it also gets my anger and frustration out, so taking that from me changes things dramatically. I'm very irritable now, which turns into stress, which then hurts my head. I feel like I'm missing from my life right now, as if I'm not even Tiffany anymore....blank.

#1.12: All Day!!

This is my couch. My lovely couch. My oh so faithful couch. My comfy couch. Right after I woke up and brushed my teeth, I went downstairs to watch TV while sitting on this couch. I did this ALL DAY! Let me tell you, I am very happy about being the only child at home now, but I absolutely abhor having to stay in the house alone all day. I abhor it with a passion! So pretty much my day off was not as enjoyful as it could have been. Now I am ready to see what tomorrow will throw at me.

#1.11: My evening....

After I came home from school, I realized that I was home alone for the rest of the day. I have no idea when my parents came home from my pastor's birthday party, but these are the things that  I have no choice but to go through after my injury. It sucks that I have to follow the doctor's orders of "take it easy"....but her orders were also to eat high protein, high fat foods. I don't know if pizza is high in protein or high in fat, but it's all I ate and I love it!

#1.10: Hopefully My Future

Due to my unfortunate injury, I have no idea how many blogs I missed so I am going to blog about something that I hopefully have to look forward to. This picture is one that my father took when we went to visit Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This college was not initially on my college list, but since their soccer coach showed interest in me, I visited the campus. Before visiting, I did a little bit of research on this college. I did not like the fact that this was an all girls private school. After meeting the coach and the players on the soccer team, I took a tour of the campus. I literally had to keep myself from smiling hard the whole time!! I fell in love with the campus, the friendly southern atmosphere, and the weather! I can't wait to send off my applications because I know that once I get my acceptance letter from Converse College, that I will be soon to my home away from home.

#1.9: TV is a treat!

I was forced to watch my TV show on my laptop because I have no time to watch TV. My days are very busy nowadays, between homework, practice, and house duties. I don't have time to enjoy an hour of TV during the week. Even though I just started this school year, I am sooooo ready to finish it. I can't wait for those days off that we have throughout the year and other breaks due to holidays! I am begging them to come asap!

#1.8: I'm an Auntie as of 9-12-11

Tonight I spent time at the hospital with family as we welcomed my nephew Kamari Johnson. I am so happy to be an auntie! He is 8lbs 12.2oz and kept us waiting forever because his mother was 1cm dilated for almost two weeks. He is so cute with his light brown hair and blonde eyebrows...I don't know how his eyes look because he would not open them for me. Because of him I look forward to the weekends even more! I love him so much!

#1.7: Ooooo La La!

I have been craving a frappuccino for the longest time! The reason I can't get it when I want some (that's what she said) is because my mom always says that caffeine is not good for your body all the time...but for some reason she let me buy it after church. I was so excited to take my first sip, it was like heaven! So of course I had to blog about it because it was the second highlight of my day.

Oh yea I almost forgot...while I was drinking it I was telling my sister about a situation that I was upset about and she said that I looked like a crazy person with a bottle of alcohol drinking because they are mad. I found that funny. (I hope that wasn't inappropriate)

#1.6: Adventures with my Dad!

This dog is too cute! Unfortunately it's not mine. On saturday I spent the day with my dad since I am the only child now. After we both exercised, I tagged along for an adoptive placement that he had to assist with. His job as a social worker includes him having to transport foster kids to the person's house that will be adopting them. The girl that we went to pick up was 16 years old and had very interesting stories to tell my dad about the lady's house that she was just at. She was only there for the night, but the lady would give her attitude about how long she was on the phone even though the lady had a cell phone available. She said that she didn't eat while she was there because the lady would only fix salmon cakes and grits. She also told my dad that she has no problem leaving her living situation if it isn't what she wants because she is a "runner". The lady's house that we were taking her to had this dog and a miniature poodle. The lady was friendly and very open with the girl about how she wanted to help her. Listening to her situation made me extremely greatful for the life that I have. I have a family that loves me, parents that are happily married, friends that are encouraging, and a lifestyle that is not harmful to myself or others. Focus on the blessings that you have because there is ALWAYS someone out there that would kill to have at least part of what you have!

#1.5: AVID Induction Bio

Tiffany began her trek in the AVID program in the 9th grade. Throughout her freshman and sophomore year, she allowed the skills taught in AVID to take her above and beyond the average coursework that her peers settled on. During her junior year, she took full control of the techniques learned through AVID and applied them to her AP, GT, and Honors classes which made it possible for her to earn a 4.0 GPA 4th quarter of that year. Tiffany has taken the SAT two times and plans on taking the test once more so that she can receive 50 more points to get $18,000 per year at her #1 college choice through the Presidential Scholarship offered by the college. Currently, she has three AP classes, two Honors, and one Standard while she participates in athletics year round and the National Honor Society. Tiffany never thought that the AVID Familia would burgeon her as a leader in New Town High School, but AVID has fabricated an ameliorated Tiffany!

#1.4: I'm going to be a cool scientist!

At back to school night I was able to get a sneak preview at an experiment that I will be doing with my classmates in a few weeks. The experiment is all about ELECTRONS and how they are able to make fire change colors. The fire in the picture is greenish blue just in case you can't see it very well...This picture is somewhat funny to me because I had to ask her to do the demonstration again so that I could take the picture for this blog, and she looks really happy that I wanted to take the picture. Haha.

#1.3: Flooded Creek!

This is the creek at the bottom of my street after that down pour of rain that only lasted about 20 minutes today. Since this blog project is about our journey from here to college, I have to talk about how this creek was important to me during my years living in Randallstown. This creek has always been the landmark that people know whenever I would try to describe where I lived to someone. It also was and still is the meeting spot occasionally when my friends and I want to hang out together outside. This was because the creek was usually the midpoint between my house and my friend's houses. The creek would also host many games of Manhunt throughout elementary and middle school. For instance, in the first picture next to the big drain, there is a very short, wide walking space under the road. I can remember the many times that me and Nicholas would be on the same team and crouch down as we walked to the other side and hid behind the road barriers. Good Times! I can just imagine me coming back home for college break and going to the creek and reminiscing these great moments.

#1.2: Pure Motivation!!

This picture was the first thing that I thought of when I came home motivated. My motivation came from a conversation that my dad and I were having in the car on the way home from meet the coaches night. His advice was very impoortant to me because he made me realize that this is the last year that I will be in New Town! Making the most of every class, interaction, game, and ceremony is my focus for this year so that I will have no regrets when I look back 5 years from now.

Whenever I would talk to my mother about a class that I felt was not important enough for me to be in, she would always say that you are there for a reason so just use that experience. I now understand that once you graduate there are limited experiences with education because you will have a focused career....So I have to say to the SENIORS, take full advantage of this year and lets help each other with our motivation so we can go into college STRONG!