Letters to My Parents 5

Hey Mom,

Kaylee is going shopping either tomorrow or in the next few days and I need a new bra and a couple pairs of new jeans. I have 4 pairs right now but one of them is so worn out in the crotch that I am very worried that if I wear them to school, they will rip out on me. So I was wondering if you could put some money in my PayPal account. I tried asking Valerie before about what you left and she won't tell me anything... at all.

Anyways, Things are going very good! I have been so busy lately. Finals were this week along with the monologues, first rehearsal and set building.

So I will start at the beginning

Wednesday was the monologue showcase. I was so nervous you have no idea. I had heart palpitations from 4:00 till 7:00! Thick, squelching beats. I tried exercise to calm it down, but even after a sweaty hour on the elliptical, my heart wouldn't calm down. I wore one of Valerie’s black pencil skirts because we had to dress simple and nice; no jeans solid pants and shirts.
I was almost at the end. There was one other group after Alexa's (which is the one I was in) It was me, then Celina, then Tina, so I didn't get to see theirs, which was a little sad but oh well. I was off stage waiting for Kate, who was before me to go, and my heart started racing and my legs started shaking so I got into character, channeling my nervousness into my awkward twitchy person. I walked out on stage after Alexa announced me and went for it! I spoke loud and clear, annunciating my words. The spotlight was so bright that I couldn't see anything except the couple in the front row who were holding hands. I did all the movements Alexa had told me to do and some that I added myself on the fly. After I was done I stood there with my head down on stage and counted to 10 then walked off. As I was walking back into the audience place Saxton walked out and he told me that I did "SO GOOD!" and he was serious. Then Nate walked out and said "Yeah! You really did :)" How cool is that? So I wasn't convinced at first that I did as good as they said. Things were solidified on

Thursday was the second best day ever! In drama it was the last day of the semester and that meant that this was the last class with all of the people there.
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First Ms.Lloyd told us that she was very pleased with our performances and then she said that she wanted to recognize the people who got 100%. Guess who was one of them? ME!!!!!! She told me that I was amazing and that it was one of the best of the entire night!! :) :) :D She didn't have anything to correct me on, but she did have things for the other 5 people who got 100%
Later we all got in a circle and said what we learned in drama this semester about ourselves and then about drama. I said that I learned that it is okay to be me, not to worry about what others think and about messing up; that I don't have to be a cookie cutter. Then I said that I learned that Acting was a lot easier that I had thought. In the beginning I didn't think I could do it and that I was crazy to even try and it turns out that I can do it if I put my mind to it.
Then the directors got to say things about drama and they all talked about me.
Nate said that when we all first came in that he thought that we weren’t going to be super amazing and stuff. He said, for example, that I was a classic example of shyness and that last night I "Blew me away!" Then Saxton talked about how you never stop learning and that, for example, he will always remember how I said pee (I said it a little too loud on purpose and then looked startled and like Oops... :)?) and that if he ever has to say that that he will say it like I did :)!
Then I don't remember exactly what Alexa said but she motioned me!
Then they went around the circle and said good things about each of us. Alexa said that I was such a great kid, that I was very respectful and that when she gave me a suggestion that I would take it and run with it and Do amazing with it. Saxton commented about how I said "pee" again and then Nate just commented on the kids that needed to improve a little. I wasn't talked to.

Friday was pretty fun too. I had my AP Bio final, which I got a B- on!!! That is SUPER good. Then we had our first rehearsal. It was from 3:15 to 7:00 in the choir room. I didn't want to wait at school by myself so I walked around with Megan to a couple of her classes to get some business done and then we went to the theatre to find out about rehearsal. We ran into James and He is SO amazingly nice. He totally likes Megan and they are so cute because she likes him too! I am so happy for them. Anyways, he told us what time and stuff and then he had to leave. I walked home with Megan to her house and played on her piano for about 15 minutes and then her mom gave us a ride to Kentwood. Her mom is such a wonderful lady and she said that it was no problem that she gave us a ride and anytime. We got there right on time and had lots of fun. I am part of a small girl’s chorus that will be singing special parts. I'm not 100% sure what or when but She kept us after for a little bit and told us that she picked us because she knew that we could sing good! I was part of that group which means that I'm not horrible. Singing. Ms.Lloyd then said who she wanted to come the next day for set building; I was one of them. The other thing was that I spent 9 hours studying for the AP Bio test and only got 3 hours of sleep. I fell asleep in math for 30 minutes exactly! Cool internal alarm.

Then, I got home and Annelise and Stephanie had talked to me about getting together so I exercised and then went over to Annelise's house and spent the night. We fell asleep at 2 and I got 5 hours of sleep. They took me to the Breakfast activity that morning and I stayed until 9:50. I found out that Loriel was leaving right at the time I needed to go and so I got a ride with her to Kentwood. Set building began at 10 and it was the BEST DAY EVER! It was so much fun. First, Megan and I and Dreya and Christina all traced Mr. Marvels Giant wagon on to a big piece of "lion" (Lye - on)? With sharpie so people can paint it later. Then I helped Drill posts in for Dorothy Gale's front porch and build the roof and all of it with Megan and James. James was really fun to be around and it was pretty much James, Megan and I. James kept telling me how cool he thought I was and how much he liked me. Then later at the end Megan was telling me that right now and where she is at, that she really appreciates me and really likes being my friend! :) I stayed at the theatre until 7. At the end it was just me, Megan and James and Lloyd and an old guy named mike and then Mr. White (I can't remember what his first name is) I helped Mr. White build Dorothy Gale's room. I stayed till the very end with the hardcore junkies and Ms.Lloyd told me that I was a really great and hard worker and she asked if I had ever worked with tools before and I told her that I hadn't. I really think that everybody likes me.

It's super awesome because I have never felt like I fit in perfectly anywhere and here I feel like I do. Since after the first month of school, I have loved drama. Even though there have been hard days and lots of nerves, the people are all so nice and I feel good when I am around them. The real theatre people that is, there were some kids in my drama class that I didn't really like. It's very cool also because I heard so many people talk about how it was like a family and everybody was nice and accepting. I didn't believe them because there have been so many other places where you were supposed to be accepted and lobed and it just wasn't that for me. Judo, Track, clubs, and others. This just feels good and right.

Anyways. When I got home from that, I ate some dinner and Kaylee got home and asked me to go with her to a singles party. It wasn't at a church or anything; it was at some kid's house out in Maple Valley. He was going to get baptized on the 20th and his parents were on a cruise somewhere. It was very... interesting. One cool thing that did happen was that Jeff Watcott was there and he introduced himself and I asked him what his last name was. I said my name was Jessica and that I had been in his ward a while back. He was like "Are you Phil’s daughter?!" And he thought that it was super crazy. He and Brad Sant came over and said to tell "Phillory" hi! So HI! Phillory :) They said that you were super cool.
We came home at around midnight. Good times.

One last thing I wanted to ask you was that if Megan Ingalls could come over on Friday and if we could stay at home.
Here are the reasons why I know that we would be okay and why we should be allowed to:
1. Megan is a really great person. Very respectful and not crazy or a party kid. So we wouldn't trash the house.
2. I have stayed at the Clarke's house alone with their two kids and we were fine. I know what to do to be safe and stuff.
3. Finally, there are neighbors that I know and am friends with that we could go to if anything bad happened.
4. Kaylee was going to eat dinner with us and if I needed a ride or anything, she, Stacy and Loriel have said that if I ever need a ride to just give them a call.
We would be totally safe and have lots of fun. Please think about this and I trust you to make the right decision :)

I got your post card! Hope you have fun in London!

Love, and don't forget to send another postcard!

Jess
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Cute-ified Totes :)

A long time ago I mentioned to Annelise that I had wanted to decorate totes. Well, the other day she found some at walmart and she asked me if I wanted to come over and decorate them with her. On tuesday, Stacy Jackson was kind enough to give me a ride to Joanne's. I got two fabrics, some buttons and ribbon. Here are the pictures :)

I purchased an extra yard of the blue in hopes that I will be able to use it in my next quilt!! Yay Fabric!

Letters to My Parents 3

Yesterday after I emailed you we watched footloose while I exercised. I still LOVE that machine. I was on it for an hour and ten minutes and it said that I burned 1200 calories. I don't think that it was that much but I definitely think that I got to 600 - 800 range. And it’s not like P90X where you have to focus really hard to get a good workout. I have sweat dripping down my face and I don't even realize it; I just have to be watching a good movie. Speaking about footloose by the way: That was an AWESOME movie and Sabrina and I both agreed that Kevin Bacon was pretty cute :) I wish people danced like that nowadays instead of that sleazy crap that is so popular today.

Last night I had another dream about Aaron Thompson. I was in the Kentwood Main gym and we were taking a swim test. It was weird though because the lights were dimmed and there were candles all over the place and there wasn't one big pool, there were lots of little ones; tiered like a cake. I looked over at the door way and there was someone standing in it. There were lights on in the hall way, so I could kind of see, but not the face. The person waved to me and I knew that it was Aaron. Then my name got called for a swim test. I thought to myself that I had to go to the door and see him before he left, but they all told me that I had to take it and then I could go. I wanted him to be there so bad so I decided to hurry. It was hard though - it was like walking underwater and my feel were like lead weights. All the girls sitting around started cheering for me to make it up there because they thought I was scared, but I wasn't. When I got to the pool, it was something like 2x4 feet and it wasn't filled with water, there was like a cloudy pink gel. Somehow I got out of having to get in and take it (although I'm not so sure how I would have taken it anyways) and I ran down the stairs (I was at a top level) and he was still there. He gave me a big hug and told me how much he had missed me. We started walking down the hall and then an alarm went off and I woke up.

I was SO excited. In that dream and when I woke up. I had thought it was real but it wasn't and that was kind of sad, but then I thought about how things in my dreams happen a lot and so now I'm hoping that people will get a hold of him and that he will be able to come up so we can all play soccer square or something. I still really miss that kid and I would trade all of my friends for him to be back up here again and for us to still be friends like we were in 6th grade. I know that it was a long time ago but he was still a really great kid.
Now, that alarm that I talked about was just a weird noise at first. I was in deep deep sleep so I didn't really hear it. It was 3 rings and it sounded like it was from a horror movie. Sabrina woke up and I told her to come with me to find out what it was. Turns out that it was only Craig's Blackberry: daily alarm. We turned it off and went back to sleep.

Church was really good today. Peggy Huerta is a wonderful teacher. She leads us through such great discussions and the spirit is always there in those lessons. We sat with the Jacksons and we got there really early. Josh and Alex were there early with the Pyne's and Josh came over and gave me a hug and a kiss but he would only give Sabrina a hug. Brother Price played the piano and it sounded really good. Then after the meeting Alex came over and gave me a hug. I talked to Eric about how wonderful Paris is and I have an Idea: for Annelise and I's senior trip, we want to go to Paris. Eric thinks it's a good idea and that he would love for us to go to Paris. I also talked to Annelise about staying at the Jackson's longer and she has no problem with it. Neither does Valerie.

When we got home we watched The Singles Ward and it was pretty good. It does make Mormons look like weirdoes though.

We're having fish and chips for dinner tonight. Halibut, chicken, French fries, salad and chocolate chip cookies. I had a really good eating day today and I am proud of that :) The missionaries are coming over for dinner tonight...

I'm sorry if it seems like I am rambling. I'm just thinking of all the things I would normally tell you and also because this is my journaling. I post it to my blog and after about a year I want to get my blog made into a book like Ashley Shultz did. It is such an awesome thing because you can put pictures in it and it is pretty and it is in type so a. its readable and b. it's in ink. I am really excited about all of that.

Anyways, I hope that you guys are having fun and taking pictures!

Love you lots and DON"T FORGET TO SEND ME A POSTCARD!!!
Jess
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Letters to My Parents 2

This is for yesterday, I forgot to tell you:

Yesterday in Buckner's he was super angry. We walked in the door and he glared at us and sharply told us the instructions. He didn't explain, he didn't even make fun of anybody. He was dead serious. We got a long list of questions and he told us to "Stop talking and get to work." Then he sat at his computer and continued to glare and stare at us, then harshly reprimand anyone who was a millimeter out of line. People who stopped writing for a second got nearly yelled at. Jesse Dehnert got a detention for nothing. You’re probably thinking that Buckner has finally tipped over the edge and needs to get fired soon. Not the case, surprisingly. As you know we are reading the book 1984 by George Orwell. It is about a man who is living under a Totalitarian Dictatorship. Buckner was giving us a small taste of what it would be like to live under a totalitarian dictatorship. Jesse already knew what was going to happen. It was pretty cool actually. Angela's English teacher had already done that. He had been the first so nobody knew that it was only a simulation. Maebori's class (Angela's teacher) had told everybody what had happened, so when Buckner did this on Friday I automatically thought of that. I knew it wasn't real, but there were other kids who did. Anisha almost starting crying. Then we talked about it and its meaning and stuff. I thought that it was really cool and I forgot to tell you.

For Today:

Last night I had a dream that I was in young women’s. I was holding a can and the can had a little powder on the top. I wanted to get it off so I turned it upside down and shook it. Well you know how things in dreams are never as they seem so when I shook, it was like a salt shaker and the powder just kept coming out. ****** and ****** were there and they freaked out told me that I had ruined the lesson and stormed out. There weren’t very many girls there, but everyone who was there left too. I didn't understand why it was such a big deal. I knew that there was a little vacuum under the counter. I put the vacuum together and vacuumed the pinkish powder up and it wasn't a big deal. I went out to the hall and told ****** and ****** that it was all cleaned up and that it wasn't a big deal. I can't remember what exactly they said to me; the gist was that I was stupid and inconsiderate. I hadn't known that the pink powder was going to come out, that there would be so much. ******* was there and she was disappointed in me as well.

I woke up at about 9:45 and didn't remember that I had to go babysitting. Lolly knocked on the door after I had chi'd my hair and put my make-up on. Valerie called down to me and told me that she was here. I had to rush. I went upstairs to get some clothes and I got dressed, ate breakfast and then just waited. I finally left at around 10:20ish. The kids were mostly good. I had a fun time and Lolly told me about a hundred times how grateful she was that I was doing this. I told her that she was just helping me get my Bee and that these were the first hours I had gotten. I'm going to count it as three hours even though it was a little more than that.

When I got home I had some lunch and then helped Valerie clean the kitchen. I went downstairs and Sabrina was watching Sanctuary. Valerie came down and told me that she had all of this crafting/ scrapbooking stuff that I could use to make cards with. There were tons of stamps and pads. The pads were pretty dried out, but I still made a lot of cute cards. They had some Martha Stewart paper that was SUPER DUPER cute! I love it. The Pictures are on my blog:
http://jessicamaloy.blogspot.com/2010/01/cards.html

So I made all of these cards and that is pretty much it. We started Amadeus when I started making cards and am watching it now.

I really like it here and want to stay for more than one week.

Oh! And when I talked to Buckner about not ruining my book yesterday he was nice about it and stuff.

I miss not being able to play the piano... and singing like a crazy person. Well, I think that that is all I can think of right now... I'll send another e-mail if I think of anything else... or maybe I will just include it in tomorrow's email.

Love you guys! DON’T FORGET TO SEND A POSTCARD!!

Jess
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Cards

Here are the cards I made today at the Jackson's.

Explication

For the next three weeks my posts will just be copies of e-mails I've sent to my parents that day. For those of you who don't know, they are in Paris right now, and next week will be in London, and then finally the week after that Germany. I talk to my parents about what is going on in my life so I will just pretend I am talking to them while I type. Then post it to my blog. Enjoy! :)

Letters to My Parents

Hey guys! I hope your flights were good and you guys didn't get too bored.

Today was an awesome day! I have been looking forward to Friday and the weekend the entire week! This was a super long week. I brought my outside reading project to school and everybody in AP biology thought it was the coolest, cutest thing ever. Christy, though, kept telling me that she wanted to punch me in the face. I don't really like it when people are rude about it and jealous instead of being happy for you. That is something I think I will try to work on harder; to be happy for people when they do good at something. Everybody has talents. Christy can dance and I can't, but when I see pictures of her dancing and hear about it I don't tell her I want to punch her in the face...

Anyways. I ate a sub for lunch today and while I was waiting in line with Megan and Angela we were talking and Megan told me that Lloyd was talking to her the other day at rehearsal and she said good things about me!! I was SUPER excited. Megan said that Lloyd said I was doing an excellent job with my monologue, that I was extremely funny and that I was improving alot :D Megan was happy that I was happy. She also was happy that I did a good job on my outside reading. She told Christy that it was good that I didn't procrastinate and that it wasn't my fault that she did. (Christy glued her ABC book together in Bio) It was cool to have Megan be happy for me. Angela was happy for me as well.

Talking about AP Bio, we had a quiz today on Genetics and inheritance. I think I did good, but I'm not 100 percent sure.

Celina was here today. She hadn't been for the past two days because she was sick: fainting and dizziness. I missed talking to her at lunch. She is such a funny kid and we have great times together in Drama. I am so happy that she is taking Drama II next semester because there are a ton of people who aren't. She is the one who will be Galinda in the play. She is really excited because Ms.Lloyd likes her and that she got such a big part in the play. She is a blonde freshman who sings very beautifully and is great at acting. She asked her crush, Brandon Fisher, to Tolo and she is way excited. I was texting her today at the Jackson's and I learned that she is Buddhist.

I went to Mattson to meet Sabrina after school like I said I would. I was a little late though because I had to type up that "Creating a Character" thing I needed help with the other day. It was due in class today but I hadn't done it. Well she said that she would take it until 3:00 pm. I went straight to the Library and typed my little heart out. I e-mailed it to her at 2:57 pm. Right on time :)

So it was wonderful to go home to the Jackson's house today. Valerie was by Sam's house to pick us up. That was really great because after walking from Kentwood to Mattson with about 35 lbs of junk, my back and calves were on fire and it was hard to breath because an overloaded backpack tends to do that. (speaking of walking, I forgot my running shoes, so next time I go home I need to remember to get them) Anyways. When we got home, Valerie went to go clean her car and Craig was playing the Drums. It was SO loud that you could feel it all over the house and even though he was down stairs with the door closed, you could still hear it upstairs as if it was right behind you. I took a much needed nap for two hours. I woke up to the dogs all barking. Kaylee had brought home two boys from the singles ward in Maple Valley. They played Rock Band for four hours and then stayed for another hour eating and talking. They left at like 9:30 pm. while they were here I didn't get off the couch. I watched four or five episodes of The Office and one Hero's. Then I just sat there.

I don't know what I am going to do tomorrow. I have no jobs and nothing/nowhere to go. I talked to Valerie about it. I wasn't asky or anything to go anywhere. I just asked her if she was working tomorrow (yes, 4:00pm - 9:00pm) and then if she needed any help with jobs because my day is very "open." We are going to go on a walk tomorrow morning and tonight she let me use her elliptical machine. I did it for an hour and five minutes. I am really sweaty right now and I need to take a shower. Anyways. It was a really good day. Right now Sabrina and I are watching Quest for Camelot. It feels a lot like being at Bunny's house. I like it and am thinking about staying here longer... we'll have to see how things go, but so far so good. Plus I had a good eating day. I did everything I was supposed to, even resisted the offers for food after 8:00pm.

I told people that you guys left today. I miss you guys and DON'T FORGET TO SEND A POSTCARD!! :) Hope you guys are having fun and enjoying every second of this trip!!

Love you lots!
Jess
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Dear Daddy,

I DID IT!! I didn't want to wait for you to call. I just realized that I forgot to ask mom to record it... :( but I did really great and so did my partner! Anisha didn't laugh or giggle or even hint of smiling when she wasn't supposed to!! Sorry for all the exclamations and smiles but I am just so excited that everything went well. People laughed at our Asian joke and clapped well when we walked off. I made all the noises I was supposed to and it went very smooth!! I decided that I want to try out for the spring play. I know that it would be a TON of work and SUPER stressful, but I think that it would be all worth it. I was nervous but when I got on stage it completely went away and being up there was great. I think that if I know what I need to do or say that it's a lot less scary. Like the scripture "if ye are prepared ye shall not fear" works for more stuff than just church and the second coming. Anyways, I had a really good time and I’m glad that I stuck to this class, even though it pushes me continually outside of my comfort zone.
I really wish you could've been there, but don't worry, there are 3 more this year and each time they will get better and better!

Can’t wait till you come home!!!! :))) xoxoxoxo

love,
Jess