Shelby Patrick Jones » crazy

Crazy weekend

Shelby Jones — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:34:20 +0000

This weekend was past insane. There was so much good, bad, and just plain wild in such a short amount of time. I’ll break it down day-by-day for you:

Friday:
I started the day with no homework done from feeling terrible the night before. I woke up at 5:30 and managed to pull everything together. I still felt sick but not nearly as much as I did the two days before. Got criticized because I said I might not play in the football scrimmage that night. I ended up playing my heart out and beat the snot out of some kids from Greenfield. We lost the scrimmage 18-7, but I felt good making my enemies feel like jerks.

Saturday:
Began work on my Eagle Scout project, which is building a produce stand for our local community garden. It’s a big project and will take several weeks. I have to finish all my work before my 18th birthday, so I’m on a tight schedule. We finished work at 12:30, and got a lot done. Stephanie came over at 4 and we watched movies all evening. She also helped me sort through all sorts of stuff I’m getting rid of to make space in my room. I was horrified and enraged to discover that someone destroyed ALL of the work we had done in the garden that morning. I wasn’t sure who did it, but they were gonna get it if I ever found out. It was a great day otherwise.

Sunday (today):
I found out at church that one of the congregation that also happens to own the land thought that the city was doing unauthorized work on his land, and that was why he dismantled it. He graciously helped us redo all the work we lost, and I am sitting on go for the next stage of construction. I also practiced some driving, folded all of my tshirts in a space-saving manner for limited drawer space, and I made some dough from eBay sales. In another stroke of good fortune, I finally got my graphics card to work, completing my summer project and my new monster of a PC.

Wild wild work work wild today

Shelby Jones — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:22:32 +0000

Yep, it’s been a fantastic day so far – it started off pretty decent, with football at 8 in the morning and some work for my legs, which are still really sore. As soon as I got home, I had to start clearing out and preparing a massive bunch of stuff to sell on eBay.

I got a lot of the work done, but it’s nowhere near complete. I am going to finish it up this weekend hopefully. Oh well. School starts Thursday, so the summer’s really coming to a quick end. Bluh.

Loaded schedule

Shelby Jones — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:27:56 +0000

I registered for senior year classes at the high school last night, and I got one heck of a draw. Four AP classes in one year is gonna be tough, but having teachers for all of them will make it easier for any questions I may have. I am only worried about the effects it’s going to have on free time and my social life. I guess I’ll have to wait for school to start to figure all of that out.

I’m pretty much booked for the first semester between football and completing my Eagle Scout project and work. I may get to enjoy my senior year once everything pans out. Here’s to looking up!