Peeing your pants at school & School Pictures

I know my post title starts off with "peeing your pants at school" but I've decided to save that for last.
Before I proceed, i'd like to apologize for the excessive pictures you may see of me on this post. (Remember this isn't about me, but visualization always helps a blog post)

School Pictures.

When they hire MONSTERS to hold a camera and snap a shot of you. Who even does that?

They make it look so innocent, so non-eventful, but we all know that secretly they love our pain. They love to see our faces of disgust as we look at our picture with hate. They love to make our double chins pop out, and glares apparent. Got stuff in your teeth? That will be the thing they make pop out the most. Got a fly hair? They will make 20 more appear.

HERES THE PROCESS

You sit... and smile.... and act normal. (They hate it, and they want it to stop)

*Okay now turn your knees* (What the? They aren't even in the picture??)



*Okay now tilt your head*

*MORE*

*Now say a word, that's not funny, and we expect you to laugh, and we will take the pic in the middle of your word*

PERFECT!!!

And also, don't even get me started on the HAIR.

Your hair before the camera people touched it:

AND AFTER:

What do they tell you? It is flawless.



 Here are the reasons we all hate picture day:
>The bathroom is packed for girls. You can barely even get a stall, why? Because everyone must look perfect. Well if everyone just accepted the fact that they will look like that lovely last picture, we would all have time to still go to the bathrooms and be on time to class!
>The annoying packets.
>The retakes don't even get put in the yearbook so this will be the picture haunting you for the rest of your life.
>The line you have to wait in.
>When they touch your clothes and hair (GET OFF ME).
>Move this way, move that way.
>When they don't let you see your picture (like today).
>Why do I need to say boys? I'm pretty sure it's more attractive actually smiling, than looking like you just finished saying "boys".
>Why can't I look how I looked in the mirror 5 minutes ago?
>Being self conscious the whole time.
>People staring at you as you're getting your picture taken.

All in all,
I vote we all just turn in our facebook profile pictures.

Now the moment we all have been waiting for...

PEEING YOUR PANTS AT SCHOOL... yes it does happen to highschoolers.

Everyone, at least once in their life, has wet their pants at school. You may think *Oh please, like what is that? Elementary school?* My friend. Karma will bite you if you think like that. It still happens to us almost adults. AND YES, I finally have stories, that aren't even my own! Now for the sake of their privacy, I'm going to name story #1 Jonie, #2 Jamie, #3 Delilah 

Jonie was in one of her classes this week. It's her senior year, and she's going through the motions. Little did she know she would end up having a seizure at the end of class! Jonie passed out and had a seizure, and couldn't control her bladder. Right there, in the middle of her class, she let it leak. 

Jamie is an athlete. She was determined to listen to coach and make the time she needed to during her workout. The coach said if they made a certain time on their sprints, they would never have to do those sprints again. And OH, was Jamie determined. She sprinted, but then she got a weird sensation. The kind that we all know means comfort and panic all at the same time. She ended up finishing one of the sprints, and made sure to keep walking so it wouldn't begin to flow. That's when the coach had her race one of the fastest in the class, she didn't win and as she finished the race it came. And she let it freely run. She announced it to her team, (because they are all good friends), and then got water and sprayed it all over her pants. Most people (like myself) looked at her after school that day thinking they must have had a water fight after running because it wasn't obvious at all. Pure Genius.

Delilah is a cheerleader for the highschool. She was a flyer. One day her coach had her try some new things for a pyramid. It was somewhat of an awkward pyramid. As she came down someone caught her really weirdly, and made her laugh her head off. Everyone began laughing. That's when it happened to her, it began. Now, those of you who don't know much about cheer have to realize that if your shorts are wet it is really obvious for the bases and backspot. She knew she had to change, but how to say it? The coach kept telling her to go up and she kept saying no, and finally told the reason why. 

So remember kids the moral of these stories are 

everyone can wet their pants at school.

Just don't be afraid to tell your story

to someone who will blog about it and 

keep you anonymous ;) 

 



Le Art of Dance & Some other matters of business!

There are many types of dancing.

Ballroom, Ballet, Hip Hop, Hitch Dance, and Creep style.

BUT what do you think of when you hear the word dance? 

I am officially a blogger. I will apologize for not blogging all week (like most bloggers do). But that's because I felt no inspiration! Until finally I thought of something to write about.

SCHOOL DANCES (specifically slow dances)

Those of you who went to the first MVHS dance, it was actually pretty awesome. I felt like everyone went crazy, and considering it was the first dance it was a pretty good show-up. Not to mention my good friends Joslynn and Emma who made up the playlist (WHICH WAS THE BEST EVER). The music made the dance awesome, and on top of that we had cool lights.

But there's always one black spot on any dance, (which was still pretty fun at our dance, but whatevs), all the other dances I've been to..

Never have I seen so many people evacuate the dance floor, than when a slow song comes on.

SLOW DANCES

68% of people leave the room

12% Interpret dance and secretly become jealous of real slow dancers.

17% slow dance, but dance like crazy people and run their partner into other slow dancing couples.

3% Actually slow dance, and no one dares make eye contact with the rare few.

But if you like someone, and they ask you to slow dance, your life is complete and welcome to the 3%.

ANYWAY.

NEXT TOPIC.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE 

I was in seminary on Friday. We did an activity where you write down your biggest fear for the school year. I didn't think much of it at first, but little did I know it would be a life changer. I wrote something along the lines of, leaving high school with regrets was my biggest fear. 

That's not the typical answer for the class. There were a couple that said homework and getting bad grades were their fears. But the majority of the class answered with other things. There were a lot of people who were

>Afraid of being alone

>Afraid of being the laughing stock of school

>Afraid of not having a shoulder to cry on

>Afraid of someone or something specific

>Afraid of being left out

>Afraid of not blending in

>Afraid that they won't have any friends in any classes

>Afraid of getting hurt again 

>Afraid to even endure high school

My heart hurt. I realized that so many people are afraid of the same thing, which is BEING ALONE. When you're stuck in that stage of life, and we all know what that is, when you feel there is no one. Maybe even that there is no point. You have to look around. There are signs everywhere that life is worth living. 

I thought I might relate this to something, and I thought of the ocean (because I love the ocean). 

When you think about the ocean, does it ever stop moving? Even with the wind moving against it sometimes, or big animals like whales causing abnormal ripples in the water, it never stops. This might seem like a stupid simile, but life is like the ocean. There will constantly be things working against you. You will go through things like big icebergs, or huge ships working against you, but you can't forget to keep moving. The ocean is huge, it's majestic. You have to think of yourself as someone who can not be stopped. You have to realize how big of a person you can be for others, and for yourself. (On the inside..). 

Remember that when you feel alone, 20 other people probably feel the same way. I also noted that there were lots of my friends in that class, and any of them could have written those sad things. I would have NEVER guessed it. Remember that EVERY single person you talk to has their own personal battle, and everyone needs someone there for them. 

And so, it begins..

My friends.

It has begun.

No longer do I feel awkward writing about high school, while still in the summer. NOW, High school has come. I can now truly write on the senior year of a typical

average teenager.

                                     

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

A day I like to call

"The completely anticipated, yet totally pointless, first day which consists of introducing yourself five times, and receiving a plethora of disclosure documents."

But even though I call it pointless, it still is pretty fun.

Now I promised facebook and instagram a "FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL" Blog post! So i'm going to start off with students that you might know and their stories!

JAKE STORY: "The First day of my sophomore year I had to be in a student council assembly, and actually got shoved by Rob Smith and didn't see it coming, in front of my whole sophomore class."

COURTNEY HORNBERGER: "I had a knit sweater that caught onto someone's backpack, and unraveled."

CARLY MATTINGLY: "I couldn't find the stairs at lakeridge, and had to ask someone!"

KELSIE BARNS: "A Huge praying mantis landed on my head, and then a bird pooped on my shoulder!"

MIKAYLA SMITH: "My flip flop broke, and the office had to tape my foot to my shoe for the rest of the day."

That's the answers I got. If you want some high school stories in here of your own, lemme know. I can quote you, or make it anonymous.

ANYWAY BACK TO TODAY! :)

On the first day of school today here's some things my friends and I have already gone through.

>Being yelled at by a teacher.

>"Sign Here"

>Introducing ourselves

>Walking into the wrong classroom

>Being tardy

>Getting Checked out

>Laughing with the class

>Being laughed at by the class

>Working out

>Breaking a couple pencils (SERIOUSLY, I JUST BOUGHT THESE YESTERDAY)

>Forgetting something from home that you needed.

>Finds a zit (Um.. Hello there... Where did you even come from!?)

>Chewed Gum falling on you. (Ask Dallin Carlson, and Heidi Shurtz)

>Waited in a immensely long lunch line.

>Met someone new.

>Talked to someone you never spoke to last year.

>Finished the day, looking at yourself in the mirror and wondering what animal got to your head and attacked it.

>I got a warning painted on my car for parking by the gym, not in the student parking lot. (SO THANKFUL IT WASNT A TICKET)

>Posted pictures in at least one class, or by your front door before you left to school.

>And yes, the all too familiar, LOVE TRIANGLE DRAMA. (I don't have a lot to say on this one, except this didn't happen to me, but like 5 of my friends today.)

Some things I observed today. In each of my classes, it started off awkward and then suddenly broke out into familiar conversation. I'm glad it started the first day this year instead of in November. I also saw a lot of papers, I didn't see a lot of people because their nose was in their schedule trying to figure out where to go... Well mostly sophomores. You guys will all catch on, I promise.

Some things that happened to me today, if you really wanted to know. Found out my favorite class is gonna be math (never even saw that coming). I have the coolest people ever in there, and Mr. Coach Boyack (As I like to call him) is so funny! Who knew. I also tripped down a stair and twisted my ankle, it would have been fine if I hadn't slipped into someone. My first class period (Student Council) I got chalk all over my rear end, on my brand new pants, which was totally attractive. Messed up my chamber choir introduction "Hi i'm Nikki Schmidt and I love the ocean, I want to go in it after high school." I meant to say that I want to go into that field after high school, not go into the ocean after high school. Got made fun of by all my teachers. Called Mrs. Matthews "Mom" at the beginning of class, thankfully she didn't hear and no one else did either... which I guess now i'm telling them all... anyway. (Refer to the penguin picture above!) I already also mentioned the parking thing.

Okay nuff'' bout my day! How did all of yours go?

Now, because I want to, i'm gonna publicize a little bit for stuff coming up for mountain view!

For all of you MV BRUINS!

COME TO THE DANCE AND FOOTBALL GAME this Friday! The Dance costs $5 and is right after the football game from 9:30-11:30!

ALSO BOYS START ASKING GIRLS TO HOMECOMING!!

All 3 of these things will be way fun!

And I can't wait to do my "Slow dancing vs Fast Dancing" Blog post. ;)

 I hope you all enjoyed your first day, and hope you enjoy the days to follow.

Remember that you can make it through the rest of the year! :)

Losing Your Best Friend

In high school everyone experiences it.
You get super close with someone, and the next minute,
they are gone.

And it isn't easy. In fact, it's one of the hardest thing most of us have experienced in our 16-18 years of life.

I'm sure we all can relate.

How do you make yourself feel better?

FIRST 

you have to forgive yourself for what ever happened, and not blame yourself.

SECOND

you have to forgive them for anything they have done

LAST

 you have to have enough faith to keep your head up to keep going, and hope they will come back around.  

When you lose a best friend you feel like you lose everything, but you have to remember that you HAVEN'T! You have to be brave enough to see them, and love the fact that they are happy.

This is gonna be short post, but i've noticed that a lot of my friends have lost people close to them lately. I thought a lot of you could relate.

All in all, remember that there is always a silver lining when you lose a friend. There's always a reason, and maybe one day you'll be best friends again. Either way it will be for the best.



The Inevitable Tomorrow

This post is about procrastination.

Found this song on Youtube, thought it fit Perfectly...

We all have said it in our lives, and you know the way that I mean.
          *TOMORROW*
How many of you have said one of these in your life?
>I will start eating healthy tomorrow.
>I will start running tomorrow.
>I will wake up extra early to finish this project tomorrow before it is due.
>I will clean my room tomorrow.
>I will organize my school stuff tomorrow.
>I will clean my car tomorrow.
>I will do that assignment tomorrow.
>I will study tomorrow before the test.
>I will call them back tomorrow.
>I will do some act of service tomorrow.
>I will work on my online class tomorrow.
>I will do (insert here) tomorrow.

If you couldn't relate to any of those, or answer the insert here blank, I applaud you. You may now read a different post on this blog.

BUT if you somehow could relate to this please enjoy the rest.

We all have done this. It will come. The word TOMORROW.
That's right

8 letters that symbolize the funeral of whatever came before the word tomorrow. 

At least you know that while you are stuck in that *Procrastination* mode, you are not alone. 

This was the story of my life last year. Especially in physics. I always told myself between the two class periods I would do my homework that night, and the next day study, and the next day would be my test. How did I do? 

That happened once. ONCE. 

All the other times? 

Do the homework the night before, and study my brains out all night, and keep studying through all my classes until B4. I remember saying my reading book for English was my physics textbook and it should count because it's more educational than anything anyone else was reading. She didn't let it pass. I was studying anywhere I could during that day of the test, before that last period. I was reading that textbook during lunch at the school, at ernies, at mcdonalds, in my car, at my house, on the sidewalk, in the classroom, on the stairs, in the gym, in the cheer room, and anywhere else I would be during lunch.   

Procrastination, I have concluded, 

IS AN ART. 

We have practiced it since junior high. Let's be honest. If procrastinating was a sport, America would have won by a landslide. Well, if anyone would show up on time to the game. 

Anyway. 

I pretty much consider myself a pro. I am pro at waiting and filling my time with unnecessary things like blogging and Facebook. I have online classes to do right now, and you all know what i'm doing instead. I know a lot of my friends are pro with me. 

But if don't like to accept the fact that you can't help but wait, you may ask yourself,

WHAT IS THE CURE? 

I've gotten a lot of different answers, but the general one people have shared is to tell yourself the assignment or whatever is due the day before it really is. You have to get in the mindset that it really is due tomorrow, and you will be penalized if it is not done (Unless it really is due tomorrow, then think you have until tonight or you fail). If you wanna start actually cutting out sugar and running, think that tomorrow is impossible. It's not even an option. If you don't go today, that goal will be dead. If you constantly tell yourself there will be a tomorrow to do whatever, it will be easier to procrastinate.  

But like I said, I'm not good at this. But i'm trying. It's my number 1 senior goal. On the bus ride home from the football game last night, Maddie James asked me if I had thought about my senior goals. I realized I needed to do that, and in honor of waiting so long to make them, I made the goal to stop procrastinating number UNO. 

But if you are doing good, and following your goal, and you end up screwing it up one day? Don't be too hard on yourself. If you are late doing an assignment, you are not a failure. You have to fail sometimes in order to be successful. You have to make it a goal to have a CONSTANT EFFORT to not procrastinate, not a goal to be perfect at it. 

So let's all go do something

TODAY!

 That we said we would do

 TOMORROW! 

How To Make It Through One Of "Those" Days

So I was going to make this post pretty depressing, and vent my soul into the blog.
But then I thought back to why I was writing this blog, and it wasn't to help me but to help others.
So I've come up with a solution.
I am going to write about how to survive one of...

These Days 

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You know those days when the world is obviously trying to get back at you for not going outside and observing nature and appreciating the planet? Karma is biting you in the butt every second it can. Every person you know suddenly thinks of you as their mortal enemy or something. Every one you care about is treating you like a solicitor at the door selling a video casette player. Everything that can go wrong.. DOES go wrong. 

And all you're thinking is, 

* You have got to be kidding Me *

The worst part? 

>No one understands. 

Now that, my friends, is where you couldn't be more CORRECT. Most people will tell you "I understand", "I know how you feel" 

      UM..... WRONG. 

They DON'T know how you feel, and they DON'T understand. 

But you have to realize that people can try to relate, and you can't blame them for that. They are just trying to make you feel less alone.. But...

This is still the worst part! You sit there while people are trying to help you, and all you're thinking about is ripping their head off. FOR EXAMPLE. 

Let's just say my day today (on a scale from 1 to hard) was brutal. Theoretically. Let's say there could have been someone trying to make me feel better. In other words, they realized their mistake. 

In other news. 

So if no one can help, and you don't know what to do, 

here is your 7-step guide.

NUMBER   :

Youtube. Youtube is your best friend. Look up FAIL videos. Then you will feel that your saddest moments that day, weren't as bad as they could be. (Unless your computer dies while watching the videos, you are out of luck my friend, and you just need to go to sleep!). 

Number :

Chocolate, Food, Or Ice Cream. 

STUFF your face,

you deserve it! 

                                           NUMBER  :

Look in a mirror, and tell yourself 10 positive things. 

*I will get through this*

*Better things are on the way*

*I could really use a taco*

*I look really cool talking to myself like this*

*Totally normal*

*I deserve a medal for public speaking*

*I'm too good to vent all over the internet of my teenage emotions*

*10 is a lot to say, but I can do this... does this count?*

*Life is good*

*MY HEART WILL GO ONNNN AND ONNNNN* (SING IT)

  

NUMBER :

MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC. 

NUMBER :

Do something EXTREMELY stupid. When I say this, I mean something

that you can not repeat to anyone else. But for the sake of this post, 

I will tell you what I did. My best friends Jesse and Colton inspired me 

on this one. I looked up a pair of glasses, and smashed my face against the 

computer screen to picture myself wearing them. 

I didn't just say that. 

Anyway, it helped. 

NUMBER :

Take a foot bath. I guarantee none of you have done this. Well if you have, you're too awesome to be mortal. Just go sit on the edge of the bath, put your feet under the running faucet and go until the water is cold. It's the weirdest thing but one of my friends told me to do this long ago, and for some reason it has a strange calming power. And if your feet really do need a bath, it's like killing 2 birds with one stone.  

NUMBER :

Call or talk to someone who knows how to make you 

LAUGH. 

Laughing is the universal method to make you feel so much 

better. Laughing is the best medicine for those days. 

It's like exercise! You are getting great abs, and a great attitude. 

Remember that LAUGHING is the most important 

thing to do on those days. 

Sometimes I just laugh because of how bad it is. 

Just sit there and make yourself laugh, 

fake it till ya make it.

TO FINISH THIS POST 

Remember that there are always things to do to make you smile. 

And YOU WILL SURVIVE. 

When you feel lower than low, remember all you can in that 

situation is look UP! 

I will let one of my favorite bands "Fun." end this one 

Pictures That May Have Something To Do With School

Remember that the hardest days can always be brought up by funny pictures.