Playing Mom

At this very moment, my mom is in Chicago. She's gone for the weekend to see my grandpa who recently had some leg surgery. This may be pretty surprising for many people, but it's the first time in my life that my mom has been away from my brother and me for more than 24 hours. Yes, it's a really weird feeling for us, but we're doing quite alright for the first time (as opposed to the insanity attacks that many people would have otherwise--just kidding!). So, where do most of the responsibilities fall? Onto my lap, of course! It's been a nice experience--I'm actually doing the dishes for once (not like I've never done it before--but who gets time during the school week?)!

I'd have to say that the main issue over here is food. When my mom was here, we didn't care what we ate or when we ate, as long as we were fed. Now that I have to put the meals together, I'm figuring out where she keeps the teabags, the cooking utensils, the dishwashing detergent...OH, and I learned how to work the dishwasher! YAY ME! I managed to cook a little bit of Indian food without burning anything...or many things... and I realized how much I spoil my brother when my mom isn't around! I mean, I made him a "royal" breakfast and this awesome pistachio/oreo ice cream desert after dinner... and I let him eat some junk! Ha! I spoiled myself too--boxed Thai noodles and lemonade for dinner...mmm...

I guess the entire moral of the story was I got to know my kitchen a little better and I realized how much work it takes to make a meal, and I didn't even cook half as well as my mom! I can't wait until she gets back tomorrow afternoon!

It's Been a Long, Un-Musical Week...

Ya, so I checked the cast list after school and I didn't get a part in the musical. Oh well. I was really bummed, becuase I LOVE the Sound of Music, but I decided that I would do costuming instead! I mean, it doesn't hurt to get a little experience backstage!
I kind of figured that my chances were minimized after I totally sang the wrong words at the audition! I blanked out in the middle of "I Am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen" and I felt really bad becuase I had practiced it so much and my monologue went really well.
The dance audition didn't go that badly--there were just so many really good dancers and I only do Indian dancing--oh, and I learned that I definitely can't waltz, so don't even ask! It was really fun though! I enjoyed all the auditions. Costuming crew, here I come...

Silent Colors: Getting to Know People

Yes!! I finally got my blog to work. It's about time I stopped being lazy. Anyway, I'll begin my first official post with some of my recent memories from last Saturday's Tri -School Leadership Conference! This was my second year attending and it was so much fun and such a memorable experience for me! We learned a lot about interacting with people and intiating activities in your community--not to mention meeting a bunch of new people and playing a 30-man game of maffia 'till midnight!!...But, yeah, the rest of it was basically just all that same old stuff about leadership.

I think the best part for me was learning about how to interact with other people who share the similar and different "color personality" as you. The four different personalities were:

1) purple people--social and emotional paranoids (that was me!)

2) orange people--creative, hyperactive, with the "I'm gonna party 'till I die" mentality

3) green people--Observers and analyzers who are completely quite and reserved

4) silver people--Leaders and organizational freaks would fall into this category..."It's my way, or the highway!"

People are never the same personality for a long time. Of course, your personality can change depending on where you are or who your with. For me, I figured out that my purple dominates most of the time, but I can have other colors that are stronger. Sometimes, if I'm really confident, I feel silver. Or if I feel smart and in the mood for school, I feel green. Usually on Saturday nights, at Indian parties I feel orange and no one's gonna stop me!

Overall, it was a great lesson on getting to know people, how they think, and their philosophies on life. I can't wait to go back next year!