Kaeleigh Sue’s Blog

This song was created in 15 minutes in my AP HIstory class with my friends Cassie, Nana, Priya, Pak, Pablo and I. Hope you all enjoy it. (We had to perform it to three different classes because it was so good)

 On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a return to normalcy.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, seven Al Capones, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight dying unions, seven Al Capones, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine black ball players, eight dying unions, seven Al Capones, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten apes “evolving”, nine black ball players, eight dying unions, seven Al Capones, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eleven jazz singers singing, ten apes “evolving”, nine black ball players, eight dying unions, seven Al Capones, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy.

On the twelvth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, twelve flappers flapping, eleven jazz singers singing, ten apes “evolving”, nine black ball players, eight dying unions, seven Al Capones, six speakeasys, FIVE illegal immigrants (!), four Harding scandals, three tabloids, two Model T’s and a return to normalcy!

That was an original song, to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Hope you all enjoyed it!

Merry Christmas!!!!! And Happy New Year!!!

Guess what…. I got into the National Honors Society! OMG, it’s crazy! I never thought I could do it, but I applied, wrote the essay, and got a big fat envelope yesterday saying, “Congratulations!” Haha, guess I’m not THAT dumb…

I finally got my PERMIT!!! I went to get it yesterday at around 3:40 pm with my mother. I was SO nervous! I hadn’t really prepared for it whatsoever. In other words, I never read the manual except I skimmed it quickly (kinda) before me left. My mom realized that we had time to go, so we went. I hadn’t planned to go that day, but realized that I may not have had a future chance to go. So I got myself together and went there. The whole 20 minutes or so that I was waiting, I was shaking. I had a feeling in my gut that I was going to get too many wrong and fail it, hence wasting $30. But, I didn’t! I went in, sat down at the touch screen computers, and just focused. I got some wrong, but I stuck to it and thought a little longer on the questions I wasn’t sure about. There was a question about whether you can renew your license if you haven’t paid child support, and that just made me laugh because it wasn’t a question that I had ever thought would be asked, but the answer was No. Just flat out No. I got that one right through common sense since I thought that it was something you get a warrant for doing.  There also was a question about mopeds; I’m not going to ride a moped haha. But incase you’re reading this, havn’t gotten your permit yet, and want to know the anwer, its not that hard. If you read through all the choices and they seem like all safety tips that you would follow, choose All the Above. That was the right answer for me, however I realize all the questions are different and there could be a different quesiton about it.

So anyways, I got my permit. The lady took my picture… i HATE it! I really wanted to retake it but my mom didn’t let me she said they always come out bad. But the lady didn’t let me smile for some reason even though all the other people that I saw get their permit or license were able to smile. My brother had smiled when he got his permit and license before. It made me a little sad. But hopefully when I get my permit I’ll just take a really good picture and have my hair perfect Now I just need to get my parents to actually LET ME DRIVE!!!!

For those of you that have no heard much from our family recently, you’re probably wondering… where did Emily go? Read this and figure out all the details!

About a month ago, Emily had gone to the doctors for a quick check upvfrom back pains and got results she had dreaded. The doctor had noticed that when she stood, one of her hips was higher than the other and she had a slight curve to her back. When he checked it further, he quickly realized her back was taking the shape of an S. To Emily’s dismay, the doctor referred her to a spine specialist and scheduled her for an MRI. After the MRI, the doctors found that Emily’s back had reached the point of no return, her spine, at a 40 degree angle, was now unable to be corrected through use of a brace and she needed a spinal fusion.

Just the word “surgery” bothered Emily. The doctors had gone over all the details and gave her a really good idea of how much pain she would be in, but she was still scared out of her wits. I had tried to encourag and reassure her by reminding her over and over again that after the surgery, her back would not be in constant pain and she would gain about three inches in height. Even if you don’t know Emily too well, you should know that she is a very petite girl and a very small, cute figure. Even though she knew that her pain would come to an end and she would be mobile just as she was before, the pain and the fact that she would have to miss school and be hospitalized is what traumatized her the most. But every day that she worried, I talked to her and helped her get ready.

November 10th was the morning of her surgery. She woke up early in the AM (around 4ish) and left quarter of 5. I was dead asleep and only dreamed of hearing my parents and Emily’s voices as they left the house. It was a Tuesday, so I had school, and at 6:30 AM when i awoke, I realized Emily and everyone was gone. Kevin, Ethan and I were home and all awake getting ready for the long day ahead. Throughout school, I texted my family, getting news from my parents that they weren’t in yet and hearing from Kevin saying that he was praying perfusely. We all were. This was a serious sugery. Her back was to be cut open and two rods were to be inserted on either side of the spine. Then screws were to be drilled in through the rods to keep the rods intact with the spine. The rods weren’t ever to come out, nor were the screws. I was so worried.

Eventaully, at 8:46, i recieved a text from my mom saying that Emily was heading into surgery. My parents were going to wait at the hospital the entire time to be there for her when she eventaully came out. The doctors had told my parents the surgery was expected to be a 6-7 hour long procedure. It was much shorter though, lasting only 4 hours and at 2:46ish, i recieved another text along with a picture, of Emily sleeping since she had just be released into the ICU. She looked beautiful to tell you the truth. Her hair was messy, no makeup was on her clear complexion, and she looked so relaxed. It was reassuring to see her looking fine, just asleep and i didn’t worry.

Later in the day though, my mom texted me saying that Emily was in a lot of pain and for the next three days that’s what I heard. She was in tremendous pain and had back spasms. She was on pain medications (valium and some other kind I can’t remember), but she was still cringing from the intensity of the pain. I almost broke into tears when Emily texted me saying that she missed me and the pain was severly crippling her and making her scream. It was a terrible time; absolutely heartbreaking to hear. Eventually though by late day 4 and early day 5, Emily was in no pain. She was getting the “good stuff” as Kevin and I liked to refer to them as. I was texting Emily all day for the last few days and she seemed like a new person. She had started walking by about day 4 or so, but she had tried earlier in the week and hadn’t been able to tolerate the discomfort she had.

By day 5, Emily was parading around the tenth floor and was able to move about relatively easily being on all the meds and from being encouraged that she was getting better fast.

Day 6, Emily came home around 1pm. I was so excited that i cleaned almost my entire house. I washed down all the bathrooms, vaccumed the entire downstairs, and organized the house so Emily could move about with ease and not have to worry about falling.

When she walked in the door, she looked pale and in pain. I had been expecting a smile and for her to march around the house. Boy… was i wrong…

She sat down in the piano room, carefully holding the arms of the chair to lower herself slowly, and my dad went over and took off her shoes. Then my dad took hold of her hands as she slowly pulled herself back up to stand and she moved to the living room, were she lowered herself to sit for the remainder of the day. I was sad, Emily was unable to stay on the “good stuff” that had kept her from the terrible discomfort and she was worried that it was going to get worse. I had to hold her and hug her carefully when she was miserable and it was all I could do to keep the tears from flooding my eyes. I hated seeing her like this and the heartbreak i was feeling was overwhelming. For the rest of the night I sat with her most of the time and helped her with anything she needed.

Now today, was a hard day for me. I didn’t want to leave Emily and the only reason that I could even come to school was because when I left, Emily was still asleep on the pull-out couch with a look of comfort on her face that I convinced myself meant that she would be okay for the time I wasn’t there. I told my little sister to be a good help and she whispered back with her little voice, “I wiw. don’t wowwy. imma good thister (sister).” I smiled and left, feeling at peace.

Hopefully this account of what happened will help you better understand the stress that my family is feeling. It’s tough, and every day is gonna be hard. We need prayers, Emily especially (particularly that the drugs work and that she doesn’t go insane.

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Wow, just realized I haven’t been on here in FOREVER! like… longg timmmeee! sorry guys. Doubt many of you even read this, and im not sure if it’s a total waste of my time, but I like typing and talking and conversing with my freinds, so READ MY BLOG! Ask me questions. Tell me something exciting. I wanna make this a place for everyone. Post whatever you want or if you have a burning question for me and really want it answered, i will! I love having my own webblog, but if it doesn’t get used, im not gonna keep writing on it and just delete it.

So, I went to camp this past weekend and saw the greatest band in my life!!  They’re called “Siloam” and they’re a Christian group.  Four of them are related, and they say that the drummer is there “adopted” brother (but he’s not really).  Alden is my favorite =)  He’s a GREAT singer and electric guitar player, and very easy to look at

They have a concert in Conneticutt on May 16th!! I really want to go!! My parents seem like they’ll let me go, so I am WICKED excited!!! So yea that’s what’s been going on recently. =) leave comments please =)

Well, I know it’s a day late, but I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter!!

How was everyone’s Easter?

Did you learn anything new about Easter this year?

Well, I had an okay Easter. I didn’t have dinner with anyone special other than my household family.  I wanted to have it with my grandma or aunt, but they aren’t christian and don’t care about the holiday, so my mom didn’t invite them. 

So, leave a comment. No ones been commenting in a while. I miss you all and hope to see you soon!

I have MCAS this week =(

I really don’t wanna do it.

Private schools are so lucky! =p

I don’t wanna take MCAS.

So, I have been thinking about this blog and what exactly I want to do with it.  And I think it will be a great blog if I put advice or thigns to think about on it.  I have a lot of ideas already that I could use for future posts.  But I want everyone to email me or comment on this post with your own ideas for advice posts.  You could just leave a post with topics that interest you, or with ones that you want to hear what my answer is to it.  I will try my best to put these posts up and tell you my best advice.  Some people have told me before that I have good ideas for helping people when they have a problem.  And I am here to help. 

LEAVE A COMMENT WITH YOUR IDEAS!!!!

thanks <3 Kaeleigh <3

I don’t know what to take for a spanish class next year. I don’t know if I even want to take Spanish.  At my school, we have a requirement that we have to take 2 semesters of Health.  I was supposed to take one my freshman year, but I decided to take Dance 1 and 2 instead.  So, this year I couldn’t fit it in my schedule since I had a lab class for Chemistry.  So now, I have no idea what to do.  Should I take Health this year, or continue my Spanish and just take Health next year?? Ughhh!

And then, if I pick Spanish, do I take Spanish III which I have heard is hard, or AP Spanish??  I fit the requirments for AP Spanish since I have an average of a 90 in the class.  But in AP Spanish, I can’t fall behind in the class and it is a rigorous course that I would have to take very seriously.  Spanish III isn’t as difficult as AP, but its the same things being taught, just at a different level.

The major plus with AP Spanish is that I would get one of my Spanish classes that I might choose to take in college out of the way, and I wouldn’t have to pay for that class at whatever college I choose to go to.  That’s definitely making me think hard about taking AP Spanish. 

I guess all that I need to do now is talk to the Department of Language’s Director and see where he thinks I should be placed.  Do you guys have any tips?? Any idea of the better choice??

I just finished the book, A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks.  Oh my goodness!! I must say that I love him as an author even more! I read his book The Notebook which I absolutely loved and would recommend it to anyone that enjoys reading love stories.  But A Walk to Remember is just… ughh… it’s so sad! I loved it though because of the sweet story and the cute love between the teenagers. 

I really should thank my mom for getting this book, reading it, and then recommending it for me.

In November of this past year, I was given a challenge to raise money for children starving in Africa. I was told to get sponsors to give me money for not eating for 30 hours. You may have heard of this challenge. It’s called the 30 Hour Famine.

So, now the procrastinating part of it.  I… umm… well… I haven’t gotten any sponsors yet. I know, I know. Be mad! I really want to raise money. It’s just, this year, I haven’t been able to bring myself to ask for money.  I just don’t know if I can do it.  I kinda feel like I wouldn’t be honest. I know, that’s a shameful thing to say.  I just need money for myself, so I feel like even though I would be asking for money for the starving children… I would really want to keep the money for myself to pay for a cell phone and texting.  As I think about this though as I am typing this, I realize that children in Africa are STARVING!!! Not just a little hungry. STARVING!!!!  THOUSANDS of children have died today, tens of children have died just in the few minutes it has taken me to type this.

Typing this out has definitely helped me realize that I need to do this and raise a lot of money. Last year I raised $180 i think. Or less. I can’t remember.  All I know is that I need to raise a lot because I really think that it is really important to help the children that have less than I do.

So, the moral of this post.  Typ esoemthing out and you won’t want to procrastinate anymore. LOL. hahaha. That should be an actual moral. It worked!! haha =)

I am SO glad that I didn’t have school today!  Last night I was on my computer and talking to people online, and the phone rang. I answered it, and some city schools persons told me that their would not be any school for today. As soon as I hung the phone back up, I kinda did a dance back to my seat and cheered. Well, no one was downstairs so I didn’t have to worry about being picked on for doing an obnoxious dance.

So today, Emily was the only one that had school but only till 11.  So, Ethan and I were bored, so we played one game of Monopoly. It was easy since Ethan didn’t really know all the tricks of how to play, so I won pretty quickly.  But then, Emily got home and she wanted to play.  She always hates playing so I didn’t think that she would be very good at it. So Ethan, Emily, and I all played a VERY LONG game, and well, it turns out that Emily is actually VERY good at that game.  She had like $5,000+ after only a little bit of time.  Ethan and I were almost bankrupt for about half the game, but then I recovered from landing on the Free Parking.  It was awesome.  Emily put tons of money in the middle because she had to do all the street repairs for the houses and hotels.  Ethan and I were laughing so hard when she said that she was rich and then had to pay for the repairs.    But anyways, Emily won by a long-shot, I came in second, and then Ethan came in third.

So now, I am kinda bored because I can’t go outside since I don’t have any boots, and I don’t really feel like playing ANOTHER game, so I thought maybe I should just post something. So yea, leave a comment. Do you Monopoly?  Do you have any techniques to win?  Did you have school today?  Did you have to shovel or do anything to start clearing the snow?  Lemme know if this post was interesting at all. =)  Hasta Luego!

So, Kevin noticed that it was time to renew my domain name for this blog, and it made me think. Do I really need this blog anymore?  People don’t really comment, I don’t use it much, and I haven’t written any amazing posts.

If you guys want me to keep this blog, comment and tell me why. If you have suggestions for my blog to be better than please, let me know.  I don’t want to just ramble about my life, I want to fasinate people and make you think.

So… keep the blog… or let it perish with the rest of the blogs in this world that have not been written on in a while?

Have you ever felt like everything that you do is not enough?

That everything that you try to do perfectly to satisfy everyone is really nothing at all?

Have you ever falt so bad about something that happened that you wish the earth could just suck you in and never let you out?

Welcome to my life.  I ask myself these things all the time.  I wish that I knew how to make it all stop.  But unfortunately, the clock keeps ticking.  Time keeps rolling by.  That’s my life.