On Saturday, the day of the dance, my brother and I drove up to Maryland because that's where the lady who does my hair lives. It was the first time that I've ever had my hair done and I got it up all the way in an updo! haha! After that I drove home, finished getting ready really fast and drove to my friend Emily's house where everyone was meeting to take group pictures! Our picture group was huge and thankfully we split up into about three different dinner groups! haha! My dinner group was about six couples, all my best friends! It was the most fun i've ever had at homecoming! Well...besides the dance...because honestly the pictures, getting dressed up, going out to eat together, and the big sleepover afterwords is a blast! The dance? ...not so much! haha! They leave all the "emergency" lights on over the dance floor and it just isn't all its made out to be..thankfully we were only there for about two hours then we all went to Ashley's house for the sleepover! haha! It was the longest day ever though! haha! It took me all of Sunday to get all my energy back! haha!

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The Homecoming game was against West Springfield this year which is always a lot of fun because my best friend, Savannah goes to West Springfield so she is always there but on the guest side! haha! The last time that South County played against West Springfield for our homecoming game was two years ago! I'm so glad that we got to play them again our senior year because two years ago, my sophomore year, we beat them by one point during the count down and they never gave us full credit for winning! Even though we so did! haha! So this year we decided to really prove that we were better and won 28 to 16!! WOO! haha! Winning the homecoming game always makes the dance and everything so much more fun! Also, one of my best friends, Alexandra, who moved to Washington this past summer came back for homecoming so she was there! It was amazing seeing her again because I miss her so much! All in all, it was a great last homecoming football game!

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So, on Saturday I went up to Manassas with two of my bets friends, Lindsy and Katie. We went up to a fair that was going on, where Jackson Miller, running for Delegate, and Bob McDonnell running for reelect governor, had a big station set up in front of the Republican headquarters. We were there from 9 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon! But I would do that any day over knocking on doors or making phone calls! We got to blow up balloons (hundreds of them!) using big helium tanks and then take them around the fair and give them to all the little kids, as well as give out stickers--all advertising Miller and McDonnell. It was actually a lot of fun and I got to meet the governor when he showed up! The part that sucks is that I meant to take pictures but was separated from my stuff when I got there and then was go, go, go for the entire time so I didn't get a chance to! But on another note! One week until homecoming, so this week is spirit week!

P.S. I gave all my teachers the teacher recommendation information today! Check that off my list! haha

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I meant to turn in my councelor recommendation information and the other teacher recommendation information near the beginning of the week and I still haven't turn them in! The only thing that I accomplished this week was turning in my transcript request-but at least I accomplished that! This weekend, I'm going to write up my resume so that I can give all my teachers their recommendation information by Monday! I have to get it in by then! haha! No more pushing it back! From there I'll be able to relax a little bit because all that will be left to do is fill out my applications and write my essays. This process feels so long!

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So, for my AP Government class we have to do 5 campaign service hours and then write a report on it...which means that I have to contact someone that lives locally and is currently running for Virginia delegate...the two main people running in my area are Albo and Werkheiser, both of which I was really nervous to contact! But luckily, as of yesterday, I won't have to! Because one of my close friends, Katie, is family friends with another guy who is running for delegate (I think..could be running for something else, I'm not exactly sure) and he's going to be setting up a campaign booth at this fair that's going on, on Saturday! So Katie, Lindsay and me are going to carpool up there and help him from 9 in the morning to 1 in the afternoon! I'm really excited because I'll get to be with my friends, and I'll be at a fair--so campaign service hours don't get much better than that! haha! I'll tell you guys all about it on Monday!

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The beginning of another week, Mondays are so long! Yesterday I meant to start most of my online applications but didn't get to it because I spent the day out with my family and then realized last night that I had forgotten to do my Statistics project..which wasn't huge but still, I had to do the whole thing! So now, home after a long Monday I'm sitting down to get all of my online applications started and my recommendation envelopes addressed for teachers. Also, homecoming is on October 10th and the typical disorganized stress is arriving because our once small group of close friends turned in to a group of 35...including one my best friend's ex boyfriend and his friends...so were like no no..this will not do! haha! So were stuck trying to figure out what were going to do now, if we're going to break off from that group and start a new one or what. I did get a dress though! It's dark navy blue from cache and I just took it to get tailored this past Saturday! It's going to fit perfectly! I'm so excited! The dress is like the only part that I'm excited for because I have never had a good homecoming before ...haha...so we'll see how it goes this year...I'm not getting my hopes up.
Until Later,
Catherine

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Finally the week is over! This afternoon I'm going to a big fundraising event held by the senior class with one of my best friends, Lindsay! It's called SCSS Fest and it's going to be held in the parking lot with a ton of food, live bands, and activies such as a dunk tank that will have teachers in it! I'm really hoping that by the time I'm doing this, my day will be getting better because nothing is going my way right now! I woke up with awful allergies and came into school half an hour late, got to school only to realize that I forgot my AP Gov homework and then realized that I forgot my water in my car...

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I feel so much better after having a plan Now, all I need to do is impliment it! Wish me luck! haha

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I forgot to tell you about my Mary Washington visit! So on Friday morning I got ready to go and left my house at around 10 aclock because it only takes around 40 minutes to get to Mary Washington from my house. My friend Julie's house, where I stayed, is really cute and only about a block away from campus! I spent the day meeting all of her friends and going out to lunch at a little place called Here and Abroad (a little place in town that I never would have even known existed on my own) it's a really cute sandwhich place (1004 Princess Anne St. Fredericksburg, VA 22401) if you're in Fredricksburg then you should definitely go! Julie and I spent the rest of the day walking on campus, taking her dog to the dog park, and hanging out at her house. Later, we went down to Central Park for dinner, it's a big shopping area only a couple of minutes away from campus that has all sorts of stores (not mall stores) and a bunch of different food places that are discounted if you show your UMW school idea.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_(shopping_complex) If you know any friends that are at schools you're potentially interested in, you should visit them because it's completely different when you get the students point of view, experiance what they do with their free time and know what the social life is like! I Mary Washington!

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I'm really started to get stressed out with all of the college stuff because it feels like there is so much to do and almost no time at all! The most frustrating thing is that every college wants different things by different dates, so I started to make a spreadsheet of all the colleges I'm applying to and their deadlines and everything, hopefully this way I can focus on a few at a time. I have to look through all of them later and find out which colleges want how many teacher recommendations, if they want them at all, if so how many, and some colleges provide you with a form that they want one of your teachers to fill out instead of a written recommendations--its all really confusing! On top of that, some colleges want only a written statement, while others want two essays from their essay list...then I'm left like..."Okay, great, from your essay list...where is your essay list?! And then how do you get the essays?!" Because everything is done electronically besides what the school sends, I really doubt I have to send in my essays snailmail...but I have NO idea! Today, I'm going to have to sit down with my mom and figure all this out before I REALLY start to stress haha

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