Farewell

It's the last blog of the semester and it feels a little sad, to be honest. I have blogged on my personal blog on Blogspot since 2009, and before that on Xanga (back in "the good ol' days"). It's always sort of sad when you finish a blog--I get very melodramatic and nostalgic about it. The great thing about blogs is that they are very much like a diary or journal--they hold personal thoughts that you wouldn't usually say, but that you think about and dwell on. I love blogging and am very glad that we had the opportunity to blog in this English class. It's even sadder ending this blog because I began to look forward to the end of the week to check up on all you and read all of your blogs. It was great reading up on all of you and I wish you good luck with the rest of the semester. Happy holidays, as well!

The Fair

The Louisiana State Fair is in town this week, and I GOT TO GO!!! I must explain that I had never gone to the fair before--it was always something that I wanted to do, but wasn't allowed to because "the fair is too dangerous." I'm not sure how much of my mom saying that was because she actually believed that the fair was dangerous or because she didn't want to have to chase me and my sisters around so many people. No matter. Either way, the fair was always something that I wanted to experience, and I FINALLY GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT!!! A friend picked me up and drove me to the fair, where he gave me a ticket he had bought for me earlier that day. We bought ride tickets and I got to ride FAIR RIDES for the first time. I also got to purchase my first caramel apple, which is always something I associated with "the time" I might someday have at the fair. My friend and I also rode the ferris wheel. I could not stop smiling the entire time we were there. Call me silly and easily entertained or excitable, but I will happily embrace those descriptions--I am not ashamed. The fair was exactly what I always thought it would be--absolutely wonderful.