In which I make a list and discuss the meaning of life.

People.
Life suddenly got so much harder.

Seriously, I thought I had gotten used to this whole tenth grade thing, seeing as it's April now, but life decided to kick it up a notch. I'm so freaking busy!! (Read: I'm giving poor excuses for not blogging right now!!) I literally was staying after school every day this week, and often I couldn't leave school until 5 PM! School gets out at 2:45... Play rehearsals have gotten waaay more time consuming, and since we're not going to have a tech week we have to figure out all the transitions and the props and all the little things now and it's quite stressful and guys I'm so busy I don't even understand. I also have homework and tests and exams in the near future. 

I can technically get my drivers license this month, but I'M SO BUSY I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TIME because I still also have to take one more driving lesson but my schedule is so booked. Not even weekends, guys. Not even weekends are free anymore. No more freedom. I really want my license, but I think it's going to have to wait. But in the meantime, I've been practicing a lot. I've been driving my brothers and my parents around and stuff... I recently drove my friend and myself to school. Because she decided she trusts me xD. 

So here's a list of some things I've learned this week: 

• I get more things done with music. 
• Multitasking is a necessary skill if you want to get through life. 
• I can multitask, when needed.
• Pop-tarts are wonderful. Even untoasted, they're just on point. 
• When you're stressed, everything suddenly gets feels thousand times worse than it is.
• A nice thing to do if you're stressed/anxious, watch TV at night in comfortable clothes whilst eating ice cream straight from the container. 
• Sleep is such a magical, wonderful thing, which I haven't been getting a ton of lately. 
• I need to learn to let go of things that, in the long-run, don't matter. 
• Ed Sheeran is just my favorite. 
• Childhood is not something you can get back, unfortunately. 
• Worms are a lot more complicated than they look. I dissected a foot-long earthworm in biology this week. 
• The My Fair Lady soundtrack is perfection. 
• QUADRATIC EQUATIONS ARE DUMB

....Turns out I learned a lot this week. And I'm having trouble in math, as you can tell from that last point. 

But, life is a learning experience. I try to learn things everywhere I go, because our experiences are our stories, and I think that's why I chose the above quote: "Don't forget, nobody else sees the world the way you do, so nobody has the stories you have to tell." I can honestly say that I've learned many things the hard way. But it's good that we all learn from our experiences. Whether I'm singing "The A Team" in the rain with my friends or dying in Geometry class or lying on my bed staring at the ceiling and reliving a bad day, I try to learn from the people around me and from the things I go through each day. 

I'm not saying you should try to find a silver lining in every situation, because sometimes that's a hard thing to do, but we all learn from our mistakes and our experiences. 
But silver linings are good too. But that's not necessarily what I'm talking about right now. 

I need tea because it poured today, and I was at school for many hours for play rehearsal, and I got soaked and teenager drama and my shoes are all muddy and I ate too many pretzels, if there is such a thing as too many pretzels. 
And that's why I need tea, yes.