Good Morning! 

This week has been very busy and I was exhausted last night- but thankfully I got about 11 hours of sleep last night, so I am on the road to recovery! I had several tests/quizzes, along with papers, assignments, and all of that good stuff! Next week might be even harder because a lot of teachers are planning on big tests. The REALLY good news is that I got into photography!!!!! I love that class so much! The only thing is- well there are four levels in the class: basic, intermediate, advanced, and independent study. You are in one of those levels depending on how many classes you have. My first year, when I was in basic, I sucked. But last semester, in intermediate, I flourished! So this semester I am in advance- the thing is that I have very talented photographers in the level higher than me- so thats good. The thing that's not so good is that the only other person in intermediate is a person who I have had a not-- so-good past with. But I have decided that I can be "appreciative" and work with her, not against her! So thats my appreciative moment for this week! The other big thing that actually happened yesterday is that I got my AP English writing back yesterday. AP English is HARD, but my teacher had a talk with us before she handed back the papers. She said that we were in that class to become better writers, and so if we wanted to get angry, frustrated, or blame our grade on her- that we should leave right away. I think that in life we have a habit to over react and over dramatize over something that is all ready over and done with. So the lesson that she taught us yesterday was a good one, and it made me think about how I react to things that can not be undone. We have to live with the results and either work around them or even work with them. So  thats my lesson that I am passing on today- react differently! 

It works!

Alice 

"Acceptance is such a important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth" -Peter McWilliams