School

School has started!

I am finally a senior in highschool and it is unbelievable. If you have not seen or talked to me in a while, there may need to be an update soon.  I have changed alot over the past year.  I am not the same person I used to be, and in some ways I am still trying the figure out the different changes I have made. I am very excited to see who God is going to turn me into.

Here is what God is teaching me: "Lean On Me!!" Yeah I think that command sums up what God has been telling me. I have been getting so stressed with school and future plans that I did not know what to do.

My school is cool, but there are days that I am just sick of the drama. This is only our 3rd week at school so I do not want to get sick of school so soon. I just pray that I can make it through this last year of school!

I want to know how everyone else has been doing. I miss all my homeschool/speech and debate/ and just friends in general. I want to hear from you, so email me or comment me or something.

Well I should probably go now, and start my thesis for a Bible paper I have to write.

Ash-Leykae

Hello to whoever reads these anymore. Haha I hardly read them the only reason I do is because I get the subs. Oh well anyway let me tell you what has been going on.

So yesterday I was more sick than I have been in a long while. I felt like someone beat me up and threw me down. Amazingly enough I never did have a fever which is odd. Mom sent me to bed with some advil and I feel much better today.

Alot of things were worrying me and stressing me out, so that could be why I got sick I don't know. I decided I can't play volleyball for my school this season and I felt terrible about having to tell them no again. What was cool though was how God provided for me yesterday. Cole was gonna come over so I could watch him since Anna was gonna be away. Well since I didn't feel well I knew I would not be able to watch him. So I called his mom and told her about my situation and she said her niece was at her house and that she could watch him. So it worked out great, all I had to do was watch my sister and brother, and my sister took care of me a little. I thought that was good.

The last three weeks have been super busy for me. I went to the fair with my horse and we did well together. He never ceases to impress me. I think he likes to show off a little. Then we went to North Carolina which was a blast as usual. I must have gained alot of weight while I was there because I need to get in shape.Spots Camp was awesome and I even met a minnie George Clooney (seriously), he looked amazingly similar to Mr. Clooney. Last week I was up at Seneca Lake teaching a class and helping at GA camp. I had a good time there........even though I was constantly teased about the lifeguard.

My summer has gone well so far and I hope the last few weeks are nice too. I have a few movies I want to go see, so if you're up to it give me a call.

Tata for now mis Amigos,

Ashley

         It's Independence Day!

 I don't think anyone really cares to read what has been going on in my life. So I shall save you the trouble, by only giving you an overview of the past couple weeks.

June went by with not much going on. I just hung around doing nothing until the end of June. This is when we went to Kentucky Changers. It was a great time, I learned alot and was able to worship my awesome God. I got to see some people I worked with when I went to Louisville 2 years ago. I also met some awesome new people.

This year I experienced a new part of Ky Changers. I volunteered to help out with the ministry team. It was fun but it also kept me hopping, because I not only worked on a site but I helped with whatever the ministry team needed me for.

So we got home from there on the 30th. Since then I have just been hanging around; reading and writing. Today is obviously the 4th of July and we are celebrating a monumental time in our great nations history. Last night we went to Red White and Boom. It was fun but very crowded.

We went to a parade today, then rented a movie (Flyboys.....it was a great movie I recommend it). In the middle of the movie it started storming and pouring down rain! I have been wanting to play in the rain for so long. So I asked mom if I could go outside and run around and she didn't care. I did and I got soaked, but I loved it!! It was the most fun I have had in a long time.

Well those are some of the major things I can remember, to tell you. If you want to know more....then call me!!

Tree

SUMMER IS HERE!!!

Summer is here and I am absolutely excited. I cannot wait for what is holds!! Oh yes and one minor detail...............as of 12:15 this afternoon I am a senior!!

I'm not quite sure what to say. I know there realy is no one reading this but I just thought I would mention it anyway.

I want to go swimming........it's soo hot! All of my exams went well.......I don't think I failed any of them. Bible was a hard one and so was Chemistry(with 200 questions and 19 pages), but the rest weren't too bad. So my first experience in highschool was a success. It was fun and I met many friends. I am still not sure what God had planned for me in going to school, but I feel certain it was for a reason.

I can't believe that I only have one more year of school left. I feel forlorn, for school is all I have known. School was a constant for me, and now that my 13 years of school are almost through I don't know what to think. Come this time next year I will probably be so lost.

I don't want to think about next year right now.........I just want to focus on no homework and the summer ahead.

Well I am going to try and pick up the house a bit, then I may read or write some.

I'll talk to whoever cares later,

Of the Ash Tree

Have you missed me? Have I fallen off the face of the earth? Did I die and no one told you?

The answer to two of the questions is probably yes and one is most deffinately no. You can figure out where the yes's and the no go.

In recent news Ashley has been extremely busy, in fact I shouldn't be updating right now. I shouldn't be dating either. School has been crazy, I have homework every single night, it's ludicrous. I am finally establishing myself, I feel like my friends are now solidified or coming close to that, if that makes any sense at all *shakes head*.

My brain is moving so fast right now I fear it will blow up. I really am afraid of the effects of not being able to slow down my many thoughts.

I hanv't been able to write anything in a really long time, and I finished a book last week that almost went overdue before I finished it. That never happens!! The old Ashley could read a book in 3 days, now she takes 3 weeks!! Aghhhh that's not funny.

We only have 16 more days of school left and that seems like such a long time. Hopefully it will go by quickly. By the way, if anyone that reads this........maybe some random person that has no idea who I am, goes to Ohio state, we are doing a free BBQ on wednesday. I am pretty sure it is going to be at a church on King St. and then I think we will walk down the road a ways as well to give things away. So if any of you college kids out there ever get hungry (maybe you do, maybe you don't) then you can come get some free food.

I know it's been a while since I last updated, and I never told you about prom, so I will briefly mention it now. Prom was pretty much amazing! I was hesitant at first because I didn't know what it would be like, but it turned out to be a great time. We went out to eat at the Japanese Steak House downtown, then we went to the actual prom at North Bank, which is by the river downtown. It was a beautiful little spot, very romantic if that's the sort of thing you're looking for me to say.

I went to prom with a guy named Joey and he picked me up in his parent's '98 Mustang GT Convertable. If you know me at all, you know that I L-O-V-E Mustangs! So I was pretty much excited when he told me he would pick me up in the mustang. After prom, when we went back to a friends house to hang out, I was just sitting there in the car smiling. He asked me why I was smiling and I told him I just loved the fact that I was riding in a mustang. He asked me if I wanted to drive it................uhhmm would I say no? haha I just smiled really big and said yes. So he let me drive it around in the neighborhood, oh what a glorious time!

All in all I have been having a pretty good time since the last time I posted. I have just been really busy. This past Saturday I had some friends from school over to meet my family and we had a great time. I can't wait to see what God is going to do with the experiances I am having now, for later in my life. God obviously has a purpose for me going to school, I just don't know what it is yet.

Oh yes and just in case you were freaking out, from when I said that I shouldn't be dating..............I'm not. I just thought I would make you hold your breath for a bit. Now let the air out slowly, I am not dating anyone, calm down.

Well I'll talk to you all later,

Ashley