I started Missouri Juniors volleyball this month! Colleen is my coach, but sometimes we work with Molly or Leandra. This is about the only interaction I get outside of our house, other than a couple outside get togethers. I really love volleyball and I get nervous before every weekly practice. I just want to do well. I got to have my last couple of lessons with Trevor since school started.
I did get to go to Olga's birthday party on a patio at a restaurant. Mom and Dad were very cautious about letting me go, but I did have a really good time. My favorite part was after I thanked a waitress for her service and she came to thank me before I left because it made her night. I felt so good after that and want to do more "making people's day!" Mom and I wrote to the manager that night to let him know the impact it made on me and he wrote back!
I was able to have Ella over here to play. It has been a long time since we hung out and it was nice to reconnect with her. I also got to go to Lila's grandma's to go swimming one day. It was really good to hang out with her in person.
I started playing Pokemon Go because Emily likes it. I'm definitely not as into it as she is. I only catch the "cute ones", but it's pretty fun. I also did a study online to help the Mizzou Memory Lab. It was pretty fun and I got paid to do it too! I also went through all of my Lego Friends sets and put them all together again to make sure all the pieces were there and then took them all apart. I think I will eventually like to sell them. Mom doesn't think I will get the amount that I want to ask for them though. We shall see!
Mom and Dad both went back to work so I have been home alone a lot, and sometimes I have to watch Emily. We actually get along better when our parents are not around. I do like to try and see what I can get away with when they are not here, like sneaking food.
Now it is time for me to go back to school! Mom has been staying home so I don't have to take care of Emily and I am able to concentrate on my work. I was so excited to get my schedule, but it took a lot of researching to understand it! I have FACS, orchestra, RTI, 10:00 lunch!, PE/EEE, Science, and Social Studies. I really like my Science teacher, and I love the topics in Social Studies. I got my upright bass and it takes up a huge corner of my room. (We have yet to get the instrument out!) I ended up changing my room around to accommodate it and had to take things off the wall. It pulled off the drywall so we ended up painting my room the first weekend after school started! I am on Zooms all day long though and work hard to get all my work done as soon as possible. It is really exhausting to stare at a screen all day. Mom got me some blue light glasses to help with that and I really like wearing them!
Can't wait to see what else I am going to learn in middle school!
Good times with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom
