Time Flies

Day 316 (April 1st)

I can't believe that it's almost been a full year since I've started this blog. It's crazy how fast the time is passing us all by. When I look back to the first blog post I wrote, I think about all that has happened since then. 

I'm 17 and a half now and graduating from high school. Well, I hope I'll be graduating this year. Prom is still yet to come but I'm pretty excited for that. More than prom, I'm excited to walk across the stage at graduation with my friends and accept my diploma. High school's been alright, but I can't wait to get outta there. 

As for my day today, it hasn't been overly exciting. I've spent most of the day pinning stuff on Pinterest and avoiding going outside because of the freak rain storm. Man, I can't wait for summer. No school and nice weather sounds perfect right about now. 

Thanks for reading, 

Jessica Dryden

Baptist Dance

266 (Feb. 10th)

"Come on shake it up baby. Twist and shout"

AH! This past Sunday was wonderful. I actually got up and made it to church on time. Don't ask me how, but I did. I was especially excited for this day because we were having another crazy Baptist dance at youth group again. When our youth leader announced it in church to remind us, I couldn't help but smile. I love dancing.
After church, I went home and had lunch with momma. Then she left for Fredericton for the week, without me! :( My favorite place in the world and she wouldn't even let me come. She was all "School, Jess!" Oh, mothers and their incessant need to pester you about school. But anyway, I was getting excited for this dance as I was texting Andy and getting ready simultaneously.
As the time for the dance was quickly approaching, I was almost ready. Feelin' fly in my favourite red dress and fixin' up a few of my Taylor Swift curls. I finished just as my limousine arrived (my friend Adam's mom was driving me there).
Once we arrived at the church, we chatted and went upstairs to do a bible study before our dance. I was so excited I could barely sit still. When the bible study was done, we raced downstairs where they had a sick dance floor set up with these cool lights. And food! There was delicious food.
We danced until we couldn't dance anymore. Literally! They played Twist & Shout and I just went crazy. These dances are just so much better than the ones at school. There's none of that nasty dancing that teenagers do now a days. But it was good ol' baptist dancing. It was what I imagine the dances were like back when they are sock hop and soda parlours. Ah, what a night it was!

Oh by the way, this is my friend Courtney. Isn't this the best dress ever?

- Jessica Dryden

Snowed In

Day 265 (Feb. 9th)

"Glittered my football"

I've been cooped up in my house all day! I'm not brave enough to go outside in this cold Canadian weather. You think I'd be used to this sort of thing, but no. I've been spending my day doing puzzles, baking, picture taking and watching more of Pride and Prejudice.
I love jigsaw puzzles, so mum and I started working on a puzzle early this afternoon. We decided to take a break and then we just never finished it. After, I made this dessert. You know, practicing my housewife skills and all. I've taken a few pictures here and there. They always turn out so much better when I'm actually outside though. I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Pride and Prejudice is just such a good movie! I really do love it. Of course, I prefer the book. Jane Austin is probably my favorite author.
But yes, it's been a pretty good day. Not to complain, but I'll be really excited for when all this snow stops. Only 38 days until spring <3

- Jessica Dryden

It's Friday

 Day 264 (Feb. 8th)

"Are those pancakes?"

Hello, readers! For those of you that are still with me and are still reading, I thank you for your patience. Much has been happening in the life of Jess Dryden. I haven't had time to write. But I'm back now! And I hope I can blog from now until day 365, which is only 101 days from now. Oh! How the times passes by oh so quickly.
Now that all that's been said, I should probably tell you about my day. I woke up, just like every other morning. Running late as per usual. I arrived at school and was off to my first class. I'm still getting use to my new schedule. (We just started semester 2)
Maegan, Brooke and I planned our stop motion animation for media productions class. It's going to be brilliant! At least, I hope it will be brilliant. Then I headed for nutrition and healthy living class! I was particularly excited because it's Friday and we were doing pilates.
It was brutal! For those of you that know me, you'd know I'm not in very good shape, but I'm doing my best to try and fix that. Since I'm not used to it though, it was quite a work out. I avoided walking up the stairs as much as possible for the rest of the day.
I had one more class, then lunch. I had my two afternoon classes and headed for home after modern history. Gotta say, I'm really loving that class this year. After I was home, I read some Jane Austin and then watched a scene from Pride and Prejudice. Sometimes I like to read scenes from a book then watch it in a movie. I like to compare the two. I gotta find myself a boyfriend or something.
Now I'm just catching up on some blogging, listening to music and editing pictures. There were some random fireworks that went off not too long ago. I'm dreading tomorrow because I know I'll be snowed in all day. I'm thinking, board games and puzzles? Bring it on.

- Jessica Dryden

Another Productive Day

Day 232 (Jan. 7th)

"I have 25 bucks in the bank and no license."

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I woke up late, as per usual and didn't really do all that much in the morning. Or in the afternoon. When it was evening time, I got up from bed and made some tea. I just found out that they sell my favorite kind of tea at Superstore! Along with my tea, I made a cookie. Just one cookie and it tasted like cake. While doing all of that, I was also chatting with my American friend Russell. He's great. We chatted for a good three hours about movies and such. I also watched Glee (Don't judge me).
I eventually went to bed.

Christmas Eve

Day 218 (Dec. 24th)

"Dude, I know you!"

Christmas Eve! I will admit I was pretty darn excited. Christmas came and went so fast this year. I mean, I still can't believe it's come and gone for the year. This Christmas Eve, I woke up late in the morning. Mom and I had to go to the mall, again. We had to pick up one last Christmas gift. I also had to get pictures printed at Superstore. Once we were done all that, we headed home.
I relaxed for the afternoon; watched television and stuff. I then got ready for the annual Christmas eve service at my church. I always look forward to that. I wore my favorite red dress and just left my hair to be all Taylor Swifty.
After the service was done, I went downstairs to say a merry Christmas to my friends. I ran into one Zack Davis, that I'd met several months earlier at Potential Impact. Apparently his family lives in the area, although he lives several hours away. It was so cool to see a familiar face!
Dad picked me up after the service and we drove to Irving Big Stop. It turns out that the restaurant there was close. So where did we end up going? McDonald's of course. The employees made me laugh as I waited to pick up our "food." They really do have the greatest staff there.
Once I arrived at home, I decided to watch The Holiday. Christmas tradition and all. It may come as a shock, but not long into the movie, I fell asleep. Ah well.

-Jessica Dryden

Christmas Shopping

Day 217 (Dec. 23)

"Boys are nothing but trouble"

I woke up on Sunday only a few minutes before it was time for church, so I decided not to go. Instead I prepared myself to go to the mall. Surprisingly, it wasn't that bad. I really thought it was going to be busier than it was. I had to do some last minute Christmas shopping that day. And by "last minute Christmas shopping", I mean I bought everyone's Christmas present on that day.
For lunch, we took a quick break and went to McDonald's. It was the first time I'd had a Big Mac in so long! After lunch I continued on my shopping spree for Christmas presents and by the time we'd left the mall, I had almost everyone's present. I was quite happy, I must say.
I went home and chatted with my best friend via Facebook while watching The Little Mermaid 2. I was exhausted from being at the mall all day.

-Jessica Dryden