Solitude and Sister Time

Day Thirty-Two

"That's like saying 14 is a year away from 15 which is half-way to 30, so everyone is grade 9 is basically 30."

It's been a while, hasn't it? My apologies for not posting, but I've been away for the past few days.
I spent most of last Thursday in solitude. I didn't really want to speak to anyone. I go through that every now and again when I just don't really want to talk to anyone. Last Thursday was one of those days.
So I spent the day editing Tera-Mae and Brittany's prom pictures. It took a while, but I was able to get them up on Facebook that evening. I've never received so many notifications in my life. Three hundred notifications later (literally), I decided it might be a good idea to begin packing for Spiritual Retreat. I started packing and then headed to bed.

                                                                                                               -Jess Dryden

Day 33

"Why do you hate me?"

I spent Friday with my favorite sister. She came and got me in the morning and we went back to her house. We did some Facebook creeping, email answering and picture tagging. Then she made us lunch on the barbeque; it was delicious.
I was also suppose to go help Tera-Mae prepare some food for Spiritual Retreat, but I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
                                                                                                               -Jess Dryden

Let's Make a Getaway

                     Day 31

    "I feel my flesh burning with sin"

I took a little road trip on Wednesday. 

Kaitlyn and I decided to go to Sackville; not before we picked up Nathan, of course. We drove there, which took forever because of construction. When we finally got there, we took a walk around town to go see the swans. Then we went to Mel's to get milkshakes. We walked and talked and it was nice to not be here. On the way back to the car, we stopped in to see Kaitlyn's G-Ma. She's so cute and she's absolutely hilarious. She gave us homemade bread and cookies and then took our blood pressure. After saying goodbye, we drove back home. 

We dropped Nathan off and then Kaitlyn and I did drive-bys. And we ran into some people we know at Irving. Totally a coincidence!

                                                                                          -Jess Dryden

Oh, Prom!

Day 29

"Are you up, gurl?"

I don't really remember much about Monday. I probably spent all day in bed. I did go to work at 5:30 PM though! I remember that. I remember watching John Tucker Must Die at work. I have a bit of an obsession with that movie lately. I also remember my friends coming to visit me at work for a bit. 

After work I decided I would go to Tim's. I forgot they stopped serving bagels that late at night, so going there would be pointless. I decided to walk to Wendy's instead. On my way, Kaitlyn drove by and then kindly offered to drive me there. When we got there, I ate of course, and Kaitlyn and I decided to make a plan to crash prom. Probably the best idea I've had all week. Then mom came to get me. 

At 11 PM, Kaitlyn texted me and asked if I was still up. Of course I was, so she came to get me so we could do drive-bys. Worst idea we had all week.  But anyways, we indeed did drive-bys, then she drove me home. I then starting watching a movie and fell asleep. Pretty typical night for Jess Dryden.

                                                                                                             -Jess Dryden

                                 Day 30

               "I'll take you to prom next year!"

Oh boy! Tuesday was just the bestest! I told you Tuesdays are always great. 

Why was this Tuesday so splendid? One word: prom. Yes, the event every girl looks forward to all of her teenage years. No, I didn't go to prom, unfortunately. Well, I did actually. Let me just explain. 

I'm in grade eleven, so I only get to go to prom next year. I wasn't overly excited for prom, in fact, I wasn't even planning on going until Tuesday. This past Tuesday, I had the pleasure of spending the entire day with Tera-Mae and Brittany. I took their prom pictures. Seeing how excited they got for prom made me want to go so bad, and I made a decision that day to go when I'm in grade twelve. It just so happens I found a date, too. It all worked out quite perfectly. 

I absolutely loved spending the day with these girls. Going to get hair and make-up done, and then going to take pictures. They looked stunning, with their handsome prom dates. They've grown up so fast, and turned into such lovely ladies :') Love you girls <3

Anyway, Kaitlyn and I decided to crash prom. We managed to sneak into one prom, our school's prom, but we couldn't get into the other one. Which really kinda sucked because we could hear the music playing and it sounded like such a good time. Since we couldn't get into that prom, we decided to randomly walk around the Delta hotel and take pictures. I talked in a British accent so it would confuse people. Then Kaitlyn's mom needed the car, so with another failed attempt to get into prom, we went home and had pizza.

I actually can't wait for prom <3

                                                                                                 -Jess Dryden

Simply Great

Day 28

"If only I had a baseball bat....or some steel toe boots!"

Sunday was such a good day!

I went to Sunday morning church, of course. It was a beautiful service, and there was a BBQ afterwards. It was delightful! I love food. 

After the BBQ, I went home for a very brief amount of time. Out the door again as I went to visit dad at work to give him his Father's Day card. Then mom and I went to The Corn Crib because she had to go there for some reason. We then drove up to see my G-rents for the afternoon. Visiting with them was nice. I never realized that my G-pa was so funny. 

We took some pictures on the way home. And by the time I actually got home, I was exhausted. I spent the rest of the day editing pictures, and watching movies. A perfect ending to a simply great day.

                                                                                                         -Jess Dryden

Gummy Whales

Day 27

"Send the sharks down after it"

For the first time, I started to like Moncton. 

Saturday was an interesting day. I worked from 2-5:30 PM. Towards the end of my shift, Maddy showed up. Then Cameron because she was working the shift after me. We all hung out for a while, then Maddy and I caught a bus to the mall. We met up with Nathan (a little late) in the mall parking lot. Then I ditched those kids to go get some gummy whales. I love gummy whales. (They're actually sharks but whatever!). I found Maddy and Nathan eventually and we all went to Taco Bell. We ate tacos and stuff. So much for our plan to go Father's Day shopping. 

It was getting late so we started to walk home. We stopped in at Harry's on the way home. I kinda have a huge craving for Harry's Pizza 24/7. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to get pizza so we just kept walking. We walked and walked and walked for what seemed like forever. But it didn't take as long as I expected. Finally we got to R-View and mom came to get me. Pretty sure I was exhausted and went to bed shortly after walking through the door. 

                                                                                                         -Jess Dryden

             

Enchanting Evening

Day 26

"I was enchanted to meet you"

Friday was the best Friday I've had in quite a while.

I took two exams in the morning (Chem and Bio), which were my last exams. I was quite happy about that. So after my exams, Jess drove me home. 

I was so bored but thankfully Tera-Mae asked me if I wanted to hangout. Around 5 PM I met her at the church then we walked down to the R-View market. We ran into Henry there! He was playing guitar and singing. He's really kind of amazing at that stuff. Tera-Mae left and I went with Henry to McDonald's because I somehow always end up at McDonald's. It's getting a little ridiculous. Anyhow, we ate, well he ate and I had a bite of his ice cream because I wasn't all that hungry at the time. Then we talked for quite some time. I quite enjoyed our conversations. Afterwards, Kaitlyn came to get us and we drove Henry home. 

Since Britt was all the way in Hopewell Hill, we had to wait for like, two hours before we could pick her up. So we phoned Nathan and went to pick him up because he was super bored. Then we went to Joshua's house to see if he wanted to waste time with us. Unfortunately, he had other plans. We did a few drive-bys and then finally went to pick Britt up. We did more drive-bys and went to McDonald's. I spend so much time there. I should have a membership by now, or at least a job. We left Nathan at McDonald's for a brief amount of time, but we came back for him. 

We somehow ended up at Henry's house again. I don't know how that happened. 

Henry and Nathan both got in the car and we drove around the neighborhood. Then we all just sat outside his house for a bit and talked about random stuff that had nothing to do with anything. I'd say this is becoming quite typical for all of us. Then we had to go so Henry, Nathan and I got out of the car and my friends drove away without me because I was taking too long to say goodbye, apparently. But before they could get too far, Nathan started running around the vehicle so they couldn't go anywhere. "He looked like a dear in headlights".  It was such a good day because I got to spend it with my favorites <3

                                                                                                            -Jess Dryden

 

School in the Summer?

Day 25

"Wash that man right out of your sweater"

Today was most people's last day of school. Sad I can't say the same for myself. While my friends are chillin' at the beach and doing drive-bys, I'll be stuck in summer school. It's official. Turns out summer school is a real thing. I really thought it only existed in movies. The fortunate thing is, it's only for a month. So I'll still have all of August. Even though I'll be stuck in school during the morning, I'm so looking forward to summer!

Today was great, as always. I went to school, then Jessica and Kaitlyn drove Tera-Mae and I to the church. It was Tera-Mae's first day working there. I assisted her in planning a few of the events for the summer. Then Ben took us to Subway for lunch.

Eventually I went back to school so I could talk with my teachers about my horrible marks. Most of my teachers are pretty great, I must say. I'm really going to miss grade eleven, but I'm tremendously excited for my grad year! It's going to be so great, you know.

I should be off to bed since I have an exam at 8:45 AM tomorrow. 

                                                                                                   Thanks for reading

                                                                                                          -Jess Dryden