Hello there 
I’ve returned from my short vacation!
I took a lot of pictures. I added 16 to the lowcountry album, added a sailing album, and a tou for my pictures.
Here’s two of my favorites above. Aren’t they good? I took them with my phone.
The whole fundraising thing probably should be explained. As I mentioned a few blogs before, I got accepted into this academic conference. However, tuition is super expensive. REALLY expensive. SOooooooo, I’m going to do some fundraising. Only, I can’t think of any really good ideas. So, I am wondering if my wonderful readers could post some ideas? Thanks in advance. <3
…I’m an 8th grader! Unofficially! We went to registration yesterday, and it was so much fun! I saw all my 7th grade teachers, which I now miss. 
But I have some really great teachers this year. I got my yearbook photo taken, and got to walk around the building again. It gave me a headache being back. 
My friend Emily (who’s in some of the pictures in my new albums) came down for a visit. It was pretty fun. We went to Savannah and went on a sailing trip and to the beach and to the pool, it was like I was on vacation without being on vacation…but it was fun!
In other words, I made a friend. His name is Horatio.
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Yeah, okay, he’s a horseshoe crab that my mom killed. We named a dead crab! Me and Em were on the beach and we see this giant lump-thing in the sand, we freak out, it is a HUGE horseshoe crab. Like the size of a soccer ball. Or a frisbee. It was huge, in general. Our moms came over to try and save it. We put the poor thing on a boogie board and took it out deeper, trying to get it off (it was freaky!) but the tide kept pushing it in! It was so sad, we were shouting “C’mon Horatio, you can swim! You WILL live!”
He didn’t.
It wasn’t our fault though. I think. Maybe he was just old. He kept getting swept into shore, and a bunch of tourists came over and freaked out and started poking it. It was kind of funny seeing their reactions. In the end when we left, he wasn’t moving, so we assumed he had died. 
My mom was sad, but it was so funny. Then she was afraid that she was going to kill other animals on the beach. It was funny seeing HER reaction to all of this. She was really sqeemish (is that how you spell it? I don’t really feel like looking it up )
I’m taking online school. In 9th grade next year, it’s a required class to take gym and keyboarding. I can take ONLINE GYM! All I have to do is join a sports team and I can take the rest of the course online for next year and get credit. Thank god, I hate gym. I’m pretty athletic, but I seriously hate gym. With a passion. How cool is that?
Have you ever had a really clingy friend? Like, REALLY clingy? This girl I did science fair with won’t leave me alone. At all. She moved down the street from me, and she shows up at my house without asking. I mean, really? I don’t know how to tell her to go away. I try ignoring her, keeping quiet, even flat out telling her she’s annoying, and she won’t listen. I have no idea what to do. Any tips? She’s really sensitive. I remember during school, i didn’t show up one day because I was sick, and everyone said she burst into tears because she thought I was dead. ?
Anyways, I have a feeling 8th grade will be awesome. I’m super excited. I don’t have to do the whole new-kid thing again. It will be a great year. I hope.
<3