The Oregon Trail and a Poem

Well, I must admit I am disappointed. Today, our class - from Washington - drived to Oregon to go to the End of the Oregon Trail Museum. (First went to Fort Vancouver by the borderline.) We only stayed there a short while before we had to pile on the bus and get "on the road again". Except this time I could wait to get on the road. It took more than three hours to get back to school. One of the worst parts is that I actually woke up at 5:00! Q: What is wrong with me. A: A lot of things. I have "issues". Enough about my issues; let's get to the poem. Right now I am reading a book called My Name is Chloe, which was written by Melody Carlson. In her book, Chloe likes to write poems, songs, and music. Here is one of her poems:

FALLING

Tumbling, bumbling, stumbling down

Falling , sprawling on the ground

Elusive and intursive things

Fragile as butterfly wings

Daisy petals one by one

Scattered in the summer sun

Does he love me, love me not

Is he burning, is he hot

Can I, am I willing, able

Lay my card upon the table

Will it be the queen of hearts

The place where all the hurting starts.

Update and an End

After a few days, I finally uploaded all the pictures from Washington D.C. There are 233 of them. The slideshow on the right (titled "Washington D.C. Trip") show them. The pictures show many things like the United States Capitol, the Jefferson Memorial, and even Jamestown. There are many other pictured places and events as well. Enjoy! Still, it can't be a happy day all the way. Never ever has that happened. The bad part of today is that today is the last day of Spring Break. If we didn't get stuck in Chicago, we wouldn't have had one day less of vacation. Oh well. Just get over it, Kayla, I keep telling myself. Well, I have to go to who-knows-where. Asta la vista!

Washington D.C. Tour

I just got back from my class' tour. Including Washington - our home state - we went to a grand total of eight states in eight days. (We were supposed to be home in seven days, but the flight was delayed.) The states were: Washington (of course!), Illinois (we had a stopover in Chichago), Virginia (Yorktown and many other places), District of Columbia (which really isn't a state, but our capitol is located there), New Jersey (where we stayed while we visited New York), New York (Statue of Liberty, Broadway - Mary Poppins, Fifth Avenue, Central Park, etc.), Colorado (another plane stopover), and Pennsylvania (where we toured the Gettysburg battlefield). It sure was an adventure! Since our plane was delayed, we didn't catch the plane to Seattle. So we stayed in the Chicago O' Harre Airport! The floor wasn't very comfortable to sleep on, that's for sure! But it was still very exciting to me.

Science Fair

I am so sorry for not posting lately. Life's just been really hectic. Just three days ago I did my oral report. That was a big relief. The Saturday before that - March 15 - was the County Science Fair. This was my first time to be involved in the fair, and it turned out to be really fun. That day I won first place and three trophys: Best of Catagory, first place in Electricity ($50), and Best of Show (a specially made sweatshirt). It was very surprising. Catch you later!