First Day of School!

Well my first da of school was GREAT!! I was sooo happy when I saw all my friends there and it reminded me of the old days.

The night before school started, I couldn't sleep more than an hour. I woke up so many times I forgot how many. I woke up at four o'clock and thought it was already 6:45 and started to get dressed, but then I looked at the clock and realized that it was only 4 o'clock. When I finally woke up for good, I was so excited, that I got ready in a half an hour! That just does not happen too often. Then we went to go pick up Alex at her house and then we headed off to school.

Alex almost hipervenelated on the way there. It was actually quite funny. Anyway, when we got to school, Alex was freaking out, and after getting about two feet onto the campus, My best friend Gabby tackeled me out of no where! and then all my other friends tackled me too. Alex went to go find some of her friends after I introduced her to my friends.

Then first period bell rang and I had no idea where I was going. I walked all the way around one of the buildings to find that A1 was only a few doors down from where I started, and the bell rang as soon as I got in the door. Anyway, this teacher's name is Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is my english teacher and he is also the soccer coach and the football coach, so he is loud and strict but he is really fun. I like the way he teaches.

Since I have english for two periods, my third period was science and I have Ms. Van Claveran (Ms. V.K. for short). Her class I also got lost on. When I left Mr. Smith's class, I went on the outside of the building to get to the class and she only wants you coming in through the court yard so I had to go all the way around to an open door and then I went in and I sit in front of a really annoying "popular" girl who doesn't have a clue about anything. She's like Ethan Craft from "Lizzie McGuire". I had too be partners with her today and she was like, "Whats a gragh?" I'm dead serious.

Next I had Ms. Castro. She is so cool. Everyone I had said she was really mean but I like her. She had a hard tme getting my name down though. One time she was calling on me and in a very confident way she said, "Jenna!" and I said, "Jessi!" and she pretended to choke herself and moved on. Anyway, she says that Abraham Lincon is her boyfriend not because of his looks, because he doesn't have any, but because of the things he did. Her other boyfriends are the guys in U2 and I almost raised my fist and started cheering! She is my favorite teacher out of all of them. Then after her class I went to lunch and that was good.

After lunch, I went to my math class and that is the teacher that says the gross things and he pulled a few things, but they weren't too bad. After math, I went to PE where I looked for Alex but I couldn't find her, but oh well. Anyway PE was the most boring thing because they did the speech on dressing out and you had to sit in the bleachers and listen.

Then I had my last class and that was Metal. I like doing that kind of stuff but that day he was just informing us on things and it was kind of boring, but oh well. When the bell rang for class I was happy that I survived 8th grade.

Well that was my first day of school. I hope you enjoyed reading it! Well see ya lata!

Jessi

School

School is coming in like two days and I am sooooo excited! I got my scedule the other day and I wasn't very happy with one of my teachers. He makes me so mad! He makes very gross comment in the middle of class and he talks on his cell phone in class too! He has no control over his class and I don't like him at all! Anyway, other than that I love the teachers that I got. I got this one teacher who is strict, but I think I can handle him. Well, I've gotten my sports for this year all figured out. In the fall, Alex and I are planning to go out for cross country, which I think will be fun....I guess? Anyway, After that I am going to continue with Color Guard, and that will go on for the rest of the year. You might be thinking, "The rest of the year?" Yea, the rest of the year. It starts in December and goes to June. If you have ever been to a marching band/color guard competition, you would know that they take it very seriously. And that takes up the rest of the year for me. Anyway, I am so excited to start school in ONE DAY!!!!! I am getting butterflies in my tummy just thinkin' about it! Well, I guess I'll tell you how school went on Monday! See ya!!!

Jessi

Cell Phone!!!! =D

I have super great news about a cell phone!!! Well.....I GOT ONE!!! Well, kind of? Me and my Mom are kind of sharing one (and mom i know that it is yours). Anyway, It all happened a few nights ago. My Mom pulled me aside when we were at my dad's softball game, and she was telling everyone to be quiet and I could tell it was something big, so I was kind of excited, but I didn't know what to expect. Then she pulled out this really cute cell phone and I practically screamed! I was so excited and when she set the guide lines I could barely hear her speak. But Ms. Jacqui was the one who started all this. Their whole family was getting new phones and it only cost $7.00 a month, and my mom and Ms. Jacqui are always talking on the phne and wracking up the phone bill. So they got this phone for my mom and she was willing to let me use it whenever I am with her. So I am sending out a BIG thank you to Ms. Jacqui!

It may not be the whole package, but I am one step closer to getting a phone! Hey, its better than nothing.

Jessi

Relationships

(Sigh) relationships can be so confusing. I mean anyone who has ever been in a relationship, wheather you are young or old, will know that there are ups and downs to a relationship. There are relationships everywhere I look in my house. Now if you didnn't know Cameron has been living in my house and he is engaged to Chantolle(I think I spelled that right) and they have there ups and downs (but they are mostly up) and its very cute to see them together. And well my parents are married and you know...I never see them yell at each other (and that makes me happy). Well my brother doesn't have a girl(at least I hope so) but he has girls ALL OVER HIM ( and sometimes that's anoying)! As for me, well I don't have anybody special like that?

Anyway, its not just my family its almost everyone I know! And everyone from my school is asking me, " Who do you like Jessi?" and I tell them, " Not really anybody?" and they say, " Everyone likes someone." So I tell them, "Orlando Bloom." and then they give up and go torment someone else about who they like.

I had someone call me crying the other day about there boyfriend! and then they ended up hanging out with him for four hours. So you know how it is, one min. you can't wait to see them another you get so sad you start crying (by the way that was for girls). Now I don't know what you guys do but that's a big one for girls.

All you Mom's out there with younger girls, BE READY! because it will hit you fast! And for you Dads, don't freak out! It will pass. Try and be suportive, girls like it when you do that.

Now you girls out there, make sure you get to know the guy before you start a relationship with him, it will help in how the relationship turns out. And guys please treat the girl with respect.

Now young people when you tell your mom or dad about someone, the puestion will most likely be, "Is he/she a christian?" and if they aren't invite them to church or somewhere where they can meet your family and fellowship with other christians. And parents if the boy/girl isn't a christian don't freak out they most likely won't marry them.

Girls if you don't want to tell your dad because you think they will freak out, they just don't want to loose there baby girl and dads you won't you will always be the number one guy in there life. And young people, always tell your parents it will get a load off your back.

Now you may be wondering why I decided to write this. I just don't want any relationships that you or your kids may have to end up bad. And just some tips on how to keep you and your parents happy. Now you also may be wondering how I know all this stuff and its from these past few years of trial and error. But right now I have set myself strait and am going to use those tips on myself. Parents you do good! and mine have taught me very well.

Thank you for reading this and I love you guys!

Jessi

A Great Day

"It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away"
-U2

That song has been stuck in my head all day. I am having such a great day and its not even like on things made it so great. I feel....refreshed sort of. Nothing has brought me down at all and i was never frusterated with anyone, I got a good nights rest, and I talked to friends that I haven't seen for a while. I woke up to the sweet sound of Cammy Baldwins voice, and it was all so great from there. I feel sooooo great and I don't even know why :) ! Anyway I hope you have a great day!

Jessi :)

Updates On Me

On Tuesday, Pastor Lugo's nephew, Jason, got baptised in the Cheyene House pool!! It was so cool! But it was even cooler because that was the first baptism in the Cheyene House! I loved whatching it, too.

Anyway, on monday I got a new hair cut and it totally looks like a girl mullet!! I LOVE IT! and Debra did it and if you need a good hair stylist then go to Debra Williams. (and she can go off of very little and make it look so good!)

I can't wait to get back to school and see all my friends! And if you didn't know, Rich's daughter Alex and Dale's son Aaron, are coming to my school this up coming year and I am also very excited about that. I know some people don't like school but I kind of like it. I don't know what I am going to to do when I graduate from High School. Anyway School gets back in on August 28, and I can't wait to start off the new school year with a great new doo!

Well I'll see ya lata! Bye!

Jessi

I'm Back!!!

Hey I'm back from DCLA and I am soooo happy! DCLA was so fun (and so was Disneyland!!) I learned a lot from it and now if I witness to one of my friends I at least know some stuff that can help me through. Anyway, when we first got there (after 9 hours in the van) we went to the church in LA. It was nice but it was real big. After that, we went to the Hilton where the confrence was being held. After we got in, we soon realized that practicly 85% of the population was made up of korean people! And by the way there was 5,000 people there. Then we went to the room where all the shopping was done and went shopping. After that we went to the Big Room. This is where all the concerts and sermons were done. And guess what......I was about 15 feet away from David Crowder Band!!! It was so cool! But anyway we got back to the church at about 11 P.M. and went to sleep. The next morning, we went back to the Hiltonand in the other section is where the Labs were held and the Lab is like the place where you learn about how to witness to people and guess what in my Lab group, I was the only white person. It stunk, because one of them didn't speak english and another had to translate and the others just wouldn't talk unless they were forced, so I had to answer almost all of the questions that our leader asked us. But after that me and Jason played on the escalater until the high schoolers got out.

That night we went to the Super Chick concert and it was awesome!! And the night after the next we went to the Hawk Nelson concert!! (That's my favorite band by the way)

On Friday we went to one more Lab at like 8 A.M. and then it was all over and so the rest of the day we went to like this one glow in the dark minigolf place and then we went to this super good Italian resturant with a few of Melony's friends. When we got back to the church that night we were going to play sardines, which in case you don't know is where one person hides in any room in this building that is like the Jeffery's building times 2 and when someone finds you, you have to squeeze in next to them like sardines and you can't move or make any noise, oh and did I mention ITS PITCH BLACK! It was so freaky!! the first one wasn't too bad but the second one pastor Lugo kept popping up out of no where and scaring us! And the third round we weren't allowed to be with anyone but Alex could because she was scared out of her mind. But I couldn't handle being by myself in this huge building so I followed Alex and Melony for about 15 min. and then I went to find Stephany and Kara. In the last round we were trying to find Pastor Lugo and we couldn't so we went outside on the roof and Kara went inside and yelled to him that the game was over and when he came outside we through rocks at him (don't worry, they were little).

The next morning Melony woke us up and said, " You guys! You gotta wake up! We're going to Disneyland!" and we totally didn't beleive her because they had been telling us, " When we pass Tower of Terror, you just have to imagine you're there" all week and so when she told us we didn't believe her and so she kept saying that she wasn't lying while kara was saying, " STOP! Stop lying!" and Stephany said, " Liars burn in Hell Melony so stop lying!" and Alex said, "If you are lying I am gonna be really mad and I said still laying in bed half asleep, "If this is a trick to try and get me up, it ain't happenin'!" It took her like ten minutes to finally convince us that we were going to Disneyland. Then we went into the guys room to tell Jason and he didn't believe us until we told him we were dead serious.

So then there was Disneyland. The first thing we did was ride space mountain twice, then Indiana Jones, then we went to California Adventure and rode soarin' over California, then rode California Screamin' twice, then Tower of Terror twice, then ate lunch at like noon, then we went on Grizzly Bear Rapids, then we went on Sceamin' two more times and then we went to Disneyland and then went to the Haunted Mansion, the Splash Mountian, and the last ride we went on was Thunder Mountain Railroads. Then we ate a turkey leg, went shopping and left at like 11:30. It was soo much fun

Well this morning wasn't anything special. We just got up packed up our stuff and left. This time we left and got back to Vacaville at like 3 PM . Then we went to the Cheyane house and spent the rest of the day there and then we came home.

I had a lot of fun on the trip!! Hope to see you soon! God Bless.

Jessi

Breaking the Ice...

Ok, so today wasn't bad at all. We had our first church service today (well fellowship thing). Anyway, it was really fun and I hope to do it again next Sunday. After that, I went back to the church for the first time in a while with a few other families who went to the fellowship (church). when I walked into the fellowship hall, the first thing I saw was Ms. Sandie with open arms. And if you had seen me, I ran to her. And then I saw Pastor Lawler and he is like one of my other dads. I was so happy that they were the first people I saw.

I was some what afraid of the reaction I would get from the members of First Baptist. "Will they think of me as a trader?" "Will they not want to talk to me because we left?" But I was completly wrong. They came up to me with open arms just like they would do when I still went there. And I felt all warm and fuzzy inside :) and I remembered that just because we left doesn't mean anything and that they love us for who we are and that nothing would change that.

Now I didn't even know that Pastor Gainey and Mrs. Cheral were there until I bumped into Mrs. Cheral and I didn't know it was her until she turned around, and she said, " Hi Jessi! How you doin'?" and pulled me close and hugged me. Now at first I was a little unsure about hugging her, but then I remembered that she is still the same Ms. Cheral as she was when we left and I gave her a big hug and she said," Thank you Jessi, I needed that." Now I didn't know why but I think the Gaineys had a long day, because Pastor said that too. Then I walked over to my mom and Pastor was standing there talking. Now I know he was missing me because he left the conversation as soon as he saw me and gave a hesitant and yet soothing hug. It was kind of like he was asking permission to hug and I gave him the okay. I talked to him for a little while and then I walked away when silence started to come into play. I was happy and releived that I finally broke the ice with First Baptist.

A good friend of mine once told me, "Its better to break the ice rather then just keep letting it build up."
Love,

Jessi

Wonder Woman to the Rescue!

I went to Ms. Jacqui's link to the superhero quiz thing. and I am Wonder Woman! In a way I think of myself of a superhero..........FOR JESUS!!!!! I will fight for him and bring justice to this cold, cool, world! Oh sorry....I got a little ahead of myself. Any way I hope to hear from you soon! Bye!

Jessi

Think About It

Well the other day, I was sitting in my bed just thinking. I was in there for a while just thinking. Now if you know me well enough, you know that I don't do that very often. Wait not the not thinking part but you get what I am saying. I was thinking about heaven, things that have been going on, and things that you just don't have an explanation to. Now I don't know how many of you whatch Criss Angel, but this guy does some crazy stuff. He has stood up against a brick wall and had someone drive a car into him! And he lived with no damage! Now if you ask me, that's just a little creepy, but its also kind of cool. And that is something that really makes me think. But as I sat in my bed, I asked myself some difficult questins that can't be explained. For instance, "Is there anything after space?" "Is heaven farther or bigger than space?" "How did God begin or did he begin or has he really been in heaven for FOREVER?" and "Where was God before the heavens were made?" Now I know there are some answers to these questions if you researched really hard and there are some questions that have no answers but I thought about them anyway. And there is another thing that I thought about, "Will all my questions be answered when I get to heaven?" After I thought about htis one for a while, I came to a conclusion. I remember reading or hearing something that said that there will be no confusion in heaven. I felt somewhat proud that I answered at least one of my questions. But after a long time of thinking about these questions, my eyes started to droop and I fell asleep.

If you have any questions that can't or are unsure of then I would like to here them. Thanks for reading.
Jessi

Recovery...

Well, it has been a few days and I think I am "Recovering" from the McDaniels leaving. It has been a very hard few days of keep being reminded of them. Little things like "Swimming" or "Waynes World", but I can't think about it too hard the tears come rollin' in. But it doesn't help that my mom has pictures from the going away party EVERYWHERE! It STINKS bad. My mom is the one who is making the all of the pics for everyone also so you feel my pain now? They are good memories so it isn't too bad. But I'm ok.
Well, I have been calling around and listening to all the ways people have been recovering, and beleive me some have it worst than others. I mean I thought my case was bad; my mom (unfoutunately) has to make pics for everyone and leave to lay around until she gives them out. Others get very protective of their pictures, and there is the ever so popular,"I'll just cry my eyes out until there is no tears left to cry". And my personal favorite: you won't cry you just can't but inside you are torn up from no sleep and trying not to look so sad but eventually you just break down. Now if I didn't list your type, I just haven't seen you do it yet.
Anyway, there is always a way to recover from something emotionally. Now maybe not full recovery but enough to get you through the day with out doing whatever you do.
I am looking forward to a full recovery with great memories in my head. How will you recover?