great america (+pics), promotion, and freshman year

yesterday i went on my 8th grade promotion trip to great america (a theme park in california). it was really fun, and i took sm pictures with my friends and stuff (some are linked :3)!!!! i bought a snoopy plushie, since i love him a lot, and i got my older sibling a woodstock one. i went on a bunch of rollercoasters and got to laugh at my friends, two of which are deathly afraid of them lol (ps: if you ever go there i HIGHLY recommend goldstriker and flight deck). i really hope i get to go again before it closes - which i heard is actually later this year - especially since in the two times i've gone, i haven't been able to ride the grizzly :( i highly doubt i will be able to though </3.

but now it's sunday, and it's basically the beginning of promotion week! i'm really excited, but also really scared tbh. on tuesday it's our dance, which i WILL be taking sm pictures of, and then even more on the wednesday of actual promotion!!! all year i've been constantly complaining about how far away promotion felt, but tbh i can't believe it's here already </3 like middle school is an entire section of my life and it's OVER??? like fym i only have FOUR more years of school left, that's unreal. i'm not one to say i love school, but jfc man thinking of how little i have left of it in the big picture is really sad tbh. not to mention that my freshman year technically starts this friday, too, until summer break starts at the end of june (our school is weird).

like it's crazy to think about that high school- the years that are probably the most romanticized- starts literally THIS FRIDAY for me!!! even if it's just one class. then what, i have four weeks of summer break then band camp - my first year MARCHING in band, and then it's full-blast from then on. and honestly, i'm excited-- i have a group of friends i'm comfortable with, even if some of my friends are moving to other local schools in my town, they'll be there (unfortunately, though, a number of these friends will be seniors come the new year. charlie kelmeckis who?)

anyways, this is becoming a little long. in short, this week is going to be EVENTFUL, and i'm so ready to start a new chapter of my life :)

 (lego snoopy in the "SNOOPY ROCKS" store :3)

 (2 of my best best BEST friends JJ + Leon)

 (me + the bf /ref (jk. i love snoopy tho))