My life during summer vacation

Okay, so I realize that I haven't updated in quite a while, so I figured that I might as well let everyone know what has been going on lately. I finished my junior year of high school on June 5 and have been happily living homework free since.

I ordered quite a few books at the beginning of the summer, and so far, I am almost finished with them already. First off, I love Ted Dekker's books. He is a great writer, and he really keeps your attention. With that said, the books I ordered were Kiss, BoneMan's Daughters, Lunatic (Lost book #5) and Elyon (Lost book #6) all by Ted Dekker. I also ordered The Shack because I had heard that was a good book. I have already read Kiss, Lunatic, Elyon and I just finished BoneMan's Daughters an hour ago. They were all really good books. If you haven't read Ted Dekker, you really should.

Those were the fun books that I ordered. Now on to the required stuff. For those who aren't aware, my English teacher decided that this year would be a good year to start some required reading over the summer. I just love how it coincides with my last summer of high school. Haha, actually, I am looking forward to this reading, though that feeling probably won't last very long. The books that I am required to read are: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Lord of the Flies by William Golding and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitzen. Yeah, some pretty good books... I haven't started yet. I am kind of putting it off until after I finish my fun books. Besides, my sister had started to read Heart of Darkness and she said it was terribly boring. Fun, fun.

Reading hasn't been the only thing taking up my time this summer. I have had VBS from 9-11 so far this week, and I have been working Thursdays and Saturdays. However, a big part of my summer... and I am almost (almost) ashamed to say has been my Xbox 360. Along with books, I bought Halo and Halo 2 to go along with Halo 3 and Halo Wars. Needless to say, I like Halo. That was pretty much the only reason why I bought the 360, and let me tell you, I have not regretted it at all. I have already beaten Halo and Halo 2... again. And I am working on beating Halo 3... again, though this time on the Normal difficulty (which is still pretty stinkin' hard!) Okay, I'll leave it at this because I know that none of you are interested.

One last thing that I have done everyday this summer is running. I have been eating a lot of junk food this year, and I am determined to work it off and return to my former self. Also, I need to get in shape for my last year of soccer in high school! That is exciting and sad at the same time. It would be great if we made it to the tournament this year.

Anyway, that is pretty much my life so far. I will try to stay updated, but who knows... I might be busy... playing Halo... or something cool like that.