I'm sorry I haven't been a very diligent blogger lately...I have exams this week and a piano competition coming up...I've been pretty busy with that.

Last night a friend spent the night...she was going to sit through my science class as she might be taking the same class as me next year...well I wasn't able to login so we couldn't get to class (I take it online)...I'm still not able to get in which is REALLY frustrating as

a) I missed class today

b) I have exams this week that I need to login to take

c) My friend wasn't able to see what the class is like

I hope I'm able to get in soon!

When we were supposed to be in class (I gave up on trying to login) we went shopping...I felt a little guilty but I really did try everything to get in.

The weather was so nice today...I think it got up to 65...I am ready for spring! It was soo nice not to have to bundle up!

Hope you all are having a wonderful Monday!

-carlotta

Summer.

Sigh.

I cannot wait for it.

Going on trips, swimming, no school, being able to sleep in practically everyday...

It sounds like heaven right now, in the midst of exam week in January.

I love early summer mornings, when it is still cooled down from the night.

The birds chirping in the trees, a gentle wind, the smell of coffee brewing, a beautiful sunrise...

Everything seems so simple in the summer. There are no tests to worry about, no deadlines to make...

Is there anyone else dreaming of summer? I'm tired of winter. ;)

-carlotta

Honestly, the first place I heard about the earthquake in Haiti was through the blog world. I think it had happened about 1 or 2 days before I heard about it...

I feel like I'm in a bubble. We don't have TV (not because we're forced to - my parents made that decision before I was born), I don't get out too terribly much...We do get the local newspaper, but for some reason Haiti never really made the headlines until this morning. So much for reporting on world news...

Sometimes it's really easy to live in a bubble. You stay pretty sheltered from most things...it's easy to live in your own little world.

Of course I knew about Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the attack on the World Trade Center...

To some people (myself included), it's horrible to finally find out what's going on, but it doesn't really change our little world. These tragedies are happening far away, nothing is affecting us. We have warm, cozy homes, plenty of food, a wardrobe full of clothes (verses the clothes on our backs like most people in Haiti have right now)...

It is truly awful what these poor people are going through.

So many of them no longer have warm, cozy homes. They don't have plenty of food. They don't have a wardrobe full of clothes.

So many are dying.

So many children no longer have parents.

So many parents no long have children.

We are so blessed.

Praying for all those in this terrible earthquake.

-carlotta

I am cramming for exams I have to take next week...I probably should have started studying earlier...I have NO clue how I'm going remember all this information!

I'll be glad when next week is over...

-carlotta