My Junior Year and what I'll be Doing Next Year

This year has been a complex array of emotion, physical exertion, and intellectual challenge. They always tell you that your junior year of high school is the hardest, the one that really counts; well, I can't do anything but agree with them. I started off the year taking 4 AP classes, 3 of which I knew I could handle and one I was worried about, biology. Although I was in the class with a group of close friends I ended up wussing out right at the end of the first six weeks, regrettably switching into sociology. It has been nice to have that easy class but it has also frustrated me how little it helps me. Anyway the year coasted along, and I found myself with a girlfriend. This was my first real girlfriend. Before I continue let me first admit that I feel like a total wuss writing about this kind of stuff right now, but hey, its the last blog of the year so go big or go home.  The first 3 months were great, I was enjoying life and school was going pretty well. 2012 wrapped itself up with an awesome Christmas holiday, cementing itself as one of the most entertaining years of my life to date. 2013 however, is proving to be a different story. School started out fine as usual, but unexpectedly my history grade plummeted and my should-be-easy Spanish V class is turning out to be a little difficult. The primary decline though, was with my relationship. Somewhat sadly, though necessary, it ended at the beginning of March. Since I've been getting along fine, but things haven't been the same. People treat me differently now and I don't like it at all. What sucks even more is that since she now hates me it forced the awkward dilemma upon some people to choose whether they would stay good friends with her or me. Unfortunately I lost in that category. So the last 6 weeks have been strange, no doubt, but I've managed. And I can't complain, and don't want to, because I after all am the one who brought all this stuff on me. At this point I've probably forced you into boredom and you've stopped reading, so I will continue on to the next phase of the prompt in an incredibly blunt way, since I can't think of a good transition at the moment. (Don't judge my writing ability on this blog post) Ahead of me I have 8 months of hell, then some time to relax before college. In the next 8 months, leading up to December, I will be taking the APUSH EOC, 3 SAT subject tests, 3 AP tests, finals, getting as good of grades as possible, the ACT, the SAT, writing my college essays, applying to what looks like could be 11 colleges, getting the best possible grades in my ridiculously hard senior year schedule, my 200 hour minimum mentoring project (internship at a law firm), a two week medical/dental mission trip to Honduras, a trip to Wyoming, a trip to Killarney, 2-a-day summer soccer practice, soccer every day after school, everything else which soccer season thrusts upon me, International Book Project volunteering, being President of Book Club, restoring Young Republicans to the status of relevance at Henry Clay, my real job at Suggin's, finding some way to make the Library Advisory Committee helpful, convincing Beta Club officers to gift Book Club the IBP events, drives, etc which we have been pursuing but don't have the power to attract people to, figuring how in the heck I am going to find a way to stand out to colleges (instruments, service projects, other cool stuff; I'm open to suggestions), and on top of all of that I have to find a way to get enough sleep, enjoy my family, maintain a healthy social life, and above all else, find a way to be happy in the midst of all the turmoil. Frankly I don't know how I'm going to do it all, but I sure hope I can. A better life here I come.