So far this year in a geography class, we have already covered Canada, Mexico and Central America, South America, and the unit we are currently on is Europe.  But we are specifically focusing on Germany in the European unit.  The four most important cities in Germany are: Berlin, Frankfurt, and Hamburg and Munich.  Berlin is important because it is the capital.  Frankfurt is important because it is the money making/ banking city.  Hamburg is important because it invented the hamburger, and because it is a port city.  And Munich is the manufacturing city which also hosts Oktoberfest.  

Christmas Break

Finally!  Christmas Break!  We had to go to school today which flabbergasted me.  Everyone was so hyper at school, you wouldn't believe it.  It was like we were all a bunch of hyper chipmunks who had way too much coffee.  I got a couple of candy canes throughout the day, so that might have offset having to go to school.  We didn't have any homework, thankfully, because if we did then the school system would be officially pathetic.  (:  Anyways, it's Christmas Break, so I get to sleep in, ski, eat a lot of dessert, celebrate Christmas, celebrate New Year's, and try not to get s sugar induced coma.

After School Basketball

I am on extra basketball team for my school.  We play and practice after school and my team is doing really good.  We are the only undefeated team, which is awesome!  We have had two close games, one today and the other one a couple of weeks ago.  We won by a single layup which I made at the end of the first close game, then the game today was way too close for my liking.  We had a ten point lead on them to start out, by then they started making a comeback and tied it up with about 10 minutes left.  They actually even took the lead.  But then we had a couple of steals for fast breaks that we took the lead back on.  We ended up beating them by about 10 but they worried me for a while there.

Dad's Birthday

Happy Birthday Dad!  Can't wait to see you when you come home from work today!  Mom finished the amazing chocolate cake so we have to finish the whole thing tonight.  (:  Hopefully.  I am so glad you are my Dad instead some lame old guy who is boring and rude.  Life would suck if you weren't in it so I'm super thankful that you are.  I mean, you haven't invented the cure for cancer or anything, but your the best Dad ever, and one of the best human beings on the planet ever, so that is all that counts!  And who knows, maybe you will invent a cure for cancer?  (: Happy Birthday!

Home Tournament.

So we finally have our Farmington Basketball Tournament this year!  Every one is super excited on my team.  The varsity coach might be watching some of our games so no pressure.  (:  Also, my youth Pastor at my church might be coming too so he can pray that I can dunk.  (:  We play the winner of Cottage Grove (I have no clue if they are good or not) and Eastview (I think they a really good) for our first game.  All I know is, basketball is fun and if I like playing basketball, then I will probably do good at it.  Forget all the pressure or anything like that, just go out there and kick butt.

WHY IS IT SNOWING ALREADY!?!  It is still November!  And it is already below freezing.  I like cold weather about as much as I like losing - not at all.  I am okay with snow, but only the snow that you can make a snowball out of.  If it is too powdery, it is of no use to anyone.  Because when you throw it at your sisters face, it won't be as funny because it breaks apart in midair.  (:  My prefered temperature, would be 90's to 100's all year long.  That would be perfect.

Midsummer Night's Dream

So today was the day that my English class got to go see the play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.  It was much better than I expected.  The actors were really good, and it was really funny, too.  Also, I got to sit next to my friend, Dain, who would make funny comments about the actors randomly throughout the play.  It was really fun, which is something I thought I would never say about a play.  Also, we got to skip most of the school day, so that was also an added bonus.  (:

Results

So our basketball record for my team is 0 and 3.  Not a good way to start, but we did much, much better than I though we would.  We played some teams way better than us, and managed to hold our own.  That never would have happened in previous years.  Also, my coach is pretty awesome.  Our last game, the other team had a 20 point lead on us and we cut it down to 3 in about 8 minutes.  I did pretty good, but I could have done a lot better.  I averaged about 10 points, with a decimal in there somewhere.  I also had a double - double one game so that was pretty cool.  So we did pretty good, but over the next couple of games, I have a feeling we are going to be winning much more than I am used too.  (:

Game Day

Today is our first game of the year!  I am so pumped and the other teams are going to be there along with some kids from school.  It's gonna be awesome.  All day I have been thinking about the game, and I have so much restless energy, I could probably dunk.  Just kidding.  I can't dunk, yet.  Everyone on my team has been talking about it all day and we are all ready.  We play a pretty solid team tonight so it should be tough.  Most importantly, I can't wait to ball some basketball.

School Basketball

Besides my main basketball league I am in, I am also in a league for my school.  It's pretty cool.  It's for our middle school.  That ryhmed.  (:  Anyways, we had a meeting today after school and it was pretty pointless, but the one new thing I learned is that they don't randomly assign teams.  At the first practice, they will decide who the best players are, who the okay players are, and who the players who have a lot to learn are.  Then they will put three good, four okay, and three bad players on each team.  There are six teams, each with a different color - green, light blue, dark blue, black, red, and maroon.  I really don't want to be on maroon team yet because who wants to where a maroon shirt?  I hope I am on dark blue or black team.