Maya’s Blog

For my 20% project I picked hand sewing. I found great interest in hand sewing because of my family. Mainly from my grandmothers, they would sew and crochet different clothes or blankets. I thought it seemed really fun to learn more about and be able to sew clothes or holes in things that need fixing. Hand sewing is a very skilled work most or some people are able to do, it may take a while to get the hang of hand sticking, getting the thread threw the needle, sewing up holes in clothes like shirts or pants. Maybe even when I get the hang of hand sewing, I could learn how to crochet by hand. Considering my family and my sisters girlfriend knows how to. It seems like a fun experience to have with friends or even just my family for fun. I hope soon enough after our twenty percent project ends I’m able to sew by hand frequently.

My spring break was a week long that I feel went by fast. Monday was the first day that I got to sleep in but my body still woke up early, I tried to lay in bed and sleep a little later than waking up to go to school. I didn’t travel anywhere for break, but being able to stay home and not to anything was okay for me. I would usually watch my t.v. shows or talk with with my friends on the phone.

I was able to do whatever I wanted at anytime of the day. I would go out with my friends, stay up as late as I wanted to, went to the beach, and even just stay at home and relax so I could catch a break. Spring break to me felt like It went by like one of the fasted weeks of my life from start to finish, as the it came down to the last day of spring break. I decided to spend it with my friend at the beach in Newport. Now that break is over and everyone’s back to the regular cycle of school, I have to get back into my routine. It is quite boring knowing that you can’t really hang out with friends very much during the week due to sports , homework and it’s hard to make plans with anyone. Now that spring break is over, I can’t wait for summer break to begin.

A magician has made me invisible for twenty-four hours. While being invisible I would go walking around many places such as, amusement parks like Knotts and Disneyland. I wouldn’t have to wait in lines for all of the rides or food. I could go on as many rides as I wanted. I would also go off through out the night and roam the streets on my own. Not having to worry about strangers or anyone. Not worry about being scared to be alone at night either. I’d also go to the nearest Seven Eleven store and get slushes and snacks and I would go sit at the park on the playground.

After I hung out at the park for a while, I decided to go back home. When I got home I was pretty tired so I decided to go straight to bed. It felt like I had fallen asleep as soon as my head hit my pillow. The next morning when I woke up it was around 11am, when I looked in the mirror I was back to my original self. I would say my experience of being invisible for twenty-four hours was interesting but also very enjoyable.

The day I took a trip with my mom to the San Diego Zoo. Since I had a long weekend, my mom decided for us to take a trip to the zoo. As I was in the car on our way to the zoo, I could hear the music playing on the car radio through my headphones. When we finally arrived at the zoo I could see the zookeepers feeding the elephants. I could hear the birds chirping and the lions roaring, I can hear the dirt pebbles underneath my shoes moving as I walked on the dirt paths around the zoo. It was a beautiful sunny day when we were there. There was definitely a lot of walking involved while being at the zoo. You would have to go up stairs, go up the mini hills to go see the bears. There were so many animals to see in every direction we walked to. Before leaving, we stopped at the suvenior shop to see if they had anything that we would like. I got a sweater and some stickers. When we were driving back I was glad we went but also tired because of all the walking.

Being alone on an island isn’t as fun as you think it would be. As I was on my plane for vacation the plane starts to shake and go through turbulence. I can feel myself lifting off my seat, I attempt to grab the arm rests of my seat. As I attempted to say anything my vision goes blank, I start to wake up, I can feel the sand on my back. I sit up and I look around my surroundings. Theres tall trees, rocks, and the sun is beaming through the trees, and the large ocean sat in front of my view. There were little creatures throughout the sand, I can hear the birds chirping in the trees. While the days were passing by, I got used to living on this abandoned island. My routine of my days spent there, I would wake up around mid afternoon and I start my hunt for any coconuts hanging from the trees or berries in the bushes. After, I would get supplies for that day before night time hits. My supplies included, branches, large leafs, and materials lying around that I could make any new shelter for survival. Luckily I still had some food from the plane, like water, crackers, peanuts, and some sweets that they would serve out to the passengers. I made my bed out of broken branches and large leafs as blankets. All I could do is watch the stars in the sky while listening to the ocean waves. Im very thankful for the supplies I could save up for the mean while until I was rescued.

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.” Dumbledore is trying to say to people that’s even when your going through a dark path or not feeling at your best, there will always be a light to guide you through the dark. Or even when ur just upset for the smallest things through out you’re day, you always must remember there’s a light that will shine so bright just to help out. There’s always a way out of a situation.

Somebody I look up to as my hero is my sister. My older sister Mikayla is always a person I can always look up to. She is very caring and always helps me when ever I’m stuck on homework. She is very helpful, even when its just helping pick out a outfit for school. I always look forward to hanging out with her every time she comes home from collage. We like to go thrifting or taking long drives a blasting music so loud to the point you can hear it from outside. She is always willing to help out on things she can do and she always try’s her best, she’s not afraid to tell people the truth or what she’s thinking about. Of course she’s not perfect but if we’re being honest nobody can fully be perfect, but in my eyes she almost is. We always steel from each other, it could be clothes,socks, hair products and money well at least most of the time we ask before hand. I’m always going to look up to her as my hero.

My word of intention for 2023 is energetic. There are many reasons of why I want to focus on being energetic some reasons are I feel sometimes I need more energy in the mornings or just in the daily basis. So I would be nice and awake on weekdays or even weekends so I’m not so low on energy in my body. Ways I could focus on being more energized is by going to bed earlier then usual in my night routine it’ll help me have a full 8 hours of rest and keep me energized during the school mornings and rest of the days.

I would love to be principal for the day. I would change these rules about my schools rules. For one I would make a change in the dress code rules because I don’t think it’s very fair that girls have rules about there tops being right at the pant line I think it should only at least be 4 fingers above the pant line or that the tank top straps have to be five fingers. I would also change the rule about having certain grades to get into classes so that all kids could have a change at doing something there actually interested in learning or the certain activities people do in classes. The last thing I would change is the amount of homework the kids get per class because sometimes people can get overwhelmed and can end up leaving them very stressful and anxious.

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One day as your walking along the fields while your on vacation to Australia with some of your family. While you were walking out on the fields that was right behind the house you and the family were staying at. The rest of your family was back at the house you had rented since you were all staying for just this one week. You see a figure in the tall weeds and mix of grass standing on its hein legs as it’s staring at you right in your eyes. You feel a sudden panic go from my face to the rest of my body. You try and act calm to show that you are no threat to the animals,