So today I finished school for the year and now have two months of holidays to look forward to!! I have quite a fair bit planned. Not necessarily events but stuff I would to do. However, because I did two weeks of Year 12 transition in my last two weeks of school, I do have some holiday homework that needs to be completed before I go back next year. But despite that, here are a few things I am planning to do over the summer break!
I don't know to what extent my parents would let me go in decorating but it has been almost three months since I moved into this house and I haven't done anything to my room to make it mine. One reason was because Dad had just gotten it repainted before we moved but I still feel like I need to do something to personalise it.
Over the past year I have thought more about what I would like to do in my life and what I would like to achieve, and me being a big dreamer, I thought it would be nice to create something to put in writing and list/make a note of all my dreams and goals I have for the future ("starting from next year" future). I feel as if that putting these dreams in writing would make them official goals and not just something that I think about once and then give up on or forget about. When I eventually move out of this house in a few years time, I could then put all those dreams into a folder or scrapbook and then I could look back on them in years to come and see what I have achieved so far to ones I am still working on. These goals/dreams range from the smallest, like passing Year 12/getting a good ATAR, to the big, like singing/writing songs with many great artists.
I got this idea off my friend
Jordan to start a little online store to earn some more money and to give me a chance to be a little more creative as well. I was thinking of selling handmade flower crowns or decorative items. Whether or not this plan goes through is up to how much time I have and if I have enough money to start off and for postage stuff. If it doesn't happen this summer, I will try to make it happen when I finish Year 12 next year.
- MY HOMEROOM TEACHER'S WEDDING!
At my school, we have the same homeroom and homeroom teacher in both Year 11 and 12 and in January, mine is getting married. She has invited our class to the ceremony which is making me really excited both for her and for me. It's been four years since I have been to a wedding and I cannot wait to go to this one. I absolutely love the atmosphere at weddings and I think the whole idea and the actual event is really lovely and happy.
Two days after the wedding, Jordan (who I mentioned before) and I will be going to Paramore's Melbourne concert! I am so excited for this, not only because we will be seeing Paramore and we have fourth row seats, but also for the fact that I get to see Jordan again and I haven't seen her for almost a whole year!
On the Saturday and Sunday after the concert, my friend Mikayla and I will be attending a two day acting workshop run by NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art). NIDA is probably the biggest and most renowned Performing Arts collage in Australia which makes this such an amazing opportunity. I am also heaps excited for this because it'll be the very first time I actually meet Mikayla in person after talking to her for over a year on the internet! It will be great to go and will also be very helpful as we are both (well I think Mikayla is) doing Units 3 &4 VCE Drama in Year 12 and it will help us develop and improve the skills we need for Drama.
So there are just a few things I have planned for my holidays! Hopefully the break will be fine and the weather is really good so I can also go to the beach a couple of times and spend a lot of time outside.
If you are in Australia or elsewhere in the southern hemisphere, I hope you have a wonderful summer holiday, and if you are in the northern hemisphere, I hope the few weeks you do get off between terms are wonderful as well. I will probably say this again but I also hope that all of you have a happy, safe and wonderful Christmas.
Peace & Love
Rachel xoxo
