Taking My Tan to Southbeach

Spring Break 2011 is next week and Alyssa Smith and myself will be in Southbeach, unlike LeBron we will be back in 10 days. The weather is going to be in the 90's with alot of sun and that's just what we both need, some vitamin D. Going to the pool everyday, riding bikes around town, beach days, and virgin pina colda's, that's what will consist of my vaction, and I simply can't wait.

But it seems like every year some pretty blonde college student goes missing during spring break, never to be found again. That is the scary part about spring break, it always seems no one is careful. So if you are going anywhere for spring break here are some tips on staying safe.

1. Use the buddy system! If you go out to the beach, mall or even a party make sure your always with one or two other people, never split up.

2. Always have your cell phone on you, because accidents happen all the time and to be in a place your no familiar with could be very dangerous in a bad situation.

3. Don't go off with people you just met, no matter how dreamy their eyes are.

4. Keep your ID on you at all times when going out for emergencies.

5. Wear sunscreen! Unless you want to look like a lobster and pick up some skin cancer on your spring break, wear atleast a 15 proof sunscreen.

These tips don't apply to you if your just going to vaction with your family and your parents will be with you at all times. They also don't apply to you if your staying in Avon Lake for spring break, if that's the case for you then, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA have fun.


PEACE SON!

This Isn't Full House and I'm Not The Olsen Twins

Once Upon a Time there was three Aerni's going to Avon Lake High Schools and the halls were an awkward place. Every single year I've been in the high school I've had one sibling in school with me. Sometimes it's a drag and sometimes it's a good thing. But having an older brother or a younger sister in the same high school is not the end of the world.


My freshmen year was horrible with an older brother who was a year ahead of me. He was in the same lunch as me and sat TWO tables away from me. Him and al his football friends would call me " Anthony"s Brother". I felt like a totally loser around him, But the only good thing having him there was, having him there haha when I needed someone to help me with anything from 7:45 am to 2:52 pm I had him.


My junior year my brother was a senior and my sister was a freshmen, driving to school everyday and getting there on time was impossible. If you want an awkward story, one word, Homecoming. All three of us had dates, and all three of us were dancing, and all three of us ran into each other at least four times dancing. But I also had a lot of fun being a part of my older brothers senior year and a part of my sisters first year in high school.


So I might not ever know what it's like to be alone in high school, but I do know that us Aerni's now how to make school a family party.

Thank God it's Friday Night and I.... Have to Work?

Having a job in high school has a lot of positive things, like getting paid on a friday night with parties poppin' and booties shaking all around? no but getting paid and having your own finances, it also teaches you time management and you start to learn responsibility. But along with the positives come the negatives.


When you have a job in high school you have to use your time wisely. If you get too many hours at work and have no time to do homework, your grades will slip and the money you make won't mean much. Another negative is working the weekends, when you could be out with your friends but instead you have to at work until close. You miss football games, parties, sleep overs and a lot of school events. Your friday nights will be a lot different.


The best job I had in high school was working at The Little Gym. The hours were good because the gym closed at 8 so I could still do things on the weekend. Also, I worked birthday parties for kids 1 to 11 years old so everything was always happy and cheerful. The people I worked with were also very fun to be around there was a Geppeto's under the gym so my lunches were always delishious.


In the end, having a job in high school is worth it, you just need to sacrifice some friday nights for the minimum wage you will be paid.

Idk My BFF Jill...

Friendships in high school are hard, a lot of the friends you make will come and go but you always have one or two that stick around with you all four years, and beyond that. You could even meet your best friend half way through your senior year, because in high school it is all about finding out who you are and your friends are evidence to who you want to be, and who you want to be surrounded by.


In my four years my friends have changed every year because every year I was also changing in the person I am today. But I have two great best friends, one that has been there for me since sophomore year, and one that has been there for me for a couple months. I think everyone should have a small group of friends they can trust and can be themselves around because a lot of the girls in our school tend to hang out with girls they don't even like just because they don't like being alone on a friday night. So they fake there feelings towards each other, talking behind each others back, then take a bunch of lame Facebook pictures to show the world that they indeed have a "life" even if it's a boring one. But that's high school for you but in the end it is so much better to have a few close friends that you love then a million friends that you hate.

But enough about the seriousness in friendships, because if you know me I tend to be very unserious. Friends should be people you can be weird with, and laugh with. They should be people you can dance to "Don't You Want Me Baby?" on Chat Roulette at 1 am in the morning, or people you can pee in bushes together, or someone that you can sit on the couch with for hours watching crazy people get arrested on cops, or get your car stuck in a ditch going to Olive Garden and find hot guys with trucks to help you out, they should be someone that makes the most boring things, interesting. Because memories like the ones I have will last so much longer then a profile pictures on Facebook.

You're Ruining My Life!

The most common words that come out of a teenagers mouth towards their parents are the four dramaic words "You're ruining my life!". Dealing with parents is very hard when your a teenager in high school but believe it or not you can have a good relationship with them. 

Everything parents do for you is for your benefit because no matter how much you disagree with them they want to best for you and if that means ruining your life for 24 hours they will do it. I have a really good relationship with my mom, it is no where to be perfect, but I have never told her that I hated her or said that she was ruining my life because we usually don't have reasons to say those words. I tell my mom the truth and she does the same to me, I tell her my problems and she tells me hers, I help her with whatever she needs and she does the same for me. Overall we have a good relationship, we have alot of fun together. But we do fight just like anyother daughter/mother, the thing is we make up.

A lot of teenagers think that they're parents are out to get them, and don't understand why they are getting punish but most of the time the kid deserves it. If you were out past your curfew, you deserve to be punish. Your parents aren't fighting with you for fun, they have a reason to be angry if you broke a rule. Just think about that the next time you think your parents are being unfair, and try to have a good relationship with them, tell the truth, take some responsibility and make time for them. And before you say those four words think about it, are they ruining your life, or are you ruining your own?

Puppy Love?

Dating in high school is a big debate for some people, mostly parents, who think their kids should wait till they're 26 to start dating. When teenagers start to date too young, like freshmen, they use the words "I love you" within weeks of dating and never see the person but they just claim they are "dating". Another thing teenagers do when they start dating is they will cut off the rest of the world and just talk, think, and see their boyfriend or girlfriend, they start to lose friends, grades start to slip and they lose theirselves in this feeling called lust. I'm not saying all of this because I waited to start dating, because I didn't, My first boyfriend was in 6th grade haha. But this is all from experience, I think junior or senior year are good years to start more serious relationships if the person is mature enough to handle them.

Teenagers shouldn't cage themselves from the opposite sex till graduation because that would be do more harm then good. Teenagers should go out and flirt and hang out with guys and girls. But they should find someone they have fun with, who believes in their dreams, who listens to their problems and gives them advice because they care, who makes them smile, someone who wants them to live their own life, who they can be themselves with and makes them a better person. 


They should find a best friend who they just so happens to be dating. But I'm saying this from experience, because those are all the things my boyfriend does for me, and I think everyone should experience all of those details in their relationships, puppy love or the real deal.

So Where Are You Going to College?

"So where are you going to colllege?" Right when I turned to senior status last summer that was all I heard from everyone I talked to, friends, neighbors, parents friends, and family, they all wanted to know and I started to notice the more I heard the question, the most I questioned myself. Those seven words made me think "Where do you see yourself being one year from now?" and back then I had zero clue where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do, But I didn't have forever to figure it out.

When you hit senior year make sure you know how to answer that question, not for other peoples knowledge but for yourself. You need to figure out where you want to go as soon as possible, go on some college visits and look around at in state schools and out of state. When you figure that out then start to apply to the colleges you could picture yourself being at, get some good recommendation letter from your teachers and spend a good amount of time writing your college essays. The sooner you do all of that the sooner you will know where you will be going to school the on coming fall. Make sure you do not wait till days before the cut off day to do these things because you will regret it. College is a big deal, and you have to work to get into college. If you can make it to graduation you can make it to college.