Boda Bodas, Books, and Bananas

I know what you're thinking. 'Oh, this post is just about her going to the store.' Hahahaha- no. This is more of... uh... amusing... stories... You know what, just read on. So, on Wednesdays, a bunch of missionary ladies in Arua have a Bible Study. Every Wednesday. And, about an hour before the ladies' study, the kids have their own Bible Study. A few months ago, it was decided that all the kids 11+ should have a separate study at a different house. We've been going through a series of videos by Rob Bell, and discussing them, answering questions, etc. Well, today's video, called 'Store', was about anger. This led to some rather interesting stories. See, one of hte questions was, have you ever gotten so angry that you said or did something you never thought you would ever do before then, or gotten so angry you broke something? Oh, yesss! Funny (and occasionally painful) stories for everyone! So, basically, one of the boys apparently put a hole in

Aaaaahhhh!! One day left. One day left until NaNoWriMo. I'm panicking. ................................................................................................................................................................... Okay, so, maybe not that  much, but I'm still terrified. I have 30 days to write a 50k first draft. See, this is what I have Grace~Z~Artist for. Advice. And my mother and another friend. Cheering on. By the way, Grace's blog is  here.  (It opens in a new tab.) Check it out! Other than that, not much has happened. Well, other than people bickering over who buys various pieces of our furniture when we move out. Oh, yeah, we're moving out in July. Yay! Note the sarcasm. -Sam

The one and only Grace~z~Artist (otherwise known as Grace or Cookie)p (That, that was Grace just now with the p), is right next to me, pushing buttons.\ (See what I mean4?) 0 I have discovered that she is very strange, evil\, and= abs0olutly  hilarious.l This may or may not be a very strange, amusin-g post. R She has some very amusing recordings on her phone, I have discovered,7 some featuring me either 'singing' 'opera', or telling a story with her, one word at ]a time. The stories being about  (lol) \ zgombie purppies, and pacifiers turnes doughnuts and cupcakes.b Lord, help +us all+++.4 And we have discovered that pushing '+' on the side thing brings up a list of companies or something. (Push away, gACE, PUSH AWAY.) +pLEASE NOTE THAT THE REST OF THIS POST W/IL*L BE IN CAPS AS gRACE PUSHED THE CAPHJSLOCK. jOANNA, WHOEVER IS READING THIS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.MJMJMJMJMJMJM (GRACE HURD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD) -sAM

Okay, so, my friend and I had a photoshoot, because we're weird like that, and she put two of the pictures up on Facebook, tagging my dad. What she didn't know is that that would mean tagging my mother as well. So, now my mother has seen the fruits of a long hot day outside in the African sun. Oh, well. Do you have any idea how much time and how many e-mails it takes to send over 200 pictures to your friend? I'm uploading more as I type. ........... Someone's running a weed whacker, and it's driving me crazy. Help. Is it weird that I have a wedding board on Pinterest even though I'm only 12? Eh, whatever. It will stay there no matter what people think. And an official thanks to my friend Joanna for giving a bunch of notebooks (I had like, three before. Never a good thing what with all my ideas for novels). I actually have one of them next to me right now. Who knew a pink hardcover composition book would be so wonderful? Okay, honestly, I feel like I'

Sup, readers. Are there any readers? Well, I know I have one, my friend Jo. As of right now, I have a cold, my ankle hurts, it's a rainy day, and I'm hungry. And my dad's cooking steak, which makes me even hungrier. But, on the upside, it's a Saturday (which means no school), we're having STEAK for dinner, and I'm over halfway through Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Aaaand, now I get to wait for my friend to post a link to a thread that we plan to chat on so we won't have 500 comments on one post of her blog. *sigh* We talk too much about random things  She's super hard to convince to join the older NaNoWriMo. I gave up after about three days. Scholastic, here we come! -Sam

I must be insane. I'm now participating in NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month, and  I just created my first blog. Now I get to prep my brain and my story outline for NaNoWriMo, figure out Blogger, and  live my normal life, complete with school, Bible study every Wednesday, church, two insane dogs, a cat in heat, and dealing with moving back to the US after eight and a half years in Africa. Oh! Sorry! I'm Sam, more commonly known as The Short One. Twelve years old, MK (missionsry kid), bookworm, and not-yet-published author. This, is my blog. Boda Bodas, Books, and Bananas. For those who don't know, a boda boda is basically a motorcycle taxi here in Uganda. They tend to drive in flocks here in Arua, and they don't like slowing down or stopping for turns, pedestrians, or other vehicle traffic. They're all over the place, and drive me crazy. But enough about bodas! I'm sure whoever takes the time to read this has better things to do. -Sam