Goodbye 2015

This has certainly been an interesting year, full of some surprising events as well as fun experiences. Honestly, it doesn't really feel like the year is ending because for me, how I see years is the school year. A new year starts when a new school year starts. So my new year will be more like when a start Sophomore year (I'm going to be a Sophomore? That's not scary at all....) 
Anyway, as of the fact that I didn't set any goals at the end of 2014, at least not any memorable goals, I can't make a blog post about how accomplished I am because I met my goals. Huh. That makes me think I should set some goals for 2016. Ah, that's so weird. I can't believe it's 2016 already! I can still clearly remember it being 2011. Before we all thought the world was going to end. 
Anyway... What should I do for my goals this year? Let's see. 
Goal Number 1. I want to finish my novel this year- at least the first draft- and start editing it. 
Goal Number 2. I want to be able to keep up my good grades and stay focused on my school work and education 
Goal Number 3. Umm... Work on getting better at writing 
Goal Number 4. UPDATE MY BLOGS MORE. I feel like I'm always starting every blog post off with "Sorry for not posting in so long." Yes, I'm busy, but I really need to actually start setting aside time for my blogs. I mean, I completely ditched one blog I started in 2013, which I feel rather guilty about but whatever. 
Gal Number 5.  Try new things while cooking and baking. 
Anyway, there's five goals for the new year. Maybe I'll try to make some more later. Who knows. 

2015 has certainly been an event filled year. I mean, here's a SHORT list of things I've done this year. 
1. 8th Grade Play 
2. SPRING BREAK IN ST. KITTS (That was amazing) 
3. Started getting interested in Soap and Candle making when I made soap and candles for mother's day
4. Got the academic award (which was awesome because I've wanted that for as long as I can remember)  
5. . I graduated elementary school 
6. went tubing in North Carolina (always love that) 
7. took a family trip to the beach
8. STARTED HIGH SCHOOL
9. ...
Wow, either this year was way too short or I was really lazy. Probably a mixture of both. 
Oh! Here's a new resolution
Goal no. 5. Read more. 
Let's see, I read over one hundred books this year. I want to try and read more next year :) You can never read too many books. (Seriously, if you want a good book to read, check out my review website- anjibooks.weebly.com) 

This is the year my mom died, which, still, has yet to hit me. Which is weird. When I envisioned my mom dying I definitely thought I'd be a lot more sad about it. But I guess I still really haven't fully realized it yet. My theory behind this is that since I didn't hang out with my mom a lot, I haven't especially noticed she's gone. 

St. Kitts was an especially fun vacation- I forget whether or not I ever made post on it, but that was probably my most favorite vacation of all time. It was a spectacular amount of fun and I tried things that were way out of my comfort zone that include zip lining (I have a horrid fear of heights) and scuba diving (I wouldn't mind doing that again.) 

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read my blog this year and I'll see you in 2016 <3