Hey, everybody!

Today kinda sorta really sucked- a new favorite thing to say- in so many ways, and I just need to rant.

So, what went "wrong" today?

1. I am hoping that this is just a legit case of the common cold. I don't know what I have, how contagious it is, who I got it from, who I've passed it to, etc. All I know is headaches all weekend + dizzy head + ready for naptime + sneezes/runny nose = what I have.
2. My mom expects me to text her once I'm done catching up on assignments and improving my grades after school. The problem? I accidentally butt-dialed someone yesterday, long enough for my phone (TracFone, or CrapPhone as I call it) to run out of minutes. The service days are still enough to suffice until January of 2018.
3. Some of my teachers need to know in advance that I'm coming in to improve grades. Either they told me if I can redo it and when and I'm not listening, or vice versa, but still... you don't expect me to get back from an entire winter retreat and be flung full-force into retakes, do you?
4. The never-ending pile of work to do just piles up. Retakes on tests/quizzes, correcting assignments or turning them in late, and new assignments... and I still am being asked to have a social life (whatever that is) and I still have goals to achieve.
5. Some of the classrooms don't have tissues. Enough said.
6. I need to know- for future reference- what to do about the phone dilemma and I just can't find anything online. Either nobody has the same kind of phone or everybody is unable to butt-dial and can totally balance their minutes perfectly... HELP!
7. I forgot to brush my hair this morning. I'm not normally focused on how I look, but I still look like a piece of crap.

I know that this is all because of The Lost Girl of Astor Street, but I wanted to thank everyone for 53 Unique Views this week! (Seriously, when I checked yesterday, there were only two.)
I wanted to thank everyone so so so much for this!
I promise that I'll get posting more soon, so stay with me... things might get interesting. :)
Again, thank you, everyone!
​-Kai517

In 'The Lost Girl of Astor Street' by Stephanie Morrill, we meet Piper Sail, a young woman growing up in Chicago during the early 1920's.

What happens, though, when her best friend, Lydia, goes missing?

Piper is determined to find out what happened to her friend, even if it means putting herself in danger and learning more things about the world than she would've appreciated.

With twists and turns abound, this book is enough to satisfy those who want a historical fiction, a mystery, or a coming-of-age tale.

This is a must-read!

CLUE: 'The Threat'

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Clue 1: Stephanie's Morrill's Blog
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Clue 23 & Clue 24: The Ink Loft
Clue 25: Roseanna M. White​​

I'm in AP European History, right?

And I adore Hamilton.

We're doing the French Revolution- matching quiz on the people today (I got a nineteen out of twenty-one! Yay!) and one of them was Lafayette.

Before a friend and I could look at each other and start lip-syncing Guns and Ships as we're used to doing for other songs and other moments, my teacher literally goes, "the answer is D, also known as LAFAYETTE!"

Mind you, he tried imitating the ensemble. Note the word 'tried.' Everyone thought it was funny though they didn't get the reference, but I thought it was freaking hilarious.

​Thought you guys would like to know this.