France

I can't believe it's been a year since I went to France!

It was such a fun two weeks..oh what I'd do to be back!

xx

Junior Year

I still can't believe that this time last year, I was preparing for my Junior Year of high school! It was such a fun year, although definitely filled with hard work. I know this is a little tardy, but better late than never, right?

Thankfully, my Junior year was also filled with...

numerous weekend getaways

lots of fun out with friends

a lovely trip to France

a life-changing trip to India

one brand new college graduate

My Junior Year was super memorable, but definitely not one I would not like to relive academically!

I'm so excited to start Senior year on Monday!

xoxo,

Royar

{The Young Southern Prep}

Summer, Part I

Where in the world have I been? After a whirlwind Junior Year, I sped off to the lake for five wonderful weeks of lifeguarding, lake-swimming, and camp counseling! After Mumsy picked me up from the Lake, we took off for a trip around The South: Columbia, Atlanta, Athens, and Tuscaloosa!

I can't wait to get back into writing and catch y'all up on my life! Happy Monday!

xoxo,

Royar

{The Young Southern Prep}

It's Two Bare Feet On The Dashboard...

It's Summertime!

As of 11 a.m. I am free as a bird, done with Pre-Calculus forever, and officially a SENIOR in high school! 

Tomorrow I leave for my favorite place in the world: camp!

I will be working with our Older Girls and at the pool! I am so excited to be back at camp for my first year on staff!

I will be posting sporadically for the next six weeks or so, but I will try and keep up with reading y'alls blogs! I do love reading and commenting on them!

Have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo,

Royar

{The Young Southern Prep}

The Light At The End of the Tunnel

I can almost see it.

I have three exams standing between me and summer. I can taste summer.

Last week on the other hand? Although I had summer and freedom in the palm of my hand, I couldn't see the leaves from the trees.

I had two tests, two final exams, one project presentation that counted as a final exam, a makeup exam, and a chapel presentation about my mission.

Somehow I stumbled through, but the sad thing was, I didn't keep the big picture in my head.  I didn't stay focused and remember that I was going to be okay.  I have been through many harder things than what happened this week, and I only ended up disappointing myself at the end of the week.

Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind.  The race is long and in the end, it’s only with yourself. ~ Baz Luhrman

How do you stay focused?

xoxo,

Royar

{The Young Southern Prep}

So Close, Yet So Far

Happy Thursday!

So the past few weeks have been quite busy to say the least, as evidenced by my lack of blogging. I've also been stuck in a bit of a rut and have been suffering from serious lack of inspiration.

I'm still struggling to adjust to life back in America, and it's safe to say my sleep schedule will be messed up for some time. Eleven and a half hours time difference does not do the body good. I now hate driving and really wish that I could simply walk everywhere. I'm also regretting my decision not to bring back the three ladies who made me my two shirts and dress while I was there. And not bringing back a cow. 

I'm honestly just so ready to be done with school for the year and finally not be stressed about college or grades or tests. But things are looking up, as my last French test EVER was yesterday, thank goodness. 

However, the stress of next week is not too far from the back of my mind.

Next week, I have my Credo presentation, which I'll post more about later, but it's basically an informal thesis about my beliefs that I have to present to my class. I also have my last history test and math test, one AP Exam, and Latin exam next week!

I leave for camp two weeks from Sunday, which is terrifying seeing how much I have to do between now and then.

Have a wonderful day, dear friends!

xoxo,

Royar

{The Young Southern Prep}

Just Be

Clearly someone has been trying to get my attention for a while, because it just smacked me in the face.

Thursday's devotion from The Daily Word

Two such simple words.

Y'all, I'm not going to lie. I'm exhausted. Like stick-a-fork-in-me-i'm-done exhausted. I would tell you what I've been doing the past two weeks, but quite honestly I can't remember.

I've been running from here to there and back and to see teachers and running errands and moving things around my room and telling myself that's being productive and cleaning my room at 2:30 in the morning and having dance parties to Starships by Nicki at 4:30 in the afternoon and walking around my school twice before I remember what I'm doing, all while humming a Big & Rich song from 2007. To say I'm a bit scatterbrained at the moment is a bit of an understatement.

The past two weeks have just been building and building with stress, anticipation, hope, fear, anxiety, and one too many Diet Cokes and Venti Iced Coffees.  

Wednesday, I just lost it. Over what you might ask? Trying to decide what science I'm going to take my senior year.  One thing I'm telling my college counselor how I'm hoping my schedule will pan out and the next I'm sobbing about how I haven't slept, eaten, or really stopped for the past two weeks. Thankfully she's one of the teachers that I'm closest too, but I'm still pretty sure I gave her a good shock.

Yesterday, I was refreshed. I could see the finish line. I was sprinting at the end of the race.

Today, I'll turn in my U.S. History Paper, a long tradition at my school and one of the two major projects of my Junior Year.  I actually really did enjoy writing it, and I learned a lot about Ronald Reagan in the process. But I'm not going to lie, I really don't want to see or type the words 'conservative', 'republican', or 'Reagan' for a very long, long time. Two tests later, I'll be free as a bird.

Monday, I'll board a plane for Chicago, then Delhi, then Kolkata, then Bhubaneswar, and will be a temporary ex-pat once again for two weeks.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't do this every spring, nor did I plan out my junior year this way.

But I do know one thing, stressed out or not.

It's my life and it's sure fun.


xoxo,

Royar
{The Young Southern Prep}