What A Boring Christmas

What A Boring Christmas

Christmas break is finally here! Time for some gifts, fun time with family, parties with friends and lots of sleep. At least that’s what I was saying until the first day of Christmas break came around. Instead of all the partying and fun time with family, I was stuck in the gym lifting weights and going to basketball workouts with my uncle Brandon EVERYDAY!

The first week of my Christmas vacation went like this; I woke up at 7:00am every morning, walked out to the gym and workout with my uncle and then got back home around 3 o’ clock. Now I planned on sleeping in until like 12 o’ clock over the break, but I see that plans doesn’t always go your way. Sometimes I didn’t eat breakfast because I tried to get as much sleep as I possibly could before I would wake up to go work out. I thought that I would only have to do this for a week, but I found out that I had to do this work out every single day until I went back to school. Even on Christmas Eve. The morning workout wasn’t the worst part though. The afternoon workout in the weight room is what killed me. We would finish in the gym at around 11 and go get a bite to eat then head straight to Deerfield High weight room. When I tell you that I couldn’t feel my arms, I wasn’t telling a lie.  Since he went to college and played basketball on a collegiate level, he knew what workouts to put me through that would prepare me for when it’s my time to go off to college. When I got home and got out the shower and as soon as I touched my bed, I dozed off and fell asleep.

Christmas day was my first day of freedom. I finally got what I really wanted and that was lots of sleep. When I woke up, my dad gave me my gifts that he bought me and I took them in my room and fell off to sleep again. I was so exhausted from all that working out. Later on that day, some of my family came over my house and we ate a big dinner all together, cracked jokes on each other and watched the Heat destroy the Lakers. I really enjoyed all the time I spent with my family. After Christmas, I couldn’t wait for New Years to come so I could have another brake off from all that working. On New Year’s Eve, I went my friend house that lived two blocks down from me and we watched BET all night and watched that ball fall in New York City. I was supposed to be home by 12:30, but since I was having so much fun, I lost track of time and didn’t get home until 1 something in the morning. Good thing my dad wasn’t home because I would’ve ended up in so much trouble.

Even though I didn’t get to do what I planned, my Christmas break wasn’t so bad after all. I got to spend time with family and had fun hanging out with a friend and all that hard work is going to payoff in the long run. That’s the end of my crazy Christmas break story. 

Odysseus blog

Odysseus blog

When Odysseus was in Troy for 20 years after the war, i think he was thinking that he would never see his wife Penelope or his son ever again. He probably thought that his wife was going to find another husband and live a happy life and forget all about Odysseus. When he was on his way back to Ithaca to go back to his wife and home, he had to think about getting back to his home before his wife married someone else after hes been gone for 20 years. When he returned back to Ithaca, no one believed that he was alive. Even his son. When he talked to his son, his son didn't believe Odysseus when he was saying he was his father. You could tell that Odysseus didn't want anyone to know that he was still alive before he saw Penelope again because if he wanted them to know, he would have told everyone or made a big announcement when he arrived back. He had Athena disguise him as an old man so no one would recongnise him. Time went by when he arrived home and the day that everyone found out that Odysseus was still alive was the day that he killed all the suitors that was trying to take his place as king of Ithaca.

Reflection of the Odyssey

From the Odyssey, i learned that you have to stay truthful or loyal to everything that you love and care about. I learned this from the story of Odysseus returning back home from the trojan war. Penelope waited 20 years before she ever thought about finding another husband to take the place of Odysseus. Even though Odysseus slept with Calypso every night, he still didn't forget about his wife back at home. Now it sounds crazy that he would sleep with another woman when he's married, but when Calypso tried to keep him back on her island by saying that he would  rather have a young beautiful girl instead of a old woman and that he would never become old if he stayed on her island. Odysseus didn't care about anything that she said because he said he belonged at home with his wife Penelope and he went through many tough battles on his journey back home. This is one lesson that i learned from studying the Odyssey. Never give up on something you love.

THE END 

First trimester/ Odysseus blog

First trimester

I think we have met the expectations for the 1st trimester in my English class. He never gave us too much homework or there never been a day in class where we we're just sitting there doing work on our own. He always walked around and helped us with anything. When he wasn't helping us, he let us work in groups so everyone could help each other out and find the answers. Most importantly, he always fair and shows respect to everyone.