Senior Skip Day

So I was cautious getting into the idea of Senior Skip Day at first. Not really because I have moral issue with the idea of every senior skipping on one particular day, but more because I have now racked up enough absences to achieve suspension. In the words of Ferris Bueller, "If I go for 9, I'll probably have to cough up a lung."

So going into this day, I knew that I had to make it worth it. Because it is one of the last days I'll have out of school. And throughout this year, I can really pinpoint 3 days that have been overly worth the class they missed.

1) Field Day.
Field Day was worth skipping because as a team building effort, our school organized a day to run around and be sweaty. So Andrea and I decided to take this as a personal day since we were technically not missing any class. So we started off the morning by going to the Austin Children's Museum and learning about the lightrail that the city is putting in. And just generally bothering the children on field trips. But we went and dressed up and made a music video in the Austin City Limits sound stage they have. It was fun. Then we went to my house to grab a movie, thinking that nobody was there. My mom ended up scaring the shit out of us as we were unlocking the door. After explaining about Field Day, we left and went out to eat. We went to Olive Garden, which as a high schooler, felt fancy. I ordered lasagna and chocolate cake. Very worthy of missing school.

2) Puppet Movie Day.
This day was much more fun than it should have been. Basically I showed up at Andrea's house one morning to pick her up to go to school. She had been thinking that she didnt really want to go to school. So when I got there and curled up in her bed saying, "Ughhh, I dont want to go to school today!" we decided not to. Instead, we sat around in her living room decidin what to do. We finally put our creative energy into making a movie. A very bad movie with a horrible plot. With puppets. Aside from the epic failure of this movie, we had so much fun. I dont think I have laughed that hard since then. But we only finished, like, half of the movie. So once we finish it we will give a link to it. But until then, you are spared.

3) Senior Skip Day.
So I originally thought that we were going to use this day to finish our movie. But instead, we did cooler things. We went to school in the morning before school started to sort some stuff out. But we promptly left. We had to stop by the Municipal Court to figure out some stuff about this speeding ticket I got a while back. But after the court, we went to go see Watchmen. Then we went to Barnes & Nobles, where I bought the graphic novel and Andrea bought something more mature. Then we met up with some friends at Sandy's (mmm, icecream) and went swimming at a friends house. This day was completely worth the school we missed because it felt like summer. And because I finally got to see Watchmen. But mostly because it was the first swim of the year, setting the mood of spring. Ahhh.

*Note: Do not follow our influence. Most times when people skip, it is not worth it. I'm just clarifying the point that IF you are going to skip, make it worth it.*