Journal one

April 29

Utah's reopening stores, restaurants, etc. Personally I don't approve of the decision, but I'm not exactly in a place to disagree. I guess it won't affect me too much since none of our family is leaving the house anyway. I don't think the decision will make too much of a difference though because from what I know everyone else is, for the most part, staying home.

I deleted all the parts I had written on my other story. I can't seem to get the writing quite right. Probably because I'm bad at writing. Aside from that, I've been working on a new song and also resuming course work on Khan Academy so I can take a Demonstrated Competency Assessment to get credit for Secondary Math 3 (sometimes called Integrated Math 3 or just Math 3 if you don't know what that is), because last summer I studied to skip Secondary Math 2. I failed that test, but I'd say it was mostly because I didn't know what to expect (i.e. I spent my time memorizing proofs for various theorems which didn't appear on the test) and also because I studied the wrong stuff. Khan Academy has a course titled "Integrated Math 2" which I did not do, because I saw "Algebra 2" and thought that was the right course. I also did their Trigonometry course, but not the high school geometry course which is where I failed on the test. Back to why I'm doing Secondary Math 3: 1) I want redemption, and 2) The trigonometry course covers trig from Math 3 so I don't have to study the Trig course as much. So that's how I'm spending my time at home.

My dog has allergies that cause his ears to itch. Sometimes I scratch his ears for him, and lately his ears have been getting worse. Now whenever I stand up or come into the same room as him he stands up and looks at me hopefully like I'm going to scratch his ears and he looks so sad every time and I know that's what dogs always look like when they want things but I scratch his ears anyway. Whenever I stand up to go do something else after I've scratched his ears he looks startled and I feel bad for not scratching his ears. But I have things to do as well. It's still really sad.

I've been trying to learn guitar seriously now, mostly because my parents are working home, which means I can't practice piano during the weekdays. So I've been learning guitar since I can take the guitar to my room, and it's as hard as ever. I don't understand how people ever learn guitar.

I have a project that my teachers have decided to give. Well actually, two teachers each gave me a project but they have been working together to make it so you can turn in one project for both classes. The requirements for me, because I'm combining my Biology and English projects, is that I have to present my research (the biology part of this assignment) in the form of an essay (the English part). I'm fine with essays; however, I hate citing sources because a lot of the sources I use aren't primary sources, so I have to follow this long trail of hyperlinks to get to the original source. I don't want to cite the face source (the one that has sources listed on it) because usually it's from YouTube and that's not a place you usually want to put in your sources.

So, for my project, I'm going to be researching and writing an informative essay on the effect of tumbleweed on the desert and grassland biomes of the US Midwest. If you're wondering, yes, this is inspired by CPG Grey's tumbleweed video. But after watching that video I do have a genuine interest in the topic. I mean, it's such a big problem that no one talks about. It's such a big problem in some ares but I've only seen a single tumbleweed in my life. I don't know how that makes it interesting to me, but it does in the end.

Anyway, I'm dying from allergies. See you in three or four days. Oh, and thanks for your answers in the last entry.