Boy I need to do this more often....

Wow so here's a habit I really need to start doing: Updating my blog more often. It's almost been a whole month (it would have been a month tomorrow) that I haven't updated. That's kinda pathetic. But trust me my Hairlson Habit faithful, I will try my hardest to keep you on point with what's in my head or any other work I do for journalism. Which reminds me. Last Thursday we went to Mizzou (University of Missouri-Columbia if you didn't know) for Journalism Day. We sent in some stuff to try and win some awards and guess what? I won one! Actually I won two. One for a photo that I shot and the other for our school's podcast. I was pretty excited because that was the first award I've gotten for any of my work. Or at least cool award. I think My picture gets to be hung up on the wall in Manfull's room on the "Wall of Fame." That was kinda my goal was to have one of my things up there. I'm not sure if it will be but I'll have to check. And if you want to know what the picture looked like then follow this link : http://fhntoday.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=22670703&event=708414&CategoryID=47862. That should send you straight to the photo. Man I have a lot to do this week. Monday, today, I have to work. Tuesday, I have to work again, Wednesday I have to work YET AGAIN. Thursday I have to go to a track meet and depending on how I do at that track meet I have to go back for finals on Friday. And then Saturday is my last prom ever. Kinda sad when I think about it. I've been to three and they've all been great. I just hope this one top them all off because it's my senior prom. If you really wanted to know because I know you're just dying by now, I'm going with my girlfriend of two months (and some change). Her name is Fiona. Fiona Brooks. It's kind of weird because we've always been kind of close from summer track, then again in high school, and we were always really flirty with each other but we never really showed any real interest in a relationship type deal. Maybe it was because I didn't think she was "mature" enough yet. Maybe it was because she was really flirty. Or maybe it was because I was scared of what her mom would say. But in the end it kind of worked out fine because her mom knows I'm a pretty good kid and she's alright with me dating her. Now her dad on the other hand......well let's just say the first time I actually met him and introduced myself to him, I was not prepared. I was at a track meet (Friday Night Relays to be exact) and I didn't look the best. I had just gotten done warming up and it was kind of chilly that day so I had the sniffles and basically looked like what my mom would call "a hot mess." And she pointed me out to him. But needless to say I met him and his exact words after meeting me (directed towards my mom) were "He's alright." Nothing else. Just those two words shaped my future with Fiona and my being able to date her and her dad accepting me as her boyfriend. But at that time that's all I needed because prom is coming up and I'm going to need some type of acceptance to take her away for the "night of all nights." Why, just a couple of weeks ago Fiona told me that her dad said that I could come over to her house. I still couldn't come inside, but I can stay on the porch. Now you may not think that that's a big deal but to me that's a hell of an improvement from where I was at prior to the porch. At first learning about me he originally said I couldn't even come over. Then he said that I could come over but had to stay in the front lawn. And now the porch?!? I must be getting somewhere if I'm on the porch! Well in a couple of weeks I'll be standing in the front door. But that probably won't come until summer. But that's all for now. Hopefully I'll remember to update this more and I'm going to try my hardest to update it after prom in some reasonable manner of time. Stay tuned for the next episode.

Will Fiona's father let Andrew ever so closely to the inside of the house? Find out next time on HAIRLSON'S HABITS!!!!!!!!!!