Finished Finals & Ready for Summer!

I'm so excited that I finished all of my finals today.  I had to take two each day for the past three days, but each day I got to leave right after finishing the second one .  Tomorrow is the last day of school, but unlike last year, it just doesn't feel like summer vacation is starting.  But I am still very excited for my vacation.  I already cleaned out all my binders, and I have a humongous stack of papers that I need to recycle, which is something I do at the end of every school year. 
I'm super excited for this summer because I will have time to blog more and catch up on my hobbies, like reading and painting, things that I had to put off because the last few months were so stressful.  I already ordered some books online and bought some fancy paints and paintbrushes months ago just waiting for this moment.  
For this summer, I don't think my family made any big plans for the summer, but we might go on a few small trips.  I'm advocating for Longwood Gardens; I love taking pictures of the scenery.  I also would like to go to the aquarium or Washington D.C., but those are just some ideas.
This summer is going to be really great and relaxing!  I can't believe I'll be a junior next year!

Graduation Party

My friend, Kaeli, had a super fancy graduation party for her sister today and she invited me to come. The coolest part was the moon bounce, so we spent a lot of time on that. We also played soccer, volleyball, Frisbee, and with a Beachball until it got dark. Then we had to use glosticks as our light source. At the end, we chilled out on the moon bounce and listened to some rap with her cousin. I had a lot of fun tonight!

Nitrogen Demos

For the whole chemistry period, we had liquid nitrogen demonstrations. I was so excited for this demo. If I remember correctly nitrogen boils at 77K and freezes at 63K. It's hard for me to imagine how cold it is, but it could probably damage our systems. The chemistry teachers froze stuff like flowers, bouncy balls, balloons, and rubber bands.  We even saw them put the liquid nitrogen under so much pressure that it turned into a solid!  As a joke they took someone's twenty dollar bill and froze it and gave back a one dollar bill because liquid nitrogen shrinks stuff. As a side demo, they lit frozen methane on fire (which I've only seen in videos). And finally, we made vanilla ice cream with the liquid nitrogen. The Chem teachers mixed together some ingredients and added liquid nitrogen to freeze it and add bubbles. It tasted "legit". The whole demonstration was so cool!