On Thursday, I had to go take a math placement test, and I had to get up at 6 so I could get there in time. Right as my mom and I were about to leave, we got a call saying that we didn't have school.Right then, I looked outside and realized that our backyard had now turned into a pond. So we leave for the test and when we are coming back, rain has now been coming down hard for a long time now, and as we are driving, we see some of the Des Plaines River. If you did not see the river while it was flooded, it was crazy. The water seemed to be about ten feet above normal and I swear, I could have touched the water by just leaning over the bridge. We also got to a point where we were able to see Silver Creek, which is a part of the Des Plaines River, and when I looked at it, there was a lot of mist on the top of the water, and it looked really creepy. Finally, when we got close to home, we passed a cemetery, and at first, it didn't seem like there were many headstones. Then, I realized that about half of the headstones were fully underwater, which was crazy. When we got home, we looked at our basement (our basement floods a lot), and to our surprise, we had one and a half feet of standing water down there. We also later realized that the water had reached our furnace and hot-water heater, so for about a week, we are not going to have any heat or hot water, which will be an interesting experience.
So I am guessing that most of you have heard the news, but if you have not yet, 2 bombs were set off today at the end of the Boston Marathon near the finish line. As of right now, at least three people are dead and at least 130 people have been injured in some way. Many people who are not in critical condition have had arms or legs that were blown off by the explosions. This event has been the latest in a long string of violent attacks in the U.S. There was the shooting at the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, and then there was the mass shooting at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Next, there was the mass shooting at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and the final major violent event before this was a mass stabbing at a community college in Houston where a student went around and stabbed fourteen different students, and the event seemed like a random event. All of these events led up today. At the end of the Boston Marathon, about 2:00 P.M. Chicago time, two small bombs were set off near the finish line about 150 yards away from each other, and the first explosion happened about fifteen seconds before the second explosion. President Obama has already given a speech, talking about today's events. Even though all of these events have been horrific,
So as I was going through, reading other people's blogs, I came across one of Conor's blogs that said that Louisville was going to win the national championship. As you might have been able to tell, I like Michigan, and Michigan is in the national championship game, so naturally, I am rooting for Michigan, even though most people think that Louisville is going to win. So far, Michigan has been playing a very good game, and they are beating Louisville at halftime, 38-37. Spike Albrecht, a freshman who has not played much this year, has had a spectacular game so far, scoring 17 points in the first half and making all four of his three-point shots, including one that was way behind the three-point line. That's all for now. GO BLUE!
So for the second half of spring break, I went to San Francisco to visit my uncle. I got to San Francisco on Thursday, and I left on Sunday. I had to take two flights on Thursday. My first flight was to Los Angeles, and then I had to take a connecting flight to San Francisco. When I got there, my uncle took me to Golden Gate Park, and after going around the park, we went to a science museum in the park, and it was really interesting. After that, we went to some of the other public parks in San Francisco, which were really amazing. The next day, we went down to the Bay Harbor and visited some of the piers, including pier 39, where we saw a lot of sea lions. We also went to the Coit Tower, where we had a great view of the whole city. Then, we went bowling, which was only about a block and a half away from his apartment. After that, we went to a San Francisco Giants spring training game, and AT&T Park (where the Giants play) is only about 2 blocks away from my uncle's apartment, so it was easy to get to both places.The next day, we went to a place called Sutro Hills. San Francisco is on the west coast of a peninsula that stretches off the mainland of California, and Sutro Hills is on the east side of the peninsula. Sutro Hills is right along the Pacific Ocean, and there were ruins of "housing" where people suffering from leukemia and tuberculosis would go to try to heal themselves. It didn't work, but some of the foundations are still there, and we were able to walk on and across them, which was really fun. There was also a gigantic piece of rock jutting out of the water that we were able to walk in. There were sort of little caves in the rock, which we were able to explore. We were also able to go to the top of the rock and look over the cliff and see for many miles. After that, we went to some other places that I can't remember, and to finish off the night, we went to Oakland and saw a Golden State Warriors game. We didn't do much on Sunday except for going to the airport and on my flight home, we stopped in San Diego, and while in the plane, I could see the gigantic naval base there, and there were a lot of huge battleships, aircraft carriers, and other various vessels. Overall, the trip was great.
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AuthorHi. This is Ned. I am in 8th grade and these are my blogs. I will be updating them every week. Enjoy. Archives
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