Acts of Good #61, 62, and 63

1. Yesterday, I jogged for an hour and twenty minutes (with a few breaks in between). I really don't like running or jogging, but I figured that I would do it just to get some extra exercise. :)
2. I did extra (and probably unnecessary) Mandarin studying for a dictation quiz, which will definitely help me in the long run. :)
3. I organized my bathroom with my Mom today, which REALLY helped. I'm extremely glad that I did it, and it'll make everything easier to find. (I have a lot of drawers and cupboards that were SO cluttered!)

Acts of Good #53, 54, and 55

I just came back from Boston! I'll probably post some pictures later on, most likely on my other blog for traveling, http://corastravels.blogspot.com.

Yesterday, I went to the Science Museum and it was BRILLIANT! I LOVE science museums. xD
My first act of good for this weekend was that when I was in the museum's bathroom, there was a little girl (probably about 2 or 3 years old) and her mom, and the girl was impatiently dancing around and whining. I wanted to let them go ahead of me, but I wanted to teach the girl patience. Then, I realized that she would almost definitely not remember that moment in time, and she wouldn't realize its significance in the future, so I went ahead.

My second act of good was over the whole course of the weekend, and it's on more of a green note: Whenever possible, I searched for recycling bins to discard my recyclables and I made an extra effort to turn off lights, use hand dryers instead of paper towels for drying my hands... etc. Our city's airport doesn't have recycling bins, which makes me really upset. I'm going to see if I can change that somehow... I'll bring it up at our next MAD club meeting.

I performed my third act of good today, when I was in the airport back home in the second flight, and during the whole flight, I did extra math homework. :) I ended up actually completing two days worth of homework and I just finished the second assignment within a minute of touching down, because my mom had challenged me to see if I could get it done, and I did! Yay! Over the whole course of this weekend, I've completed all of my math homework for the rest of the week, so my next assignment will be due Monday- and I think I deserve some sort of prize for doing that, so I thought: "What's better than an act of good?"

So, I'm back home, and I hope to update you soon on all of the other amazing things I did this long weekend. Talk to you later!
-Cora

Act of Good #51

Though I probably would have done these things anyway without this act of good program, but I want to award myself for helping out others and myself today. I did a few extra chores around the house, and I did extra math homework, which benefits myself. :)

I'm going to Boston this weekend, so I might not be able to post very much from tomorrow until next Monday. Tomorrow, we don't have school because our teachers are finishing our grades and comments- it's the end of Winter Term already!- and on Monday, we don't have school, either, because it's President's Day! So my family is taking advantage of the weekend and going to Boston to visit my brother at college. I'm really excited! :D

-Cora

Acts of Good #48, 49, and 50

Happy belated Valentine's Day, everyone! Yesterday, a guy in our grade gave every girl a flower. Isn't that really nice? Anyway- by the end of the day, someone's had shriveled up, and they threw it away, so I took it over to the compost bin.

I also made an effort to help as many people who were younger than me as possible with their homework during study hall, which made me feel really good. I guess that's one of the benefits of doing acts of good!

Today, I made a sandwich for my mom and went shopping with her. I don't usually go shopping, since I really dislike the activity, though we were looking for toys for my younger cousins, so it was a technique to persuade me to do something I didn't want to do.

That was my 50th act of good! Yay! I think I'm going to do something nice for the 100th that I do.

Anyway, now I have to go do homework. Talk to you later!

-Cora

Studying: An Update, and Acts of Good #18 and #19

Just letting you know: I've been really busy recently with studying for tests and quizzes and I had a migraine and fever yesterday, so I might not post for a while.

I also sent miss-you wishes to an Oxford friend and helped a teacher at my school by taking down extra chairs. Small, yet worthy acts. :)
-Cora