Hiya! Emeraude here, wishing you a wonderful Wednesday. Do people even use the word stupendous? The next time I'm talking with somebody I'm going to use it as much as possible, just to see their reaction. Before we get into a discussion about teenagers and stress, I should answer Alyssa's question from last week. Her question was "What is your slushie order?" her's is interesting, mine is very simple! I like a medium blue-raspberry slushie on a hot summer day.  Everyone is stressed about something, that's just life. But do you know the actual definition of stress? I didn't, I wasn't even really sure what the difference between stress and anxiety was. That's why today I decided to write about dealing with stress.  I wanted to start by making sure I had a clear understanding on what was stress in my life and what was anxiety, because I think a common mistake I make when discussing these issues (which are equally important in my mind) ...

Hello it's Alyssa, I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday! Before I start on today's topic I wanted to answer Emeraude's question from the last post. The question was, "What is your favorite way to stay in touch with friends and family?". My favorite way is definitely writing letters and video calling.   Happy world bicycle day! In honor of today I wanted to write about all the nights Emeraude and I spent biking around with our friends.  In the spring, summer and fall (basically whenever there was no snow) we would meet up with all our friends downtown and get slushies. During the hotter months we would get ice cream but that's besides the point.  Once everyone got their slushies we would bike down to the community dock and we would hang out there for a while, maybe go to the beach later. I don't think we ever went swimming at the beach because it gets kind of cold at night and the water would be freezing.  After finishing our drink...