I am excited today, really this week, for that matter! I am sorry, but I have to brag for a moment…I got my Early American History test back today and I got a 103 on it!! I am quite excited about it! I received this grade with the help of some bonus points, but nevertheless, I worked my tail off to do well on this test! Here’s hoping the next three tests in her class go just as well, if not better! I still need to start on my paper for this class. I am writing over the Battle of Gettysburg. It only has to be approximately three pages long, double-spaced, so really, I could accomplish this task in about three days. I do believe I’ll find a starting point tomorrow. (It is due on October 13, FYI) I am also excited because one other thing in that class. We had a writing assignment, which consisted of five essay questions. It took me what seemed like forever to complete this. After 3 evenings and 4 ½ pages of typing, I was done! I poured my heart out almost as much as is possible over the Spanish Inquisition and Colonial America. AND!!!! My hard work paid off; I got five extra points on my writing assignment, AND “Excellent!” written at the top of my paper!! For a somewhat difficult college history assignment, I am pretty thrilled about that!
Tomorrow I get to order my Senior announcements! I can’t believe that I get to do that already. Maybe one of these days it will hit me that I am actually a Senior in high school. It still doesn’t seem real. I don’t feel like a Senior, really. It also seems weird thinking about compiling a guest list, planning a get-together, all for me. As the youngest, I’ve spent my entire life, as of yet, seeing Gina and Emily do all of these things. It was exciting, but it was for someone else. Other than random birthday parties and a few other occasions, I’ve haven’t had many occasions that revolved around me. I remember bits and pieces of Gina and Emily’s graduations, and many other graduations, for that matter, but it seems odd to think that in a few short months I will be in the place of many other people that have gone before me. Soon enough, I will have to think about writing a speech. Actually, I don’t mind that one; I’m somewhat looking forward to it. I have a few ideas of what my speech will be about, but nothing is definite. I figure that I’ve got bigger fish to fry between now and next semester, so I’ll keep thinking, but not stress, just yet.
Tomorrow is also my first Quiz Bowl competition! I am slightly nervous, because much of the focus and expectation is on me, the team captain, but then again I’m not, because I never really get nervous at Quiz Bowl. Although I probably ought to look over my Trig notes/ from last year, because for some reason the question writers like to throw in many Trig questions, and I am the only member of the team who has taken, and has some knowledge regarding Trigonometry. I love my teammates; we really get along quite well. This Saturday is also the Skeltur Conference Tournament, to which I am REALLY looking forward!
I do believe that by Friday we will have our field show down, and basically ready for performance! It has come a long way, but it has also come together much more smoothly than I thought it would. Next weekend we will be performing it for the Tri-State Field Marching Competition, and on October 19th, we will go to Alva for Regional Field Marching! It is my hope that we get straight 1’s all-around. I really want to end my high school band career in the same manner that I began it. For anyone who is interested, we will be performing during half-time at the Home Games up until marching contest (Oct. 1 & Oct. 15). Tri-State field marching will be held at the Enid High Stadium during the afternoon of Saturday, October 9. Hopefully, I can get a member of my family to record our field show so I can, perhaps, post it on here!
Finally, on Thursday, my Botany class will be taking a trip to Mr. Blakley’s house to do some plant collecting. It will seem empty, no doubt about it, but I believe that he will be with us in spirit. We will get to enjoy about an hour and a half in the countryside, with sack lunches included. We are looking to collect approximately twenty different plants, which would bring our collections to a total of 55 different plants. (Just think, we get to memorize the scientific names for each of the plants, although it is in sets of fifteen!)
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