Senior Moments

The past week has been jam-packed full of almost everything under the sun. I am finally beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel with Thanksgiving Break getting closer and closer, but there is still about two weeks until it comes around. A round-up of the events is as follows...

Halloween was nice, fairly uneventful, as usual, but still nice. My dad's birthday happens to coincide with Halloween, so my day was spent with family, enjoying a lovely birthday dinner for him. One thing that I dislike about living in the country is the fact that I don't get to spend the evening admiring costumes and handing out candy. The only trick-or-treaters we usually have are my nephews, which is nice, but I still wish that we were more accessible to more people. Perhaps it's a good thing too, I'm not sure yet.

Last week, I went to my last Academic Banquet. We had a nice meal, and enjoyed listening to my friends in Choir sing. It really wasn't a sentimental occasion, but it was a nice evening, nonetheless.

Friday was the last home football game, and, as it turned out, the last game of the season. This year was the first year that we had an honest shot at the playoffs, but it just didn't happen. Somehow, life goes on, I suppose...I digress. Since it was the last home game, we celebrated Senior Night. Up until last year, the celebration was only for the Fast-Pitch and Football. Last year, however, it was also extended to the Band Seniors, who play at every home game. So, I was among the honorees! We enjoyed a hilarious pep rally skit that included the senior football boys dressing up as cheerleaders and doing a few cheers for us. Before the game, we celebrated the Seniors with each of our parents. I think my mom got a little bit sentimental when I gave her her rose, even though she knew well in advance that she would receive one. As I mentioned above, it just wasn't in the cards for us to win the game, as we lost 60-14 (I think). However, the evening wasn't a total loss because we had a 5th quarter dance! I was pretty excited about it, as were many of my friends. I enjoyed the dance, although I didn't particularly care for the music...it just wasn't my kind of dancing music. Nonetheless, I had fun with all of my friends, and made a few more memories of my Senior year.

Today gave me yet another of my "Senior Moments." We had our panel pictures at the Blunck's studio today. There is a back story from yesterday that I should probably include, as well. About three weeks ago, I had tentatively decided on a shirt to wear for my panel picture. It was a lovely maroon sweater with 3/4 length sleeves, and a nice glittery design on it. I already had the shirt, and I liked it, and it was a cost-effective solution, so I was happy. However, yesterday, my mom told me that she was going to take me to town to look for a different shirt, because my sisters got new shirts for their picture, and she just wanted to treat me to it. It was preferred that our shirts were a more subdued color with nothing too flashy, and not low-cut. We began our search at Ross, where we found many nice shirts, but none that fit our needs. We went on to Old Navy. At first sight, we didn't find much, but that soon changed. We went back to the Clearance rack (my favorite place in the store), and found a lovely black sweater. They also had the sweater in red and purple. I decided to try them on. I liked the black the best. While I was trying the sweaters on, my mom also found the sweater in orange. After I tried the orange on, my mom and I were stuck between the orange and black, and my mom decided that since they were both clearanced out, I looked equally nice in both, and I could use them for my other senior pictures, we got them both. Nothing too mindblowing, but I thought it was nice.

Back to today...
It was decided in advance that we would meet at Varsity Square at 8:30 this morning, but my plans were slightly altered. Since it is Monday, I have two hours of college classes. Because Blunck's is right here in Enid, and it would take at least two hours to take the pictures, I didn't have to miss my classes. It would've been nice to be able to leave a little bit later, but it would've been more of a pain than it was worth to miss my classes. When I arrived at the studio, I was whisked away to the dressing room to sit and wait for my pictures. Really, it was more of a primping room than anything else. My pictures went well, I think, now I'm just waiting to see how they turned out! After we were done with the individual pictures, we went to our "surprise" location (Government Springs Park) for our class picture. That went well, besides the fact that there were some vicious (not really, but to me they were) looking ducks that were lurking in the pond. After all of the pictures were done, we were driven to the mall for our choice of restaurant. I went with Shea, Tonisha, Ana, and Whitney to IHOP. Today was the first time that I didn't get a breakfast item to eat at IHOP. I decided on a Turkey Bacon Club Sandwich, that was quite tasty. I had loads of fun, as usual, with my friends.

I still have an argumentative paper to write, which I REALLY don't want to do, but I need to do it so that I can get that out of the way; it constantly lurks in the shadows of my thoughts. Hopefully I can get mostly finished by this weekend.

Saturday is my Regional Quiz Bowl tournament, which will be held in Fairview. I am looking forward to the competition, but not the verbose questions that the directors have decided to use. As long as we finish in the top four (which we should), we will move on to the Area tournament that's in January. Hopefully we will have a good day on Saturday!