As of right now, I only have six more days of high school! Where has the time gone??!! For the meantime, I am not too upset about this, nor have I shed any tears over the matter, but I'm sure that'll change (the crying part, that is). The past few days have been so busy, and the days that haven't been busy, I have been recuperating from the busy days, so I'll give a few random updates from my world!
-Today I took my final EOI (End-of-Instruction) test. It was in US History, and I figured that since I haven't had a technical history class since December, and it only covered the beginning of the Civil War, I would be in bad shape for the test. However, I ended up passing with flying colors! I scored 55/60, which wasn't too bad in books, considering my situation! Hooray!
-Last week was State Band in Stillwater. We were hoping to come home with a Sweepstakes plaque, but we had no such luck. We just so happened to follow Perry, the best 3A band in the state (that also won Sweepstakes and includes the 1st chair Large-School & Small-School All-State clarinet player). Consequently, we came out of concert with straight 2's, but swept the sightreading room with all 1's! It was mildly disappointing to not win Sweepstakes, but, like All-State, it's just anouther honor, and we're just fine without it. Also, we were lucky to have made state, so we should be proud nonetheless.
-Speaking of band, tomorrow is our Tri-State performance! I am confident that we will do well, providing that everyone is focused. Also, I have my final ensemble with Shea and my friend Nicole, which should go well! It will also be my last time to wear my band uniform, because I won't be marching in the parade on Saturday, because...
-This Saturday, the 30th, is my All-State tournament and Banquet in El Reno! I am so very excited about it!!! I looked on the official website the other day, and I found that there are two classifications of All-State: Honorable Mention All-State and regular All-State. Regular All-State is comprised of the top 36 quizzers in the entire state, all classes. Honorable Mention All-State is comprised of the 37th-72nd quizzers in the state. And, for the record, I am regular All-State! :) Also, I am one of the (I think) seven girls who made All-State. I am honored, and appalled at the same time. How can it be that so few girls made All-State?! (Okay, I will step off of my feminist soapbox..)
-I am done with my Comp class for the semester. Although it will save gas by not driving to Enid or class, I will still miss my class and particularly my teacher, Ms. McCoy. It will be okay, I suppose. I ended up doing quite well in that class, and I ought to post some of my essays, just because I can!
-The senior video will be coming along much better after testing is over, the library is open, and Mrs. Fuxa's computer that is hooked up to the scanner is fixed. In the past few days I have received pictures from five people, which only leaves about seven people. That is progress, although it still irritates me that people have procrastinated so long, because they have known since mid-February that we needed their pictures. Oh well, they have one week from Friday to get their pictures in, or else they will only have their panel in the video, and that is that.
-Little Andy is recovering from his chicken pox nicely, although he has spent the last two days with my mom. He is growing up so much, and I cannot believe that he will soon be two; it seems like he was just coming home from the hospital! He is really starting to babble much more, and he is quite expressive!
-On Monday, I began my toughest writing assignment as of yet: my Valedictorian speech! It really is much tougher than I ever imagined it to be. I know the gist of my speech, but it is everything in between that I am struggling with. I know that it will come together soon enough, but it can't be soon enough for me! Each day I am trying to whittle it down just a little bit
-In our English class we are reading And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. We are only in the middle of the book, but is proving to be very suspenseful. I don't care for the sheer length, that is the "fluff" and extensive dialogue that is so common in British Literature, but I do like the book anyway.
-Today, Cody surprised me with two drawings he made at school. He gave me both drawings. One, which is mine to keep, is a lovely rendering of Tevis, complete with the bracelet he always wears and his name, which Cody spelled as "Tafis", which really wasn't too bad for Cody just sounding it out, and it was an understandable spelling blooper Cody recognized later. The other drawing was of me, and I was given strict instructions to give it to Tevis the next time I see him. It was of me, playing volleyball in the sun, wearing the heart-shaped necklace that I usually wear (it had no heading with my name). I thought it was so cute and it made my day! :)
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