This Is It!

Today is my last day of high school! Oddly enough, I am not upset by this at all...actually I am pretty pumped about it! At the end of the day, we will have our awards assembly, and then we are done. Wow, 13 years of waiting, and it ends today. Still doesn't seem real to me...

Now for a few more updates from my world!

-Tuesday night was the senior band concert. We had a great night at our last performance of the year. The seniors were presented with their ceremonial P, a photo album from Mrs. Callicoat, and a CD that contains all of our contest music from our four years of band. It was great! As much as I thought I would, I didn't even cry when we brought Mr. Holland up to direct Bonnie Mary (our marching song). I'm starting to think that I'm all out of tears, because I usually cry at EVERYTHING. Oh well, I'm fine with it!

-The Student Council hosted its last blood drive of the year on Wednesday. Of course, I signed up to donate for my second time. When I was in the bloodmobile doing my screening tests, I found out some amazing news! Not only do I have O Negative blood, but I am also CMV Negative, which means that my blood only goes to babies! It is very rare, as only 7% of the population has that type! I know that every time you donate blood, it goes to help people, but I love the fact that mine goes to help babies who need blood transfusions, and could save their life! I later told my mom about this, and she was just as excited, because she said that it really does help. She told me about when my older sister Michelle was going through all of her surgeries, that she and my dad searched for people who had that blood type to donate blood for her. Although I already planned on donating blood regularly, I now have even more reason to!

-Yesterday I was responsible for helping with the 6th-grade tours. My group had all boys, but they were well-behaved, for the most part. They seemed petrified by the time we were done, because they all thought that they'd get lost at school. I'm fairly certain that they won't, just saying.

-Yesterday was also Mr. Cody's music program at school. As a kindergartener, he only sang in about three or four songs, but he did a great job! I love going to school music programs! Way to go, kiddo! :)

-More success at school...I handed my speech in to Mr. Schneider on Tuesday for approval, and I got it back yesterday. He loved it, and returned it! I also finished the senior video yesterday, for the most part. All that I have left to do is add the music and burn the movie onto the DVDs. Woo-Hoo!

-Last week, I received some sad news. Mr. Norton, one of the science teachers at my school, announced that he took a new job at Merritt and will be leaving after this year. I am saddened by this, because he is an awesome science teacher that our school needs, but then again, I am happy that my class will not have to go without him!



-Finally, I am under the impression that today is Nurse's Day, and knowing many, many nurses, (especially my big sis Gina) I just want to thank each of you for everything that you do!!! You rock!