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So I've been pretty busy with a lot of stuff that's going on right now.
Sadies was ILL! Our group was so much fun just because almost everyone that was in our group are all just really good friends and so it was pretty chill and not really all that awkward (well not for me). The dance was probably the lamest part of the night, and it was still fun. Davanni's for dinner was just really fun and hanging out at Neha's after the dance was a crazy good time of slurping, dipping random foods in chocolate, and just hanging out with some of the coolest people I know. Waking up late with my favorite girls in the world was just perfect and I don't even know how else to describe everything other than just saying it was perfect. We kept it 3D that night and it was awesome.
It was fun to have Nate and Christine home for their spring break. It seemed like they were both more anxious for me to go to GW than I am. I'm still waiting on decisions though . . . Don't worry, I'll surely update when I find out anything.
Ohh but I did find out that I got into CONA and I'm pretty pumped for that (mostly just because I get to hang out with Rob for the 12 days that the trip is!!)
School has also been pretty crazy busy. We're moving into the "One Month Until AP Tests" mode where teachers try to cram in as much as they can and then in a couple of weeks we'll start the "AP Tests are in a Few Weeks, We Must Review Until We Can't Review Anymore" mode. I can't wait.
And then there's History Day. It's pretty crazy this year. I've known all along that there's an expectation amongst many people that I make it to nationals yet again so I've felt that pressure for quite some time, but in the past week the pressure has escalated and it's not just because I'm less than a week away from regionals. When I was volunteering at the St. Paul regional event last week it was soooo much fun to see everyone again (Mollie, Treeeesa, Ott, Zane, and a ton of other people that I haven't seen in a while) and just be goofy with all of the staffers. While there was some down time, I was talking with Mollie and she was telling me about how there were a bunch of the other people dropping out that were going to do Individual Performances that would have been tougher competition for me, which really is good news for me. Emma thinks I'm intimidating my competition and no one wants to compete against me. If that was the case, that would be totally awesome, even if it's not the case, Mollie was telling me about how I've got to make sure that I step up my game so that I can make it to nationals because they're really counting on me now. All of this may sound good, but it actually just puts more pressure on me. There were a bunch of people that told me they would definitely be there on Thursday to watch my performance, and so now I have to really just have a solid performance for the regional competition so that I can really just take my performance to a higher level this year. It's just soooo much pressure, but I feel pretty confident with my performance right now and I just have a small amount of memorizing left and then it's just rehearsing for Thursday. And I guess we'll just have to see where it all goes from there.
I really wish spring was here.
Half Price Books today with Stephy was fun. "Is there pictures in it . . ."
Peace, Love, and Pressure.
Sadies was ILL! Our group was so much fun just because almost everyone that was in our group are all just really good friends and so it was pretty chill and not really all that awkward (well not for me). The dance was probably the lamest part of the night, and it was still fun. Davanni's for dinner was just really fun and hanging out at Neha's after the dance was a crazy good time of slurping, dipping random foods in chocolate, and just hanging out with some of the coolest people I know. Waking up late with my favorite girls in the world was just perfect and I don't even know how else to describe everything other than just saying it was perfect. We kept it 3D that night and it was awesome.
It was fun to have Nate and Christine home for their spring break. It seemed like they were both more anxious for me to go to GW than I am. I'm still waiting on decisions though . . . Don't worry, I'll surely update when I find out anything.
Ohh but I did find out that I got into CONA and I'm pretty pumped for that (mostly just because I get to hang out with Rob for the 12 days that the trip is!!)
School has also been pretty crazy busy. We're moving into the "One Month Until AP Tests" mode where teachers try to cram in as much as they can and then in a couple of weeks we'll start the "AP Tests are in a Few Weeks, We Must Review Until We Can't Review Anymore" mode. I can't wait.
And then there's History Day. It's pretty crazy this year. I've known all along that there's an expectation amongst many people that I make it to nationals yet again so I've felt that pressure for quite some time, but in the past week the pressure has escalated and it's not just because I'm less than a week away from regionals. When I was volunteering at the St. Paul regional event last week it was soooo much fun to see everyone again (Mollie, Treeeesa, Ott, Zane, and a ton of other people that I haven't seen in a while) and just be goofy with all of the staffers. While there was some down time, I was talking with Mollie and she was telling me about how there were a bunch of the other people dropping out that were going to do Individual Performances that would have been tougher competition for me, which really is good news for me. Emma thinks I'm intimidating my competition and no one wants to compete against me. If that was the case, that would be totally awesome, even if it's not the case, Mollie was telling me about how I've got to make sure that I step up my game so that I can make it to nationals because they're really counting on me now. All of this may sound good, but it actually just puts more pressure on me. There were a bunch of people that told me they would definitely be there on Thursday to watch my performance, and so now I have to really just have a solid performance for the regional competition so that I can really just take my performance to a higher level this year. It's just soooo much pressure, but I feel pretty confident with my performance right now and I just have a small amount of memorizing left and then it's just rehearsing for Thursday. And I guess we'll just have to see where it all goes from there.
I really wish spring was here.
Half Price Books today with Stephy was fun. "Is there pictures in it . . ."
Peace, Love, and Pressure.