Vacation
The end of Senior year was... I still can't believe High School is over!
A year filled with song, college visits and classes, along with everything else that happened. I can't believe how long it has been since I posted last. I guess I'd have to go back to April to really explain things.
The day of the quake I got an acceptance letter to Columbia University I was so excited!... and then I heard the news and it didn't seem as important anymore. I was busy concentrating on the benefit concert, and raising money, while finishing my school work. It didn't hit me until mid-May that this would be my last year in school with the people I know. Although I don't have many friends, familiar faces are always comfortable.
High School feels like it will go on forever, but once it gets close to done, you realize that there are so many things that you didn't do, that you always though; Next year I'll try for a sports team, Next year I'll do...everything. The college visits last spring, my SAT's, the letters, they weren't real to me until then. I feel a little silly, I mean I knew it was my senior year, but...
I'm sorry, needless to say it became a rush of goodbyes. I was surprised I was invited to some of the parties, but I thought it would be nice to go anyway, since that was another thing I had never managed to do. It was strange, crowded, but I felt nostalgia all the same.
I was so busy I almost forgot about my 18th birthday, but my family didn't, and I came home to a big party. I haven't been that uncomfortable since my Quincenera. Apparently being semi-legal means that they don't try to censor my uncles off-color jokes around me anymore. As happy a birthday as it was, I was glad once everyone left, it was quiet and I could sit with Leormon.
Then Senior Service came along, and I was helping the music teacher file sheet music, I was even asked to help with the Freshman chorus voice lessons!
Finally, Graduation day came around. on June 16th, I got to sing a solo with the Madrigals, and that was the highlight of the day, other than the senior prank. Among the usual beach balls passed among my class on the bleachers, there appeared... well... a..um... inflatable.
I can't type it. I don't know how they snuck it in-or blew it up without getting caught! At least they put a bikini on it. .////. I ducked every time it came near my section.
After graduation, my friends and family shoved me in a car, and as a present, we went on a road trip. We drove down to Disney, and stayed in Florida for a week, visiting our old town, and of course Abuela-who is doing much better, then hit various music halls all the way back home. We never made it to California, like my brother was joking, but we didn't come home until yesterday, and I immediately fell asleep. I'm still tired, but it was the best gift ever. I have to get ready for college soon, but I'll wait until August for that.
I hope everyone else is doing well.
A year filled with song, college visits and classes, along with everything else that happened. I can't believe how long it has been since I posted last. I guess I'd have to go back to April to really explain things.
The day of the quake I got an acceptance letter to Columbia University I was so excited!... and then I heard the news and it didn't seem as important anymore. I was busy concentrating on the benefit concert, and raising money, while finishing my school work. It didn't hit me until mid-May that this would be my last year in school with the people I know. Although I don't have many friends, familiar faces are always comfortable.
High School feels like it will go on forever, but once it gets close to done, you realize that there are so many things that you didn't do, that you always though; Next year I'll try for a sports team, Next year I'll do...everything. The college visits last spring, my SAT's, the letters, they weren't real to me until then. I feel a little silly, I mean I knew it was my senior year, but...
I'm sorry, needless to say it became a rush of goodbyes. I was surprised I was invited to some of the parties, but I thought it would be nice to go anyway, since that was another thing I had never managed to do. It was strange, crowded, but I felt nostalgia all the same.
I was so busy I almost forgot about my 18th birthday, but my family didn't, and I came home to a big party. I haven't been that uncomfortable since my Quincenera. Apparently being semi-legal means that they don't try to censor my uncles off-color jokes around me anymore. As happy a birthday as it was, I was glad once everyone left, it was quiet and I could sit with Leormon.
Then Senior Service came along, and I was helping the music teacher file sheet music, I was even asked to help with the Freshman chorus voice lessons!
Finally, Graduation day came around. on June 16th, I got to sing a solo with the Madrigals, and that was the highlight of the day, other than the senior prank. Among the usual beach balls passed among my class on the bleachers, there appeared... well... a..um... inflatable.
I can't type it. I don't know how they snuck it in-or blew it up without getting caught! At least they put a bikini on it. .////. I ducked every time it came near my section.
After graduation, my friends and family shoved me in a car, and as a present, we went on a road trip. We drove down to Disney, and stayed in Florida for a week, visiting our old town, and of course Abuela-who is doing much better, then hit various music halls all the way back home. We never made it to California, like my brother was joking, but we didn't come home until yesterday, and I immediately fell asleep. I'm still tired, but it was the best gift ever. I have to get ready for college soon, but I'll wait until August for that.
I hope everyone else is doing well.