Alright, I know I promised to do this on Friday, but better late than never, right?

Friday was the best day that I have had in a long time. I had no homework due that day, so not only did that mean getting to bed much earlier, but none of that "I didn't do my homework and it's due in 15 minutes" stress. So the day was pretty smooth, until 7th period when the student aid delivered passes for me and Lauren Garroway to the IBO. We left at 2:25 and got there to find an oh-so-familiar setting of a circle of chairs with a few people there. Then I put two and two together. Ms. Kelly came in and offered us donuts and bagels and said "I think you all know by now why you are here." There were a few jokes, "To give us donuts!" But then she said "I want you all to go home tonight and change your resume to include National Merit Semi-Finalist. YAY!!!! Oh man, all that hard work actually paid off for once. We went through the paperwork and all that good stuff. The point is that there's a slim chance now that I will not make finalist, so that's a huge scholarship for me. XD

Friday night was the senior dinner for band. I know a lot of people were not enthusiastic about showing up to a teacher's house, but it was so much fun. After dinner we talked about middle school stuff, and Anderson told us all about how he wet his pants every year through sixth grade. It was hilarious! Then the topic switched to middle school fights, and Anderson told us about how some kid started a fight with his brother, and he was about to "bust out his chain," to which Gabe said "This coming from the kid that wet his pants in sixth grade.." Then we talked a lot about some of the other kids in our class. After/during dessert we got a huge game of that cup thing going, and that was really fun. Then we went into the kitchen and made Anderson step, and then we discovered the background of the Eddy thing and how he didn't know his real name until like third grade. It was good for a few laughs. On our way out, Ms. Crocco gave Amanda 4 baguettes, and we ended up throwing most of them into people's cars and running away. It was just a fun evening. It's refreshing to just get out and have fun with my friends.

Yesterday me, angie, and kristen went to the Marlins game against the rockies. It was hat day, so we had some adventures trying to grift enough visors for all of us, since Rolly took forever getting there. It was a 6:05 start, we got there at 4:20, and we missed the first two innings. We were waiting outside for SO long. But we played this bean bag game and angie won a hat, so even though they were all gone by the time we got in there, we got enough for all of us to have one. So now I have a nice Marlins visor. We also saw Mr and Mrs Lerner before the game. Yeah.. But all in all it's been a pretty good weekend, which is a nice change. I lost this letter from the Youth Orchestra saying that I did 17 CAS hours from fourth on flagler, and I was freaking about that for a while, until finally my mom remembered that I gave it to her to hold onto. Relieved that I found the letter, but pissed that she had it the whole time. But I'm still really excited about National Merit. That's a huge deal for me, I'm so proud of myself. Anyway, yeah.. That's about it. My uncle's in town this weekend, so we went out to dinner tonight. I met my new aunt-ish sort of today. They got married like a month ago in St Martin, his third marriage, her second. So there you have it. The over-under on this marriage is three years. Lemme know if there are any takers.

Never look back.