Guard, Guard, Guard, and Guard

Well this weekend was awesome! We had a competition on Friday at Cedar Hill. We went and performed and we were so happy about our performance because we had finished our show and people had energy etc. When awards came we got 4th out of 6th. None of us were all that happy at first but then we realized that we had another competition coming up and need not to be so mad. So we went to Taco Bell...yumm... and got home and to bed at about 1:30 then had to get back up at 8:30 and boy were we tired. So after the sleepyness wore off we got there warmed up and did all the normal stuff. We walked out into the gym and man was it big! Almost three stories high! Well we performed and weren't as happy as Friday so we were like great we're gonna do bad. Especially because we were competing against 12 or 13 other guards. Awards come..cadet class, novce class then us. They start out and they keep going we were estatic because we beat both Rowlett and Garland! And best of all we placed 3rd and got a trophy baby!
So ya..we were really happy about where we placed. Also A guard got second place so excellent job to them as well!

Guard, Weekend, Etc.

Wll on Friday we went to the Creekview guard contest. We got there and were sort of behind schedule so we went straight to warm-up. After that we performed an extremely good show for us, even though our show wasn't done. T.J. said that we would be happy with our placement so we knew that we did good, but I guess not good enough. We got 6th out of 7th. It sucked big time! And the worst part was that if we had finished our show we most likely would have come in 1st place! It annoyed the dawg out of us! I don't think T.J. even agreed where we placed.

After the competiton my parents took me and some friends out to eat at Ihop so that was fun..we stayed up there until around midnight.

The rest of my weekend was good I guess nothing really big and exciting. Today I had a GA thing from 2-4 that was EXTREMELY boring because we just went over the schedule from last year. I don't really like any of the adult staff but I really can't talke because I haven't talked to them and gotten to know them.

Off to watch some t.v. then bed....new term tomorrow baby!!...and that means no more Biology!

Exam Day

Today we had exams at school and you know whats the gayest thing in the world? I had to wake up early for band and we didn't do anything except play cards fur an hour and a half. I guess its better than taking an exam now that I think of it. So anyways ya I didn't do anything at school today..it was a waste, but a good waste. Afterwards me and mom went to Willobend and I went into Hollister again and decided it wasn't so bad after all...lol. So ya, I got a couple tee-shirts there and then we went to eat at On The Border which was cool because we never get to do that without Meredith.

Well now I'm gonna go and look at different blogskins cuz I'm thinkin about changing.

Warning: About to melt down in 10,9,8...

Oh man, we had guard last night and all I can say is oh my goodness. Lets start with some of the bad news. We only have 1:47 learned of our show and we're supposed to have at least 3:00 learned by Friday. People just don't feel like working to make our guard successful except for the people that haven't really been on it before. I mean we have a rifle sectional before and Steven doesn't show during practice Kelsi' giving T.J. attitude. I mean come on, thats a good way to get better and succed at things isn't it? Not! I was sooo freaking mad after practice that I just had to stay and throw my rifle and smack it to let out anger. Afterwards I talked to my friend and captain Shelbie and she was the same way as me. Ughh, to me, if your not going to practice please just drop guard and move on with your life. It gets VERY annoying when you go to practice and we have to work on the same things at every practice. How hard is it to go outside for at least 5-10 minutes and practice your routine to make sure you have things? So anyways ya, me and quite a few people were dissapointed with how rehearsal went.

On a better note, I only have to go to school for about nd hour and a half tomorrow and I'm out until Monday cuz of exams.

Happy Valentines!

Happy Valentines Day!

Today was fun...woke up this morning and my dad, sis, and I surprised mom with Godiva white choclate (yum!), bath and body works, flowers, and some other things.

Also we had to clean (not exciting) but then we got to leave and did some things including going to Galleria and to Hollister. I had never been there and really don't expect to be going back any time soon. Although I did go to Target and AE and got a few things thanks to momma!

Tomorrow is back to the grind sadly but not really because this is exam week so nothing is really normal. All I have is a test in Biology and movies a lot of the week. Also I get to stay after school for winterguard so thats always fun because a group of us always does that. Speaking of winterguard I have a contest on Friday, I think we're ready! We had a mommy-daddy performance on last Thursday and I did pretty good. I only dropped the rifle on the triple the first time and caught the second. We're all pumped because we think we can take it away but not getting to pumped because we still remember making 8th on the last competition.

Well I'm gonna go and do some packing for tomorrow since I'm at school from 7:20 a.m. to about 8:30 p.m.

Weekend

Nothing really excting happened this weekend for me..a.nd personally if you ask me I kinda like it. Mainly because usually I am running crazy and don't get to rest...especially during the week. So if people wonder why teenagers always want it to be the weekend we just say one word...sleep~ All my friends by the time Tuesday roles around we're so tired...especially guard friends. You have no clue how hard guard is until you do it...I mean me and my buddy Paul were always like ya colorguard is sooo easy..not now.lol. So ya I liked to rest and I just did some rifle work yesterday and thats about it.

So anyways ya...Friday we have a guard competition so everyone wish us luck! I think we're gonna do really good.

The Good and of Course The Bad

Well on Tuesday we had winterguard and all went well. We learned new drill spots and work, or at least the flags did and we even got out early. The rifles are planing to go out on Saturday and make t-shirts so that we can wear them on Friday, which happens to be the same day as our contest. Afterwards we were putting up the floor and when we got to the guard room Paul said something to Lorrie bout how it needed to be put and she just went off on him. I can't stand her!! Nor the captains!The one thing me and my buddy Paul have figured out about guard is that there is just way to much drama always happening. We can't wait until marching season comes back...lol...but we still like doing guard. Also to top that off Steven said that he's moving to A' guard and leaving us. Not good. So this will be his last competition with us and after that I think I have to take up his place.

Today I got REALLY awesome news which made my day. I made a 77 on the benchmark for Biology and so I got exempt from the final next week! That means I go to school for an hour and a half on Thursday and none on Friday. It's soooo exciting. I can't wait until next year because I can have a chance to exempt all classes.

Solo & Ensemble

Today I had solo and ensemble. For those of you that do not know what it is then keep reading...if you do skip to the next paragraph. Solo and Ensemble is a contest where a person who plays an instrument prepares a piece of music and plays it for a judge to get a rating. The rating tells you what kind of player and such you are but more importantly...tells you what you need to work on. Its the same way with an ensemble except a group of people go and play.

I played Concerto by Franz Strauss and got a rating of a 2. I figured that was what I was going to get because I hadn't put forth all my effort on just my solo because of school, winterguard, etc. On my ensemble though we rocked and played Fripperies No. 4. The judge sayed that we did really well on our music for a group of "youngsters". We waited and waited and got a 1! So that means we qualified for the state competiton which is awesome! We all wanted to make it to state and we did it. So now all we have to do is work work work to get better. There really mean at state. My friend Jennifer went last year and they got a 3. So ya..and the best part is that we are the only all freshman ensemble that went from our school I think.

So all and all it was a good day.

Haven't Posted

Man...I haven't posted in the past couple days.I guess time just flew by...know what I mean?

This week was o.k. all week I've had Biology, Algebra, and Geography tests. It sucks bigtime but the good thing is that if I pass them all I can get exempted out of those exams because I'm on a trimester schedule.

Last night I had winterguard and the best thing ever happened...I got promoted from flag to rifle line baby! I was soooooooooooo happt because flag is good and all but rifle is so much better and its not as "boring" as flag is. So now I'm officially on the rifle line. Hopefully I'll do good. TJ said all I need to know is how to throw singles and doubles...which I already can do because I've been workin with this really crappy rifle at home when I'm bored of flag and have nothing better to do. This girl Lorrie who used to be my friend and really isn't anymore because of the things she's done came up and said to my face..." Im not saying I don't have confidence in you, but I mean I tried out for rifle and didn't make it so how are you going to do it?"...and on top of that she said it right in front of my best friend Paul and one of our captains. Who does she think she is God? Obviously.

Anyways my week has been good...now I have to go and get some help because I'm going to attempt to change my blog template.