December One

I suppose I owe it to anyone who reads this to update you on my life. The past two weeks were a whirlwind of wonderful. My mock trial team beat out the other team from my town for a place at the state tournament. (Sorry guys, it was nothing personal.) I was also blessed with a second trip to All-State, this year for band. It was a ton of fun, and I learned quite a bit from the clinician. To top things off, the Monday after All-State we won our conference one-act competition! Districts will be held this coming Saturday with the winner advancing to the state competition. Thanksgiving was, as usual, lovely. My family hosted, so we did a lot of cleaning, but it was definitely worth it. Onward, now, to Christmas I say!

Unfortunately, I've reached that point in the first semester when I just want to be done. It's not that I don't enjoy classes, but I don't really feel challenged in the majority of them. Being bored in class makes me ornery, and that leads to no good. I don't like feeling this way, but I don't know what to do. My friends are always fun to be around, but even then I feel like something is missing. I think I'm just ready to leave. At this time last year, I was dreading thinking about college, but now I'm looking forward to it more than I ever have. The only thing I have to dread now is having to go through another year of high school. If this is senioritis, next year I may have a full-blown case to deal with. It's just hard to stay focused when it's not exciting any more. 

On the bright side I am really enjoying my pre-calculus and chemistry classes. By the time you get to those classes the "survival of the fittest" concept kicks in, and you are really only surrounded by capable people, which is refreshing. 

My spanish class is enjoyable, though it's freshman-filled. That's one of the worst side-affects if being in both band and choir; you used to not be able to take a foreign language until you were a junior. I'm thankful that our principal has changed that, for the underclassmen at least. 

Wow, it's been good to vent to my ipad. You should expect to hear from me more often... Of course, I say that every time it seems like... Hmm...

Enjoy your December, and Merry Christmas!