Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Fire!

Wowzerz! So much has happened since my last post! The first thing being we are now into the month of March!!!! I can hardly believe it! Well, I have a few things I need to cover, so we had better get started. I'll begin with bringing you up to speed on things mentioned in my last post that you knew were going to happen.

First off, Pickitt Passion, I feel, went great. Not many women came, most of them from Keithley, no freshman, but I don't really think the quantity matters. As I had mentioned, I missed Tuesday, but I made it Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday was Death; Sam Longo, Janelle Brown, and Christine Mutch all spoke. I think they all did an amazing job, and it was a ton of fun talking with Christine about the baby she is expecting! Then Thursday was Life; Bethany Henning, Emma Rosauer, and Michelle Reichartz (my roommate) all spoke. I didn't like where Bethany and Emma took it, but Roommate did AMAZING! I was so proud of her and sharing her story the way she did!

The concert we had for Chancel went GREAT!!! The whole week and a half previous I had a cough, so by the last few rehearsals before the concert I couldn't sing above a B. By our last rehearsal before the concert I could sing a B, but still couldn't get out anything higher than that. By the time of the concert, thank God, I had my voice back and could sing all the notes we needed to sing! It felt so amazing to be able to do that! And when we sang Testiment of Freedom, it was just so exhilerating! Chancel and Choral joined together to sing, and Symphonic Winds played along with us too! It was just such an amazing experience; you would have had to have been there to truely feel it best!

Next comes the dreaded exam I mentioned. I had thought that the exam for my American Studies Exam was on February 25th so I was taking my time studying for it; I didn't want to go insane from over-studying. Well, as it turned out, the exam was the Wednesday before, on February 18th (which was also Pickitt Passion). Since I was taking my time to study, all I had really done study-wise was type up my notes and a few terms; I hadn't even looked at the essay questions. So for about a week and a half I was a little stressed, wondering how I had done on the exam. We got them back on Friday and I was greatly surprised. I got an 85% on the exam!!!!! I got every multiple choice question right and I only got a point or two marked off of the 5 ID questions. As I suspected, it was the essay that brought it down the most; I only got 28 out of 40 points for it. But I am very, VERY happy with how it turned out. Definately a "Thank you GOD" situation.

Another great thing happened on this past Tuesday. I cannot go into many details on the whole situatoion, but I can sum up some of it. This man I used to know in my past finally got arrested a couple weekends ago. That was a real answer to prayer because my family and a family that are friends of ours had been waiting for a few months for it to finally happen. I trial date was originally set for February 17, but he got a lawyer so it was pushed ahead to the 24th. It wasn't an actual trial, but more of a thing to see if they had any substancial evidence against him. My mom and sister went with my friend and her mom to the courthouse that day, but Tia and Mom weren't actually allowed in and had to sit in a room the whole time. So therefore I couldn't get the details out of it that I wanted, but Tia was able to answer some questions based on what our friend and the prosecutor said. I guess the guy came in all arrogant, confident, and cocky, thinking they had nothing on him, but by the time it neared the end, you could tell he was scared. I was glad to hear that! But the even better part was hearing that the judge believed my friend and that she had enough evidence against this guy, so its going to actual court!!!! That was definately a big answer to prayer indeed!!

I just remembered another thing I wanted to talk about. I am inserting it here so I don't forget after the stuff I know I won't forget. Anyways...I told you all about the weekend when Lissa and Steph came. Well, the weekend after that we had some friendship troubles. I'm not going to go into all the details because they're not important. What is important is that things were worked out and fixed rather quickly. Yet another "Praise God" time for me. Hopefully things are fully back to how they sort of were, but there is no telling until I go home for Spring Break, which starts this weekend!!!!! ^_^

Moving on...The Pickitt Talent Show is this Wednesday (recap will come speedily after, no worries...and possibly pics and videos). I am in 3 acts. I am doing a skit with Hall Council, singing and playing guitar by myself, and dancing with my section. I'm not going to go into details so I can tell you all about it Wednesday. I can tell you this, P2W is going to have the best act out of ALL the sections!!!!

Also, Saturday I got to go to my niece's birthday party! I was so glad I could go (kudos to Lindsay for driving me there!) and be there for it. I made sure to let everyone know that she wasn't to know I was coming so that it would be a surprise. And it was! When she saw me walk in she ran up to me and jumped into my arms, literally! We all had a good time though, lots of fun at any family get-together (even though my brother-in-law's brother is literally a creeper, a story for another time). It's just so hard to believe that Allyson is 9!!!! And Christopher is going to be 12 in August! They just grow up so fast! Boy so I sound like I feel old, which is kind of funny cause I don't really feel old; I just feel like they're growing up too fast.

I officially joined NaNoWriMo for this November! So be prepared to either hear nothing from me come November, or hear my wailings and insane rants possibly everyday. I have never done NaNoWriMo before, so I'm not too sure what to expect. But I know I am up for the challenge, so matter what happens. And if you don't know what NaNoWriMo is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month, and their site is here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ So if you're a writer, you should so try it with me this year! And you don't have to sign up now, you can sign up any time before November 1. I chose now, first off, because I've been wanting to since I first heard about it half-way into November last year, and have been waiting for a while to do so. Secondly, I chose to do it know, because, if you think about it, November is nine months away, so I will be preparing to birth my first full novel. Sure it won't be fabulous and will probably need tons of editing, but it will be my first FULL, finished (sort of, minus editing stuff) novel.

Well, I think that is everything. There was just so much to catch you all up on. I need to not wait two weeks between posts; it's just far too much to remember for one sitting. Have a great night/day and a great week everyone!!! ^_^


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