Been a while

November, post numero uno!

It's been way too long since I blogged. It's been a combination of homework, writer's block, and just plain being lazy that's kept me from writing. Anyways, life's been good the past month of so. Polo season's ending, that's sad. School's not bad. Choir(s)' are amazing. It's good all around.

Today we had our quad day for homecoming. We'd spent a lot of time practicing and the choreographers worked hard. Despite our work, we were undone by technical issues. No mics meant our live performance, commentary and transitions, and hilarious jokes all went to waste. Imagine that. All that work just to see it ruined by a small technical mistake. Not gonna lie, it was kinda annoying. It left most of our class humiliated and embarrassed by our quad day. Everyone seemed like they wanted to forget about it.

But why feel down about it? It's true, we could have done way better. But given the circumstances, what else could we have done? We did the best we could despite our technical difficulties. And you know what else? We had fun in the process. Honestly, a lot of our 'practicing' time was spent eating food and just hanging. Don't even try to say that wasn't fun. And also I don't even think most of us had to do that much work besides show up and do what we were told. Most of the work was done by the choreographers, but mostly, Anika. She let us use her house week after week and worked the whole time, sacrificing her homework time to make sure we had an awesome homecoming this year. She did all of that while being able to maintain her cheerful disposition and endless optimism. That's a feat more impossible than managing an A+ in an un-curved Kucer test. And you know that? She did all of that without once looking for recognition, or appreciation, or gratitude. She did it because she cared. People like her inspire me and set an example for all of us.

Anyways, looking forward to the junior's and senior's. And to NEXT YEAR'S HOMECOMING. No way next year's not going to be great.