Band practice was pretty bad today. I had symphonic band during the last block of the day and then a winds rehearsal for marching band from 2:40 - 5:20 during which time I was constantly playing. Plus, I had a cold sore from playing at Friday night's game so right now, my lip is in really bad shape. That out of the way, last week and this past ( Read more... )

This weekend has been exactly what I needed it to be. Well, besides the fact that our football team got killed on Friday and there are so many people in our band and only one line open at the snack bar so I didn't get to eat during the third quarter! Anyway, Saturday I finally got to SLEEP IN (which, after ther first week of school by the way, ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the last Friday of my totally awesome summer vacation!! It really sucks but on the bright side, I have had a great time this summer AND the weather has been beautiful( sorry, no tropical systems in the ( Read more... )

Today was so long and tiring!! It's only the 7TH day of band camp but this week is 8-5 every day! That's 9 hours of band camp!! On the bright side, I'm working on marching and playing my trumpet while all my Naples buddies have started school. :-P Anyway, like I said, band camp lasted for 9 hours today and we got a lot accomplished. We now ( Read more... )

Hello again. Man have I been busy lately!!!!!! Well, as you probably already know, I spent Monday-Friday in Durham, North Carolina at Duke University for their Constructing Your College Experience summer camp. It was a LOT of fun. I met so many interesting people and the entire week was spent learning about the college admissions process, ( Read more... )

Hey guys, I'm back!! My vacation to Myrtle Beach, by the way, was THE BEST TRIP EVER. I got to spend an entire week at the beach, I got a great tan and I lost my virginity....well maybe not the last part. LMAO. Anyway, it was awesome and I loved every minute of it. We got back on Saturday and I have been doing basically nothing except ( Read more... )

Hello. Today has been pretty cool. My mom and I woke up at 6:30 because we needed to get our car inspected by the state. We got there (the Ford dealership) at 7 because that was when we were told to come and we were done by 8:00. Afterwards, we went to Wal-Mart to pick up some last minute things for our next vacation!!! (see end of entry). ( Read more... )

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Happy Fourth of July, everybody!! Man, I love summer!! Let's see, after we left Naples on the 23rd, we drove up to Tallahassee and on the way, we stopped at the University of Florida campus. It was really nice but kind of scrunched up. Anyway, we arrived in Tally at a decent hour and went to dinner and got yogurt(TCBY ROCKS) with my sister. The ( Read more... )

Yes!!! Just 4 days left and then...."On the road again........We're goin' out we're on the road again." Oh yeah! Anyway, today was my last day of P.E., biology, world history AND band! I'm going to miss my teachers but I'll get to see Ms. Cole (my band director) almost every day in August for band camp, so I'm not upset. I'm also half way ( Read more... )