Everything and some extra stuff
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author_abzOkay - I'm extremely tired and should be taking a nap instead of typing up an LJ entry... But I've been wanting to for a while. And it's Sunday, and all else I have to do is study for a Psych test. Meh. So that I don't forget anything, I'm writing now. And so that I don't forget anything I'm going to shortly outline the contents here. Hmm... Saint Mary's, basketball managing, OxyMORON's funny dream, Friday night extravaganza, why I'm so tired (specifically), and... my room's progress. Some will be more detailed than others - you have been given fair warning. Wow - it's getting fairly dark out. I'm actually typing on the computer in my room and I don't have a light on but the screen's brightness contrast is up all the way (I can't stand any less) ... it's a very interesting effect. I think my eyes are going to be damaged - but that's okay.
First - I want to say how AWESOME Saint Mary's College is. Today was the Fall Preview Day there, so sister-in-law, madre and I woke up early and were out on the road (all of us) by quarter 'til seven. This is because it takes about an hour to get to Saint Mary's and there's is a time difference, they are an hour ahead - and the registration was at 8:30 AM this morning. We were not late .... I'll go on more about that later. Anywho - do I want to describe the day's event's or not? Well- I will. We started off with a formal welcome that wasn't really exciting or very interesting, kind of blah and I felt like they were just throwing all of this stuff and us and it's like, "Um... okay." (in the voice from KP: Sitch in Time) Then after that the parents (well - people who weren't perspective students to the college) and students split up. Everyone basically went to a classroom. I went to the English class and we ended up looking at three poems. One of which was by Emily Dickenson, which I had already encountered but hadn't actually completely analyzed yet. Another one was by Edgar Allen Poe (which we barely got to discuss - didn't get to read it) and one that was called, "Richard Cory" I could look up who it's by because I have the paper - but I really don't care so much. So I guess that was just to get us interested, seeing if we would really like to take a class there, we got to see a classroom and there was a teacher in (supposedly) the area we wanted to go into teaching us. After that we went and had a Student Panel discussion. This was actually really nice.
There was a little bit of time where we weren't being talked at and some of the girls (it's an all girls school) were talking to other girls (myself included) and I think a bunch of us loosened up at that point. If we hadn't by the time the panel started - by the end we definitely had. We got to ask whatever type of questions we wanted and current students answered them and it was very nice I think. The social life isn't at all restricted because of the gender exclusive - guys from Notre Dame come and hang out whatever, and we go over there for classes and parties and stuff. (Geez, look at me already refering to the student body as 'we' - *shakes head at herself*) I asked about double majoring and got a very encouraging answer - I also learned about how easily you can get internships because the professors really care and since there's such a small student body (1500 for the entire student body) it would be more likely you'll succeed. I think that's what I meant to say. Anyway after that my group (the orange paper people) was reunited with their parents (apparently sister-in-law and madre had tons of fun learning about special education - there were no English ones) and we got to learn about Financial Aid. To me it seems like there's a LOT available so the cost isn't that bad.
We ate lunch then - their food was actually REALLY good. Plus their dining hall was VERY nice - very impressive. Um - then we had another panel discussion with everybody.... The only thing that sticks out there was what the security is, I learned about the residence life, and we didn't ask about the medical care on campus even though I remembered that was a question madre wanted to ask. No worries though - at the Open House in the athletic center madre asked and all is well. I think I'm set up to possibly do an overnight stay there and attend a class to see what it's really like. Plus - I filled out an academic form dealy to see what I need to be doing or if I'm doing the right thing etc. - and she said something to the extent of 'fantastic'. So I'm very happy about that. :D I also looked at the English major table and brought something home I'll have to look at sometime... and I looked at the music table so I know something about their choir that I could be part of. And OMG they have try-outs. Isn't that wonderful?! (and they travel and perform a lot and stuff)
Then came the tour. Nothing too important about that - except they have four residence halls and their rooms are AWESOME!!!! At least that's what I think. And I think madre and sister-in-law were impressed too. There are singles, doubles, triples, and quads. Each pertains to the number of people in the room and some rooms actually have bathrooms or sinks, but most have the common bathrooms. And you don't really know if you're going to have a closet or an armour (sp?). I just know that comparing them to the dorm rooms at Ball State, Indiana State (from what I've seen), Alfred, and the one from v-ball camp sophmore year, I think they are INCREDIBLE! Especially the Holy Cross ones - but the one pretty much freshman residence hall's layout (from what they said) seemed very interesting.
So I am very impressed with Saint Mary's, as is madre and sister-in-law. Sister-in-law actaully said that if I went there she would be okay with it. She gave her approval. That means a lot to me. Plus - they both agreed that the school was exceptional, and that a small school would be more for me (agreed) and that I probably wouldn't even really like going to PNC (also true), which was somehow related to the size issue. I don't know how relevant that is because I actually don't know that much about PNC or it's size. Don't get me wrong though - I have made no type of commitment towards Saint Mary's or anything - but truthfully I could see me going there. That doesn't mean that I'm not going to check out IU, Notre Dame, Manchester, or whatever else - but I did my first college visit and it went really well. Okay - I'm all done with the Saint Mary's talk. :D
I think I'll save basketball managing for later - right now I'll say why I'm tired. Truthfully - I don't really think that it's just because I went to bed at midnight, or that I was tired from babysitting, or that I had to wake up and be out of the house by like 20 after (a little later than planned). I think the first reason is that I didn't properly wake up. I set my alarm clock wrong (probably from being tired last nigh) so it was set for 5:30 PM instead of AM. Stupid mistake - I know. So madre ended up yelling upstairs at like 10 after six - "Are you up?" I kind of jerked awake and I'm like, "What?" so I probably almost bolt out of bed and get ready really fast. Throwing stuff in my bag etc. Erg. We weren't even really that off on what time we wanted to be there though - so all turned out well. The other reason is that yesterday I was doing my laundry - and I chose to wash my sheets and towels, which I wash on no regular schedule (which is bad). But the person I babysit for wanted me to come about a half-hour earlier so I probably could've switched another load - but I couldn't (or if I had put a load in before practice that morning - that one guy could've been on time!). So my sheets are with my last load - which when I got home at 10:30 wasn't even in the washer. So I switch my laundry and I go online to do my rounds etc. So then I go and take a shower and by the time I'm done I can put my last load in the dryer. Thank goodness. It's already late enough - so I just go to bed. On top of my comforter, with no pillowcase on my pillow, under two blankets that don't cover me that well. Somehow I manage to go to sleep. I wake up at about 2 and I think - this is crazy, I'm SO uncomfortable and cold etc. So I go downstairs and get my sheets then I come and make my bed. Then I go back to sleep much more comfortable. It's weird though - I don't credit all of this stupidity and sheets not being done to myself. My stuff was sitting RIGHT THERE in the middle of the mud-room, and madre who seems to always do stuff like that because it bothers her didn't touch it at all. Didn't she notice that there were sheets and stuff in the pile? She knew that I was babysitting - why didn't she just do it? Oh well - I'm over it now. And my sheets are on my bed.
Next up - ha ha! This is fun. So I go into school one day this week (can't remember which) and I'm like behind or right in front of Frodo. It's a little later so of COURSE OxyMORON has already put everything in her locker etc., and is at Frodo's locker - cooing in his ear. Gag me. Anyway - it was really weird because we were actually almost like the only people in the hallway. So I hear everything they're saying - and OxyMORON starts that she had the weirdest dream last night! He was over at her house, and then this person comes over. She doesn't say who it is, but she kind of gets quiet and is like - "You know - that one person I don't like". Me:*curiousity has been piqued* OxyMORON goes on - so she comes there and you (talking to Frodo) like give her a hug saying 'Oh, how are you?' blah blah blah. Meanwhile she says she's like freaking out! Y'know? "Get the H*** out of my house!' and Frodo's being all nice to her and stuff - and OxyMORON keeps yelling at her. Get out of my house! Etc. So then 'she' is all like, ok - and I can't remember but apparently said something nasty to her and left. (see- if I had written this earlier I would've remembered!)
I think this is very interesting because from what I observed (I'm being all psych now...) I think that OxyMORON is actually insecure about their relationship (good for my ego - bad for her) that he may STILL like this unknown person or possibly LIKES her. Which is my next point. Who is this person that she doesn't like a whole lot. I came up with two possible answers. It's either Carlie or me. Carlie I know she hates because of lunch table stuff - like she doesn't even like sitting next to her and is all mad that she was over at Frodo's house and stuff because they were going out for like ever. The problem with her being it though - is that why wouldn't she say it out loud? I was pretty much the only one in the hallway - and I should've been minding my own business anyway (I was actually putting my hair up in a ponytail to better eavesdrop! lol) who could've halfway heard them. And I really shouldn't care. But I know she hates Carlie anyway so it wouldn't matter one way or the other. If it WAS me then her not saying outright who it was is completely justifiable and even though I wouldn't have told him the story right then when I could've been eavesdropping easily - it's okay for her because she's stupid. And hey - she wanted to tell him. *shrug*
Yes - you may say I'm paranoid, but I really feel that she doesn't like me. I mean - I don't care, I don't like her either. It's just kind of sick that she just gives me dirty looks randomly.... in Pre-Calc just because I had like turned around and was dressed up or something. In the cafeteria in general - and especially in the time in pre-calc before class starts when no one has sat down yet. Really - in that class just when I want to go and talk to Princess Da I feel like a scrap of meat in a shark tank that hasn't been torn up yet. Or just in general before class starts. That one senior b*tch I was talking about before and OxyMORON give nothing but dirty looks it seems like, I kind of wish they would just verbally attack me or something so I know for sure. Plus - then I could send some venom back. I hate just sitting in limbo. It's in my nature to just try and be nice to everybody because they haven't done anything to me - and even if they have I just ignore them or steer clear of them. ERGH! I know you think I'm crazy and I need help Pralene (or anybody else) but that's just how I feel and I just wanted to put that dream part in 'cuz .... I dunno.
What's next? Basketball, Friday, or room? Hmmm. Friday - go into room and finish big with basketball. I think this qualifies as typing aloud yes? :D Okay - Friday was fun at.... *runs off and checks alias name* Sarah's birthday party. Even if it was cut short. I suggested to Princess Da as I was driving her home that next year we need to throw her a party away from her family. It really kind of ruins it for her. She said it was a good idea and then later Pralene said it was good too. But that wasn't even half the fun of Friday. Oh no. It was raining like buckets upon buckets second after second when we ended up leaving - so Pralene got soaking wet when I dropped her off in the like 5 or 6 seconds it took her to run into the house. Then I had to drive Princess Da home - and she's kind of way out there. A connecting road off of Wozniak that I would take when taking the partial back way to LaPorte. So driving down Wozniak with rain pouring down I end up slowing down so that I can drive past a car safely - a lightning bolt strikes REALLY REALLY close to us (the car hasn't passed yet) and on my side of the car. All I saw was white for a second, and Princess Da and I both screamed a little bit for a second and the huge puddle I was driving through splashed up covering the entire windshield (it was really big) and needless to say after passing the car Princess Da and I were pretty freaked for the rest of the ride to her house (and me to mine). It was a major topic of discussion the whole way. And we had a lot more ride to go at that point too. :D Everybody was safe though - so nothing to worry about.
When I got home though - the party kind of kept going. As you very well know Pralene - you called me.... so we talked for a really long time. Like two hours and fifteen minutes long. Very fun. I enjoy truth or dare and would you rather (not all from the phone coversation either). So being incapacitated to do any type of reading or online rendevous I headed upstairs while talking to Pralene. In that time I put all of my books from the crates they were in onto the bookshelf. This is huge for me. Not only that - but after Pralene and I stopped talking, I kept 'cleaning'. I put my stereo on my dresser and put stuff into my bedside 'table' that I wanted there etc. I'm very proud of myself. Then I ended up going to bed at like midnight and having to get up and go the next morning. Not quite that early though. Like quarter 'til nine. So work on my room is going well. I'm happy.
That leads me into basketball. Yep - I'm managing basketball. With technically - five other people. This pissed me off at first, but I'm much more at peace about that now. First of all - Moose (partial alias) is just cameraman. He's not doing anytype of manager work like filling water bottles or anything. That's ALL he does. He does not make me feel sad or angry inside. Then as I learned yesterday, not just one, but TWO people are middle schoolers. The one - let's call her Diamond, I knew she was an eigth grader - she was volleyball manager. She is slightly retarded or has a learning disability or however you say it. What's worse is that she has a major crush on one of the senior players and is very possessive of his waterbottle and such - this is obvious to all who pays any sort of attention. Then there's .... um - I dunno. 7th grader. She is competent, and I didn't know how old she was until I asked her - I had thought she was a sophmore like the other manager. Apparently not. This amuses me. Don't ask me why - it just does. I'm not in such a big of a huff about how many mangagers there are now because two of them can't really be varsity managers because they're not really in high school (the way I see it). And sure - the whole 'too many cooks in the kitchen' metaphor still applies hugely, but I think it's becoming less of an issue now. We are figuring out how we operate and do things so there's not as much chaos. This is good since the scrimmage is in less than a week now and we'll actually have things to do. After we gave out uniforms yesterday though I can see that they're still not great and I will still be a headstrong manager like I thought I would be in the first place.
If you ask me why I'm doing this - I will tell you. I wasn't going to originally although I had thought about it. I still wanted the 'in the crowd' feel even though I'm not a cheerleader. I also wanted to go to and see all of the games still and it occured to me that as a manager I will never be late and I don't have to pay to get into anything. Just as a cheerleader wouldn't - except the fan bus has been known to be late. I don't like this fact very much, but it's true. So the one con was the 'in the stands' thing. Then I realized - all of the people who are in the stands I don't really care if I talk to or interact with or not. ALL of the cheerleaders I could go without interacting with them at the games, and as long I get to watch the Poms perform I'm good. It doesn't matter that much that I can't talk to Pralene, or Marie, or Rachel, or Shawndra - because those people are my friends and I can talk to them anytime. I don't need an extra-curricular for that. It helps - but it's not necessary. Plus - I like to be of use. *smirk* :D
Oh - and EXCITING NEWS! Madre told me while we were driving to LaPorte that she talked to Aunt S. (not really an alias) and she is going to go and *hopefully* get tickets for them to see Josh Groban in Grand Rapids on Feb. 20. It's on a Tuesday- but that doesn't matter. It's really awesome too because that's his like 4th show of his 2007 "Awake" tour. Y'know what's better though? Four days later, Feb. 24, he's going to be in Chicago! It's a Saturday - there's no basketball game (the last one before sectionals being the night before) and the whole big group of us are *hopefully* going!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that was a squeal if you couldn't tell) YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that'll be like the 6th show of his entire tour!!!! YAY! Excitement - excitement! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
So I leave this VERY long entry in a happy mood. :D I *heart* Josh Groban. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Avour!
-Abz
First - I want to say how AWESOME Saint Mary's College is. Today was the Fall Preview Day there, so sister-in-law, madre and I woke up early and were out on the road (all of us) by quarter 'til seven. This is because it takes about an hour to get to Saint Mary's and there's is a time difference, they are an hour ahead - and the registration was at 8:30 AM this morning. We were not late .... I'll go on more about that later. Anywho - do I want to describe the day's event's or not? Well- I will. We started off with a formal welcome that wasn't really exciting or very interesting, kind of blah and I felt like they were just throwing all of this stuff and us and it's like, "Um... okay." (in the voice from KP: Sitch in Time) Then after that the parents (well - people who weren't perspective students to the college) and students split up. Everyone basically went to a classroom. I went to the English class and we ended up looking at three poems. One of which was by Emily Dickenson, which I had already encountered but hadn't actually completely analyzed yet. Another one was by Edgar Allen Poe (which we barely got to discuss - didn't get to read it) and one that was called, "Richard Cory" I could look up who it's by because I have the paper - but I really don't care so much. So I guess that was just to get us interested, seeing if we would really like to take a class there, we got to see a classroom and there was a teacher in (supposedly) the area we wanted to go into teaching us. After that we went and had a Student Panel discussion. This was actually really nice.
There was a little bit of time where we weren't being talked at and some of the girls (it's an all girls school) were talking to other girls (myself included) and I think a bunch of us loosened up at that point. If we hadn't by the time the panel started - by the end we definitely had. We got to ask whatever type of questions we wanted and current students answered them and it was very nice I think. The social life isn't at all restricted because of the gender exclusive - guys from Notre Dame come and hang out whatever, and we go over there for classes and parties and stuff. (Geez, look at me already refering to the student body as 'we' - *shakes head at herself*) I asked about double majoring and got a very encouraging answer - I also learned about how easily you can get internships because the professors really care and since there's such a small student body (1500 for the entire student body) it would be more likely you'll succeed. I think that's what I meant to say. Anyway after that my group (the orange paper people) was reunited with their parents (apparently sister-in-law and madre had tons of fun learning about special education - there were no English ones) and we got to learn about Financial Aid. To me it seems like there's a LOT available so the cost isn't that bad.
We ate lunch then - their food was actually REALLY good. Plus their dining hall was VERY nice - very impressive. Um - then we had another panel discussion with everybody.... The only thing that sticks out there was what the security is, I learned about the residence life, and we didn't ask about the medical care on campus even though I remembered that was a question madre wanted to ask. No worries though - at the Open House in the athletic center madre asked and all is well. I think I'm set up to possibly do an overnight stay there and attend a class to see what it's really like. Plus - I filled out an academic form dealy to see what I need to be doing or if I'm doing the right thing etc. - and she said something to the extent of 'fantastic'. So I'm very happy about that. :D I also looked at the English major table and brought something home I'll have to look at sometime... and I looked at the music table so I know something about their choir that I could be part of. And OMG they have try-outs. Isn't that wonderful?! (and they travel and perform a lot and stuff)
Then came the tour. Nothing too important about that - except they have four residence halls and their rooms are AWESOME!!!! At least that's what I think. And I think madre and sister-in-law were impressed too. There are singles, doubles, triples, and quads. Each pertains to the number of people in the room and some rooms actually have bathrooms or sinks, but most have the common bathrooms. And you don't really know if you're going to have a closet or an armour (sp?). I just know that comparing them to the dorm rooms at Ball State, Indiana State (from what I've seen), Alfred, and the one from v-ball camp sophmore year, I think they are INCREDIBLE! Especially the Holy Cross ones - but the one pretty much freshman residence hall's layout (from what they said) seemed very interesting.
So I am very impressed with Saint Mary's, as is madre and sister-in-law. Sister-in-law actaully said that if I went there she would be okay with it. She gave her approval. That means a lot to me. Plus - they both agreed that the school was exceptional, and that a small school would be more for me (agreed) and that I probably wouldn't even really like going to PNC (also true), which was somehow related to the size issue. I don't know how relevant that is because I actually don't know that much about PNC or it's size. Don't get me wrong though - I have made no type of commitment towards Saint Mary's or anything - but truthfully I could see me going there. That doesn't mean that I'm not going to check out IU, Notre Dame, Manchester, or whatever else - but I did my first college visit and it went really well. Okay - I'm all done with the Saint Mary's talk. :D
I think I'll save basketball managing for later - right now I'll say why I'm tired. Truthfully - I don't really think that it's just because I went to bed at midnight, or that I was tired from babysitting, or that I had to wake up and be out of the house by like 20 after (a little later than planned). I think the first reason is that I didn't properly wake up. I set my alarm clock wrong (probably from being tired last nigh) so it was set for 5:30 PM instead of AM. Stupid mistake - I know. So madre ended up yelling upstairs at like 10 after six - "Are you up?" I kind of jerked awake and I'm like, "What?" so I probably almost bolt out of bed and get ready really fast. Throwing stuff in my bag etc. Erg. We weren't even really that off on what time we wanted to be there though - so all turned out well. The other reason is that yesterday I was doing my laundry - and I chose to wash my sheets and towels, which I wash on no regular schedule (which is bad). But the person I babysit for wanted me to come about a half-hour earlier so I probably could've switched another load - but I couldn't (or if I had put a load in before practice that morning - that one guy could've been on time!). So my sheets are with my last load - which when I got home at 10:30 wasn't even in the washer. So I switch my laundry and I go online to do my rounds etc. So then I go and take a shower and by the time I'm done I can put my last load in the dryer. Thank goodness. It's already late enough - so I just go to bed. On top of my comforter, with no pillowcase on my pillow, under two blankets that don't cover me that well. Somehow I manage to go to sleep. I wake up at about 2 and I think - this is crazy, I'm SO uncomfortable and cold etc. So I go downstairs and get my sheets then I come and make my bed. Then I go back to sleep much more comfortable. It's weird though - I don't credit all of this stupidity and sheets not being done to myself. My stuff was sitting RIGHT THERE in the middle of the mud-room, and madre who seems to always do stuff like that because it bothers her didn't touch it at all. Didn't she notice that there were sheets and stuff in the pile? She knew that I was babysitting - why didn't she just do it? Oh well - I'm over it now. And my sheets are on my bed.
Next up - ha ha! This is fun. So I go into school one day this week (can't remember which) and I'm like behind or right in front of Frodo. It's a little later so of COURSE OxyMORON has already put everything in her locker etc., and is at Frodo's locker - cooing in his ear. Gag me. Anyway - it was really weird because we were actually almost like the only people in the hallway. So I hear everything they're saying - and OxyMORON starts that she had the weirdest dream last night! He was over at her house, and then this person comes over. She doesn't say who it is, but she kind of gets quiet and is like - "You know - that one person I don't like". Me:*curiousity has been piqued* OxyMORON goes on - so she comes there and you (talking to Frodo) like give her a hug saying 'Oh, how are you?' blah blah blah. Meanwhile she says she's like freaking out! Y'know? "Get the H*** out of my house!' and Frodo's being all nice to her and stuff - and OxyMORON keeps yelling at her. Get out of my house! Etc. So then 'she' is all like, ok - and I can't remember but apparently said something nasty to her and left. (see- if I had written this earlier I would've remembered!)
I think this is very interesting because from what I observed (I'm being all psych now...) I think that OxyMORON is actually insecure about their relationship (good for my ego - bad for her) that he may STILL like this unknown person or possibly LIKES her. Which is my next point. Who is this person that she doesn't like a whole lot. I came up with two possible answers. It's either Carlie or me. Carlie I know she hates because of lunch table stuff - like she doesn't even like sitting next to her and is all mad that she was over at Frodo's house and stuff because they were going out for like ever. The problem with her being it though - is that why wouldn't she say it out loud? I was pretty much the only one in the hallway - and I should've been minding my own business anyway (I was actually putting my hair up in a ponytail to better eavesdrop! lol) who could've halfway heard them. And I really shouldn't care. But I know she hates Carlie anyway so it wouldn't matter one way or the other. If it WAS me then her not saying outright who it was is completely justifiable and even though I wouldn't have told him the story right then when I could've been eavesdropping easily - it's okay for her because she's stupid. And hey - she wanted to tell him. *shrug*
Yes - you may say I'm paranoid, but I really feel that she doesn't like me. I mean - I don't care, I don't like her either. It's just kind of sick that she just gives me dirty looks randomly.... in Pre-Calc just because I had like turned around and was dressed up or something. In the cafeteria in general - and especially in the time in pre-calc before class starts when no one has sat down yet. Really - in that class just when I want to go and talk to Princess Da I feel like a scrap of meat in a shark tank that hasn't been torn up yet. Or just in general before class starts. That one senior b*tch I was talking about before and OxyMORON give nothing but dirty looks it seems like, I kind of wish they would just verbally attack me or something so I know for sure. Plus - then I could send some venom back. I hate just sitting in limbo. It's in my nature to just try and be nice to everybody because they haven't done anything to me - and even if they have I just ignore them or steer clear of them. ERGH! I know you think I'm crazy and I need help Pralene (or anybody else) but that's just how I feel and I just wanted to put that dream part in 'cuz .... I dunno.
What's next? Basketball, Friday, or room? Hmmm. Friday - go into room and finish big with basketball. I think this qualifies as typing aloud yes? :D Okay - Friday was fun at.... *runs off and checks alias name* Sarah's birthday party. Even if it was cut short. I suggested to Princess Da as I was driving her home that next year we need to throw her a party away from her family. It really kind of ruins it for her. She said it was a good idea and then later Pralene said it was good too. But that wasn't even half the fun of Friday. Oh no. It was raining like buckets upon buckets second after second when we ended up leaving - so Pralene got soaking wet when I dropped her off in the like 5 or 6 seconds it took her to run into the house. Then I had to drive Princess Da home - and she's kind of way out there. A connecting road off of Wozniak that I would take when taking the partial back way to LaPorte. So driving down Wozniak with rain pouring down I end up slowing down so that I can drive past a car safely - a lightning bolt strikes REALLY REALLY close to us (the car hasn't passed yet) and on my side of the car. All I saw was white for a second, and Princess Da and I both screamed a little bit for a second and the huge puddle I was driving through splashed up covering the entire windshield (it was really big) and needless to say after passing the car Princess Da and I were pretty freaked for the rest of the ride to her house (and me to mine). It was a major topic of discussion the whole way. And we had a lot more ride to go at that point too. :D Everybody was safe though - so nothing to worry about.
When I got home though - the party kind of kept going. As you very well know Pralene - you called me.... so we talked for a really long time. Like two hours and fifteen minutes long. Very fun. I enjoy truth or dare and would you rather (not all from the phone coversation either). So being incapacitated to do any type of reading or online rendevous I headed upstairs while talking to Pralene. In that time I put all of my books from the crates they were in onto the bookshelf. This is huge for me. Not only that - but after Pralene and I stopped talking, I kept 'cleaning'. I put my stereo on my dresser and put stuff into my bedside 'table' that I wanted there etc. I'm very proud of myself. Then I ended up going to bed at like midnight and having to get up and go the next morning. Not quite that early though. Like quarter 'til nine. So work on my room is going well. I'm happy.
That leads me into basketball. Yep - I'm managing basketball. With technically - five other people. This pissed me off at first, but I'm much more at peace about that now. First of all - Moose (partial alias) is just cameraman. He's not doing anytype of manager work like filling water bottles or anything. That's ALL he does. He does not make me feel sad or angry inside. Then as I learned yesterday, not just one, but TWO people are middle schoolers. The one - let's call her Diamond, I knew she was an eigth grader - she was volleyball manager. She is slightly retarded or has a learning disability or however you say it. What's worse is that she has a major crush on one of the senior players and is very possessive of his waterbottle and such - this is obvious to all who pays any sort of attention. Then there's .... um - I dunno. 7th grader. She is competent, and I didn't know how old she was until I asked her - I had thought she was a sophmore like the other manager. Apparently not. This amuses me. Don't ask me why - it just does. I'm not in such a big of a huff about how many mangagers there are now because two of them can't really be varsity managers because they're not really in high school (the way I see it). And sure - the whole 'too many cooks in the kitchen' metaphor still applies hugely, but I think it's becoming less of an issue now. We are figuring out how we operate and do things so there's not as much chaos. This is good since the scrimmage is in less than a week now and we'll actually have things to do. After we gave out uniforms yesterday though I can see that they're still not great and I will still be a headstrong manager like I thought I would be in the first place.
If you ask me why I'm doing this - I will tell you. I wasn't going to originally although I had thought about it. I still wanted the 'in the crowd' feel even though I'm not a cheerleader. I also wanted to go to and see all of the games still and it occured to me that as a manager I will never be late and I don't have to pay to get into anything. Just as a cheerleader wouldn't - except the fan bus has been known to be late. I don't like this fact very much, but it's true. So the one con was the 'in the stands' thing. Then I realized - all of the people who are in the stands I don't really care if I talk to or interact with or not. ALL of the cheerleaders I could go without interacting with them at the games, and as long I get to watch the Poms perform I'm good. It doesn't matter that much that I can't talk to Pralene, or Marie, or Rachel, or Shawndra - because those people are my friends and I can talk to them anytime. I don't need an extra-curricular for that. It helps - but it's not necessary. Plus - I like to be of use. *smirk* :D
Oh - and EXCITING NEWS! Madre told me while we were driving to LaPorte that she talked to Aunt S. (not really an alias) and she is going to go and *hopefully* get tickets for them to see Josh Groban in Grand Rapids on Feb. 20. It's on a Tuesday- but that doesn't matter. It's really awesome too because that's his like 4th show of his 2007 "Awake" tour. Y'know what's better though? Four days later, Feb. 24, he's going to be in Chicago! It's a Saturday - there's no basketball game (the last one before sectionals being the night before) and the whole big group of us are *hopefully* going!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that was a squeal if you couldn't tell) YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that'll be like the 6th show of his entire tour!!!! YAY! Excitement - excitement! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
So I leave this VERY long entry in a happy mood. :D I *heart* Josh Groban. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Avour!
-Abz
