maybe blogging will turn into a once a week endeavor

SOOOO...
I sort of talked about Monday. The only exciting thing was the math meet. We did really well. However like every October math meet, we did it alone at home which is never nearly as exciting as the real thing and yelling "pi/2" and "7/3" during team round. But we won. Though apparently Winchester has joined our league and got a 108, so it might be iffy this year, even with our apparently strong team (if we continue like this, we could clean up in States and NE's...)
So then I had a painfully long and boring orchestra rehearsal, went home and did homework. I know. Boring.
Tuesday: 26/164=13/82
Day 1: chilled during sr project, learned more redox stuff in chem, finished our greek music and presented in humanities (apparently mine was really long... it didn't feel that long...), played gladiator ball in gym, and finished our soil lab in APES. All together, a very normal and boring and plain day, which is really nice at times. I had a lesson that night, which went pretty well, and pretty much just had a basic night. It was good.
Wednesday: 27/164
Day 2: REALLY CHILL. Psych: notes on sleep and consciousness and stuff and Rusty the narcoleptic dog. I could watch him all day. AP Chem: an activity series lab that was actually pretty cool. Orchestra: Play tests. Such a joke. Srsly. Math: well, you leave 3 kids in a room. They don't do math. Speaking of which, I need to do math... X: Senior picture and club pictures. Senior picture was so stupid. There were many bees swarming and 200 kids on wooden bleachers. Scary combination. But at least math team will have a picture in the yearbook. YAY! And Christie and I are in the same row.
So then I went home, tutored for an hour (for payment). It's so hard to ever turn down 20 dollars...
And then I had my MIT interview. It turns out that he had 2 sons that were in GBYSO, one in YPO, and one who is majoring in horn at Northwestern right now. I really liked him. And we had lots to talk about. Despite my nervousness, I think the interview went really well. YAY!
Thursday: 28/164=14/82=7/41 (zomg, more than 1/6th of the way there!)
Day 3: definitely my hardest day. And after yesterday, I didn't get a lot of sleep due to Iliad reading and something that took longer than it should have. Psych: meh, more notes. Boring day. Senior project: strange discussions. Apparently all of the world's problems are caused by 5 year old girls in beauty pagents. Yes... Humanities: another easy miniquiz. YAY. And our first essay. That was originally due on October 29th. And then we asked him to push it back. And it became October 27th. How? Not sure. Math: college stuff. Again, I need to do math. APES: lab! Collecting water samples and DO readings. Fun?
So I got home exhausted, started my dream log for psych, and then went to NRCB. And then I got home and finished. And then went to bed far too late.
Friday: 29/164
TGIF. So I was really tired today. I handed in my dream log and submitted my "request to teacher to send recommendation" form to Boschetto for MIT and Caltech. It's weird. I didn't think I really wanted to go to MIT, but the more I learn about it, the more I think I like it. But who knows if I'll get in, so I don't want to get too attached. And then sr project, where I did... nothing? And then AP Chem where we finished the activity series lab and started electrochemistry. I think I like electrochem. I'm looking forward to the math. And then Sheinfeld lectured us in art. I know I drifted off a few times. It was painfully boring. And then gym which I just barely managed to get through. By that time I had accumulated quite a tiredness/dehydration headache. It was unfun. And I stayed in school because Nipunn said he was coming during APES. And then APES: Griff was at an indoor water park in Chicago for his mother-in-law's 70th birthday. Oh yes, he was having fun. So we had a study. And Nipunn was supposed to come in. And didn't. Until like 1:59. And I needed to go home and sleep. So I saw him for 2 seconds. It was not cool. So I got home and just crashed. It was so good.
Saturday:
This will be the only YPO rehearsal in which I have fun. Okay, not true. But it definitely was a lot of fun. So we played Mahler and then Zander started working on the 4th movement and there is no wind part, so he let us go. And guess who was just outside the rehearsal... HEATHER! Oh man, I forgot how much I missed her. It was a photo bananza. I love my new facebook profile picture too! Anyways, it was great. And I admit YPO sounds good. It's just frustrating that it's not all high school kids. It's like comparing tomatos and tomatillos. They're different species. And Zander told us "everyone in this room WILL go to South Africa." Well, Mr. Zander, we will see about that...
And before rehearsal, my mom and I went shopping and got this awesome new peacoat so I no longer will look like a 3 year old. Well, I may still wear my jacket, but I love this coat.
Sunday:
Again, TGIS...
Yay gbyso day! Paige and I talked. And then we had actual rehearsal. It was a painful day since it's the week before a concert. So Fed tries to make us do everything we've been doing wrong in the past 5 weeks. It was just ouchy. And by the end, we were all so tired we were making silly mistakes. But alas, that happens.
Tomorrow, mom and I are going to close up goose pond. It's always a weird mixture of emotions. I miss the place, but it's nice to go and visit. And go apple/blueberry/raspberry picking. And get this awesome hot chocolate. But I am going to have to get up early. So I need to go to bed.