Last Choir Show

I don't really know how I'm feeling right now. One second I'm sad I'm not going to be in the senior slideshow but then another second passes by and I'm excited to go to Germany. I guess life has its trade-offs.

Right now, I'm feeling more happy than sad that I'm done with choir. It feels like a burden has been lifted off of my shoulders. I guess that's just the show week stress. I don't know. I used to really genuinely enjoy choir but now it's just meh.

Anyways, my last choir show went well (I think). Made some mistakes but that's life. When have I not made a mistake on a Saturday show? My first and last solo went a little iffy because my mic wasn't on its stand but I don't think it was very noticeable. I hope. I hope I didn't sound like complete shiz. I was aiming for not bad. HAHAH

This also marks the last weekend that I've had something to do. I can now relax until June rolls in and starts shizzing on me again. For now, I will relax and enjoy my time not being a busy B.

Orientation in Michigan

This past weekend (May 17-20) was really amazing. I'm even more excited for August to come now!

I got to miss school on Friday to travel to Chicago. Once we got to Chicago O'Hare we waited a bit and met up with the rest of the FLAG kids. Then, we took a bus to Bridgman, MI to Bethel Retreat Center. It was really cute!

The first night we really didn't do much. We signed in and ate some pizza. Then we got to our rooms and knocked out. Just kidding. I didn't sleep at all that first night. It was so cold! Right after that, we figured out how to turn off the AC.

Saturday was the day I got to talk to everyone and get to know them. I got into the habit of calling people by where they're from which I think I should get rid of.. We did some activities that would show how it would feel like to be lost and misunderstood and activities to show what German people think of us and vice versa. A lot of information was thrown at us so I'm probably forgetting a lot of what happened. Then we had free time. 

Sunday was basically the same thing except we did some improv activities with two professional improv performers. This was probably my favorite part of the orientation. It was really funny! We ended Sunday with a bonfire. (With no sand, ocean, fire pit..culture shock? haha just kidding) Monday was pretty uneventful because I was in the group that left early except that I made the bus turn around because I forgot my wallet at Bethel. Woops.

The food gets its own paragraph because it was that good. It felt like we were constantly eating but I wasn't going to complain because Miss Kay was such a great cook. I was very pleased.

I skipped a whole bunch of stuff but there was honestly so much this post would be waay too long if I list them all. I'm not a very descriptive writer either. + I don't think I even remember everything!

Halfway Through May

This means I only have one more week of AP testing left! I took the AP Chem and AP Lang test last week and I wanted to cry a little bit after each one. I have the attention span of a child so having to sit in one place for a prolonged period of time was absolute torture. I hope APUSH isn't too bad.

So last weekend, May 10-11, my JV softball team had our bonding event to end the season and it was really fun. We got picked up from school by a party bus and then we got dropped off to Fashion Island where we did a scavenger hunt. I was team leader! But unfortunately, we didn't win any of the games... How sad. Afterwards we got all dressed up and ate at a Mexican restaurant called Sol in Newport Beach.

The hotel room we stayed at was so big. I think it was almost the same size as my house. It was a presidential suite and it was two floors. There were 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and a really big common area. It was so fun! I got to know more about my teammates and I'll really miss them when I go to Germany. ):

Here are pictures~

This weekend I'll be busy again because it's the on-site orientation for FLAG! I'm excited to meet everyone and to fly to Michigan where's it's raining and not hot like it is here in SoCal. I'm missing Friday and Monday which will put me behind in choir ): But I hope I catch up before the show because the show is the weekend after orientation! Crazy. I'm not used to being so busy.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), there's an online orientation to talk about what the actual orientation. It's going to be really brief but I hope Luke tells us what we need to pack because I really don't know what to pack and how to pack yet. I don't even know where we'll be staying. Like, I know what city but what type of place will we be sleeping in? ahah. I'm really excited. (:

In the Double Digits

This is surreal. In less than 100 days, I will be boarding a flight to Washington DC and then a few days later I'll be flying to Germany. Absolutely crazy.

I feel like time is going by so fast! I want it to slow down so I can enjoy and thoroughly process the time I have left in high school and at home, but at the same time I want it to move faster because I'm really excited to go to Germany.

May is going to be a really hectic month. From AP tests (that I feel like I am unprepared for..God please help me) to softball events to a choir show to the on-site orientation for FLAG, I just feel so busy. I don't want to say I'm overwhelmed, because all these things are pretty spaced out but just the thought of all the things that are going to happen in the next couple of weeks is kind of overwhelming. I've never been the "busy" kind of person. This accumulation of activities is completely alien.

So about the on-site orientation, I got an e-mail last week about it. It's 12 days away. Cray. We're going to be flown to Chicago and then we're going to ride a bus to Michigan. This kind of makes up for missing prom. I'm still waiting for my flight information, though. I hope they send it soon! I'm getting really excited to fly again with Mitchell. DC memories~ But I understand if they're getting behind because Tim, the coordinator, is not in the best health at the moment. I pray he has a swift recovery.

Recently I've gone through a John Hughes phase and have concluded that it would be best if my life was similar to a mixture of all the characters that Molly Ringwald has played. Mainly, the part where she gets everything she wants at the end. How ideal. haha

Adios muchachos. Until next time when I actually have something of substance to talk about.