Well...it's certainly been an...interesting weekend.

We lost the Crosstown Rivalry football game. Which I didn't mind so much. They'd just lost a friend, and they deserved to win it for her.

Yesterday, we went to work the school's debate meet, and while we were there, we found out that we also had lost a friend, Charles Bush.

It hit me pretty hard. I mean, I know every year they lose at least one student...but I never expected it to hit so close to home. Charles...was an amazing guy. He was friendly to everyone he met and he was the hardest worker I've ever met. Band was his life. He was a beast on the tenor drums. He, Cole, and I tore up Area 51 in the marching show this year. But now...I'll never hear him beat those drums again. I just can't believe that he's really gone. I won't believe he's really gone until Monday morning, when I walk into percussion class expecting him to already be there with his drum out, playing the hell out of it. But he won't. And that's when it will finally hit me.

We had a candlelight service at the practice field last night. I think that suited him, the practice field was his second home. If our band directors would let him, he'd be out on that field every chance he got, and every second that he didn't have occupied. If they let him, he probably would've taken his drum to every class. I couldn't grasp what happened yesterday...I had just seen him 12 hours before...and then in an instant, he was taken away. He had everything going for him. He was planning to tryout for two DCI bands: The Cavaliers and the Blue Devils. He had a scholarship to University of Texas in Arlington, and he had an amazing talent.
But...that just wasn't God's plan for Charles, and now Charles is up in heaven playing drums we couldn't even begin to comprehend the perfectness of.

So Tuesday, when we go to that Marching UiL contest, we're going to win it...

And we're going to do it for Charles.

I know it's been awhile since I've posted, but senior year has been so RIDICULOUSLY busy! haha.

I love senior year so far. Classes are pretty easy. I made all A's and B's this six weeks. =]

Band's going alright. It's more frustrating then usual this year, but that's alright.

We had our first contest yesterday. What a hectic day that was. I was originally going to wake up at 6 o'clock, because I had to go take my SAT's before, but woke up at 5 and couldn't go back to sleep. Too many nerves. We played at 2:45, and I got out of my SAT (which I took in Commerce) at 1:20. So we drove 75 the whole way from Commerce to Mesquite, with me freaking out in the back seat the entire time. We pulled up in the parking lot, I leaped out of the car, mom zipped up my jacket, I threw together my horn, and ran down the hill to the shoot, where the pit (and luckily, my vibraphone) was waiting. There was one band playing, another band about to go on, and then it was us, so I just barely made it. Unfortunately for me, though, not only to my reed crack in the car on the way over, but I didn't have time to warm up. So when my solo came around, it was dry, quiet, and squeaky. A.K.A: AWFUL. Lucky for me, the microphone wasn't turned up, so I don't think the judges heard me, because despite my icky solo, we still made ones, which I was ecstatic about. We got to the stadium at 2:20, and were back out by 3:30, on the road home again.

I finally joined the Twilight band-wagon. And I must say, I can really understand what the fuss is about. Though I'm not a huge fan of vampires, this book...is amazing. It's so detailed, and so written. Now I just have to wait for the movie to come out. I'm hoping that my best friend (who let me read her copy of Twilight) will bring me New Moon tomorrow. I read the sneak-peek in the first book and now I'm SO excited to see what happens.