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  • Well….. this is a rant.

    Today when I was in my Pre-UIL competition(it’s like a competition for different orchestras in schools where you play songs with your group, and judges give you a score on how well you do), I had gotten through the practice pieces just fine, until the sight-reading. Near the end, there was a short rest that I’d completely forgotten about while shadowbowing, and I accidentally played a quite-obvious note during it. Afterwards, a bunch of my group members were asking who played that, and saying that we were doing just fine until someone played that note. Now I’m scared to go back, because they’ll probably blame me if we don’t get a perfect score.

    I messed up GRANDLY

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    • Don’t worry, Mistle. I’m sure you did wonderfully! It’s okay that you messed up; mistakes help us improve. You don’t have to be perfect, just try your best! *huggles* <3 <3 <3 (Sorry if my advice is bad 🙂 )

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    • Ack Pre-UIL

      Don’t shadow bow on your instrument, but rather beneath it. Turn the bow upside down (so this stick is touching you, not the hair) and place in your lap to shadowbow, so you don’t make noise.

      It’ll pass. At least you didn’t get disqualified <3

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    • Oh Mistle, I’m so sorry! *huggles* hopefully they will get over it!

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  • I have strep throat . . . it hurts so much . ,.

    I also really want to learn how to snowboard, but my parents won’t let me. UGHHHH

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  • I could really use some hugs right now.
    So it all started in the morning, when I found out I almost had a fever, but I still had to go to school. In first period, tennis, I couldn’t participate in the game because my chest was hurting. I thought it would become better, but by fifth period I’d gotten fatigue and my eyes were burning. In seventh period it became worse, and it didn’t help that we watched this really graphic video about war. In eighth period I was feeling horrible and I got an 80 on a quiz.
    After school ended I was ready to go home but my mom picked me ten minutes late. She told me that in the morning my dad was on his way to the bathroom and he suddenly passed out. His jaw is broken in three places and he’s in the ER getting surgery tomorrow, He won’t come home for another three days.
    On top of that I had to go to the pediatrician because of my sickness, and I have a high fever from the flu. My mom is sick and my brother has the flu too.
    Thanks for reading about my day. I hope yours was better. 🙂

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    • I’m sorry your day was so messed up! I think that if you maybe can find something to look forward to, like a vacation or a new book, it might lift your spirits. Hope you and your family get better! (Also, snuggles with a pet might pet might help. They will TOTALLY understand if you want to.) (:

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      • Thank you, Lilypool! Sorry for the late reply.
        The advice really helped me! My spirits were lifted a whole lot by writing down a couple theories about Warriors in a notebook. Thank you so much! 😀

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    • Oh no Aster! I’m sooo sorry!! *huggles* I really hope your dad is okay! Get well soon!!!!

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      • Aw, thanks Darky. My dad is doing much better now- the surgeon said the surgery went very well and that everything was fine. I’m feeling much better myself. Thanks for the good vibes! 😀

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      • Thank you Fallenpaw! I’m feeling much better, a,most back to normal except for the cough. My dad is also doing great- the surgery went really well. Thank you for the hug and good wishes! *hugs back*

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    • Oh gosh, that’s terrible! Next time, if you don’t feel well, take your temperature and maybe go to the nurse during school. Talk to your teacher and see if you can make up the test. I hope you and all of your family gets better soon. 🙁 *huggles*

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      • Thank you Wavey!
        Omg the advice really helped. Unfortunately I couldn’t make up the quiz as it was a…quiz 😛 they only let you retest for tests. We’re all doing better, almost back to normal. Thanks for the advice and the good vibes! 😀😀😀

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    • Aww, that stinks! Being sick is horrible (there’s a massive amount of people at my school with the flu), but eventually it’ll pass. And I hope your dad’s okay! *huggles*

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    • I’m so sorry! Hugs!!! My brother has the flu as well. We need to stay away from him because my mom is pregnant and my other brother is a toddler, and apparently it is even worse for them. I hope your dad gets better.

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      • *hugs back* Aw, thank you Minty. We’re all doing way better than a few days ago! I hope your brother is okay and that everything goes well with you. <3

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  • I /never/ go here
    When I do I’m stalking
    There was once when I was worried about Spike
    But I rarely come here with a personal problem
    Let’s change that.

    So.
    I’ve gone to 5 schools in my lifetime.
    One year of preschool, the rest of preschool to second grade, third and fourth, fifth, and now.
    Fourth to fifth was just elementary to middle school, not a big deal (except the middle school is bigger and confusinger, but no new friends or anything)
    I am TIRED of moving schools.
    The school I’m at now is a public school, it’s great, they teach to your level and have tons of fun classes and things you’d never get to do at public school. Like genetically modify bacteria. And build structures out of inflated trash bags.
    But
    It’s an hour away, Algebra 1 is driving me insane, I’m TIRED of change, and I hate my friends there (they’re really annoying)
    But I think we all know public school is terrible
    And I HATE decisions
    Heck I’ll freak out if I have to decide between burning at my sisters lacrosse game for 2 hours but then getting icecream and staying at home without icecream
    And this is certainly going to MESS UP MY LIFE and things
    I’ve decided I’m sick of change and I’m going back to public school (I was supposed to “think about it” from september-now but i have my mind made up)
    And I KNOW I’m going to hate myself either way
    And yeah

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    • “I am TIRED of moving schools.” You have n o i d e a how many times I’ve snapped that at my parents.

      Life’s hard at the point we’re at right now. Just try to be optimistic and stuff.
      (yes I know this isn’t good advice but I suck at advice anyway)

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    • Aww Wollow, hopefully at your new school you have a lot of fun, and meet some AMAZING people!

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    • *hugs* I hope things get better, Wollow. I’m sure your new school will be amazing and you’ll make tons of new friends!

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    • Yikes. Just take it one day at a time, enjoy the pros of your current school while you’re there, and maybe try and make some new friends if your current ones are really not working. Talk to your Algebra teacher if you’re struggling. No one likes change, but it might be the only thing you can count on in life, so you just have to deal with it. 🙂 *huggles*

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    • Yikes, that sucks! But for every bad thing that happens, there are still two good ones out there 🙂 *huggles*

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    • Wollow, switching schools is rough, and I’m really sorry you have had to go through that so many times. One bit of advice for deciding on schools is thinking not only about your education, but what makes you happy. Sadly there is likely no perfect balance, but I’m sure you’ll make/have made the right decision. <3

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  • I have strep throat . . . it hurts so much . ,.

    I also really want to learn how to snowboard, but my parents won’t let me. UGHHHH

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  • Blech. This isn’t a huge problem and I’m managing fine for now by just ignoring these guys, but it’s driving me nuts.

    Remember Jin? The guy in my band class who challenged me? Well, first of all, he’s spoken to me about five times since he joined the school in October-November. But I don’t really care, because he really is just a jerk and when he does speak to me, I can tell it’s not because he wants to. Luckily, I don’t get the real brunt of his rudeness, but I have to sit next to him and I see it happen. Not only is it really annoying, it’s just… really annoying. But from different standpoints. It was really nice when I was fifth chair because he was stuck on the end of the row and the person next to him was this really shy clarinet who pretty much never talks. But now he sits next to the guy who’s fourth chair and they do not get along. The fourth chair guy is this seventh grader who’s almost a complete opposite of Jin… except that he’s also very talkative. But at least he’s nice and I think he likes me. He doesn’t really talk to me much either, but certainly more than Jin and he’s nice to me. But he’s kind of immature. Not immature in like he screams poop and laughs his head off (like someone I know cough cough my brother cough cough), but he acts kind of childish and he got really upset today, I’m not sure over what. But he talks to Jin a lot, and it’s not usually nice but not much straight-out rude either. I’m not quite sure I can explain right, so I’ll give you a conversation they had the other day. But first you need backstory (ooooooooooohhhhhh). Part of our daily warm-up in both Symphonic Band and Concert Band (this is Concert Band btw) is to play the B flat concert scale (G major for us altos). First the entire band plays it together, and then the aides (Symphonic Band captains in marching, this is probably really confusing but I’m too lazy to go in-depth and it doesn’t really matter much to the story anyway) separate the band into three groups and we play it as a round. This year’s two Concert Band aides like to have people play solos, duets, trios, and solis (section). In my section, there’s three groups of people: the people who are really enthusiastic about playing a two-note solo/soli/whatever and always raise their hands (I’m in this one), the people who don’t really care and raise their hands for a soli just because everyone else is, and the people who are too nervous/inconfident in their abilities to play a solo but are cool with playing a soli. And then there’s Jin. He thinks playing a two-note soli/solo is stupid and worthless and never raises his hand. But he won’t when the entire section wants to play a soli just because he thinks he’s above it. It’s really infuriating because he thinks he’s above everyone and everything, and even though other people in his section want to play the soli, he won’t raise his hand for them, even though some of them are his friends. Kinda. Anyway, this happened the other day, and the fourth chair guy, as always, called him out a bit on it, and he wouldn’t do it. I don’t actually remember a lot of the conversation, and it’s probably not exact. But here goes:

    Jin: respect your elders (I almost died at this part because of the Warriors aspect and Jin is only cranky enough to be an elder plus he’s one of those “popular” guys who would hate it XD)
    Fourth chair guy: shut the fudge (he said fudge, not the actual word) up!
    Jin: watch your language

    and other stuff like that. A couple months ago, the fourth chair guy accidentally ripped a corner of a page in Jin’s book and Jin wanted him to take his music out of his folder because he ripped it, but he wouldn’t. They just don’t get along and it drives me crazy. Plus Jin in general drives me crazy. I just needed to get this out since he especially annoyed me today. The Explorers had some assembly or something, and the fourth chair guy and everyone else who’s in the first row/all the other first altos were gone, so Jin had no one to annoy but me. Yay.

    Also tonight I got a sore throat out of nowhere. Whoopee.

    At least tomorrow the fourth chair guy will be back and Jin will go back to pretending I don’t exist, which, honestly, is really nice.

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    • *hugs* Good thing you won’t have to deal with Jin anymore. I hope you’re not getting sick, but if you are, I hope it doesn’t last long.

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  • Hello there, it’s RTOTD time!!! Woohoo!!!!! Btw, I’m doing an extra RTOTD because I might not be on BlogClan this Saturday 😀

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/33/d2/8b/33d28ba69c988def05f06205456e5f9a.jpg (Sorry, I just love puns! 😛 )
    http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cute-hedgehogs-22__700.jpg
    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/34/7f/34/347f34276c0b3dc0eb7898c89fa60d79.jpg
    http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uuuploads/cute-baby-animals/cute-baby-animals-10.jpg

    I hope you liked today’s RTOTDs!!! Have a great day!!! 🙂

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  • My fish died today.
    This fish was named Philbert, and I was very attached to him. I had a fish named Jaguar when I was 5, but now that im older, I felt a real sense of responsibility with Philbert. I truly loved him, not just thought he was pretty like a little kid. And my cat loved him too!! my cat, Pepper, would sit there and look at Philbert through the glass on the fish tank, and keep him company.
    I got Philbert in October of 2015, so i guess he had a fairly long life. I just wish Philbert hadn’t died. We’re having a fish funeral for him, outside in the woods, so Pepper can still look through the glass at him. 🙁 🙁 🙁

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