I wish I had written on saturday morning to make this entry shorter, but I kept putting this off...yes I am a procrastinator. Friday- It was a dress down day. I don't think anything eventful happened at school. After school, I came home(I think..I don't even rememebr). I had voice with Dr.Paschal. We practiced "I enjoy being a girl" and some other stuff. That evening, I had to go to the CN Arts Fest which was extremely unorganized and I hate to say it-pitiful. The music portion was set up in the front of the school. First the middle school choir sang All That Jazz, Popular, For Good, God Help The Outcasts..I think that's it. Ah a pain to my ears. Then, some other people sang and played the piano. It was almost my turn, and I got nervous even though the audience only contained about 10 people. I started to wiggle around and fidget. My mom whispered to me "Pretend you're Sutton Foster" Though that was a nice attempt, I knew then and I will always know that I am not Sutton Foster, I am Lori Wheat. Then she said "Okay, then pretend she's up there holding your hand." That's the moment when my nerves went away. It was my turn. I got up there, microphone in hand, and smiled while the introduction played. Then, I sang. My voice wasn't shaky like it always is at auditions, and I even did it in character and smiled, and I projected my voice. Yes I was not nervous. And I sang "I enjoy being a girl" better than I ever have before. The microphone made me echo really loud. The wind blew and my hair blew in the wind as I finished singing. I didn't pretend Sutton was up there with me. I imagine she was in the back row telling me I could do this. And now I believe I can do anything. After the Arts Fest, my mother and I went to see "Fever Pitch." It was an okay movie. I didn't love it and I didn't hate it. Saturday-That morning, I skipped musical theatre, but went to tap. I have missed some classes so I was a bit behind on the recital dance, but Cindy said she would set up a private with me to catch up. There's something about tap that makes so much since. I mean I'm not very good at it yet, but like it makes since. It's so rhythmic, and happy. I don't think you can do a sad tap dance. It's just a feel-good type of dance that I always leave smiling. After dance, my mom and I went to dinner at Birds on A Wire. Then I got Ben and Jerrys and made my mom listen to The Last 5 Years. She doesn't like it. Oh well. When I got home, Leslie(my sister) and Will(my nephew) were here. My mom and Leslie went off for awhile, and I was left with the baby. ARGH. I felt like I was a teenage mother because I had to get ready while taking care of him. He cried the whole time I was in the shower, but he got better once I gave him apple juice. After that, I met up with Molly, Leslie, Meg, Sam, Niki, Sarah, and Kelley at Fridays. Our waitress sucked and Molly ordered chicken fingers, and one of her "chicken fingers" was fish. It was gross. After dinner, we went to the CN high school dance. 27 people were there, mostly Freshmen. I didn't slow dance at all, partially by choice, partially by the choice of the guy I like. I did dance though. And Kelley, Sam, and I sang "the rose" in front of everyone. Even though we all acted like silly morons, I realized that this was who we really are. We're fun and quirky. If the upperclassmen had been there, we would have been boring. So I'm sort of glad that barely anyone came. After the dance, I came home and stayed online until like 1:30. I also thought a lot about Catherine. Was she having fun at prom? Was she losing her virginity? Was she drunk? I was excited for her because prom is a huge deal. Sunday- I woke up at 1:30. At 3, I went to LPT. We made decorations for the dance that I'm not going to. It was okay though because we sat outside and I got to talk to Meg and Sami. After LPT, I went to Palmetto Girls. I sat with Kelsey. We're singing a bunch of country music..gag. After that, I came home. Kelley is mad at me. We go to the zoo on Thursday, so technically this is a 4 day week. SCORE! I have a test tomorrow in world civ. I always fail Berzin's tests, so I know I will fail this one even though I really need to raise my GPA. Oh well, maybe this once I won't screw up.