Well, I didn't quite make it into The Academy, and although it did bring me down a little bit. I think that I have finally realized with the help of a lovely, beautiful, and loving girl, that I still need to keep my head up. I think this was about the first time all year long that I was actually disappointed about something. Yes, it would be awesome to march all summer long with a bunch of other guys and just totally and completely drumming with them. But there is more to this summer then just drumline. I am really going to look towards the positive side of this now. One thing being that I now will get to enjoy going to Carnegie Hall with many awesome and wonderful people in choir. Another thing being is that I will have time to get a job and save up some for college, or money to buy me a vehicle that will get me to NAU, and then back down here. To Scottsdale so I can come visit people, and see how everyone is doing at ASU. Just as Jill's mom told me, everything happens for a reason, and I suppose that this reason makes complete sense. It was just at the time I didn't happen to see it. I was blinded by my negative energy that I couldn't see the positive side of this outcome. Now, that I have just stepped back, took a breathe and realized that there still is a lot of good that will become of this. I am ok with this outcome, and I know that everything will be just fine. So for everyone who looks for even just the slightest positive side in anything. Remember this, everything really does happen for a reson, and there truly is a positive side to everything happening, but rather than just focusing in on the negative outcome, take a step back, breathe, and just let the positivity over run you. Because then, no matter how bad that outcome was, good things will still happen. Sleep well Peace ~Kris