band, grades, and braids

Hey people who are hopefully reading!

So I dive back into blog world for another swim with all of you, whoever all of you are. I just wanted to give a quick summery on what's been going on lately. 1. Band our band has gone to two competitions so far. We should have gone to three, except that since it has been raining so much our second one got canceled. At both we have gotten solid twos (OMEA translation for excellent)but have not qualified for states, or scored in the top three of our category. It has been a really cold season, although learning from last year I have gotten quite adept at the art of layering gloves, shirts, sticking scarves underneath uniform etc. We have our final competition at Tri-Vally this Saturday. If we get a one we will qualify for states, if not the band season will be over for the year, except for the senior show, which is a totally different ball game. On the one hand I think we have a fair chance of getting to states, we have the talent, on the other it's not guaranteed.
Grades. For some reason i thought I wasn't doing to well this year, I don't know why I just did. I went with my parents to Parent Teacher conferences though and it turns out I am actually doing REALLY I have A's in almost all my classes including math! Yes I am some how good at math this year, so thank you for all your divine help last year Swamiji, it paid off. Besides that schools is just so so. The one class I really enjoy is D-town the other I just go though, with no real sense of enjoyment or hate. I am trying to be positive about them though.
Braids, well really it just sounded kind of cool up there and gave me an excuse to use the picture above, which is a hairstyle I did a few weeks ago on a friend in band. I have always been great with string, and braids and all sorts of things like that, but for the first time my talent is becoming really useful. In band I get to braid a lot of the girls' hair so they can put it under their hats the pictures above are an example. Step one was pictures one, and the finished product,picture two. OK readers got to get on with the rest of my night good bye!