The First Year

This would be so much cooler if I had started this blog on January 1st and I was writing this on December 31st... Close enough.

 

(But let's be real, I kind of half-ass most things anyway.)

 

Here are some of the things that happened this past year to me:

• I wore a funny hat and this is basically Janelle's fault
• I became friends with Taylor Ashcraft and everyone disapproved
• I got locked out of the school and cried on his brother's shoulder (oh heaven help me)
• I fell in the toilet
• I went to a birthday party over the internet
• Everything had to do with band, guard, or people in band and/or guard
• I had no idea who Caitlin would become
• I called Tony a "great kid" for the first of many times (and became a drum major)
• I took an astronomy lesson to heart a little too much
• I obviously had a really busy week in March and I apologize
• I began to fall in love with my three drum majors
• Nathan died, and I kind of lost it after that
• State was all about winning and, once again, losing
• No wonder people thought I liked Taylor
• I came up with the absolute best way to name babies
• SL found its way to my blog because May was so boring
• I was pretentious
• I read Catcher in the Rye
• Charlie McDonnell taught me it's okay to be an introvert
• I wrote the shortest post about the longest week
• Band made things not suck
• I loved The Great Gatsby
• Heather gave me a square of duct tape
• I told a lot of people I loved them
• Janelle helped me end one thing and begin another
• I was struck by imaginary lightning
• I realized you can never have too many band posts
• Tony asked
• I answered
• We all had a really fun time
• I wrote a speech on love, kinda
• The best boys ever came to my rescue
• I made the worst analogy ever
• A class full of band kids is a blessing and a curse
• I told one person I liked them
• I still can't believe I'm a senior
• I was scared to death and they saw beauty in life
• My band is full of 9freakin59 babes
• I tried to convey how amazing my life is and came nowhere close
• I was am scared basically all the time
• I used to hate myself basically all the time
• Heaven destroyed Hell
• Lortab. If you don't know the stories, just ask.
• I found true love
• I wrote a boring post about Preference

There was a lot of crying this year, done by me and others and me because and for others and others because and for me, but mostly me. There was a renewal in my love of reading and writing. There were kidney stones and surgeries and an abundance of orthodontic work. There was laughing and loving and more crying. There was BAND. Preethi and I have been friends for four years and counting. I was so sad, but I had little reason to be. This next year will be better, fingers crossed.

 

Oh, by the way. This year ended the way it began: making a blog because of Janelle. Check out our new collaborative music blog, please and thank you.