catching my breath

after nearly an entire week of school, i have reached a point where i am not meant to be somewhere or doing something. i can sit knowing that i have a mere 4 algebra problems to solve for homework, and nothing else. it's hard to find anything more comforting, these days. however, after today, i have little doubt that life will slow down until christmas break. jim fyock and his cohorts are laying it on us thick for this last week and a half... but to be honest, i wasn't expecting to escape this semester without recieving a substantial workload from each of my teachers.

mrs. koschel told me today in class that i was going to be taking geometry second block of next block. she took the liberty of discussing it with mr. davis, and changed my schedule for me. i have no objections. but that also means that i won't be taking any bible classes this year. although i've heard that joey johnson can give painful amounts of work at times, i was looking forward to being in his class.

i've decided that i will audition for governor's school, and take things from there. at this point, i don't even know if i have enough ability to attend such a school. i suppose i'll find out soon enough. i do know that it is a fairly competitive school - and can be incredibly hard to get into. i have to send my application in by january 20th, then i'll be interviewed sometime in march. with my application, i have to send a sample of my writing (8 poems, a short story, or a chapter of a novel... one of the three). i'm going to need as much time as possible to finish one of these three things, so i'm trying to start things now. it's times like these when half-hearted efforts simply don't cut it. i believe i'll end up writing a short story, since i already have several plots in mind.

tomorrow is friday, and for that i am glad. there are more games tomorrow evening, in augusta again, so i guess i'll be going. there are more on saturday, but i haven't decided whether or not i'll go.


that's all for now.

[listening to: the strokes]