Tennis Ball Game

Again, during our annual college concert, we had a break right before the show. All the students went out the back door into a large square-shaped ally, with tall brick buildings surrounding us.  Apparently someone brought a tennis ball, so everyone started to throw the tennis ball to some of the students who ran up to the top of a building. They would throw it down, and whoever caught it would try to bounce it off a wall and throw it back up.  Well this went on for about 20 minutes. Finally our teachers came out, and my orchestra teacher caught the ball. Everyone sighed, "Aww..." as if the game was over. Laughing, the teacher threw it back up at the kids.

Later, one of the students tried to throw it higher than everyone else, and it landed on the roof of another building. The game was over. But it was a blast while it lasted!

A Chase

At my high school, the band, orchestra, and choir put on an annual concert at a nearby college.  We prepare for months, and we rehearse for nearly four hours once we arrive at the college. While the choir was rehearsing, one of the band students ran up to the balcony.  The band teachers, who is a complete goof-ball/funny kind of guy ran up to the balcony and chased the band student. They hid behind chairs and kept peeking over quietly at the other, just like a cat-mouse chase.

A few minutes later, the band student ran out the door, the teacher chasing him. They came back through the door, the band teacher holding the student by his ear and waving his finger.  It was so, SO funny. And the best part? Everyone knew what was going on, except the choir teacher who was completely seriously conducting the choir during the chase. One of the best moments of the concert, by far. It made my day!

Snow Day!

Yes, every kids dream! Snow day! Well, besides the fact that our school sent out the notice too late, so I actually drove to school, looked at my phone, then realized about five people had texted me that we actually didn't have school today...Other than that it is great! Today is get-caught-up-get-ahead-on-homework-watch-movies-bake-a-delicious-dessert day. Fun, fun!

My backpack is SO heavy...

When driving home from school one day, I decided to put my backpack in the passenger seat instead of the back seat. Every time I turned a corner, a little light blinked at me telling me that I was not buckled up! Well, I was! So I was so confused until all the way home. Then I realized, my backpack is so heavy, my car thought it was a person! Geesh!

There is one upside, I guess...I now have a funny story to tell!

"Error: Printing Max. has been reached"

There was one week last semester where I had to do a TON of printing on the school computers. I needed to print out sources for a big paper for College Comp, and print out sheet music for our quartet's performance at a nursing home that week. So, added up, it was probably over 100 sheets of paper I had to print.

When I started to print another piece of music, a message popped up: "Error: the printing maximum has been reached." So, yeah...I think I was banned from printing for the next week or two? I thought it was pretty funny. And it completely made my day.

Argyle Sweater!

Walking down the hallways of my school, having a "Who can spot the most people wearing argyle sweaters" contest with my friend made my day. It's been a tradition ever since this Orchestra Festival in our area's conference. The contest originated there because of the masses of argyle sweater-wearers we spotted.  And now it's our morning ritual.

Today was a good day. I won the contest.

Spring is a-comin'!

This morning I heard the birds chirping outside my window. And to make things even better, it is 40 degrees right now! It's going to be a wonderful day. : )