Saturday Morning Practice (Student)

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen! The last stressful week before finals week!

This post is titled in honor of the brutally early Saturday morning practices we have for baseball. Actually, I don't mind, but the rest of the team looks like their really suffering out there. I just do a bike workout (and get soaked in sweat), throw a 25 pitch bullpen session (learned how to throw a slider today), and usually get out early, so I don't mind at all. But the idea of 8 AM practice is not a fun one.

Monday involves a presentation on Thomas Nast cartoons in my America in World Civilization class and a midterm on RC circuits in physics. Friday involves a short paper depicting a debate between John Locke and Rene Descartes. After that I have two weeks to study for finals (which are going to be very long, but oh, well). Other than that I have some important announcements for the world to hear!

First off, I hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine's Day. I, for one, am not a fan of such "holidays" (I mean, we don't even get a day off!) but understand when people need excuses to go out and buy things for each other.

Next, my high school's team for the We the People competition we chosen as one of the wildcard teams to go to the national-level competition in Washington, D.C. in early May. Last year I got to go and it was one of the greatest times I have ever had in my life. I have tried to be at least semi-active in helping out this year's team and I'm really proud of the hard work they put in. Constitution Team (or Con Team, as we call it) is the only activity in my four years of high school that inspired any sort of school spirit in me. I wish them the best of luck in May!

Finally, I have a friend from last year's Con Team coming to visit me during finals week! She will split time between myself and our friend at Northwestern, but it'll be great to catch up, even if it is finals week. I feel a little weird saying this, but I really can't wait for finals to come!

And in completely unrelated news, formatting USB memory sticks sucks. Especially when you have to set them back up afterwards. Ugh!