The Seventh Week

And so we've made it to week seven. I should probably start by apologizing for the lateness of this post, but I had quite the busy week. This was the performance week for songfest, which meant that school was basically put aside for singing and dancing. I had to battle sickness, allergies, sore knees, and possible embarrassment. In the end, I'd say it was worth it. I don't know if I'd do it again, but it was definitely worth doing once. So now I suppose I'll tell you about

it.

SUNDAY: So the time changed on Sunday. Not the good time change that gives an extra hour of sleep though. It was the terrible time change that means I get one less hour of sleep. People that know me know this; I need every hour of sleep I can get. There is one good thing about this time change though. Now all my clocks are right. I don't change my clocks when the time falls back. What's the point? People thought I was crazy. But now that the time has changed and I saved the 30 seconds needed to change my clocks who's the crazy one?

MONDAY: Monday was the dress rehearsal for Songfest. It was the only chance we got to see the other groups perform, which was exciting, if not completely intimidating. Seeing everyone else go did get me extremely excited for the show though, especially since I knew my parents and Riley were gonna be seeing it. It was definitely crazy doing the whole performance on the stage for the first time. Our spacing wasn't that great the first day, so with a hundred people on stage at one time I'd be lying if I didn't tell you I ran into like five different people.

TUESDAY: Opening day. This was actually really exciting. I was nervous, sure, but at the same time I realized that it's hard to be nervous once you're on stage. You're just too focused on the moves that are coming up...or on the moves that you just messed up. This wasn't the best performance for my group though. We were still in the process of working out a few kinks. But it was still fun and our final song went over really well. It's good that people have short memories so they'll probably only remember the final song.

WEDNESDAY: I had a paper due. Having papers due during the week of performing a show can be very stressful. I had already been up until two with the other work that I had, but with a paper I was lucky that I was only up until 3:30. The only reason I went to bed then was because I decided I would finish the paper in the hour between class and the time the paper was due. Kind of like a race. Funny thing happened in the show tonight though. On the final song there's a part where we tip our caps to the crowd. In this part the girl next to me accidentally hit my hat out of my hand. It was quite the thrill picking it up and putting it on with the choreography. But...still pulled it off somehow.

THURSDAY: Thursday was an extremely exciting and chaotic day for me. I woke up feeling very under the weather, which was worrisome because this was the most important show night for me. I got some extra rest though and decided that I would stop being sick and be awesome instead. True story. My parents and Riley came up to see the show too. I had a good time showing Riley around campus, and I'm hoping he had a good time seeing me and my bro perform. Though it might have been painful to watch in comparison to the amazing work he does.

FRIDAY: I didn't have my film class today, which meant one amazing thing. I actually got to sleep in. Waking up at 1:30 is really nice. I wish I could do it more often. I must admit that by this day I felt a little bit old. My knees were getting sore from performing so much and there were a couple times where I decided to get microwaveable food from the rec center just so that I wouldn't have to walk all the way to the caf. No regrets though. I loved the rest (rest meaning sleep rest, now rest as in the rest of the day. The English language can be so confusing).

SATURDAY: The final day of performing. The final day of having a guaranteed two to three hours of my day spent singing and dancing. It was very bittersweet actually. Right before the curtain came up for our final performance I turned to Cory (Spenser's roommate) standing next to me and said, "This is our last time ever doing Songfest together." The moment just sort of hit us and we had a momentary embrace before the curtain came up to savor the moment. Our finale was powerful. All of us singing at the top of our lungs and dancing with all of the energy we had left. Pretty amazing stuff. The cast party went until around 1:30, which is why I hadn't written this 'til now. But at least it was that I was actually doing something right? The craziest thing about Songfest ending is after 3 weeks of practicing and getting ready everyday and then performing and then all of a sudden it's over. What do I do now? Well, it appears the sun has set on this way too busy week of ours. Here's to the future that seems like it will never come.