Today was my brother's graduation. He had a much smaller class than me.. 76.. mine was 112. I still can't believe I graduated TWO years ago. I went to a bunch of parties, saw a bunch of people I hadn't seen in a long time. So it was a pretty good day.

This week I was sick with strep throat. It was nice to finally have an excuse to do nothing all day ;), but I wanted to start my soccer training this week. I ended up only running one time and I still haven't even touched a ball.

BUT GOOD NEWS! I got a job! A family friend who is an attorney in town hired me do computer-ish work at the law office. I will just be cleaning up the hard drives on all the computers and making sure they are all the same, as well as making sure everyone has the same passwords, email addresses on the same servers, etc. I will also have to learn about Windows Live Office and Amicus Attorney because they are both programs that I will have to deal with and I think eventually teach everyone in the office how to use! I am also going to ask if I can redo their website because I think that would be great for my portfolio and it is something they mentioned needed to be done.

So after work everyday I am going to train for soccer.. running, core/ab work, biking, touch drills, juggling, EVERYTHING SOCCER. I really want to improve this year, even though I improved alot last year. I WANT TO SCORE A GOAL THIS SEASON!

I might also have another job.. I interviewed at the grocery store in town for a weekend position and they will call me tomorrow to let me know if I was hired. I need to earn lots of money this summer because we are going on a caribbean cruise for choir over spring break next year and it is going to be expensive :S So my goal is to earn and save.

Besides work, nothing is going on this week.. but my brother's grad party is next Sunday so I guess I will have to help get ready for that.

This weekend I went to Yankton to spend the long weekend with my boyfriend Isaac. On Saturday we went to see Angels and Demons. Last summer I started reading the book but only got half way thru it and didn't have time during the school year to finish it. The movie was really interesting actually, and I felt like the half of the book that I read was only the first 20 minutes of the movie! So there was alot that I did not know what going to happen.

On Sunday, Isaac was supposed to have a baseball game in Newcastle and we drove all the way there to find out it was cancelled. But since we were only half an hour from Sioux City we just went there instead and went to the mall. I got a gorgeous purple dress to wear to my brother Tyler's graduation next Sunday.

Yesterday was the only nice day of the whole weekend so we went for a walk and got shakes from the Tastee Treat. Then, we went to walmart and Isaac got his ears pierced :S Crazy.

I still haven't found a job, but I have applied at a dozen places... its just a waiting game now. My mom did talk to the manager at the grocery store in town tho, and they need weekend help so they will be calling me this week. Working on just the weekend would be better than nothing like I have now!

Tyler ran at the sub-section track meet last Thursday and qualified for sections in the 4x2 and 4x4 relays so I will go to Luverne this Thursday to watch him. Then on Saturday my brother and I will go to Mankato to our cousin's graduation party.

It has been quite some time since I last blogged and a lot has happened since then.

Finals week flew by.. I ended up getting a 4.0 once again this semester, which makes it 4 in a row. It was kind of unexpected though, because I thought for sure I was going to get a B in critical thinking.. but I guess I earned and deserved that A.

Once I got home, I applied for a few jobs and had an interview at the county newspaper, but unfortunately I still have not heard back from them. I am getting very impatient and am in dire need of a job since I am not working at the restaurant I did last summer.. so I wish they would hurry up and call me with their decision!

I also spent the week making two scrapbooks for my brother's graduation.. one for letter awards/academic awards/concert programs/etc and another for newspaper clippings. I also helped my youngest brother with his state report. He research Nevada and did a report on it along with a display board. All the 4th graders had them on display at the State Fair last week.. they were all so excited and proud.

Tonight was my other brother's choir concert. This was the only concert he was ever in because he just joined choir during the 4th quarter of his senior year. At the end of the concert, the director gave a 5 minute thank you to him explaining how he played the drums for swing choir, acted/sang in the musical, sang a solo at the choir contest and received a superior rating, and then joined choir. I also went to his band concert at the beginning of the week and he received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. He is an amazing sax player. I'm really proud of him.

Hopefully this week I can find a job and get hired. I am craving a shopping trip but need to earn the money first! Other than that, this week should be a lot less busy.

This week is going to be crazy. I have five finals Tuesday through Thursday.

Today was my last track meet of the season and it was held here in Yankton. I wasn't a conference champ but I sure felt like it because I PR'd in the 4x800... I ran my leg in 2:36. It was 11 seconds faster than last week and 5 seconds faster than my previous fastest time. I was really really excited about it... and still am!

Tomorrow is the spring sports banquet, so I get to go for track. They hand out awards and whatnot.. but I'm not sure if I will get any. Last year I won "Female Newcomer of the Year," but since I'm no longer a "newcomer" I don't know what award I could possibly win. Especially since my indoor season was basically my sophomore slump season.

I don't have any finals on Monday, which is really lucky. But on Tuesday I have my Art Appreciation final exam and my Technical Design project is due. My critical thinking paper is due on Wednesday, but I have it done already so I will probably turn it in on Monday. And on Thursday, I have my Literature of the Holocaust exam and my Video project is due.

I am staying at school until Saturday because I am going to video tape baccalaureate and graduation with the other graphics majors. I get paid for both of them, which is a plus, and I get to hang out with my boyfriend before I have to leave him for the summer.

As for a summer job, I am being considered for a writing position at my hometown newspaper, which I am super excited about. It would only be part-time, but I will definitely be happy with that.

Last night I had my spring band concert and my mom and brothers came down to watch it. I had a piccolo solo in an Irish jig song. We played nine songs and it was a lot of fun.

This week is going to be really busy for me. Tomorrow there is an event called Yankton Against Hunger and we have to help out with it by putting together food packages for the poor. On Wednesday I am going to an appreciation supper for the Moderator staff (school newspaper). Next year besides being a writer, I am also going to be the advertisement designer. On Friday all the graphic design majors are going to Sioux Falls to visit design businesses.

Saturday is my last track meet of the year.. its in Yankton, which will be nice and I will be running the 4x800 meter relay and also hopefully the 800 meter run.

Next week is finals week... I have a video project due Monday, an art appreciation test and a technical design project due Tuesday, a critical thinking paper due Wednesday and a test in my holocaust literature class. So since I only have two tests, it shouldn't be too bad. I am staying at school until graduation on Saturday the 9th because I have to help video it for graphic arts.

And then I get to go home!

At the track meet last week I ran the 1500 in 6:03... which made me the fastest runner for Mount Marty. How exciting.

I'm running the 800 again tomorrow.. I really really hope to run it in 2:35 cuz then I would move up 10 spots in the conference and hopefully qualify in it for conference.. if I don't, I will still be running the 4x800 or hurdles... I need to practice the hurdles if I am though.. I haven't in weeks..

This week seems to be dragging on. And yesterday I had a terrible day, so that didn't help. I did my debate on Monday and I thought it went really well.. turns out I got a D on it.. I was completely crushed when I found that out. My teacher said I had a "weak argument" which can't be true because it was a valid argument and we supported it well, so I don't know how he can say it was weak. Also, we did bad on our "Q and A" section, which is completely unfair because no one in our class asked us any questions, so how can we answer questions when nobody asks them? This D means I will get a C in the class, a B if I am lucky, and I will no longer have my 4.0 GPA.

On the other side of things, I aced my quiz in the holocaust class. Too bad I can't ace everything..

So I guess I have really been slacking on blogging... guess that means I've been busy and should have a lot to tell ;)

Last week on Thursday I had a track meet and I ran the 800.. something I have only done twice in my life.. once on a 4x8 relay in high school and once in indoor last year. But I didn't do too bad.. ran a 2:41.. but I had no idea how to pace myself and was able to sprint hard for the last 100 meters, so I guess I didn't go hard enough for the first 700 meters! I guess now if I do it again, I will know how to pace myself better and hopefully get down to 2:35 or better. Tomorrow I am running the 1500.. I've never ran that far in a track meet before.. I'm so used to doing 100 meter and 400 meter races!

This week I only had two days of classes because we had Monday off for Easter break and we were on choir tour on Wednesday and Thursday. Tour was a blast... we sang at five high schools in South Dakota and stayed over night in Madison. A friend of mine goes to Dakota State, so she stopped by the hotel to say hi on her study break.

Tonight was our "home from tour" concert. The jazz band also played on tour with us and played at the concert as well.. it was so much fun.