Another regional competition for Science Olympiad has come and gone, and, as usual, we did pretty well. That is, we got first place overall, and I believe that every single event placed. Even though our region isn't very large or competitive, I still view that as a great accomplishment., especially since we won not by a hair, but by more than twenty points! Pretty impressive, isn't it? Because of a convoluted schedule, I only competed in three events, instead of my usual four or five. Not only that, but each one had at least an hour in between tests, so I had plenty of time to place a good round of Guillotine ( the most awesome card game invented, for those who aren't familiar with it...). In my individual events, I placed 2nd in Anatomy, 4th in Sounds of Music (though there might have been a snafu with the alternate team), and 1st in water quality (even though the test was really short and the live bugs kind of creeped us out). Even the award ceremony started late (as usual), it was still kind of entertaining. To pass the time, our team demonstrated some of our building events, and a few teams from Sound of Music played some songs. Though I was a bit disappointed in my fourth place finishing in that event, it was still cool to see a team play "Party Rock Anthem" on their makeshift instruments, and another team play on their instruments that looked like a giraffe and an flamingo. Also, since we had the only alternate team, any time that the announcer said that an alternate team would have placed, we would obnoxiously cheer before they had a chance to say our team, which I found amusing. Per tradition, we went to Fudruckers to eat dinner after the awards ceremony, which was delicious, as usual - even though eating all the whipped cream (which seemed to go on and on forever...) off my sister's milkshake did make me a little nauseous.
Just a few days before that event, I also competed in Chemistry Olympiad, which is through school and where you take a 70 question test and possibly win money or go on to the next level if you place high enough. The test was a lot harder than the practice tests we had taken in class, and to add to that, we stayed two hours later for the announcement of the winners and watched this stupid skit, only to find out that they had a scantron malfunction and couldn't score the tests. This was especially annoying since I had a large project due the next day, and got home super late for nothing. Unfortunately, when we did find out our score, I placed only high enough to be an Honorable Mention, which doesn't win any money :(
Since it was the end of the marking period last week, we got Friday off school. Unlike my usual day-off routine, I actually did something. In the morning, I went to the dentist (not fun), and then my mom dropped me off a Whole Foods, where I was planning on meeting some friends. They were going to pick me up from my house, but since the dentist appointment was later than we had anticipated, this was the compromise. Unfortunately, they got lost on their drive there and then ran into construction, so had to wait there an hour by myself before they actually arrived. As I am a naturally impatient person, this was not very fun, but once they arrived I enjoyed myself. After buying an Izze and chocolate cookie, we then drove to Urban Outfitters, where we tried on a bunch of too expensive clothing. Surprisingly, I found this really cute sweater that was on sale for only $20, and after some peer pressure from my friends, I bought it. Later that day, my friend came to my house to eat pizza and then we went to see The Hunger Games in the theater. Other than the fact that we arrived just as the previews were starting, and were forced to sit in seats on the edge of the theater where the view was partially blocked, it was amazing!!!! I haven't read the books yet (I had good intentions, but had the time to get around to it...), but after seeing the movie (which was not only interesting, but well made and was very artistic) I plan on doing that soon. After the movie, we were going to get some ice cream, but apparently everything closes before 9:30 PM, so we just ate ice cream at my house.
The next thing I have to look forward to is not another day of testing, but Spring Break. Tomorrow is the last day of school!!! After we get home from school, my family is taking off to the Eastern United States. We're spending one day in New York (the state), and then are going to stay the rest of our vacation in Boston. We're going to tour some colleges and possibly mansions in Newport, as well as visit some museums. Should be fun, and a nice break from school, which I desperately need. I will try to blog every step of the way and post tons of pictures.
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