A couple weeks ago I turned 9 months post operation, and the doctor doesn’t want to see us for another follow up until spring! 🙂
So far, 7th grade is pretty cool! I thought the whole schedule thing (7 different classes!) would be hard, but I got used to it pretty quickly. My backpack is often heavy with homework and stuff though, and I now have to carry my clarinet, binder, and lunchbox to and from school. My backpack is still heavy even with carrying my binder instead.
But, 7th grade is not what I’ve meant to post about today.
Last week, we had a band playing test. I fumbled once on one line, but otherwise I thought I did pretty well on it, considering the fact that I didn’t practice more than a time or two over the summer, and that I was struggling to play one of the lines in cut time the night before (Mr. T told us that cut time may determine seating, so I needed to do that during practice at home and during the test). Apparently, I did pretty well.
I have received first chair clarinet. And I didn’t tie this time.
My rival, J, is pretty disappointed in himself, and I don’t think he should be. He got second chair, and he should be proud. He still did amazingly! I got an A+ on two of the lines, and the one I fumbled on I got an A. He got the same grades. Mr. T told us we were “this” close (an inch away from each other).
Before the seating for clarinets began, he began speaking about rivalries, and he along with the entire clarinet section and band looked at us. We looked at each other with a look of “you’re going down”.
My friend R, who also has scoliosis (she wears a brace), got first chair flute! She’s always been in the back, even in 5th grade when it was alphabetical, and I think it’s amazing that she went from fourth chair flute (last chair, since we only have four!) to first. I’m so proud of her, and I’m pretty sure she’s REALLY proud of herself (when she was announced for first, she wouldn’t stop smiling for the rest of the period).
-Titanium Girl 😀