It Was A LONG Week...
FIRST DAY OF CLASSES TODAY...ahhh
But anyway, on to last week...
Wednesday was crazy. Registration was from 12-3:30 and we had a steady flow of rookies from about 11:30ish to 3:15. It NEVER let up! Haha. But it was fun. We went and sang for them to. It's not the most pleasant song in the world, but oh well. Haha. Here is a verse for your pleasure:
"If I had the wings of an eagle,
And the ass of a great buffalo,
I'd fly over U-V-A's campus,
And shit on the Wahoo's below!"
It's all for fun in the great rivalry between VT and UVA. But, my rivalryness has lessened up a bit, because they were incredible to us after what happened on April 16th, so yay to them. But...the rivalry is fun, so we've got to keep it up for the funness!!! :)
After we sang, Lindsay and I went to her apartment to get all the burgers and hotdogs and stuff for the Rookie Picnic. That was fun. We mingled and ate and laughed and played...haha.
THEN it was time to take the birthday boy out for his birthday! The birthday boy being Kevin, naturally. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Yummy. Then over to Sonic for some smoothies. We hung out for a bit more, but Kevin was tired from working all day, so I left to let him sleep and went over to the Freshman Hosedown to see how it was going. Haha. It was pretty funny and Lisa brough Lindsay a cake (because it was her birthday too!) so we got to sing happy birthday to her. I only stayed for a little while. I dropped Lynn off at his girlfriend's dorm and went home and fell asleep.
Thursday was registration and auditions for the returning folks. That went well, I suppose. It was good seeing everyone. We had a meeting and played for the rookies in Cassell and then took a break until it was time to have a group playing practice. That went well too.
Friday was a LONG day. Lots of marching and playing and it was HOT. At the end of the day cuts were made, and it was really sad as Stephanie got cut again. I really wanted her to be with me in the MVs! I know she really wanted to be in the MV's. Hopefully next year?!
Saturday wasn't as bad, because we had meet the band. Where we find out who's ranks we are in and get t-shirts. I ended up getting a LARGE because all of the pix and nets got the smalls, but eventually someone traded with me! :) We went over to play at the scrimmage in two different bands for each team. It was weird. Haha. For dinner we got fed food catered by Texas Roadhouse (we got steak and chicken!) so that was good. We had real silver ware and CLOTH napkins, haha, that was an experience. Especially since the knives cut through the paper plates. After dinner we started learning drill for the first game/for the high school football game we are playing for. Yes, we are playing for a high school football game up in Narrows. Haha.
Sunday was the Memorial Dedication for the April 16th victims. It was really sad, but a good way to honor those who lost their lives. Stephen (one of our drum majors) sang the Alma Mater of VT and he did a great job! At the end of President Steger's speech, I fainted...I felt really sick, then my head got really fuzzy and I put my hand up on it and the next thing I knew I was on the ground and Brian was yelling "Taylor? Taylor?" I had not a clue what was happening, he helped me up and Will (our assistant band director) was over helping Brian help me and they took me up the hill out of the crowed, where I almost threw up on a couple of people, but I managed to not, and then I almost passed out again, so Brian picked me up and took me over to a medic vehicle that they use to take injured football players off the field, you know? Haha. He made me drink water and then they took me over to a tree to sit under it for some shade. A medic came over and check me out. I was feeling a lot better by then. I think I really needed to get out of the sun and get some water. I felt so bad though because Will and Brian had to miss the most important part of the ceremony. Will went and got my dad and he came over and then got my mom. After everything was over some people came and checked on me. When Kaitlyn came by she started crying, and I was like, stop! You're making me cry! But I was fine, and I told her that. Of course I remember saying I was fine right after I had fallen. But, Brian went and got my stuff and my dad pulled the car around and they took me to Macados to get some food in me. Kevin joined us there, I was so glad to see him! After Macados I went to practice where I got in trouble for marching, so I sat out the rest of the practice and then didn't play at the Welcome Back Picnic, but I had fun.
After that Kevin and I went to his house and watched the dedication on tivo. I went to a TBS meeting and came back and we finished it and watched some friends. Then I went home and then here we are now!
Work is taking me out to lunch for my birthday. It's a bit belated, but oh well! Haha. It should be fun. :)
~Taylor~
This is a funny find on FOUND, I'm going to include the explanation from the person because it adds to the find:
FOUND by Lauren Vincelli in Richmond, Virginia
I found this on the floor at a restaurant on the day that USC beat Notre Dame 34-31. They beat them by one score in the last SEVEN seconds of the game. Everyone at the bar was so devastated that Notre Dame lost. I thought if they only had some Kool-Aid pie or at least knew what to do with the two extra ounces of whipped cream this recipe called for & maybe they would cheer up.
Update later this day:
We had my birthday lunch. Some waiters sang to me and gave me free ice cream! :) Then I hopped on the bus over to campus for my first class, The Earth and Life Through Time. I found Whittemore 300 quite easily. The chairs are attached to the legs of the desk and swing front and back, I thought it was weird. Anyway, the teacher, Xiao, I think it is has a very interesting accent. He is Asian, but it's like an asian accent with a british twist. So, who knows where he is from, haha. He said textbook SO many times, but he says it "taxbook." And he said Evolution like Eve-olution. So, it's kind of hard to understand him, but I'm sure I'll get use to it. His class sounds like it'll be easy, it's a 1000 level class too, and the topic really interests me, so I'm excited about it! Even though the textbook looks like a 3rd graders text book about dinosaurs! Haha.
The bus ride isn't too bad either. I get off on the first stop after I get on, same as going back. (When I leave from work). The walk from the bus stop isn't too bad either, but I'm not looking forward to walking it in the cold! BRRR! I still need to decide which bus stop is closer, but right now I'll stick to the one I'm using. Oh, and for the Earth and Life Through Time lab, it doesn't start until next week! YAY! One class on Friday! (...Which is still Earth and Life Through Time, haha)