Thank you Anna! I love when people say good things about me (who doesn't). You may update for me anytime! (as long as you say that it is you updating) (if you just read that and have no idea what I am talking about, read the January 28th entry)
I finally decided today that I really do like the Baker shows. I had to think for a while, but they both really are great shows. Godspell is one that I don't know very well, but the one time I did see it (Chestnut Theatre) I loved it. I love Schwartz, too. Joseph... was never one of my favorite shows, but I began to think how much fun it would be. Wow!
Guess what? The SMW Madrigals choir has a strong chance of singing at Carnegie Hall in November! Our director, Laura VanLeeuwen, has already okayed it and is sending the proposal into administration. We should know in about three days if we are going or not. I'm so excited!
Again, my schedul is horendously crazy. I finally wrote my second semester calendar last night. I have a huge dry-erase calendar that I hang on my wall to keep my schedule straight. Counting, I have exactly fifty-three appointments over an hour long in February alone! I don't know how I manage. To top it off, I am enrolling in 5 AP classes next year. I tried not to and realized I had no choice. I'm even taking 2 math classes!
I had an epiphany today. I began to think about being trapped in the elevator at Baker. We had to write a personal narrative in English today, and I wrote mine about this incident. Here is the last paragraph:
The day went on, and the show opened smoothly. It was a wonderful show. I was so caught up in the moment that I almost completely forgot about the elevator for the rest of the weekend.
A few days later Ryan sent an e-mail of the elevator opening and me waving out from about five feet down. It is a rather funny picture of my rescue. In fact, it is one of my favorites of me. I’ll never forget what it’s like to be trapped. My entrapment was temporary – a mere fifteen minutes – but it gave me insight to what it is like to have no control over your life. The elevator had actually fallen. The jolt I had felt was the emergency brakes trying to break the fall. The fact that I jolted many times shows that the emergency brakes were actually failing. Had I fallen a few seconds more I would have suffered serious injury and may have died. I don’t prefer to look at it that way, though. I learned a valuable lesson. I learned that even though I had no control over my fate, I kept on smiling. Everybody was trying to calm me down when in fact I ended up calming them down. By keeping a cool head, I avoided being stuck for much longer. They say not to panic in emergency situations. I believe that one should try to remain positive during emergency situations. In fact, I believe that one should try to remain positive during their entire life. By staying positive, people work through their problems without conflict. They find the true nature of their situations and work them out with calmness in their head and a joke in their heart. That is how to ride the elevator of life.
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