Day 1: How do you measure a year in the life?

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand

Six hundred minutes,

Five hundred twenty-five thousand

Moments so dear

.Five hundred twenty-five thousand

Six hundred minutes

How do you measure, measure a year?"

~RENT

As I rapidly approach the beginning of senior year I can already tell it's a year I want to document. The summer before has been nothing but chaos of love, loss, friendship, growing up, moving on, and finding peace with different things that have happened ( I'll explain more later.) School starts for me in 13 days. Just under two weeks. Two weeks until the last school year I have to call NFHS my home.

Some of what's keeping me busy this upcoming year is already starting. Last night was the first practice for Marching Band. As a Drum Major this year, it's my job as a student leader to well, lead the group. Destinee ( The other drum major and i) have to line everyone up, teach them the basics of marching and prepare them for next week when the upperclassman come in. Last night was truly exhausting but so worth it. The freshman were so nice to meet, they seem like good kids for the most part. Destinee I even matched for the practice although I forgot to take a picture of our attire.

My friends are slowly but surely heading off to college. The worst one has already left but as the week continues more leave that I know I will miss, especially during the periods of band. Jazz Ensemble will not be the same without everyone. I'm excited for them though as they head off to various locations, I know they will represent our school well and go on to do some incredible things.

I'm also busy with my figure skating as I'm training for Regionals which don't take place until mid October but are cause for major worry already at the rink. Along with training intensely, I'm trying to run the board for girls between the ages of 12-18 as we do fun things together and try to also do service projects for the community.

I've started filling out college applications. That just leaves me with more questions than answers when I start answering the questions and I put forth the time to research the answers to the last few questions I have. In all honesty, I'm getting scared. I always thought I wouldn't be.

There is so much going on. I don't want to miss it. I want to record it. For those who aren't exactly here maybe this will provide a good way to see what I'm up to. It's going to have it's ups and downs. It's going to be an adventure. It's going to be over before I know it. That's life though, isn't it?

“As you’re reading this, your life’s getting shorter. It’s ticking away. I’m not saying this to frighten you. Or even scare you. Though it may. I’m saying this to awaken you. To inspire you. To rise you out of your deep slumber. To really know you won’t live forever. To share your unique gifts. To ignite your great inner fire. To ignite your great inner strength. To ignite your great inner light. To shine. Brightly shine. To awaken your great inner beauty. To motivate. Yourself and others. To love. Yourself and others. To paint. To write. To teach. To innovate. To sing. To dance. To care. To feel. To listen. To learn. To laugh. The clock’s ticking. The world needs you. Make your move.” ~Mike Litman