I think I forgot how to come up with titles...

Happy May, peoples of the world! Today is my good friend/pseudosister's birthday as well! I think that's a good word, pseudosister. I have 4 friends that are like sisters to me, and I when I think about other people, the word friend seems too strong, because I hold it up to the standards of my pseudosisters. In reality, these other people should be my "friends" even though they are not on the level of my "true" friends.

Here is my unofficial "mission statement" from my first blog post:

"I'm not really sure what I'll write in here yet, and I don't feel like
making any rules or goals that will inhibit my desire to continue blogging.
It will hopefully be a process of self-discovery and just an outlet for me,
and I'll probably experiment a little until I figure out how best to go
about this whole blogging idea."

I would like to go back to that: no rules. After BEDA, it feels like I have to write a novel about my life for it to be considered a real post, but I used to just write a little paragraph when something was on my mind.

But today, I actually do have some things to write about. First, yesterday we had a regatta in Grand Rapids. It's nice that it hasn't been raining at every regatta. It was a little windy though. Neither of my boats medaled, but our first race, the WV4, was pretty unfair, and our second race, the WV8 went a little better. We got to go to the finals at least, and we held our own against OSU's boat for a good half of the race, which is a big improvement. My partner's footstretchers broke though because we were not in our usual boat, and we had to stop the race and get it fixed and then do the race later. Some people in my boat were so sad that we didn't medal that they were crying. I know how they feel because I used to cry after every swimming race last year when I failed at getting a good time. I think that was more about me not achieving a goal though, not about winning or losing. I never expect to win, and if we do, good, if not, no big deal. I judge us by how well we did compared to last time, and if it was fun/worth it.

Next, today was boat unloading. I'm glad I got to go outside and enjoy the weather for a while. I don't want to study today, but I know I have to. I think I have a cold, and I just feel disgusting. My nose is so stuffy and my mouth tastes bad and last night I didn't sleep as good as I would have liked, so today when I finally do start studying, I'll probably feel like falling asleep.

And my parents are coming up today to move a lot of my stuff out, including my entertainment center, probably my fridge and some clothes and my nightstand/drawer-thingy. So I have to pack up a bunch of stuff which gives me even less time to study, and I'm probably going to fail my exam tomorrow! Luckily this one will have more similar questions to the ones on the previous exams since it is the final so I can study the old questions, but knowing my teacher, this test will be just as badly written so I don't have much of a chance.

Song of the day: What Would You Say--Dave Matthews Band