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Last night was probably the hardest basketball practice I've ever been to in my life! We ran and ran and ran and ran...and then ran some more. But I was more than expecting it after our performance on Saturday in Sarnia. Let's just say we lost a game we definitely shouldn't have. And I missed a wide open layup. *shudders* So yes. Darren ran us hard last night, doing drills like 11 man drill, 4 on 4 full court, transition, and five man weave. Terrifying! The only thing that could've made it worse was 3 on 3 full court. That is an extremely brutal drill. One hundred shots in five minutes could have gone bad too if we'd done it. However, we all lived (barely) and are gearing up to go to shooting practice tonight!

Tomorrow is Festival for the Clarinet Choir. Yippee. It actually sounds pretty good, both the trio and the group. The bad part is that sometimes I feel like I'm hanging on by a thread during the whole piece and that my fingers are barely catching the notes. When I perform in front of an adjudicator, I'm going to be nervous and sweaty and want to rush...the piece is going to fall apart. *sigh* I brought my instrument home to practice but who knows if I'll get around to it. I don't even know how I'm getting to the place tomorrow. Not a good start to my morning.

As much as I hate to say this, why aren't I American? Two of my favourite authors, Sarah Dessen and Stephenie Meyer, are having big book signings in May. Actually, I think they fall on the same weekend. Sarah's in NYC doing a signing/conference thing and Stephenie's in Arizona hosting the Eclipse Prom! I want to go sooo bad!!! No one ever does anything like that in Canada. Canadian tours are a rare thing it seems, especially by famous authors. I think Tamora Pierce has only done two (I could be wrong. She's been published since before I was born) that I know of. Then, of course, J.K. Rowling lives in England along with Philip Pullman and Dan Brown doesn't do tours I don't think. So sad.

Now that I've completely depressed myself, I'm going to go work on my French project.