Mmm... That was actually a fun all day meet. T'was a state-wide meet and happened to be invitational. Basically, the top seven people of each field event were to be recognized as the best in the state. I got there at eight this morning and sat around waiting for other schools to show up. My first event was high jump, but about five minutes before it started, Rick came over and told me I was replacing Micheal in the 4x100... I didn't want to give up on high jump, so I cleared starting height, then 4' 8" and left to run the relay. We got fourth place, and I was pretty happy - not medal though. I went back to high jump and cleared 4' 10" easily. Then it got to five feet and I pretty much lost all my form, if you can call it that, and "lost all my lives". I placed fifth... At least it was fun.

I had about ten minutes between the time I finished high jump and when I started long jump, so I spent it wisely and walked around asking people stupid questions... I asked one girl, "So, do you come here often?" And she blushed and walked over into her group of friends and they stared at me awhile. Good times.

At any rate, my first jump was a pathetic 16' 10" and I was sad when I looked at the measuring tape. My second went down to a more pathetic 16' 6" and I finished with a semi-decent 17' 6". I have to say this meet was called the "Top 7 Invitational". That means the top seven placeholders in each event take three more jumps and compete for rankings. I, unfortunately, placed eighth. It would have been cool to be in the top seven jumpers of the state, but it's all good.

I proceeded to sit around and have... interesting conversations with Angel, Carmen, Momoyo, Daisy, Grace and a few other people while we played cards and listened to music. "Got Apples?" What were we thinking? Yeah... I fell asleep after awhile and apparently some random girl from another school came over and said I had nice legs and got pissed off when I wasn't answering. Daisy figured out I was asleep pretty quickly after that, so she took the opportunity to take some really stupid pictures. I woke up to Rick kicking me and asking if I felt alright...

This was by no means and innocent question. He wanted to know if I was up to running in the 4x400. Of course I said I was, who am I to pass up an event? Apparently he had been looking for me for awhile, though. He said some of the team said they heard me say I was feeling sick and that I went home... Go figure.

Well, back to the 4x400. We did really well from the start. Benny ran his ass off, but ended his lap in sixth. Scott got the baton and pulled a Frank, putting us in third. Wilson got the baton and started off running pretty fast. He kept our placing until he hit the last hundred, at which point he raised his hands up like he had won. Someone passed him and I saw him mouth, "Oh shit!" and he started running again, but we were soon back in sixth. I got the baton and ran like... a witty metaphor. I got back into third place and kept a solid sprint the entire lap, unfortunately, I got passed in the final thiry, not fifty, meters of the race. I am proud of coming in at a fourty-eight, though. Especially since I had shin splints. Fourth is pretty damn good for a state-wide meet, I guess.

No medals though. At least I have a few years to work on that.

*sigh* I'm going to be bored to no end tomorrow.

Later, DS
~ Why don't you go plant an apple tree?

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