Fairfield and Pics! <3

So we had pics on Friday, and that was rather random. We took our group pics, and I was in the very front right by the S of CHS. =D The band was stuck on the bleachers and it looked REALLY crowded, so I'm glad that I'm not in band. XP Then Mr. Johnson was being an idiot (in a good way); he stole a guard rifle, sat in a chair facing us, pointed the rifle at us, and said, "If you don't smile, I'll shoot you! *makes shooting motions*" Then we had a guard-only picture, which I think should have turned out pretty well. I bought a 16x20 Guard/Band group picture, and some individuals. My individual pics took FOREVER. I was like, last in line. -.- I got my jacket though! personally, I think it was a bit overpriced, but it does have my name on it, and well as an icon thingymabobber on the back. =D

The Fairfield comp today went really well I though. Rehearsal was ishy; everyone was tired, sick, sweaty, and it was REALLY hot. it didn't help that Mr. Johnson now makes us lift every single time we do the start of the opener, instead of doing the fake lift. So pretty much, we were all really sluggish during rehearsal. At warm-up, we got hyped up a bit; I was still sort of tired, but not as much. Warm-up went pretty well.
The actual competition was my best so far! I only had two blips, one wasn't technicaly my fault, and they both weren't that bad. One was when Christine accidentally stepped on my ballad flags (we got extensions; they're really long now, and that was our first performance with them), so I was out for a few counts while I tried to yank them out from under her feet. XD Then I sort of messed up at the fermata in the closer. I forgot to bring my flag up, so I was out for a count, and my flag probably looked weird because it came up faster than the others for me to recover. XP Otherwise, I think I did really well.
I was trying to change really fast for dinner (I was freaking STARVING) but I ended up taking more time than anyone else. XP Dinner was really good. Or maybe it's just because I was really hungry. We had spaghetti, dinner rolls, salad, and BROWNIES!!! Yum. I was totally stuffing my face in the stadium. Then Ellen and David were like, "Hey, do you mind if we stare at you for like, two minutes? Wed want to study you." So I was like, "Ooook... o.o" Haha.

We won 2nd overall, 5th for brass, 4th for woodwind, 4th for drum major, and 1st for guard! W00t! We rock! Well, we tied with McQueen, but they're like, twice our size. They won Best Field Show Auxiliary though... But whatever. They're not even from California! -.- They're from Reno, Nevada. Rawr. Oh well; I think we all did really well, and that's what counts right?

On the way back, I was talking to Melanie, Ryan, and Peter, and we had some REALLY interesting conversations. Like eating Chocolates (the cell phones, not the yummy sugary stuff), and "doing" walls. o.o It was really interesting. Then Lia and I were talking to Mr. Johnson and Scott (Lawrence) about guy concubines, which Scott calls "goncubines." XP
Then when we got to the band room, I started getting all hyper. I basically tackled Ross to see his jade dog necklace thing, then I fought with David, Jung, Peter, and Ross for one of those glow necklace things. They kept tossing it back and forth; I had to keep running and tackling people. -.- Then Colton kept trailing me going like, "Calm down, Erica..." It was all rather funny. XD

Basically, today started out amazingly sluggish, and improved drastically. I had TONS of fun; I can't wait for Championships!!! Which, I may mention, are at CAL this year! Yay! =D I'm sort of sad that guard ends in a week now... =( But then at least I'll have more free time, but I'm going to miss guard... I'll probably never see Justine, Laura, or Lia again either... =/ Oh well. Cherish the time we have left together and remember, "CHS, YOU KNOW!" XD