A THREE DAY WEEKEND! *crowd goes wild*
Yes, this Columbus weekend should be a great one; I've already gotten most of my homework done, I got a decent progress report today (all A's and B's so far), and Monday is hopefully going to be one heck of a day!
First of all, today was quite a crazy school day. It started off pretty normal, and the craziness started in Gym class. Every year, in the Fall, and Spring, we have something in Gym called the Mile-Run. It's just what it sounds like; you run a mile, and you're timed while you're at it (actually, it's not really a mile, it's more like half a mile, or something, but it's close enough. My gym teacher told me that a few years ago). The running course is two and a half laps around our large field in the back of the school. For good runners, this should take them eight minutes, or less (a handful of kids I know are able to do this thing in about five minutes!), and those kids have their name put on a list of "high-scores". Now, I've never made it on this list- I mean never- in my nine years here at Forestdale School. This past Monday, I came close, with a time of eight minutes, fifteen seconds. A mere fifteen seconds away from making the list.
But today was my day of reckoning.
Today, I made a record time of 7:35 (give or take five seconds).
Yeah baby!
I think the thing that helped me get that time the most was my iPod. During the Mile-Run, all students are allowed to listen to iPods while running, so I brought mine today, and decided to use the built-in stopwatch on it, just to give myself an idea of how I was doing throughout the run. Also, I wanted to beat my previous time of 8:15, so the stopwatch would help me keep track of that as well.
So, the run starts, and I try to start the timer on my iPod at the same time as the gym teacher hits the "start" button on her stopwatch, and I put on some inspiring music to get me pumped up (song of choice[s]; "Burn It To The Ground", by Nickelback, and, "Through the Fire and Flames", by Dragonforce).
I have to admit, getting under eight minutes is harder than it sounds. Some people I know can run the whole course without slowing down, and I don't know how they do it! I was panting for breath within three-quarters of a lap, but I kept checking the time on my iPod (a minute goes by real quick when you're running to beat eight minutes), and urged myself to keep going.
As I neared the finish line (which is the same line I passed three times throughout the whole run), my heart seemed like it was screaming, "Hey, can't you see I can't take it anymore? Gimme a break, slow down! Jeez!", but my pride was screaming, "You can do it, you're almost there! If you run now, you can beat eight minutes! GO, GO GO!!"
Conclusion; I got my name on the list.
For the first time!
So, I'm pretty proud of myself. Just goes to show you, if you put your heart to something, you can do anything!
In other news, my nerdy-ness saved my life today! Or, more like it saved my eyesight, because, I don't know what he was aiming at, but my friend, Drew, threw a pen cap, or something, that hit one of my glasses-lenses, and if my glasses hadn't been there, I would probably be blind right now. He didn't mean to hit me, but, I just thought that was crazy.
Anyway, I already told you I got A's, and B's on my progress report today, so that's cool, but I have some work to do with getting homework in on time, and studying. And, I have to say, studying absolutely sucks. Yeah, yeah, I know if I study, I'll get lots of A's, but just doing it just sucks. I'm sure you know what I mean.
In other news, I'm hoping to get some cash together by this Monday, because that's when the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book comes out! I'm so excited to get it! I have every book in the series, including the "Do-It-Yourself book." If you haven't figured it out by now, I love reading, unlike lots of boys my age that I know. I don't know what people find so boring about reading, because I love it! That is, as long as it's an interesting book.
Lastly, I just got informed that after, like, half a year, my mom finally has a job as a nurse! Congratulations, Mom!
So, that's the 411 for the start of my weekend. I'd love to hear about yours, so leave a comment, and I'll be sure to read it! Enjoy your vacation, and hopefully I'll talk to you before Monday!
Yours in awesomeness,
~Ry.
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