Spring!

WOO! It is now officially spring! Well, atleast it was two weeks ago. Anyways, after three months of a dreadful, cold, white and gray winter; we now have spring! At the current moment, there is little to no snow on the ground! This deserves another woo, so WOO! With spring comes warm weather, cleaning, and a new part of life.

The one part of spring that I trully love is the warm weather. Right now in March the temperatures are roughly 30-40 degrees. Hopefully in April we will have much warmer weather; but this is my favorite part of spring. Finally waking up from the slumber of winter, and embracing the new time. The fact that we all know the birds will chirp, the flowers will bloom, and that the grass will green, is fantastic! New life is born in spring. So bring it on spring, bring on the warmth!

The next part of spring is spring cleaning. Now everyone reading this is probally saying "ew!" Well yea, I am saying that as well; but once you actually start cleaning, it is very riveting. I did some cleaning during my spring break. Before the cleaning, you couldn't see my floor. The room looked dead. I just woke up one morning and realized I should clean, so I did. Afterwards, my room was sparkling. I put up paintings, dusted, organized, vacummed, washed, febrezed my room. I love it now when I wake up to a bright room that is clean. I hope to continue my clean room for a whole month.

The last part of spring is how life changes. At my school, everything is happening now. Last week was tryouts for cheerleading. There was also sign ups for college courses in the summer/fall. Students are now deciding their future. Our life is changing in just two weeks. Also, we will graduate into our new grades later this spring. The spring is a time for change, and we will all shed our old skins for a new life.

So yes, It is now spring. The decision to make anything of it is up to you. Will you embrace the warmth, or spring clean. What about signing up for very difficult college classes. All of this is up to you, but hopefully you will begin to embrace the new spring.

Competition

Competition: the act of competing; rivalry for supremacy, a prize, etc

Competition can be a very interesting activity. From gym class mat ball to the basketball state tournament, everybody wants to win. This is what creates the competition portion. Well right now I have seen and will be apart of alot of competition. This past week in Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa had the Girls State Basketball Tournament and our entire school visited. Our school was full of spirit and ready to dominate and to deprive the visiting team of their spirit. I think we did this well. The tournament was quite competitive with the teams, but the Student sections were at war as well.

Shot after shot, the teams were playing with full on game. The fans were full on as well. Our cheers involved Shots, I Believe That We Will Win, Boo(which I don't like), Air ball and various others. The energy was creating sparks and out student section never gave up. We always defeated the other team in cheers. They were weak. We were strong. Easy as that. Even though we didn't win the state tournament, our fan section dominated with school spirit and awesomeness.

Another form of competition is very different from the state tournament, but involves cheerleading. Now just because I mentioned cheerleading, doesn't mean you should be shutting off the blog. Just listen to this story. It is the same as any team tryouts and should be read as well.

At the current moment, cheerleading has had try outs for freshman and sophomores. Varsity tryouts are coming up as well. When I last saw the tryout list, there were 30 girls signed up. This is completely different from past tryouts. I am used to 23 girls trying out, not 30. Many cheerleaders are stepping up their game. The next few weeks will be very hectic.

Competition can bring the worst and the best out of people. These competitions have and will bring the awesomeness that is our school.