Last Co-op

Today was the last day of Co-op, and was a very long day. 

It started with getting woken up by the storm that blew through(hallelujah!) at 5:45. Then at 6:30, our normal Co-op day alarm, I was wide awake. Then a LONG breakfast, rushing to get dressed and chores done. The cat, I know, can go under house, and since it was pouring, assumed he had. I got his food ready and saw him under the house. I couldn't get his food bowl through the place he gets through, so I set it in front of his hidy- hole and waited to see if he'd eat it. He stuck his head out of the hole, and ate a bite. Then he pulled his head back in like he was in pain, and meowing like " I'm starving, in pain, and dying", so I was slightly worried. I tried everything I could, but he wouldn't eat it. So I came in and asked Mom what to do. She said dump his food in with him. I did so, and the cat was happy. I was soaked. And all the while the dog is going crazy, wondering what was taking me so long.


We had gotten ready for Co-op the night before, so we were ready. I was worried about having to do a skit and sing the dumbest song in the world. We got there and started moving tables. In Mom's class, we were talking about Jeremiah the prophet. Mom was saying " Jeremiah was interesting. He was-" When I cut her off and said" A bullfrog!" Everyone in the room burst out laughing, and then one of my friends and I spontaneously and unanimously started singing 'Jeremiah was a Bullfrog'. It was pretty funny.


In my next class, Government 101, we went through our skit twice and moved several things downstairs. Then our teacher told us " Stay in the room, be quiet, but do what you feel like." So I played on my violin and moved about restlessly. Finally, it was time to go to Human Body, the only thing besides lunch standing between me and... the dreaded song. 


In human body, we were given some books with our pictures on the front. They held our quizzes and information from the past 9 weeks. We took those down to the gym with our body posters. We took the final two quizzes ( I got hundreds on every quiz) and played with play dough. I made a really cool horse, and by the time I was finished, it was time to squish it and go eat. I helped my best friend with name tag boxes and what not. Then we ate a lunch that seemed to last hours, but couldn't have been shorter.


Soon it was time for presentations. The song was drawing near. My first class was mentioned, but we only had a table in the back. The next few presentations were pretty cool. I groaned and winced when she said beginning the 11:00 o' clock hour. Even nearer was the song.  In one class, Presenters Kit, we watched some funny clips of what happened in class. But not long after came...... THE SONG!


We were called up. my heart thumped. I couldn't imagine how dumb we would sound. Our assistant was on the floor showing us the motions. We got up there and I was laughing. When our teacher said "We will astound and amaze you in less than 30 seconds!" I laughed harder and put my hand on my forehead. I tried to sing. I really, really did. But I was laughing to hard. I managed to get some of it, but I was laughing so hard I was crying. I don't really know what was so funny.

And last but not least was our skit. Our narrator messed up a line, but I'm sure no one heard it. We did really good. I played my violin well, and everyone sang along on the first verse. Almost no one knew the fourth, but we pressed through. It went well.

Afterwords, while Mom helped clean up, I played tag and ultimate tag. It was fun. When we left Co-op for the last time till February, I begged out of a violin lesson. I mean, I had enough stuff to practice anyway, right?