Joy, Bliss and Happy Days

A window into my life has just opened.

I am practicing violin at my orchestra. My instructor yells, and I sigh. She is telling us that next Monday, today now, we have a chair test on Star Wars, and I may go back to being a second violin if I don't play well enough. Joy.

Fast-Forward to Saturday. Mom's side of the family came over to hang out. From 10:00 A.M to 6:00 P.M. I have to play my violin for them, and I mess up terribly.   Bliss.

Sunday comes around, I wake up with a cold. And now I have to play my chair test with a cold. I can't breathe out of one nostril and I am quite miserable.  HAPPY DAY.

This reminds me that last February I had the flu. We didn't know, we thought it was just a cold. But I had it during an important chair test. I got 5th chair. That is second to last chair. Do you know how excited I am to be playing another important chair test with a 'cold'?

This is an entry, directly from my journal about that chair test.
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Feb 21 , Mon
Felt horrible this morning! Didn't move till about 8ish. Didn't eat till lunch. But I have a chair test at orchestra so I can't miss it. Managed school. Don't know how I did in the chair test.

Feb 28, Mon
I, Firefly, am 5th chair. 5th chair!!!! And I was told that's how I played, really badly. It's not my fault I had the flu!
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I dread tonight. I really, really do. And I wish my head wasn't full of snot. I really, really, really, really, REALLY do. Really. Will someone switch with me?? ANYONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?

There is good news though. I made a bow with a stick and some rubber bands. It actually works, too. I jumped on a mini trampoline 2,000 times. We finished Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, one of the best books in the world.

So now you know why I am saying joy, bliss, and happy days.