And all through the class
Everyone’s eyes were glazed over
like glass,
As they counted the hours ‘till they
would awake
And find that they’d started the
holiday break.
Well,
that’s not entirely true. I still pay attention in class. But I can’t say I’m
not excited about the fact that, by the time most of you read this, I’ll be on
a plane on my way back to Texas. Until then, though, it was a very busy
weekend, so there’s a lot to write about.
First
of all, Harvard-Yale. We won! As we have for the past 13 years, barring one
game. However, unlike last year, this game was very close and pretty exciting.
I left at half-time to do work, and I’m sorry I missed it, but I’m glad we won,
and it was nice to be able to go to a football game again, even if it was a far
cry from Texas football. The halftime show was especially telling – on the Yale
side, the about thirty people who made up the band (and one twirler) pretty
much walked out, made a peace sign, made a triangle, played a song, and then
walked off the field again. Harvard was a little better, but I have to say, SHS
(and pretty much any other Texas High School) could have run circles around
Harvard and Yale as far as halftime shows are concerned.
The
one interesting part in this break was the emblem-smashing; every year, each
school produces an emblem of the other school, and then destroys it. Yale had a
giant cloth H; they proceeded to have their band act like a bow and then had
some other people, the ‘arrow’, run forward in a line toward the H. It was
rather unimpressed. Harvard, on the other hand, built a structure resembling a
bulldog (Yale’s mascot), which they brought out. The people inside then
proceeded to burst out and hack the structure to shreds. That was a little
better, but fortunately, the actual game was interesting, so we didn’t have to
rely too heavily on halftime for entertainment. There are also pictures of the
tailgate before the game. It was much more pleasant than the one last year –
there was a lot more space and a lot more food, and I wasn’t afraid of getting
trampled.
Anyway,
the best part of the weekend was our Under Water concert between our group,
Under Construction, and Yale’s group, Living Water. We each sang about five
songs, which for us included a Christmas carol arrangement we’d only had a week
to learn. But everything went fine; Yale sounded great; I thought we sounded
good. Afterwards we went to the official Harvard party for the night before the
game. I ducked out of that early, too, but it was a good time.
Why
did I keep ducking out early? Partly because I haven’t gotten much sleep
lately, and partly because I needed to work on my take-home physics exam, which
had its deadline extended until Monday afternoon. It was tedious, but I
finished it – I repeat, I finished my last physics take-home exam (hopefully)
ever! Now all we have to do is finish our physics projects, and we’ll be good
to go.
And
last but not least, the news closest to my thoughts right now – I’m sick. I
started feeling bad over the weekend, and Sunday night things started getting a
lot worse. I still went to PT on Monday morning – lack of sleep and being in
the cold rain for an hour weren’t helpful – and then sent my Arabic teacher an
apology and slept instead of going to my morning class. Things were better in
the afternoon, but I woke up this morning still worse. Hopefully I’ll be better
in time for Thanksgiving. It seems, though, like everyone is getting sick
around now; everyone’s energy is running out.
Whether
or not I get better, though, I’m happy to be going home. I’ll let you know how
the break goes, but until then, all the best, and Happy Thanksgiving!
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