I'm going to keep today's post kind of short. It's been the kind of day that I want to write about but don't know how.
This morning was the AP Literature and Composition exam, which was surprisingly not that difficult. Our third essay, what we call the 7 Minute Special (not because we write it in 7 minutes but because we practiced so that we could come up with a thesis and outline in 7 minutes), was so broad it could have been used on just about any novel with any literary merit. We can't talk about the questions or else the AP police will turn us in but I think I did fairly well.
Now I just have AP European History tomorrow and AP Biology on Monday. 2 down and 2 to go.
Today was also the funeral for my friend's mother, who died last Saturday after a long battle with colon cancer. I missed the service because of the exam but made it to the reception afterwards. It was such a heartbreaking yet hopeful day. Peggy's mother had asked for everyone to wear bright colors and so no one was dressed in mourning clothes. All of the NDP girls were asked to wear our uniforms. It was so amazing to see all of my class show up together to support our classmate during this hard time. The reception was not a mournful affair at all. It was full of hope, which is just how I think it should have been.
Mother's Day is this weekend but Peggy and her two sisters will still be mourning their mother. Peggy's little sister will be starting high school next year and Peggy will be going away to college. There's no right time to lose a mother but this seems like a particularly hard time for their family. But these girls are so strong. It breaks my heart to see this family suffering but I also see hope and the strength in the girls.
I have to study for my next exam tonight. Tomorrow night I will be taking the night off to go to the Orioles game. Some of my friends are going to Spring Dance because it's our last dance at NDP but the Orioles take precedence, especially with the Yankees coming to town. Damn Yankees.
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