Ian, this is for you.

Thanksgiving was cool. I ate turkey.

I got a MacBook for my birthday. I love it.

My MacBook has a webcam, so I've been talking to Jon on it fairly often. Which is very exciting because I get to see his face. But he's worn the same shirt three times since we've started doing this. And it's really funny.

I hope this satisfies you, Ian.

Scholarships

OBU: $7000. per semester/year/one time only? i don't know. based off of SAT scores

OU: $3500 per year. automatic. based off of SATs scores. 

BAYLOR: $44000 (or $11000 per year). based off of academic achievement and extracurricular activities.

I don't know what the tuition for OBU is. 

But I do know that even with the scholarship from Baylor, OU is currently the cheapest :) hopefully it stays that way.

I know it's been a while since my last update. I've been really busy. So I guess I'll just briefly say all the new stuff that's happened in my life lately.

• I have been accepted to LSU, Baylor, and OBU. And OBU is offering me $7000 (I don't know if that's per year though.. I'll have to find out) because of my SAT score alone. I'm still waiting on OU's acceptance letter though.
• I took the SAT at the beginning of November and I checked my score yesterday. By some miracle, my score is a 2010! I have no idea how that happened, especially because my WRITING score (which has always been my worst) was a 720! so my composite is a 1290.
• Because my composite is a 1290, OU will offer me $14,000 in scholarships to be distributed between the four years of school automatically. It's not much, but it's a start!
• I made 2nd chair at region orchestra. Normally, I wouldn't be proud about this because (and I don't mean to sound cocky... but if you were in the audition room you would understand) I am fully capable of making first chair. I made first chair last year. But 2nd chair is great because I hadn't practiced by region music in about a month, and I was playing on a reed that I got in July. 
• My birthday was on Wednesday! And I LOVE my mother. She made it the best birthday ever. I'll explain in more detail if you want to know, but it's a lot more effective in person. But basically she left a birthday gift in each of my classes. And I had decided to make this birthday a really... emotional one. hahaha. I cried four times during school because of the gifts. Then after school, my dad took me computer shopping! And I am now typing up this blog on my brand new MacBook! It's exciting. And after that I went to Pappasito's with my family. And sadly, the food was a disappointment. But it's okay. OH and my mom also got me Season One and Season Three of The Office. So that's how I'm planning on spending my time over Thanksgiving break. ;)

I can't really think of anything else that's been going on. If I think of more//have time I'll post later!