wow, i've been *really* bad about this...this is a far cry from when i was posting two or three times a day. anyway, friday was not typical...i didn't have band. :( other than that though, it was very enjoyable. :D we love those days...although my guitar teacher *still* hasn't brought my footstool yet...i've got the money; now i just need the stool! but this is a minor annoyance. :D i'm really enjoying guitar class this semester (even if we do have homework *gasp*).

yesterday, we had our first 4H meeting of the year. yes, it is a little late to have the first meeting...our leader got a new job and is now travelling a *lot* more than he was. so we hadn't met yet. so we had lots of stuff to do...fill out reenrollment forms, elect officers, decide if we wanted to do a group project...we did the reenrollment forms, and i am only doing three: visual arts, breads and cereals (basically baking for those who don't speak 4H), and public speaking. i personally like public speaking the best. yes, i am just a *little* strange...public speaking is the number one fear of people in the world. it's not drowning, or the dark, or death...it's standing up in front of a bunch of people and having to talk to them. yet *i* can just stand up there and go for it. i don't really get all that stressed over it...i don't sweat with nervousness or anything. (although, when i did the cremation of sam mcgee by robert w. service, i did sweat - because i was wearing my winter coat in august. X_X) i actually *enjoy* public speaking. :D 'tis fun. anyway, i got elected president. (methinks it has something to do with the fact that i've been in 4H for 7 years and am also the oldest member in the club by several years.)

after 4H, i had work. and something happened that made me *totally* forget about what happened at 4H...someone almost drowned. and i went in after him for the first time ever. my first rescue...and i didn't even realize the impact that it had until about an hour later. then i realized, "wait a sec - if i hadn't gone in, he woulda drowned..." wow. i mean, it's what i'm trained to do, but i hadn't had to save anyone before...it's a different experience, realizing that you've saved someone's life. that's all i can say about it.

i shall finish the update later today...i must go get ready for church now.

-enna