Yayyyyyy!!!!

The 30th was my birthday! I turned 15. I've been soooo busy though with school and activities I haven't been able to tell you guys about it!
Basically I just spend time with my family and it was FUN. ^_^ I got a lot of hair accessories (hahaha, everyone knows I love shiny stuff!) and other fun stuff. I had to still do homework the rest of the day when we weren't celebrating.... so much stuff to do! And it's not even just schoolwork...

I have a new cello teacher, and she needs more practice time from me! It's worth it though - she's an amazing teacher! And... she was taught by Mstislav Rostropovich. O_O She's met Shostakovich and awesome ppl like that when she lived in Russia, and she has sooo much to say!!

I also am on the high school DEBATE team this year!!!
Edina has a tradition of being amazing at debate. Our varsity team goes all over the US for competitions and stuff...
And this year the Novice team (1st years) has a new coach, who is totally awesome! He's just out of high school and totally wants us to do some "asskicking". xDDD

I just had my first debate tournament yesterday!!!!!!!!
I was sooooo nervous the night before, but that day.... I was calm. Kinda scarily, too!
On the bus the varsity kids were playing techno music from an iPod speaker to get us to be excited. xD When we got there, our coach took us aside and made us hop up and down to warm up and recite toungetwisters. xD Then.... THE GAME WAS ON!!!!
The subject we're debating is whether or not a just society ought use the death penalty as a form of punishment.
We had four rounds, and I GOT A 3-1 RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kid I lost to ended up getting two awards and it was his 3rd tournament, so I don't really feel bad about that. xD
After the tourney, our coach told everyone that he was really proud of us. ^________________^

I am exhausted!!!!

Love you all!