On Friday I went in during lunch to get my violin music and my orchestra teacher said, "Lindsay, you're first chair second violin in the big group [of three schools] next week [at orchestra festival], if that affects how much you practice." And I said, "What?!" and nearly threw up. That means I am not only first chair for our SCHOOL but for that humongous conglomeration of schools. Oh my gosh what a nightmare. I have to go frantically practice right now in fact. Pray to God/whatever agnostic greater power you believe in that I don't screw this up. I really haven't practiced much.

"I did it because I trust you, Lindsay," she said. My gosh why does she have to trust me? There are plenty of trustworthy people in the world! Surely there is someone out there who would do a better job!

Anyway, I got home from Idaho late last night. It was fun. Let's just say we crashed in all this powder in the middle of the trees and stayed there for a while and decided to see if the Spiderman thing worked (if you've seen the movie you probably know what I'm talking about). It was quite interesting. Even though my toes were freezing off and my pole was jabbing into me, I felt like somehow I belonged there with him all buried in snow.