March Madness, alright

Dear Readers,

You know how frustrating it makes a person when their NCAA bracket is totally done in the second round? Ok, it's not completely done, but all of my final four teams have already lost. And it's the middle of the second round. It makes one mad. Every year I fill out two brackets, one which I think will happen and the other what I wish will happen but never will. This year my wish bracket has better stats than my real one. Sad, huh?

In other news, Choir tour begins this next week(depending on when you start your week: sunday or monday) and I figure it's not going to be all that bad. It's Disneyland on one hand. Yep, maybe it won't be so bad.

Jazz Festival is also this week, which is really exciting. I was practicing our songs yesterday and I was nailing every lick! Even the high F#'s and G's. That probably means nothing to most people who read this, but that is really exciting. Our band plays on friday, which means I'll be sitting around for awhile before I fly out for tour. Oh well. I could use some Dale-time. Who's excited for Spring break?!

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