Spring Break/Regionals

This spring break may not have been the absolute best spring break ever, but it was alright. I couldn't go anywhere really because we had regionals for tennis on Wednesday and Thursday, with practices on Monday and Tuesday. I was very nervous for regionals because I wanted to go to state so bad. When we arrived at Episcopal at 7:30 on Wednesday morning, I was so nervous. When I heard my draw, I felt better about my chances of making it to state. Since I had a later match (not 8:00), some people on the team stayed and hit so we could get the best warm up possible. We then all headed to Forest Park to watch some matches and play our own. After about an hour and a half of watching teammates, it was finally my turn to play. I walked onto the court and I was so nervous. I did end up doing really well in that match, winning 6-0, 6-1. After my match, Coach Stevens and Dr. Hawking told me that was all I needed to do to qualify for state, and all my other matches would just help my seeding at the state tournament. So, of course I was excited. After that match, there was about two hours just sitting in chairs under a tent with the whole team talking. Finally after my long wait (I didn't play again until 1:30), it was time to play the #3 seed in the quarterfinals. I won that match, 6-2, 6-0. After that match, I finally got to go home.

On Thursday, only the #1 doubles team and I continued onto the semis, as the rest of the girls played tough opponents and did not make it to the semis. I played the #2 seed, and started off playing well, I won the first set 6-3. I then kind of lost concentration and lost the second set 5-7. Since we were playing in a tournament, we had to do full three set matches (we usually do a 10 point tiebreak as the third set, if necessary). The third set was very intense as some members of both the girls' and boys' team came to watch some of the set. I was down 3-5, but came through to win 7-5. That was about a  three hour long match, lasting from 8:15-11. Needless to say, I was exhausted. The people from the tournament only gave me a 30 minute break in between the semis and the finals, and I was playing one of the best players in the state in the finals, so it was very hard. I did lose in the finals, but overall, I did much better than everyone expected, and hope to do well at state next week!

Work Times
4/25- Worked on Portfolio Project- 35 minutes
4/26- Things Fall Apart- 2 hours

Response to two statements + Working Times

"Ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person."
I would agree with this statement because most people who are successful in life had to be ambitious and had to work for everything they got. Being ambitious is definitely a desirable and positive trait, because you know the person will work hard for whatever they want. This statement connects to Macbeth because Macbeth is ambitious, and he would do anything to succeed and be king, as shown by the fact that he kills people.

"Some things are destined or fated to happen."
I agree with this statement because your destiny is your destiny. It's like in Romeo and Juliet, everything that happened was fate, and there was nothing that they could have done to change the situation. It was fate that the messenger was quarantined while on the way to tell Romeo the plan with Juliet. I think this connects to Macbeth because it is destiny that Macbeth will be king.

Working Times
Wednesday- 1.5 hours of Nervous Conditions project
Thursday- 1 hour of Nervous Conditions project
Sunday- 2 hours- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe