Expactions

Well today I went to a speech tournament. Now I had very low expatiation when I arrived at the tournament. The only time I have ever placed before had been at a novice meet, and this was varsity sectionals. I tried to have confidence in myself and just do my best. In the end I came in seventh for poetry. That means I get to go to state.

But I enjoyed the meet for several other reasons also. Reason 1: I saw two really good old friends today. One, Kevin I haven't seen since we graduated from eight grade, but somehow he still recognized me from behind. The second friend was my old friend named Joshua. He goes by Josh now. He mistook my friend for me and kind of scared her a bit, but he was really excited to find out I was there. I was surprised he even remembered me, because we haven't seen or spoken to each other since second grade.

Reason 2: All my close friends know about the situation between me and him, so I don't have to hide it anymore.

Reason 3: I have discovered for a fact that one of my "friends" does in fact dislike me. This made me happy, because I thought I was being paranoid. It may sound weird, but I prefer it this way.