Hello! An Update On a Big Event!

Hi! I know that I have not been updating this blog for a while now, so, here is a BIG, HUGE event that JUST happened yesterday night, January 13th, 2009, at 7:00 PM at Leon High School! I will start at the beginning: A few months ago, my teacher gave out a tiny, little spelling quiz. It was a written quiz. A few people passed the quiz, or should I say, TEST! This is actually a quiz to see who is going to compete in the school spelling bee! I was one of a lot of people who passed. The test consisted words like, "tutu," or "clothes." So, that means, since I passed, along with a few other people, we will be competing in Round 2 of the spelling bee. They gave out booklets for us to study (the booklets are the size of an average piece of paper, and in black-and-white), and they gave us a limit of five lauguages to study. The words in those five languages are the ones who will be in the spelling bee. Then the day of the spelling bee came. It was also a written quiz. After the bee, I felt relieved. Then, I felt excited because I passed! That means that I, and some other people, will be going to Round 3 of the big spelling bee! But, this time, we got smaller booklets with color, AND we have to study ALL of the lauguages!!!! The big bee came. It was the school spelling bee. I felt really nervous, for the whole fifth grade was there, in the cafeteria. The vice principal was there. We started the bee. It was REALLY tense. I was REALLY nervous. But, I made it to the top 3 spellers! My champion word (the champion word is the word that if you get right, you, well, become champion!) was, "worrisome." It may not be THAT hard, but it CAN get pretty challenging if you were up on stage, with the whole entire fifth grade staring at you, your vice principal there, and you knowing that if you mess this up, you will have less chance of becoming champion, and you won't be able to move on to county. How hard do you think that word is now? I spelled "worr," then paused. Then, I kept going "isome." I got it right! The next thing I know, I was the school champion! I got a blue medal with the words "Spelling Bee" on it. BUT, that means that if I win, I am going to the COUNTY! Ok, so, we are back to January 14, which is today. I am going to tell you what happened last night. I was at the Leon High School, we checked in, and I got a certificate for being the school champion, they give that to every body in the county spelling, because, if you did not win the school bee, you would not even be there. So, we went to the auditorium, and the bee took place. They only give out trophies for 2nd and 1st place. So, if you took 3rd place, you are not getting a trophy. I did pretty good. I got in the top 2 spellers. This girl from Fairview, 8th grader, won. I took second place in the bee. My word was "kasha" and it was pretty hard, because I don't recall having seen it before. Her word was easy, which was what made it so unfair "thesaurus." And that's what happened. I did not win, but I took second place out of 40 people and many of them were 8th graders. I got a trophy. My teacher and the principal were very proud and so my mom and dad.