After the day meeting I chilled on the bus until I got bored enough to go watch basics. Then marching started. I think I'm starting to make little games for myself to make the day more interesting. It all depends on what we are doing that particular moment.
I spent the morning with the drums.
They spent almost an hour on the same exercise. The drums are intense. They do until it's perfect. And I think people kind of throw that phrase around.
'perfect'
Nothing can ever be perfect. Don't tell that to the Cadets drum line.
Do me a favor. Pretend you're playing a drum. Now try and get both hands to hit at EXACTLY the same time. Just once. See how hard it is. Now, imagine trying to do that with 17 other people simultaneously while playing difficult rhythms and marching at 184 beats per minute.
Remember when I said I was tired this morning. Well keep that in mind during the next part.
I was with the percussion section after lunch and I was just running the met like normal and drum major Ben came over and told me that I could take a break until the brass came together to march on the field. He was going to run the met for the drums. I said ok and went on the bus and tried to skype with my parents. It didn't work and I was gone about 20 minutes. I still had 20 minutes until I was supposed to be back. And the other drum major Brad told me to get over with the drums now because no one was there.
Why? I don't know.
The rest of the day kind of went like this. Me getting more tired and also me getting yelled at for doing what I'm supposed to. Im just getting frustrated because things break and people want me to magically make them work again. I cannot produce electricity no matter how hard I try!
Ahhhhhh!
Hell week. Hopefully this will work out or I'm in for a looooong month.
We are staying over at this school tonight. Thank God.
Going to bed early, so this day can end.
-Drew
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