Thanks anita;) I love avocados and fish, i still need to fuel up more on nuts though. i had a track workout till 5:00 yesterday and the good thing is that the thrower captain taught me the stance for throwing discus and i have gotten better, but i still need to work on balancing the amount of force used and the way i throw the discus (it’s supposed to spin off your index finger). i got a ride home from two of my track friends. yesterday, also sebastian who is also in my physics honors class and does throwing as well, we were encouraging each other with the workout. he also sometimes helps me with physics honors and so does his friend shawn, who i used to play soccer with. after the workout, i had to study for the ch. 16 test for ap world history and the physics quiz both of which i took today. i think i got at least 85 on the ap world history. i also had a pre-calc quiz yesterday which i got a 105;) today, I had a physics honors quiz on work and i got a 100 on it and dave congratulated me on it;) in ap english today, andrew was telling about the mechanics of a roller coaster and he was also explaining kinetic energy to me which really helped me because it clarified what i learned in physics honors yesterday. andrew and i aren’t competing as much and we are helping each other with physics and also with pre-calc and it’s great. also dave who is in my physics honors class always encourages me to do well and will help me study. cj who is great at explaining things much like andrew is often helps me make sense of calculating the net force and other equations. i’m feel so glad that i have so many friends who are helping me in school, it is like a true blessing from the angels and buddha:) my lunch buddy is teaching me radians in pre-calc and it’s so much fun. my ap world history teacher is good at giving advice and although she can be hard at times, she’s good at being empathetic with people. if you are stressed, she would try to make you laugh and lessen your stress. i think andrew and i see that we share a common bond over pre-calc, biology, chemistry and physics and the competition has lessened a little. also dave seems less strained because since he is friends with both of us, it’s hard for him to see us compete against each other. i feel like with dave, andrew, sebastian, cj and my lunch buddy (steve) i can be myself and they are quite laid back and entertaining to be around. also today, after school i saw the sign that my school principal posted that there is a free self-defense class starting april 4, 7 and some other dates for senior girls, i wish i was a senior in the gym hosted by school base. francine and i had asked the principal to start a self-defense club and he did:) i think andrew and dave helped as well because dave is an eloquent speaker and andrew helped plan the techniques and place to host it. i feel bad for my special friend because i’m so involved and building my gpa with my friends and he feels left out. my math and science friends and track friends are all pulling me in the opposite directions and sometimes i don’t have time to spend with him. the good thing is my grades have gone quite well and i’m not as stressed and really enjoy life because i have so many people helping me, the bad thing is i worry about my special friend because i heard him tell one of his friends that he felt he was losing me. i would love the opportunity to spend more time with him, but i have a whole set of friends pulling me away towards math and science and sometimes it’s hard.