It’s annoying when you have lots of stuff that you could be doing, you just don’t feel like doing it. It’s like when you get assigned a project, the weeks between when you get it assigned and when it is due are terrible because every time you do anything for your own entertainment, you think about how you could, and probably should, be working on that project.
But now the problem isn’t any specific project, it’s life in general. Every time I do anything for entertainment I feel as though I should be doing something else. “You should be reading your scriptures or studying for your upcoming math prize exam (it’s like the previous one that I won (which is on my mom’s blog), but this time it’s bigger (the whole state) and I really want to win first place in the state (at least place) or write the paper that’s due soon or write a blog post or work on scouts or work on chapter notes or study Spanish or whatever. You don’t have time to entertain yourself!”
Anyway, let’s talk more about the math competition, cause that’s pretty cool, I guess. The one that I won was pretty interesting for several reasons.
First off, I didn’t really expect the story to get puffed up the way it did. All the people who went got recognized and put into the newspaper when all you really had to do was show up.
Second off, won $65. It was pretty nice. Depending on what happens Thomas and I are thinking about getting a Switch with Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We’ll see if our plans ever go through.
Third off, the fact that I won the Algebra II section. I knew that I was good at math, but it’s good to get some reassurance. I got 15% higher than 2nd place and 25% more than everyone else (in the multiple choice section, I don’t know about the free form). But the next step is the state-wide one I mentioned earlier. I really want to get 1st on that so I can know that I’m actually really decently pretty good at math. One problem with it though is it (I’m pretty sure at least) is over all of Algebra II (and below (so, Algebra I and Geometry)). The other competition was only the semester of Algebra II and below (once again, I’m pretty sure, not 100%). With help from a couple of teachers and Thomas, I’ve been studying some and practicing for it. Got a couple of the tests they used in the past, trying to do the problems, getting problems explained etc. We’ll see what I can do, the test is on March 8th. Since I won’t exactly know everything the test is on, I don’t really know what’s going to happen. There is money involved in this competition also. In the past, they have given $25 for the winner of the school and then more money if you place in, like, the top 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or something like that in the state. Previously it was $200 for 1st place and then less for 2nd and less for 3rd and so on. If I can win, and if we decide to get the Switch, I’ll have more money to contribute to the cause.
Meh, whatever. I been watching quite of bit of anime recently, which deserves its own blog post, I would say. It’s preeeetttyyyy gooooodddd.