WE WON!!! WE WON!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE WE WON!!!!

the bruises, the sweat, the scratches...it all disappeared at that moment...everything really was worth it after all.

our call time this morning was 4 am (as in dawn), but i arrived at around 4:30. we left for st. joseph at around 7:30. there were 8 contestants and we were the fourth to perform, which was good, because the middle is always the best. we were all so happy when we were announced as champions. we all gave our best, i'm sure. ma'am de vega was ecstastic. i'm so happy for all of us, especially for the fourth year, now that they had the chance to continue spas's streak before they left school.

when we got home, we did our piece for the high school department and the faculty. it was really strange, not to mention distracting, to perform in front of familiar faces. good thing i didn't make any obvious mistakes. :-) after that, we all just basically rested in the hall of hope and slept on the stage.

now, i shudder at the thought of all the work we left behind. it was like i entered another world, and i'm back home again. even if some part of me thinks that all of this is just unreal, nothing in this world could ever make me forget this day. well, maybe terminal amnesia could, but that's beside the point. ;-)