Only 47 more school days until the end of school!  I can't wait!  47 is also:

The atomic number of silver.

Is the number of retires Steeler's Hall of Famer Mel Blount.

A person uses approximately 47 sheets of toilet paper per day.

There are 47 occurrences of '47' in the first thousand prime numbers.

The weather is FINALLY getting nicer!  It was in the 20s and 30s all of thses past couple of weeks, but this week is supposed to be nicer.  We are supposed to get up to 70° on Thursday which is the day of my first track meet.  It will be nice to run in the kind of heat instead of the frigid cold.  For track today, we started out running a mile, and I got third in that.  I think I will do really good this track season, because I have practiced a lot before the season even began.  We live on top of a really big hill, which everyone in Farmington refers to as "killer hill".  That tells you how big it is.  Lots of times I will just run up and down it a couple of times, which is hard but fun, so track has to be easier than that!

Track

Today was the first day of Track!  It was pretty sick!  I just got new shoes yesterday, so I was able to wear them in today.  They are super duper comfortable and good fitting, which is what you need in Track.  I have a ton of friends that are also in Track, so it makes it more fun.  We only got to try out a few of the events, like the running ones.  Next time I think we will do the long and high jumps, the shot put, discus, etc.  Pretty cool stuff!  Also, Track is every single school day right after school until the beginning of June I think, so I get a lot of practice!

Congratulations March Madness!  That was the best NCAA mens tournament that I have seen my whole life.  It was a good bracket, but the champiosnhip game was AMAZING!  It was the best in years!  It was back and forth all game long, and it was a really fast paced and exciting game.  The last minute was the best, though.  When Marcus Paige made a big time incredible and impossible three - pointer to tie the game up for the Tar Heels with less than five seconds left... I went crazy.  But I new that Villanova would do something awesome too, so I sat back down on the couch after running around the room.  And then, in a great play by the point gaurd, Villanova passed the ball quickly to one of their best players who was wide open.  He shot a three pointer and ... SWISH!  The crowd went crazy at the arena, and so did I.  It was so clutch.

4th Quarter is almost here in school.  That means that there is a little over a month and half left of school!  I am so excited for school to be over.  But I am more ready for the westher to get nicer.  I would rather have an extra week of school where it was 90° all day long for the whole week, would you?  It has been on and off snowy and rainy but there have been a few nice days.  I am counting down the days until SUMMER!