Okay, no need to panic...I'm going to do a great job here! Left, Right, Left, Right...Okay I'm in step...Sigh...I can't believe that it has been 6 months since we began this difficult trek. I still remember the first day when I made so many mistakes that I thought I was going to get kicked out. Left, Right, Left, Right...Who would have thought that we would have made it this far? Who could believe that we were capable of achieving this level of honorable mention? Thinking back a year ago, I wouldn't have been able to put together a string of thoughts that would connect to this place...Okay keep your eyes forward, stay focused...to think, a kid like me would ever accomplish this feat. Okay stop...the announcer is introducing our team...are we ready? Yes we are! Let's get on this field and do our stuff! Left, Right, Left, Right...I mustn't forget what we rehearsed; what we've been working on for the past 6 months; what we have only dreamed of doing...Okay time to get into position...Sigh...Okay, calm down...here they come...you can do this! You've practiced so long...you know this stuff like the back of your hand!
"North Shore Senior High School, are you ready?"/"Okay San Jacinto College, are you ready?"
That's the signal! This is it! 1..3...dut dut dut dut!/Alright, no biggie...Let's do this!
I don't know what I'm doing here...but I thought it was a little creative! I was thinking about how to write down my feelings for today's adventure at NASA, and the best thing that came to mind was the first time my high school marching band went to Area Competition (kind of a big deal...). It has been such a long journey of researching, brainstorming and practicing our parts for this day. As I mentioned in my last post, today was the day in which we had to present our experiment to a committee of 20 engineers, biologists, astronauts and crew members and convince them that we know what we are doing, what we are working with and how we are going to go about safety protocols. The only time I've felt this nervous was when I was first marching down the field to our first position to start our performance...not to mention my first solo while marching ever! I think it's so cool how circumstances come into our lives to challenge our limits. No matter how much it may hurt or how difficult it may seem, we can always overcome with major help from a Savior. It feels that we come to a point where it's so terrible, that we can't even think about anything else except how much we need Jesus. It's something that I've gone through several times...and something I've forgotten several times. I really get annoyed when I think highly of myself by believing that I can go through these obstacles on my own; I don't really need a Savior because I can handle it. The fact is, I can't. I cannot handle such a difficult situation! I need help because I am WEAK and Christ is STRONG!
So today, we presented our experiment and despite the horror stories that our mentor told us, it was not bad at all. The only questions they had was whether or not we were using real blood. Of course we weren't, only plasma and they were fine with it. Although I was annoyed that our mentor and "team leader" exaggerated everything way out of proportion, I was glad to have prepared more than I needed rather than less. Go Team SOAR!!! Now that the review is over, we can concentrate more on the actual experimental procedure and hopefully get some sweet data from this flight (not to mention the experience of being weightless)! Well, I'm off to get some shut eye. I'm so exhausted, I could eat a whole cow.
Pabs
Oh I found our Team's website that needs to be updated! If you want to take a look feel free to check it out and laugh at my picture!
http://www2.sanjac.edu/teamsoar/
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