Omg, today was AMAZING! So we did the little thing at Michel Nelson (sp?) and I got there and I went to the wrong one! They were like "the thing is tomorrow" and I was all "no, I was told to be here today.." "maybe you're supposed to be in the other building." So I went across the street, and sure enough, I was wrong. So we get there, warm up and stuff and are told to go outside and get ready. We were like "what? we were told that we were going to play in the gym." nope, they had us wait outside from him (the custodian [Mr. V.]) to pull in in a limo, so we could play the fight song. I was like WHAT?! And then, we were going to parade him around the school...and I did not have one parade type shoes, it was fun! So we get there and they give a long speech about being a US citizen and all this stuff, it was really cute. (Mr. V and his wife moved from Russia in 1995, they were so cute!) They gave him a flag (more like 3) and we playing the National Anthem. Afterward, they did a presentation from when he graduated from the Naturalization classes and, which then we play American the Beautiful...which is Mrs. V.'s favorite song. We played some pep-band stuff while all the lil kids went back to class. So we're packing our stuff up and the principle goes "hey, y'all want to go to IHOP with Mr. V and everyone else?" She paid for it all! The entire 5th period band class...and Andrew, Andrew's mom, Mr. and Mrs. V., their daughter and her husband, two of Mr./Mrs. V's friends, and herself. It was so good. I got to learn about Russia and stuff, it was interesting. It's talking to people who immigrate from a place like Russia, which is completely different from the US to understand how different we live our lives, and appreciate it better. Just thought I share that with you, because I don't want to take things for granted anymore.