Today was really quite weird, but in the same way it was one of the best school days I've ever had. I wound up with four free periods, which was just wonderful: we had Astronomy off, because the teacher was still sick and, though present, couldn't lecture us with his voice as it was; Katie wasn't here, so we had no Greek; then the AP Latin class had already decided we would have an "off day," since we just finished through book 9; and I have 9th free every day anyway.

It was fun, once I got used to it. (The result was that I had two blocks of two free periods in a row – meaning I had nothing after lunch.) After getting some homework out of the way, Brook and I went to work on painting the set for the play – I got to do jungle stuff.

Then, after lunch, Henry, Ian, and I played an April Fool's prank on the U.S. history teacher. We turned everything in his classroom upside down – desks, chairs, even his own desk and every book on the bookshelf. As well as a bunch of stuff pinned to the bulletin board, like the calendar. And Ian drew an upside-down communist symbol on the board. I didn't get to see his reaction, but Leigh Ann said it was great... (said reaction happened during the time we would have had Latin, so I could have gone with her to watch, but that would have been rather suspicious...)

Anyway, aside from anticipating the teacher's reaction, Leigh Ann, Adam, and I just spent the period first in the Latin room talking (and looking for the Golden Apple, which I had misplaced), then outside, where Ally and Karl eventually joined us. It was great outside – warmer, but still coolish thanks to the breeze, bright and sunny... then it became really windy later; half of us almost got blown off our feet in this one gust. Literally. It was just this sudden, intense blast of wind from nowhere. And it was awesome.

Then I ended up spending what was left of 9th period set-painting again, with Kate this time. We're working on this jungle backdrop, which is really quite fun... the play's George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion, which I haven't read, but looks interesting. And I have to go see it now, anyway, since I worked on the set. But I was going to anyway.

I wish days like these happened more often... but at least we can go outside more often now, now that spring is actually here.

Oh, and happy April, everyone!

~ ToM