Nationals. Today was the national competition and we were all so excited for it. We were definitely prepared and we wanted to win again this year so we could go to Internationals again. I know it wasn't going to be long before a lot of us had to leave the studio due to being in university and having too much schoolwork, so we wanted to head to Internationals at least one more time.

Then again, Mae, Jerome, and I weren't planning on taking the summer term, so it gave us four months off of school and that was the time that was rehearsing for Internationals.

I was happy this year,...