Countdown

1. You hear music and start marking time.
2. When every song on the radio is potentially a winterguard show.
3. When you're behind someone and in step with them.
4. When you don' mind changing clothes on the bus.
5. You consider your drill book a fashion accessory.
6. When you're alone and suffocate because no one yells at you to breathe.
7. When your equipment has names and feelings.
8. When you dread/hate the other school's band instead of team.
9. When you can change all your clothes (and put on tights) in a gross bathroom in less then 10 minutes.
10. You subconsciously start practicing with a pencil in school.
11. When numbers past 8 aren't important.
12. When you can discuss the lighting conditions, gym setup, and stand height in the gyms up to 4 hours away.
13. When you eat at Applebees more then at your house.
14. When you STILL HAVE TAN LINES FROM BAND CAMP!!!
15. When you know where the crutch tips, bolts, and electrical tape is in Homedepot.
16. When you toss your remote control, stuffed animal, portable phone, etc. and can't stop until you catch it the right way.
17. When you can do makeup ANYWHERE!
18. You have a drawer full of x-large guard shirts.
19. You are an expert at assembling backdrops.
20. You're constantly in fund raisers.
21. Separate checks in restaurants are life savers.
22. You have a flag callous on your on your right palm under ur pinky.
23. Your priorities are viewed as slightly off.
24. You can smile geniunely on command.
25. You have an excuse for everything.
26. Lycra/spandex has a permanet place in your closet.
27. You know how to cram the most number of people and equipment into every car.
28. You wish they offered nap time at school.
29. There is no such thing as vacation.
30. No matter how good the guard is, they always have the smallest part in the yearbook.
31. Your nails never extend beyond your finger tips.
32. You know how to bend every rule.
33. You have electrical tape in your bookbag.