Our school has a fine arts competition it goes to every year and

This was my submission this year

And I've cried way too many times over this, but for the first time I didn't get a 1 rating on a piece

And this really hurts because I felt like this was a true culmination of all the skills of learned, of how I've grown over the years

But now I'm sitting here knowing I wont even place and I hate how terrible it makes me feel

On the bright side my crochet pieces got 1 ratings but...

I was really hoping for first place this year. I was really close last year and now—

Whatever