good week!

So, i always get on here and say i'm gonna write something, but i can never think of anything to write. but this week has been especially good - at least compared to recent weeks, so i decided i'd write about what made it a good week!

1. I don't have a paper to write!
2. I didn't have anything important to do over the weekend - no football games!
3. I had a band concert yesterday!
4. My parents came to my band concert!
5. We ate at Olive Garden before the concert - mmmm
6. I had my last piano class of the semester today
7. I got a letter from Paco!
8. I don't have to play my really hard band music anymore - instead we get Christmas music!
9. The A clarinets will be coming in sometime this week, and I'm getting one!!!
10. I don't have a composition project due this week
11. I don't have Wind Ensemble on Thursday, which means an extra two hour break!
12. Only one week till Thanksgiving break!
13. Only one week till I get to see my puppy!!! (i miss my sadie dog!)
14. I got to skype Ij this weekend!
15. I realize I really don't have that much homework.
16. I've been able to practice more
17. The grad student in my section no longer seems to be upset with me for not being good enough...
18. I was able to go to church on sunday! It was outside!
19. I've been required to listen to the Brahms Requiem a lot for my theory class, which is a beautiful piece so i like the fact that we listen to parts of it multiple times each class
20. They had cookies and fried chicken in the dining hall today
21. I made truffles the other night! They're delicious.
22. I got 100 on my theory test!
23. I got 100 on my math test!
24. My teacher read my essay out loud because she liked it the most
25. Did I mention I don't have to write a paper this week?
26. We're learning the dance block in marching band which is fun - it makes me sore, though!
27. We cleaned our room! And it's gonna stay that way. (hopefully!)
28. Everyone just seems to be in a good mood!
29. I'm at school for music - I love music.
30. We're going to see Harry Potter on Saturday! (or at least planning on it!)

So, that's just a few things that have made this week awesome! (Michelle, it kinda turned into one of your lists of things to be thankful for! Haha) I hope it continues to be a good week!

all we do is win!

so, ecu beat state, such a great game! it made me sooo nervous! it went into overtime and we missed the extra point but made an interception when they had the ball and it was over! shoo. games are so much fun, though. and it was neat to finally get to play state! we only play them every other year, so the next time we play will be at state my senior year. kind of a long way away, but i wanna go! i dont think i'll be in marching band then, though... state's full band came to the game! unfortunately i didnt really know anyone in it. well, i take that back, i didnt know i knew anyone in it, except for people i've met a couple times through a few of my friends at school. actually, i found out yesterday that molly hedges is in it, and she was in band with me in high school! she plays clarinet! but i didnt see her. we played hey baby with their band and it made me a little sad cause i didnt have anyone to sing it to. i sang to a random guy on tenors...

but i think some people at state may be a little sore after their loss. good game, though. nice try.

time flies?

so can you believe i'm gonna be 20 in less than 3 months? i've been thinking about that a lot lately. how old i am. how i'm 5/16ths of the way through college (at least my undergrad). my little brother will be 18! which makes me feel old, too. it doesnt seem like that long ago when i was 16 and getting my drivers' license... but that was 4 years ago. and soon, 18 will be 2 years ago! i hardly feel 19 right now. like, i have to remind myself. i'm not a freshman anymore. i'll never be a freshman again! senior year doesnt feel like it was that long ago, either, but once i'm done with this year, i'll be closer to being a senior in college than a senior in high school.

i do think i'll go to grad school, though. an extra 2 years to figure out a job. and pay tuition... a job is something i worry about. it's why i'm a double major. from what i hear, it's really difficult for a performance major to find a job. and i knew this, but i still chose it as my major. i'm already nervous about auditions for symphonies and stuff, and i've barely even thought about it.

i can't decide if i want time to go fast or slow. at first i think fast, but then i think about all the things that'll happen, all the decisions i'll have to make, and i think, no, i'd like it to go slow. but i think what i really want is for it to start fast then slow down before i graduate.

by the way, corn mazes are awesome. and wrightsville beach under a new moon is absolutely amazing. there were more stars than i think i've ever seen at once and the water was so sparkly you wouldnt believe. and i saw 2 shooting stars. it was magical. i'm almost scared to go back cause it can't be as perfect as it was on friday night.

fall break!!

fall break is sooo close! but 4 days kinda feels like a long time. i still have to make it through my modern algebra test. and 2 more marching band rehearsals. today marching band was actually pretty good - franklin (our director) was out sick so it was run by the grad staff. everyone was in a better mood so we sounded better and everything. i just hope we get a lot done on wednesday so maybe, possibly, we'll get out early on friday! i'm crossing my fingers. i'm going to the football game at ashley that night and i realllly want to get there as quickly as i can so i wont miss half time. i made it before half time last year, so i think i can do it again.

but yes, 4 more days, and i can't wait. i really need a break. i feel like i'm in a bad mood too often here, things getting me down that shouldnt bother me and whatnaught. things i shouldnt let bother me that i've been dealing with for a long time that are just... hard to deal with now. ugh. a break from it will help. friday night can't come fast enough.

i wish

i wish 11:11 wishes would come true.

i also wish the orchestra schedule would be posted so i know what time i have to go to class tomorrow.

Catching up!

Shoo! It's been a really long time since i blogged. I don't know if anyone really missed them, but maybe someone will read this anyway!

So, school. So far this semester i've been really busy, especially with marching band. Which, unfortunately, i'm beginning to dread. Just cause my director gets on my nerves so so so bad. But i love game days, so I stay in it. Our first game is Sunday! (kinda sad it's sunday. and on a long weekend, too...) Go pirates!!!! Arrrrgh!!!!

This semester i made orchestra which is really exciting! and wind ensemble, which is a lot of fun cause, unlike marching band, our conductor for wind ensemble is one of my favorite professors. he's really entertaining - i need to start keeping track of all his "Carterisms" as one of my friends called them. (He's Dr. Carter and he says lots of interesting things, aka, carterisms). The other day he was getting on some people about being late to rehearsal and he said "Don't ever walk in late. If you walk in late again i'm gonna gouge out your eyeballs, throw them up against the wall and have your classmates throw darts at them." I think that was the most violent carterism i've ever heard. but it got the point across.

Anyway! I really like my new dorm - it's suite-style, which is different from the hall style that i was in last year. my roommate (still meredith!) and i share a short hallway with 3 other rooms of 4 (so there are 8 of us) and we share a bathroom with the room next to us (4 girls to one bathroom) which works out pretty well. I havent really gotten to know all of our suitemates yet, though. i basically only know music majors, but luckily a majority of the 4th floor (my floor) consists of music majors, except for our suitemates - something got messed up and our suite is one of like, 3 or 4 that isnt completely music majors.

So, yeah, i'm sorry this is so long, congratulations for making it to the end! i hope all of you are have a great year so far, and i'm sure it'll get better if you're not! Happy long weekend!!!

summer's almost over...

so wow. it's been a while since i've written, and now summer's almost over. i still havent decided if that's good or bad; it kinda depends what mood i'm in. but i've had a good summer!

i just got back from 2 weeks out of town. it was a long time, but it was fun. i went to washington with my college church group on a mission trip; then met my family in rocky mount and went to williamsburg; then raleigh; then met meredith, michael, and josh to go to salem, va; then back to raleigh/cary to pick up meredith's car; then to michael's house in edenton; then back to cary where my dad picked me up at meredith's house; then finally, home! shoo! that was like, 8 changes of direction. and a lot of time in a car or bus. but it was fun. i missed my puppy dog, though, no matter how crazy she is. she was the first person (er, animal) to greet me at the door when i got home!