Rain, and what comes of it.

Happy Monday!

It’s raining – not pouring, exactly, but definitely a steady bit of precipitation. I just walked through it, and apparently tennis shoes (mine, anyway) are not waterproof – at all. Nope, the water soaks through the toes first, gets your socks wet, and then, I’m guessing if you walked far enough in the same conditions, the wetness would spread throughout the entire shoe. I didn’t walk quite that far, but my toes definitely got wet.

Which I knew you’d find interesting :)

What’s really going to be interesting is me getting on public-transit bus thing for the first time tonight – by myself. The tricky think is going to be telling the driver where I want him/her to take me in a loud enough voice and clearly stated so that I’ll get where I need to go. Hopefully it’s a pleasant, nice sort of person. I don’t think I could handle a grump…

But I have to get to dance class somehow, and this seems to be the best way today.

As far as Monday’s go, though, this one has been pretty pleasant (apart from getting my toes wet – I don’t really mind walking in the rain as long as my feet are dry! Unless I’m barefoot and getting wet on purpose – that’s completely different.)

Not too excited about math class, however. I’m never too excited about math class.

But my classes seem to be going pretty good, despite my dislike of difficult studying. I think I’m doing fine – the trick now is keeping up my good study habits. Study, study!

So Much New

Hello friends! So sorry I've been silent for over 2 weeks, but I have legitimately been busy. With college!

So, I don't want to bore you with details, but here are a few exciting new things that I'm pretty thrilled about.

1) I had my first audition experience, where I memorized two contrasting contemporary monologues, dressed up all prettyful, and delivered them with slightly obvious nerves - but I got through without messing up too badly!  Yikes, I was freaked out. But they must have liked me well enough, because they gave me a part! Yessir, that brings me to the next thing on my list:

2) 'Our Town' by Thornton Wilder. Yep, I got a part in this fascinating play. While my part doesn't have a name other than 'organist', that's okay because I sort of get to make up my own character, which is fun. And I'm not without responsibilities - I actually have to play the organ for this role. Yep. I have sheet music! Just can't get away from that organ, can I? ;) But I'm excited about it.

3) I had a second audition experience when I auditioned for the choir. My singing was not the greatest that day, since I hadn't really sung much for a while, but I got into Concert Choir! That's fun. I didn't quite make it into Chamber Choir, (which is the smaller, more select choir that travels) but I am listed first on the alternate list, so I still have a certain amount of hope for the future. :)

4) Third audition experience: Ballet. Yes, I auditioned for 'The Nutcracker', which was a fascinating process, since I'd never auditioned for a ballet before. It was fun, because all the different choreographers taught the whole group a small section from the different parts of the ballet, and we'd learn it and try our best to show them why we'd be good in that part. (examples: learned the 'soldier' part, the 'arabian' part, the 'angel' part, etc. ) I was super thrilled the next day when we got the cast list to discover that I'd been selected to be in the corps de ballet for "The Waltz of the Flowers" as well as an angel in the "Angel Scene"!!!

Okay, little backstory here: When I was really little, I got 'The Nutcracker' soundtrack for Christmas or something, and I would dance around our tiny, tiny house to those songs all the time. This was before I'd ever had lessons. And can you guess which one was my favorite? 'The Waltz of the Flowers.' When we learned the part for the Waltz at auditions, I must say I had quite an emotional moment - my eyes got a little misty. But it was my favorite of all the dances, (I actually knew how to do all of the steps in that one!) and I think I danced the best on that one, as well - obviously they must have liked it a little since I get to do it for the REAL BALLET!!! (can you tell I'm happy about this?)  ;)

So yeah. That's my little story.

5) I had my first voice lesson! That was fun. I really like my voice teacher, I think. I look forward to improving my vocal technique under her guidance. I feel happy with the songs I'm learning, and am SO THRILLED to finally have voice lessons!!!

So I've got some pretty exciting stuff going on. And I have a cold...not so fun. But I'm trying not to overdo it and hopefully I won't be sick for long! And I really hope I don't get anyone else sick...that would make me really sad!!!

Now, on to homework...which is something of a new concept to me in the fact that, being homeschooled, I've never had homework before in the same sense as you do in college, and it's probably the most comfortable part of my schooling in the sense that I, being homeschooled, am used to studying with my music and notebooks and being all studious and stuff, haha!

But yeah. Classes are a new challenge to me. I've found that I don't really get into discussion very easily, and it's all so fast and there's so much information, my brain just doesn't want to process all the time. I've already found that if I don't write it down on my planner I will most likely forget about it, and that's not good.

But yeah. Homework, and then it's movie night with some friends!