Keep On Climbing

Yikes it's been a while. Somehow, by the time that I remember that I could write a blog post, I seem to be so tired from doing other things that my thinker doesn't want to work well enough to type up something slightly interesting.

But today I have some time, and I thought of you :)

So, what have I been up to? Do you really want to know about my life? Well, it involves

~Classes (I'm sort of getting used to them...sort of.)
~Play practice (I'm the organist in the fall play 'Our Town') and these practices require a lot of my time...a lot.
~Dance classes (2 nights a week - I got my pointe shoes finally!)
~Dance rehearsals (I'm in The Nutcracker - 'waltz of the flowers' and 'angel' corps. Learning dances is fun, but it also takes a lot of time and energy.)
~Fun with friends (I have me so many AMAZING people at college! We have good times...)

And that's the basic list. Of course, there are so many more details I could go into, but I'd rather not bore you to death.

So, instead I'll go into some new thoughts I have about who I am...because of course I have new thoughts on that! I've had to do a lot of growing and changing to survive this collegiate life, and it's interesting to me.

For example, I have been confirmed in the fact that I am very quiet in large groups. In fact, if I go to the cafeteria during the rush, I nearly panic because there are so many people and it's so loud, and I can't see well enough to be able to make a good decision about what to eat. It's embarrassing.

This quiet side shows quite often when I'm at the theater, as well. I think it's because everyone there is so crazy/unique in their own ways, that I feel too normal to attempt to show my crazy side...but don't worry! There are people who get to see that, too!

Wow. I'm not making much sense. I told you my thinker turns off when I start to write these!

Another note of myself...I really miss having quiet days. (yes, there's a lot of 'quiet' themes) Like, days where you can just curl up with a good book, a purring kitty, and some pretty music, and just relax and not worry about what you have to be thinking about or where you have to be next. I really like quiet days.

There are more, of course, but I don't have time just now, so now there's something more for me to write about next time!

I'll conclude with a list of three things that make me happy today, how about that?

~I watched a squirrel that was sitting on a tree-branch, eating a nut, for a couple of minutes. It was so cute and close! Then there were leaves falling in lovely spirals all around me, and I did a little dance in the rain...no one saw me, I don't think ;)
~I don't have much homework this afternoon - I could be doing extra stuff, of course, but I don't have anything that needs to be turned in or anything.
~I was learning a new song for my voice lesson, 'Danza Danza Fanciulla Gentile', and I really like it! It's so fun to sing, and I'm excited to learn it really well.

Alright - now I'm off to find something to do that will make me feel like I accomplished something great today...like laundry. There's a plan!


"If it's IN you to climb you must - there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills - they can't breath properly in the valleys." ~L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon