whoa. six weeks i've been here already. i can hardly believe it. where did it go? and now its starting to get colder ... the leaves are changing ... im getting into a poetic mood ...
everything is going really great. i enjoy most of my classes. except for music theory. i dont even see the point of coming to class anymore - i am basically learning everything from the textbook. i got 100% on my most recent test, yet in class he does nothing but confuse the heck out of me. cause i go into class thinking that i know this stuff, then i leave all twisted and messed up. erg.
i haven't talked to mr. b since i went home three weeks ago. its starting to get me depressed. i just want to talk to the guy, is that too much to ask? i miss him so freaking much. i think his wife might be getting ticked off ... either at me for calling so much, or at him for not returning my calls when he isn't home. i would just rather talk over the phone, because his emails are always so cryptic and strange and off the wall. but i suppose thats what you gotta deal with with him.
i wrote my first official college paper about band. how ironic is that. it was about a time when we were put into a stereotype by somebody, and what we did/do to combat that. so i wrote about band and how everybody thinks i am a loser for being so passionate about it, and the wierd looks i get when i tell people i am going into music education. cant they just appreciate the fact that i want to do something i totally love? what else could someone ask for in a career? i know it is going to be difficult. but i cannot see what else i would do other than this. i bring new meaning to the phrase "band nerds for life"!
nani is back in lifecare. she had a really bad uti infection, to the point where she was totally out of it mentally. it was quite scary, actually. my mom and uncle thought she actually had a stroke because of how out of it she was. so they took her to the hospital, spent some ungodly amount of time in the emergency room until my loud uncle threw the smackdown, and she stayed there overnight, i think. then they took her over to lifecare (assisted living) where i believe she still is. it was just that my uncle was getting to the point of being unable to do anything more for her - my mom said that when nani was put into lifecare, uncle jon basically spent that week sleeping. i sure hope things get better. sometimes she sounds good, and then some days she just doesnt sound well at all. part of it has to do with the chemotherapy, i guess. she takes chemo pills 4 days a month, and now she is starting to feel some of the effects of it. at the beginning it wasnt bad, but now she is getting real down in the dumps for those couple of days. i think its kind of cool that for part of her physical therapy, she is playing the wii! i had said that it was a great way to get out of the chair and actually move around. i just really hope that she gets better.
man i miss my family so freaking much. i didnt think that this would be so hard to do. even though i saw my mom and dad a couple of weeks ago for parents weekend, i still miss them like crazy. especially my dad. i dont talk to him as often as i do my mom, but i spent every day with him at home, because my mom was working. so its difficult for me to be far away like this. i am counting down the days to fall break - starts the 17th, and i am pretty sure mom is coming to pick me up that friday after i work. this time i will actually have more time to spend with the family. i get that following monday and tuesday off from school, so i dont have to be back until wednesday. which rocks. i wonder what mr. b will be doing that weekend? i was thinking maybe we could go to lunch or something.
ooo! that reminds me! i have to send an email to Shep. i found out that my friend L. (from minnesota) played the exact same song in high school for band. i thought that was the most crazy thing everrrrrrr!! and since Shep went on and on about that piece and composer, i thought he might enjoy that little anecdote.
man this is such a long post. but now that i have A LAPTOP, i will actually try to post more often on here. i dunno how well that will actually go, but i am going to try. i can't believe that 6 weeks have gone by!!!
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