so, since the 11th: most of my life has been spent doing work for classes and the music office. last weekend was crazy... there were three music events, all of which i had to attend. the first was the handbell choir concert. i'm one of the student managers and i play on the low end. let's just say that i'm building up my biceps again, lifting those giant bass bells. we performed okay. i'm not sure what happened, but we rehearsed better than we performed. oh well. then later that day, my friend gave her senior piano recital. she was so stunning, and i'm happy i got to usher her concert and help her out. the day after that, dr. s gave a faculty recital and i had to usher that one also. i happen to really like dr. s. i haven't had a class with him yet, but i've interacted with him in the office and such, and he seems like a really cool guy.
last week was really crazy. we had these guys from NASM, national association of schools of music, coming for our ten year re-evaluation. basically they have to check out every aspect of our music program and make sure we're still doing things right and can still be an accredited school and give out music degrees. for the past month or so, dr. schu has asked me to help him get stuff togther so these guys can look. they came on tuesday and wednesday. it was just really wierd to have other people invading our space. one would just randomly walk into a class and sit down and observe for a while. we had a students only meeting with them so they could get a different perspective. that didn't go as well as planned... it's all confidential so i can't get into details but basically they ripped a few people/things to shreds within the department. i don't know what NASM can do about it, but i have kind of a bad feeling. soooo anyway after they left things got back to normal. for my vocal pedagogy class, we went to a speech pathologist here and some people in our class got scoped; basically, they shove a camera down your nose or throat and look at your vocal chords. i did not do it. it didn't look very pleasant, so the other people did it. we had a big project due in my instrumental music class on thursday, and i'm glad i got it done. we had a scenario of a brand new music program, grades 6 through 12. and we got to budget everything we'd need to buy for this program. instruments, storage, everyyyyything. it was kind of stressful, actually, because it's hard to think of every single solitary thing that one might need in a building. we'll see if i forgot anything. and this weekend has been crazy also... friday night, i went to the american international association formal (pictures coming) with rachel because she needed a date. it was nice. pretty sure that's the first time i've worn a dress at college haha. after the formal, rachel and i went ghosthunting. lolz. it was actually kind of creepy. we were looking for this bridge where a mother killed her baby and herself. we didn't know exactly which one it was, but we found a bridge and so we were just sitting there, listening and waiting. and then, rachel's phone vibrates with a text. her phone was kind of under my leg in the passenger seat and when it went off i almost peed my pants. i don't think i've ever been that scared to have a phone go off!
yesterday, rachel, lauren and i went out to w's to fish. it was kind of a bust because it started raining, and then afterwards it got realllllllllly still. however, i took the kayak out (rachel took the canoe) and it was peaceful to chill for a while.
last night was Relay for Life on campus. we did a fishing club team and set up our tent. honestly, it was kind of awful. it started raining about 6pm and didn't stop until about 1. so S. and i set up the tent in the rain, walked in the rain, and got very very very wet. my feet were wet since about 2pm yesterday until about 11am today, from fishing until a warm shower.
well, i should probably get ready for the concert i have to usher today. oy vay. orchestra and singers. oh joy.
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