Katiejoyful

Sorry I can’t post a lot. I’m so busy this semester. Things are going ok. Stressed. My car is acting up which is so annoying and I havent started observations for EDU 200 because the principal at the school I’m signed up for hasnt called me back yet.

My voice lesson today went really really well. She was extremely impressed. Sight singing and STV didn’t go as well, but whatever. I don;t really have enough time to practice for the 3 hours a day I’m supposed to, but I’m trying. I can’t wait to go home in a few weeks. It will be great to be away from EU even if for a little bit.

I need to go study Spanish and shower, but I’ll try to write more often.

I’m in the computer lab waiting for my EDU200 course to start. Today was already long and stressful and it’s only halfway over. My Spanish class is a lot of work and I dont even know if I am really required to take it. Education majors are not anymore as of this year, but my advisor has not yet told me that I can drop the class. I e-mailed him today so hopefully I will be able to finish this semester and instead of taking another Spanish course next semseter, I will be able to take Statistics or something else so I wont have to take it over the summer. I havent been sleeping very well because of all the reading and papers I’ve had already and today I just cant seem to wake up. It’s like 95 degrees outside and I’ve been freezing all day. Josh and Jess think it’s because I’m anemic and I haven’t been taking the pills the doctor gave me and I havent been getting enough sleep. (Oh, and Dr. Price wants to have breakfast tomorrow at 7:30am! To introduce me to the only other Berkshire Scholarship kid who is a freshman). No sleep tonight either.

Besides all of the work and stress everything is great. I enjoy all of my classes even if they have tons of work. And tonight is the first night of swing and we are pretty sure we will have a huge turn out. I’m hoping to get a lot of sleep this weekend and get ahead on some reading. I’m sure I’ll get back into the swing of things soon (both metaphorical and literal):) Its just been a harder adjustment this year with the annoyance of possibly taking a class that I don’t need and essencially wasting my precious Music Ed. Major Time.

Johnny and I have been talking about getting together some weekend coming up to practice and do a open mic night at a cafe near his school so hopefully that will work out and relieve some stress!

Alrighty. Off to class!

Hello!

Sorry I haven’t posted in a few months. Summer was crazy with 2 jobs and summer classes and hanging out with friends etc. I am back at school and already busy.

Spanish, Musicianship, Brass, Question of Origin, EDU200, EDU207, Choir, Voice… the list goes on and on.

Not too much exciting has gone on. I had my first official Swing council meeting last night as Secretary and realized how much responsibility it is, but I love it so it doesn’t seem so bad. Tomorrow night is the first night of swing and Im so excited. I’m trying to get all my work done tonight so I’m completely free. Faryl is having his 2nd annaversary dance at Sunnybrook the 20th and that will be a ton of fun. Live band and everything!

Jess, Tommy, Josh and I have been hanging out as much as we can but also trying to spend time with a few other friends. Hopefully I’ll get back into the full swing of things soon so I have more time to post and relax. Work will start soon at the church and possibly at the Athletics Department.

Well. I’ll try to post more later if I get the time. And I promise to try to keep this whole thing updated better

Only a week left of classes.
Only 12 days til I’m home.

Today I have my recital. I wanted to wait and sing next week, but Christine said “You can handle it”. So I’m singing. But it’s not a regular recital… It is a split recital. Upperclassmen in Workman, underclassmen in Fowler… which means I have to sing twice within the same hour. Josh has to do it too… but trumpet. And he isn’t feeling well either and he isn’t happy about having to do it twice.

mEh. I just want to get all these papers and finals and recitals and juries out of the way so I can go home and clean my house and make money (or try to), and hang out with my family and friends. Oh and take summer classes… ew.

Ugh. I still don;t know if I want to work 2 jobs. I want to have a life.

This artist Stephen S. Sawyer does amazing Christian art that I love. I think my dad would like a lot of his stuff too. I am about to start that painting of the man looking up this week sometime. I think it will help me stay sane the next few weeks.
Here are some of the paintings I think my dad would like of his.

I got back from Carrie’s house the other night. We had a blast hanging around Annapolis and then going to the circus.
Last night a girl Jess and I know from swing asked us if we would be interested in sharing an on campus apartment with her and her roommate next year. It’s not too much more than a suite, especially if you take into account that you can get on a smaller meal plan since you have a kitchen. Jess is so excited because she loves cooking and there will be so much more space. I don’t think it will be too much different then a suite since Jess and I will still be in a seperate room than the other girls, but we’ll get to cook and feel like real adult college kids who buy grocceries and hopefully work a few nights a week as a waitredd (maybe thats just me).

On that note, I have no idea what I’m doing for work completely in May and June. I’m working at Sugar Hill no doubt, but I might ask to see if I can work some of the earlier shifts too to get more hours, but I dont have a car to get me to those shifts during May. I want to try to make a lot of money in May and June since I don’t know for sure whats happening in July.
I guess I’m just aggrivated cuz I’m poor and I need to make money, but I dont know how I’m going to make a lot this summer and I don’t know how much I can handle working next year while I’m at school.

I found out today that a paper I thought wasn’t due for another week is due Tuesday and I am going to Carrie’s this weekend. Looks like tonight is going to be a late one. I’m going to try to get most of it done before the weekend and then finish it up on Sunday and Monday.

I’ve been painting this picture of a grand piano with all these reflections on it from windows and It’s not done yet and all I want to do is paint. But I never have the time. I’m hoping that after this paper is over with I can finish up the painting.

I Got this great idea for a painting I want to do this summer. In my MUS250 class, Dr. Robinson told us about this Islamic childrens story that is basically… when God created man, he told the soul to go into the body, but it refused. So he had the angels play music. The soul had no ears and couldn’t hear the music so it went into the body so that it could have ears to hear it.

Though that story isn’t exactly theologically correct, I think that it is a great picture and I want to get a huge canvas and paint a very colorful picture of a man looking up smiling with all these great colors around him and his ears as if the soul had just heard music for the first time. I’m gonna need to buy a whole bunch more paints and a big canvas, but I think it will be a fun summer project type thing.

Anyways. I’m about to leave work and head to math… ew.

Not too much has been going on in the past few days. I’ve decided to start running around the neighborhood 3 times a week to relieve stress and get into good habits. It’s been really nice just to get outside because if I don’t set aside time to run, I am either in class, in a practice room, or in my room (maybe Tommy’s) studying.

I’m starting to work a lot more(or at least trying to) on my big research paper on the ethics of vegetarianism. It’s really interesting. I don’t think I would be vegetarian ( I love chicken and fish too much), but I understand where most vegetarians are coming from now. Americans consume far too much meat. four million steers are killed every hour. GROSS! It’s so unnecessisary! And unhealthy. Vegetarians run into a lof of issues with vitamin B12 deficiencys and Anemia, but not eating meat cuts your chances of getting diabetes or heart disease in HALF. So eating so much meat is crazy bad for you too.

Besides all that fun stuff I’m headed to Carries this weekend. We are gonna do some cooking and maybe go into Baltimore.

 I’m at work right now and I am so looking forward to my nap after choir at 4. It’s been such a rainy day.

Only 20 days of classes left!

Woke up late for english today because my alarm was set to PM instead of AM. I got there on time… just in my pjs. All we did was some research for our papers in the library then we got to leave early, so in the grand scheme of things, the extra sleep was nice.
Today I have work, Math, and Choir. This Saturday the choir has a concert with Messiah’s choir and another choir from around here. It starts at 8am and goes to 3pm. All the choirs watch each other rehearse then perform.
Next weekend I think I am going to Carrie’s house for the weekend and we’re gonna go into Baltimore.
That’s about all that’s happening. That and this huge english paper. And me getting mad because my GPA will probably be lower than last semesters.

Back at school. I’m at work right now. There is exactly 47 days until I leave for the summer.

I don’t have anything too too exciting going on. Just trying to get back into the swing of hw and practicing and exercising… maybe sleeping too.

I have a huge paper for english I need to work more on. I need to finish scholarship stuff. I have a recital on the 21st of April. I am trying to get some of my paintings into an exhibit at Church of the Savior this weekend maybe. The choir has a million concerts coming up.

Nothing is going on really besides just busy typical schoolwork stuff.