Gearing Up!

The school year has been done for the past couple weeks for me.

Let’s recap.

September: I move in with my roommate, Laura. She’s awesome, our room is cool, the people on our hall are cool, and I’m sure the year will be cool. I add another major to my program, moving my graduation date back to 2010, but it’s exciting and I’m okay with that. I have no clue what I got myself into.

October: I start dating a guy. I really like him, he really likes me, things are good and extremely complicated now. On our first date, he took me to his house to meet his family. I have very little time to spend with him, unfortunately, but I think things will work out. Mid-term exams are brutal (I’m taking 9 classes). I learned how to play snare drum, bells, trumpet, euphonium, tuba, and the viola.

November: Spent Thanksgiving with my guy’s family and my family. Started learning to play the trombone, kept learning various percussion instruments, and the cello.

December: Finished up the fall semester okay. Extremely stressed out and in need of a break, I got a couple weeks at the end of December.

January: Rested and ready to go, I started the winter semester (I’m taking 11 classes now). Life is busier than ever, things start going south in the relationship department. After a small break, things pick back up in the relationship department. I start learning the oboe, flute, clarinet, continue learning the viola, and I start taking voice lessons and piano lessons. I start looking at an internship that I’m really interested in.

February: Mid-terms, I do well enough that I don’t have to take piano lessons anymore. I get sick, then I get okay again. Spring break is spent sleeping and enjoying the time off. Internship didn’t work out, but I’ll still be spending my summer in Virginia Beach.

March: I start learning the bassoon and clarinet, I switch to the violin because there weren’t enough violas to spare. I get sick again, this time it might be mono but it isn’t, so I’m okay.

April: I’m excited to be done with classes. I’ve spent many hours scheduling my fall term for next year, but I’ve found a way to graduate in 2009 again. Me and my guy have been dating six months now, which is a long time but not long enough. I finish well, which is surprising because I didn’t care the last couple weeks.

For the past few weeks, I have slept, spent time with family, read, listened to music, watched law and order, and I’ve been a lazy bum. I’m going crazy.

Having nothing to do is fun for the first few days, but when your life is busy, it almost defines who you are. Saturday I leave for Virginia Beach, where I’ll work for 10 weeks and take part in a leadership training program put on by Great Commission Ministries. It’ll be great, I’ll be busy, and I’ll be a block away from the beach.

Yay! I’ll have my life back!