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I don't know if I have much to say today, but I feel like posting.

My tutoring is going well, but adjustments will be made this week to the schedule of it. Thus far it's been five days a week, and I can't sustain that pace reasonably any longer. Also, being me somewhat undervaluing self, I never asked for travel compensation, which is rather necessary when the travel is almost as long as the gig. I'm not sure how it's all going to turn out, but I hope for the best.

Knitting has been limping along. Buttons, a fabric marker, and a zipper have yet to be procured, perhaps I'll go to Hobby Lobby or Joanne's today. I'm definitely going to the library. A book just came in for me. I'm looking forward to a day spent in pleasurable pursuits.

Whatever else we are, we are human. Lately I've felt cut off from human contact, but I know whose fault that is, and what to do about it. Touch, speech, and interaction are vital to sanity. I've not been trying hard enough to connect to those I wish to interact with, and I'm not sure why. So much of what I do in regards to other people doesn't make sense to me, at least until after the fact. Some days, I just want to escape. Others, I want to understand. Today is the latter.

Until next time.
Greeny

Current Mood: thoughtful

Hi! I hope that someone is still reading. I've not been in any sort of posting mood, of late. Today is a turn-around. I actually went and worked for my dad this morning, instead of succumbing to the pleasures of fanfiction. So, to update upon the state of life here: I have an actual official position at the Signature Symphony as a substitute, and now that I'm out of school I can say yes to the gigs that much more often. The lead-up to the audition was rather nerve-wracking, but it came out okay.

My band, SeraFem, has had another gig since Riverwalk. This is the shortest time we've had between gigs yet, and I like it. We're aiming for one every two weeks in the future. RIght now we're in that lovely stage of having almost enough music for a full 3 hours, and learning new stuff to get there. I actually like learning new stuff. My improvisational skills and such have improved so much since we started last year, which makes learning/making up new stuff more joyful and less uncomfortable.

My knitting has actually progressed (gasp!). I finished the main part of the baby dress-thing, and just needs finishing touches (borders, buttons, a little bit of decoration). My next project...might be two things. I really want to make myself a blouse (the straps of the baby-thing made me want more), and I've promised my younger brother that he'll have a sampler blanket sometime in the next year. We picked out the yarn at Walmart rather impulsively, but I think I'll enjoy making another large thing in small bites.

As you all may know, I teach violin. Business has boomed this summer. I now have twelve, no, wait, fifteen (!) students. They range from five years old to sixty-five. The most interesting experience I've had teaching lately was when my sixty-five year-old twins who have a lesson together invited another new student (she's twenty-something) of mine to play since I had accidentally double-booked them. The high you get from a triple lesson is really something.

I need to go and get theory books for a few of my students now. Until next time,
Greeny

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Everywhere!

I think it's a record: two weeks without posting! My natural inclination in this kind of situation (letting a rather over-the-top not-so-good thing happen) is to smile and laugh. I honestly find it amusing, because what else can you do? Beating yourself up with guilt or nervousness isn't going to help. So...hi! I'm back again.

The last two weeks have been pretty normal. I've read too much fanfiction, haven't really practiced, and haven't really knit anything. Last Saturday (our gig) went extremely well. It wasn't a perfect performance, but there were only minor setbacks, and overall I had a lot of fun. I was rather scared on the day, and it was eerily similar to how I felt before my senior recital; even the result was similar. However everything else went, today is better than the Tuesday of two weeks ago. There are several reasons behind this: I've gotten more sleep than usual, my schedule is settling down into something predictable, my situation has a bright hope in the future (orchestra auditions, it's sort of a really good/bad situation), and I've re-acclimated to my environment. It's funny, I hadn't realized that I needed to get used to living at home again. I never felt so out-of-sorts while I was at Vienna, or even after, but I realized today that I've been inside the college culture for the past four years and changing from that to where I am now was a real adjustment.

I'm not taking any classes this semester besides my violin lessons. It was kind of a shock to understand how dependent I was and am on outside forces to order my life. My classes were an anchor and guide during my time at TU. I got up in time to attend them; I scheduled my time around my homework and everything else, and I relied on the teachers/faculty to be my caretakers. They were responsible for setting class times, teaching the material, giving assignments, and expecting me to come/learn/complete everything. In a way, it was very easy for me to coast on that relationship. I'm smart, I've never failed a class, and most are fairly easy for me. My biggest breakdowns in school came when I either could not complete the work assigned (ten page paper during freshman year) or they asked me to go above and beyond class responsibilities (concerto competition senior year).

Now I have no "caretakers" to assign me my life, and I've felt a bit adrift because of that. Thank goodness for counselors, huh? I do have goals, I just forgot them for a while. My biggest goal is to be a college professor of music. I don't know how much that goal will change as I attempt to achieve it, but for now, it is what I want to do. Thus, during this year off of school (out in the "real world") I will be working at least one job, and I will also be looking at and applying to graduate schools that are of interest to me. In all likelihood, my job(s) will gain me experience in my chosen field and some small monetary gain. Similarly, my search and applications will likely reap at least one acceptance. Then, off I go, back to school, maybe (hopefully) a bit less dependent on others to order my life for me.

I've never taken to change well. These past few months have underscored that for me, but once the change is past, I deal with it. Thank goodness I have people who are helping me deal with it well.

Current Mood: serious
Current Location: Home, my room, on my laptop,

I leave for four days and the world changes. Honestly, it's just my life, but that is my world (egocentrism, ahoy!).
To update:

I have a car, here are pics:

The best part of having your own car? Total ownership, I don't have to share! I almost felt selfish when I realized this, but I'm getting used to the feeling again. My favorite feature in the car (besides wonderful handling, plenty of room, and great A/C)? The heads up display:

I just think it's cool, and it reminds me of a friendly Cylon, which is entirely geeky, but completely justified.

My band has a gig! It's on August 22nd, 8pm, at a nice place, called the Riverwalk. I can't wait.

I'm also getting back into teaching. All of my students have been contacted, and most are set up to take lessons for the fall. I'm nervous, but also quite happy with it.

My dad and I went to see Wicked on Sunday. It was an excellent musical. The singing was wonderful, the effects were impressive, the dancing evocative, and the story engaging. Totally worth the ticket price.

Finally, the knitting...take a guess at what's been going on with that and you'll probably be right.

And I'm off!
Greeny

Current Mood: energetic
Current Location: Home

Today is my dad's birthday (happy birthday!). Randomly, I also bought a car today.

Just letting that sink in. It's a Honda Civic, and it's so sharp. I love it lots. If this seems sudden, well, I've needed a car since I totaled my old one last year, but I've been using dad's truck as a stopgap, and it was the Cash for Clunkers program that made mother push me into finding a car. We checked out a good few yesterday, and I fell into serious like with the Civic. Today kinda tested that like (So. Much. Waiting.) but it was worth it in the end. I has a vehicle! There should be pictures! There will be pictures next time.

Other than that, life is rather predictable. I've taught my first lesson since I got back. It went really well, and pleased me. I've also been messing around with the dang fanfiction again, but I'm trying to make it a positive thing instead of the opposite. I went to band practice yesterday night, and I forgot my bow -sigh of extreme disappointment-, but I got to hear what everyone else has been working on, and it's so good. I can't wait to catch up with them. The knitting limps along slowly, but it's going!

I think I'll be heading out now,
Greene

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Home

Here I am, posting on a Saturday! Unusual, but not that strange, if you consider the fact that my weekend started yesterday. I got to sleep in, which was thoroughly enjoyable. I also managed to get a few things done, like picking up my last round of orchestra music and knitting a bit at the masterclass I attended (Nadja Sonnenberg is a very cool lady violinist, quite the character). The only thing that distinguishes the weekend from the weekday here is the time of orchestra. Instead of 9am-12pm, it's at 1 or 2pm until 4 or 5pm. I'm a morning person, so I actually prefer the weekdays, weirdly. Players get a day of break after their concerts, but never enough to lose that wicked edge that playing in an orchestra daily seems to hone.

Our new music is interesting. We're doing selections from "The 3-cornered hat" by De Falla, Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel", and two of the concerto competition winners (Sibelius violin concerto, movement 1, and "Totentantz" by Liszt). It's half hard, half easy. Goodness knows what everything's going to sound like. Both the student orchestras will be playing on Thursday and Friday night (another half and half bit of business).

Right now I quite tired. I'm considering going to the faculty orchestra's concert tonight. The star is the lovely lady I mentioned above. Before I leave, I present one of my favorite things about this place:

Squirrels in trashcans. They startle and they amuse!

Okay, I'm done.
Greeny

Current Mood: accomplished

Dear Readers,

As of yesterday, my stand-partner didn't exist. Let me explain.

Now, in reality, my stand-partner should exist, but I'm not admitting that she does. Why? She bugs the heck out of me. Here, all violinists are rotated around in their orchestra sections weekly, as it's a great way for us youngin's to gain experience. The standpartner (let us call her Lilo) I have this week is the same as the first week here. This is statistically unlikely, as there are fifty violinists here to be partnered with. One week playing with Lilo was enough, and my annoyance built steadily throughout the week. She (and her friends) did not impress me at the Pops rehearsal and concert over the weekend, they talked, laughed (after the guest conductor asked them not to), and, somewhat more importantly, did not practice. How do I know? She did worse than me at our concert, and that's weird, cause she's crazy good at violin stuff.
At first, I just suffered in silence. Then, I started to complain to quite a few people, including my roommate and teacher.
Tuesday was the last straw. As I dutifully reported, I had stayed up far too late the night before. That, combined with low amounts of food and raging hormones, nearly caused me to forgo my usual peaceful methods of living with a person I dislike. I had to clench my fists in order to not shove her off her chair.
Wednesday my brain started working again, and suddenly I had an Idea: Lilo....doesn't exist. She's not there. Whatever she's doing right now isn't happening. It's a beautiful solution. Genius, even. My life was and is so much better now that this girl doesn't exist. I feel such a sense of relief and power, because I don't have to be affected by something that isn't happening. Also, our concert for the week is tonight, and I won't have to not deal with her ever again. (I know this for a fact, because I requested that I not be placed with her again, and then I learned that the placement people did put us together twice on purpose, but that's another story).

Onto completely different subjects. I read two books in the past four days. Nice, thick novels. The weekend is so very awesome. Now, I just have to send them back before they're due at my home library (I may very well be incorrigible).
I tried to go see Harry Potter 7 on Wednesday night. That did not work. My driver, a counselor here at the school, managed to get us lost on the opposite side of town. We eventually found the theater, but it was too late by then. Really, being the passenger while getting lost is much more enjoyable than being the driver, you can torment the driver about what a horrible navigator he is (I tried not to, honestly, but guilt-inducing statements just pop out of my mouth sometimes).
Finally, there are soccer girls here on the campus for a camp of their own this week. They are dang scary. Young, aggressive, pack-traveling girls are plain intimidating.

Greeny

P.S. I'm totally not ready for this concert. The maestro is a different guy than the first two weeks. That, in addition to the stand-mate situation, was not conducive to practicing. I feel concerned about this, like maybe I should practice despite what the world throws at me. Oh well.

P.P.S. Knitting is stalled. That is all.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Location: The center of the known universe
Current Music: Shostakovich is in my head!

It is, isn't it? Doesn't feel like Tuesday, though by all accounts Monday was yesterday and quite dreary to start a week with. Over the weekend we did two pops concerts, and so practicing other stuff (the "important" and "serious" music, like Shostakovich, may he rest in peace) didn't really happen. I also stayed up until who-knows-when reading the newest Dresden Files book (thanks Mom). So, right now I'm tired. Oh yeah, and Tuesday is our busiest day of the week. We all have orchestra rehearsal, and chamber group. A good half of us have a lesson and sectionals, and maybe a third take a class in the evening. I'm doing it all. Urgh.

I went out with a few friends last night. We went to a Harris Teeter grocery store, and then to a Jimmy Johns, which is like a cool Subway, if you can imagine. I don't know what it is about being out at night with three other girls, but things got very silly.

The knitting is getting longer, but that's it, really.

I need a nap, later.
Greeny

Current Mood: tired

My internet connection's being all iffy, and it has been this way since I got here. Some days it hates new pages, and on others it goes quicker than a greased eel. Today is an in-between day. It goes willingly enough most of the time, but sometimes it balks. Today is a sort-of break for me. My orchestra had no rehearsal this morning, so I slept in for the first time in two weeks. Of course, breaking a routine isn't always a good thing. I got up and went to the bathroom first thing, and when I came back my door wouldn't open. This wouldn't have been a problem if I had gotten up with my roommate, who did have orchestra rehearsal. So I asked one of my neighbors down the hall to lend my their phone, and discussed flute embouchere (mouth shape) with her while waiting for a counselor (not an RA, this is a summer camp, after all) to come and unlock my door, which cost me a dollar. Don't you love it?

Yesterday night was our second concert, and by many accounts it went really well. There was a lot of energy in the room that night. Afterward, I hitched a ride with my roommate in her teachers car because it was raining. Rain here was supposed to be plentiful, but we've barely had three days of it during my stay. Denielle's teacher, Uwana (I don't know the spelling, she's Romanian), invited us all to her studio to eat cookies. She had just gotten a large box of them from another student's teacher. They were extremely good. I took some back here, and they are serving as breakfast right now.

I seem to be going out with friends here with surprising regularity. The night before last I went and had milkshakes with Rachel and Kaila. I think everyone here is enjoying having other people so close by, as most of us are out of the dorms at home. I'm glad that I get to do this, at last. I wanted to in Vienna, but the right people weren't there.

Before I go, a small update on the knitting: It's reached five inches long, and it sheds like crazy, perhaps I should get a better yarn for this project...I'd love to go check out the yarn stores around here.

Until next time,
Greeny

Current Mood: optimistic

Well, that was fun. I didn't practice at all this afternoon. Instead, I went to the bank (they didn't even blink at my request for $30 in quarters, it's a real college town), CVS (envelopes! rubber bands! chocolate), and helped celebrate the fourth by picking out an assortment of colors to with which to make friendship bracelets and eating ice cream.

On a side note: apparently the EMF people are not going to do anything tomorrow. However, never fear, us students have plans to find and attend some fireworks. I missed the festivities last year, and I really want to do it properly.

Returning to the subject, which is the rest of today, I also did my laundry here for the first time, using a few of those loverly quarters. I always feel like I've accomplished something after doing my laundry. It's the whole self-sufficiency complex a lot of women have, I think. After a quick dinner, me and Denielle got dressed and went to the pre-concert talk. It was about the composers and their pieces, and would have been interesting if the speaker laid out his ideas a bit more clearly. The concert itself was pretty good, in my opinion. Our director, expected a lot of us from the very first day, and managed to get us to do a good bit of it. Our dynamics were very noticable and wide-ranging, we stayed with him most of the time, and we definitely stayed together. Our pieces were Francesca di Rimini by Arthur Foote, and Carnaval Romaine by Berlioz.

After that, we stayed and watched the next orchestra do their thing. It was very exciting. Now I am here, posting.

Oh yes, I also wanted to make a few observations about this place. Where else could you have discussions about reeds and their making with two oboe players, and then go and discuss strings and metronomes with bass players in the same day? (Also, I would ask where else would you get hollered at by two black guys within five minutes, but that's happened more than once to me, argh)

I guess I'm done for tonight,
Greene

Current Mood: hungry

Excuse me while I rant:
I am officially in pain. It's not worse than cramps, because cramps are not constant, and as such are not endurable. However, my lower back really hurts right now. It's the dang beds here in the dorms. They're flat as (or flatter than) pancakes, and hard. I only complain because I've doctored up my beds in the past to something reasonably comfortable. This one has no relief of any sort, and makes me think I should have packed my feather bed thingy in the box I sent here even though it's dirty. Argh. Walking is not fun, sitting is better, though right now it's not going too hot. I hate this.
/rant

Slowly but surely (excepting the back), things here are getting better. I've actually practiced my orchestra music, and because of that orchestra rehearsal was easier (on a side note, Mahler rocks, I'm apparently a sucker for bombast and dotted rhythms). After making a few rookie mistakes (sitting in the wrong place at first, going to the wrong building on Tuesday), I'm getting the hang of life at EMF. I just had my first chamber rehearsal. I'm in a string quartet, and we're playing Mozart's "Dissonance" quartet in C major (K. 465). It's fun, so far. We didn't have many problems reading through the first movement, so our main focus once notes are learned will be togetherness. Togetherness is what makes any chamber group really special. If you can truly get to understand everyone else's part and move, breathe, play together, it's magic.

I bet you're wondering about the knitting by now...well, nothing is going on. I'm seriously considering starting, but I'm worried that my wrist(s) will react badly (the left one hurts much less than before, I've been stretching and doing the hot/cold thing). Also, I get a bit obsessed sometimes when I start something new, which isn't bad, but I need to focus on music for now.

Finally, for your viewing entertainment: This sign made me free associate:

Levi: jeans
Coffin: vampires
Quadrangle: fancy name for square

Thus we have vampires in jeans staying square. -ducks- Don't hit me.

Later,
Greene

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: EMF - the wondrous place of....wondrous...stuff
Current Music: Berlioz's Carnaval in my head

Alright, how do I go about this? Two main impressions: Everything on campus is brick.
The sidewalks

The buildings

And even the ditches

(Oh, I figured out how to post pictures!)
Also, the trees are huge, comparatively. In Oklahoma, we're lucky to get thirty-five feet tall anything. Here, on the other hand, everything seems to grow ridiculously high:
The oaks

The pines

The magnolias (dear goodness, the magnolias)

At least the lamp posts are normal size, yeah?

I'm slowly getting used to the whole "all music, all the time" atmosphere. Apparently, my subconscious is way ahead of the rest of me in that department because I dreamed up a melody last night while trying to go to bed. There was this lady who was complaining to a man, and as her voice went higher it turned into music, and I couldn't help but write it down. I'm calling it The Lament or Complaint, haven't decided yet. I played it on my violin today, and figured out a harmony to the last half. I don't know what I'm going to do with it overall, but I want it to blossom and grow into a real song. Ever since I took Music Theory I've been interested in composition, but I'm not a big self-starter most of the time. Having a melody come to me in my sleep is quite welcome.

Besides taking photos, I've been hanging out a good bit with the people who live in my hall. As in Vienna (but this is way better), I'm working really hard at remembering names. We have Natalie, Rachel, Robin, and Kaila (say kyla). There is also Yi-Fang (say e-fon), the oldest of the students here (22 years and older than Natalie by a month) whom I met yesterday. A good few of the students here are from Asia, which makes a certain amount of sense. I'm quite interested in the cultural diversity around me. Sometimes I feel a bit racist for even noticing the differences, but that doesn't make sense. I cannot help but see that a person has a different ethnicity, nor can I completely forget the stereotypes that are so very embedded in our culture, but I can decide to treat every person as a person. And that is what I do.

Now, I need to go and get a cold pack from the nurse. My left thumb joint is not taking kindly to being used after I took such a long break. It doesn't hurt horribly, but preventative medicine is the best thing for it.

Until next time,
Greene

Current Mood: accomplished

I'm leaving for North Carolina Saturday. It's fascinating how the time has passed these last few months. Desultorily and much too fast at the same time. I've been enjoying myself, mostly. I can't wait to see how camp affects my state of mind. A friend of mine (the bassist in my band) keeps insisting on calling it "band camp", but I refuse to do so, and am not amused by the comparison...much.

A good bit has happened this week. The kerchief of doom is almost finished, and I'm this close to posting pictures of it, as well as a few more recent items I've made (assuming, of course, that I can find my darn camera cable for the computer). Basically, the body is done, with some edging left to do, and a good washing that promises to shrink the thing by 20% lengthwise. I can't wait.

I sent off a box of various "dead weight, but still necessary" stuff to North Carolina yesterday. I also finished off the last of my recorded television from last semester. I feel both accomplished and lacking in the same, apparently stuff doesn't count unless I practice violin as well.

There was also shopping, which reminds me of last year when I basically bought all the clothes I wore in Vienna the week or two before I went there. This time it's mostly shirts and shoes. Really cute stuff, I even bought knit (knit!) cotton (cotton!) short-sleeved jacket. Do you know how hard it is to find commercial knits in anything other than acrylic? Trust me, it's not easy. The lovely thing works wonders on my boring and unflattering shirt collection (I knew there was a reason I kept it around).

I'm jonesing for a bit of adventure before I go away, so I'm going to go to a new restaurant before I leave. I have my eye on Jimmy's Egg. It may sound boring, but newness keeps the soul alive.

And so off I go...! See the title (also, is it really "yonder"? Or is my hick side taking over subconsciously?)

Later,
Greeny

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Location: My loverly place of silence

I haven't decided what to do today. I went to my lesson (now nicely scheduled to happen after my teaching days), and now must contemplate the rest of today. Sometimes having no 9-5 job is fun and annoying at the same time. I could go to knit and crochet, which would help with my utter lack of progress on all things knit/crochet. I could also go help my dad do accounts/spreadsheets. Alternately, I could stay at home all day and read fiction (i.e. repeat yesterday). I think I like the first option best, and I can always help dad out afterward.

So, having decided that, tomorrow looms. I know I'm going to a silent movie night (with a live organist accompanying!), but I don't have anyone to go with me. Anyone out there up for a night on the town? I've gotten so used to going out and exploring this city that the urge to do so is almost physical.

To update on the whole "scoring a gig for the band" thing I mentioned last post, I finally got ahold of the lady in charge, and gave her all the necessary info/links to the band. Now I'm just waiting for a "Come play!" or a "Not interested". I don't think I'll be too disappointed if she declines our services, but it'll be really cool if we get to play.

My trip to North Carolina is coming up soon. Nine days until liftoff. You could say I'm nervous. It's going to be ridiculously busy. I've been trying to get back into a consistent practicing schedule so my hands (and arms, and shoulders) don't die of overuse once I'm there. Two weeks ago I practiced once. Last week I practiced twice (this isn't counting 2-3 hour band practices twice a week). This week I want to practice 4 times (see a pattern?), and then keep it up. Practicing itself isn't that hard, but making myself get the violin out and start playing is.

Wish me luck,
Greene

Current Mood: engaged
Current Location: Enemy Territory, run!

Goodness, it's been an interesting week. For those of you wondering, going to work helped a good bit. I've also practiced pretty consistently over the last few days.

I love having stuff to do, and there's plenty to accomplish. Unfortunately for this post, most of it is pretty boring to talk about.
I'm trying to arrange a gig for my band at a venue here in town, something I've never done before. It's alternately boring and terrifying, because I hate talking to new people over the phone. I always feel awkward and such.
Lessons with my teacher have started up again, our first one was rather nice, not rushed like it is during the school year.
My student list is getting bigger. I've got five students, with three others on vacation, so hopefully I'll have eight by end of summer. I remember being scared when my boss said she thought ten was a good number to have, and now I laugh at how silly I was.
I'm trying to keep up/get rid of my TV shows. I got way behind last semester, and there's still a bit left to watch, or get rid of. Sometimes I have a really hard time just letting it go.
Knitting news: No progress on the darn hankie. I'll probably finish it out of sheer spite, but to finish it I need to actually work on it, imagine that. I bought yarn,,,but not for the baby thing. I went to Walmart with my youngest brother, and he helped me make an impulse purchase of a pattern and enough yarn to make another afghan. I realize that this was not the smartest move in the world, but it's gonna be a fun crochet sampler project (I've always wanted to do a sampler).

And finally, me and the guy friend...are friends. Literally. I finally get why my sisters wanted to stay friends with all their former boyfriends: they picked the guy for a good reason in the first place. Life is strange.

Until later,
Greeny

Current Mood: chipper
Current Location: My newly cleared desk

I realized after my first summer in college that I needed to do something to keep myself engaged. I'm a pretty hard learner sometimes. It took me feeling like I was going crazy to figure that out. So, my second summer I took an art class, which worked pretty well. My third summer I went abroad, and, consequently, started this journal. That was exhausting, but I was never at a lack for interesting things to do.

This summer is strange. As everyone should know by now. I'm going to North Carolina in about three weeks. I've complained enough about how a bored Greeny is a bad thing, and now here I am: apathetic about most things, addicted to reading fanfiction, and unhappy about it all. I have a schedule. I'm working two days a week, and going to band practices twice a week. Also, I'm re-starting lessons after a month hiatus. Perhaps the next two days will perk me up.

Onto other news. I got to see the newest addition to my extended family on my mother's side. Cassie is a wondrous little three-week-old baby. My mother, myself, and my youngest brother took the 1 1/2 hour drive on Sunday to go see her. This is the baby for whom I knit a yellow cap. However, I forgot to take it, and then decided after seeing her that yellow is all wrong for her coloring. She has dark hair and eyes, like myself, and I never liked the look of yellow on me. So, I decided to make something new, and asked my dearest cousin (her mother) if she wanted any particular piece of clothing. I was asking to be polite, and expected the answer to be something typical, like a sweater or jammies. She surprised me by asking for a sleeper. I had to ask for clarification. Basically, a sleeper is a long gown for a baby with a drawstring at the bottom. It keeps the baby warm, and prevents them from going anywhere fast.

I went and looked at yarn for this project today, but I couldn't decide what to get. Being a slow decision-maker is frustrating, sometimes. All I know for sure is that the local yarn store ladies are very helpful, and that I want a dark red/burnt orange color for the thing. It's going to be fun to make, I think.

Now, I must go find something engaging to do besides read fanfiction. Maybe a crossword puzzle....

Greeny

Current Mood: aggravated
Current Location: Home.

I feel a sense of ominous anxiety. However, that has nothing to do with the past week. This weekend, I went to Illinois to see my Dad's side of the family and attend my uncle's wedding. Unfortunately, going there had a price: personality reversion. I became a younger version of myself that was antisocial, immature, and unwilling to do anything about it. It's over now, thank goodness. I'm back, and approximating maturity again.

The wedding itself was quite interesting. The preacher, who was the bride's brother, wasn't a great speaker, and liked to talk, so that wasn't a whole lot of fun. The food was really good. There was cake, pie, and punch. Lots of people there to talk to, and I enjoyed meeting a few strangers. After that we went to the farmhouse and hung out with family. My uncle and his wife went off to their honeymoon after a few hours, but we still had plenty of fun without them.

Some knitting was accomplished, but the most significant thing I did with my time was read. I got through four books during the three days we were there. They were smaller than my usual type of novel. I was really glad I bought a trilogy at walmart on a whim right before we left, or I would have been very bored.

Other than the trip, life has been tripping along normally. Me and my guy friend are hanging about a good bit, but summer is slow, and there is not much one can do about it.

Ta ta,
Greeny

Current Mood: anxious
Current Location: Home

Sigh, I just lost my post.

Let us see, there was squeeing over the new laptop my dad just got me. It's new and pretty and I'm posting from it right now. He did this because a) I killed my old one accidentally. b) He moved his office (and thus the communal computer) and c) He loves me lots, and is good at getting lovely deals. Therefore, I now have unlimited and uninterrupted acces to the internet, a new office, and plenty of time to have fun with both.

There was follow up reporting on my visit to the guy friend's parents (and friends, it turned out). Quite a bit of fun, actually. My only complaint is that my eyes rebelled that day, so I ended up wearing sunglasses most of the time. Did you know that single-child parents act differently than multiple-child parents? I've noticed this trend only now because I didn't have friends who were only children until college. In general, single-child parents have much more distinct personalities and hobbies, because they have more time and energy for such, comparatively.

Ah, and then there was the knitting...I figured out the mistake, it's simple, but really annoying to fix. I'll probably keep the project.

Finally, there was...the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina. I'm in! Got confirmation yesterday. I'm filling out the rest of the paperwork and sending it in. Also, I'm waiting somewhat impatiently for dad to get home so I can get his signature on one of the papers. At least I got a partial scholarship. I don't know why that makes up for waiting impatiently, but it does.

Gotta go.
Greene

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: Home

Because that's all I can think of that causes no-one to post on my friend's list for three days. Either everyone gets really busy, and therefore cannot post, or they have nothing going on, so they don't want to post. But look to me (I say ever so loftily), I am posting despite nothing going on. (I can't vouch for the quality...but the increased quantity is inarguable).

Yep, summer activities? Don't have that many. I'm working, hanging out with friends and family, watching too much TV and reading way more than I could during school (I'm not sure one can read too much, as I've been known to consume up to two books a day). Today me and mom went to church, and then out to lunch with a few of mom's friends and friends of friends. Good food and interesting conversation ensued (try the artichoke turkey at panera, it's really good). When the subject of me going to meet my boyfriend's parents came up, they had some very unexpected advice. It went along the lines of "Get some temporary tatoos and fake piercings; it can't fail!". All in good fun, but really, you don't expect that out of forty-something women from the Midwest.

I finally got the application in for the North Carolina thing. Praise me, I'm awesome. Sorry, I feel a bit buffoon-like today. Also bouncy.

My knitting, on the other hand, is not awesome. Refer to last post. I really need to fix it or give up, guess which one I'm gonna try first?

Ooh, that is not the note one wants to hit upon to end a post. Look, bouncy elephants!

Bye now,
Greeny

Current Mood: silly
Current Location: My Brother's room

Haha! I am actually posting at the two day mark, this pleases me.

Life has continued as expected. I have my little checklist for the week, and it's about halfway finished. I just have to get the darn application for summer music school in and get a new ID.

I'll be going off to teach my lessons soon. Right now I have five students on Thursdays, but this will change as the summer progresses. Kids are either going on vacation or starting fresh. I love summer for that, but I hate it, too. I haven't done much today, just dropped off my youngest brother at state testing this morning, cleaned the dishes, and picked him up again. I also finished a book I started yesterday. As I have said before, tired is my way of life right now. It doesn't make sense, but it doesn't have to do so.

I've been working steadily on my knitting, at least until yesterday. I encountered a mistake, and I don't want to figure out what's wrong. It'd be too much effort, for some reason.

And so, I must go.
Greene

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Home, where the beds are.

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