Good Times

Life is good today. My terrifying Senior Sem. test is behind me, and I feel pretty good about it. Also, I got a letter from Berty, which makes me smile. I can't wait until she comes back to us.

Oh, and in case anyone was wondering, the contest on Randomshirts is done now. I got beat out by the "Acordian Hero" shirt, but I did well enough that I now have a $100 gift card to the online store. So soon I will have even more shirts I don't need, but they will be free and amazing.

Last night was the last orchestra concert I will participate in for a very long time. It was amazing, and I'm so glad I found the time this year to finally participate. Playing in a real orchestra is so much better than simply taking lessons on my own. When I play surrounded by others who are at least as good as or better than I am, I learn on the fly and pick up more in one good reading than might get across in a whole hour of a lesson. And the music we make is glorious! Not from the start, certainly, but by the concert we were sounding phenomenal, even with the expected small mistakes. Wherever I end up after grad school, I hope they have a community orchestra I can be a part of. I never intended to make my life about music, but I think that something will definitely be missing if I never again rehearse and perform after I graduate.

That being said, the next two years may pass by without it. I'm going to grad school in Boston, no cheap place to live, and will probably be working and studying too much to find out if there is an orchestra at my level in town. Then again, there may be a chance, but I won't count on it.

And for now I turn my attention back to what I came here for in the first place: my English degree. I have to turn in my portfolio in a week and a day. Until this morning I still had no idea how to write my introduction, what sort of theme my portfolio might even have. After talking through a few ideas with Cole, I think I'm better off and may be able to put something together, so that's a plus. Oh, and I almost missed that meeting with him this morning. My alarm didn't go off, and I'm just lucky Dianna was getting up before 9:00. This is the second time this semester this has happened, and both times on days that I had a senior sem test. Go figure. On the bright side, it gave me less time to worry about things.

Well, I suppose I had better go get some dinner before my shift at the writing center. If it's quiet I can perhaps get a bit of work done on that introduction.

-Kim