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it's been a while. since....thursday? wow. so..friday, had me my piano lesson. DR. POWELL WENT FOR HIS GS INTERVIEW!!!! i'm SO excited...he'll found out like, tomorrow or something. he's DEFINITELY going to get it. i'm so excited and proud for him, and of him. he says they'll be fools not to take him, and they would be. i told him i'd give them hell if they didn't take him. i mean, he'll be doing much less work, w/ a higher salary, in a more confined environment, in a multicultural part of the state for alex (his 3.5 month newborn) w/ great schools (furman, USC, converse [even though it's for women], bob jones [posh], etc.). he was head of the fine arts dept. at CCU, and my GOODNESS he'd come home tired and miserable. it was awful. i REALLY hope he gets it, because it's what he wants. aaaand, i wouldn't mind having him around for me lessons, and for support. i *might* not enjoy his being there full time, because i'd probably feel uncomfortable w/ him so close to me social life, because that's not something we've explored in our, what, almost 4 years together. but anywho...don't think i did much else for the rest of the day. oh yeah...i finished working at fran's house. mostly did mowing, and fran finished cutting down what i hadn't. that was SO much fun, working in the sweltering heat cutting down grass twice the size of the mower. we had to take longer breaks than what i would've wanted because fran isn't used to working. but we worked til about noon and then hung out in his hot tub for 10-15 mins. it was more like, lukewarm/body temp. i mean, the thermometer claimed it was over 100 in the shade, like...116 under the sun. i DON'T think it was QUITE that much, but you never know. that night, watched the premier of stargate: atlantis. watched monk. actually watched a LOT of TV that night, because i wanted to keep meself awake in order to see that me parents got home. they went out to broadway to watch the "dueling pianists" at a bar or somethin. i know, i know: what kid waits up for their parents? i do. what if they drank too much, and had an accident? or nan couldn't see in the dark, and had an accident? point is, they got home at 5 to 2. i almost called them several times, obviously. needless to say, i was a little tired the next morning. i woke up at 7 (i always wake up early), fell back to sleep (like i always do), and woke up at like...10:30. got me me laptop, a nice toshiba, and then went to the movies w/ ms. tori, ms. amy, ms. tiffany, and mr. josh. we saw anchorman, because josh said it was good, but afterwards, we all admitted we wanted to see i, robot. i think i actually read that story by issac asimov one time. anywho, had a bit o' fun w/ them. sunday, played 9 mass. me SECOND TO LAST MASS before i go away. *tear* but i'm playing every weekend i come back! so there. aaand, let's see. don't remember too much of the rest of sunday. i think i got a piano tuner to come out here tuesday for a string replacement and tuning before i go. today didn't do much either. have company over right now. i'm hiding. but yeah...tomorrow: get piano "fixed" and have me stop my feeble attempt at tuning it. i thought it was really good, actually. just the lowest and highest notes my ear nor the tuner can register, so i try and fake those. but yeah...enough for now. until later