Wednesday and Thursday... and some of today...
Hmm.. I have been quite busy over the past couple of days. I'm sleepy because I haven't really gotten the most quality sleep lately...
Well, Wednesday, I headed up to Rome around 1:30PM to meet with Mr. Musselwhite at 3PM. I made it just in time... and I miraculously found the church... thanks Thomas :). Anyway, the voice lesson was really good. It was cool to see Mr. Musselwhite again. He was very encouraging, and as always, very patient. We worked on some "vocalise's" and I went pretty high up the piano, which was fun. Then we worked on two soprano solos: "Pie Jesu" from Faure's Requiem and "How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them" from Handel's Messiah. It was a really good lesson, and I learned a lot about "freeing" my voice and letting go of inhibitions. I didn't tell him about my music major change, but I will be a music minor (as of my plans now), and I still plan on taking voice lessons with Mr. Musselwhite... so I won't be leaving the Music Buildings completely.
I got a little turned around downtown when I was leaving St. Peter's, but I called Thomas and he helped (again) direct me towards his house. YAY!! I was going to see Thomas! It had been over a week!! I got to his house, and he met me at my car. Gosh, it was so good to see him, especially since I hadn't seen him in a little over a week. We chilled out in his house and caught up with each other until a little before 6PM. He headed to work, and I headed to the SOAR dinner and orientation.
I was a bit nervous to meet with all the SOAR leaders again, but I felt really good while hanging out with all of the leaders. It's a really good group of students, Dean Willis is great, and we're all so excited about SOAR! We ate dinner, talked over some SOAR stuff, and around 9PM, I headed back towards Berry. I got to stay in the New Residence Hall that night... HAAA!
I shared a NRH suite with Maegan Eggler and Amy Jackson, both SOAR leaders. We immediately went over to Victoria Aiello's room (she's living at Berry this summer) and watched American Idol with her. Her roommate, Jessica, asked me if Thomas and I were still dating. Then she said, "Good! Ya'll really are so cute together." Then she asked how long we had been dating. I told her that we had been dating almost seven months, and she was like "WOW, I thought ya'll had been together longer! You're a freshman??" Heh, it was funny. Hmm, so Fantasia won... I wanted it to be Diana, but I'm sure Diana will have a contract as well.
Thomas called me right as American Idol ended. He was done with work, so I headed over to his house to hang out some more. Gosh, I'm always so happy when we're together... and if I'm not happy, it's something going on with me and not his problem. Anyway, I stayed over there until 12AM, and headed back to Campus. I had a little difficulty getting into the NRH, but I finally got up to my room and was ready to go to bed until I joined Maegan and Amy for some late night amazing chats. We talked about a lot of stuff, and there was a lot of really cool things said about life, college, relationships, and God. We were all pretty much on the same page spiritually and as people, so it was really neat to get to know them better.
Dang, after that convo I was really fired up and had a bit of trouble settling down (new environment + excitement = lack of quality sleep). I went to bed around 1:40AM... only to wake up at 7AM to start the new day...
Yea, I am not a morning person. At all. Maegan and Amy are... me, definitely no. I think I finally woke up around 10AM... We had a full day of SOAR training that lasted from 8AM-5PM! However, it was helpful, and I got to know the other SOAR leaders even more. Dean Willis thinks this is one of the best groups in a while! YAY! We have some amazing inside jokes... "EQUALS!", "Michael is a cheerleader...", "WALT (pelvic thrust)", "Team AWEsome" (YEA! We won SOAR Jeopardy!), and David M.'s incident with the radio antenna... So, SOAR training was great... but I also went to a meeting with a Financial Aid officer about some stuff. I don't want to go into much detail, but I'm not happy about the way they conduct academic scholarships. Basically... I am not eligible for an academic scholarship based on the GPA or the fact that I have been on Dean's List for two semesters while taking 18 hours both semesters. It makes no sense...
Thomas came and helped me move some of my things out of the NRH when training was done. Said bye to Maegan and Amy, and headed out. Thomas and I headed back to his house, because I was not hungry yet, and I started ranting and raving about Financial Aid CRAP. GRR, I get so upset at how unfair things are... but Thomas, among many things he said, told me that God will provide. Of course, I got in one of my internal upset moods (basically the equivalent of sulking) for a while. Of course, Thomas was patient with me and understood my pain. After dinner at Schroeder's, we walked around downtown in the beautiful late May weather, then headed to Bruster's. I chatted with my mom on the phone, and she was disapointed about the Fin. Aid situation, but she told me not to worry about it for now. Bruster's had nothing we wanted, so we went to Baskin Robbins. The really nice girl behind the counter was not only very helpful, but charged Thomas $1.59 for a single scoop cone and milkshake. AMAZING! Thomas said she did it because she thought we were so cute... nice fringe benefits, huh? I got my car at Berry and followed he and his goofy self back to his house (gotta love him!) and chilled with him. I let go of the Financial situation, after many conversations about it. I'm still working on that "full faith in God thing". It's scary!
I spent the night at Thomas' house, and being the gentleman he is, let me sleep in his bed while he slept on the couch. We had some great convo before we fell asleep. We woke up at 10AM, since he had work at 11AM and I had to head home. We had breakfast and he left for work. I left 10 mins later, but only after I put random post it notes around his house with comments on them. :)
It was a really long drive home (I'm glad I didn't drive it last night... I would've fallen asleep!), but when I got home, I chatted with my mom about the Fin. Aid situation. She and my dad really want me to stay at Berry. She said that it kills her to see me this way, and she wants me to quit worrying about it. She told me that we would take it a year at a time, and reminded me that she only had two kids so that we could have whatever we wanted in life. She told me that things would work out for the best.
And there ya go... God will work things out for the best. WHY do I have such a hard time realizing that? I have to be reminded DAILY...
Nap time? Sure, I'm really sleepy. Afterward, I think I may work out. Dunno what I'm doing tonight. Hopefully Thomas can come visit for Memorial Day weekend.......... :)
Well, Wednesday, I headed up to Rome around 1:30PM to meet with Mr. Musselwhite at 3PM. I made it just in time... and I miraculously found the church... thanks Thomas :). Anyway, the voice lesson was really good. It was cool to see Mr. Musselwhite again. He was very encouraging, and as always, very patient. We worked on some "vocalise's" and I went pretty high up the piano, which was fun. Then we worked on two soprano solos: "Pie Jesu" from Faure's Requiem and "How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them" from Handel's Messiah. It was a really good lesson, and I learned a lot about "freeing" my voice and letting go of inhibitions. I didn't tell him about my music major change, but I will be a music minor (as of my plans now), and I still plan on taking voice lessons with Mr. Musselwhite... so I won't be leaving the Music Buildings completely.
I got a little turned around downtown when I was leaving St. Peter's, but I called Thomas and he helped (again) direct me towards his house. YAY!! I was going to see Thomas! It had been over a week!! I got to his house, and he met me at my car. Gosh, it was so good to see him, especially since I hadn't seen him in a little over a week. We chilled out in his house and caught up with each other until a little before 6PM. He headed to work, and I headed to the SOAR dinner and orientation.
I was a bit nervous to meet with all the SOAR leaders again, but I felt really good while hanging out with all of the leaders. It's a really good group of students, Dean Willis is great, and we're all so excited about SOAR! We ate dinner, talked over some SOAR stuff, and around 9PM, I headed back towards Berry. I got to stay in the New Residence Hall that night... HAAA!
I shared a NRH suite with Maegan Eggler and Amy Jackson, both SOAR leaders. We immediately went over to Victoria Aiello's room (she's living at Berry this summer) and watched American Idol with her. Her roommate, Jessica, asked me if Thomas and I were still dating. Then she said, "Good! Ya'll really are so cute together." Then she asked how long we had been dating. I told her that we had been dating almost seven months, and she was like "WOW, I thought ya'll had been together longer! You're a freshman??" Heh, it was funny. Hmm, so Fantasia won... I wanted it to be Diana, but I'm sure Diana will have a contract as well.
Thomas called me right as American Idol ended. He was done with work, so I headed over to his house to hang out some more. Gosh, I'm always so happy when we're together... and if I'm not happy, it's something going on with me and not his problem. Anyway, I stayed over there until 12AM, and headed back to Campus. I had a little difficulty getting into the NRH, but I finally got up to my room and was ready to go to bed until I joined Maegan and Amy for some late night amazing chats. We talked about a lot of stuff, and there was a lot of really cool things said about life, college, relationships, and God. We were all pretty much on the same page spiritually and as people, so it was really neat to get to know them better.
Dang, after that convo I was really fired up and had a bit of trouble settling down (new environment + excitement = lack of quality sleep). I went to bed around 1:40AM... only to wake up at 7AM to start the new day...
Yea, I am not a morning person. At all. Maegan and Amy are... me, definitely no. I think I finally woke up around 10AM... We had a full day of SOAR training that lasted from 8AM-5PM! However, it was helpful, and I got to know the other SOAR leaders even more. Dean Willis thinks this is one of the best groups in a while! YAY! We have some amazing inside jokes... "EQUALS!", "Michael is a cheerleader...", "WALT (pelvic thrust)", "Team AWEsome" (YEA! We won SOAR Jeopardy!), and David M.'s incident with the radio antenna... So, SOAR training was great... but I also went to a meeting with a Financial Aid officer about some stuff. I don't want to go into much detail, but I'm not happy about the way they conduct academic scholarships. Basically... I am not eligible for an academic scholarship based on the GPA or the fact that I have been on Dean's List for two semesters while taking 18 hours both semesters. It makes no sense...
Thomas came and helped me move some of my things out of the NRH when training was done. Said bye to Maegan and Amy, and headed out. Thomas and I headed back to his house, because I was not hungry yet, and I started ranting and raving about Financial Aid CRAP. GRR, I get so upset at how unfair things are... but Thomas, among many things he said, told me that God will provide. Of course, I got in one of my internal upset moods (basically the equivalent of sulking) for a while. Of course, Thomas was patient with me and understood my pain. After dinner at Schroeder's, we walked around downtown in the beautiful late May weather, then headed to Bruster's. I chatted with my mom on the phone, and she was disapointed about the Fin. Aid situation, but she told me not to worry about it for now. Bruster's had nothing we wanted, so we went to Baskin Robbins. The really nice girl behind the counter was not only very helpful, but charged Thomas $1.59 for a single scoop cone and milkshake. AMAZING! Thomas said she did it because she thought we were so cute... nice fringe benefits, huh? I got my car at Berry and followed he and his goofy self back to his house (gotta love him!) and chilled with him. I let go of the Financial situation, after many conversations about it. I'm still working on that "full faith in God thing". It's scary!
I spent the night at Thomas' house, and being the gentleman he is, let me sleep in his bed while he slept on the couch. We had some great convo before we fell asleep. We woke up at 10AM, since he had work at 11AM and I had to head home. We had breakfast and he left for work. I left 10 mins later, but only after I put random post it notes around his house with comments on them. :)
It was a really long drive home (I'm glad I didn't drive it last night... I would've fallen asleep!), but when I got home, I chatted with my mom about the Fin. Aid situation. She and my dad really want me to stay at Berry. She said that it kills her to see me this way, and she wants me to quit worrying about it. She told me that we would take it a year at a time, and reminded me that she only had two kids so that we could have whatever we wanted in life. She told me that things would work out for the best.
And there ya go... God will work things out for the best. WHY do I have such a hard time realizing that? I have to be reminded DAILY...
Nap time? Sure, I'm really sleepy. Afterward, I think I may work out. Dunno what I'm doing tonight. Hopefully Thomas can come visit for Memorial Day weekend.......... :)