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Man, I need to get better at updating this thing...
So let's see. On Feb 19th I had my concerto performance. It was quite the experience. I was super nervous for the dress rehearsal, and way nervous backstage before the performance, but once I was out there on stage, I actually felt strangely calm. I made a lot of mistakes though; more than I normally would make in a performance setting. Nothing huge, just a few wrong notes here and there. And I wore my gorgeous dress and my hair was done all pretty, and it really felt almost like my wedding day or something, just getting so pretty and feeling nervous at the same time, and feeling like this is something huge and important. Which it kind of was. After the performance, I felt pretty high for an hour or two, and then - boom, CRASH. It was the oddest thing. I'd just had dinner with my family at Saffron, where I had some delicious lamb, and then when I got home, I just started to feel oddly depressed and empty. That feeling continued into the next day. It was just kind of a huge letdown. I'd been working on this piece for more than a year, it had been building and building for months, it had consumed my life for the weeks leading up to the performance and then...in fifteen minutes it was over! On the other hand, it was two weeks ago, and I'm still getting compliments about it. So that's pretty nice :-)
Anyway, I went home the next day to get some nice rest and family time in before the craziness that is March and April. I went to Eugene and got to hang out with Adair and Cara and saw Melinda in Salem. Other than that, I mostly slept a lot and watched a lot of movies. Which is exactly what I needed.
Came back to school last Monday and started working Tuesday on a chapter of my thesis, which I finally finished yesterday. It's 25 pages, which means that I now have 55 or 56 pages written. Sweet. I am only 25 pages away from the minimum.
Then this past weekend, we had a party at my house. It was a disney party, and I was dressed as Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty. I couldn't decide. It was a lot of fun to have all of my friends there and actually have a *party* at the house, with dancing, beirut, a keg, and....twister. Haha. Admittedly, once people started getting into the hard alcohol things got super crazy, but it was still fun. The night didn't exactly end too well though...maybe I'll write about it another time.
I have writtens and orals right after break. I'm terrified that I won't get distinction on orals. I haven't even done all my research yet, and I'm turning in my final outline on Friday. I really really can't wait until March 28 which is when all the exams will be over, and all I'll have to worry about is thesis...
So let's see. On Feb 19th I had my concerto performance. It was quite the experience. I was super nervous for the dress rehearsal, and way nervous backstage before the performance, but once I was out there on stage, I actually felt strangely calm. I made a lot of mistakes though; more than I normally would make in a performance setting. Nothing huge, just a few wrong notes here and there. And I wore my gorgeous dress and my hair was done all pretty, and it really felt almost like my wedding day or something, just getting so pretty and feeling nervous at the same time, and feeling like this is something huge and important. Which it kind of was. After the performance, I felt pretty high for an hour or two, and then - boom, CRASH. It was the oddest thing. I'd just had dinner with my family at Saffron, where I had some delicious lamb, and then when I got home, I just started to feel oddly depressed and empty. That feeling continued into the next day. It was just kind of a huge letdown. I'd been working on this piece for more than a year, it had been building and building for months, it had consumed my life for the weeks leading up to the performance and then...in fifteen minutes it was over! On the other hand, it was two weeks ago, and I'm still getting compliments about it. So that's pretty nice :-)
Anyway, I went home the next day to get some nice rest and family time in before the craziness that is March and April. I went to Eugene and got to hang out with Adair and Cara and saw Melinda in Salem. Other than that, I mostly slept a lot and watched a lot of movies. Which is exactly what I needed.
Came back to school last Monday and started working Tuesday on a chapter of my thesis, which I finally finished yesterday. It's 25 pages, which means that I now have 55 or 56 pages written. Sweet. I am only 25 pages away from the minimum.
Then this past weekend, we had a party at my house. It was a disney party, and I was dressed as Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty. I couldn't decide. It was a lot of fun to have all of my friends there and actually have a *party* at the house, with dancing, beirut, a keg, and....twister. Haha. Admittedly, once people started getting into the hard alcohol things got super crazy, but it was still fun. The night didn't exactly end too well though...maybe I'll write about it another time.
I have writtens and orals right after break. I'm terrified that I won't get distinction on orals. I haven't even done all my research yet, and I'm turning in my final outline on Friday. I really really can't wait until March 28 which is when all the exams will be over, and all I'll have to worry about is thesis...