Casey is lip singing "The Luckiest" to me...should I worry? Just kidding...she's singing to the wall
Yeah...it's been awhile. I've been extremely busy and now I've just been extremely lazy, which has been extremely wonderful.
Graduation is tomorrow! Congratulations to the lovely members of the Class of 2006 - I'm so excited for all of you, even though I will miss some of them a whole whole lot.
Congratulations to Victor and Shanna. :-)
Congratulations to Emily Tannert for having the balls to take charge of her life and do something about it. I'll miss you next year!
I survived the unsurvivable year, and I don't really know how to feel about it in retrospect.
On one side I have had some real messes to deal with and clean up. It's been a really crappy year for health and I've really come to question a lot of things I was very very certain of before. I've had a hard time with the clarinet, and it's disappointing for me. I finally grew the balls to talk to O'Dell about it and tell him what has been upsetting me so much. I told him straight up that I didn't mean to sound like a bitch, and I really do not think that I am "too good for him". On the contrary. I feel, though, that I have a whole hell of a lot of learning to do and would like to actually begin doing that. I think that's even harder for me to deal with. Not feeling like I've learned something. Call me an extreme nerd, but I really love to learn, I like knowing something new that I didn't know before, and to feel like I did not learn even close to the amount that I should have about the clarinet all year long has really taken its toll on me. I don't even know why it affects me so much, but it does and it has. I have formulated a plan in an effort to get that "spark" back over the summer. I'm really hoping it works. I know I'm not the only one in this boat...it was very much a year full of tears.
On the other hand, I have learned a lot about myself in the process of the year. I am grateful for that. I have kept up my grades, which I know is insignificant, but it is important to me to be able to see what I can do and I'm glad I pushed myself to do the best I could. I have had an wonderful year with SAI, my 21 babies truly kept me sane, laughing and made me very proud (really shows the rewards side of teaching in some ways) and I couldn't be happier and humbler to serve as President for next year, intimidating as it may seem sometimes. I have found strength in my existing friendships and couldn't be more blessed to have the people I do in my life. I would have never made it without them. John is a worthy opponent and keeps me on my toes and I love him for all of it. Yeah...I like him a little bit.
This summer is going to be a hectic, but wonderful, experience. In less than a week I am leaving for Greece for two weeks (!) with Elizabeth. I am so stoked, I can't even tell you, even if I have a minor sunburn in my vain attempts to tan before I go. I think it hasn't hit me that she's moving away next year because of the trip. I'm going to miss her a whole lot. After Greece (we fly from Atlanta to NYC to get there and the same back), I drive from Atlanta to Buffalo, where I stay for four days, or so, and then drive to Hancock, Maine where I will go to the Pierre Monteux School for 6 weeks to enjoy simply playing in an orchestra every day of the week. I can't wait to just play tons of rep and practice and not stay in a cabin with 15 other girls. After Maine I'll go back to Buffalo for a little over a week. John's going to fly up to see the family and Buffalo and everything and then we're going to drive to Richmond to meet his family. I'm excited about going back to Virginia - I haven't been there for years and I miss it! After that it's back to Baton Rouge where pre-preseason begins and then it's off to the races for the final year-and-a-half of school. Whew. It's going to fly by.
I hope everyone is having a summer full of doing whatever it is that makes them happy. Enjoy it!
I will miss everyone this summer, but I'm very grateful to be getting away and taking a little time to do my own thing and I'll hopefully come back to school with a rejuvenated sense of drive. I'm truly crossing my fingers for that to happen.
It's time for Emily's graduation dinner. Hooray! I'm quite excited that she'll be staying in Baton Rouge, and even more excited that she's excited about it. Congrats, lady.
I love you all. Have a wonderful summer.
Adios.
Graduation is tomorrow! Congratulations to the lovely members of the Class of 2006 - I'm so excited for all of you, even though I will miss some of them a whole whole lot.
Congratulations to Victor and Shanna. :-)
Congratulations to Emily Tannert for having the balls to take charge of her life and do something about it. I'll miss you next year!
I survived the unsurvivable year, and I don't really know how to feel about it in retrospect.
On one side I have had some real messes to deal with and clean up. It's been a really crappy year for health and I've really come to question a lot of things I was very very certain of before. I've had a hard time with the clarinet, and it's disappointing for me. I finally grew the balls to talk to O'Dell about it and tell him what has been upsetting me so much. I told him straight up that I didn't mean to sound like a bitch, and I really do not think that I am "too good for him". On the contrary. I feel, though, that I have a whole hell of a lot of learning to do and would like to actually begin doing that. I think that's even harder for me to deal with. Not feeling like I've learned something. Call me an extreme nerd, but I really love to learn, I like knowing something new that I didn't know before, and to feel like I did not learn even close to the amount that I should have about the clarinet all year long has really taken its toll on me. I don't even know why it affects me so much, but it does and it has. I have formulated a plan in an effort to get that "spark" back over the summer. I'm really hoping it works. I know I'm not the only one in this boat...it was very much a year full of tears.
On the other hand, I have learned a lot about myself in the process of the year. I am grateful for that. I have kept up my grades, which I know is insignificant, but it is important to me to be able to see what I can do and I'm glad I pushed myself to do the best I could. I have had an wonderful year with SAI, my 21 babies truly kept me sane, laughing and made me very proud (really shows the rewards side of teaching in some ways) and I couldn't be happier and humbler to serve as President for next year, intimidating as it may seem sometimes. I have found strength in my existing friendships and couldn't be more blessed to have the people I do in my life. I would have never made it without them. John is a worthy opponent and keeps me on my toes and I love him for all of it. Yeah...I like him a little bit.
This summer is going to be a hectic, but wonderful, experience. In less than a week I am leaving for Greece for two weeks (!) with Elizabeth. I am so stoked, I can't even tell you, even if I have a minor sunburn in my vain attempts to tan before I go. I think it hasn't hit me that she's moving away next year because of the trip. I'm going to miss her a whole lot. After Greece (we fly from Atlanta to NYC to get there and the same back), I drive from Atlanta to Buffalo, where I stay for four days, or so, and then drive to Hancock, Maine where I will go to the Pierre Monteux School for 6 weeks to enjoy simply playing in an orchestra every day of the week. I can't wait to just play tons of rep and practice and not stay in a cabin with 15 other girls. After Maine I'll go back to Buffalo for a little over a week. John's going to fly up to see the family and Buffalo and everything and then we're going to drive to Richmond to meet his family. I'm excited about going back to Virginia - I haven't been there for years and I miss it! After that it's back to Baton Rouge where pre-preseason begins and then it's off to the races for the final year-and-a-half of school. Whew. It's going to fly by.
I hope everyone is having a summer full of doing whatever it is that makes them happy. Enjoy it!
I will miss everyone this summer, but I'm very grateful to be getting away and taking a little time to do my own thing and I'll hopefully come back to school with a rejuvenated sense of drive. I'm truly crossing my fingers for that to happen.
It's time for Emily's graduation dinner. Hooray! I'm quite excited that she'll be staying in Baton Rouge, and even more excited that she's excited about it. Congrats, lady.
I love you all. Have a wonderful summer.
Adios.