i'm very very happy
And that's something quite rare for me, I think. This past month or so has been so absolutely wonderful.
My job and future career aside, because that has always been a little frustrating (but making progress!), I passed my piano exam! It's my last one so I'm officially finished the program I've been working on for thirteen years--and as a side note, the passing mark is 70% and I got 81%, which is...magical, to be honest. I didn't think I'd pass at all, considering how unprepared I felt.
I've also been losing weight, slowly but surely. I've never been comfortable with my body, but I've never cared enough to change it until a few months ago. It's been fluctuating, but in total, I've lost about fifteen pounds since June. Like I said: slowly, but surely.
Although I wasn't accepted into the music therapy program in Vancouver, I decided to stay here for my career before I even knew the results. I was accepted into my home university's faculty of music and I'm officially starting my 5 year degree this September, with fairly smooth enrolment as well. I'm finally finished my extracurricular private piano lessons, but now I have private lessons as an actual class! Which I'm glad for, to be honest, because if I don't have lessons, I'll stop playing, and if I stop playing, I'll lose everything that I've cultivated since I was six years old.
And I went to Europe for two weeks! Gained four pounds from it, but completely worth it. I went to Rome, Florence, Venice, Lucerne, Paris, and London--altogether covering four countries: Italy, Switzerland, France, and England. I went to a cabaret in Paris and it was absolutely magnificent. And I bought many Harry Potter goods in London; Luna Lovegood's wand and a Hufflepuff Quidditch jumper, as the label says. It is very comfortable and warm.
And the biggest development in my life (which it shouldn't be, but definitely is), is that I'm seeing a boy. It sounds a little pathetic but I actually met him on a dating site, which I joined for laughs. It sounds completely phoney but it's true!!! Half of my friends have accounts and find some fairly decent people to chat to, so I decided to too. This guy suggested we meet in real life, and since I have several online friends all around the world that I want to meet one day, this didn't seem like a huge thing for me, other than the fact that he's a boy. We had two dates before I left for Europe, and one of them consisted of going to Body Worlds, which is basically looking at dead preserved bodies. +10 points right there.
He's also interested in anime (I am guilty for getting him into Shingeki no Kyojin but hey, the people who aren't watching that are behind the times) and is a huge Pokemon fan, which I think is adorable. I think the important thing is that we click, and even though I haven't hit my goal weight yet, when I'm around him...I don't feel ugly. I've always felt ugly around the boys I liked or dated, so this is so foreign to me that I don't even know if it'll last. Maybe he's actually a dick. Maybe he's lying. Maybe he's just desperate. Who knows. But he seems sincere to me and it might be a little conceited for me to say, but I have always been pretty good at reading people, so.
(If I am not good at reading people, there is no way good characterization can be one of the best points in my writing, okay?)
I am happy.
My job and future career aside, because that has always been a little frustrating (but making progress!), I passed my piano exam! It's my last one so I'm officially finished the program I've been working on for thirteen years--and as a side note, the passing mark is 70% and I got 81%, which is...magical, to be honest. I didn't think I'd pass at all, considering how unprepared I felt.
I've also been losing weight, slowly but surely. I've never been comfortable with my body, but I've never cared enough to change it until a few months ago. It's been fluctuating, but in total, I've lost about fifteen pounds since June. Like I said: slowly, but surely.
Although I wasn't accepted into the music therapy program in Vancouver, I decided to stay here for my career before I even knew the results. I was accepted into my home university's faculty of music and I'm officially starting my 5 year degree this September, with fairly smooth enrolment as well. I'm finally finished my extracurricular private piano lessons, but now I have private lessons as an actual class! Which I'm glad for, to be honest, because if I don't have lessons, I'll stop playing, and if I stop playing, I'll lose everything that I've cultivated since I was six years old.
And I went to Europe for two weeks! Gained four pounds from it, but completely worth it. I went to Rome, Florence, Venice, Lucerne, Paris, and London--altogether covering four countries: Italy, Switzerland, France, and England. I went to a cabaret in Paris and it was absolutely magnificent. And I bought many Harry Potter goods in London; Luna Lovegood's wand and a Hufflepuff Quidditch jumper, as the label says. It is very comfortable and warm.
And the biggest development in my life (which it shouldn't be, but definitely is), is that I'm seeing a boy. It sounds a little pathetic but I actually met him on a dating site, which I joined for laughs. It sounds completely phoney but it's true!!! Half of my friends have accounts and find some fairly decent people to chat to, so I decided to too. This guy suggested we meet in real life, and since I have several online friends all around the world that I want to meet one day, this didn't seem like a huge thing for me, other than the fact that he's a boy. We had two dates before I left for Europe, and one of them consisted of going to Body Worlds, which is basically looking at dead preserved bodies. +10 points right there.
He's also interested in anime (I am guilty for getting him into Shingeki no Kyojin but hey, the people who aren't watching that are behind the times) and is a huge Pokemon fan, which I think is adorable. I think the important thing is that we click, and even though I haven't hit my goal weight yet, when I'm around him...I don't feel ugly. I've always felt ugly around the boys I liked or dated, so this is so foreign to me that I don't even know if it'll last. Maybe he's actually a dick. Maybe he's lying. Maybe he's just desperate. Who knows. But he seems sincere to me and it might be a little conceited for me to say, but I have always been pretty good at reading people, so.
(If I am not good at reading people, there is no way good characterization can be one of the best points in my writing, okay?)
I am happy.