A new start!

It's a new year! New faces! Fall semester is always an exciting time. Yes, it is very sad to see the old faces go but we must "pass and be forgotten with the rest" as the Purple Victory lyric goes. I've met some cool freshmen so far. It looks like a good bunch to continue the music learning process. Too bad I won't get to keep with them as they learn all about music and life. I'm going to be applying to graduate school soon and I'm pretty excited about it. Actually I'm scared. Scared about how to make the right decision as to which school to apply, how far away to go and who to ask for help. My parameters as to what location I'd like; North of Alabama, east of the Mississippi River, not Maine, Wisconsin, or Michigan. So that narrows it down... I have 24 schools so far narrowed down as to where I want to go. It's better than having no school to choose from, so I'm better off than I was previously. (thanks to s. wells for suggesting something I should of realized.) As to what I want to do, I'd like to go into Collaborative Piano. That is playing with vocalists, instrumentalists, opera, musicals, chamber music, etc. Whoever needs a pianist, I'll do it. I've done a lot of it as an undergraduate and I've really enjoyed it. I think I'd enjoy it as a graduate too. So that's it about what's happening in recent news.

I made a 4.0 in summer classes and I got my academic scholarship back! That was a scary time when I didn't know if I'd get it back or not. If I hadn't, it would have been very difficult to come back this fall. So now that I'm back, I'm finding that my refund check will not make it as easy as I thought to live. I need a job. Badly. Or else hello Ramen.

In other, other news...

This day, Labor day, I've done exactly that: Labor. I've washed all my clothes, towels, sheets and have a clean room and kitchen. It is going to be a good week. I'm starting it off on a good foot at least.