Last night I dreamt I was drinking fresh spring water. All night long.
It was beautiful and delicious.
In the morning I woke parched as a desert. Lately, I've been terribly negligent about drinking water, and my dry skin has been testimony to that.
Perhaps my body was sending me a message?
Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Time to Breakfast
Not as in it's time to breakfast right now. I've already done that. What I'm alluding to is simply setting aside time - time to enjoy a meal.
I love breakfast. I never miss it. It's important to me.
The last few years, however, I've been consuming my first meal of the day while driving through the dark to get to school and practice. The last two years my typical wake-up, shower, and get-going routine took thirty minutes. I never quite understood why my practice buddy would wake up even earlier just to have some time in the morning.
Recently, I've been allowing just a little bit more time in the mornings. Ten, fifteen minutes, maybe.
Time to be before I do.
Breakfast is the ideal moment for me, because it's so quiet. I love the stillness of the morning (the middle of the night, some might argue).
Twice this week I sat and enjoyed my breakfast. I prepared a plate of food, I read, I sipped my coffee.
This is part of what makes me human. My breakfast-eating habits have looked all too much like those of a machine or robot. I inhale fuel to keep me going. It's been a necessary time-waster. How foolish!
I'm hoping to hang onto my humanity as the semester escalates!
I love breakfast. I never miss it. It's important to me.
The last few years, however, I've been consuming my first meal of the day while driving through the dark to get to school and practice. The last two years my typical wake-up, shower, and get-going routine took thirty minutes. I never quite understood why my practice buddy would wake up even earlier just to have some time in the morning.
Recently, I've been allowing just a little bit more time in the mornings. Ten, fifteen minutes, maybe.
Time to be before I do.
Breakfast is the ideal moment for me, because it's so quiet. I love the stillness of the morning (the middle of the night, some might argue).
Twice this week I sat and enjoyed my breakfast. I prepared a plate of food, I read, I sipped my coffee.
This is part of what makes me human. My breakfast-eating habits have looked all too much like those of a machine or robot. I inhale fuel to keep me going. It's been a necessary time-waster. How foolish!
I'm hoping to hang onto my humanity as the semester escalates!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Catching Up
Over break, I experienced some great rest, just sitting around with post-surgery Tali, staying up late, visiting with people I don't get to see often enough, cooking, hanging with my nephew, etc., etc. Generally speaking, it's difficult for me to rest, but I was able to embrace that much better this break. By the end I was getting antsy, but overall it was wonderful.
I jumped back into the swing of things easily this week. Tyler and Tali called me a "weirdie" for loving school so much. (Just you wait, Tali. I'll poke fun at your Latin studies! ;)
I just can't help it; I'm thrilled to be working harder than I've ever worked.
My senior recital is in April, so there's no time like the present to give it all I've got! It's strange to think I'm in my last undergraduate classes. Next semester I'll be enrolled in a full-time music internship at an elementary school. Lord willing, I'll graduate December of THIS YEAR!
Recital program is lining up to look like this:
1. Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
2. Mozart Fantasy in C Minor, K 475
3. Beethoven Sonata no. 30, Op. 109
You'll make my teacher heart glad if you click on the links above. :)
(FYI, the Youtube listing on the Beethoven is incorrect; it's in three movements, not two.)
Did I mention I'm marrying this guy in six months?
Monday, January 2, 2012
December 2010-December 2011: Looking Back
December 2010
My students gave a Christmas recital.
I became an Aunt! Welcome, Isaac James!
January
I helped lead worship at my church's women's retreat.
I began the gluten-free journey.
February
My church had a long-awaited "ground-breaking" ceremony to celebrate the beginning process of building a church home
I turned 21.
March
My parents traveled to Laos for two weeks, and I had my first taste of full-time house-keeping. Carissa and Tsukasa helped me hold down the fort. I learned that I don't want to take a care of a dog full-time.
I participated in a pro-life walk-a-thon.
April
I read the entire Harry Potter series for the first time ever.
I practiced harder than I ever have.
I gave my first solo recital, 30 minutes in length.
I competed in my first college-level competition and made it to finals.
May
I watched one my cousins graduate from high school.
I helped my brother and sister-in-law move to a different house nearby.
I went to a reunion lunch with Ms. Williams and my high school piano quartet (first time since '08!)
I took a six-week summer class.
June
My students gave a spring recital - my longest studio recital yet!
I helped Tyler move into his own apartment.
Ty and I celebrated our 3rd dating anniversary.
July
I traveled to France and Belgium and learned more repertoire in a month than I ever have! I met Cassandra, and I processed so much about life, God, and music.
I saw HP 7 part 2 in Paris, before the US release date.
My sister came home!
August
Upon returning from Europe, I got to see my sister!!
I insisted on having family photos taken professionally (everyone is thanking me now :).
My first music education internship began - two full days a week - at the elementary level.
September
I attended hours and hours of an international piano competition and had my world rocked.
My family said farewell to my sister as she traveled back to Laos.
I played four-hands music at my church's variety show with Erin. I also participated in a flash mob dance for the grand finale! (Ha!)
Ty and I started attending an awesome growth group at my church.
October
Ms. Williams and I threw the 3rd Annual Halloween Musicale for our piano students. I hosted the event this year.
I finished my first internship placement and moved on over to high school for the rest of the semester.
November
Erin and I gave a fundraiser concert and raised nearly $1000 for our church building fund!
We also made it to the concerto competition finals.
I fell so in love with performing.
I was a fill-in accompanist for two weeks at a local church.
I played in two master classes for Rebecca Pennys, teacher at Eastman.
December 2011
I finished my internship! I talked at a middle school girls' Bible study. Tyler proposed! All three in the same night!
I learned more music than I ever have in one semester.
I traveled to Laos and back! I stayed eight days with my sister and saw the sights and sounds she experiences every day.
My students gave a Christmas recital.
I became an Aunt! Welcome, Isaac James!
January
I helped lead worship at my church's women's retreat.
I began the gluten-free journey.
February
My church had a long-awaited "ground-breaking" ceremony to celebrate the beginning process of building a church home
I turned 21.
March
My parents traveled to Laos for two weeks, and I had my first taste of full-time house-keeping. Carissa and Tsukasa helped me hold down the fort. I learned that I don't want to take a care of a dog full-time.
I participated in a pro-life walk-a-thon.
April
I read the entire Harry Potter series for the first time ever.
I practiced harder than I ever have.
I gave my first solo recital, 30 minutes in length.
I competed in my first college-level competition and made it to finals.
May
I watched one my cousins graduate from high school.
I helped my brother and sister-in-law move to a different house nearby.
I went to a reunion lunch with Ms. Williams and my high school piano quartet (first time since '08!)
I took a six-week summer class.
June
My students gave a spring recital - my longest studio recital yet!
I helped Tyler move into his own apartment.
Ty and I celebrated our 3rd dating anniversary.
July
I traveled to France and Belgium and learned more repertoire in a month than I ever have! I met Cassandra, and I processed so much about life, God, and music.
I saw HP 7 part 2 in Paris, before the US release date.
My sister came home!
August
Upon returning from Europe, I got to see my sister!!
I insisted on having family photos taken professionally (everyone is thanking me now :).
My first music education internship began - two full days a week - at the elementary level.
September
I attended hours and hours of an international piano competition and had my world rocked.
My family said farewell to my sister as she traveled back to Laos.
I played four-hands music at my church's variety show with Erin. I also participated in a flash mob dance for the grand finale! (Ha!)
Ty and I started attending an awesome growth group at my church.
October
Ms. Williams and I threw the 3rd Annual Halloween Musicale for our piano students. I hosted the event this year.
I finished my first internship placement and moved on over to high school for the rest of the semester.
November
Erin and I gave a fundraiser concert and raised nearly $1000 for our church building fund!
We also made it to the concerto competition finals.
I fell so in love with performing.
I was a fill-in accompanist for two weeks at a local church.
I played in two master classes for Rebecca Pennys, teacher at Eastman.
December 2011
I finished my internship! I talked at a middle school girls' Bible study. Tyler proposed! All three in the same night!
I learned more music than I ever have in one semester.
I traveled to Laos and back! I stayed eight days with my sister and saw the sights and sounds she experiences every day.
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