Shampoo and Flute Lessons and Bars OH MY!

Seeing as how it's been almost a month since my last post and I have 35 minutes before I start teaching, I thought I'd write a little blog post.  As I just said, I'm teaching flute lessons to a girl from my elementary school.  She's in 8th grade and I've taught her before.  That's my summer job!  I also get to start my new shampoo (baking soda!) tomorrow morning, as I just ran out of my old shampoo this morning.  I am pretty excited for this prospect; I've been hording up by baking soda for about 3 weeks now and finally get to use it!

Last night my parents and I met up with a guy from my dad's choir and we went to a little bar downtown and then went to the St Martin's Chamber Choir concert.  While my parents didn't like the bar that much, I thought the atmosphere was great.  Not quite as cheery as pubs in England, but it was getting there.  The concert was divine.  They sang from behind us because the organ at the front was out of commission.  My favorite was a Howells mass composed for Christ Chapel in Oxford.  It made me want to go to graduate school at Oxford all over again.

Today I realized that I have made quite a few mistakes with my past relationships.  One example is the guy I hated for three years, then realized that if I hadn't been so enthralled with him in the first place, he would have been a really cool guy to know.  He's working in Paris this summer and would be a great contact to have if I ever decided to go back there.  Oh well.  Live and learn.

I suppose I should eat breakfast so I don't keel over with all the flute playing I'll be doing soon.

Home again

The semester has come to a close at long last.  I moved back home with my dad on Friday and I'm still in the process of unpacking, cleaning, and organizing.  This is the beginning of the long period of living without a true home.  I'm a little bit scared, but I need to learn to embrace the nomadic life a little!  Hopefully this summer will play out well with trips to both Nebraska and Michigan to see family and old friends.

Speaking of old friends, I've started practicing the piano again.  I have some nice pieces picked out to get me back into the groove and possibly I can convince my parents to let me have the keyboard at the apartment next fall!  That would be awesome; I cannot express just how much I've missed playing this year.  

I start classes in three weeks.  I'm taking Intro to Cultural Anthropology and Physics this summer.  The physics class should be interesting--there's a lab component online.  I apparently buy a big box of cool physics toys and do my own experiments! I started reading the Anthropology textbook the other night.  It's very interesting.  I think I will be quite glad to add Anthropology as my second major.  Hello five years of undergrad.  While I'm at it, I might as well get a minor in Religious Studies!  You know, just in case I don't have enough to do. 

With that on my mind, I think I will go eat dinner now.  We're having chicken, and for the first time in weeks, it's not fried.  Happy Summer!

Cinco Cinco

That will be the name of my very first 5K!  I am running with Nicole and Kjersti, my fantabuloso room/hallmates for next year.  The other one...is LAME and not coming.  But perhaps this unnamed person shall come and cheer us on? What do you think, Emma? You know you waaaant to. In other news, there are only 2.5 weeks of Freshman year left to endure, and one of those is finals! EEP!

This weekend, Emma and I are traveling to Lakewood to see my parents and bid goodbye to our pastor.  He has accepted a call to Chicago, and while we are very happy for him, we will miss him quite terribly.  It is safe to say that tears shall be shed this Sunday.

Herb Gardens in Pots

Next year, I wish to start a nice little herb garden in a few pots, so I just bought three (hopefully helpful) books to help with the planning process.  It would be so nice to have some life in our tiny, tiny apartment.  Kavi could have some company!

This summer, I will be taking classes in Physics and Anthropology and gardening and cooking instead of watching countless hours of mindless television.  Hopefully, the gardening and cooking will come as second nature so I can continue this endeavor to be more homebodyish once I'm living up in FoCo year-round!

Internet

I love going home for breaks.  I get to see my parents, I get to relax, I get to eat awesome food.  Just about the only thing that irks me about the homeplace is the internet connection.  When I want to work on the internet to find database sources for a speech, I have to go to the library so that I don't shout things at my computer all day!  I really hope that next year, where we live, the internet is superb and not dodgy.  Because if it is, I will find myself watching Bones at the library all night.  Although that might be a deterrent enough so I never procrastinate...yeah right.

We Have a Place to Liiiiiiiive!

We have finally found a place to live!  It's going to be awesome; no dog, but we'll survive.  More later, we are watching The Brothers Bloom to celebrate!

Books

I just read the book list for my English class next spring. I HAVE MUCH EXCITEMENT.

Aloe

Hello all who read this!  It may be just one person sitting behind me.  Just for her, I am posting again.  I have discovered a new awesome drink.  It is called aloe water, and it may just be the most fantastic thing ever!  It makes me feel all wonderful inside, which is great, since I just had poached eggs and they now feel like they are running amok in my intestines.  Not too much has happened since my last post.  I turned the great old age of 19, and then went home for break, came back for finals, went home again, came back again (minus a WoW account), went to class.  Now I sit here, waiting for laundry and not wanting to do my Chemistry lab.  Maybe I shall actually write about college this semester!  We shall just have to see, won't we?