I'm so glad my pals were home this weekend from various locations a-far. It was so great to see Carey and Claire even though I got the worst TA migraine in the history of migraines when Claire was here. At least I studied for the GRE today, I have been learning a lot of new words, but also discovering my craptacular ability in geometry. Does anyone else find it strange that I am proficient in calculus but have a hard time with GRE math? I mean I do well with it, but I guess I am really out of practice.
Thanksgiving was, ahem, interesting, as it usually is in my family. My aunt (ie my mom's brother's wife iw no blood relation) has a really strange family. One of her sisters has 7-year-old quads who are insane. My cousin Jayme has a cute baby named Makayla who is 6 mo. old, and I basically played with her the entire time. This is strange because I don't usually like babies all that much. However, she is good and cute, so we were golden. The only other people close to my age are a 6th grader and an 18-year-old who just had a baby in May. There really is no common ground for conversation. At least getting a glimpse of my insane, not really related, family, only happens twice a year. I mean, I really don't need to see my aunts sister on her third marriage at the age of 45. I'm not really sure she's a great influence. Despite their craziness, they are all nice people, so really it wasn't too bad. Plus my cousin lives a mere, maybe 1000 feet away from my house, so really the commute was non-existant, which is good because I had to drive over the green bean casserole which I HATE so I kept the windows open on a 16 degree day so Marge wouldn't smell like that horrid mass of ingredients us midwesterners call a "hotdish".
Stuff is going well will the new man in my life, I haven't come to a complete conclusion on how long we will date, but at least I find myself liking him more and more each time I see him. Hopefully this is a good sign and will make us for the fact that he is 5'6". I am not hating on short men, its just that I own a lot of heels.
In other happy news, Claire got me a sweet Napoleon Dynamite shirt and cherry purse for Christmas/Bday. The shirt is pink (!!) and has a picture of a LIGER and it says "pretty much my favorite animal". Basically the best shirt ever!
Christmas in Christ Chapel in a mere 6 days; I am so pumped to see my fellow Gusties again and hear the beautiful singing!
I also made it into the MN Chorale, the premier MN professional choir, so I am basically PUMPED! We all start on the waiting list because there are so many women, but I am okay with that, because hopefully I will be called on after Christmas when there is more time! I can't wait to sing in Orchestra Hall, the St Paul Cathedral, and do other random gigs around the city. YAY for gigs, NAY for the $100 UGLY dress I have to buy. Oh well, small (figurative) price I have to be to once again be a choir DIVA!!
ONLY 29 days until CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!! :)
11.27.2005
11.13.2005
november ramblings
All I can say, is that corporate America isn't horrible, but when it all comes down to it, it's just a job.
I am WAY more pumped to hear how my MN Chorale Audition went; just being able to sing a song for someone else with someone playing piano in the background was so nice, I've forgotten the simply joy of singing.
Peace Corps, Grad school for Econ, Law School. I still can't pick. If you have any thoughts, let me know. Just know that I can do Peace Corps after any of the other two. I have a feeling a lot of people would choose that one. It is not that I don't want to do it; it's just that 27 months is a LONG TIME to be gone especially when you plan on going to back to school. Either way, I am having a small amount of fun learning new GRE words, but not having fun with the match, which is strange, because I did a lot of math in college. Silly silly me.
I had Kashi cereal this morning and it was GROSS. I am boycotting it forever. I am also boycotting Ikea furniture because it is never as sturdy as it is in the store, and even thought it is cheap and looks good, it is a disaster waiting to happen when you assemble. I did a fabulous job of assembling it as best as I could, but wait, there are small gaps in the shelves that can't be fixed. Booo.
I want to travel again. It is time for vay cay. Across the world vay cay would be the greatest, but I think across the country is also great as well. I can't wait to get my vacation! yeah!
I am WAY more pumped to hear how my MN Chorale Audition went; just being able to sing a song for someone else with someone playing piano in the background was so nice, I've forgotten the simply joy of singing.
Peace Corps, Grad school for Econ, Law School. I still can't pick. If you have any thoughts, let me know. Just know that I can do Peace Corps after any of the other two. I have a feeling a lot of people would choose that one. It is not that I don't want to do it; it's just that 27 months is a LONG TIME to be gone especially when you plan on going to back to school. Either way, I am having a small amount of fun learning new GRE words, but not having fun with the match, which is strange, because I did a lot of math in college. Silly silly me.
I had Kashi cereal this morning and it was GROSS. I am boycotting it forever. I am also boycotting Ikea furniture because it is never as sturdy as it is in the store, and even thought it is cheap and looks good, it is a disaster waiting to happen when you assemble. I did a fabulous job of assembling it as best as I could, but wait, there are small gaps in the shelves that can't be fixed. Booo.
I want to travel again. It is time for vay cay. Across the world vay cay would be the greatest, but I think across the country is also great as well. I can't wait to get my vacation! yeah!
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