Busy, Busy, Busy

I swear, just because Thanksgiving break is coming up, all of my professors decided to pile on the homework! The past couple of weeks have been insane! I've had or will have a test in three of my four classes, and in the other one I gave a ten minute speech. I've also had quizzes, whole books to read, and a concert. The good thing is I'm in the home stretch now. Only seven more class days until Thanksgiving break starts, and I will be out of here as fast as I possibly can after my last class on the 25th. My mom and (I think) my dad are both coming up for the Lorie Line concert on the 24th, and I am going to send home as much of my stuff as I can with them, so it's easier to get out of here on Tuesday.

My concert on the 11th was stressful, and it helped me make a pretty big decision about my life for the rest of my freshman year. SCSU Wind Ensemble is becoming too big of a commitment for me to handle. I am getting frustrated with all the time commitments I have, and it's not something that I am passionate about anymore, so I've decided to take a semester off. I plan on re-joining next fall so that I can go to Italy with all of my friends in the summer of 2010, and I think that having taken a semester off, I will be much more excited about what we are doing. I will miss my friends there, and I know that I will eventually miss being part of an ensemble, but right now I feel like this is the best decision I can make. I will play with them one more time, on December 7th, and then I will be done. Since I've made the decision, I am even more frustrated every time we have to do something for WE, but I think I can make it until the end of the semester :o)

On a happier note, it was Merideth's birthday on Friday, and we managed to put on an almost complete surprise party for her Friday night. Someone accidentally spilled the beans Friday afternoon, but Merdy did a great job acting like she knew nothing about it until after the party, when she finally told me. There were 18 of us that helped her celebrate, and Heather and Brittany cooked an amazing dinner. We all had a lot of fun, and it was totally worth all the secrecy and troubles :o) Saturday morning we celebrated again, this time with the Collegebound girls. We made breakfast and hung out for close to two hours, which was a lot of fun, because we haven't seen each other in a long time. 

My life lately (besides when I've been planning Merideth's birthday and rehearsing for our concert) has been filled with homework, work, hanging out with the girls (and guys), and trying to get some sleep. I've been spending more and more time at St. Ben's instead of going to St. John's, and I'm finding that it's good. Sometimes I just need a break from everyone, and spending time over here helps me keep my room clean, get my homework done earlier, and see other people that I don't usually see. Plus, I've turned into somewhat of a t.v. junkie. I discovered abcfamily, and I am in love with this channel, so I watch a lot of that now, especially when Sami's gone. I really like having the background noise to "keep me company". I also watch it when I go running in the gym. Otherwise, I'm just looking forward to Thanksgiving break and Christmas! I can't wait to get our tree and start decorating our house, and to have a month off, and curl up in front of the fire with a good book, and do absolutely nothing!!!

Love to all of you that actually read this :o)