Hello Again

It's been a while since I last blogged. I've been very busy. :)

Opening night was last night. It was FABULOUS!

I'm curling my hair right now and not talking because I've used my voice so much that I need to give it a rest.

So, while I am not singing at the moment, I continue to sing alllll the time. :)

This is hard. :P

Come see the show, it's one that should not be missed.

Well, I must continue readying myself for show number 2. :)

Ta ta

A Midsummer Night's Dream

So, I've been here at the Arbor for a while now. And it's been fantastic! Making new friends, memorizing Shakespeare, doing all that awesome stuff!

I'm playing Hermia in our production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, being performed this November. First two weekends. Don't miss it!

I am also working with a new voice teacher, her name is Heide. She is very cool. :) I think I'll be growing a lot with her.

My new friends include Ben, Levi, Maggie, David, Carris, Kaleigh, and other awesome people! Levi is the very nice guy I get to fall in love with on stage over and over again. He's cool, and we're really enjoying getting to know each other. I feel like we're building a great friendship. :)

Ben is the guy who wants to be with me but ends up with the girl he's really meant for, and we're getting very close. It's really cool to be able to have close guy friends with no expectations. :)

So, yeah, I guess that my life is pretty uneventful. Lots of play practice and reading Shakespeare and memorizing his words. :)

I feel like this is going to be a really fun year. :)

Until next time, keep on singing!! :D

SAU

Well, I'm all moved back at Spring Arbor University.

It's a very strange feeling. I'm living in a new building, so it's very different than last year. I feel like more of an adult now. :P Having my own bathroom in nice. :)

I'm the spiritual life advisor for my floor, so that's exciting and intimidating. But it'll be good. I've been praying a lot. :)

Krista is my RA and she themed the floor "Bold and Beautiful" with peacock feathers and beautiful picture frames decorating the walls.

This should be a good year. :) A busy, stressful, tiring, but good year. :)

And as always, I keep on singing. :) You couldn't get me to stop. :P

Back where it isn't 115 degrees!

Well, we're back on solid ground. Man is it nice to be out of the car after spending almost 2 weeks in one. The trip was a great success! :) We were able to spend a lot of time with my Nana, who continues to recover more and more each day, see the rest of our family down there, and have some fun. :)

On our way to Kentucky for Mike and Melissa's wedding, we stopped at the Grand Canyon. That was amazing. It was truly awesome, as in the real definition of the word. :)

We got back, had a nice, relaxing 4th of July. Celebrated my Dad's 53rd birthday, and now are trying to find things to do with ourselves. :)

I still have some great summer plans coming up, but, for now, I'm relaxing and listening to music I can sing to. :)

Phoenix, Arizona

Yep, that's where we're going. My mom, dad, Clark, and me are about to start a very long road trip down to see my Nana. It should be fun. :)

I'm all packed and just waiting to put it all in the car so we can start our trek across the U.S.

We'll be gone until the 4th of July pretty much. I'm hoping my dad buys some sweet fireworks in Ohio, since we'll be driving through it on the 3rd. :)

I'll be singing at Mike Kramer's wedding on the 3rd, so that's going to be fun. :D

So, safe travels to anyone else who is traveling. :)

And the beat goes on

It's crazy how fast life moves. It's almost Father's Day, and we leave the next day to go to Arizona. Everything just moves so fast!

Kyle, Clark, and Dad all got home safely. That's a blessing. :)

My Nana is being moved to her own home now, she hates being at the rehab center and it's not improving her health any, so Dad and Aunt Kathey decided it would be better for her to be home where she could live at her own pace. And that's where Nana wants to be if she goes, which, unfortunately, it seems like that might be sooner than later. Prayers are very welcome.

I have been in a Coldplay and Incubus mood lately. So I've been listening to them a lot. I love both bands. :) Incubus has been my favorite since middle school. Just saying. :)

So, summer continues to be beautiful and music continues to be awesome. :)

I guess that's all for now. :)

Oh summer, how I love thee!

Well, I am very excited about the next two days. :) My Dad will be coming home from Arizona tomorrow, he's been gone for two weeks now. And Clark and Kyle will be coming home from Egypt on Saturday. They've been gone for almost a month. I miss my men. :)

Recently I've been getting closer with my sister Katie Faye down in South Carolina. :) We've been talking on the phone a lot more lately and I reallllly love it! I miss her so much! I hope I can get out there to visit her sometime soon.

I've been really appreciating the joys of music lately. I got the wonderful chance to sing on praise team with my Mom last Sunday, it was incredible! I love singing with her! She has the most beautiful voice and hears harmonies so well. It's so great when I get to do that! And this Sunday it will be Me, Jim, and Jeremy singing. Which means I get to sing harmonies when I hear them. :) I love getting that chance. :)

So, I continue to sing. And continue to love it. Though I do need to do my voice lesson stuff... :) Ah, well, it will come with time. I hope. :D Ta ta!!

Summer!

Well, it's been a while since my last post. Summer is progressing fabulously. :) There have been quite a few ups and downs, but my family is pulling through all of it in fine fashion if I do say so myself. :)

My Dad's mom got very sick a couple weeks ago, and he flew down to be with her. We were all thinking it would be the last time he got to spend time with her, but, nope! She's too tough to go out like that. :) She's now in rehab at the hospital and is looking better everyday. :)

I have been able to talk to Kyle and Clark from Egypt which is absolutely wonderful!

I'm hoping to go to South Carolina at some point this summer and spend some time with my sister! :) We'll see how that plays out, but a girl can hope. :)

I have been singing everyday :) I need to start singing my summer project stuff that Rachel, my voice teacher, gave me. I should do that soon.

And on that note :D Ta ta for now :)

And then there was one

Well this summer has started out so wonderfully. I got to spend some great quality time with my brother before he went off to Egypt for his Cross Cultural trip. And I got to spend some great time with friends from home since their back from school too.

I'm just a bit lonely right now because two of the most important people in my life are now on their way to, and have quite possibly landed in, Egypt. They will be gone for over three weeks. It will be such an incredible journey and experience for both of them, but I miss Clark and Kyle already.

So, since I'm a bit sad and lonely, I turn to God and his gift of music. He is so incredible and so thoughtful to give us music. It's a great release. Singing will help. So I'm going to do that. :)

Let's sing.

And then there was summer :)

Well, moving out was much more of a hassle than moving in. :P Took up a lot more space leaving than coming to school. But I made it home with everything as far as I know. :)

I've had a very relaxing weekend and have enjoyed hanging out with my family and friends. :) Tomorrow I'm going to have dinner with my aunt and uncle and cousin who is going to be coming to SAU next year, and my family will be there, and Kyle :) Should be a fun dinner :)

And now I'm off to bed. This should be a very fun week :)

Praise the Lord exams are done!

Yay! Exams are allllll done which means that I am officially a college sophomore! How crazy is that?!

I have a theory. I don't think we ever really "grow up" and get more mature. I think we adapt to responsibilities when they are given to us and act our way into feeling comfortable with them. Just a thought.

I had a great lunch with my Daddio and got hit on by our waiter. It was pretty darn funny. :P

Tonight should be very fun, Kyle and I are double dating with Hannah and Ethan. :) I'm pretty excited about it. :)

It's crazy to think that this year already coming to an end. It went by so incredibly fast!

And now, I shall watch Audrey Hepburn. I think that's a great way to commemorate the end of this fabulous year! :D

Ta ta!

Rain, rain, go away... I have to walk outside a lot today.

The weather is quite dreary. But being inside with great friends makes up for it. :)

Almost done with my first year of college. How crazy is that?

I am officially going to see The Phantom of the Opera on May 26th with Aley! We have second row balcony seats! SO EXCITED!

I can't wait to be done with this year, I'm definitely going to miss all my friends and people here though. But this is going to be a great summer. :)

Ta ta for now!

Great Night and Happy Mother's Day!

I had a very good evening this blustery Saturday! Kyle and I ate some questionable chicken in the DC and then watched the ending of the Sixth Sense in my lobby. At 8, when we're allowed to be adults aka. open hours, we went over to his room and watched Funny Girl. First time I've seen it, I liked it a whole lot. Wasn't too thrilled with the ending, but the whole thing is WAY too good for that to mess it up! :)

I feel much better now. I think this past evening helped quite a bit. :) Now I just have to survive finals and I'll be done with this first year of college!

It is Mother's Day now, seeing as it's past midnight. So I would like to say a few things about my incredible Mom. I have been so incredibly blessed to have such a remarkable woman in my life. Without her I doubt I'd be here... that is to say, without her, I wouldn't be here! And if she hadn't put so much of herself into my life I would not be the person I am today. I owe so much to the fabulous Joy Cothern and wish I had the words to express it. So I guess all I'll say is, thanks Mom. I love you!

Blah

I am busy. I kind of feel sad. I would like to curl up on my Mom's lap for a while and listen to her wisdom. I am not home. I have finals this week. Then I will be.

Goodnight.

Saturday

I had a fabulous Friday! Got to spend some quality time with Aley, one of my best friends. :) And then Kyle and I went to see Footloose at his high school. It was all very very good. I thoroughly enjoyed my day! :)

Today I will be relaxing and doing just about nothing. Hanging with some friends here at SAU and performing in Jen's one acts again tonight.

I guess that's all really. Nothin too exciting going on right now. :)

Finally Friday!

This week has been one of the most hectic and busy weeks that I have ever lived through. But I have enjoyed it. I've had dress rehearsals every night until around 8 and then other rehearsals for other things too. Just lots of stuff.

This Friday is going to be great though! Aley is coming to visit me and we're going shopping and having some quality girl time together. And then Kyle is taking me to see his high school's production of Footloose. It's our 5 month anniversary. :) Yay :)

And tonight Jamie is being a great great friend and is staying in my room with me since Kira is gone. I hate being alone at night, and just can't get to sleep without someone there. This summer is going to be rough. :P

I guess that's really all for now. We had our first performance of Jen's one acts, the next is Saturday, and then all I have is my piano recital and the stage directing one acts. And finals... yeah...

I continue to sing. Apparently there's a video of me on youtube singing O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me? by Handel at a music lab. I haven't actually listened to it yet, but, I've heard it's there. Our choir concert is Tuesday night. Should be grand.

I guess that's really all now. :P

Oh! I can title these!

Just figured that out ^ :D

This has been the busiest week I think I've experienced and it's only Tuesday night. :P Being involved in so much is definitely tiring and hard but totally worth it.

All I can say is that I'm sleepy, and happy. I'm so thankful to be so blessed to be a part of all the wonderful things God has put in my life. And to be able to sing. I definitely have been doing a LOT of that. :)

Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. I hope you don't have bed bugs.

Well I finished that darn paper. I was able to get a full 7 pages and then some! Yay!

The music lab went very well. Hannah is such an incredible pianist and accompanist. I feel so lucky to have her playing for me. I really love the song I sang, O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me? by Handel. Such a beautiful aria. I think it was one of the best performances I've done.

I loved having my Mom and Dad here! It was so much fun spending time with them and relaxing with them. I can't believe I'm so blessed to have them as my parents. Just spending time with them makes me feel better. This weekend is going to be so busy and it was very nice to have a relaxed time with Mom, Dd, Clark, Kyle, and Brianna. It was a very good day. :)

I found out I'll be living with Kira, Jamie, and Kate on Delta 3 next year. Which is great, it's a floor of suites, which means we have our own bathroom! :D Next year is going to be great! :)

So now, I shall do some homework and spend some time with Kyle. :D

I did not go to my classes today. I felt sick and decided I needed sleep.

Now it's time to make up what I missed. Fun.

I feel extremely overwhelmed right now with homework and lessons. I feel very anxious.

I'm hoping tomorrow is a better day. It was not a bad day today, but I still feel a little gross and I feel like I'm drowning in work.

I shall now do some of that work. TTFN! Ta ta for now! :)

Welp, I haven't written in quite some time. This has been the busiest, craziest week of my life! But I'm happy and enjoying it. I'm in two one acts at school and they take up quite a bit of time. And I've had choir stuff happening, and papers, and exams. It's just pretty hectic.

On another note, I think I might just have a virus. Nothing bad. Just headache and sleepiness. Possibly a baby migraine... What ever the case, I just want it to go away. Watching Pride and Prejudice with Kyle last night did seem to help for a little while. And a wonderful head massage from Carris helped a great deal. I think sleep will help a lot tonight.

On a happier note, I got onto the cross cultural trip I wanted! Which means I'll be going to Italy in May of 2011! I can't wait! It's going to be so sweet! I have a bunch of friends on it too, so it's going to be a great time!

I can't wait for this weekend, my best friend from home Aley is coming up for a visit. And I'll get to see my Mom and Dad. They're coming to listen to the music lab I'm singing in on Friday. It should be a great time! :)

The expectations have slightly subsided. I've spoken with people about it and it seems to be much better. It continues to play out, so we'll see how it all goes, but I'm sure it will end well. I just keep praying about it.

Oh, I sang a lot today, and last night. It's been fun. We're singing some beautiful songs in choir and Chamber singers went to camp Michindo last night to sing for some great people. All in all it has been a good few days. Especially for singing.

I think that's all for now. My head hurts too much to stay on this darn computer. So, goodnight. :)

Well, it's Saturday. That means sleeping in, eating late, and Emily!! It has been such a great day. I got up at 11, showered at 12, Emily got here around 1:30, almost 2. We went to Applebees and I ate an incredible hamburger. The somethin' or other smoked bacon burger with pepper jack cheese. Delicious!

Then we went with Kira and Kyle to go see How to Train Your Dragon. It was incredible!

All I can say after that is, I want a dragon. We tried desperately to find a stuffed animal of Toothless the dragon but, alas, our conquest brought nothing but disappointment. We are left imagining our lives if we had a pet dragon.

On the news from yesterday, expectations don't seem to let up. I'm still supposed to be the strong one for people, when I don't really know why. But, I'm trying, and it seems that I might be the one underestimating myself. We'll see how this plays out.

I am now doing the greatest thing in the world. Watching Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in the same movie. The best ever combination in the history of romantic comedies. I shall now loose myself in the impeccable writing and acting of You've Got Mail. I am a lone reed. That is for sure. I feel bad shopping at Borders now. I'll have to find some small book stores.

And now, I bid you all adieu. I hope you receive the same enjoyment I shall have with Meg and Tom.

So long! And don't forget to twirl.

This Friday has been very relaxing. Lots of sleeping and watching of movies. Tomorrow I plan to hang out with my very very very very good friend Emily! 'Twill be awesome to see her again!

In other news, I hate expectations. People have so many, and sometimes I feel like it's not possible to live up to them. I'm strong, I'm tough, but to what extent? This is the time when I need to give it to God and let Him work through me. Easier said than done. But I'll try.

And, on another note, I didn't sing a whole lot today. But my friend Kate was finally able to get me her Regina Spektor music. It's so different and interesting. So, although I have not personally been singing today (in choir, I always sing, my life really is a musical) I have been listening to others sing. Which is sometimes more fun. :)

Pray continuously.

There are only a few things I would like to say about Thursday.

1. I wish I could spend more time with my brother because I absolutely love the time I do get to spend with him.

2. My Toms came today and I love them! They're so cute and they help out others!

3. The Blind Side is seriously the best movie I've seen in quite some time. I think every one should watch it and try to live as much like that woman as possible. Which translates to living like Jesus. Great movie!

4. I dislike papers. Thankfully I still have a while on it, but getting started is the hardest part.

5. How people can manage to completely soak the bathroom sink and surrounding counter is astounding to me. It took me 3 paper towel squares to dry it off! That's talent my friends.

6. I really love the songs we're singing in choir! We're sounding better and better each practice.

7. I love the one act I am in directed by Lillian. We had a blast at practice tonight, making jokes, singing songs (yay!) and getting to know each other better. I love the cast!

and...

8. I am so blessed to have had such a wonderful and busy Thursday. The weather was spectacular, the singing was superb, and I got to spend time with Core 18 A-Team! My friends are incredible, my family is incredible, God is incredible.

Well, I missed yesterday. No big deal. :)

Monday night was very very fun. I got to spend some quality time with my brother! We watched the Blues Brothers. Great movie! Tuesday was an incredibly busy day. I had too many things planned. But, I survived. And we did a wonderful presentation that came together in a mere week or so. I got involved Sunday. 'Twas hectic.

I loved choir. We're singing two incredible pieces and I love getting to learn them and fall in love with each of them more each time. Good stuff!

Unfortunately I had to miss Glee. But, I will remedy that!

A group of us went to Applebees after the prior mentioned presentation/performance thing-a-ma-bob. :) It was very fun. And I enjoyed getting some real food. :) Clark and I shared 3 appetizers and spent only 12 dollars on a very filling and delicious meal! And then I died. I came home and fell asleep so fast and slept like a log. It was nice. :P

Tonight should be pretty quiet and not too busy. I hope to get to bed at a reasonable hour. Preferably 5... or 10. That might be better.

I'm not looking forward to my exam tomorrow, but other than that it should be another good day.

Until next time!!

I would like to start off by thanking my amazing sister Katie for helping me make my blog so snazzy! I love the banner! :D

Today was definitely a Monday. I did not want to get up for class this morning at all. Having gone to bed at nearly 1 o'clock a 7:50 class is super early. But, I made it. And ended up understanding everything we learned! Yay! I then found out that the hot water on Gainey West was not working. So I had to make my way across the lobby in a bathrobe. Interesting morning to say the least.

The rest of the day was fairly normal. Warm, lovely, with buds on the leaves. And my favorite part of Mondays, voice lessons. I definitely sang today! It went quite well for me and I throughly enjoyed working on the two songs I'm singing. Oh Mio Babbino Caro and O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me? Both wonderful songs, both very different.

All in all, it was a good day. Busy, tired, and Monday, but good. :)

Until next time!

Hello there!

I have decided to write a blog. It seems to be the thing to do and I would love to have a place to put down what's happening in my life. :)

Today has been a great day of rest and relaxation. I have spent the day going to church with Jamie, doing laundry with Kira and Jamie, making cupcakes with the same two lovely ladies, and then watching Underworld with them. All in all I'd say it was a great day! And a great end to a great weekend! I saw The Last Song with Kira, Robin, and Jamie and Clash of the Titans with Kira, Jamie, and Matt. Good times!

So, I guess we'll see how this works out! It's got to be fun! :)

Until next time! :)