So I may or may not have left the power cord to my computer at the school over the entirety of April vacation, which meant that I struggled to save my battery for the past nine days and thus avoided blogging. That's really very sad, because a LOT has happened in the past week-and-a-couple-days that is entirely blog-worthy.
1. Church. I have never, ever spent so much time at church in my entire life. We had church last Sunday (2.5 hours). Then again on Thursday (2.5 hours), Friday (2.5 hours), Saturday (4.5 hours), and Sunday (2.5 hours). That means I spent a total of 15.5 hours in church just this week. Crazy, huh? It was entirely enjoyable. I could write a whole post on each church service, but I'll save that for another time.
2. Clothes. First, I sewed a dress. I stayed up waaaaaaay too late (we're talking till around 3:30 am...) to finish it, and it has some potential. I need to make some alterations before I could even consider wearing it - I guess I'm not quite standard sized - but one day, I think it might be acceptable.
Then Diana and I went shopping, and I found a dress that I LOVE that was originally $42.00, and I got it for $18.00. Three cheers for discounts and sales! Finally, I found a pair of green shorts. I'm sort of in love with them...and that might be an understatement.
3. Exercise. I've gone running for the past four days in a row, and I'm planning on keeping that up. Win! I feel much more energetic in the morning, and, weirdly enough, I ended up having more time to get ready for school even though I'm doing more. Maybe it has something to do with actually forcing myself to get up on time.
4. Duct tape. I made a duct tape wallet, and I'm pretty proud of it. I guess that's what happens when you have a week off and no computer... A friend labeled me "one of those duct tape wallet girls," which I guess is true. Not sure if there are any connotations associated with that. What else was I supposed to do on a rainy afternoon after being poked by a kabob-sized needle in the morning? I maintain that it was creative and fun, even if it makes me five years old.
5. Books. I read John Steinbeck's
The Pearl on Saturday (in 74 minutes, no less! I timed myself. Before you think I'm superhuman, let me inform you that it's only 90 pages.), and found it to be a very sad story. If I wanted to be really hardcore, I'd think about all the symbolism, imagery, hyperbole, etc. that was used because I know without a doubt that the book was chock full of it, but I'll probably save that for another time. After I finished that, I started reading
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. You might be familiar with his other book,
Kite Runner. I've read that and I loved it, sad as it was, so I figured this one would be splendid as well. Right now I'm 60 pages in, and I have yet to be disappointed.
6. Cleaning. Our apartment, as well as my side of our room, is sparkling clean! I plan to keep it this way as long as humanly possible because it's just so nice to have so much floor and table space.
7. Food. This week I made pizza with pesto, freshly sliced tomatoes, and grated cheese. It was heavenly - so much so that I made it twice. Next time, I'll make the crust too.
I also figured out how to modify the microwave cake to make it vanilla!
And I introduced my mom to Pinkberry. SO. GOOD.
(Fear not; the dessert-y elements listed here were consumed on Sunday. Lent was thus upheld.)
8. Final Things. I played my last formal Wind Ensemble concert at Gordon last week. It was a little sad, but mostly exciting. We do have one more performance with some community bands, but Wind Ensemble is pretty much over. I also picked up my cap and gown last week. I guess college really is ending, which feels weird. I don't feel old enough for this. I mean, heck, I still make duct tape wallets. I'm going to miss Gordon and all its quirks. There are things I won't miss, i.e. chapel requirements, the registrar, homework assignments, practice cards, and goose poop scattered everywhere, but I'm really going to miss all the wonderful people that I've met here that I won't see every single day anymore, as well as the music department culture (mostly...), the academic environment ( I know, I know, liking school is dorky), and my apartment. Oh dear, my apartment. I will miss them the most. That requires a separate post also.
