Spring Quarter: The Beginning

I can hardly believe that I only have 9 and a half weeks until I am done with my first year of college. I admit, this first week has been a little rough, but that's how all of my first week backs have been.

Today I went to LTOB and helped with set and paitning. It was fun. I learned that none of the cast really knows my name. They all just call me Chava. That's fine with me. I just found it funny that they didn't know my name to start with. But now they do :) Tomorrow I'm planning on helping again before rehearsal. I loved building. Even though I didn't do much in the way of building, it was fun to take some screws out. Haven't held a drill in a long time. How I miss building set :)

Classes will be fun. I'm really excited about my choreography class. Stella suggested we try movements we're really uncomfortable with. So basically I should try hip-hop. Yeah right. Me and hip-hop. Hmmm. I'll probably do some hip-hop combo for the 8 count thing we're doing for our first project. But for my final project, I think I'll do an "angry" jazz piece. First off, I've never choreographed a jazz piece, let alone a piece to a heavy metal rock song. I'm excited.

Speaking of dance, I am now officially a dance minor. Yay!

For Easter, I'm going to Chicago to meet up with my cousins! I'm really excited about that. I get to see Mark's new baby boy, all of my Hilde relatives, and Chicago! Woohoo!!

I'll see you all in 9 and a half weeks.

Lots of Love.

An Unexpected Surprise

I got to spend another day at home. My plane was cancelled due to an engine leak. They didn't decide to cancel the flight until an hour and a half after they found the leak. However, they didn't know anything about what caused the leak for about an hour. For those of us with connecting flights, they had people there to assist us. However, many people were in front of me and not so many in front of Mom at the United kiosk. So, I went back through security to Mom. Basically, I would have missed my connection had I taken the flight (at that time we didn't knwo if it was going to be cancelled), so we decided to get another flight out. However, everything was booked, due to Spring Break, so the closest flight available was today, Monday, at 7:30PM. Not only that, but this was the last seat on this plane. The next earliest flight would have been Tuesday night. As much as I would have liked to leave on Tuesday, we figured it would be best to get back to classes. So I'm going back to Otterbein tonight and getting there tomorrow morning. I'm connecting to San Francisco, then to Chicago, and then to Columbus. Fun huh?

I have really enjoyed being home for an extra day. What fun.

Well, back to Otterbein for 10 and a half weeks. See you then.

Lots of Love.

Numb

A lot has happened in just 18 hours. I won't go into detail, but I really don't feel anything. I feel....empty. I want to just cry. I have several ideas as to why I want to cry, but I don't really have the...strength?...to cry. I wish things had gone differently. I wish I didn't have to go back to college. I wish people didn't have to leave. I wish we all could have left together. That would have made everything better.

Brooke's going to Disneyland with Courtney and Bubba. They're auditioning for a Cruise line...well Brooke isn't, but she's going to Disneyland with them after the audition. Jealous? You bet. But I'm also happy for her. She gets to go have fun. She gets to experience being with other people than just our family. For once, she's leaving me. I get to know how it feels to be left.

Even though I loved having a week and a half of break before everyone else, it still stinks to have to go back when everyone else has a break.

I wish I knew what to feel...what to do. I don't feel like doing anything, watching anything, feeling anything. I'm lost.

Home. How Wonderful.

I've been home for 7 days already? Wow. It definitely doesn't feel like that. Time really does fly by when you're having fun. I love being home. I find I'm sleeping better, but does that really surprise anyone? lol. No, I didn't think so :)

I found out that I got all A's for Winter Quarter. Yay! Also, I am now in the Choreography class I wanted for Spring. Yay again! This means I now have 15 credits for Spring. Not too bad.

One bad thing about being home: even though I'm sleeping better, I'm not getting to sleep at the time I should. This means that I sleep in later, but I don't go to sleep until late at night/early in the morning...not so good if yo're trying to get good sleep. Eh, oh well. I'll suffer :)

I went into Portland for the first time by myself today. I had a dentist appointment. Oh joy. The dentist was fine and obviously I survived my Portland trip. No, I didn't drive. I rode MAX. But I had no idea where I was supopsed to go. Dad had to draw me a map. I think my summer job will be to know my way around Protland before I leave for Ohio in the fall. Ok, good goal.

For all of you who'd like to hang out before I leave, I fly back at 1:00 PM on Sunday. We should do something before then. The End.

Lots of Love.

Finals: The Winter Way

So finals are just around the bend...aka tomorrow. I have my INST final. Not too hard though. Only 50 multiple choice questions. Then I have my rehearsal with my accompanist for my jury on Tuesday. Then I have a Theory final on Wednesday. So yeah. Pretty easy...I hope :)

I'm really excited to go home on Wednesday. I only wish I was going home sooner. Oh well. I suppose I should take my Theory final ;)

Today in rehearsal, we did some blocking. I'm nervous as to how well the whole group blocking session is going to go, especially since we didn't get through everything we were supposed to today and there were only the principals there. I mean, the guy playing Fyedka didn't even get to act. I barely got to say anything. And we spent forever and a day on the scenes with Motel...well, Perchik took forever too. Boy. I think we're going to schedule another blocking rehearsal. I mean, we have to. Otherwise, I have no idea how we're going to know where we're supposed to be. All I have to say is....Thank you Sil for doing things the way you do.

3 days...3 days...

Lots of Love.

First Read Thru

Well, Fiddler is now underway. I was surprised by some of the casting, but I know it'll all work out well. We have a lot of work to do. We're going to start with singing. Basically, in two weeks we need to be off book for songs. Not hard for me, especially since I'm only singing like 3 songs. The one I really need to know is Matchmaker. Other than that, it is all chorus numbers for me. Not hard at all.

This week is dance juries. I'm excited. I've never done them before. Basically, we go in, we dance, and we get a grade for the class. Also, I'm getting ready for my voice jury. I have to practice with my accompanist still, but his sheet hasn't gone up yet, so it's not my fault. I'm ready for my voice jury. No problem.

I'm really excited to come home! Only a week and a half!!!!! This quarter has flown by, though it has had its fair share of slow times. I've figured out that after Fiddler os over, I'm only in school for 3 more weeks. Crazy? Definitely.

Lots of Love.