| Friday, September 21, 2007 |
| Wait just a minute... |
What? What's that I hear you say? "Gee, Jen, it's 5:53 on a Friday night in September...what are you doing at your computer?" Well, there's a funny story behind that.
You see, there's a big ol' low pressure out in the Gulf. The last time there was one like this, it formed up overnight into a depression that soaked Texas pretty good. Not a big, enormous storm, but still enough to cause trouble. The school board isn't taking any chances - they canceled all weekend activities, including football games. Yay!! Right? Well. The game is not CANCELED...it's been postponed till Monday. Monday. MONDAY!!!
Meh. I will have a very busy day Monday. I have 2 classes in the morning- the second one will be cut short so I can go to a funeral. Then an afternoon class, and then a game. I will apparently NOT be going to work that night. ...sigh...
I know my schedule is convoluted...I didn't realize exactly how bad until it got all stirred up. Ugh! |
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| Monday, September 17, 2007 |
| Sleep? Who needs sleep? |
| Funny, I seem to have used that subject before. I've been awake since 3 AM, thanks to my lovely cats. Brutus and Calli, specifically. They're either trying to sneak past me to climb into my bedroom window (which is over my head - like I won't notice them using my head as a springboard?), trying to lay on my nightstand and shove my laptop off, or climbing on the kitchen counters knocking shit off after I remove them bodily from my room. I have already decided they will spend tonight in little feline straight jackets if they even consider pulling the same stunts. ...sigh...it's going to be a long day. |
| posted by Jen @ 5:24 AM |
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| Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
| Counter-intuitive |
The human body is an amazing thing. Your body does things to help itself. You get hot, your sweat glands kick in, and a cool breeze blows across the sweat and you cool down. Theoretically. I mean, I live in Florida and teach marching band - there ARE no cool breezes. Anyway, I digress. Oh, wait...a TMI warning for you:
**This post will contain references to the female reproductive system; mine specifically. Anyone grossed out or offended by such things, buggar off. You shouldn't be reading my blog anyway. My crude sense of humor is beneath you.**
Anyway, as I was saying. The human body is an amazing self-regulating machine. Except mine.
I'm on birth control pills. I have my period every 3rd week. Except for this month. I'm overachieving this month, ladies and gentlemen. I'm on my second period in 3 weeks. Surprise!!!
I talked to Barb about it and she says it's probably just stress. Well. Gee. Thanks, body! I mean, yeah I'm stressed. Having 2 periods in 3 weeks is NO way to relax me, I assure you. Thus far it's generated quite the OPPOSITE effect, thanks very much.
First there's the "Why am I having TWO periods this month?! I can NOT be pregnant - I paid too damn much for college to be pregnant!!" Then there's the whole, "I already had my period this month and don't need to carry anything period-related for WEEKS!/JEN IS COMPLETELY UNPREPARED" thing. Then it's really a lather-rinse-repeat sort of situation; I get over the "stuck at school with no change of clothes, maybe my husband can bring me some" side and revert back to the "dear lord PLEASE don't let me be pregnant" thing. I mean, I know the telltale sign of pregnancy is a missed period, not double periods. I just don't like change in such a touchy arena of my biology.
Ugh. |
| posted by Jen @ 9:36 PM |
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| Thursday, September 06, 2007 |
| Dare I say? |
Things seem to be getting better. I've gone a whole week at school without having to change my schedule, for starters. That's nice. :) I found out today that I made 2nd chair in the wind ensemble. I'm ok being behind Margaret - she's working on her Master's and is out of my league - but I was afraid that I would end up sitting behind a bunch of 19 year olds...shudder. I had my first lesson today and it went relatively well. We'll see how it goes next week. As if all this wasn't enough, the shorts I wore today were a size 14. SIZE 14!! I haven't worn a 14 since I got married, y'all. I'm pretty sure they are large 14s, but that doesn't bother me. So...all in all, it was a pretty good day.
It's about damn time. :) |
| posted by Jen @ 6:36 PM |
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| A really REAL post! |
Yes, a real post...but I will preface it with one more horoscope:
No matter how big a bite you take of reality, you will still likely get through
it without too much of a headache. You may feel as if you were tricked into
assuming too much responsibility, but somehow you were given a secret formula
that enables you to perform like a superhero. Keep in mind that as long as
you're not just doing it for the attention, this can work out to your advantage.
Enough with the horoscopes, right? Now for the post I’ve been promising. Sit back and get comfy – it’s gonna be a doozey.
Monday, August 27th, I started back to school. Again. LOL! I have my AA in Music Education and plan to wrangle out a BA if it kills me. At this rate, it just might do that. I’m still working at the store part-time and teaching part-time, so add on a full-time student’s schedule on TOP of all that, and you have (what's left of) me!
I’ve added a little blurb to the right with my daily agenda to give you an idea of what I’m talking about. It’s too complicated to try to explain. For example, I teach 1st period at PFHS…but only on even days. On odd days I usually go straight up to UWF to practice before my classes start. I have classes during the morning and early afternoon at UWF, then leave to go to PFHS for after-school rehearsals…but only Tuesday through Thursday. After rehearsal I go home to eat dinner with Cam and get him ready for bed. After he reads and goes to bed, I go to work. I usually work from 8PM-11PM most weekday nights. This is all out the window on Fridays (regardless of even or odd days) because of football games. See? Toldja it was complicated.
So now that I’ve griped about my schedule, let’s move on to school. Bah. It’s been twelve years since I took Theory and Ear Training. I did a placement test in both subjects the first week of classes and it was decided (understandably) that I should sit in on the sophomore theory and ear training classes just to refresh myself so I’m not so lost once I get to Counterpoint and such. I’m fine with that. I’m signed up for 13 hours of classes, but am doing all the work and attending all the classes for 17 hours.
Mentally, I have to switch from teacher mindset to student mindset and I really think that is the hardest part so far. Well, that and the placement tests. Shoo. I’m not the only one auditing classes, though. There are 3 other people that have been out of the loop for a few years (though none as long as me…yay, do I win something?) and they're just as lost as I am…which makes me feel MUCH better about myself.
I got most of my theory homework done correctly, and remembered what a secondary dominant was with minimal pain and suffering. I have Brass Methods tonight, where I’m learning to play trombone. We have a few vocal majors in the class and I refuse to laugh at them because they’ll probably be in my Vocal Methods class, too. I just hope they remember...
Band is going to be interesting. Our first concert will be all Russian music, to include a band arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #2. Three of our piano majors will each play one movement on the stage with the band. That’s already 30 minutes of music…add a couple Prokofiev marches, another Rachmaninoff piece, and some Shostakovitch and we’ll be done.
I guess we’ll find out tomorrow how badly we sucked at our chair auditions. …sigh… I also have my first lesson. It’s going to be an interesting day.
I'm off for now...gotta figure out what I'll be writing my research paper on for music history. Whee!Labels: school daze |
| posted by Jen @ 12:41 PM |
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| Sunday, September 02, 2007 |
| Today's horoscope |
Well, this is promising:
You can probably already tell that your life is ready to lighten up, even if it has irrevocably changed. Don't waste your energy on sentimental or nostalgic reflection about water that has passed under the bridge. Instead, look forward with innocent anticipation as you turn what you've learned into solid gains.
I'm very willing to believe this. Yes, please!! I do promise that I'll post a real blog soon - I have another day off coming up and plan to catch up. :) |
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