the princess talks...

So I survived graduation, the call service, the first of my friend's weddings, a 13 hour car trip with my grandma, and my brother's graduation. It was a bit emotional, a bit stressful, and I'd just like to go back to school... or at least have my room back. My grandma is in it at the moment, which is fine, but all my stuff is strewn throughout the house, a majority of it located in a large pile in the garage. Getting dressed is an adventure every morning. Outfits must be able to change at a moments notice in case the proper shoes are not able to be unearthed from the pile of junk. (I have come to terms with the fact that I have too much stuff. I have not quite accepted that I need to do something about it yet... give me time.)

Heading back to WI tomorrow... I've only been home for 5 days. I'll be happy to go back. Home is great, but the prospect of being here until August is a bit intimidating at the moment. Thankfully I will be back in WI for a weekend in June and then there's worship conference in July, which I look forward to in great anticipation after a few new friendships formed at the end of this year.

Working in the same place again... it's almost like I never left, especially since I'm working on some of the same filing and spreadsheet projects that I started last summer. Apparently it's not important enough to be done in the winter. It still stinks, but it's a good job, and I'm going to need the money for next summer, which I envision to be a summer of bliss before becoming a real teacher. I fully intend on spending weeks with random family members between weddings, and probably only coming home for my graduation party. Although, come to think of it, I'm going to have to have a graduation party on a Wednesday or something, as every weekend is full of weddingness... maybe I can do a quick flight or something. I guess I have a bit of time to figure that out.

Well, I suppose I should email a few people and then head off to bed... it's going to be a long day tomorrow with the flying and such.

Who would have thought that a guy with such a dorky name would be so amazing. Singers concert Saturday night. Got to hear another Lauridsen piece. Amazing. I will say that his pieces definately sound the same (or at least the ones I've heard...) but when something sounds so good, is that a bad thing? The concert left me speechless as usual. It was in a high school auditorium, brand new, way better than ours, complete with orchestra pit. I wish I had been able to get into the light booth. Awesome auditorium aside, I must say that Singers concerts always leave me in the most interesting of moods... vulnerable is probably the best way to describe it. It's weird... anyways, I'm very excited to see where I'm student teaching next year to see if I can come to their first concert. I hope so - they're doing all Norwegian songs, which really interests me.

So it's the last week of school. I'm currently in my fourth of six finals. Yes, I'm typing in my final. We're just presenting our final compositions. I don't want to share mine. It's bad. Harmonic composing I can somewhat deal with... this counterpoint stuff, not so much. Or maybe it's just that I don't want to. Silly senior slide.

Graduation is on Saturday. My friends will be gone. I'm very thankful that I don't have to deal with that at the moment, but at the same time, it's going to be weird next year, especially with all the pastor track boys gone. I don't think that's really going to sink in until I try and eat next year and find I have about six people to eat with. I'm also starting to get nervous for my friends. They could be going anywhere in a few weeks. I hear there's a call to Alaska. I don't want my friends to go to Alaska. Not that Alaska is a bad place, and it does need the gospel, but I want my friends to be in a place where I can drive to and visit next spring break. But the year has to end eventually, and seeing as how I packed up nearly everything yesterday, I must be pretty ready for it to end... home sounds good.