Shut up and let me go.

I need to develop a better immune system. Seriously.
My roommate said that she might be getting sick, since she had been sneezing a lot. I'm the one who actually got the cold. And one of my professors was sick but fine two days later! This is a sad day for my life.
Goals:
Get more sleep
Exercise
Keep drinking lots of water
Try to eat healthier (I'm not actually sure how to fix this one other than supplementing what I'm already eating at school.... Which could be do-able. I do need to figure out what meal plan I'll be on next semester....)
Get more sleep (I know I already said it, but I think it's actually one of the biggest problems. Or at least my lack of regular sleeping hours.)

<3 Kate

Take a chance and make it big.

Okay, I'm taking a break from this French paper and detailing how I see my next semester going. I literally can't stop thinking about it. :)
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I'll get up at eight and head downtown to my 8:45 music theory class. I'll then stay downtown for my 10:00 music history class. Next semester it'll be about the Classical and Romantic periods. I'm pretty much excited.
Tuesday and Thursday I'll get up at seven and go to work (I'm hoping), then straight to my Curricula and Theory for Adolescents class from 10-11:50. Then I'll go to my science methods course from 12-1:50. After that, on either Tuesday or Thursday I'll TA Piano Class for an hour. On the other one I'll be volunteering to read to children for a couple hours.
Sundays I'll have Russian Tea from 4-5. Since everyone is either graduating or studying abroad next semester, I've decided that I'm going to be in charge of the cooking for Russian Tea. I don't really know anything about how to cook Russian food but I can read recipes so I'm not too worried. Plus I just like cooking. And then I'll have band from 6:30 to 8. Though we're hoping to change the time to some evening during the week. That would be pretty sweet too.
I'll also need to figure out when I will be having my piano and organ lessons. Also, I might be giving piano lessons next semester. There is for sure one student who I've been asked to teach as well as possibly two more. And then I may also be adding some more work shifts. I'm planning to still work in food service at least twice a week, but I am also hoping to get some hours in the music department. The hours there are a bit more sporadic, however.
I hope I haven't forgotten anything. I was thinking of adding piano ensemble too, but I think that would be overkill. Especially since I'll have to do homework and eat and sleep and stuff. Haha.
Over the summer I'm hoping to get a job. I know daddo was all for the temp agency and that's likely to be what I'll end up doing. I also wanted to take piano lessons over the summer. Oh, and somehow afford a car. I suppose that's where the job comes in. I also need to take the Praxis I at some point. I feel so busy. I'm not sure how well I'll be able to juggle everything but I think that only taking classes that I'm excited about will help. Then again, I was really excited for my French Lit class and that hasn't turned out so well. On the plus side, the semester is almost over and I'm taking an indefinite leave of absence from the French department.
For next spring I'm going to see if the school will let me take 5.5 units. That's a little crazy but I want to take my last theory, 20th century music history, my remaining two methods courses for EDYS (math and social studies), and my final science for my EDYS major. I'm hoping to take Physics of Music. And then I'll be taking lessons and an ensemble for my .5 credits. It would potentially be overkill, especially with trying to work and still giving lessons and volunteering, I'm assuming, but then I would have all my requirements for my EDYS major out of the way with two more full credits to go for my music major. And I could probably get both of those out of the way in the fall. It'd be pretty much awesome.
So that's where my head has been for this past week. I don't know when exactly we'll learn about our schedule for next semester but I'm really excited to get going on it. Only one month left of school. I'm definitely ready for the semester to be over, if only to be done with my French class. Speaking of, I should go finish writing a paper for that class. Sadday.
Happy Easter! :)

<3 Katy

Walking on sunshine.

I am ridiculously excited about my upcoming semester. I don't really have time to talk about it right now, especially since I'm not entirely sure of my schedule, but I'm pretty much REALLY REALLY EXCITED right now. So I thought that talking about how excited I am for a little bit would help me finally settle down to get some homework done. I mean, seriously. I'm SO excited. It's going to be epically awesome. I will be so busy I'll have to decide between food and sleep, but it will be so great. Ahh!!!!
Okay, I need to go write a paper for French now. I'll post my schedule when I hear back about my classes.
:)

Love,
Kate

Barely on the map.

Some thoughts from the past few weeks:

Spring is elusive.
Sleep is also elusive.
Reading poetry in French is very, very confusing. It makes you completely rethink how you pronounce everything.
Spring is really, really elusive.
Now that I'm not trying to major in French, I'm not sure what classes to take.
I have a lot of tea in my possession.
I have taken the first step towards becoming a crazy cat lady: I already have some names picked out for my first two. This may be a problem. :)
Sometimes I'd really rather not work on figuring out my life. Can't someone just do it for me? Responsibility is definitely not all that it's cracked up to be.
I miss my long hair.

I think that about does it in terms of an update.
Pretty much.

<3

Really?

I know I said that I wanted winter to be done, but do we really need all of this grey? Grey was one of the biggest problems that I had with winter. But the grey is melting the snow, so I suppose life is good. Better, anyways.

Just call me Bo-Peep.

I'm going to learn how to knit mittens.
And socks.


Updated wish list:
A heck of a lot of sheep.
A bigger lawn.

The sooner the better.

I want winter to go away.
Now.

Envisioning the world as a Venn-Diagram of communication and understanding.

I'm alive!
I guess that's pretty much it, for now.

Okay, after not posting for so long I suppose I can do a brief outline of the semester thus far.
After re-declaring my major (bye-bye French, hel-loo music) I've had to completely rethink my plan for the next two years. That being said, this semester I'm in two education courses, Character of French Lit and Music Theory I. Which is like math. And therefore awesome. Actually, since I'm planning on taking a break from French for a while, I might have an opening to take calc. Which would also be awesome. Mmmm, math. I miss it. I'm not looking forward to the second science class I'll need to take, however. Though pretty sure that getting into Physics of Music shouldn't be that bad since I a) know the professor and 2) it's relevant to both of my majors. Lucky me. :) Haha.
I'm working twice as much this semester as last semester (still in food services blehhhh) but I've brought home my first paycheck. $197.56. I'm so proud of my life. :)
Getting up at seven every morning (except the weekends. And I let myself sleep in until 8 on Tuesdays) has been a lot harder than I expected. I've tried different bedtimes but that doesn't seem to have much to do with it. I think it's just the getting up at seven that's the problem. Luckily, next year I'll have an 8:45a class both semesters, so I get to get up at 8. Which is much more do-able.
On another note, my rooming situation has changed. I began the year in a triple with Maya (my roommate from last year) and Jamie (a mutual friend). Maya and I were having a few difficulties throughout last semester, unfortunately, and now she has moved into SPIEL. (I really don't know what that stands for but it's the substance free housing.) So Jamie and I have these two awesome rooms to ourselves. We did some rearranging and now I'm pretty much sleeping in a cave. I love it. I'll get around to posting some pictures eventually.
Also, in a show of roommate bonding-ness, Jamie and I got a goldfish and a snail! They're both boys, named She-Thing and Grover respectively. We also placed Jamie's figurine of E.A.P. in the bowl. He's top heavy so he's upside-down. Because he's sad.
Other than that, life is pretty good. I feel very busy this semester, but it's a good busy. Spring break starts a week from Friday (Um, what? It's still February. Hello?) and I'm definitely looking forward to a brief reprieve from the whole school thing.

One of my New Year's Resolutions was to be more diligent about posting on my blog. It's only taken me 48 days to post, but here's hoping that this will be the first of many.
:)

Love,
Kate

P.S. The title comes from a paper that I wrote. And yes, that line did make it into the final draft.