Sick

Sorry it's been so long. Sorry to nobody, since that's who reads this. That's right, I just called you a nobody. Feel sorry for yourself. Right now, I'm sitting at the Folks house, next to a toasty warm fire, feeling like there's a wad of cotton in my throat the size of Texas and I just did the hardest workout of my life, which is alot better than I felt yesterday. I am truly the luckiest girl in the world. When Heidi Folks heard I was sick, she drove all the way up to Cedar City to pick me up and take care of me at home. I've been gargling salt water and eating chicken noodle soup and watching movies.

I haven't said anything since I FINALLY started school so I'll try to give a short rundown of my classes.

1) Shakespeare and Adaptation: the basics. You know, how has Shakespeare influenced modern culture and how can each person in the class best show off their extensive knowledge of the subject through the use of adorable puns, quotes, and inside jokes that only theater people get.

2) U.S. Economic History: Not my fave, but a good class to take, and something I need to understand better.

3) Southern Utah Flora: This one doesn't start till March 3rd since there's no flora till about that time. But I am SUPER juiced for this class.

4) Second Band: A concert band that needed a pianist, and I needed a second Ensemble.

5) Concert Choir: I think just about every music major is in this Choir, so it's a good place to make friends.

6) Intro to Music: This class is silly, but kinda fun for me. Another venue for poorly educated children to expose their ignorance. I try to keep my mouth shut and enjoy the music videos.

7) First Year Seminar: Ok don't get me started on this one. There is nothing I hate about Universities more than their hype about having a "good college experience" and "learning how to learn" and "we all want to graduate, don't we?" and, I don't know what all they want from me, but if I didn't know how to learn, I wouldn't be here. I always leave this class both shocked and ashamed of my generation, because the sad thing is, as elementary as the material is, most of the kids there actually don't already understand it. Come on guys. Be a little proactive so your University doesn't have to breast feed you. (I know the expression is "spoon feed," it just didn't seem to embody the disgust I am looking for.)

8) Studio Piano: This is where it gets good. Basically, all the piano majors get together and perform whatever they're working on at the moment. Very inspiring.

9) Individual Applied Piano: Aaaaaaaand this is what I'm here for. Private lessons with Dr. Gliadkovsky- everything I ever dreamed they would be.

10) Recital Attendance: I get credit for going to student recitals, which tend to be either phenomenally great, or absolute torture. It's totally worth going to all of them for the good ones.

In general, I'm having a good time; my roommates are funny, I'm meeting interesting people, and I haven't died from the cold yet, although sometimes when I walk home from school I'm pretty sure my ears will have to be amputated from frostbite.

Ben came to the states for a few weeks, so he and my dad drove up from Phoenix to visit me for a weekend, and also Erik flew into Vegas so they picked him up on the way. We had a good time, but they exposed my poor planning skills for what they are, and I learned that I better do some research before I invite people over, especially when you live in a town where there is absolutely nothing going on other than what you put together yourself. Erik stayed a whole week, so we got in a good hike and saw just about everything there is to see in the area. He turned me on to Verdi, and I suddenly can't get enough, hence the playlist.

Stay classy, San Diego.