I am terribly sorry for not keeping up with this blog like I should. As you can imagine, life has been INSANELY CRAZY these past two months. I shall inform you all of what has transpired in the last few months, in order:
April: preparing for final performances, planning the wedding, etc. A relatively normal month, until it got to April 28.
April 28: tech rehearsal for the faculty dance concert.
April 29: Student Awards Banquet, where I was awarded Dance Student of the Year for Kingwood college.
April 30: dress rehearsal for the faculty dance concert.
May 1: Faculty dance concert, which was AMAZING!!!!!
May 2: Opening night for the Chamber Showcase. Last spring, the music department put on a showcase of sorts featuring people from the music department singing songs or playing instruments (or both at the same time) in order to raise money for our mini-tour/retreat we take at the end of the spring and fall semester.
May 3: Last night of the Chamber Showcase. At this point, I started noticing my throat feeling a little sore, but I was still able to sing, so I drank my water and did my two acts.
May 4-5: wake up with no voice, coughing my lungs out and barely able to breath. Yep, go figure; I had tired my body out completely from the week I had just gone through.
May 6: after seeing a doctor, getting some shots and being prescribed 3 different drugs, I sound better, am able to talk and not coughing as much but I still don't know how I'll sound on my voice jury tomorrow.
Which brings us to the present day. Also on May 5, I found out that I have been accepted to Sam Houston State University, where I will pursue my bachelors degree in Theatre with Emphasis in Acting and Directing... unless things don't work out for me there. See, I've been making some career backup plans, just in case theatre ends up not being my calling. And I've decided that, if theatre doesn't work out, I will either audition again for the musical theatre department, or go with dance, or maybe even possibly music therapy, which I have strongly considered, since that is a growing field right now.
Basically, life is going exactly the way I want it to right now. I say right now, because life has this funny way of jumping out from behind the couch and saying "SURPRISE MOTHERF*****!!!!!" (Note: sorry for the cuss word, but I couldn't resist hahaha). Like I said, things are going great now. With only 4 weeks to finish everything for the wedding, though, I'm starting to become a nervous wreck; I still feel like there's a lot that hasn't gotten done yet, but I know in reality that's not true, because now it's just the minor details, like getting my hair done and making sure my dress fits after the alterations (they had to take in my dress at the waist because the dress was starting to fall down because of all the heavy tulle and fabric at the bottom. I freaked out and have been ultra paranoid about the foods I put in my mouth lately, because I can't afford to lose any more or gain any more.
I will be hopefully getting a job this summer in order to help save up more money for Eric and I to get our own place once I go to Sam in the fall. It's weird; there's a lot of change happening right now, but it doesn't feel as overwhelming as I thought it would. It feels... right. I will miss my friends and teachers at Kingwood so much, but I know this is where I am supposed to go. I need to move on. In the words of Idina Menzel, "It's my turn to be brave."
There is this one song that recently came out. Michael Buble (SO MUCH SEXINESS!!! ok, fangirl moment over HAHA!) Not only is it a fun song to jam out to in the car, but it does have an underlying meaning for me. Here, why don't you take a listen? Maybe you'll figure it out for yourself :-)
P.S. I would like to dedicate this song to a certain someone. He knows who he is. You thought you had won? Well, think again!
