College Party!!

Well, things are getting slightly better. I'm starting to handle things a little better. ish. I'm finding that in Music Theory, I'm not doing so bad for not having much experience in the category, and there are people in there struggling as much as, and more than I am. Sight Singing has eased up significantly and dictation is fine.

Last night we had a party for the Philharmonic orchestra. This was the first time the orchestra has had a start-of-the-year party for everyone to get to know each other. This guy in the violin section has parents with a cabin up the canyon in sundance, so he hosted it. It was sooooo much fun!!! It was absolutely beatiful up there. Their cabin is about a 5 minute's walk from Stewart Falls (which we went and saw), and it's nice and roomy. Lots of people came and we all had a blast. We all just brought a bunch of food to share and we mixed and mingled. lol. I'm really glad they had the party, because it makes such a huge difference in an orchestra when you know each other. It makes you better musicians, you are able to work better together, and it makes the whole experience more amazing. I've made a personal decision to not ever do homework on Sundays. Last week I had a lot to do, and a test in Music Theory the next day that I wasn't ready for, and I really struggled with what to do. I had worked really hard nonstop that week doing homework and practicing, but still wasn't able to finish everything. It was easy to justify studying because I felt like there wasn't anything I could have done to have finished everything, but I prayed about it a lot that day, and decided that it was a sacrifice that I want to make. One thing I really want to focus on here is keeping the sabbath day holy in every way I can. By staying dressed up, not doing studying or practicing, and doing Sunday-worthy activities, because sooo many people here don't. I know it's a personal decision, kinda like the caffeine thing and such, and I know it's probably not a horrible sin to change clothes on sunday, but I figure the Lord has done sooo much for me. I know I'll never be able to repay him, but I think I can at least give him something back with little sacrifices of committment. This is one of them for me, and it's a big deal to me so I know it will be a big deal to Him. Anways, so I'm missing the football game today so that I can get a bunch of stuff done like cleaning, practicing and studying because tonight we have Relief Society conference and there's a dinner for our ward of girls before hand. After the conference, Robert is taking me on a date! I'm so excited. It's a surprise. We usually just spend our time "together" practicing, doing music theory, and going to the library to do our Book of Mormon studying, so it's really nice to actually do something fun every once in a while. We try to sneak that in at least once on the weekends. well, I better go so I can get all of that stuff done. I love y'all!