The Marriage of Figaro

Last weekend mom and dad came up for conference and we attended both afternoon sessions (Jason came because we had an extra ticket). It was such a wonderful conference. The Spirit was so strong and I learned a lot. Something that really stuck out at me was when Elder Eyring spoke about the journal he has kept of the Lord's hand in his life and the lives of his family, and this being a way to recognize and remember what the Lord has done for you. I think it's a wonderful way to keep your baptismal covenants to "always remember him". It also reminds me of Elder Bednar's talk about looking for the tender mercies of the Lord in your own life. So anyways, I'm going to "experiment upon the word" by recognizing and recording the tender mercies of the Lord in my life.

The School of Music is doing Mozart's opera, The Marriage of Figaro, and performances start this week. I'm so excited! Minus the terrible physical pain brought about by playing in the pit for 3 hours, it's really cool to be a part of the opera. I had a rehearsal Friday night, a dress rehearsal Saturday night, and I'm playing in the performances on Thursday and Saturday night (and I want to go see it Friday night). Meanwhile, the time of midterms is upon us. Luckily since I'm a music major I only have two for my only non-music classes: New Testament and the Living Prophets.

My practicing has greatly improved. I started out this semester practicing an hour and a half or 2 a day, but for the past 2 weeks I've been up to 3 hours a day. The requirement is 3 and my goal for this semester is 3-4, so I'm pretty happy about that. Well, I think that's about all I've been up to: Opera, practicing, living in the HFAC doing stuff with the roommies and Jason, and going to classes. Life is good.