Hey, everyone! Good day here. You?
I was up late last night studying for a test I had in my 8am class this morning (after finishing theory homework that took longer to complete than expected), but I woke up early enough to make it to class on time. The test itself was actually pretty easy; to study for this exam, all I really had to do was read through my notes once to get the material back in my head, and then I was set. The only issue I had was with the number of acronyms we had to know for this exam. In education, there’s a a lot of legislation that has been passed that has been shortened to various acronyms. It’s a pain to memorize, so I had a little difficulty answering questions with acronyms, but I still expect a high B at the very lowest on this exam.
Theory and history were both a-okay. No problems there. Afterward, I was free for two hours, during which time I picked up the transcripts that I had ordered, rode my bike to Subway across the street for lunch, talked to my mom on the phone, and just hanging out before band at 1. I’d once again like to emphasize how much better my life is without calculus intruding upon it. It’s beautiful.
Band was nothing special (tired of being taught by TAs instead of our band director; whatever), but choir was lots of fun. It warms my heart to know that our concert is still more than two weeks away, but we’re already doing runthroughs of the full program. I love that we’re so on top of things, and we sound awesome. Sure, it kinda sucks that our director cut one of my favorite songs that we were singing, but we’ve still got the best, so it’s no problem. I’m so excited for the concert; I’m really hoping my parents/grandparents/brother (heck, maybe even a friend or two!) can make it to Lubbock to check it out.
After choir, I called the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang theatre director, John, and asked if I could bring him a form for a recommendation letter for a scholarship I’m filling out. I went to his house, gave him the form, and caught up with him for a few minutes, since the last time I had seen him was closing night of CCBB. It was great to see him! I had horn sectionals at 4, and then I ran with Conner and another guy who tagged along with Conner at around 5:30. Since humans vs. zombies is going on this week and Conner was still alive (at the time; RIP, my friend; don’t eat my brains!), we went off campus to run today, going just down Flint to a couple of parks that had tracks. It was the first time we had gone running since the week before spring break, and it was rough, though for different reasons than anticipated. Instead of my endurance failing me, it was my back; for some reason, it started hurting a lot. Maybe it was because of my running posture, who knows, but it was fine as soon as I stopped running. Don’t worry about me; I’ll figure out what I’m doing that’s causing pain, and I’ll make sure I don’t do it.
I came back to the room after running, and Andrew and I decided to treat ourselves to dinner at Chili’s for tonight. I asked Andrew when he wanted to go eat, and he replied with “We will have dinner at dusk.” So we waited until right before sunset and then left for dinner, just for Andrew. It was great to eat a full non-fast food meal for the first time since spring break, especially after living on spicy chicken sandwiches, instant mac and cheese, and cereal.
After dinner, we ran by Walmart to get some more milk for our room, and I also grabbed some Reeses eggs and a couple of packs of gum for snacking purposes. All good decisions. When we got back to the room, we put on the Bourne Ultimatum (we didn’t finish the other day) and watched that. I love the Bourne movies. 🙂 I think that Andrew really enjoyed the trilogy as well. Once the movie was over, we watched only one episode of Fresh Prince before Andrew hit the hay. As for me, I’m typing this up, of course, and then I plan on taking a quick shower and reading for a while. Good times.
Yesterday, the new Back to the Future: The Game episode was released, Episode 3: Citizen Brown. I finished it last night at around 9ish, and I’ve gotta, say, it’s the best one yet. This one connected to me on a more emotional level than the previous two; I can’t say too much without giving away the plot. But it’s fantastic. Again, I’m super excited for the next one! I teased Mom and Granna about how they should buy me the new Jurassic Park game from the same company to help me pass the time while I wait for the next BTTF episode, and maybe even Portal 2 as well, since it’ll probably be out before the next BTTF episode. We’ll see. 🙂
Anyway, that’s all for tonight. Goodnight, everyone! Sleep well!
Chad
P.S. – MercyMe song of the day: “A Million Miles Away”. Undone.