Hey all! I’d like to again apologize for the lack of posts lately; I’ve had a variety of different busy things going on that always keep me up too late to have me post at a reasonable hour. But here I am!
I suppose I’ll start with Saturday. I slept late (thank God for not having to set alarms!), waking up first at 11-something and later at 1:30 or so. I got dressed and ready to go for the basketball game, at which I got free food…that’s the best! The game was pretty intense; it was the game against UT, and, though it started out badly for us, it quickly became a very close game…it even went into overtime! Alas, we lost, but it was still lots of fun. From the game, I came back to the room, snacked, changed clothes, and then drove off to the theater for our last performance of the play! I got lots of “we missed you!”s from the cast, including a hug or two, and that made me feel awesome. I wish I had been available to be in Friday’s performance, but choir had been on the schedule since December. The Saturday performance went really well, though! We sold out for our third Saturday in a row, and my voice teacher came to see me! She really enjoyed it; she said she laughed the whole time! When everyone had cleared out, most of the cast went over to one of the cast member’s house for a sort of “party”, where there was wine (don’t worry, I didn’t even look at it, let alone drink any), a deli cracker platter, and pizza. We played a game or two, including Pass the Popcorn, a movie trivia game that I did pretty well with. It was a great night! I’m going to miss being around these people; I had lots of fun with this show, and I’m thankful that I was given the opportunity to be a part of it.
Since I had been out so late on Saturday night, I decided to sleep through church, not waking up until early afternoon again. Andrew and I went to Chipotle for lunch (with me getting my reduced-size meal), and then I hung out for a few hours, eagerly anticipating the Academy Awards! When they finally rolled around, I got my tweeting in gear and had lots of fun; I ended up guessing exactly half of the winners correctly, which is better than I think I did last year. Improvement! I was upset that Viola Davis didn’t win Best Actress, and I was also a little upset that neither Harry Potter nor Moneyball (nor Rise of the Planet of the Apes, for that matter) walked away with any form of recognition, but I won’t complain too much…this IS the Academy we’re talking about, after all. Billy Crystal hosting was a breath of fresh air after last year’s Anne Hathaway/James Franco co-hosting. You can’t go wrong with him! After the shows were over, I studied a bit for my first music history exam of the semester…better late than never, right?
Though I had trouble getting up Monday morning, I made it to all of my classes on time. I’m also fairly confident that I got at least a B on my music history exam, which I’m happy with…hopefully, the next one won’t be the morning after the ONLY awards show I watch (it won’t). My day went fine, with me even squeezing in an hour of practice on my horn that I normally don’t do, so that’s a step in the right direction! That night, I pulled out my Bible and read 1 Peter chapters 1 and 2, proceeding to write in my journal for several pages (with several distractions in-between, of course). By the time I had finished everything I wanted to do with my journal/Bible-reading (I didn’t even have any homework!), it was super late, and I still had to shower! Another late night for me, but it was worth it to be learning more about God. I’m really wanting to get into the habit of spending more time in my Bible, and not just reading…studying and learning, too, which is why I take notes in my journal.
Today was long, and there was a certain element of stress to it as well; my horn professor sent an email to the studio saying to be ready to play the (DIFFICULT) etudes we were to be working on in studio class today. I HAVE been working on them, but they are very hard…I don’t think anyone was quite prepared to play through them. Thankfully, when studio rolled around, he had changed his mind…we still have another three weeks of preparation before we have to perform them for a grade. Practice practice practice!
When I got back to the room after studio, it was about 6:30. I picked up dinner from Sam’s Place and talked to Mom on the phone for a few minutes before pulling out my Bible and reading the passage that we were going to discuss in Bible study tonight: Hebrews 5:11-6:12. I read it and took notes on some notebook paper so that I had stuff to say in the study. I made it over the Chasya’s house (one of my friends from high school), where the Bible study was being held, just after 8. There were about 17 of us there tonight, and we had a good time discussing God’s word for a couple of hours. I’m really liking this Bible study! Glad to not have any conflicts to keep me from going.
Except next week, of course! Next Tuesday evening is our next band concert, after which a few members of Court Jesters is climbing on a bus and departing for the NCAA basketball tournament in Kansas! I’m really looking forward to it! Of course, depending on how the teams do, we may not be returning to Lubbock until Saturday evening, which means that my time spent at home will be a little shorter, but, either way, I’ll still have at least a week in Mesquite for Spring Break.
Now, it’s time to write in my journal, transfer (and add to) my notes over tonight’s Bible-reading, and then get in bed…I don’t anticipate it taking too long.
Goodnight!
Chad
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