As it's been over a month since my last post, I have quite a bit of updating to do.
All during February and March, I was becoming overwhelmed with... well... everything. Although I was doing well in my Japanese and math classes, it seemed to be too much. Homework piled up along with various other things in my schedule. Yet, my faithful friends and family stuck by me like bugs on fly paper (even though I was not very pleasant). After much encouragement (and a little chocolate), I made it through Winter term and I still managed to scrape an A in both classes. What a relief. :)
I also just finished another great year of Shakespeare's Greatest Hits. It's a Christian homeschooling group of students grades 6-12 who put on two Shakespeare plays every year. This was my 3rd year in the program. We performed Henry V and Taming of the Shrew. As always, this has been a great experience. I've learned more about myself and my fellow actors as I do every year.
And speaking of acting, I am trying out for a play at the end of this month. Chemeketa is performing Alice's Adventures Underground this Spring. I am to try out for the main part of Alice. I don't need to memorize a monologue, but it might come in handy. I was going to memorize something from Our Town, but I seem to have lost my copy of that play. That could be a problem...
Anyway, moving on.
St. Patrick's Day was a few days ago... I completely forgot about it. I didn't wear green. I feel rather sad that I missed the chance to wear all the same color without people giving me funny looks. The shirt that I wore (luckily) did have a little bit of green on it. Though I wore my blue sweatshirt over it which resulted in a pinch from my Grandmother.
I've been busy with my music. I've written another song on the piano which gives me a total of six for that instrument. I still haven't written any of them down... they are all in my head. One of these days I'm going to forget one and it will be lost forever. I will grieve for it as if it died. So I should write them down (although I probably won't... darn procrastination...). I've been working on my guitar playing too. I learned how to play Blackbird, by The Beatles. I enjoy that one. I also wrote my own song on the guitar last night. I don't know what chords I'm playing. It's really just a bunch of random finger picking. I don't know how to write it down so there is no hope for me there. I'll just have to play it endlessly so I won't forget it (which will result in my family getting tired of it). If you'd like to know the name of the song and the lyrics, leave a comment on this post and I'll drop you an email.
Anyway, I think that just about sums up what I've been doing since my last post.
Tell me if my life is too dreary and I'll see what I can do to spice it up. ;)
What ever goes on in your life; enjoy all that goes on... plus more!
