Today was the exact opposite: interesting, but not as productive as it could've been.
First of all, I had a voice lesson again today! Despite not going in in a while, I'm really proud of how much I've improved since the beginning of the year. The song I'm working on is coming along really nicely, and the warm ups that I do with my teacher are getting easier to do. It's also getting easier to realize when I'm not doing something quite right. Yay!
After that, I met up with the lovely Paulina to hang out and for lunch! We hung out in the Campus Center for food and talking, and I followed her to her classroom for a little bit so she could turn in a final paper. Then, we went back to the Campus Center and played with dogs!!!
Dogs must be really big stress relievers. USC keeps bringing them on campus to help everybody out!!! Also, they were HUGE dogs.
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| They're GIANT. Like.. bear dogs!! But really soft :) |
I feel kind of bad for not being super stressed about finals right now... I know I will be next week, and especially after this weekend... but I have so many empty days until my finals hit! I'm really wishing I could've had them more evenly spread out... or at least have gotten to get them over with sooner during the finals weeks... I'm just getting anxious for both finals and Christmas break waiting around like this, trying to study!!!
Anyways, after I hung out with Paulina, I came back to my dorm room to study... Well... That didn't really happen.
Jinny took a nap, since she didn't get much sleep last night... and the entire time she was sleeping, I watched performances of Pentatonix. Particularly, their journey through "The Sing Off." So... I watched Pentatonix for a good 2-3 hours... I couldn't help it!!! They're so amazing!!!
This performance in particular gave me a physical reaction... Like... I can't even handle the beauty. AAAHH.
Gorgeous. I can't get over it. I love it. Seriously. They're 5 absolutely incredible individuals. I adore all of their voices and I love their overall sound and their personalities seem so sweet!!! And this is acapella, folks. No music. Wow.
ANYways. Jinny woke up, then kicked me out of the room for a bit so she could wrap Christmas presents. Then Jinny, Kate, Kieryn, Sneha, and I had our gift exchange, since Kieryn is leaving tomorrow!!!
I have such kind and generous friends. Among my gifts were loose-leaf tea and a strainer, a really nice pomegranate lotion set, a coloring book, one of the books that Kieryn wrote, and a leaf brooch from Lord of the Rings!!! Isn't that so sweet?? I love all of it!! :)
I went to dinner with Jinny and Kieryn afterwards at Parkside, which was lovely, then got to Facetime my sister Melissa for a while!!! Then, Jinny and I gave our RA Hannah her Christmas gifts, and talked to her for a while. We also convinced her to watch The Avengers tonight, since she doesn't have any more finals or projects until Monday, and has all weekend to work on them. That girl works so hard!! She needs a break!
And now... here I am again. Listening to Pentatonix, realizing how late at night it is right now, and trying to figure out how I'll be more productive tomorrow.
Today's been a good day. Maybe less Pentatonix tomorrow though. As amazing as they are, I probably should've been studying during that time... but it was time enjoyed. They make me happy. :)
Fight on, friends.
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