Well, I'm back at school again. Weekends don't last forever, unfortunately.
Yesterday was difficult though... Waking up after the last night in your own bed for a good month or so, packing everything together, saying goodbye to the siblings... You don't really realize how much you miss home and how special and important it all is to you until you have to leave it. It was really hard to go.... But I needed the break. So I'm glad that I went in the first place.
I had an awesome flight though! Not only got some homework done, but had no one sitting next to me. I got to sprawl out and do whatever I pleased and just relax. That was nice.
Not much happened when I got back to school. I discovered that I forgot my headphones and my retainer at home.... ugh. I had to get myself new headphones today. My orthodontist would be so mad at me if he knew how little I wear that retainer though... He'd probably make me get braces again, so nobody tell him, please.
But I had a lovely surprise in the evening!!! Jinny, Sneha, and Kieryn had a belated birthday present for me. It's the first Hobbit movie!!!!!!!!!! Extended edition!!!!!!! I'm so excited to watch it and very very grateful for it!!!! Hooray!!!!!!
I also got to FaceTime my beautiful sister Melissa, who I miss quite dearly. It was good to talk to her and see her face.
Today... today was interesting.
I slept through my 8am class.... I still feel guilty about this. I know it's not a huge deal, and probably won't make or break my college experience, but I feel awful!!! I shouldn't be missing class, especially when it only meets once a week!!!!
But I've been feeling really crummy all day too, so I guess that's a bit of an excuse. It feels like that cold from last week came back for an encore in full force. Here's the weird part though- I went to the Health Center to get it checked out (cause I felt that blegh), waited an hour to be seen, and was then told that I am absolutely fine and there is nothing wrong with me.....
Uuuhhh... Ok....
I told this to a couple other people later in the evening who also had colds, and their response was, "Oh man, never go to the Health Center." Basically, they don't know what they're talking about. I think the lesson learned here is only go there if you've got a lot of concrete evidence in your body that you have some sort of disease. But at the same time, they've been right before... I don't know who to trust.
Anyways, tonight was the first rehearsal of Fortinbras!!! I love it already. The cast is perfect, the director is super nice, and the crew is awesome. We read through the whole play once, then got to have a big Q&A session about the show, our characters, our casting (yes, even our casting! Our director was really open with us, which was so nice), and any other particulars we were confused on. The director's name is Jen, by the way. She's really focused on the characters and bringing them to life, no matter how small the role may seem. I'm really stoked to work with her. It's going to be hard work, but it's going to be great! I can't wait for the next rehearsal tomorrow night!!
I also spent a lot of today working on my Scene Study scene! It's from a One act called Laundry and Bourbon, and I play Hattie. She reminds me a lot of my grandma (on my mom's side), which makes her a ton of fun for me to play and explore. Elizabeth is played by Francesca, who I'm very happy to be working with. We're getting some good ideas, and I'm enjoying myself thusfar.
We worked this evening in Francesca's dorm room, since her roommate was out, and I have to say that I feel a tad cheated by my Pardee dorm room now. She has so much more floor space and closet space, plus more drawers and a nicer wall!!! She doesn't even have the popcorn ceiling!! I'm jealous. I like my little dorm room, don't get me wrong, but still. Dang.
Speaking of housing, I officially have housing for next year! I'll be living in Troy East with Jinny, Jessie, Joyce, and Sarah. Joyce was awesome and had the first housing selection time, so she got us in right where we wanted to be really early in the selection process. Score.
Anywho. This cold requires I sleep. I'm going to do that now.
I really miss home... but I'm getting back in the swing of things. Getting back involved in classes and work will help, but please pray that my stress won't go up again. That nearly did me in last month.
Love you all, and Fight on, friends.
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