Ok, so, I feel like I might be doing a lot of these updates. But it’s all good because it makes me feel more settled to write about stuff. (I may not always publish these... some might be just for me.)
Choir was awesome on Tuesday. We worked on a couple of pieces... I had spent time learning my parts in the afternoon so I was able to sing “Loch Lomond” pretty much without music and most of “In Remembrance”. :) We looked at a new piece but didn’t do anything more than speak the rhythms. The composer of the piece is Brent Pierce which makes me wonder if it’s the B.P. I know or if there is more than one composer with that name...? The director let the soprano and alto sections go a few minutes early... As we were leaving she assigned us a section we haven’t done yet to learn by today. I was almost out of the door when she was breaking down the three female parts (I was under the impression I’m singing alto, specifically second, so I wasn’t really paying attention) and she listed who was singing the middle part and when she said, “Erin,” I looked around and was wondering who the other Erin is... She looked directly at me and said, “oh! I forgot... I’m moving you!” So... I went from sitting 14th in a section of 14 females to sitting approximately 7th. I’m not complaining! :D
Tuesday night, I went to karaoke at the college pub. O. M. G. So, I ended up sitting by myself (which I was ok with) and these two (maybe) 18 year old girls who were in little plaid skirts, stupid high heels (which neither could walk in) and wearing WAY too much make-up asked if they could sit with me. I said yes but spent most of the time BB messaging Tanya. :) I only did one song... The Queen’s rookie soccer squad was there and almost all of them were singing. I decided not to stay for a second song when a few things happened:
1. The “rotation” started to get longer and longer and longer but there were people who were singing twice or three times. *argh*
2. There was a TON of dead air space while the host debated with the person whose friends had written them down for a song without them knowing and didn’t want to sing alone or didn’t like that song, etc., etc., etc. *rolling eyes*
3. When I went to find out where I was in the rotation, they couldn’t find me... Oh wait! Because they had piled the slips into one large pile and then when they separated them back out, mine were under someone else’s. *ugh!*
AND....
4. When they DID find me and I was told where I was in the rotation, somehow I was further down the rotation than I had been the first time and there were technically LESS singers ahead of me. *WTF???*
I got there around 9:15, they started around 9:30 and when I left at 11:30 they were just starting the second rotation... In case no one got this; I miss Glenn, Todd and Kat! I’m going to try to find somewhere else to go in town... Otherwise, I may be road-tripping to Calgary midweek sometime to sing! Anyway, I was really annoyed so I went home, played Farm Town and Restaurant City for a while and then went to see Ryan.
Wednesday started ok... Piano lab was fun, we worked on “too” in lecture (it’s a music thing, it’s a way of saying half notes...) and played our recorders... We now know BAG and... E! :) All of those years of clarinet finger positions have got to be good for something! :D Dance class was awesome and I’m debating taking either a Jazz or Hip-Hop class (I don’t think I’m quite “street” enough for the second) outside of school. However, if I take them through campus recreation they are $30 for the semester as opposed to more expensive through a dance studio. Now, this is where my day fell apart...
Between my dance and math classes, I ran into the Student Finance office to find out the status of my student loan. It was rejected (I don’t want to go into it right now but the short version is that I’m working on appealing it... it has to do with the after effects of my surgery and finances afterwards...) and when I asked for clarification, I was given a copy of a letter that has been mailed to me in Calgary as of Sept. 10 but I have yet to see it. Anyway, I ran to get to math but by the time I got there I was upset about the loan stuff and out of breath from running. I stopped outside the classroom and tried to breathe and proceeded to hyperventilate so I ended up going outside and sitting on the grass and had a mini-meltdown. I called my mom and she talked me out of moving home and saying “eff it!” to school. I didn’t move to Red Deer for no reason! If I didn’t want to be in school, I wouldn’t have moved and I wouldn’t be going to class every freaking day! The reason I mention this is after I tried to call Alberta Learning and couldn’t reach anyone and then Alberta Student Finance and they were closed for lunch I went back to the Student Finance office and ended up talking to a woman that told me that maybe I should rethink whether or not this is financially feasible and whether or not I REALLY need to be here. She then told me that it is possible to make payment arrangements and gave me the name and office number of the lady I needed to talk to. She then told me to “really consider if you should be here before you go sign your life away!” I was LIVID. I immediately went up to Finance to talk to the lady I was supposed to and she wasn’t there. I was in tears and pissed off to the point I was pretty much speechless. I said I’d sit and wait and I did. She got back early and I explained a bunch of things, we called mom, I “signed my life away” and as such, I’m still enrolled and I’m staying. So, “pfft :P” to that dummy in Student Finance!
On a side note, Happy Birthday to all of my friend who have birthday's this week... I probably won't get a chance to comment on all of your FB pages or MSN's...
This weekend Adrienne and Sean are getting married... I’m really looking forward to seeing her, spending time with Ryan, seeing some of my friends and just relaxing! :)
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