Healthy and on a roll! Random updates!

First of all, I wanted to thank everyone for the wishes of good health. I am happy to say that I am 100% recuperated and back in the swing of things. I've officially hit the crazy 4 months of my year, so I may be absent for a bit!

I had jury duty again this week, and I am still pleased with the process. I am making some friendships and even though it's time I could certainly be using for other things, I'm enjoying the change of pace. Back to work tomorrow.

There is something going on within the family that I can't quite announce yet. Please stay tuned, but in the mean time, PRAY! It's not health related, and it has the potential to be great. That's just yet to be determined.

I'm taking the GRE next month. I've taken so many other exams including specific ones for my original Masters. The new program I'm going into wants the GRE so I have to get that done. This is the first time that I've ever experienced any testing nervosa. I've gone as far as to purchase a prep program...that's never even crossed my mind before. Anyway, I feel pretty confident that I will do fine (hopefully better than fine) but I will be sure to fill you in when I get my scores.

Here's the schedule for the upcoming weeks...I won't be offended if you skip right over this (actually I won't have any idea...but if I did, I wouldn't care!)

2/13 State NMASC
2/14 State Bowling
2/15 Church, work and a date
2/16 I'm OFF! Yay!
2/19-2/20 State BPA
2/20-2/21 State Swimming & Diving and State Wrestling
2/27-2/28 State Choir
3/10-3/14 State Basketball
And of course work, school, and social stuff throughout all of that.

Told you the madness has started!

My church has begun a new program that brings community choirs and church choirs together to perform major works. Last week was the first rehearsal of Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Ode to Joy). i'm so excited and it's so great to be singing again. Although I will say that after years of not doing much more than Karaoke, Beethoven's love for soaring sopranos was a bit testing for the first day! I am loving that my voice will be back in shape (there's no other option!) by the time we perform. Yay!!! If anyone's interested, the performance is with the Albuquerque Philharmonic and will take place at 2:00 PM on Sunday March 15th at the Hispanic Cultural Center. It's going to be great! To give you an idea, our choir alone is probably 70 voices strong, and there are at least 2 community choirs joining us, and then the Alb. Phil. Choir. WOW...I can't wait! You won't be able to pick my voice out of this one mom! (She swears she can always hear my voice...even though I tell her that that's not really a good thing when in a choir...oh well)

OK, I'm officially babbling. Hope no one minds that this blog has become my journal. I have given up on the idea of making every post entertaining to the reader. I hope that you enjoy reading them, but if not...at least I got to get it out of my head! Recently thought of an analogy that sums up most of my days...

I can generally liken my head to an air-powered bingo machine and all my "to-do's" to the bingo balls.

I like it! And it really does capture the multi-tasking craziness that is the life I love.

Love you all!