For Having Such an Easy Class Load...
why am I so busy?? This past week has been just one thing right after another with class and work and dress rehearsals and performances and Christmas parties...the list just goes on and on. And as my fellow blogger Stephanie wrote, all-nighters have begun. Before I fell asleep this morning around 3am, I had been up for 41 hours straight. Well, minus a quick accidental nap that happened while watching American Idol Season 3 winner Reuben Studdard in "Ain't Misbehavin" last night on the Emens Auditorium stage. While the music was fun, it was a little static to watch, and being sleep deprived, it was only a matter of time before I dozed! But now that I have officially taken my last class and only have 1 final to worry about, allow me to drift back to last week and elaborate (or ramble is more like it...) a bit more on my busy week.
On Monday, I was a wreck. I had my usual rehearsal schedule with University Singers, but I knew I had a test in my Accounting class. I had missed the week before, and since it is a one-night-a-week class, I had no idea how much I had missed. So I spent a good 6 hours Sunday night and Monday studying for this test...come to find that it was probably the easiest test we had taken thus far. Needless to say I was a bit upset that all my studying and anxiety seem to be for nothing. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I was a substitute teacher back in my hometown of New Castle. I was an elementary P.E. teacher one day and a middle school General Music teacher the next. Then on Thursday the chaos started. This past weekend we had two Christmas performances, one with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and one with all the other Ball State choirs. So Thursday was a rehearsal with the MSO, Friday was substitute teaching and a final dress rehearsal with the MSO, Saturday was a dress rehearsal with the choirs until noon, then the MSO performance that afternoon, Sunday was a final run-through rehearsal with the choirs, the actual performance with the choirs, then the annual University Singers Christmas party. By the time the Christmas party arrived, we were ALL ready for that week to be over. The party was filled with secret santa exchanges, caroling, madlib carols, pictures, and most importantly...FOOD. Jan Richard, an original member of University Singers that hosts the party every year, always has the best array of food available. I didn't eat most of the day in preparation for it! Some of us ended up staying until 11pm and probably would have stayed longer if possible. It was just a perfect ending to a hectic week.
As I had let my camera die, I unfortunately have no photos of my own from this week. I don't really like ending blogs without some kind of visual, so as soon as they become available from others, I may steal a few and throw them up here for your enjoyment! As we come to the end of the semester, best of luck to everyone on your finals and have a great Christmas break!