I can't sleep.

I have "TA training" from 8am-5pm tomorrow.  That sucks ass.  What sucks worse is I can't for the life of me fall asleep.  I would have been okay, I think, but I got an e-mail from my new voice teacher with some updates on how we may approach my repertoire (current and new) and talking about church jobs, and BAM.  I am wide awake and in no mood for sleep.  When I try, I lay here thinking about weekly voice lessons, opera auditions, accompanying, imparting my skills in a whole new state.  The excitement of performance and growth is making sleep a far away notion.  This also tends to happen when I know I have to be up in the morning.  So tomorrow will drag even more so than it would have originally, but I don't care.  I'm going to be singing again REAL soon.  Like, real-real soon. 

I did have a productive day, though.  After reading more of my book I decided to take action and accomplish some school-related tasks.  I successfully found a free parking spot, got my parking permit, walked to the student ID center (across the street from the parking office.  How conVEEEEnient.), meandered over to the music building only taking one minor detour, signed up for some classroom keys for my teaching spaces, and walked back to my car in the most direct path even with my car being nearly on another side of campus.  After all that, I came home and napped on my love seat.  But then I got another suitcase put away after an inspirational talk from my sister, and went to dinner with my upstairs neighbor and her new masters student friend who is also stuck in the god awful training tomorrow.  So we shall suffer together. 

This has been most of my days so far.  Some reading, some unpacking, some laying, some cooking... but I'll soon be adding some studying to that.  I have a couple diagnostic exams next week (tests to see if I need a brush-up course in theory or history) and I'd like to pass those with flying colors because I do NOT want to take a brush-up in anything.  Before I know it, classes will have started and I'll be teaching and learning all at once!  I hope to stay on top of my crap.  I'm really good at making excuses and I'd like to change that about myself.  My hope is that I will be at least one week ahead in my planning for Class Voice, and I'll be caught up with all reading assignments for my courses.  It's achievable, but as a goddess in the heavens of procrastination, this can go downhill fast.  The difference here is I don't have the distractions of home.  I'm not teaching 19 students, planning a history course I've never taught before, music directing shows, teaching private lessons and singing with a church choir whilst trying to maintain a semblance of a social life.  So it should all be just fine. 

Well I guess I'll quit keeping you all from your productive lives simply because I can't sleep.  I can't really call this a blog.  This was more of a catch-up e-mail.  So I shall end it as such.

Love always,
~Bridget