(Amen.)
So today I slept in till 8:30. (aaaand I'm an adult.) I decided I wanted to see more of Greensboro so I googled "Things to do in Greensboro" and came upon a website that has reviews and top rated activities, and low and behold I've been to 4 of the top 10 already! So I found a new one, a Bog Garden, and decided that would be nice. After finding the damn place, it was indeed lovely. Exactly as a bog should be. Lots of trees and green, some mushy areas you shouldn't walk, a boardwalk, lots of ducks and geese, and a faint smell of... something not good. It was also humid as all get out. Oh my goodness humidity the likes of which you wouldn't believe. It gets humid in Syracuse and I know that and I'm used to that. This is OPPRESSIVE. Sweat just beads up and trickles down, well, everywhere. There is simply no point in trying to do your hair. A seemingly pleasant day becomes unbearable the exact moment you realize the air isn't too hot, but you are a sweaty mess. It sucks, to put it plainly. But the bog was otherwise an enjoyable event.
Apparently we're supposed to get some big storm between 2-4 today and I heard it thunder and took two successive pictures of a beautiful sun-shiney scene followed immediately by death in the form of storm clouds, but as of yet it's still sunny at Lincoln Green. I postponed my practice because I'm hoping to avoid being out in the storm. Mayhaps the storm will miss this area.
Well getting off topic from the weather, I have been cast in "Help, Help! The Globolinks!" A children's opera by Menotti in which I play Madame Euterpova, the music teacher. Google it. It's a pretty good part with lots-o-high notes so clearly I'm happy. :) I'm looking forward to doing more performing here. I feel that's when you really start to get to know people. So that should be starting sometime next week but the shows aren't until February. It's going to be a more sporadic rehearsal process than normal but hopefully that will keep it from being a stressful one. We shall see.
Um, um, um, um, um... Overall I'm still doing well with homesickness. Last weekend was Jagerday and I certainly missed home during that. Today is Beebs' birthday party and I'd love to be there. But this is all a part of growing up. I can't hang onto everything I loved about home and still be successful while away. As much as I miss it and wish I was there, I am so happy here and so confident I'm doing the right thing, that it simply has to be okay. So I do miss home and my friends and especially my family, but I know it will get easier the longer I'm here because I'll just keep reinforcing that this is the perfect place for me.
Well, I told myself if I were to postpone my practice time I'd have to do something really productive. So now I'm off to go figure out what that might be.
To Do List:
1.
2. Cross off first thing on the To Do List.
3. Realize you've already accomplished two things on the list
4. Reward yourself with a nap (in progress)
Oh, the storm just got here. This was worth waiting for.
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