Well hey there two months later blog. It certainly wasn't a lack of activity in my life that has kept me from updating. More like a settling into a routine. I have 8 more days of class before my first semester of my DMA is complete. After that I have 2 finals to take, two days of juries to listen to, and then grading. After that I have some singing to do and then I get to come home to the 'Cuse and see peeps I haven't seen in nearly 5 months. Thinking of how far away Christmas is makes this next month seem SOOO LOOOONG.
So let's see. My first semester has been mind blowing. To be as concise as possible, I'm singing better than I ever thought possible, I have already made some lifelong friends, my teaching is improving every day, I'm learning and fine tuning a lot in my classes, and I'm being cast in the operas. In February we are doing "Help! Help! The Globolinks!" by Menotti (I'll wait while you process that and likely check the googler.) It's a children's opera and I play Madame Euterpova, an overly dramatic music teacher who has a thing for the Dean. It's a lot of fun. This show is double cast and my cohort is incredible. We have a ton of fun in every rehearsal and she makes this process so much more fun than it already is. We also cast our Spring opera which goes up in April. We're doing Massenet's "Cendrillon" which is Cinderella and I was cast as Cinderella. Which is just awesome. This one is not double cast currently so I think the plan is I will not get sick. Ever. At all. It's going to be intense because the two shows will overlap for a couple weeks but if I'm being honest, I'm really excited about the prospect. It's going to be a taste of the professional world, sort of. I mean, it's still very academic and all but being involved with multiple productions at the same time I think will be pretty cool. Now, we'll see what I say when February rolls around but for now, I will enjoy my excitement.
Other than this I am really looking forward to heading back to Nashville for Thanksgiving break. Fall break took forever to arrive, and Thanksgiving seems to have snuck up on me as it was so recently Halloween I'm not entirely sure what happened. But my body and brain are telling me they need a break. This semester has not been nearly as stressful as many others I've put myself through, but there are all sorts of different levels of stress that are taking a different toll on me. Mostly it revolves around being away from the family. I'm just not used to it. As I said, I have made some incredible friends. I think that is a large part of why the time is flying. :) But sometimes I wish I moved down with someone. Or was close enough to go home for a break. I simply know that next year and in years to come I have to budget smartly in order to have money for flights for these things. I'm using my JetBlue rewards card again so hopefully I can start racking up points for miles. My point is, 5 months (really, 3 months) is too long to go w/o seeing my family. For the time being I have to accept that and make sure that never happens again. I see no problems with this. The longer I'm here, the more settled everything gets, the more routine and into this degree I get, I know will likely impact my feelings on this matter, but for now, I stand by what I said.
So I'm really tired and kind of waiting until it's an appropriate time to go to bed. I think I'm nearly there. I'll try to update more frequently mostly to keep you northerners up to date on the goings-on of life in Greensboro, but I make no promises.
Oh, one more thing. It was in the 40's this week and the number of winter coats and hats and gloves was incredible. I may bring the gloves out soon because my fingers are incessantly cold, but I see no need for a winter coat so I still rock the fall jacket. And I laugh openly at silly southerners. This, too, shall likely change the longer I'm here but for now I love it!
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