I just got back from the Chamber Music Weekend thingie up in Collegedale, TN. It was interesting. The whole thing is run by Seventh Day Adventists, so Andrew Kang and I had meat twice during the three days. They are generally very conservative people, so I couldn't "express" myself the way I usually do. I played lots of chamber music that I had not played before. Here's a few that I really liked: Mendelssohn piano trio, Brahms and Dvorak viola quintets, Borodin quartet and Faure piano quartet (sorry, I don't remember the numbers for them). The thing that surprised me the most about this weekend was my improvement in sight-reading. I don't remember sight reading as well as I did this weekend...or maybe everyone around just sucked (I kid, I kid).
Anyways, my parents are very, very close to selling the restuarant. The only thing that's keeping it from being bought is the wording of something in the contract. Man, I feel like this process has been way too complicated. The people that are wanting to buy are being so demanding and sometimes unreasonable. Geez...
Wow..I'm tired.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Monday, June 13, 2005
So here are a couple things that happened this week:
1) I house-sat for Cathie (my co-op from student teaching). It was interesting because I don't really consider myself great with animals, and I had to animal-sit as well (she has two cats and two dogs). She has a pool, but it was too cold to go swimming, and just being there without my parents and my sister was really nice.
2) My parents sold the restuarant. Yay!! This is (kinda) what we've been praying for years. I'm so happy for them. Now, we just have to find something else they can do to bring in money.
3) Andrew's friends, Rachel and Minho, got married (to each other). I missed the wedding because I had to take the stupid Praxis (again), and I got to the reception just in time to see them drive off. So basically, I got all dressed up for nothing. I wore my little black dress to take the damn test and everything. But that night, I got to see them because all the groomsmen and the couple went to Jillians to bowl and drink. Yeah, Andrew's friends drink a lot. Two of them got so drunk that they peed on a wall outside of Jillards, and one of them got arrested for not signing the papers for the citation that they got. Isn't that lovely? Those assholes at Jillians...I'm never going back.
4) I took the Praxis (again). Just the lesson plan part. It was MUCH better than last time. Hopefully I passed, and I don't have to spend another $90 to take the damn thing.
1) I house-sat for Cathie (my co-op from student teaching). It was interesting because I don't really consider myself great with animals, and I had to animal-sit as well (she has two cats and two dogs). She has a pool, but it was too cold to go swimming, and just being there without my parents and my sister was really nice.
2) My parents sold the restuarant. Yay!! This is (kinda) what we've been praying for years. I'm so happy for them. Now, we just have to find something else they can do to bring in money.
3) Andrew's friends, Rachel and Minho, got married (to each other). I missed the wedding because I had to take the stupid Praxis (again), and I got to the reception just in time to see them drive off. So basically, I got all dressed up for nothing. I wore my little black dress to take the damn test and everything. But that night, I got to see them because all the groomsmen and the couple went to Jillians to bowl and drink. Yeah, Andrew's friends drink a lot. Two of them got so drunk that they peed on a wall outside of Jillards, and one of them got arrested for not signing the papers for the citation that they got. Isn't that lovely? Those assholes at Jillians...I'm never going back.
4) I took the Praxis (again). Just the lesson plan part. It was MUCH better than last time. Hopefully I passed, and I don't have to spend another $90 to take the damn thing.