A Little Rambling

Though I generally do not consider myself a fearful person, there were many ideas that crossed my mind when starting today's entry. I am afraid I will be single forever. I have an irrational fear of pool vacuums. Actually, I am afraid of most anything underwater. I am afraid I will never get married - wait, did I mention that already? I am afraid I may never finish school. Or at least it feels that way. I am afraid of bugs. However, I didn't feel like writing much about those. Well, I thought about the fear of never getting to spend the rest of my life with my true love, but I already know all the cliches and reassurances by heart - and usually believe them - so why waste my breath typing? I am afraid of not playing . Sounds odd, perhaps. But I love to play! And unfortunately, it's not something I get to do often. I'm not talking about board games or toys or with my kitten. I'm talking person to person - grown-up to grown-up - playing. When we're little, ...

I don't know that I can pick one picture to be my favorite, so we'll share several here. :) First, this is Larissa - and this picture sums her up in SO many ways. (Sorry to whoever took it, I just stole it from FB) Larissa is one of the most exciting people I know - never a dull moment. Even when she naps all the time, anywhere, at a moment's notice. She is wild and fun and full of life and love and energy. She's also passionate about music and using it to serve her Creator. I suppose this picture could be a close call for a favorite - the look of mischief on her face is just too classic. I have so many memories of camping with her, from babyhood onward. It's one of the things I miss most in life! We've known each other since birth and have had great fun growing up to be bestest best friends - generally known as twins. We are 11 months apart to the day, and even though I'm older, I somehow ended up as Twin #2. I'm also shorter! (and shorter than...

I'll give you one guess where this blog post is about. If you didn't guess it, you don't know me very well. When I was 18, I moved to Germany. You can read about half the story here . Unfortunately, the first 6 months of the blog somehow got erased, which is really, terribly sad. If you don't feel like digging through all that, I have a nifty little photo book that condenses everything that I'd love to share with you! I miss Germany, a LOT. (Every time I say a lot - even though I say it correctly, I can't help but think of the Alot . Enjoy.) I miss speaking in German. I miss small village life. I miss going to the bakery every day. I miss driving my Smart car. I miss cobblestone streets and walking everywhere. I miss the gorgeous weather. I miss the quiet. I miss the history. I miss the Festaburg. I miss the people. Oh my. Unexpected side effect to this blog - I am now desperately homesick for Germany. What I wouldn't give to go back! I mis...

I should be doing theory homework, but staying up a little later to do it won't hurt because - I can sleep in tomorrow! Not only is my first class canceled, but I do NOT have to report for jury duty! That means I don't have to wake up extra early, don't have to miss my voice lesson, (don't get to miss class), and don't have to miss work. YAY. Although I should still go in early to get my Mac literacy classwork done...sigh. But still, no ear training! So...favorite movies. There are several, I believe. And they are in no particular order. The Lord of the Rings - all three of them. I am horribly embarrassed to admit how long it has been since I've managed to watch them all without falling asleep. But I own all three extended versions and have seen every second of extra material available. The music is enthralling. The images are breath-taking. The adaptation, while occasionally frustrating to a Tolkien purist, is still fairly phenomenal. Down Periscope...

missed a day - my bad! I had a great idea for posting yesterday - a picture of me, Austin, J.D., Rebekah, and Marc on our Firefly night, cause that definitely made me happy! Unfortunately, I didn't get the picture. These girls, however, always make me happy.

It's Friday! My tests are over! The benefit of having Friday tests in two classes is not having weekend homework in either of those classes. :) Also, this sugar thing is apparently a problem. Let me show you what I've eaten today... Started off with my favorite morning drink - raspberry/pomegranate juice mixed with soymilk. Then there was Einstein's with Rebekah, at which I had a cheese bagel and shared this delicious strawberry white chocolate muffin. When I came home, my sister decided to bake cupcakes - for reasons unknown. After she was done, she insisted I try one, so I did. It was fabulous. However, she made two different kinds, so she insisted that I try another. I tried to refuse, but she won me over in the end, and I ate half of the other kind. Tonight, I went to a voice recital, and there were cupcakes after. I was going to resist, having eaten almost nothing but sugar all day, but they sparkled. As previously discussed, I just can't resist glittering ...

To relate this to my last blog, I'm sitting here polishing off the box of Samoas I bought from a couple tiny girl scouts outside Fry's a few weeks ago. :) It's a good end to studying for my drop-the-needle music history test and my I-don't-understand-any-of-this 20th century music theory test. My family is wonderful. So wonderful, in fact, that I find them difficult to put into words. Instead, I am going to make this primarily a photo journal of my family. And because I love pictures so much, it's going to be limited to Dad, Mom, and Elisabeth. If I added extended family, the blog would never end. So here goes! Okay, so I lied. Here's everyone! Well, everyone minus me. I was in Germany. And this was right before Scott's wedding, so Melissa's not in the picture, either. But this is the fam! MY FAMILY I love my family. We're a fun group. We love to camp. We used to go every year for 10 days with our best friends. We were really cute back then....