2010 in retrospect...

January...

*Began my 6th semester of college.

*was hopelessly falling in love with a guy that I thought was "the one"

*Hated classes like Classroom Management and SPED

*Loved classes like Brass Pedagogy, Music History, and Conducting

*began working very diligently on my composition in preparation for my senior recital jury

*my nephew, Easton, was born

February...

*Nothing significant or out of the ordinary...for once...

March...

*yet another Percussion Ensemble season of rehearsals began. This was the 30th anniversary of the group.

*busy busy busy with piano, still. began really working up the literature.

April...

*30th anniversary of Percussion Ensemble

*finished what I thought was the final version of my composition

*donated blood.

*experienced extreme sadness upon hearing the news about the mining tragedy in southern WV. I was thankful that my uncle took that day off. He lost all of his crew members and hasn't been the same since...

*everything was going well. Piano was progressing well, classes were progressing well...my romantic relationship was on a great track

May...

*turned 21, celebrated with the boyfriend by going to Morgantown, where I tried my first Indian cuisine, visited a small jewelry shop, had some ColdStone icecream, then went back to Glenville.

*had a senior recital jury....They passed me on everything, but wanted to share their suggestions for my piece. I considered some of them.

*attended a good friend's wedding

*finished the semester and said goodbye to my friends for the summer

June...

*training for Energy Express...I spent a weekend with a friend from college and realized we had more in common than we originally thought

*played piano at another good friend's wedding

*began really working on adding to my composition

July...

*Energy Express. I met a 9-year-old that could read on a 10th grade level. She was amazing, but her parents were unaware of that.

*mostly took a break from piano to let some tendinitis heal

August...

*finished my piece...or did I?

*taught at a very challenging band camp. I had some sort of heat exhaustion that caused extreme chest pain. My resting heart rate was 140 for about a day and a half, then dropped to 120 for a few days, then to 90, then back down to about 70.

*school began again... began the senior recital countdown

*donated blood

*began my last season of marching band

September...

*babysat for my band director and his wife, while she was in the hospital having their 3rd child

*still stressfully counting down until the recital

*rode in the front of an ambulance when a fellow student broke his ankle.... that was BAD.

*studied for my biology class and liked it a little bit...

*"finished" my piece (yeah right)

October...

*attempted to donate blood, but my iron was too low

*celebrated my oldest nephew's 4th birthday

*marched with the exhibition band at the Lewis County TOB

*"finished" my piece again...

November...

*made the decision to finalize my piece and not make changes between November 4th and my recital

*had a sudden, unexpected breakup with my boyfriend. This was exactly one month before my recital and one day before our 1st anniversary. I haven't talked to him since...I lost a lot of sleep and weight.
*finished my last season of marching band as a student...cried quite a bit

*began REALLY counting down for the recital...

*realized how much my friends cared...

*attended my first opera.

December...

*finished up a great semester

*lost my temper on some people I shouldn't have lost it on. Appologized 10 minutes later....

*Had a great recital and great cake afterward (see previous post)

*finally got to pick out my own music to play on piano

*began talking to a new guy

*spent a great Christmas with my family....

That's all! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!