Bad decisions...

Sometimes I wonder if doing the Valleyfair thing again was a good decision. Overall, I've liked living up here, but there are some things that seriously make me question if I've made a good decision by doing this all again. Maybe today was just a rough day...but there have been a few of those lately, so thats why I'm concerned. I guess we'll see...no backing out now.

I'm so sore from the Taebo that Becker and I tried out yesterday at 7:30 am. It wasn't too taxing at the time (my legs felt like rubber, but otherwise it was ok) but now I'm really sore. Hopefully that'll get better soon so I can move normally!!!

Time for dinner, I'll write more later if I have time.

Love,
Rachel Catheryn

Oh summer...

Whelp, test results are back and I do NOT have cancer. So I suppose that is a very good thing. Thanks for your thoughts/prayers.

Just started full time at Valleyfair with a 12 hour day on Saturday. That was rough. Yesterday was a normal 6 hour day, but that seemed to drag too. I hope that once we learn more music the summer will go faster. Like that arrangement of Happy Birthday Colin promised to send and hasn't yet. *ahem*. Oh well, At least I'm playing trombone.

Living at Beckers is nice, although I sometimes really wish I was at home in Milwaukee. The Cities are great though....a few nights ago we went and saw Mahler II. Before the concert, Becker and I met up with PAO at Brits Pub for beer (and in my case 'water'). Justin joined us later; it was really nice. Then came an amazing concert...the end brought me to tears it was so beautiful. The chorale in the fourth movement was flawless and incredibly powerful. What a great concert.

Thats all for now, time to warm up and pack a lunch for the day.

Love,
Rachel Catheryn

Valleyfair: Round 2

I'm here in The Cities for the summer now. Not gonna lie, I wish I had a little more time at home with the family...2 weeks just felt a bit too short. So far stuff at VF is going pretty well, the band is MUCH better this year and a lot of the coreography is the same so I dont' have to relearn a bunch of stuff. I'm living at Becker's house this summer too, and so far that has been really nice.

Not a whole lot else happneing...still waiting on my test results from the doctor's office; however, if the results were bad I'm sure they would have gotten back to me much faster, so I'm encouraged by that. Haven't really talked to anyone from Eau Claire lately (besides the band). Sounds like everyone is just kind of doing their own thing and having a great time.

Time to play some trombone before work...thanks for tuning in. :)

Love,
Rachel