Pizza.

We are getting Pizza.

At Haas. Yum.

I've got sunshine.........on a cloudy day

I won. After lots of semesters of hard work I finally have been given the chance to play in principal trombone in Wind Symphony, and I also get to stick around in Jazz I for another semester on 2nd trombone. I know many people think that chair placement doesn't mean anything, but to me it is a more solid view of my progress. I am really excited to play principal bone because for the past 2 years I haven't had the chance to really take on some leadership. It's going to be really fun and challenging and I can't wait. Alright enough said. :)

Jazz tour begins Wednesday morning at 7 am. Get to go to my Dad's HS and play for his jazz ensemble; they are just starting off their program there, and overall I think they have some good things going for them. I have a feeling tour is going to be amazing.

Conducting class kicks ass...Dr. Heidel is both amusing and terrifying at the same time. I definitely don't want to disappoint him. I discovered that I have a lot of work to do to break my old 'drum majoring' habits. LOL.

This semester overall is off to a great start. I've become more organized. I feel like I am accomplishing a lot. Yesterday I:

-Woke up at 9:30.
-Did homework for 2 1/2 hours
-Cleaned my room *(complete with dusting, sweeping, sheet washing and bed making)
-Vacuumed the living room and kitchen
-Cleaned the living room/dusted moved all the shoes etc.
-Got into a car accident on the way to rehearsal for jazz gig. Whoops.
-Went to jazz gig rehearsal at 3 p.m. Wasn't late. YAY.
-Spent some more time cleaning
-Bone choir rehearsal at 6 p.m.
-Knock-down-drag-out rehearsal from 9 pm - Midnight. (not bad, I know)
-Came home, did dishes
-Bed

It feels great to be getting everything accomplished after my slacker semester last semester.

I'm really hungry. So instead of writing more I'm going to eat some delicious lunch.

Thanks for tuning in,

Love,
Rachel Catheryn

Cabaret, Cabaret, Cabaret (and so on and so forth)

Auditions = done. Both went well I thought...but I guess we'll see about that later today. Went and saw Cabaret last night and sat in the pit. It was fun, the vocalists sounded really good. Pit was overall pretty good with a few spots that got a bit sloppy. Overall a commendable performance. :) If that is the worst the show has been, then it must be pretty darn amazing when its played well!

Went to the Joynt last night. Drank more than I meant to. Well, not really. I drank what I meant to, but since I haven't really had alcohol in awhile I didn't hold it very well. Was kind of hungover this morning, but luckily I don't have any classes until 1 pm. (so I guess i should start thinking about getting out of bed now.) LOL.

Went to water aerobics the other night with Nicole and Mary. That was fun, it felt great to work out again. Can't wait to go back...if anyone wants to join us tomorrow night, just give me a ring. Oh yeah, and Nicole was all slutty in her bikini....so guys, there is an incentive for you to come. (haha kidding...love you nicole). But seriously its fun.

Yeah thats about it. I'll be posting about a subleaser for this summer soon...so if you're looking for a place to live call me up.


Thats all for now.

Love,
Rachel Catheryn

Killing three birds with one bird.

Had my jazz audition today. All things considered I thought it went well. Which is scary, because I don't know if anyone else feels this way but whenever I think I do well at something I am usually unpleasantly surprised with a bad result. So I guess we'll see about that. Baca is gone, so Crowell and Hudson ran the auditions. Sweet.

Tomorrow is the concert band audition. I feel ready. On the docket isssss:
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-Rota Trombone Concerto (Mvt.1)
-William Tell (Commonly known around these parts as "Bill Tell")
-Javelin (band excerpt which is kind of wicked...)
-Sightreading

I feel super confident except for the last one. Sightreading and I are not friends. We fight on a daily basis. But oh well, we'll see how it all pans out this semester.



Jazz tour is a week from today. I guess we're getting a few new charts which are supposedly hard as well as our other music. That'll be a treat...I have a feeling this weekend will be very VERY jazz oriented. Holla. We're also stopping at my dad's school in Delevan. Their jazz band is small, but they do an ok job. I think it'll be a great experience for them. Plus, who doesn't love Nachito?!?!?!? Oh yeah, and I love jazz.


Heath Ledger died. I don't even like him as an actor really, but suddenly yesterday I got home from school and everyone was all sad because this guy died. Too bad for him, but I was much sadder when the Croc Hunter died. Tragic.

Ok thats all I have time for at this point. Since I've added working out (every night except Tuesday) to my list this semester I now have a whole hour less to waste every night. I guess its time well spent though...I don't want to turn into a big white whale trombone chick.



-Rachel

Annnnd so goes my life...

Dear Journal,

Today I wanted a Kit-Kat shake from Culvers. Instead of ignoring this craving that kind of followed me around all day, I up and bought one. Today made me realize that I have no self control when it comes to the foods I'm eating or how much I am eating.

That will change this semester. Oh yeah, and I'm doing water aerobics again too if anyone wants to join me. Every night at 8 pm. It'll be swell.


Goodnight.


Love,
Rachel Catheryn

Smoothies are deeeeeelicious!

Today I:

1. Slept in until nearly 3 pm after a night full of screwed up dreams.
I mean seriously, who dreams about twilight zone'esqe things? To keep it brief, my dream consisted of horrible ways of murders happening around me, my friends and I trying on all kinds of sexy lingerie, and creepy ghostlike appearances including a demon baby. It was a rough night.

2. Played cards with Becca.
It seems that the youngest child in each family tends to be overall the most talented. She beat me at almost every hand, and then proceeded to go downstairs and sightread Shostakovitch's "Folk Dances" nearly perfectly after not playing her oboe in like a year. Golden.

3. Tried to practice.
Didn't feel like it, so it was short lived. William Tell majorly sucked today, as did the Rota. Whatever...it'll be better tomorrow.

4. Made a smoothie. Didn't have the proper ingredients, so it ended up consisting of:
-Blackberry yogurt (weird, I know)
-Cranraspberry juice
-Orange Sherbert
-Frozen strawberries
-Frozen peaches
-Orange juice
-a bit of cream

It was weird, but ended up quite delicious.

Now, I have two tidbits of interesting news to share with anyone interested. First off, my mom was offered a job as an Operating Room Tech at Children's Hospital in Milwaukee. She reapplied after taking, oh say 20 years off to raise us kiddies. So now she's back in action and couldn't be more excited. They formally offered her the job yesterday. Holla.

Secondly, my older sister received her test results back from her MIT brain scan. She's been having some cancer-like symptoms again, only this time in her brain and behind her eyes. Luckily the test results came back all clear today. Praise God. I'm seriously happy...I don't think I could deal with cancer part II.

This is turning into a long post, so I'll cash in for the night.

Thanks for reading.

Love,
Rachel Catheryn

p.s- I have a livejournal blog now too...we'll see if it works but the link is listed above.

Swirling...

my head is swirling...its been a crazy couple of days. I sometimes wonder if life should always seem so hectic and full of motion. Lately I've been really thinking about it. College is amazing, but after printing off my schedule for next semester I can't help but wish it was more open. That would leave more time for:

-Trombone playing just for fun
-Spending time with friends
-Having a cold beer. Alone. Watching chick flicks. In the dark
-Breathing
-Taking long hot showers
-Sleeping in
-Not doing homework


It just seems like I never have time to do these things except over Christmas break. And that is drawing to a close. Time to get geared up for Junior Year Mahem. Part II.

Oh yeah and to add to the already mounting stress, our orchestra audition excerpt is William Tell. Thanks, Dr. Ostrander.


Love,
Rachel Catheryn