hanging out at Haas right now, taking a 10 minute break from Kopprasch. (*shudder) Ostrander definately gave me a tough etude this week...I think he's punishing me for playing crappily at my lesson. hehe. Oh well, I guess the more he challenges me the harder I'll work and the better I will become, so that is reassuring.

Like I said, I've been having a few bad days of playing. Brad was right, I needed to take a day or two off and then come back to it. I'm in the choir room right now, and my practice session is going well, so that is really encouraging as well. All the guys in the studio have been really supportive of me, and I can't thank them enough. Especially Colin, Becker, James and Kenyon. They always try to help me out, even when they don't have the time. Hopefully soon I'll be able to play trombone just to enjoy the music instead of beating myself up mentally every time.

Outside the world of trombone...I had a really nice late Valentine's Day celebration on Saturday evening. Becker took me out to dinner at Ciconies Italian Restaurant (good food! :) and then we had a romantic evening watching Team America - the unrated version of course. hehe. He bought me really beautiful roses in a vase, which are hanging out in my room right now. :) What a guy. :)

Miss my family lots right now, its kind of lonely living in the dorms sometimes, especially with no roomate. Heather is great, I get to see her lots, she has graciously allowed me to invade her room almost every night to watch some CSI/Law & Order and do homework. :P She'll definately be a great roomate this coming fall.

Well, that was about 10 minutes worth of bloggage, so that means its time to get back to trombone and probably some piano in a little bit. :)
Thanks for reading.


Love,
Rachel