SAI Formal and other craziness of Sam's life...

Yesterday was quite a day! It wasn't all bad, but the first part was the same as the rest of the week....stress and frustration! I held it together, though. Well...until my piano lesson (at 9am!). Chad is so great. He let me rant and say whatever was on my mind. He's so supportive. And always checking in on me and how I'm doing. It has just been really rough for me lately. And it sucks! I'm the happy-go-lucky girl that tries to shrug off the stress. (Yoga and being a camp counselor last summer has done me a ton of good. I am so much better about not letting stress overcome me. Last year, I was a walking time bomb of stress! Plus, it was freshman year in the conservatory, which is enough stress for your lifetime...or so it seems at the time!) This week, however, it just invaded my life full throttle. I was just really upset with so much going on. My lesson yesterday was awful, I only have one more lesson before summer and two before I fly to Europe, my voice is tired and I have barely been doing any singing...mainly because I've been so bogged down with homework that I haven't had any time left for practice, it has also decided to step about ten feet back into my not-so-great technique from before, juries are in less than two weeks and I'm so far from ready, choir nonsense is irritating me, I have gen. ed. projects, a final singing exam for audiation next Thursday I haven't even began preparing for, the list just continues like that. (Sorry if I'm stressing anyone out just by reading this...it stresses me out to read it!) But Chad listened to every bit of my nonsense and kept assuring me everything would be okay. I know it will be. I'm am just deeply overwhelmed momentarily. It probably doesn't help my stress levels that I am trying to finish this year and plan for the whole year ahead of me at the same time. (It'll be so worth it, though!) On the bright side, it was a beautiful day out, again, today. Last night, my fraternity had our formal with our brother fraternity (Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha....both music fraternities...mine for women....other one for men). That was a blast! and a much needed stress reliever from this week! My date was a good friend of mine, Clinton. We had a great time together with a tons of my friends who were also there. Joking, laughing, dancing the night away. We danced and switched partners all night long, making our rounds. Somehow, the guys started to try and show each other up by spinning us girls around and doing crazier moves than the other. I wasn't complaining! If they want to spin me around the dance floor, I'm totally okay with that! It was so much fun! The evening ended with Clinton throwing me back into a big dip. Umm...so cool! Formal was at a country club, so we even took a stroll along the golf course.

Clinton and me

my friends Abby and Alexa

my dear friend Karly and me

my friend Kristin and me

my dear friend Rachel and me

When we got back, Abby, Alexa, and I hung out and watched Will and Grace until 2am. It was such a nice night. Tonight, I am going to see the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) with Karly and a couple others. Elise's husband Brian, who is also on the voice faculty here, is in it. I have never seen this show, so it'll be fun. :) (Elise said she didn't know how good the production will be through some giggles, so we shall see! I told her we'd "experience" it together! hehe!) As for now, I need to spend the other part of the day (until we leave at 5:30) finishing my laundry and doing homework. Oh, boy!