Welcome October

Who knew it was October already? I feel like it just kind of snuck up on me. Here are some good goings-on lately:

-I have two jobs and am keeping nice and busy.
-I went on a date on Friday to an Ethiopian restaurant downtown that was so freaking cool. If you come visit me I will take you and it will be awesome. You eat with your hands and everything. And yes, there is such a thing as Ethiopian food.
-I got put in the top orchestra for the next rotation, which means I get to play in the Kennedy Center in D.C. on November 2nd! Exciting!
-We found another deceased rodent in our kitchen yesterday.
-I am starting to feel more prepared for the nasty weather.
-I will likely finish my book this week and move on to another one.
-Never ever ever having to wait for a practice room is fantastic.
-There are lots of stairs in my school and disfunctional elevators, so I get to spend a lot of time climbing stairs, which is a good workout.
-My teacher recommended me to be the graduate flute teacher for non-majors, which is exciting. I have one whole student (She may not be whole though, I haven't met her yet... I'll follow up on that one).
-I just became a part of the BYU Alumni Association out here and am now on a mentoring committee that is going to be a huge project. Wahoo.
-Halloween is coming and I am going to be something cool. Heh.
-Conference rocked. I even invited someone to watch it.
-The leaves are starting to change. Stay tuned for pictures.
-I really like seeing all of the Jewish families in my neighborhood. Such nice people.

Here are some not so good goings-on:

-Doing my hair is absolutely pointless. It gets blown to smithereens every day by my friend the wind and it's humid enough that is just gets wavey in lots of places and I look like a freakshow. My hair is in a ponytail right now. Not attractive.
-I got put in the top orchestra for the next rotation, which means I get to play in the Kennedy Center in D.C. on November 2nd. There are a lot of other reeeeeeally good players who deserve to be in my seat. And they know it. I started to explain this to my sister today and she was like, "And you don't think you're good enough, and you think they're better than you, and you're worried, and you're going to be fine so let's just pretend we already had this conversation, okay? Okay." She knows me too well. Okay.
-I am not happy with my current exercise situation. This needs to change.
-Practicing in completely dead practice rooms unless I get the room with the sound manipulater thing really stinks. It makes me depressed about how crappy I sound and makes me want to never practice.
-I don't deal well with drama. I always say that, but in the back of my mind I'm just thinking, "Maybe I'm drama and I don't even know it."
-Transportation will be the bane of my existence for a long time. I'm working on an attitude adjustment. P.S. I ran to Target last week. Ran there. I am an idiot. Don't run to Target and then plan on actually going in, because the whole time you are inside you feel like everyone is avoiding walking around you because you smell bad and you can't even try on clothes because you're sweaty. Sometimes I am not very smart.

This post was supposed to be a lot cooler than it was.