Well classes are finally over. So the countdown begins:

7 days
5 1/2 finals
0 papers (thank God I had like almost no papers this semester :) I am lucky

I'm really annoyed of two things:
1. the homestar runner message board won't work AGAIN. What is the deal with that? Why doesn't it ever work? It's weird. There must be something wrong with it or something because it happens ALL OF THE TIME!!!
2. I really hate those stupid popups that take up almost the entire screen and fool you into clicking an ad with an x in the corner when there is a button that says "close window" and when you click it nothing happens so you have to right click it on the bottom of the screen and say close. Those things are annoying and I hate them.

All righty VESPAS IS OVAH!

I am SO mad at Garrett right now he makes fun of my Wisconsin accent in his Christmas cards he is sending to all of his relatives. Grr. Oh well. I can't help it. He has an accent and hates to admit until he is trying to prove a point so he looks like he is right.

Garrett keeps making fun of my parents for saying "Clean up before we come because your grandparents are coming." I don't blame him. I mean was our room ever really messy? We don't have (much) crap on the floor like in most dormrooms. Oh well they are coming today. So I guess I have to "Clean up".

Vespers performance @3 today wish everyone luck especially on Præludium Noël because we keep forgetting the words (Arise used to be just as bad now it's OK.)

I'm hungry.

Well, tomorrow my family comes and is Vespers Performance #1. Tonite is the dress rehearsal. I have a piano final in a little while and stuff..... I am so overwhelmed again and I have to take 20 credits again next semester. AHHH!!! I have decided that if there is a likely chance that I don't have to take that many credits next semester I won't.

Also, and I'm not sure if I will do this yet or not; I might move this over to another blog site or something... I see so many other sites that are better where you can enter your mood and what music you are listening to and stuff but i don't know if I will do that yet or not.

This is making me mad;
I wanted to observe the nursing home today but I was too late to get a ride.
I was late to recital attendance I probably won't get all 14 (I have 12 that really sucks if I don't get them all)
Blogger is not changing my archives to monthly. I still have a huge list of weekly archives.
I don't know. I'm having a blah day even though I have no vespers tonite.

Hell week day three:

Actually this rehearal wasn't so bad. The funniest thing was seeing Giovanni go nuts because we had to go back and forth practicing the logistics. Actually he and Kurt were standing on the edge of the risers where two risers met and he's like "OK, I'm standing on the riser's buttcrack." And I said "Well Kurt is straddling the riser's buttcrack." And it was so funny.

The highlight of the evening was when everyone sang happy birthday to my great-grandma on camera!! Last night when I asked Dr. Holmes said "Let me think about that" and earlier when I told Chris he said that, he said "which means no." I brought the camcorder just in case and he did it and she is going to love it!!!!! I can't wait. Well off to class. I can't wait until this is over!

Hell week day two:

Funny thing happened during Concert Choir rehearsal. Prof. Hesse was like " I have faith that you can move the audience with this song and it will come" and then Nick says loud enough so everyone could hear "everywhere all over the audience" it was kind of sick but it was so hilarious because he said it so loud.

Yet another vespers rehearsal finished. Mostly we worked on logistics. I am going to be toast after vespers and stuff. I had my voice lesson today and I didn't work much over the break but I need to work on my songs and it is going to be almost impossible to do that because of Vespers taking up pretty much all of my vocal energy. And juries and barriers are right after vespers is over. Great planning, Millikin.

Hell week begins:

Vespers rehearsal was exhausting. Much more exhausting than I had anticipated. And it's going to get worse. Oh well. I hope my voice doesn't fail me.

Thanksgiving was fun. I was so glad to go home, but it seemed so rushed. It went way too fast. Wednesday I went and observed 3 hours for intro. And worked. On Thanksgiving I went to grandpa's and had prime rib. Friday I DID NOT SHOP, I worked. We had turkey at home. Saturday we got the tree. 14 footer. Great stuff. Sunday I went home. Sad. I wanted to stay. But it was vespers time. Vespers. Plus I'm seeing my family on Saturday. SATURDAY?!?!? Vespers is this weekend ALREADY?!?!?!? Holy crap. I hope I can survive. Luckily most of my classes are taking it easy on us Vespers kids.