What a GREAT week! :)

Hooray for a day off school tomorrow....even if it is only the second week.


Today was quite productive. I cleaned my room and closet, which is part of my agenda every weekend, since I usually don't have time to clean them during the week, arg. Plus, I gathered material for a speech I'm working on, studied for school and work, payed some bills, and got to go to my grandparents' house with my family for dinner :)


This was such a great week.  It was my first week back at school, and my new classes are totally boss.  I'm officially taking: 


General Chemistry I (Lecture and Lab)
Chorus
Applied Music-Voice
Independent Study-Class Piano I
Dancing for Fitness
American Literature I, and 
Principles of Management.  


This week, I was also hired as a waitress at Outback Steakhouse (FINALLY), and I will begin training on Tuesday. The manager is way cool, and he seems to be impressed with me, so that's good.  I was also offered an interview for my dream job, but more on that when I find out a little more....For now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  I also was offered a highly profitable babysitting gig for a week or two, and I'm hoping that my crazy schedule will allow room for it.....Because I'm still the Marketing Manager for the textile company, and I am in the middle of four or five projects with that job! AHH, my life is crazy right now, but I'm so digging it!


I had rehearsal for Oklahoma! again this weekend, and it was perfect...I can't even explain how much I love doing this stuff.  As frustrating as musical mistakes can be to me, I love them all the same. It's all part of the process. (Being an INTJ, the process itself is almost more important than the outcome to me.) I also began rehearsals for Choral Society this week. That's one that I'm not entirely sure I can fully commit to. I'm going to try to stick through the whole season, but I don't yet know if the rest of my schedule will allow room for it.  I'm pushing for it though :)


This coming weekend is my first college audition, for UNC Chapel Hill.  I'm not very nervous...I don't really get nervous for things anymore, but I am very excited.  I get to stay with my mom in Cary for the weekend, which will be awesome because I haven't seen my other family in a while. For my audition, I'm going to sing:


1. "Per La Gloria D'adorarvi" by Giovanni Battista Bononcini

2. "Mein Herr" from the musical "Cabaret"

3. "Angels Ever Bright And Fair" by George Frideric Handel

Not that really any of you know any of these songs....but they're pretty popular in the Classical world, haha. Then the next weekend, I'm headed to Boone to stay with my Aunt Shirley for my audition for Appalachian State University.  I'm singing different songs for that audition (because different schools have different audition requirements). 

Another great thing to mention is my training for the SLO Triathlon in July. My training has been going surprisingly well this week, and I have been improving more quickly than I had expected. At least in the swimming. I still hate running, but I'm doing it anyways, and I haven't started the biking yet.  I'm going to incorporate that soon, after I get a better hang of the running.  I didn't think I would, but I'm actually very much enjoying the training! It's great so far, and I'm already planning for some 5ks next month :)

Well, I need to go prepare myself for the busy week ahead of me. 

CLG

Today was CRAZY!

So I have a few kinks in my schedule that I'm still working out....as is the case with seemingly the entire student body. Which, by the way, consists of WAY more people than just from this county. Seriously, people really need to stick to the Community Colleges in their own counties. I mean, I know Sandhills is one of the best, certainly in the surrounding area, and with some of the most reputable programs, but come on people. I LIVE in this county, and I went to school 30 minutes early and still barely made it to class on time, thanks to lack of parking. Jerks. Whatever. My schedule rocks.

I got to see my music family again today since I'm back in all those classes :) it was awesome. I didn't realize they care about me so much; plus we got a new member from my old choir family in high school, which was one of the best surprises :)

So three of my friends, that are also in choir with me, all work at Outback, and have convinced me to apply there for a third time. And one of them is in Oklahoma! with me. She advised that I definitely apply now because it won't interfere with rehearsals, and training takes so long that if I apply now, then by the time Oklahoma! is over, we will be done with training. Which we get paid for. Oklahoma! and training. So I'm applying tomorrow.

As for tonight, I'm gonna unwind from my crazy, frantic, running-around day by swimming some laps at the gym, and probably some running too. :) After I get all of the membership paperwork done, haha.

Watching The Office now--VERY IMPORTANT!! So I gotta go.

World Peace.


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Pinehurst Ave,Southern Pines,United States

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya. I love where my life is going :)

Tomorrow, my classes begin. My new classes, since my original schedule was purged for lack of paying tuition. Either way, I'm excited to have something to do with my time that at least moves me forward, rather than just running in place.

My new class schedule is as follows (15 credit hours):

MON:
9am-10am: General Chemistry I-Lecture
12pm-1pm: Chorus II
2pm-5pm: General Chemistry I-Lab

WED:
9am-10am: General Chemistry I-Lecture
12pm-1pm: Chorus II
1pm-2pm: Class Piano I
6:45pm-8:35pm: Dancing for Fitness

FRI:
9am-10am: General Chemistry I-Lecture
12pm-1pm: Chorus II
1pm-2pm: Class Piano I

I do have an Applied Music II-Voice class that has to be scheduled on my own time, probably from 1pm-2pm on Mondays, since that's open, and I also have American Literature I online, which I'm very pleased with :) Plus, I have to change my Public Speaking class to another one (probs Business Math or Principles of Management) because I've already taken Public Speaking. BUTTTTT, I don't have any classes on Tuesdays or Thursdays. On those days, I babysit my grandfather, so my grandmother can go to the gym and run errands and such.

I love that things are getting busy again! :) Besides school, rehearsals for "Oklahoma!" have begun, and I also have college auditions (for Music Schools) coming up almost every weekend starting in the end of January. I am SOO stoked! :) And on top of that, I'm graduating from Sandhills this semester. AAHH, I'm so happy!

Once Oklahoma! is over, I plan on getting ANOTHER job. I work for my dad now, as an Associate Marketing Manager, but it's not a whole lot of fun, so I only end up doing a few hours a day. And I also get paid to babysit my grandfather. But I need to start making more bank. I have to pay off my car ASAP, and begin saving for when I go to a real college. I don't wanna be broke anymore :(

I don't know yet which University I'm going to, or what exactly I'm majoring in, but it will all depend on which schools (and their Music Schools) I am accepted at. That's basically the only thing keeping me up these nights. I'm just too excited, and the anticipation is a killer....boy, it will only get worse after I audition and am waiting for a response....!!! Oh well, I can't do anything about it now other than focus on acing my auditions, my current classes, and Oklahoma!.

Bouts ta go home to FINISH cleaning and re-organizing my closets and room. :)

LAYTA.

To-Do List

I love how instead of actually doing things on my to-do list, I choose to blog my to-do list. I'm so bad at DOING things. (Although I did just finish listing all of my textbooks on eBay :)

Whatever. Classes start on Monday for me, and I still have a lot to do to get ready for that and a bunch of other things I won't have time to do once school starts back up. But I do want to take advantage of the free time I have left.

Either way, I need to organize my thoughts so that I know I am thorough in my preparation. So not that anyone cares, here's my:

To-Do List
-Reschedule my audition for UNC Chapel Hill (currently its the same day as my ECU audition...)
-Make boarding arrangements for my audition weekends
-Confirm that Appalachian has received all of my materials (they claim they're missing items, but I've sent them everything.)
-Lunch at How Ya Doin' with by bestie Bradley, and also Charity and Adam :)
-Re-register for classes at school (my schedule got purged because I missed the tuition date.) :(
-Pay my tuition at Sandhills (uh, haha..)
-Send my audition pieces to Appalachian for the accompanist
-Gym membership! I have to fill out all the paperwork still...yuck.
-Work out my Oklahoma! schedule....They gave it to me in strange, sporadic pieces.
-Organize my music notebooks
-Finishing organizing my room and closets
-Start my sheet music project for KC

Andddd that's about all the official stuff I guess. I do also need to get some hours in for work, plus get another job.  I have big plans for the summer that I will need to be able to afford, plus I don't wanna go to real college, poor. Haha....anyhoo, now as my current Twitter stat say, "Today is a day to get things done." (http://www.twitter.com/cgallagher08). So I need to execute that statement.

Layta!

What a day...

I just finished going through my mail after being gone almost 2 weeks. It basically consisted of an acceptance letter from East Carolina, an audition confirmation letter from Appalachian State, a sheet music project from my voice teacher since she'll be out of town until February (which is after 2 out of 5 of my auditions... >:O), my grades from the fall semester, an invitation to a music program at Berklee this summer, and a check with more hours than I remember working. Pretty sweet mail day :)

Now I have to go to the bank, pick up Patrick from school, reschedule my audition for Chapel Hill (because it's the same day as my audition for ECU), and get my black dress from my friend's house because I have to wear it to my great-grandfather's wake tonight :'(

Dude, yesterday was the coolest day!  I went to Columbia, SC with my friend Josh and my sister. It was so random. We stopped at South of the Border (http://www.thesouthoftheborder.com/) on the way there and took tons of crazy pictures, then continued our journey.  We saw a fountain that froze, and it was pretty ballin!  Then we went to a public library that I think doubled as a day care for homeless people, haha..jk.  Then we saw the State House, and tried to go to a museum, but they're only open Wednesday through Friday...which I thought was strange. Then we went to Starbucks, and some thrift shops while we waited for Brittney's "boyfriend" to get out of school...haha.  But he was totally cool. I liked him. We rolled up on some music stores, then had dinner at a pub called "Delaney's".  It reminded me A LOT of the pub I used to work in :(  Then we sang in the car for a bit, then headed home.  It was the most impromptu and exciting day! 

Anyways....I gotta go finish my to-do list and pick up my little brother from school.

...She didnt even swear...

My New Years Resolutions

In no particular order:

1. Go to a real college

2. Perform strong auditions for colleges

3. Do the SLO Triathlon in July

4. Build my savings account back up

5. Learn at least 12 new songs on the piano

6. Makeover my music myspace, with new songs

7. Be in at least one show after "Oklahoma!"

8. Get at least a 3.6 GPA (courtesy of Jlark)

9. Audition for American Idol again

10. Be honest with people and myself

Happy 2010 Everyone!