Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A Welcomed Change

I am in a relatively good mood today. I've had a decent amount of energy and I ate according to my meal plan. A nice change from what's been going on this week.

Today I received an email from the man in charge of uni housing. It was a standard email that I'm sure he sends to several students (I received an identical email last week) saying that I have been placed in student housing and that I will be able to view my assignment starting tomorrow (Thursday). So I wonder if this means that I was transferred to one of the dorms that I really want to live in! I don't know what the email means, but I am hopeful that maybe this will be the case. If not that 's fine too. I've pretty much come to terms with the housing to which I have already been assigned. It's not ideal, but at least it's with another person and I'll have my own room.

Also, I have decided that when I return to school, in an effort to branch out and meet people, I am going to audition for my uni's wind ensemble. I play several instruments-- piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone-- but I am going to audition on bass clarinet because I believe I have the best chances of getting in on that instrument. I haven't played any of the wind instruments since high school. So today I pulled out my old bass clarinet music and started to practice. I practiced for about a half hour; I figure that if I practice about a half hour (almost) every day then when the audition comes along I will be very proficient. I'm actually really excited about the prospect of being in the wind ensemble. I think that would be a lot of fun.

It's a nice to have something in life to look forward to. It takes a little of the edge off of the depression.

5 comments:

Part Of Being Sane said...

good luck! i loved being in the wind band at school, was really good experience, i wish i'd kept it up.....

God Whispers said...

NOS it is certainly nice to have something to look forward to. I am glad for you and glad that you had a good day yesterday. That would be exciting for you to be able to play the instrument you love. I bet you are good. Blessings to you dear noe and ((((NOS))))

Finally Free said...

Good Morning NOS,
So happy to hear you a feeling better.

You are pretty talented. That is alot of instruments that you can play. I'm impressed. Can't wait to hear about your musical adventures. :)

Blessings,
Tammy

sarah said...

the sound of this post is positive...hopeful. I'm so glad Nos...I want you to have good stuff to look forward to. Music is great to get lost in. ☺

Bippidee said...

I wish I could play an instrument, particularly piano. I sing, but that is all - I have never learnt an instrument (apart from recorder when I was about 6!). I would love to be able to accompany myself on the piano, it would just be so useful, and it would make learning new songs so much easier. Or if I could just click and a pianist would appear like magic that would work too...