Life goes on...

This summer has been pretty difficult for me thus far. While lots of things are going well, I really miss Becker and my family a lot. I've been lucky to have good friends from last summer still in my life (aka the whole band at Vfair) and I've also been lucky enough to meet some cool people who add some new interest to my life like Jonathon and Justin, while still keeping up with old EC friends like Brad and Mary. :) So all in all I should be ultra happy and perky but lately I've just been depressed. To avoid this post from getting long and dramatic; I'll just stick with the good stuff for today.

I like working at Valleyfair; I love the people there. I love playing trombone; even when I don't sound perfect all the time. I love coming home to a place where I am cared about and comfortable. I love my family and am happy that my parents are working things out. I love my siblings and am happy that they are achieving their dreams. I love Becker and am glad that he did well on his New World Symphony sublist audition. This is getting mushy; so I'm done. :)

If anyone in the Minneapolis area is looking to hang out at all during these last months; I'd love to see people. I'd also like it if anyone has time to listen to some of my recital material. Picked a difficult program and need to play for people so I can get some good feedback. I'll have a lesson with John Tranter soon (if he ever gets back to me) and I am almost set up with a lesson with Dave Werden for the end of July. Very much looking forward to it.

Bought a brand new laptop from Colin (thanks, friend). He only had it for a month or so and discovered it didn't do all the fancy, advanced things that he needed for online poker. So he passed it along to me at an incredibly affordable price and I'm so thankful. This past year sans computer was a difficult one.

Anyways, time to get some sleep in; another long day at the park tomorrow (I'm picking up as many extra shifts as possible to pay for school this semester and grad school auditions).

Love,
Rachel