All these days slip by us

So, I woke up sick this morning, and didn't go to school. But I really needed a day off anyways. I'm growing to hate that school more and more as this year progresses, but I'm just going to have to learn to endure to the end, which is less than 5 months away. That's something I really can't fathom. The only thing that's going to get me through the rest of my senior year is a careful balance of friends, hard work, and a lot of coffee.

I finally set up my audition for the school of music at USC, which means from now until March 1st, I'm going to be a nervous wreck. I need a Romantic piece, and an Impressionist piece, or a Modern piece. I have no idea what I'm going to play really, but I have one Classical song under my belt, so I guess that counts for something.

I need to stay focused, and practice hours and hours every day.
I can't screw this up.

I guess I have a little to look forward to though, because I have my first real Senior privilege next week. Seniors don't have school Tuesday through Friday because of exams, and if I remember right, everyone has Monday and Tuesday of the next week off, so I have an 8 day break from school coming up. This is exciting. I'm hoping I get to have lunch a few times in Columbia with my great college friends, and spend lots of late nights at the old mill.

I might even get to go to waffle house at a decent hour of the night if my mom ever decides to unground me. I guess that's my fault to begin with. My mom keeps bringing up something about consequences for my actions.
I don't really know what all that's about.


So here's my to do list for the next few months, in order of obvious importance:
Practice audition music
Apply for scholarships
Bring my grades back up to A's and B's
Finish reading Irresistible Revolution
Get a job
Spend less time on the computer
Return things I've borrowed from people.
Finish reading Velvet Elvis
Finish reading Eragon


Courtney:
So the other day, I downloaded Belle and Sebastian's album The Life Pursuit, because I saw them on your Last.fm profile. Then last night I had a dream that you were listening to one of their songs, and I said something like "Hey, isn't this Belle and Sebastian?", and I remember exactly what you said back to me, just like it really happened. You said:
"Yeah! Oh my God, you actually do listen to real music!"

I'm pretty sure I actually laughed out loud in my sleep.