Not about the Super Bowl...

On Friday I finished listening to (and following along with in the score) the St Matthew Passion. Tonight I start the St John Passion. My goal is to be on Beethoven by the end of the week.

I realized today that I had my first voice lesson but have not practiced. If I have time, I should do that tomorrow. I think I can practice on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays (maybe Fridays). Wednesdays is my lesson.

My conducting practice sessions have been going by very quickly. There are specific things I am working on and because of this focus, the time flies. I would actually like to practice longer, but normally I just don't have a lot of time.

I can't seem to figure out why I feel so insanely busy this semester. Maybe it's because my days are flipped around (doing my evening things in the morning)... maybe it's because in half of my free time I am thinking about wedding planning... or am studying for a test I am taking in the spring of next year. I just really hope that next semester doesn't feel like this. I'm not so worried about having a melt down (which very well may happen if I get too busy)- I would get over that. But I'm worried it's going to cause me to age. I'm so vain.

I just read a document my Gender and Music teacher put up on the website. It was a list of potential topics for our final paper. The funny part? On the list of topics was Barbara Strozzi's First Book of Madrigals- with my name is capital letters behind it.

Ready for Monday!