Thanks for the Memories

Sitting at Polly's for the last time living here.  I am sure I will be back and I will certainly visit Polly's.  This coffee shop has been such a great place for me.  I have spent countless hours here studying, working, lounging, talking, and enjoying the things that Long Beach has to offer.  I have met new friends here and had good conversations about the Vikings, politics, and music.  I have had 7 hour days here (although, never intentionally and I always felt bad about staying so long) and have stopped in for a chai on my walk to the bus stop.  Lots of my center has come from Polly's.  Is that odd?  It doesn't matter.  The coffee shop has meant a lot to me.  The baristas have become a familiar community.  The customers have become friends.  It has been a great time.

It has been an emotional and difficult few weeks.  I graduated yesterday, which was awesome, but I also said good bye to some of my closest friends.  Many things have happened (many of them awesome) and I do not feel ready to leave.  But leave I must.  

I plan on doing some real score study.  I have wanted to score study in the past two weeks but have not had the time.  The next few weeks?  It's a priority.  

I have truly been so blessed by my friends here, this group of intelligent, passionate people.  And thank goodness I enjoy staying in touch with people.  And this group of people in particular- they are my friends, my colleagues, and at times have been an inspiration.  Have I said how blessed I am?

There are many exciting things coming up in the future.  But first?  We are stopping in either Vegas or St. George tonight.  And maybe I'll get some Brahms study in.

Past Entry

Last week I wrote this entry, but it never posted?

I picked up my cap, gown, and hood today.  Wow.

I sang in my last jury here at school today.  I have one final to take.  Two to give.

I am so excited about graduating, about becoming a "master."

I am also excited about personal, fun score study.  Brahms's Gesang der Parzen and Berlioz's Requiem.  Those are the first two things I am going to study.