An Update Much Delayed...

I haven't updated in a bit mostly because I've been busy stressing. Yes, for the first time in my life, I have gone more than a week with alot of stress. I don't like it. Anyway, the source of my stress is mostly my Senior Recital which is fast approaching, and which is somewhat more slowly coming together. So, if anyone wants to practice praying for focus, motivation, and inspiration, now's your chance.
Other than my senior recital, school is easy, so I won't talk about that.
Some fun things have happened lately. Like last Sunday, I went with Ryan over to Dale's (a guy in the youth group) house. I also brough my computer and we hooked them all together and played LAN games for a few hours (well, maybe more like 8). It was headache inducing, but fun. Of course, less fun was Aiko getting irritated with me because she thought I was going to be doing homework all weekend and so she was trying not to bother me, and then she finds out I spent all Sunday playing video games. So, she wasn't too happy, but we worked it out.
Last night Aiko and I went over to Sandy and Austin's house for dinner. It was fun. They are very nice people, and have lots of fun stories about their travels and so forth. The best, though, was Austin's story takes place around the time he was at the University of Madrid. He made friends with some canon lawyers in a Spanish class (one of whom was a bishop or thereabouts) and they suggested since he was in Europe he should go to Rome. Since he wasn't planning on it, he said he'd only go to Rome if he had an audience with the Pope. A few days later an invitation arrives from the Pope. Because he was somewhat broke, they got him onto Iberian Airlines, who gave a 40% discount to clergy, as clergy. He stayed the night in a convent, and then was picked up in a car that also contained a high ranking general, and the German ambassador. He got there, he got a translator and then he met the Pope. The Pope welcomed him to Italy, asked what he did (he was an engineering student at the time), etc. Then he got to sit in the front row of the 5,000 person audience hall as the Pope talked on the need for reform in the Catholic church (this was 1962, just as the Second Vatican Council was starting). And that is just one of his many stories. Actually, on the whole, Sandy and Austin remind me alot of Grandma and Grandpa Walsh.
Anyway, those are some interesting points in an otherwise dull, yet stressful, week or so. And now, I should really go compose something. I have to think of some text for a song about Summer. Oh well, as I say, "Despiration is fuel for Inspiration."

Another fun week.

One week down, 14 left to go. Kind of a scary thought. Anyway, my lcasses look almost exactly the same as last semester (actually, most of them are the same, just the next in the series). The only two things that can keep me from graduating are 1. Senior Recital and 2. Piano proficiency. Mrs. Nichols is working with me on the proficiency, so that just leaves the Recital, which is going to be a lot of work. Oh well, I guess that's why I'm in school.
The choir sang at the graduation this morning. Some of us actually stayed afterwards because some we had friends graduating. Only 3 and half months and it will be me up there. Goody.
Right now I'm re-writing some pieces for my recital. After due consideration, I determined I was unhappy with what I originally wrote. We'll see if I can write something I will be happy with. Good luck to me.
Gotta go, talk to you all later.

Back to the Grind...

Well, I'm back at school for my final semester (let's hope). It's rather chilly in Redding, and there are piles of snow everywhere, which is a new sight.
Hopefully I'll be able to update every week, but it's going to be a busy, busy semester, so we'll see.
Love you all.