Fantastic birthday!!!

Here's how the day went:
Woke up at 6am. Took a swig of my constitutional (in water) cause I was feeling run down.
Had a good breakfast and left early.
Studied for an hour.
Took the 110B test and felt VERY good about it. Definitely passed, and that's all I care about. :)
Rehearsal with the Carver Choir was AMAZING!!!! We are improving by leaps and bounds!!! Today we sounded ligament!!! I am so proud of these kids.
7th period was better! I gave out two detentions. Heheheh. :) But really.. these are good kids.
Then I got a massage. And Marlies gave me a present!! :D It's a beautiful small crystal (can't remember what kind. But it's GORGEOUS!)
Then saved the day at San Juan Sings West.
Came home. Had some dark chocolate and watched Once Upon a Time.
Read the hundreds of facebook birthday wishes.
Now I'm off to bed.
Disneyland in T minus TWO DAYS!!!

Almost there!

Wow! Finally it's the end of the day! And it feels SSOOOOO good to have World Music and Isac's recital off my mind!!!! WHEEEEEEE! Now that that's done.... need to do 110B. UGH! I think I'll lay in bed and study myself to sleep. Then wake up and keep studying. And then whatever happens, happens.
Done.

Good day sum up

• Chatted with Sarah for 3 hours
• Grease is over
• I currently have a 100% in World Music (just ROCKED my quiz!)
• Disneyland is less than a week away
• My birthday is in 3 days
• I only have work in the morning tomorrow... 
• Time to ROCK the 110B. Bring it. I'm SO ready to do this. WHOOWAH!

Exciting news in the midst of ciaos

LOTS going on this week with school (a quiz due today for World Music, and a huge test on Tuesday (my birthday) in Music History), and work (got a new quarter of kids... a few bad eggs, but on the whole, awesome), and the musical (tonight is the last show!! PHEW!).

But in the midst of it all, this happens:

PLATELETS ARE 66!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

I was skyping with Sarah when I got the email. (SavOnLabs is AWESOME! I got the blood work done yesterday... and normally when I get it done on a Friday, I have to wait till Monday. But not with this!! WHOOHOO!! 24 turn around, almost on the dot! LOVE IT!!) I heard my email 'ding' at me, and saw it was my results. It was the first time I was nervous to see my count, cause I really really really really really really really wanted it to be something higher. I couldn't ask for a better number! :D I was SOOOOO excited. And it was nice that Sarah was there to share it with me. :) Now the question remains: Is this MY normal range, or will it go up even more? Now THAT would be something!!! Only time will tell. But first! To study and take this quiz......

Best. Birthday present. E-V-E-R!

Fast end to fast

Well that was short lived! As I suspected, I started to get VERY tired.... so this morning I stopped the juicing. Bummer. I need to do it when I have NOTHING to do... not when I'm working like a crazy lady. Oh well! At last I dropped a few pounds FAST and it gave me that little extra encouragement I needed. Wow I can't WAIT for spring break!!! I need it sooooooooooooo badly.

Juice starts tomorrow

My throat started hurting AGAIN today *facepalm*. So I gargled salt water, and drove to Whole Foods to ready myself for a juice fast:

Juicer is cleaned and ready to go.

Let's do this.


(Clearly I'm too tired to reeeaaalllly update. There's a whole story about my almost slicing the tip of my finger off.... but that will just have to be later. Sleep is now)

Sick!? Crazy....

Tuesday morning I wake up with a sore throat.... which doesn't go away as the day progresses..... and of course, it's a long day and I can't go home to retrieve my arsenal. Lucky for me, my dad rocks and he brought it to me during Grease rehearsal. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to kill it fully, and now I'm sick with a cold. *facepalm* I put my constitutional in water and took it a few times, which helped me to feel better at least... but my nose is all clogged, my body hurts, and my throat is raw (I may loose my voice). Ah well... that's what I get for eating too much white flour and not getting enough sleep (especially during the most stressful week of the year!!).

Tonight Grease opened, and we did a fantastic job! Hopefully that trend continues. It is bar none the easy show I've ever played. I-vi-IV-V for almost the whole thing, in 6/8 or 12/8. Soooooooo easy. Kellen is on bass, Alfonzo on drums, and Tom (a parent) on sax. We. Rock. And are all dressed up to look like the gang (white T-shirts and jeans. Hehehehehe)

Today at the high school there was a sheet of paper in my box..... I think it was the schedule for next year. Guess who has THREE classes!! Two choir, and music appreciation. Oh that would be me. Now I just need to reaaaalllly get my act together and get organized. The summer will be productive, that's for sure! Especially if I'm going to teach a main lesson in January! Yikes! Gotta learn my stuff! FAST!
And for the year book, the faculty are putting in pictures of THEIR senior year. Heheheheh. This is what I picked ----->


Tomorrow marks my two year aniversery since being diagnosed. I want to check my count before my birthday.... just to see. (Currently, I don't think it's much different)
Aaannnnd. Saturday I want to juice fast. I've been feeling the need for some time now, and frankly, I should be doing it right now with being sick and all.. but just haven't had the time yet. Saturday. Yes.... Saturday.

Fantastic weekend! (Pacific Singerbund in S.Cal.)

The directors room! King size bed all to myself! WHEE!

Run down time!

Friday:
Get up at 5:15am. Throw stuff together. Get out of the house be 6:20. Get on bus at 7.

Dinner Friday night. The servers were SWAMPED.

 Pick up Stockton choir. Enjoy each others company. Get to the hotel at 5. Dinner at the club at 6. (Too salty! But still a good time). Meet Otto, one of the tenors from Stockton, who is a hoot and a half and a retired German teacher. Get back to hotel, jump in the spa for a spell. Go to bed.




Saturday:
Get up at 8am. Have breakfast downstairs (fruit and granola..and potatoes). Go back upstairs, meditate for just a bit and then end up falling asleep until 1:00!!!! Get up, change, and leave for the club at 2. Get our tables, then go outside to warm up. The evening begins at 3 with a fair amount of talking. Sacramento sang 3rd, and we get a thunderous applause that turns out to be the loudest of the evening. Everyone loved my stage presents. Then Stockton sang 5th, and got a rather loud applause as well (they were the two best out of the seven that performed)
Then we all eat dinner. Mine was a bit of pasta with LOTS of veggies! YAY VEGGIES! Chat it up with nearly everyone. Get to know Otto more, who offers to teach me German for free! (since he's retired and not working any more). Dance with a few people. Participate in a MASSIVE conga line alla German style. We're one of the last ones to leave (at 9).
Join some of the ladies in the spa again. Then hit the hay.

Sunday:
Get up at 7am. Same breakfast (though I was naughty and had a bagel with honey). Pack and load the bus. Leave around 9:30. Stop for lunch at Anderson's Pea Soup (AMAZING!). Get home. The end. :)

Everyone had a fantastic time, and some real camaraderie was built.. within the choirs and between as well.  I got so many compliments, I really didn't know what to do with myself. They were all so pleased (myself included). Hopefully lessons with Otto will work out, cause I'm really inspired now to learn. It would really help take us to the next level if I had a better grasp of the language.


One a few small downsides:
1. My neck MAJORLY hurts for some reason (on the right side). I think I might have slept wrong on the first night. Or the fact that I didn't wear my mouth guard during my nap? Or a bit of both? No idea.... I just know it's REALLY hurting..hard to move.
2. I've got bruises EVERYWHERE now. ALL over my legs AND arms. :P Either that means the 1M is working, and my count is dipping before it goes up... or I'm going to start my period soon (which should be true), or a mix of both.
But besides that..... Fan.Tastic. :)

Ready to go!

Tomorrow morning (eeeaarrrlllly) I leave with my Germans to L.A! Am I packed yet? Of course not. Will I pack before bed? Nonsense.. cause I'm exhausted, and want to sleep NOW. I'll get up at 5am and take care of everything in the morning.

I took the 1M just now. :D We'll see how I feel over the weekend.

I met with Derek today... soooooooooo sore I can hardly move. I should do a lot of stretching on the bus.

Had some vivid dreams last night, and of course, can't remember them now. *facepalm* It'll be interesting to see what tonight holds. Time to find out!! :)