I'm a MonStER!

Last night during our Brahms Requiem dress rehearsal, Br. Kempton ended up standing next to me. Br. Kempton was my vocal teacher my very first semester I had vocal lessons, so it's been a while since he has heard me sing. He also conducts the collegiate choir which Emily sings in. After reading off some notes he took during our first run through he announces that he is going to stand in between the tenors and the basses so he can sing whichever part he wants. He walked up the bleachers and stood right next to me. Crap. I don't know the requiem as well as I should so I was pretty sure Br. Kempton was going to be pretty disgusted with me missing notes and entrances. I sang most of it OK, but then I really biffed a short run about 20 measures from the end. Br. Kempton even leaned over and pointed down to indicate I was singing waaay too high. Yeah, whoops. It was late and I was tired. Well, afterward Br. Kempton turned around and started giving directions about tonight for call time and what not, then he turned and looked at me and slapped me on the arm with his score. "You're a monster!" he said. "I love singing next to you!" What? Br. Kempton enjoys singing next to me? He said that he would lean over when he needed a note and would listen to me sing so he could get back on. Woah. I was pretty surprised.

So moral of the story is that Emily is gorgeous and sings beautifully, and I'm a monster.

My happy place

Well ladies and gents, let's tall about how great my weekend was.

Friday Emily's mom, sister, and grandma all got into town. They are all very nice and while all of these women are together they are a very lively bunch to say the least. This was also the last day to study for my accounting test, so in addition to the three hours in which I found time to study earlier in the week I studied for about another five that evening. I took breaks from studying when Emily would come to see me before and after her performance in opera scenes that evening. I believe I studied until about 11 p.m..

The next morning I didn't make it to the gym, but I did make it to Cleo's apartment for puffy French toast, which she did a very good job on. Thanks Cleo. After that I trudged my way to the library to begin my 4 hour accounting test, but I met Emily on the way and she gave me some words of encouragement. We also talked about practice rooms.

Four hours later I came out of the library with and 88% on a test that is worth 20% of my grade. I wanted atleast a 92, but I'll take it anyway.

Then at 7:30 I joined Emily's family and Charles and Laura for opera scenes. Emily sang BEAUTIFULY!! Oh jeez. I'm just sad I only got to hear her do it once. She wasn't even feeling at the top of her game. That didn't matter though; she sounded wonderful.

After that Emily's mom, Anne took us all out to Applebee's. Thanks! I got an Oreo shake. Baby oh baby.

So all in all it was a pretty good day. Yep.