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this one's gonna be kinda a rambly post because i don't really have a whole lot to talk about but things are still happening and i felt like updating. so yeah. ok now i'm not sure where to start.
three weeks into the semester already, which is a little weird, but it always goes faster than i expect and you'd think i'd be used to that by now. but no. this is the time of year that for whatever reason i usually become even more of a loner. still true, for the most part. i've been busier than normal, i think, which is neither good nor bad, and i have been spending more time with one individual in particular, but the "loner" feeling still prevails, probably because i don't have any interesting stories to tell about said individual. well, at least no stories of the sort that would forever cure that "loner" status. and yes, i'd very much like to tell those sorts of stories about this person. way too much, probably. and no, i doubt it will happen. never does.
i've been teaching voice lessons. that's a new one for me. it was much easier with piano because i've been playing for 20 years, but i didn't start studying voice until my sophomore year in high school (ish). yeah, i guess that was still a while ago, but i haven't been singing either, for about seven years now. that makes me sad. it has been good to start again, to look through music and remember the theory and techniques that i was taught. we've had two lessons so far and we can both tell that he's improving, so that's good. he told me in the last that i was a good teacher. made me kinda happy. and it has been fun, but spending time with him in this capacity is a little strange. you see he's the individual i mentioned above, and i hope to god that he is ignorant of this blog because that would suck in the bad way.
it's starting to hurt. what's worse is that i already know what he'd say. so i need to stop. again. really getting tired of this.
next week's going to be crazy. true/false film fest volunteer orientation on sunday, work at the which then voice on monday, then i'm going to st. louis on tuesday with my dad and brother to see the red wings vs. blues, and apparently i'm finally being forced to wear a jersey, probably so i don't opt for the rainbow sweater. no, i don't really own a rainbow sweater. wednesday will be mine, but then i'm working at the candy factory for the rest of the week, doing strawberries again for singles awareness day. that will be roughly a 40-hour work week in a 60-hour period. should be fun. actually, i am kinda looking forward to it. if they have an open position (unlikely) and they'd have me (maybe) i'd take it in a heartbeat. i need a new job. desperately. i should get something that's more in my degree, but at this point i just need something that will pay bills and feed me. except i could definitely use some starvation.
i have been good, i will say that. as i mentioned in the last, i was running about 20 miles a week over break, but i haven't been since classes started and the gym is temporarily swamped. i'll probably start going again this weekend, hoping to elbow my way through the people starting to get tired of their resolutions. i'm not sure why i so desperately want my abs back. probably has something to do with him. this will all end in tears.
on a lighter note, and a slightly silly one, hermes got his nails done today. well, really they're just softpaws nail caps. you can get them in different colors, for cats or dogs, and they're seriously wonderful. he didn't quite like the application process and it turned into a sort of hide-and-seek game, but he didn't seem to mind them in the least once they were on. pic below. and with that i'll say goodbye for now. i hope you're all well.
