Well, as the title of this post says, it's been a rough week. I've taken the week off of singing...a well deserved break in my opinion from singing sustained high e's for over 2 weeks...whew!

Frank and I broke up about a week ago. We are both still very close friends and I'm so blessed that it ended this way. He's going back to finish school at Texas Tech and I'm moving to Maryland for school, so it probably is for the best...I hope. Al...my little hamster....died this week. I went to check on him before I went to bed and he was barely moving, so I held him in my hand and just pet him for about 15 minutes and then he was gone.

It just seems like God is ripping things out of my hands. It's painful. I hope that I will be able to see, one day, what he has planned for me and why all of these things are necessary. And then for the cherry topper...I got a summons for jury duty....clearly this is not my week.

I am working on learning The Telephone and Werther still...slow going since I took a little time off, but not bad progress. I'm working on packing up the apartment piece by piece so I don't have to do all of it last second. The nanny job has been fun thus far. We built a fort in the basement this week...the kids have loved it. Today we are going to go see the new Toy Story movie and they are really looking forward to it! Lots going on right now, but not much to tell. Just being busy and working. Hopefully I will have a more interesting post next time...until then!

Hey all!

It has been an extremely busy month for me!!! I'm so sorry I've been neglecting my blogging duties :/

To give a summary of the month of May...finished classes and finals and then graduated on May 16th!!!!! Huzzah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of my hard work here is complete with a fabulous BM degree :D I was also hired by Opera Kansas again to perform the fantastically funny Ring of the Fettuccines. I sang the coloratura role...one good thing learned from this production...apparently I can sustain high e's...who knew?!?! And they actually sound good?!?! Whaaaa! Ring of the Fettuccines is a comedic one act opera to introduce opera to kids. I got to play the A-typical coloratura who is slightly insane/is dying of TB throughout the entire show...quite fun to run, jump, and hang off the stage whilst singing cadenzas :) I'm working on learning the role of Sophie from Massenet's Werther and also learning Lucy from Menotti's The Telephone over the summer. Pina and I had a wonderful conversation about my career....I can't believe I actually get to use that word in context with my singing!!!!! Yea!!!.....Pina thinks that I will be a lyric coloratura, then once I hit my 40's just to stick with the lyric stuff. But...she thinks that Violette in La Traviata will be key role in my career. I could die of happiness...apparently all the dying of TB in Ring of the Fettuccines was good practice for later, haha.

Other than that I am working 6 part time jobs this summer. Nanny position, frontdesk at Springhill Suites, teaching voice lessons, house cleaning, and my 2 church jobs....needless to say I'm keeping busy this summer. I will be going to KCMO at least twice a month to see my sister's swim meets. I am SOOOOOOO proud of her! She continues to grow everyday into a more incredible human being and I absolutely love her. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her this summer...doing all that sister stuff :)

I'm trying to downsize as much as possible before I move to Maryland, lots of donations to the Goodwill/ selling some pieces of furnature. I'm excited to move there and scared to death at the same time. But for me it's God just saying "I have provided the place you need, I just need you to trust me that I will provide for you". It is all boiling down to how much do I trust in God. Answer is...learning to trust him more and myself less. The other part of my life I'm working on is how to better serve those around me, how to stop being selfish....believe me it's a lot harder than I anticipated. Hopefully in time God will continue to mold me into a better person and an individual He can use.