Oh, yes, I did pick a bad day to come to school…

I picked the worst day to be at school.

Reason #1 – I have a cold and should still be in bed. Yes, I am aware that it is 11am, but it is still a perfect time for sleeping.

Reason #2 – Hundreds of little munchkins are swarming Popejoy lobby on a two hour rotation. They are sooooo giggly and loud! Gosh, my headache just got worse.

 Reason #3 – Of course no one felt the need to inform me that it was Saxophone day at UNM. Imagine 30+ highschoolers with saxes…filling the lobby with…saxes. It’s not pleasant. Really, it’s not. Trust me.

So I realized that little boys don’t like kisses…

My little brother doesn’t like kisses. Look at that face.

The good, the bad, and the ugly…

Well, I have the good news and the bad news.

Actually I just have bad news.

Bad news…it’s raining.

 More bad news…I got to walk a quarter mile in it.

 Bad news, again…I sure as heck picked the wrong day to wear flats.

Bad news x4…I forgot my hat.

All this bad news leaves me looking quite drenched and wind-blown. “Look what the cat dragged in…”

“Arygle look cute on nerdy guys” and other stories…

{By Me and Lauren}

So Lauren and I are at flying star (local coffeshop…muy bueno!) and have decided that Argyle looks cute on nerdy guys. Lauren says, “It’s cause…cause…cause…it just is. It adds to their essence.”  I tend agree. It’s not like broken-glasses-with-tape nerdy, its more of a professional nerdy. It’s a fashion statement that straddles the bridge between normal and nerdy. It adds normalcy to the nerds and makes the normal guys appear, well,  intelligent and highly evolved. However, sweaters can be deceiving.

Hmmm with all this coffee running through our systems and making us very thoughtful, Lauren and I are discussing our futures. I’m going to be the first Miss America that acts blonde but isn’t. And Lauren is going to be Madame President (did I mention I’m also going to be first lady? ).  Just kidding, we’re discussing whether or not we are going to get our masters.  We couldn’t decide, so we’re getting our masters in AWESOMENESS! Ah this coffee is rasing our IQs so much! *sips some more*

We’re talking about weddings…don’t ask.

HAHAHAHHAA I SO wish I could tell you what we’re talkng about… *dies*

So I’ve decided my life pretty much revolves around music…

This past week (yes, I’m still on break) I helped out with the New Mexico Allstate Music Festival. Basically it’s a series of workshops for music teachers across the state and bands/choirs for the best highschool singers/musicians to come together and perform. Anyway, I helped with a lot of the setting up and taking down, logistics, etc. I even got the spiffy badge that said “student host.” I felt important. Hehe. I spent some of the longest days of my life at Allstate but I got to meet some awesome people.

See even on break I do music stuff!

Oh and I get to sing at one of the middles schools I visited. I’m quite excited. I’ll be singing in front of two classes. I’ve chosen a series of musical theatre pieces and some opera ones. I also promised the kids I’d sing a disney piece or two, because they also believe I sound like a disney princess….

Freeeedom!

Obviously a heck of a lot has happened since I last blogged. I was just starting the semester at UNM and was still sane. Now I’m totally free and on winter break and finished the first semester with high grades and managed to escaped with most of my sanity. Yay! It feels good to be free!

Where to start…hmmm…well it’s two days before Christmas (basically) and I just finished my christmas shopping. Ya know in years past, I’ve had everyone’s gifts ready by the first of November. I’m really falling behind this year. I think it’s because I got way busier and just didn’t have time. I’m hoping  everyone enjoys their gifts.

By the way, my amazing big “sis” Julie made me this beautiful knit hat and scarf set. It’s this lovely salmon pink and it’s SOOO soft and cozy. I want to wear it 24/7/365.

Ahhhh! The new Sherlock Holmes is coming out soon. And I’m totally thrilled about it. I love Holmes. LOVE. IT. I will admit, I have a secret obsession with Holmes and his adventures. Man, I wish I had those detective skills…

Aggghhh it’s 10:30, I’m low on coffee, and am slowly beginning to ramble. I’ll shut up now…

New Blog…

So obviously I haven’t blogged in a god-awful ammount of time. Well, I’m going to change that. I felt like I needed to redo the blog and the inspiration this time is from the musical Spring Awakening’s “the Song of the Purple Summer..”

And All Shall Fade
The Flowers of Spring
The World and all the Sorrows
At the heart of everything

but still it stays
the butterfly sings
and opens purple summer
with a flutter of its wings

The earth will wave with corn
the grey-fly choir will mourn
And mare will neigh
With Stallions that they mate
Foals they’ve born

And all shall know the wonder of purple summer…..

And yet i wait
the swallow brings
a song too hard to follow
that no one else can sing

the fences sway
the porches swing
the clouds begin to thunder
crickets wander murmuring

the earth will wave with corn
the grey-fly choir will mourn
and mares with neigh
with stallions that they mate
foals they’ve born

And all shall know the wonder
I will sing the song of purple summer.

And All shall know the wonder
I will sing the song of purple summer.

All shall know the wonder of purple summer…..

University of New Mexico…

All hail the conquering freshman. *Dramatic music swells*

Yes, it’s official. I’ve started UNM . Do I feel like the wise, all-knowing mature beyond mature adult?!?! HAHAHA! No… 

I feel like a stressed out kiddo who isn’t getting enough sleep, decorating her locker with her crazy friends, and beginning to inhabit the local coffee shops.

Am I loving UNM? Yes. Am I loving all of the vocal and music education faculty? OF COURSE! Am I loving 8am Music theory….

NO

Can I just die already? I don’t think I can handle four semesters of 8am classes.

Oookay! I have to tell you the locker story. Melody (one of my amazing friends) and I decided to share a locker and we were kinda feeling like being very sparkly and purple-y this particular day, so we went way overboard and decorated the entire inside of our locker with purple paper, rhinestones, and music notes. Wow. Real mature, huh? OH well, at least it’s not decorated with transformer stickers or something like that…at least we have one pimpin’ locker. Booyeah!

Least favorite part about UNM so far…music theory homework. It’s not too bad, just rather time consuming. It could be worse – at least it’s not calculus or engineering homework.

Best thing about UNM – my classes are within five minutes of each other. All of them except for two are in the same building! Yay! Less walking for me!

I’ve been officially inspired by Dr. Carlow to be a music educator. She is amazing and so talented, such a great woman. I’m so happy to be in her choir and one of her classes.

Oh yeah, my fitness class is totally kicking my butt…that’s the point isn’t it? Haha. I totally feel bad for the ONLY guy in a room full of forty girls. Oh well, it’s his fault for signing up for a dance class!

I was going to say something about riding on the bus…but I can’t do it now. A song from Barney called “Riding On The Bus” popped into my head. Wow, that’s mature. I totally just aged myself….Barney’s like from the 90s, isn’t he?

Ahhh  I’m tired….serves me right for doing homework at an ungodly hour.

It’s a bad sign when I hear Dr. Dalby singing “do do-day-de do” in my head…I’ve spent already too much time in that classs…and it’s only the second week! AH!

 

=) *wishes self more luck for the rest of the semester*

I’m a diva…

“I know you read the paper
The one that they call a queen
Every radio round the world know me
‘Cause that’s where I be…
I’m a, a diva, hey
I’m a, I’m a, a diva, hey
I’m a, I’m a, a diva, hey
I’m a, I’m a, a diva…”

- “Diva” Beyonce

Washington D.C. Trip – Days 4&5

Day 4 –

 

Argh, I feel sick. I’m in one of those “touch me and diiieeeeee” moods. Physically I feel terrible….mehhh….

 

Alicia is an amazing sister. She went and got me breakfast cause I didn’t feel well enough to go downstairs. *claps* Kudos.

 

Ah! Lici and I are trying to get ourselves all dolled up before we go to the conference for Dad’s work. Aaah!

 

Wow. Just wow. The conference was…wow. Just wow. Very smart, high-tech .and…did I mention smart!?! Very spiffy. I would go into more detail but some of the stuff was so over my head. I  kinda sorta felt maybe just a little, okay a lot, out of place, but it wasn’t too terrible – the attendees and exhibitors were very understanding regarding my lack of tech savvy. =) Ha!

 

Walking around D.C. in high heels is never a good idea. Time for a trip to the hot tub and then a loooong nap.

 

Almost overslept. I had about 30minutes (oh my!) to get myself ready to go to dinner with my dad’s associates. We ate at this very chic and classy restaurant (that is entirely woman owned and “chef-ed”). The meal was excellent and the company was better!

 

Favorite quote of the evening – “You’ll think he’s so hott, you’ll have drool coming outta your…eyes!”

 

If I wasn’t so tired, I would’ve written more and explained the quote, but alas I am exhausted and am in desperate need of SLEEP! Good night! Don’t wake me up until kingdom comes….

 

….too bad my kingdom comes tomorrow!

Day 5 –

I’m going home! Yay!

 

I’m still feeling sick and I’ve decided that I don’t like breakfast. And I’ve also decided that “Charmed” episodes get old and predictable after watching it for 2 hrs in the morning.

 

I’m standing in the middle of the hotel room with my entire wardrobe spread all over the bed, dresser, TV (yes the TV), and the floor, trying to figure out how the heck I got all of this in one suitcase. I think I need to learn how to pack lighter – much lighter.

 

Thirty minutes later and several jumps on the suitcase, I finally got it all to fit. Yay me!

 

I’m going home! Yay! (Yes it just hit me again) I’m kinda sad to leave D.C.; I really do love it here. However, I am missing the green chile and the Hispanic culture of the Q.

 

Survived the first flight from Washington D.C. to Dallas! As I’m sitting in the next gate impatiently awaiting my flight to Albuquerque, the first thing I hear from the flight attendants is that the plane is seriously late. Like, seriously. Agh! I was annoyed, but quickly got over it. Then the same voice came over the loudspeaker 45minutes later. The plane we were supposed to take had been declared “unfit” to fly be the airport mechanics and the airline was attempting to find another empty plane for us. Agh! My annoyed attitude quickly returned and in full force – I was ready to knock the living daylights out of anyone who bothered me again. And guess what!?! The SAME voice announced that they had found a plane (yay!) and that it was at another gate just a short distance away. Short?! Buhahaha. They so lied. It was on the other side of the Airport! Agh! I honestly believe that it was the airline’s intent to annoy the life out of me.

 

Yay! I’m FINALLY on the flight back to Burque. Bring on the dry heat! Bring on the lack of water! Bring on the “real” chile!

 

Okay. This is totally weird. In the Dallas airport I was waiting for the flights and I saw this guy who looked totally familiar. He walked by and smiled, so I smiled back. Now it’s driving me nuts. I know I know him, but why. I’m pretty sure he was one of the Youth Leadership kids from the Chamber of Commerce. Michael Corrio, I think. (Creepy thing is…if it’s really Mr. M.C. himself, then I know exactly where he’s coming from. Lol) I’m almost too chicken to ask. Before I get off this plane I will find out who he is, I swear it.

 

Alicia is going to kill me for saying this in my public blog – but oh well, she brought this on herself. She tends to take up the entire 3 seats in the row on the plane. Her head is on my dad’s arm, most of her body is in her chair, and her legs are spread across my laptop. Seriously how can someone so small take up that much room!?!?! Sisters…can’t live with them, can’t live without them.

 

Sad moment of the day – I realized I left poor Tony in the hotel. I can’t believe it. I was going to take Tony with me where ever I went and always have him on my person. *sniffles* How tragic. Now he’s probably all alone in the bottom of a garbage bin that was picked up by the cleaning staff. All alone. *bawls* I’m sorry Tony, forgive me!!!

Albuquerque is in sight! Yay! Home sweet, home!