Around the Corner

It's been a busy week. Has it been a week? Maybe it's been 2 weeks. I don't know. A lot has happened, that is for sure. After the disasterous audition at WMU, I went into overdrive applying to other schools and setting up auditions for them. I encountered the most positive reaction at Northern Illinois University. As soon as I called the Admissions Coordinator and explained my situation to her, she jumped into overdrive setting things up for me. She and I both contacted the cello professor, and from there I set up an audition for just a few days later. I mean, I had the music all prepared, why the hell not?

He lives in the outskirts of the city, so it was kind of a crazy adventure getting there, seeing as I'm a country girl and definitely not used to navigating rush hour city traffic. Or crazy city parking. But I managed to get there in one piece, so I trudged up to his 3rd floor apartment. He had broken his leg pretty badly so he was recovering at home. It ended up being pretty convenient too, since his apartment is closer to mine than mine is to the school. Anyways. I rocked that audition. I played REALLY well and I impressed him, so much so, that he emphatically accepted me on the spot AND gave me a huge scholarship recommendation! I was stoked. Pumped. Elated. Say what you will, it was like the doors were opening up for me. You know that saying? When one closes, another opens? It's so true, especially if you get off your ass and get to work.

So 2 days after my audition, I went to the university itself for a tour and meeting with Lynn (the admissions coordinator). I have to say that I LOVE the campus. It heavily recalls campuses of the East Coast, old looking stone buildings with ivy and vines crawling up the sides, I love it love it love it. I got kind of lost, but managed to find the music school, which is right on the end corner of campus, with a lovely river right in front of it. I was totally in love. I spoke with Lynn and she was extremely informative and helpful. She gave me a bunch of material that would help Fernando and I find an apartment, what classes I'll have to take for my degree, etc. Above and beyond. After we spoke for awhile, she gave me a quick tour of the building, and then took me to an orchestra rehearsal. The orchestra alone plays 5 concerts in a school year, and one of those is an OPERA cycle. Yeah, I'm totally in love.

So this week, I had to send in some recommendation letters to the music department for my music school application to be complete. I asked my old orchestra teacher to help me out, and he sent one in on Tuesday. Now I just have to wait. Not wait to be accepted, but wait to see how much my scholarship is. Obviously, the more the better.

I also quit WoW, finally. It was kind of a long time coming, you know? I've been having less and less fun in that game as the months went on, so I closed up the guild, told the members, sent them all some good stuff out of the guild bank, and cancelled my subscription. It was like a weight off my shoulders. Now it's been a week since I quit and seriously...I feel amazing. I don't have something weighing me down. I don't have to sign on to a game that was becoming less and less fun at such and such time every night to get squabbling whispers about loot and raid line ups.

I'm actually playing a new mmo now, a different one. I'm a huge Tolkien fan, so I'm playing the lord of the rings online mmo...and having more fun than I thought I would.

March was a big month for lots of change. So far, change for the better. Hopefully before the month is out, I'll hear about the scholarship. Here is hoping.