Ok, so if you're not the person named above, you're still welcome to read on, but this is specifically for her, as I am awful, and have not written her a letter and sent it yet (sorry again!) since I got her last letter. So if you have no idea what's going on or what I'm talking about, that's why.
Dear Hermana Clanton,
First of all, I AM SO SORRY, I AM A TERRIBLE PERSON, IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG SINCE I LAST WROTE YOU, SORRY, SORRY SORRY!
My wisdom teeth surgery went well. I'm sorry to inform you that I was not silly at all. I apparently cried the entire time. Cried, and whined that I looked like a chipmunk. But oh well, could have been worse. At least I compared myself to a chipmunk! I recovered pretty quickly. My surgery was on Saturday, and I was able to eat mac and cheese by Monday, and I had very little swelling. Seriously, you couldn't tell I had just had surgery by just looking at me!
So, remember that Christmas choir I was a part of? Well, we got invited to audition to sing the National Anthem at the Diamondback's Mormon night! And we got it! I'm proud to say that I got chosen to sing the high A in the audition tape! (the group was small enough that we only needed one person on the high note. At the actual game, we'll probably need three on it) It's on April 15th, and I'm super excited for it! :) This will be my second time performing at a Diamondback's game!
I got a new car. A brand new, little morning sky blue Versa Note. I'm leasing it for three years, with the intent to either purchase or trade in at the end of it, and my monthly payments are reasonable :) Also, I am now employed at three (yes, you read that correctly, three) places. One of them is only during school breaks, and another one is only during school, so I'm only going to be working 2 jobs at any given time :) I'm an office assistant at MCC, I'm a teaching assistant for the Mesa Arts Center's workshops for kids over the Summer, and am a part-time care-giver for elderly people who live at home. And after the Summer, I'm planning on NOT working on campus, but since I can't be both a full time care-giver AND a full time student, I'm going to probably get yet another part-time job, like at a restaurant or store or something, and continue working two part-time jobs while going to school.
I'm also moving out in July, so I've started saving up and looking around at a few different options. I'd like to stay in my current ward if possible, but it's not going to be a huge deal-breaker if I find a great place for cheap(ish) that's not.
I'm planning on just getting my general education associate's degree, and then finish my Bachelor's degree in (music or theatre) once I transfer to a university. I'm currently a vocal performance major, but I also want to study classical acting, so Idk. Lots f prayer and study and thoughts will be going into this big decision throughtout the next year or so :) I did find a few universities I'd be interested in attending, but aside from being split on a major, I also have to think about money :P (and I didn't even mention the fact that I want to somehow minor in genetics, don't get me started on how I'm going to manage that)
So, fun little tid-bit, in my acting 2 class right now, we're studying Shakespeare (Yay!) and I'm doing a two person scene from Othello, and in this scene, I get murdered. Well, one day, my acting partner (Jared) and I met up to practice in the theatre, but it was being used for something else, so we couldn't go in, so we decided to rehearse it outside instead. Now, not only am I being murdered in this scene, I put up a bit of a fight, and there's a lot of running and screaming involved (you'd scream too, if someone was trying to catch and strangle you!), so the looks we got from the people walking by was priceless, oh my goodness, so funny! Almost as funny when our class had to do our Greek monologues outside, and we'd go from almost whispering one second to shouting the next (the Greeks were all about the drama :P)
No guys in my life just now, and I'm cool with that :) I think I'm just starting to get the hang of being a single, full-time student, working adult who has to do things like make a car payment every month, and file for taxes (still need to do that! Yikes!), go grocery shopping, etc... Not saying that if the right guy came along, I'd be opposed to a relationship, but I definitely am not waiting around for prince charming or anything. I'm planning my life as though I'm going to have to support myself for a while, and plus, with the whole wanting to go out of state, possibly the country, for future college studies, a relationship might be difficult. Again, not saying no to the right person when he comes along, just not holding my breath waiting for him :)
The summer musical at MCC is going to either be Legally Blonde (if they can get the rights to it), or Guys and Dolls (if they don't get the rights to Legally Blonde). I'm excited for whichever one they do, though I probably won't have time to be a part of it this year, what with 2 jobs and trying to find an apartment and all that. Plus, I still need to figure out how to apply for summer fafsa. I already turned in my fall application, but I didn't see a place for summer term o.O (<---- confused face) I really want to just knock off a couple classes over the Summer so I can graduate ASAP and start looking at future plans and auditioning for programs and scholarships. As soon as I figure out which program I want to do, that is :P
That's really all I can think of right now. I know you asked me some questions, but I don't have the letter with me right now to answer them, so when I get home, I'll be sure to find it and answer them in my next blog post :) Write back whenever you have time, no rush! Be safe, and keep spreading the gospel :)
Love,
Laura
