Definition of Soon

Yeah, I'm bad at this. I know it. So now, it's time for the Big Sweeping Update on Life.


School: The year here at BG is finally over (and it couldn't have come soon enough)! I did fairly well, and should show some pretty good grades for the semester, and the year overall. Happiness. I've also decided to postpone my reaudition for the CMA until the fall, when I will reaudition for the new flute professor. An old BG alum, Leah, is going to be in BG this summer and is going to give me flute lessons... she's a fabulous player and a great teacher, so it should be good for me.

Work, Part the First: Things at the library are going swimmingly, as per usual. They're going to keep me on, despite the fact that I don't have work study right now, for which I am super grateful. And they recently gave me the Outstanding Grad Student Employee Award for the whole library. Boy do I have them snowed! ;)

Work, Part the Second: Now that it's public knowledge at work, I can tell people that I was promoted to Assistant Manager at the theater. This means: better clothes, more hours, slightly better pay, and breaking the salary cap. Plus I have a good job for the summer, which is fab. People that I like are leaving, which sucks. But the summer movie season is coming, and frankly it's an exciting job in the summer, with big crowds and big movies.

Health: Overall, very good. I didn't even get sick this spring, which has happened pretty much every other year. *knocks on fiberboard* I have been having an issue with my hands, though... November of last year, I started to notice that I was having "loss of sensation" in my fingertips.... I could use my hands fine, things just didn't feel right when I touched them. I ignored it for a while, like people do, but it didn't go away. Went to the Health Center, where they referred me to a neurologist. After a 5 minute exam, the best options that the guy could offer me was diabetes or MS. Two blood tests and a painful nerve exam later, we had discounted all the available theories. Wanting a second opinion, I went back to the HC and demanded to see the physical therapist. Being a smart guy, he figured out right away that the problem was coming from my neck, and more specifically the fact that it was pinching the nerves that run down the arm. I started in on a regimen of stretches and exercises, and while it's not totally gone, I'm on the road to recovery. This makes me very happy. :)

Various things: My nephews are healthy and adorable, as per always. Sister still hates her job, which is normal. Sister and bro-in-law are healthy and doing good. My mom seems to be doing a lot better in her job now that her manager is not a Bitch from Hell. She still works too much, but Rome wasn't rebuilt in a day. ;) Several friends are graduating this weekend, and that's very weird. (Congrats to them, by the way!) I also would have been graduating this weekend, if all had gone "normally." I'm surprisingly not bitter about it. We just had our SAI formal last Saturday, and I had a fantastic time. First time I've felt "happy and carefree" in a very long time. And I got to spend the evening with my dashing best friend, who was a lot of fun, even if he "doesn't know how to dance"... I think we did just fine. :) Also, I'm turning 25 in four days. I'm definitely wigging out about this, but it's a very calm wig-out... just under the surface.

OK, now everyone is officially caught up on major news. I can now (try to) get back in the swing of blogging every day or so. We'll see how it goes, but I'm going to try. :)

Oh, and P.S. I love the Al. *hugs the Al*