So I know it has been awhile since I've posted...truth is, now that I'm back in school not too many out of the ordinary funny things happen to me. Sad isn't it? I have some pictures I want to post but something is wrong with my computer and always closes the browser before any pictures are saved to my blog....long story short, there will be no pictures in this post. Sigh...
I just finished writing a paper that was so supposed to be relatively easy to get over with. Too bad it took well over a week to construct! It's only 10 pages! What am I going to do in two weeks when my 25 page paper is due!?! The plan was to knock out this methodology paper in a day or two and then get to work on my other two papers that are just lingering in the back of my mind...needless to say, this did not happen so I'm way behind on my other goals for the rest of the semester.
Why did it take so long to write April? That's an excellent question and I have a theory. The methodology I chose to write about was one I learned of in college. I went to a workshop and one of my profs maintained good contact with this presenter after it was over so I had a shoe in for a contact. Dr. Thompson put me in touch with the author personally and she gave me all kinds of insights to this methodology...well then she found out that my professor at graduate school is the president of MENC! (This is a VERY big deal in music education!) So now my paper has turned into her opportunity to have the ear of the president of this major organization. If my prof. likes it doors could open all over the place for this author...so I really started to feel the pressure not to mess up and to go above and beyond because somehow I became this author's personal advocate for her material. Not only do I have this woman's hopes in my hands but she's also given me a complimentary copy of her materials worth $300! Also, did I mention she wants a copy of my paper when I'm finished? What if I don't cite something right (don't get me started on my writing style manual drama!)? Or what if she thinks it's a bad paper?? Well, I got the paper done and I still don't feel it's as good as it could be but I just can't get my thoughts onto paper like I usually can. Writing papers used to be my strong point. The paper and the presentation is due tomorrow so let's hope and pray it's to everyone's liking so I can finally get some sleep this week. It was just supposed to be a simple paper...
At the beginning of November, the Bartee's and I (that's my old roommate and her husband and baby boy) traveled to Oklahoma City for OC's Homecoming. My batteries in my camera died so I was only able to capture one event that took place that weekend and that was the visit to Clyde and Gwen's house! We had such a wonderful time with them! Other great activities included: wonderful meals with old friends, Homecoming chapel where I got to see one of my old high school students from SA perform with the Chorale (a definite highlight!), the homecoming musical which I used to always be a part, and the short drive to Stillwater to spend the night chatting with Josh and Amanda! What a wonderful weekend!
This sweet baby was my view for much of the weekend! Baby Caleb loved his Aunt April!
