This week is the last of the term.
Finals are next week, which means I've been doing mounds of homework and studying like mad.
I am quite excited for Christmas break.
Don't get me wrong- I love school. Learning new things is lovely. I just need a month to myself. I need to be able to sleep until one, get up, write for a few hours, practice playing piano (more on that later), read, then go to sleep again before starting the whole process over again.
School work has been really getting in the way of my writing. I failed NaNoWriMo miserably- I only had around 12,000 words. I like what I've got so far, though, so I'll probably keep working on that.
So lately I've been playing the piano a lot. I haven't really touched the thing since I had lessons when I was nine, except to plunk out the notes for audition pieces and choir songs.
It's really nice. I've found a bunch of lesson books, and I've been teaching myself. The piano is very flat- we need to get it tuned.
Mother and Dave have even said I've been improving. :]
It's just really soothing to sit down and play the piano, you know? Even if I'm just learning how to play some basic chords, I love the feeling I get when I finally master it.
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And now I've got a final paper to write. Oh joy. Goodbye!