Sick again; it's starting to look like my sophomore year again.

Let's just say I have had the worst month of my life.  I ended up going into an emergency clinic tuesday night to find out that I have strep throat for the second time in 3 weeks.  It came back worse than ever and left me contagious.  I haven't gotten much practice in, but I do what I can.  So much for getting my tonsils taken out.  It hasn't done me much good.  In fact, I've been getting worse throat infections ever since.  Maybe I should have kept them?  My music this semester is quite difficult and I'm trying to come up with ways that will make it easier to memorize the words and notes.  Jazz dans luit is an upper level piece, and I'm scared I may not get it done.  I do have doubts, but I also have confidence.  Every day I tell myself I'm going to be great.  It helps to a point.  Recordings on iTunes have helped me greatly.  I'm not the best piano player either so it's difficult to practice sometimes.  I'm thinking about having Mr. Phil make me a recording of my music.  There's something about the actual accompaniment from his piano.  It's so different when he plays than when I''m listening to the recording.  I can't believe it's the middle of February already.  This semester is going entirely too fast already.  I'm ready to be done with school, but I don't want it to go this fast.  That's why I'm going to make the most of it. 

Still not used to this whole blogging thing.... Sorry!

This last week was a bit rough for me.  It seems I came down with a little case of the flu Wednesday morning on top of the sore throat I had gotten two days earlier.  Let's just say it wasn't my best week for practice.  We went through my languages in my voice lesson and made some progress on Jazz dans la nuit.  It's the most amazing song and I am ready to take on the challenges that it presents to me.  I've found recordings of each of my songs and listen to them daily which helps when I'm not able to sing to my full potential.  My life is great right now and it's all because I have support from Dr. Hepworth, Joey, and my family.  I will admit though, I am worn out from last semester and have begun to slack on my part this semester.  I am, however, staying on track and making sure that things are done in a timely matter.  Any suggestions on keeping healthy?  Send them my way.  I have a feeling it may be a long semester of colds for me. 

P.S.  Sorry this is late!  I totally forgot about the blog.  I'm just not used to doing it, beings it's new and all. 

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Here it goes...

I'm not exactly sure how this works, but I guess I will give it a shot.  This is my first day back to school this week because of weather issues, so I've had a lot of time to myself to focus on my new music for this semester.  Dr. Hepworth and I have been working on getting that buzz and pinging sound at all times when I'm singing.  It's  quite difficult and different from last semester and I'm sure it will take me a while to get used to it.  I love learning new things and am so excited about my music this semester.  It's going to be great as long as I work at it, which I plan to.  I have got to make the most of my last semester at Wayne State.