Today was foggy and gray.  Yesterday was foggy and gray.  I am so sick of winter, I can barely stand it!  The Student Senate actually held an "I Hate Snow Day" last week where everybody dressed in summer clothes and played outdoor games in the atrium during lunch.  Now thats a dress-up day that I completely support!  I donned my fuschia sun dress (with a little cardigan, naturally), painted my toenails to match, and dug out my polka dot flip flops.  What a happy day, despite my freezing toes!

Example: SNOW up to your chest!
This is my sister on V-Day.  Yes, the snow was really that high.  Oy.

Example 2:  you can't drive anywhere to relieve your cabin fever because of the SNOW.
I took this picture driving back to Pierre after Valentine's Day.  I was supposed to leave the day before, but couldn't.  Guess why?  Blowing SNOW.  UGH.  I think 2010 wins for Worst Winter EVER.

Forgive my rant, I'm really wishing I lived somewhere else right now.

Part of why I hate winter is I just get sick of everything, including my hair.  I usually get a new cut about this time every year, this year was no exception!

My mom and sister have been begging me to post new pics of my haircut.  I haven't quite gotten used to styling it yet, so don't judge!

Last one is a bit blurry, yes, sorry, but you get the point.

To compare, here was my hair at Christmas.  You add 2 months of growth to this to get how much hair I just chopped off!
Yes, N, I stole your picture.  ;)

I was soooo not looking forward to doing laundry and cleaning my house this weekend.  I have yet to finish the cleaning part, but don't worry, I still have a day and a half of weekend left!  Most of all, I was dreading the overflowing sink of ginormous pots and pans awaiting me.  Then, I remembered these!

They're called gloveables and T's mom got them for me for my birthday.  It's much more fun to do loads of dishes when you have fun accessories to help and keep your hands silky soft!  (I just did an exfoliating sugar scrub this morning....)  I donned my gloveables, lit my all-time favorite candle:

and put on my favorite Pandora station (based on Debussy, Ravel, and Britten), and dug into my mountain of Calphalon.  I almost forgot that I hate doing dishes!

By the way, these were taken with my new svelte cherry red camera.  Not too shabby, eh?

Currently waiting for the tsunami to hit Hawaii.  Watching live feed on Fox News...

I don't know what's come over me, I just stopped blogging, didn't I?

Lots has happened, but I will be brief!

My choir performed for an audience of music teachers at SDSU.  It went really well, I kind of want to figure out a way to post a recording.  Maybe I'll figure it out this weekend.

The day before, we had a day trip for Small Group Contest.

We had another concert with completely different music the next week, which involved 2 guest conductors, massive rehearsal schedules, etc. etc. etc.  It also went very well!!!!!


This weekend T and I baked 7 dozen cookies for my choir kiddos because they're awesome.

Then there were conferences from 5-8:30 on Tuesday  night.  What a bunch of hooey!

I got a new camera, and have yet to post any pics with it!  (Thanks, mom!)

As you can see, my school days have been ridiculously busy.  This means that my home schedule involves getting home at 4, completely crashed for 2 hours, and then lethargically going off to my evening activities.  February has nearly wiped me out, friends.  On top of all of that, I got sick, too.

It's nice to be back to a less stressful life, a relaxed life, where I get to spend time with my husband, watch the Olympics (I am soooooo in love with the Olympics, it's ridiculous.)  and just be me!

The med school admissions committee meets this Saturday for their final decisions and we should find out a definitive answer next week about USD.  Please PRAY!!!

Has anybody else had a February like me?

Do you have any idea how I can post a sound file of our choir?  Help please!