Yesterday was wonderful! I took the praxis tests for music and general teaching strategies. I think they went well. I felt that my answers were substantial. The music was kind of a compilation of every music class I took at St. Olaf.
After the first test I hung out with my cousin Laura who lives in Tigard, right next to Portland. I scored a free mandolin slicer from her. She works at Sur le Table a high end kitchen store and she already got a free mandolin from them. She had been meaning to take this one back so other employees can take it if they want. It's a good thing I told her that I had almost bought one at our market.
We went downtown to get Voodoo donuts (they make vegan donuts). It was so hard to find a parking spot in old town. Then we remembered that it was Saturday and the Portland Saturday Market was happenings. We realized this when we pulled into a parking spot that happened to be right by the entrance to the market. So we ate our donuts and walked around. It was so much fun! I just love seeing a variety of people. Portland is so awesome.
My second test was in the afternoon. All the testing took place at Portland Community College which is 5 min. from my cousin's house. After the test I went and hung out with Emily! It's good to see Olaf friends. We hung out in her back yard, played with her dogs, went to dinner at P.F. Chang's, and then watched Princess Diaries 2. It's really a horrible movie, but I love it and we watched it because Anna Netrebko has a cameo in it. She actually didn't sound that fabulous. Then I fought sleep and drove home at 11. It was very disorienting. Everything seemed kind of fuzzy. But I stayed awake by trying to sing along to the new Jason Mraz cd. I thought I hated his music, but this cd is good, I'm borrowing it from Laura.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Summer is Finally Here
Summer has finally decided to show up. The sun is now out after much cold weather. It was kind of depressing, but I managed. Along with the sunshine comes the local strawberries which are also long overdue. They finally rolled into the market yesterday. Today, the shortcake stand was stressful. We had a line all afternoon. Rachel, Hannah, and I were all working in there. It worked out to adopt restaurant positions. Hannah was the waitress taking orders and putting them together, Rachel was the kitchen staff (slicing berries), and I was the busgirl (cleaning up after the tremendous milkshake messes, taking out the garbage, etc.). It's such a small space that I certainly start to feel overwhelmed with big lines, big messes, and the big demand for cleanliness, quality, and speedy service.
I made Maranda a care package. It was an Oregon theme since she won't be coming home this summer. I miss all of my friends from Minnesota so much. Something is certainly missing, but at the same time things seem to function normally. I basically have two lives: one in Minnesota, and one in Oregon.
My Oregon life consists of working, exercising, watching tv, occasionally hanging out with friends (who also work), and spending my evenings with family. When in Oregon I dream about being either an excellent teacher or church music director. I fall back to my dreams from high school: living a simple (well as simple as this busy girl can be) home life with a family and an incredible choir program.
In Minnesota, my life involves hanging out with friends frequently, singing often, constant emailing, and watching the latest episodes online. My dreams in Minnesota consist of becoming an amazing performer of some sort, going to graduate school, and for some odd reason living a fabulous life as a single woman and becoming everyone's best friend. Oh yeah, I would have lots of money to support a green, organic, vegan lifestyle.
So I guess this fall will be a chance for me to say goodbye to certain dreams and combining the ones I've had these past years. Also, it's so hard to decide which dreams I will want to pursue. I guess I should pray about this. It's been awhile since I've actually let God have some say.
I should keep these blogs very brief. Nobody will want to read all of this.
I made Maranda a care package. It was an Oregon theme since she won't be coming home this summer. I miss all of my friends from Minnesota so much. Something is certainly missing, but at the same time things seem to function normally. I basically have two lives: one in Minnesota, and one in Oregon.
My Oregon life consists of working, exercising, watching tv, occasionally hanging out with friends (who also work), and spending my evenings with family. When in Oregon I dream about being either an excellent teacher or church music director. I fall back to my dreams from high school: living a simple (well as simple as this busy girl can be) home life with a family and an incredible choir program.
In Minnesota, my life involves hanging out with friends frequently, singing often, constant emailing, and watching the latest episodes online. My dreams in Minnesota consist of becoming an amazing performer of some sort, going to graduate school, and for some odd reason living a fabulous life as a single woman and becoming everyone's best friend. Oh yeah, I would have lots of money to support a green, organic, vegan lifestyle.
So I guess this fall will be a chance for me to say goodbye to certain dreams and combining the ones I've had these past years. Also, it's so hard to decide which dreams I will want to pursue. I guess I should pray about this. It's been awhile since I've actually let God have some say.
I should keep these blogs very brief. Nobody will want to read all of this.
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