RECAP!

ok i havent been on here in FOREVER! my life is so different. we went thru a space with no computer but now that that's fixed i'll have to write more... the holidays are already passed and now im 16 :) yay. ive been on two dates one being a dance and we now have 5 grandkids so yeah...

About the rest of the choir things I was in this last week:

the concert: I have never even been to a high school choir before so it was a bit overwhelming but fun. we kind of got confused with some standing orders and some people sat in our seats so we were stuck in the back but it was still fun. I loved listening to all the different choirs. this will be the only time this year that all the choirs will be in one concert so it was nice to hear. and I was glad to hear them so I could pick which choirs I may want to be in next year. after the concert we went out to apple bees with Heidi and Chris and their little ones. It was good.
festival: the next day we went to a festival in chandler. we performed really well and the guy that came and critiqued us really thought we did well. he knew our director and they kind joke fighted the whole time. and because the boys weren't there i turned pages at the piano with my friend rella. it made me feel important. :) then after that we all got on the bus and drove to where they would drop us off for lunch. none of us knew where we were going so that was interesting. and we all got dressed on the bus! Ive never done it before and didn't think that i would but apparently i do have those skills. ok so they dropped us off and we had an hour. so a group of friends and i walked over to apple bees ( yes I did have it two meals in a row) ( yes I had the same thing) and had a very nice lunch. then about 10 min before we had to be on the bus ( yes they would leave us) we ran over to jack in the box for shakes. ( yes they were good. yes they made me sick cuz i was full) then we drove to school. we got to school a half hour earlier then was expected but we didn't want to go to class so we ( me and my friends) walked around and i finished my homework i hadn't done :) then onto class..

too bad

ok I feel bad. I was planning on doing auditions. I promise I was. hehe k so on Thursday night I realised that the jazz choir auditions were the next day and I didn't know the song! dang eh? yeah well I tried and tried but after all I just didn't feel good about it so I knew I wouldn't be doing auditions this weekend. so my next trial was telling my director. eekkk ok so this year in chorus is called the audition year because we have to be in the sophomore choirs but next year they choose which choir we're in. so everything we do this year is going to say something to the directors you know? no pressure or anything! so when I realised I had to tell him this I was terrified! I started thinking of ways to do it or to just not do it and not show up. but that thought didn't last long. I knew that I couldn't live with that. as much as it scared me to have to say something like this to me I knew that that's not who I am. and what wouldn't he think of me then? so I debated for two days and finally went to him yesterday. fully expecting the disappointed look and a speech. but when I told him why I couldn't do it ( big projects at school I wasn't expecting and all the family things this last week) he totally understood and all he said about it was that he'd call them and let them know. and smiled at me. SMILED! hehe I'm so lucky to have a conductor like him and I love being in his class!

blessing

k so this weekend my oldest brother and his family are coming in town to bless their youngest daughter. autumn and joel are also in town as of yesterday to meet this new addition to the family. so that means all the glidewell clan will be here. this hasn't happened since my birthday and even then we didnt have christine here with us yet. I'm so excited to meet her and to spoil lexi until they leave. bradys about to be an older brother and having all the babies here i think will help the transition. wow this weekends goin to rock.

then next Tuesday i have my fist official chorus concert at mvt! im sooooo excited. even tho i don't have any big important parts I'm excited cuz this is the first concert in a long while that i will be singing with all my strength and might. i just hope someone comes and sees me...

then the next day we have a festival that mr shrieber is taking us too. normally the most adv group goes but he decided to take us instead! isnt that awsome! so i miss practically all of school that day! yayayaay! but then we come back for 5th and 6th hour which happen to be math and science. bummer right? well i guess then i don't have to make them up so its ok..

then that weekend i have auditions for Allstate jazz choir. im freaking out! and its the same day as conference! dang!!!! right? wrong. my director as awesome as he is called the ppl up who are in charge of Allstate jazz things and told them what was up. he had them open up a night just for us! hes so good to us! yayayay! so yeah... music can finally take prominence now that this stupid book report is done! yayayayay!

on a better note

k so I'm officially pouring every part of me into my music ( like i wasn't doing that before). my piano is getting really good and I'm working on it continuously. I'm currently learning two songs ( one she assigned me the other I'm learning on my own to impress my teacher). chorus in high school has been so cool. its so different then in Jr high. I'm not afraid to sing out and be a "color voice". this means i have a big voice that projects awesomely. my family already knows I'm loud but surprisingly enough most everyone else doesn't. they think of me as 'quiet'. weird huh? yeah. so this year my goal is to sing out and be my self in chorus. along with my always goal to get all the solos and be a well known artist at my school. I'm working on it. Mr shrieber ( my chorus teach) really likes outgoing ppl so I'm trying out for EVERYTHING :) its goin to be great. I'm currently working on a solo for a tryout for something called all state jazz choir. for all those who have never heard of this it is a choir that high schooler from all over the sate of AZ come and audition for. its a huge deal if you make it in because there are only 20 ppl in this choir that means that there is only 5 bases( low men's voices) 5 tenors( higher men voices) 5 altos ( lower women's) and 5 soprano( high women) with me being a soprano. see sop is goin to be especially hard to get in since there are so many of us. oh and I'm only a sophomore so that's a added hardness. and i have like zip experience with jazz. but that's not keeping me from trying. I'm sooo excited. yay! moms also goin to get me voice teacher which I'm excited for! yay!

all alone

yesterday i started thinking while i was alone. times like that never are good. i started thinking of my disappointments. my lost dreams and my hopes that i knew were never going to be. naturally i started getting depressed. i missed my cousin, my sister, my nieces and nephew and i was mad at my friends. right when i was getting to the crying part my mom came in. she stared to bug me to get me smile. then she just talked to me. Ive missed that. we've both been so busy, with both of our callings. i eventually told her why i down. i told her one of the reasons Ive been going to the temple so much ( to avoid my alone time and boredom and friends) and she told me i couldn't just not have friends. she said i was born to have friends. that i needed them. i got all defensive and hurt but in reality its true. I'm so glad i have a mom that isn't afraid to tell me things like that even tho it hurt. I'm also glad i have friends that are willing and worthy to go to the temple with me when i need to. i love them so much and am so grateful for them. :)

school

school has started. yay! even though i was terrified to start at a new school it has been way easier then i expected and i am so grateful to have the friends i do to help me thru it. so far its been okay...

ok so you know how my sis has been here for the past couple of months? yeah so i was just about sick of having her here when it hit me that she wouldn't be here for much longer. i have not always had a great relationship with her and even though its been weird to be on talking terms with her I'm getting used to it and surprising enough enjoying it. yesterday my sister and her daughter ( aka my little baby) left to go back to Washington. its so weird not having them here and i miss them like crazy but i guess I'll have to dredge up the strength to go on. oh well...

so this Thursday in chorus we're having a party of sorts. I'm soooooo excited! its the annual choir shindig!!!!! yeah! ( yes that's its official name!) most of friends are in chorus with me so they'll be there. and most of those who aren't are still in chorus so they'll be there too. including most of my guy friends... including a really good guy friend;)! again i say I'm soooo excited!

so me and my sister while she was here went on a diet. now i know your thinking of starving yourself and sugar withdrawals but let me tell you it actually worked. at first when she told me she wanted to do it i said no way! are you kidding me? Hallie on a diet? me on a diet? please! but then i started thinking bout it. i was about 2 weeks from starting high school, terrified of high school, and wanting the boys( of course) to notice me. so whats a girl to do? well so i decided to do it. ( after some begging from autumn of course) ok so this thing is called hcg diet. weird huh? yeah so its a natural diet that resets your metabolism. that's why it works! i lost like 17 pounds on it. in 2 weeks! and now my metabolism is reset and way faster so all in all it worked great ( except that my brand spanking new buckle jeans( yes Heidi and autumn have converted me to buckle) are big on me :() so yeah... hehe