Totally scored at D.I. and just wanted to share!!!!

Ok, so I went to D.I. yesterday and had the BEST time!!!! I found a knee length Calvin Klein denim skirt and a mid-calf length Tommy Hilfiger denim skirt, brand new, high heeled, knee high black leather boots and (the thing I actually went in to get) a Lands End back pack!!! The skirts looked almost new and the shoes weren't worn at all...I totally scored (and now have something to wear to my date on Saturday!!!) I wore my boots today even tho my feet hurt from wearing heels and being on my feet all day yesterday, but they're so fun!!! I just wanted to share my second-hand store excitement!!! Hope everything is absolutely wonderful and amazing for everyone!!!
~Manda

Busy is much more fun than the alternative!!!!!

Busy day today!!! I got one of my tests back today...A-, not too bad (especially considering that I only missed 1 and most of the class got B's and C's) I also realized that I have a Master Class performance tomorrow and don't have a song ready...So after I'm done at school I have to go home, do the dishes (they haven't been done for a while and I'm generally the only one who does them cuz I like having an empty kitchen sink), clean my room (I couldn't find my keys this morning so I tore it apart...they were in yesterday's jeans), find and practice a song to performance level, go to the Draper temple open house, go to work, and finish my homework....and probably in that order...I'm excited for today and have been for a few weeks....and I'm way happy to have a long shift as opposed to the shorter ones I've been scheduled lately at work.
The weather's pretty nice...I've been tempting fate by not wearing a jacket to school or work...but I've found that it might not have been the greatest idea (I think I'm getting sick)...but really, who cares...the sun is out and I'm not freezing...I believe that's cause for celebration, so I do as the Utahans do...shorts and T-shirts in 45 degrees and above...but if I totally wanted to fit in I'd wear flip flops too, but I don't own any...so yeah...Amazing day! I'm way excited!!!
~Manda

Rejection is just part of life....but why does it have to be a frequent part?!

So this week has been rather filled with rejection and trials! It's good tho, hard but good! I had a Spanish test (probably got a B or maybe a little lower :( that class is the hardest one for me!) I also had a Music Theory test and an opera diction IPA (International Pronunciation Alphabet) test (easy A's!!!)!!! I had those three tests and found out I didn't make it into the Institute night on Broadway talent show and I auditioned for a scholarship I won't get...I'm not being pessimistic, I just know I won't get it...don't try tho argue the point with me...I just know!!! It's been a hard week to stay happy and positive...well, some of the time!

I've had so many blessings this week!!! My scholarship money finally came in, I got a check for $50 from grandma for memorizing the Proclamation (which I am so so so so so so so so so SO grateful for!!!), $35 from my new voice student (I gave her her first lesson this morning...it's so good to have a student again!!!!), I got paid from work this week, I still have a clean room, and I've made a few new friends! So yeah, the devastation of not being as successful as I would like to be was only (as it always is) temporary! Plus if a few rejections make me quit, then what on earth am I doing majoring in music anyway?!

Oh, also I'm writing this book...a trilogy...I'm so excited (and I am going to prove to everyone who thinks I'm too distracted all the time to actually write a book that they're wrong!!!) well, I'm writing this book and I'm just about done with the outline for the first book (character development and interaction is so freaking hard!!!) but I have some friends that look kind of like some of the characters in my book...so when Spring comes around we're gonna (k, don't laugh) have a photo shoot sort of thing for my book....I know it might sound a little lame, but in between every chapter of my book is an issue of a comic and I need practice drawing people, and if I have references for how to draw people in action and the shadows that happen in different light it'll really help...I also want to have a reason to use my camera and practice photography! So I'm excited!!! K, yeah, that's all...I'm kind of odd, I know, but hey, the most successful people in the world are kinda weird too...so it's ok!!!

~Manda