SarahMidg

1.) I have not consumed a single meat product since the beginning of May and I have never felt better. I am sticking to Vegetarianism forever. My body feels extremely balanced,and even my PMS (though still bad) has me a little more in control. I am really enjoying the foods too! It is such a fun challenge to figure out new meals. I have experimented with lots of summer sandwiches and salads, and my next goal is to cook with Quinoa ( which I recently tried at a restaurant down here- 1 Fresh Styr-Fry and fell in LOVE).

2.) I had a fantastic time in Poland. After a little take off mishap, we ended up spending a few hours in Paris, France too! We did not have enough time to see exactly what we wanted, but had enough time to check out the famous arches and eat breakfast at a Parisian cafe. I had espresso and a fresh baguette with Nutella and Apricot jam.  While in Poland we explored the city of Szcezin, had lots of rehersals, ate a lot of new foods, had the BEST BEST BEST coffee of my entire life ( I am depressed everytime I drink it now), and met a lot of awesome people. We also took a side trip to play a concert by the Baltic Sea. The sea itself, while very windy, is beautiful.  Lastly, the other students there introduced us to the Polish drinking tradition of eating pickled herring after taking a shot of straight vodka.  It was surprisingly a great combination.

1.) Someone got fired at work and they gave me all their hours until classes start again in August
2.) Once classes start I was told I get a .50 raise
3.) I FINALLY got scones made
4.) Trying to get massive amounts of practicing time in this summer while I can
5.) I start teaching this week and am SO excited!
6.) Poland was amazing
7.) I am in the mood to travel out west
8.) I really want an espresso machine....really badly. Maybe for Christmas?
9.) I am in LOVE with my new car. It gets better gas mileage than my old one, its a very smooth ride, it is easy to handle,  and it takes turns really well.
10.) Found out that Publix carries Peppermint Mocha coffee creamer year round

1.) Leave for Poland this coming Saturday
2.) Just leased a 2010 Subaru Impreza
3.) Successfully baked a perogi casserole that was DELISH!!!!!!
4.) Been reading the most incredible Book
5.) Lovin' this season of Glee  : the music just keeps getting better!

I go back to Tallahassee tomorrow, but I have had a BLAST being home for four days! It was really great to see everyone again- I love how being in Syracuse always re-centers and energizes me!

What is in store for the rest of the summer:
1.) POLAND!
2.) Getting my new car ( 2008 Ford Fusion)
3.) Hopefully selling some instruments/ buying new ones
4.) Practicing and working out a lot
5.) Starting my part-time teaching job at the Mason's School of Music as the woodwind instructor for next year
6.) Working at Donut Kingdom on the weekends
7.) Play reed book 1 in " On The Twentieth Century"
8.) Playing saxophone for a show written and produced by mentally disabled adults
9.) MAYBE going to the saxophone workshop in Indiana...... Any votes on this one? I kind of have the money... but its cutting it pretty close....
10.) Learning how to cook some more ( mmmm new Vegetarian Recipes to try)
11.) Catching up on a few good Russian Novels
12.) Study for my New York Teacher Certification Exams


I love making lists.........

Today I saw an enormously large homeless person on the side of the road holding a sign that said "Hungry".

This was the most hillarious thing I have seen in a while.

I never realized how hard it is to get back in paper writing mode after you haven't done it in a while. I am currently working on a 10-15 page research paper and the last time I wrote a paper was December 2008. 

Now I know when people complain about going back to school after having been out for a while......... this is taking me a little longer than it used to.

A friend of mine posted this quote yesterday, and I loved it so much I had to share it with all of you:

"At the crossroads you realize that life is full of so many beautiful people and wonderful adventures that your dreams seem to pale in comparison; then you realize that maybe, just maybe, this is the dream"


I have been on Spring break all week, which means that everyday I have been exercising, practicing, going to quartet rehearsal, and trying to get ahead in my work. I have also been planning on what to do with the woodwind methods course I am teaching later in the month so I can post the calender and syllabus for my class after break (and last night my billion year old computer decided to randomly delete all the previous work I had done.... so now I get to re-write everything out tonight). 

I also went to see Alice in Wonderland in IMAX 3D! It was awesome...... except I did the very romantic thing of choking on a hot dog right before the movie started and had to gag it up into some napkins so I could breathe again.  Yup...... thats me for ya ;)

Sometime this week I am also going to be cooking my first Lebanese dish! I will let you know how it turns out.


Miss you all!

Parents are here for the week and so far....

1.) My car has kicked it and we junked it. Time to start looking for a new one.
2.) Walked around campus
3.) Showed them around to different restaurants in the area ( including my ALL TIME FAVORITE sushi cafe here- Jasmine)
4.) Shopped at world market ( look on line if you don't know what this place is- its amazing)
5.) They visited me at work, got free donuts and coffee and met my boss
6.)Cooked White chilli at my apartment
7.) Let Matt have me for valentine's day ( which I will talk about in a minute)
8.) Fed me so much that I NEED to go in an eating normal diet next week or I will die
9.) Bought me my groceries for the week
10.) Taking Matt and I out tomorrow night so they can really meet him.....




Ok Now this is what Valentine's day was like for me...........

1.) 25 boxes of chocolate ( not joking either- I have one box out and froze the rest so they don't go bad and I am not tempted to eat all that chocolate)
2.) A dozen red roses
3.)New headphones
4.) Diamond Earrings
5.) Lunch
6.) Cooked a home-made dinner
7.) Baked 2 dozen cookies for dessert
8.) Took me to see the Percy Jackson movie




Off to practice some more saxophone

Lots of things happening as of late. Apparently I blog best via list.... so here is goes!

Top Ten:

1.) I finished the Wizard of Oz
2.) My parents are coming Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3.) All my new exercise stuff came in and I've been working out everyday in my apartment
4.)I am loving teaching again- its so much fun. I have come to realize that I LOVE teaching everything from about middle school up. I would like to do it all at some point in my life.
5.) The NASA  ( North American Saxophone Alliance)conference is in less than a month in Georgia... of which I am going because its only a three hour drive. I am excited to hear all the lectures, performances, and try out all the stuff
6.) I hurt Jon very badly and he has completely cut me out of his life. If you want to know the entire story you may ask- but I am not going to do turn this into a " OMG GUESS WHAT HE SAID HE IS SO DUMB" type thing.  
7.) I have had Les Miserables stuck in my head all week
8.) I found the BEST coffee shop in the entire world..... an hour away in Georgia. They have organic, homegrown coffee and its some of the best tasting stuff I have ever had.
9.)  Work has extended my hours to about 20 a week now. I am the closing manager Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
10.) Happy Valentine's day Ashley Atwater and Ashley Younis!!!!! I miss you both ;)

Everything has been conflicting as of lately. I went from four years of being asked to do nothing major in terms of performance and getting involoved, to... this. Every corner I turn leads to something else. It started with this assistantship I got which gave me some students and a class to teach. From the assistantship I got a pit job for the Wizard of Oz... which got me the contract to another pit show this summer- Crazy for you. Then I was asked to play Bari in a quartet, which then lead to me being asked to play with them at a masterclass in a few weeks down in Southern Florida ( unfortunly we can';t do it because it conflicts with the show and another members conducting class... but its still nice to be asked!) And then all of that has recently lead to me being informed that there is a possible sponsor for a few students interested in playing in a saxophone ensemble over in poland This summer. So far we would get free room, free food, $200 spending, and just have to pay for the plane ticket. The ticket was going to be too much $$ for me at first, but if our sponsor can reduce it down to $1,000 or under ( its about $1,600 right now)... I might have a chance of coming up with the rest of the money. I am really hoping it all turns out... Id love to tour around Poland for a week and a half!


Now I just have to figure out how to schedule in the another saxophone workshop this summer in Indiana..... see if I can get into some of the band camps here as a counselor..... and keep up my donut making skills.

The End.