really hard life lesson.

i urge everyone to take a moment (or many moments) to truly appreciate the people you love in your life. i know that this sounds cheesy, but i'm from wisconsin, so i think it's ok.

today is the six month anniversary of my dad's death, and time has really flown by. i really can't believe that it's been six months already. i can think of millions of things i'd like to tell him and feel sad, literally, every day that he's not here.

do not take things for granted.

xoxox

mouth surgery, chicago, chicago- hooray!

there have been lots of things going on lately...

1. i had surgery to remove a gland under my tongue that has been inflamed. really, really, really painful. BUT, i'm tough. the only thing is that they can't stitch it shut so it's just a big gross hole in my mouth. one funny thing was that i thought i was going to die this morning because i was in so much pain and i actually thought something was out-of-the-ordinary wrong, so i went in my mom's room and told her that i was dying. she told me to take a pain pill and go back to sleep... ok.

2. i have my new violin (antonia) of course, but yesterday i went to chicago and traded in my old bow for a new one, too! :) i don't name bows. i don't know why, but i just don't. my beautiful friend zack went with me and got to stay at my house for a couple of days which was tons of fun. it's always fun to go to bein & fushi (where i got my bow) because they let me play the fancy, $4million instruments... which pretty much play themselves.

3. i also went to chicago just a few days before that to go see the harry potter exhibit with my friend steve and his lovely sister. it was so good!!!!! i tried to take pictures, but, alas, was scolded, so i have nothing to show from my visit. and then after that i went to see star trek. amazing! i highly recommend.

4. i leave for camp soon. june 30th. eek. i should go practice now.

also...

i bought sangria a harness and started taking her outside for walks. she's doesn't love the harness and lays down every few steps she takes. and i don't think she likes grass. but, overall, i like it! :) i'm hoping that she starts to realize that harness means outside and she'll stop biting me when i put it on her.

summer resolution

i just got home from the cabin and a fun-filled trip to minneapolis to visit some of my favorite people on earth! i love the cabin. and i love minnesota. i love minnesota so much that i'm contemplating moving there after grad school. the thought of being in the cities and hanging out with people i love and going to concerts and living in the states is quite appealing.


amunkey with a monkey :)













me and kyle at the zoo in mn. really excited!









i've decided to make a school-break resolution and try to do as much this summer as i can. i had so much fun in minneapolis and i realized that i don't do very much when i'm just at home in wisconsin or when i'm at school, either. but i should. my mom and i are going to go back up to the cabin for the middle of june. i love it there. it's so nice and peaceful. it gives me lots of practicing time. when we go back up i'm going to see if there are some interesting things in rhinelander (to be determined). and then off to a summer program in july. hope everyone's summer is treating them well! :)

home sweet home

I love being home! It's so nice... like summer camp! I wake up, do what I want, practice, eat, do more of what I want, practice, eat again, and the cycle continues. This summer is going to be great! And it's also going to fly by.

The other day I went to Oshkosh to visit some of my very good friends and surprise my friend Jenn at her wedding. Yay! I love surprises :)


I have some more fun trips planned. Tomorrow I am going up north to my cabin for a few days, and then off to visit some wonderful Minneapolis residents for the weekend, and then back to the cabin for the rest of the week. Have I mentioned that I love summer?

In other news, my new violin has officially been named- Anton.

new violin!!!!!

NEW VIOLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so excited! i'm also sad at the same time because i've had my old violin for what seems like forever. it's so lovely. i don't know if it's a boy or girl yet, so there is no name. the sound is so beautiful, i'm really looking forward to playing (once i get over this stupid cold). today, i went to a furniture place and got some furniture upholstery to make new shoulder rests. yay! :) tomorrow is the start to my new violin regime. wish me luck!

glimpse into my future

i am going to be an overprotective mother. i had to take my cat, sangria, into the vet to get new traveling documents and have a checkup. i had to leave her there overnight, which i've never had to do before, and i was so worried. i called the vet before the office closed to see if they were done so i could pick her up... they weren't. i called the next morning earlier than i was supposed to. overprotective mother.