To be completely honest, I couldn’t come up with one specific thing I wanted this entry to be about. Although life is definitely starting to feel normal here, my day-to-day activities are becoming more and more miscellaneous.
So without further ado, here is a collection of things that I’ve done in the last two-ish weeks!
Since Halloween is approaching, Celia and I decided to make the room a little spookier. She put up various cling stickers and I swapped out our pink daisies above the microwave with some fall-themed ones instead. I also decided to make some DIY ghost friends one afternoon and they really add to the overall spook of the room. The best part: I made these little ghouls with just tissues, cotton balls, a sharpie, and string. Oh, and remember the pumpkins I talked about in my last post? Yeah, they got smelly really quick. So after about a week of being on display, they were out of our room.
One afternoon, my dad came up to visit me and I knew exactly where I wanted to take him for lunch. By using up two of my flex meals on the Street Hawk Food Truck, we were saving money and had a really great meal in the process. I don’t get to spend a lot of quality time with my dad, so I really loved having him here and having time to catch up. P.S. the cookies they offer as a side are even better if you microwave them.
On Wednesday, October 19th, I had my very first official choir concert with Women’s Chorale and it was so much fun. The concert started out with performances by two high schools from Iowa City, followed by the choirs from the university. I really love getting to watch other choirs sing, especially ones with male voices since being in Women’s Chorale clearly lacks tenor and bass parts. This concert was particularly special for me and my friend Sydney because we were given to opportunity to sing a duet for one of our songs. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a recording of our performance on the Internet but we sang to Susan Brumfield’s arrangement of No Time. I’m so honored to have had this opportunity and can’t wait to get up on stage to sing with my choir at the next concert.
ALSO, Celia and I decided that we want to keep living together! We’ve really loved being roommates and are currently looking for an apartment or house to rent together for our sophomore year. A few other girls we’re friends with are interested in living with us, and we’re super pumped just thinking about it.
You know it’s going to be a good day when you receive the “Congratulations! You have a package!” email from Housing and Dining. I recently purchased a bunch of stickers from redbubble.com and I’m obsessed. Each one’s a little different, but as a whole, they represent me perfectly. They’re all very special to me in their own way, but the little ribbon that reads “blog your heart out” and the text bubble at the bottom right corner that says “hold on i see a dog” are my favorites. These stickers were very inexpensive and redbubble.com constantly has sales going on (right now, it’s 20% off the whole store, 50% off every small sticker when you buy 6 or more, and 10% off if you are a new subscriber to their emails).
Earlier this year I received the cutest letters from my little cousins in Michigan. I hung them up on the corkboard near my desk and look at them every day ☺️ Since Starbucks is right across the street from the school of music, I stop by there pretty often. The gift card is much appreciated and it warms my heart to hear from some of the people I love the most.
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I’ll also throw in my favorite songs at the moment with my Fall 2016 Spotify playlist because, why not? If you listen to it, you’ll probably notice that this playlist is made up of primarily acoustic covers. I’m really starting to miss playing my guitar and this playlist exists simply because the strums of the guitar feel cozy and warm to me (feelings I want to have in fall) and I’m just trying to compensate. Enjoy! ✨