Lean On My Ample Arm.

So, for those of you that know me, you probs know that I go through song phases where I listen to one song over and over until I get sick of it or find another song to replace it with.

Of late, these songs have included: Mistletoe -J.Biebs, Elle Me Dit -Mika, and the most recent, Lean on My Ample Arm -hymn.

I just love it! The music is beautiful, the words are beautiful, the whole thing's just THE BEST! Here's the link. Listen to it! it's the greatest!

1. Lean on my ample arm,
O thou depressed!
And I will bid the storm
Cease in thy breast.
Whate’er thy lot may be
On life’s complaining sea,
If thou wilt come to me,
Thou shalt have rest.
If thou wilt come to me,
Thou shalt have rest.

2. Lift up thy tearful eyes,
Sad heart, to me;
I am the sacrifice
Offered for thee.
In me thy pain shall cease,
In me is thy release,
In me thou shalt have peace
Eternally.
In me thou shalt have peace
Eternally.

Well. hah. I know this is not exactly a Halloween related post, but, Happy Halloween!

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This is for Becs.

So, background info. At the beginning of spring semester I put a pic of my schedule on my blog, and Becs found it really funny. So, I thought I'd start a tradish.

Of course, this is the last schedule I will post until my my mish!! unless I go spring term, which is a possibility. bahhhh! I'm excited.

Anyway, here it is. Winter '12:

I'm sooo stoked! No Saturday class, hopefully no Saturday work, etc. Winter's gonna be a breeze compared to now. Minus the whole having NO breaks thing. hah.

I love life! The Church is True!

good news, my best fran doesn't hate me.

I got a letter from T. Lund today!!

for the first time in 7 ish months.

haha. so I'm stoked right now.

Apparently, mish office staff don't really get p-days. They only get like p-hours. so yah.

Life is great now! Mk, I needa go to bed so I can get up and practice tomorrow morning. good night!

also. I played in masterclass tonight. it was great. I've been waiting to play for two years! so it was exciting to finally get to fulfill that dream.

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some simple calculations.

24x7= 168 hours in a week.

3 hours of theory
5 hours of french
1 hour of sight singing
2 hours of dictation
4 hours of orchestra
5 hours of women's chorus
1 hour cello lesson
3 hours of CHum
= 24 hours in class a week.

3-4 hours a day of practicing (Monday through Saturday)
= 18-24 hours of practice a week.

15 hours of work a week.

5-6 hours of sleep a night
= 35-42 hours of sleep a week.

4 hours of church.

2 hours at the temple.

1 hour women's chorus meeting.

What the heck. that still leaves me like 60 hours a week. i do have time to run. and here i was saying i was too busy to run... ridiculous.

hah. well. life is good! the Church is true! I made a mormon.org profile today! it's sweeet!

music at midday.

So last Friday, Ben and I gotta play in the MoA at noon for this new thing they do called Music at Midday.

It was totes ep. Just like this picture:

but anyways. yah. lots of fun. the acoustics were AMAZING! lots of people for an audience [both those who chose to sit and listen and those who were in the museum and had no choice.] haha. and it was just nice to play for people!

I played Bach and Lalo. And an arrangement of one of my fave hymns, Oh Divine Redeemer. It was so fun! I decided that I really like playing for audiences when it's just super chill. I can just let go and put my whole heart and soul into the performance. It's so freeing and healing!

J-Dawg and Elise came to watch me. I have the best friends everrr. And the person in charge, Karen, asked Ben and I if we'd be willing to play again in a few weeks. Exciting! I also wanna sing carols at one of these when Christmas gets closer. I'm stoked.

Well. I'm going crazy at the moment, but life is good. I'm so blessed to be going to school and doing what I love. EVERYDAY. it's the best. I love life.

The Church is True!

Oh yah. and a couple more pics from the event:

Ben and I cheesin' it up:

Elise and I after!

general conference.

This last weekend was general conference. It's a weekend where we get to hear the words of living prophets as they teach and testify of gospel truths. This weekend was healing for me as I've kinda been feeling like I'm drowning lately. There's just been a lot on my plate lately.

What with cello, theory, french, orchestra, women's chorus, section leader-ing, being a FHE mom, my CRAZY Saturdays, work, money, family, friends, mish prep, planning out next semester, letter writing, trying to make friends in my ward, figuring out what to do for food since I'm on campus all day everyday, finding time to go to the temple, sleep, fighting sickness, etc.

There's just been A LOT on my mind and A TON of stuff to do. All day, from the time I wake up at 5 til I go to bed at 12.

BUT! this weekend was EXACTLY what I needed in my life to at least make me feel happier if nothing else.

The Spirit spoke to me and told me exactly what I needed to hear to make my life better and easier.

I also got to GO to conference on Sunday morning with Liz and Becs.

This is how we scored our tickets:

anddd, when I say we I really mean Liz and Becs. hah. Liz got 2 tix and Becs got 1 from passers by. My grand total, 0.

It was such a blessing to be able to get tickets to that session because sooo many people were doing what we were and asking for tickets. We were super blessed to find 3 tickets for all of us. All that morning before it started, I was bouncing up and down in my seat. I was SOOO excited to be there. It wasn't my first time going, but I just needed to go, so it was great to be there.

Liz, Becs, and I. in front of the SL temple after:


Anyways, I'm so grateful to be apart of the true Church of Jesus Christ. I know that His church is lead today by a living prophet, Thomas S. Monson, and apostles. I can't wait to go on a mish and share this good news with everyone around me! Until then, I'll just have to keep opening my mouth :]

The Church is TRUE! I know it is.

Life is great. We are loved by a loving Heavenly Father who knows us individually.

And. I love bricks: