So I went running today. I know, kind of blows your mind doesn't it? Yeah, one of my floormates almost fainted when she found out. Okay not really, but you get the point. This is like the second time I've been to the gym since I've been here, which has been almost two weeks. Needless to say I am outttt of shaaaaaape. The other great thing about that is that in the SU Connolly Center (the gym), all of the treadmills, elipticals, bikes, etc. are facing those full body wall mirror things, so every time you exercise, you get to watch yourself and every single ounce of fat on your body move up and down and up and down and up...it's really gorgeous.
Anyway, like the title of this post, I am both singing AND getting sick. One is fun, the other not so much. Most of you probably know that I made the SU Women's Chorale group. We had our first rehearsal yesterday and the second today. I think I'm reeeeeally going to like it! As of right now we are working on two pieces, which may not seem like a lot, but actually is a lot of work. Unlike when I was in Varsity Choir at Sheldon, we have to learn all of our music ourselves. We only go practice as a group to rehearse what we already know. So basically if I never practice at home I am going to flunk hardcore, and that would be bad. The two pieces we are working on are called Regina Coeli and Gloria. And for all of you Sheldon kids reading this, no it is not the Gloria that South sang at the U of O festival last spring. It's Gloria by the same guy who put together Kyrie Eliason. Both of these pieces we have to perform during parent's weekend on October 21st I think...from memory. And conveniently enough, neither of them are in English! Yayyy! Ah well, singing in a foreign language is always more fun anyway. On another note, the choir director, Dr. Sherman, is CRAZAYYYY! But in a good way crazy, like fun crazy. She makes the most random and like subtly funny jokes which are usually followed by an awkward silence and then a wave of laughter. And she has the most AMAZING voice, seriously..it reminds me of a Disney princess. I think I'm going to have fun in choir this year!
Now, the getting sick portion of this little story goes like this. School started last Wednesday. Erin gets the beginnings of a sore throat on Thursday. Erin gets stuffy nose Friday. Erin gets full blown cold on Saturday and becomes doomed to spend the next three nights with a tissue box and plastic bag. Okay no more third person. And THEN in the midst of that, Monday at about 4:00AM I woke up covered in sweat and a 100.4 degree fever. Woooooot! But, in college, people go to school fever or no fever. So to school I went bright and early at 7:30AM. I actually didn't feel too bad, just a little shaky. But by the time I had walked up the hill and then the two flights of stairs to my classroom, I had started subtly sweating again, which actually would not have been terribly awkward if it had been about 30 degrees hotter outside. Ugh. Anyway, I'm sitting in class, and lo and behold, my fever breaks. SWEEEEEAAAATTTTTT. Yeahh it was pretty much just as gross as I made it sound there. I'm sitting there like fanning myself with my reading packet right next to the open window and, you know, it's like only 50 degrees out. Goooood times. Future lesson to teach to your kids: DON'T GO TO SCHOOL WITH A FEVER. Because the only thing that will come out of it is the sweats, awkward glares, uncomfortable situations, and then complaints on Blogspot. Just don't do it.
That is all. Guten Nacht!
~Erin :)
No comments:
Post a Comment