Sorry it's been a bit

          Sorry it's been so long! I kept getting distracted by other things (most of them were unimportant unfortunately). So what's been going on in no paticular order:

          Had my 2nd play rehersal and it was very fun! We played some improv games and they were super funny to watch and be a part of. I don't have any more rehersals this week.

          I have been rehersing a ton for our impending choir concert. We have a new director this semester and it's been a little rough going. Things just aren't the same, which I knew would happen, but I feel like we aren't where we should be right now with a concert 4 days away!!! It's on Sunday but I'm not sure when exactly haha. I should probably look into that.

          I had a really great day last Sat. with some friends. Me and 2 other girls got together and had a lovely day of cooking and crafting. It was very nice to have some lady time. We made sweet and savory french toast for breakfast of our own creation. It was very experimental but ended up tasting great! The savory french toast was prepared with eggs and milk and then cooked normally and in a seperate pan we cooked up some butter, garlic, kale, and brocolli to put on top. Then we garnished it with cheese. This was really deliciuos, very pleased with how it turned out. For the sweet one we really went out on a limb. We added chopped apple, banana, cinnamon, cloves, peanut butter and some blueberries to a blender and mixed it throughly until it was the consistency of a thin smoothie. We cooked the french toast normally, then spread nutella over it and added chopped strawberries. Then we drizzled our concoction over it and garnished with fresh blueberries. It was very very tasty. Then we did a little crafting :) It was a much needed ladies day

          Yesterday I finished knitting this hat that has been the bane of my existance. It was an absolute PAIN to knit! It was knit on US size 4's which was half of the problem. The other difficulty was all of the cabling. It looks so fabulous but it was such a time consuming hat. Oh well, giving it to my friend and she's going to appreciate it like it deserves to be <3 Here's a pic for you all. I'm going to get a picture of the lovely lady modeling it for me to show off (after I make my cast-off crew video of course).

          Other than those things nothing much has been going on except for school which is boring so I won't mention it! Hope you're well,

Olivia

Lovely weekend

     I had a really lovely weekend at home with my parents. On friday night I got home around 8 and spent most of the night home with my brother just hanging out. We did make a run to the grocery store for ingredients for the meal I made on Sat.

     Sat. I went shopping a bit with mom. I got a new pair of winter boots. My old pair were really falling apart so I needed some new ones. The new ones were on sale for $20 which is pretty great for a pair of boots! They're tall, almost up to my knees, and are pretty plain (which I like). I probably should have bought 2 pair of boots at that price, but I got a sweatshirt instead that is lined with thermal material. It's deliciously warm :) Great for winter. I also cooked a really good meal on Saturday for the family. Beef stew with herb dumblings. I've never made stew or dumplings but they both turned out really great! I will definitely be making that again. I think Ian would really like it. Dad and I went to the casino later. Didn't go so well, but it was fun to spend some time with him alone. Just like it was nice to have some time alone with mom while boot shopping and time with Matt Friday night

     Overall I'm really happy I went home. I'll be going home again in 2 weeks for Matt's confirmation and hopefully this time Ian can come. I know it kind of bothers mom that Ian doesn't come over much so maybe this time it'll work out.

     I'll end this post with a pic of the tree I mentioned in previous posts. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. It's so cute :) <3

Got it

     I got the part :)))) So relieved. I just didn't know if I would get it or not, but I did. Turns out my characters only in like 2 scenes, but whatever. I GOT THE PART. That's what matters people!

     Weather permitting I'll be going home tonight to see my family. I am really excited! I haven't seen them since school started again so it'll be nice to kick it at home for a bit. I miss my dog too, even if he is a little turd most of the time. Apparently my brother went on a "friend" date last night so I'll have to grill him about that.

     I also had a test today in Geology. I hope I did ok. Not really sure how it went. I thought maybe it went ok, but then Ian (Who also took the test) thought he did bad and he knew more than I did when we were reviewing, so who really knows. It always feels like I do better on tests when I thought I did horribly, so maybe I need to tell myself that I did horrible? It's our first test in this class so I'm hoping that he curves it. Most science/math profs here curve tests, but that doesn't mean he will so I guess I'll just have to be patient and wait until I get it back.

I was called back!!!

         Auditions went a lot later last night than I had anticipated. We were there form 6: 30 to about 8:45. That's a pretty long audition for 6 people if you ask me!

          I decided that I wanted to go to my ethics class early today, and on the way swing by the HFA to check the call backs list. I made it!! I am going to the second and final audition tonight. There were 4 ladies called back and there are only 3 female roles so I really really hope I get a part. I would be kind of bummed if I didn't get anything :/ It's the first play I've gotten the courage up to try out for since I've started college here (2 1/2 years ago) so I'd feel really discouraged if I didn't get it. I'll just have to suck it up I suppose!

          It's snowing again. Can you believe that??? Honestly we had a foot of snow over the weekend and we're already getting mooooooooore snow. How does this happen? Who ordered more snow? We don't need it. It is pretty, I'll give it that.

Knitting/Crochet/Crafting:
          No progress really. Guerrilla hearting tonight. Going to get Craft Club together at 10 to put our hearts up around campus. I hope I can film the tree tomorrow to add as a little segment at the end of my YouTube video. I'll try to take a pic or two to add on the blog as well.

Bye for now,

Olivia

Auditions and lovely weather

          Today is kind of a big day for me. My friend is directing a 1 act play and has asked me to audition for it tonight. I'm kind of nervous. I haven't done any acting since High School so it's been a while. I did speech and theatre in HS, but neither in college. 1. because Morris doesn't have a speech team and 2. because I didn't think I'd be good enough to audition for any plays here. But she asked me to audition and so I will. No guarntees. There's only 1 female role so if I don't get that one I don't get a part. Oh well, if I don't get it what is it going to hurt? It's not a huge deal. It would just be kind of fun to do a show again, maybe meet some new people. My biggest fear honestly is that I'll get really nervous at the auditions and start shaking when doing something and that would be embarassing. I'll just try to tell myself that it's not a huge deal if I don't get the role. Some of the people auditioning are theatre majors so it's not like I'm a huge failure if I lose the role to one of them.

         Nothing else special is going on today. I've just got my Immigration in US History class and then choir at 5. But the weather outside is absolutely gorgeous. It's 28 degress outside and sunny so it feels pretty good. I honestly feel like I could walk to class without my coat. It's been cold the past couple of weeks so 28 feels like 58. The sun is melting some of that snow we got too so it's nice to see some of it go.

Knitting/Crochet/Crafting:
I cast on a baby's hat last night for charity. Hope to get it finished by tonight for one of my Harry Potter knitting club assignments. I'm in this group on Ravlery that is Harry Potter themed. You get sorted into a house and then you have "classes" every month and you have to turn in assignments for them. For each class you get a prompt for your assignment and you have to knit or crochet something that fits within those prompts. The baby hat is for quidditch challenge 2 where you have to craft something that can provide sun protection - thus the hat.

Thats all for now,

Olivia

         

* Snow * Snow *Snow *

          I am just going to post a little blurb quick before class. It snowed a TON over the weekend and everything's gotten a little messed up because there's so much damn snow everywhere. I had to dig my car out 3 times in my parking lot, shovel the lot, and clean out the entrance to our lot twice. UGHGHGHGHGH I like snow but not this much. It is super irritating when there's so much of it. Plus, they didn't cancel classes today so I have to haul ass around campus trying to get through all of the crap and it's so irritating. If you're not going to cancel class the least you could do is cleaning the sidewalks around campus. Sorry, I'm crabby today. Can you tell haha??

Knitting/Crochet
          As far as knitting and crocheting is concerned I've been fairly busy. I finished knitting my mittens and now I've just got to felt them and they'll be ready to wear! I'm very pleased with how they've turned out so far. Hopefully they'll fit nicely after they're felted. If not I'll be a bit peeved, but will just have to find someone that they do fit.

          Valentine's Day is only a fewdays away so I'm going to try and knit a few more hearts for our Craft club project. The CC will be decorating a couple of trees on campus with the hearts we've knit/crocheted/crafted the night before Vday. I hope the other students like it. It's kind of meant to be a little treat for them. We'll see I suppose. I have aprox. 2 and 1/2 days left to get some hearts whipped up so we'll see what I can do. Here's just a sampling of the hearts we've made so far:

I've got to run. I've got class in 10. I'll hopefully start posting fairly regularly.

Olivia