TubaChristmas!

Remaining work (by type):

papers: 2

classes: 2

finals: 2

Hebrew school classes: 2

Remaining work (by day):

Monday, 12/14: 1 paper, 1 class, 1 day of Hebrew school

Tuesday, 12/15: 1 paper

Wednesday, 12/16: 1 final, 1 day of Hebrew school

Thursday, 12/17: 1 class

Tuesday, 12/22: 1 final

Lately I've been so overwhelmed with dealing with the fact that the Joint Program is just so stressful. Granted, for getting 2 separate B.A.s (which is different from being a double major) for 160ish credits is a steal, but it's still an insane amount of work. It's scary to think that next semester might be my most academically rigorous semester of college.

In addition to dealing with school, I need to buckle down and start studying for the LSAT, especially since there is no way that I can afford a class...any of those classes. Also, I might need to look into planning when I'm going to visit the Chicago-area law schools I'm applying to, because I'm not going to be home much when they're in session. My options are early January, late March, and mid-late May. (I'm leaning toward the later, if possible.)

Despite all of my freaking out about my grades, I looked up school rankings and all the accompanying data and oddly enough, my grades are actually good enough for all the schools I'm considering (there are 10)...at least, they will be if I keep doing well. But no pressure. Ugh.

And now for the happy part of this post! Today I went to TubaChristmas with Elizabeth! TubaChristmas (tubachristmas.com) is the most magical thing ever! Now, for those of you who have been paying attention, my main instrument that I play is the french horn (I also play piano and am capable of playing violin, but I haven't touched one of those in years) and mellophone for marching band. Well, the euphonium (both tubas and euphoniums/baritones play at TubaChristmas) has the same fingerings as the mellophone, so I played one of those today! It was a lot of fun. Even though I'm no stranger to celebrating Christmas, I haven't been very exposed to the music/hymns...or so I thought. A lot of them sounded very familiar...I just didn't know they were Christmas songs. Anyways, we went down to Rockefeller Center, registered and practiced in a parking garage (I also bought a TubaChristmas hat!), and then went out onto the ice rink and performed for people! It was really rainy, but still supremely awesome. I'm officially going to try and go to TubaChristmas every year that I can, either in NYC or elsewhere.

And now to finish my paper that is due tomorrow/today.