nonsense! elevators are for old people!

anol shalom, anol sheh lay.....

now we are free....

today was a pretty good day. I had a dentist appointment for a filling, but it was tiny and they didn't even use anasthetic! barely hurt at all. and the hygenist had a nice fleecy blanket for me because it was cold in there. and you know me....if it's warm I'm cold, if it's cold I'm freezing.

then we had lunch with my grandpa, who works close to my dentist. that was pretty fun. came home, and I just finished my lessons with my two students awhile ago. I think tonight I will make Christmas cards, since my parents are both gone. how it is I keep getting out of painting at my dad's new office I'm not sure, but I am most certainly enjoying it!

actually, it's been a pretty nice week. saturday was my dad's huge family party. like, we rent a hall and the whole entire extended family is invite, and about 200 people come (yes, I meant huge). considering I only know about thirty of these people, it's always a little interesting, sometimes boring, often awkward when people know you and you're like, I've never seen you before.....

but Anna came this year. my aunts asked me to play some background music and carols and stuff. and I had the brilliant idea to have Anna accompany me, which would be fun and also give me someone I actually liked to hang out with instead of a bunch of people I don't know.

so we played for awhile, and my cousin (who shall remain nameless ha-ha) kept ummm....hanging around very close to the piano....

so maybe he really liked the music or something?

well. we'll leave it at that.

I won coconut body butter in the raffle!!!! well, coconut and pomegranite. but Anna wanted the pomegranite and I just wanted the coconut, so we split it. she won the thing she wanted too, so it was all-around pretty successful. while everyone was cleaning up we sang carols, and I made her sing O Holy Night, which was pretty amazing. and after the party we went to the carosel at Kent Station and rode around and around, naming the horses after everyone we could remember from LotR and being incredibly immature. it was the most fun I've had in awhile. I love acting like I'm still young enough to have fun. because it really is fun. we managed to fit all the bouncy Christmas carols possible into the four rides we stayed on for.

then we went outside and spun around in the brand new, freshly-fallen snow and shivered our way back to the car, catching snowflakes more in our eyes than on our tongues. singing My Favorite Things. trying not to look at the "creepy store."

Sunday I had to work at a cat show, and I drove with my dad in the car to supervise. after we got there, he drove my car back home, and I worked the show and made a little money. nothing spectacular. my aunt drove me back home, and after she dropped me off and drove away I realized that our lock-box, with the housekey inside, was frozen shut.

and my dad had my other keys because he drove my car.

so basically, it's freezing and I'm locked outside.

luckily, we have the world's best neighbors, so I took the lock-box over to their house and they kept telling me to come in and sit down...never mind my soaking wet, snow-covered Converse. Pam was like, I wonder if a hairdryer will work? well it did...we thawed the thing out and I managed to get the key out so I could get back into my house.

what would life be like, without these little adventures?

yesterday was our humongous baking day with my grandma...now I am at home surrounded by cookies.

and truffles, which my piano student gave me for Christmas. exciting, but perplexing. the fitness center by our house just closed. what am I going to do?!?!?!?!? I have to go all the way to Kent now, dash it.

I'm having a recital for my students on Thursday. I am just slightly terrified. today, we played our Jingle Bells trio three times, and all three times were perfect. this has moved me from extremely terrified to only slightly terrified. I'm sure, no matter how bad, the parents will hear no flaws and will clap just as loud. that's the way with parents of beginning students. I know because I used to be a beginner. :P

oh, and I just found out I'm getting two new students next month!!!! this is extremely exciting, because I wanted to get two more students after the holidays, and our neighbor behind us just called yesterday to ask if I would teach her daughters. all these students just keep falling into my lap......word of mouth is a wonderful thing.

okay, enough of my ramblings for now. I am going to have a cookie, and make christmas cards.

on second thought, maybe I'll skip the cookie.