7/11
Today I spent most of the day packing for Philly. At 1ish I went to run some errands. I picked up my friend to keep me company. I went to the local record store and sold a couple of my records for some extra cash for Philly. I also ran by Target to get some extra shampoo and conditioner.
Esther gets home in a little bit. It sounds like she had a good time in California. I think Grandma Eilers really enjoyed having Esther there. She said she is bringing me back some chocolate. I will only really see her for a few hours before I am off to Philly tomorrow morning. Dad is cooking up a special steak dinner tonight to celebrate Esther getting home and my leaving. I really like steak. I hope he cooks mine the way he likes cause I like mine different than the rest of my family. I prefer mine medium rare. The rest of the family likes them more medium. It will be a good dinner either way though.
I will probably go to bed kind of early tomorrow because it will be a long day for sure. Esther leaves again next week to go to Massachusetts to visit the Kerrs.
Off to Philly
Tomorrow I leave for Philly. We are planning to get on the road at 9. It's about a 3 hour drive. Load in at University of the Arts starts at noon so we are planning to be there right as it starts. Orientation doesn't start for quite a few hours after load in so mom and I will find somewhere for lunch or something to pass the time.
I am excited to go though. The program I am doing is called Music Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology. I figure I will have some classes in music production and composition and some that are more focused on the business side of things. Both really interested me. I see myself doing both in the future. I still want to create music but I also want to do stuff under the management umbrella. I am hoping this program will help me figure out exactly what I want to do after college.
It's going to be a little different being on my own for first couple days but I think I will get into the rhythm of it all. Hopefully my roomate/roomates are okay because I will be there for quite a while. I feel like I'll be okay with most people.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
7/9 and 7/10
7/9
This morning mom and I left to visit some colleges for the next two days. The first college we visited was Christopher Newport University. I really like the campus. If I were to go there however I would double major in Music Composition and Business Management. I will definitely be applying there in the winter. I think I would be happy there. After the tour I had an interview at the school. I think it went well. Hopefully it gives me a better chance to get in. We went into Norfolk to stay for the night. The view from the hotel was really nice. It was right on the water. We went to this really good Thai restaurant for dinner. I had a crab rangoon appetizer and pad thai. It was some of the best thai food I've had. There was a record store near the restaurant that I went into. They had two records I had been looking for. They both had sold out online before I could get a copy. The two records I got were The Money Store and The Powers That B. Both are by the band Death Grips. They are a experimental hip-hop band from LA. I have been a fan of theres for a while now. It takes a while to get into them at first.
7/10
Today we visit Randolph-Macon College. I really didn't like it. The school was really small, only 1500 students. It really felt like Robinson, my high school, in all the worst ways. It seems like a lot of the parents come out to the football games and the community is really invested in the school. It sounds like a good thing I know, but it is something I am trying to get away from. The music program also does not sounds competitive at all. I talked to one of the people in the program and he said people come in to major in music there and might not have played an instrument before. So I am definitely not going to be applying there. After our visit we started headed home. The drive was fine. There wasn't too much traffic. Now that we're home the frantic pack for Philly starts. I leave Sunday morning so we only have one full day to pack everything I need for the next 3 weeks. That's what I will be doing all day tomorrow. We made sure we had everything we needed for philly before we went to visit college so we won't be running all over. It shouldn't be so bad. I'll be able to do laundry there.
This morning mom and I left to visit some colleges for the next two days. The first college we visited was Christopher Newport University. I really like the campus. If I were to go there however I would double major in Music Composition and Business Management. I will definitely be applying there in the winter. I think I would be happy there. After the tour I had an interview at the school. I think it went well. Hopefully it gives me a better chance to get in. We went into Norfolk to stay for the night. The view from the hotel was really nice. It was right on the water. We went to this really good Thai restaurant for dinner. I had a crab rangoon appetizer and pad thai. It was some of the best thai food I've had. There was a record store near the restaurant that I went into. They had two records I had been looking for. They both had sold out online before I could get a copy. The two records I got were The Money Store and The Powers That B. Both are by the band Death Grips. They are a experimental hip-hop band from LA. I have been a fan of theres for a while now. It takes a while to get into them at first.
7/10
Today we visit Randolph-Macon College. I really didn't like it. The school was really small, only 1500 students. It really felt like Robinson, my high school, in all the worst ways. It seems like a lot of the parents come out to the football games and the community is really invested in the school. It sounds like a good thing I know, but it is something I am trying to get away from. The music program also does not sounds competitive at all. I talked to one of the people in the program and he said people come in to major in music there and might not have played an instrument before. So I am definitely not going to be applying there. After our visit we started headed home. The drive was fine. There wasn't too much traffic. Now that we're home the frantic pack for Philly starts. I leave Sunday morning so we only have one full day to pack everything I need for the next 3 weeks. That's what I will be doing all day tomorrow. We made sure we had everything we needed for philly before we went to visit college so we won't be running all over. It shouldn't be so bad. I'll be able to do laundry there.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
7/6 and 7/7
7/6
Today I spend the whole day with my friend. She's been working at a bakery in town and today was her last day off before I leave. We went to the mall first. I got a new pair of earrings. Then we went to get lunch. Then we went over to her house and I helped her dye her hair. Other than that I didn't do much. Tomorrow I am getting lunch with my friend Kate. There isn't much to talk about really. I have pretty much just been relaxing. It's been nice.
The end of the week is coming fast now. I am really looking forward to going to philly. Philly is one of my favorite cities. I think I am going to really enjoy being able to experience living in a city. I haven't really had an experience like that before. I used to live in a small town in Massachusetts and now I live in the middle of suburbia. It'll definitely be something new for me. 3 weeks is going to be a good time to help me decide if I really want to go to college in a city. Its scary knowing how different things will be this time next year but its also exciting. I just hope that I will end up somewhere where I'll be happy.
7/7
Today I got lunch with my friend Kate. We went to Cafe Rio. Its a Mexican place. I always get the sweet pork tacos. I think they are really good. We caught up for a while. We've both been busy and haven't had a lot of time to hang out. After we had lunch I went to go get my hair cut. The place I usually go is closing on august 1st. The same woman will still be cutting my hair but she doesn't know where she will be going quite yet. After my hair cut went over to my friends house and ended up spending the night there.
Tomorrow I don't have anything going on. I have a piano lesson for twice as long because Esther isn't back from California yet. It sounds like shes had a good time visiting out there. She gets back on saturday so I'll get a chance to see her for a little bit before I leave for philly.
Mom and I are driving to Newport News thursday morning to visit Christopher Newport college. I haven't seen it yet but I have heard really good things about it. I don't really want to stay in Virginia for college but I will be visiting with an open mind.
Today I spend the whole day with my friend. She's been working at a bakery in town and today was her last day off before I leave. We went to the mall first. I got a new pair of earrings. Then we went to get lunch. Then we went over to her house and I helped her dye her hair. Other than that I didn't do much. Tomorrow I am getting lunch with my friend Kate. There isn't much to talk about really. I have pretty much just been relaxing. It's been nice.
The end of the week is coming fast now. I am really looking forward to going to philly. Philly is one of my favorite cities. I think I am going to really enjoy being able to experience living in a city. I haven't really had an experience like that before. I used to live in a small town in Massachusetts and now I live in the middle of suburbia. It'll definitely be something new for me. 3 weeks is going to be a good time to help me decide if I really want to go to college in a city. Its scary knowing how different things will be this time next year but its also exciting. I just hope that I will end up somewhere where I'll be happy.
7/7
Today I got lunch with my friend Kate. We went to Cafe Rio. Its a Mexican place. I always get the sweet pork tacos. I think they are really good. We caught up for a while. We've both been busy and haven't had a lot of time to hang out. After we had lunch I went to go get my hair cut. The place I usually go is closing on august 1st. The same woman will still be cutting my hair but she doesn't know where she will be going quite yet. After my hair cut went over to my friends house and ended up spending the night there.
Tomorrow I don't have anything going on. I have a piano lesson for twice as long because Esther isn't back from California yet. It sounds like shes had a good time visiting out there. She gets back on saturday so I'll get a chance to see her for a little bit before I leave for philly.
Mom and I are driving to Newport News thursday morning to visit Christopher Newport college. I haven't seen it yet but I have heard really good things about it. I don't really want to stay in Virginia for college but I will be visiting with an open mind.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
7/3 and 7/4
7/3
Today Mom woke up early to take Esther to the airport. She's going out to California to visit my Mom's parents. Dad woke me up around 7 cause there were cleaning ladies coming. He sent me to Starbucks to get drinks for us. He always gets half iced tea, half lemonade. I always get an iced coffee. Then I brought the drinks back home and worked on my computer for a bit. I later ran to walmart to get more weed killer for him.
I am visiting two college this upcoming week. The first one is Christopher Newport. They have a strong business program and their music program is starting to be really good. I am also visiting Randolph-Macon University. I don't know much about it but they have an arts management degree and the school is really small like I want. Their are less then 2000 students there. My first choice is still University of the Arts. I really like the city of philly and the school looks like it is everything I am looking for. Hopefully I will have a list of 6 or 7 schools I want to apply to by the end of the summer so I can get started.
7/4
Today is the fourth of july. I woke up around 10 and went to go get groceries for dinner tonight. We grilled hamburgers and chicken thighs. Mom made a cucumber salad. I got some onion rings and cole slaw and baked beans. It was a very american dinner. Dad and I got a pack of fireworks to set off tonight too. We aren't planning to go see them at the country club this year. Esther's not here and to be honest, I am not really interested. I enjoy lighting them off myself anyways.
It has rained really hard pretty much every day so far this summer. It is starting to get annoying. It downpours for like 20 minutes a day then stops. It started raining while Dad and I went to got get fireworks. The people running the stand were desperately trying to get all the fireworks out of the way of the rain. It was kind of funny.
I have an ACT prep class tomorrow morning. I am not looking forward to it but it is at the same place I had my SAT prep and that really wasn't so bad. It is only one week and it is only about the one section I did worst on.
Today Mom woke up early to take Esther to the airport. She's going out to California to visit my Mom's parents. Dad woke me up around 7 cause there were cleaning ladies coming. He sent me to Starbucks to get drinks for us. He always gets half iced tea, half lemonade. I always get an iced coffee. Then I brought the drinks back home and worked on my computer for a bit. I later ran to walmart to get more weed killer for him.
I am visiting two college this upcoming week. The first one is Christopher Newport. They have a strong business program and their music program is starting to be really good. I am also visiting Randolph-Macon University. I don't know much about it but they have an arts management degree and the school is really small like I want. Their are less then 2000 students there. My first choice is still University of the Arts. I really like the city of philly and the school looks like it is everything I am looking for. Hopefully I will have a list of 6 or 7 schools I want to apply to by the end of the summer so I can get started.
7/4
Today is the fourth of july. I woke up around 10 and went to go get groceries for dinner tonight. We grilled hamburgers and chicken thighs. Mom made a cucumber salad. I got some onion rings and cole slaw and baked beans. It was a very american dinner. Dad and I got a pack of fireworks to set off tonight too. We aren't planning to go see them at the country club this year. Esther's not here and to be honest, I am not really interested. I enjoy lighting them off myself anyways.
It has rained really hard pretty much every day so far this summer. It is starting to get annoying. It downpours for like 20 minutes a day then stops. It started raining while Dad and I went to got get fireworks. The people running the stand were desperately trying to get all the fireworks out of the way of the rain. It was kind of funny.
I have an ACT prep class tomorrow morning. I am not looking forward to it but it is at the same place I had my SAT prep and that really wasn't so bad. It is only one week and it is only about the one section I did worst on.
Friday, July 3, 2015
7/1 and 7/2
7/1
Today I hung out with my friend. I hadn't seen her in a while cause she leaves a little ways from me. It's about a 20 minute drive each way. But she is leaving for college just a few days after I get back so I probably won't get a chance to see her before she leaves. Luckily we got to hang out today though. I got home around 6 that night so I didn't really do much else.
Esther leaves for California on Friday morning. I won't see her for almost a month starting Friday. I can't say I'm too sad about it though. She is going to visit my moms parents for the next two weeks and by the time she gets back I'll already be in Philly.
The power was out this morning when I woke up. Sandy woke my up because she was barking at the battery backups we have connected to the computers. They beep when the power goes out so I had to get up and turn them off so she would stop barking. There was work being done on some power lines up the street so they had to turn it off for a few hours. It came back on before noon though. There has been a surprising amount of construction going on around here the past few weeks.
7/2
Today I didn't really have any plans. I spent a lot of time working on a song. It's coming together really well. Its a very 1990's hip hop style beat, I'll probably end up rapping over it as well. I went to get coffee with one of my friends around 4. It was nice. Esther and mom finished packing for Esther today as well. Her plane leaves early tomorrow morning. Mom is going to take her and Dad and I are going to stay here. Dad got home around 7 tonight. He was in Colorado for work and got a chance to visit his brother and parents.
Once Esher leaves Mom is going to start stressing about me leaving I think. She always stresses out about this stuff. I'm not to worried about it however. I'm sure I'll have everything I need.
I am visiting some more colleges next week as well. I am visiting Christopher Newport and Randolph Macon. They are both in Virginia. I've heard good things about both schools. Especially Christopher Newport. I have an interview scheduled there when I visit too. I am nervous though because I don't think I'm ready to interview for colleges yet.
Today I hung out with my friend. I hadn't seen her in a while cause she leaves a little ways from me. It's about a 20 minute drive each way. But she is leaving for college just a few days after I get back so I probably won't get a chance to see her before she leaves. Luckily we got to hang out today though. I got home around 6 that night so I didn't really do much else.
Esther leaves for California on Friday morning. I won't see her for almost a month starting Friday. I can't say I'm too sad about it though. She is going to visit my moms parents for the next two weeks and by the time she gets back I'll already be in Philly.
The power was out this morning when I woke up. Sandy woke my up because she was barking at the battery backups we have connected to the computers. They beep when the power goes out so I had to get up and turn them off so she would stop barking. There was work being done on some power lines up the street so they had to turn it off for a few hours. It came back on before noon though. There has been a surprising amount of construction going on around here the past few weeks.
7/2
Today I didn't really have any plans. I spent a lot of time working on a song. It's coming together really well. Its a very 1990's hip hop style beat, I'll probably end up rapping over it as well. I went to get coffee with one of my friends around 4. It was nice. Esther and mom finished packing for Esther today as well. Her plane leaves early tomorrow morning. Mom is going to take her and Dad and I are going to stay here. Dad got home around 7 tonight. He was in Colorado for work and got a chance to visit his brother and parents.
Once Esher leaves Mom is going to start stressing about me leaving I think. She always stresses out about this stuff. I'm not to worried about it however. I'm sure I'll have everything I need.
I am visiting some more colleges next week as well. I am visiting Christopher Newport and Randolph Macon. They are both in Virginia. I've heard good things about both schools. Especially Christopher Newport. I have an interview scheduled there when I visit too. I am nervous though because I don't think I'm ready to interview for colleges yet.
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