Who else was absolutely in love with the weather today? I never knew Minnesota would be generous enough to give us 80 degree sunny weather at the same time as rich fall colors and that smell of apple cider and pumpkin pie on the autumn breeze.
If only I could actually smell it.
I'm sick, yet again. I know my entire last blog post was about why my life is a failure. Don't get me wrong, I am 100% happy with my life and like to see myself as an optimist, but I can't help but find yet another unfortunate trend in my luck. I always seem to catch colds at the worst possible time. Let me provide some examples to get some "logos" up in here. Sophomore year had quite a few interesting colds. Cold #1 was during South Pacific auditions. Guess who did not make the musical sophomore year? Later on in the year, I got one of my worst colds during Concert Choir auditions, where I missed the mark by one point. That same week I had my regional solo-contest performance, on the same day as a big track meet. I can still remember the tissues that were pouring out of my bedroom garbage bin that week. The list can go on forever. One other favorite example of mine is from the beginning of this last summer. I had been working on a song for over a week that I was going to perform at a benefit concert at a coffeeshop; my first performance of this kind. Obviously, I woke up and could not speak.
Let's just say that I have gotten used to living on Throat Coat tea, cough drops, Dayquill, and a very noisy humidifier. I have even tried stuffing baking soda down my throat (one of my mom's sworn-by remedies that never works). I have learned to embrace my horrible immune system; it's a lifestyle. This week I have Vive Voce auditions, I have to sing at church, musical rehearsals for 2 hours every day, and supposedly a jazz performance at the Depot coffeehouse. I am surprisingly calm at the fact that I know I won't be participating in any of these thanks to my lovely stuffy nose and manly voice. Maybe I should get some sleep? Considering it is 11:00 pm and I have yet to finish my homework, that will not be happening.
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