Christmas Break

Tis the season for boredom and hanging out with the family. I haven't written in awhile because I have just been enjoying Christmas Break. Last semester ended well. I got pretty good grades. 17 credit hours, all A's except for one A- and one B+. The B+ was in my honors english class and I believe I deserve an A or maybe an A-. But then again, it was one of those courses where the teacher does not tell you your grade until the very end. At midterm we got a "this is where I think you are grade" and then you get your final grade at midterm. Regardless, I think it was a good semester. I am really hoping to work hard next semester and get all A's. Music history is a bit rough so who knows if that will happen.

I've spent this break looking for an acoustic guitar. If any of you have gone through an airport with a guitar you realize how much of a pain can be. Especially when you are travelling by yourself. Everytime I want to go to the bathroom I have to take my guitar with me. When I wait in line for food, I have to take my guitar with me. It is very frustrating and tiring. so I spent 40 bucks and got a guitar to just keep here. It is not crazy nice but I think it will work for what I want it to do. Basically, it will just serve as a practice guitar. Something I can use to keep my fingers strong when I am at home and practice some chord shapes. We had to do some minor repairs on it, replace one of the tuning pegs. Its currently not holding tune well on that string we replaced but it is new. Online, most folks say that new strings need some time to loosen up and then they will hold their tune. However, even if it goes a quarter tone flat as it is, I can still hear a resemblance of the chord and though it may be a tad dissonant thats fine. A tad dissonant is worth not having to mess with carrying a guitar through the airport and worrying about it getting damaged in travel.

I've got 15 days left until I head back to Boone. Then I have one day in Boone and its back to classes. Back to working 8 hours with food services, 17 credit hours, and many more hours working with tutoring services. More to come...