Relaxation

So I finally have some downtime as a busy weekend is ahead of me. For the first time in my life, I actually am happy that I have stuff to do. I've met some crazy awesome friends, established a name for myself as a musician/teacher, got some good grades in my classes, understand what I'm doing in my classes, acquired guitar number six and become a better person overall. I'm finally out of my slump of not smiling and anger. I do get a bit upset sometimes but I have stress relievers to help me out, thankfully. The only thing I haven't done yet is buying an apartment. I still need a roommate. Regardless, I still believe that my time frame of mid-to-late January is do-able. My parents have approached me about this and said if I can find a roommate within 2 months of having my apartment, then they can help me to pay for my first 2 months' rent. I found that extremely thoughtful and it made me happy. My parents are opposed to paying for my stuff and I agree, I work hard and deserve everything I have. I've busted my ass and my parents see that. I've been working for the past 4 years straight of my life and I've saved up a decent amount of money. Not many 19 year old people can say they've got the cash I have. One issue I've got to address is that my parents have accepted my goals and aspirations of being a musician by more than 100%. In other words, my parents were originally against me going with music because of the chances of failure. My mom wanted me to work with computers since, you know, I'm a dork. Well, I've decided to stick with music and it's paying off. I'm making some pretty sweet cash and my skills are greatly improving. Heck, I can now proudly say that I can improvise. This is something I've been wanting to do years ago but I wasn't able to. Now with the knowledge I've acquired here at GMU, it's helped me a bunch. Plus, being in pep band helps with my sight-reading and it's fun. It's a blast to play with everyone. We go out there, have fun with it and pretty much make people feel good. I personally feel that every true musician's goal is to make sure that people enjoy what you give to them. Making music, in my opinion, is about what YOU put into the piece and making it come to life in a manner that involves interaction with your audience. I just realized I wrote a lot, I'm going to shut up now and relax some more. Til next time!