I'm back!

Hey everyone, it's clearly been a while since I have last posted. A lot has changed since then. I have switched from music education to (and completed) an Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene. I have officially been out in the field for 3 months. While I was enrolled at Normandale Community College, I was also duel enrolled at Metropolitan State University for their online BS in Dental Hygiene. I am currently on my last semester with two classes, my main one is the Dental Hygiene Capstone. My project is studying occupational burnout in dental hygienists through surveys. I have been using the online program, SoGoSurvey. So far everything has been going smoothly, I have already gotten responses and the website layout makes it so easy to read and understand the data I have collected. I have also had questions and the customer service has been so fast and helpful. This program has definitely made this project go a lot more smoothly than I expected. I'll be done in December and I can not wait to stop having to worry about school work and can focus on being a better clinician and relax and play video games!

First week of classes are done! Between school and work.. I am wiped out. Two auditions that I wasn't prepared for. Didn't help that I didn't have any horn lessons. With school and work it is hard to find time to do my school work and practice, so unfortunately I am going to have to change my availability again so that I don't work as much. I did find time to have fun though. Monday after classes I went to see my friend where we made some amazing homemade pizza. Lots of onions, yum. Wednesday I went out to eat with my friend again, and then after that I went out with another friend, walked around the lake and watched a movie. Lots of fun there. Friday I went to the state fair with a group of friends. A lot of fun, but I didn't get to eat all the food I wanted too though.. But I guess that means I saved some money! Afterwords I went and watched a movie with my friend. Worked today, but afterwords I met up with my friend for short period of time and met some of his friends. Good stuff there. Tomorrow I work some more. Hopefully it'll be a good day!

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I went to my cousin's wedding on Friday, was a lot of fun. Partied all night long and spent the night at the hotel. Great to see all my relatives. Saturday I went out with a couple of my friends and saw The Dark Knight Rises, great movie. I would have preferred it if it was more grim. Later I went out with my family and got a lovely 1/2 pound juicy Lucy. Yum! But then I felt guilty and so I went out for an evening bike ride and went around the lake a few times. I then proceeded to finish off some ice cream while watching the movie, Crazy, Stupid, Love. It was a great movie, also very funny.
Today I get to work all day. Sounds like fun, right?

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Woke up early today so I would have more than two hours of free time before having to go back to work. First thing I did was take a morning bike ride down to the lake, very pleasant. Then I proceeded to watch the Olympics. I even whipped out the french horn and I did sound like a complete fart, but I still didn't sound very flattering. Work went pretty well bunch of fun people were there so time went by.
Tomorrow I have the day off! So what shall I do?

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So Friday was the Orchestra Concert! It was amazing; the two main pieces they played were The William Tell Overture and Dvořák's New World Symphony. It was superb, there was another piece, cannot remember the name, but it featured a nineteen year old pianist. He wore an ugly shirt, but his playing skills were incredible. My friend that I took with; it was his first orchestra concert, he seemed to have enjoyed it very much, and what a perfect one to be his first! I had a lot of fun with him, it was a great night.
Saturday, my brother and I decided to be daring and took a 23 mile bike ride, which took us about six hours total, probably around 4.5 hours of biking if you don't include breaks and random stops. We had to make an emergency trip to a bike shop to get his peddle fixed, and we had an hour for lunch. The last hour of biking home, was the most tiring. Next time we want to try this 51ish mile bike trip, but get a group of friends to go with. It will be a day event, but it would be loads of fun if we can make it happen. Today I had to work. It was really boring and slow. Also, I had watched Get Him to the Greek, I like Russell Brand, but I don't understand why people recommended this movie to me. It wasn't very good. I also watched Reel Steal, that was an excellent movie. Enjoyed that one a lot.

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I had a fun time at my friends, we watched New Years Eve, it was pretty good, typical cheesy chick flick. Worked Monday and Tuesday, but I did watch Friends With Kids, I liked that one. I also watched the original The Karate Kid, was alright, the karate was a bit cheesy though. It was still entertaining. Today I went to the gym with my brother and his friend, later I went out to eat with my family at The Olive Garden, was alright. I then went to meet up with a friend at the lake; we walked around and talked. There was a really nice sunset. Afterwords I had to pick up my brother but it would have been a waste of gas to drive all the way home to sit for five minutes and then come back, so I waited in the parking lot for an hour.I had the windows down, so then I could enjoy the weather. Over all a day I can't complain about. I also scored some tickets to see an orchestra concert, great seats. I felt like I mugged the person. Good thing I have good connections. That is on Friday though, can't wait!

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I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a test to see if I am tone deaf. I am not tone dead, I got a average rating. Now I really can't wait for classes to start. I have the sudden urge to play the french horn right now.. I really need to find a new teacher before the summer is up. I don't want to sound like crap on my first day of classes!

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