Marching band...the rain...and the amazing test of fate.

Sunday August 17th, I moved into my dorm at Appalachian State University. I really love it. This week has been band camp week. It has been amazing!! The band has about 300 members...including 29 trombone players (more people than we had in my entire HS band). It is AWESOME...to say the least. I moved up all the boxes into the room with my family and some new friends and then later I put everything where I wanted it to go. I am still working out the kinks, but overall it looks pretty okay.

Band camp is verrry long. Our first rehearsal starts at 9 am, and we work either as an ensemble or in sectionals till lunch time and then we come back at 2 and work till dinner...then we come back at 6:30 and work till 9:30 or 10. It's long and tiring, but a lot of fun. I really thought it was going to be harder than it is. I think that I have been handling things really well. I am really enjoying the campus...and I have already made a bunch of new friends who are equally as nerdy as I am. IT'S GREATTT!!! :)

Let me see....my roommate just moved in yesterday. It was kinda funny cause she got here at 9:30 and I came into the room at 11:30 and everything was already unpacked. Her mom and a few friends came to help her move in, so it was pretty amazing. She is really sweet. I enjoy talking to her...even though we don't get much opportunity to talk since I am busy with band.

The rain! Oh...it is amazing...but it keeps falling and falling and falling and falling and falling. I don't know if it will ever stop falling and falling and....well, you get the point. lol. I do enjoy the rain, although the only downfall is wet shoes and a higher priority on washing the wet clothes. :/ what can you do though?

I told you about the friends that I have made, well...one of them is a guy. I am not going to tell you too much about it cause it is kinda complicated. He is in love with me, and I like him, but right now I can't see him as more than a friend. We have been having a good time hanging out and getting to know one another. We are just alike...interest wise. It is pretty strange. I cannot tell you how many conversations we have had where one person is talking and the other person only says "yep...me too" it is just strange how alike we are. Any who...I suppose I will keep you up to date with him too. I doubt anything is going to happen cause I don't want a relationship, but we will see.

My roommate and I are pretty alike too in some of our likes and dislikes. She is going to be a middle-grades education major. That's pretty cool since I am going into middle-grades music. lol Last night we were talking about having to do senior projects and she was telling me how she did hers on Differentiated education...and that's what I did mine on too. It was super weird.

Our late night practices for the past two nights were cancelled due to the rain, which isn't good, but it gives my lips a chance to regain their strength. ;)

I started orientation today which was great. They gave everyone a copy of the summer reading book, which I thought was totally awesome!! I lovvvveee books. I met this girl named Allison, who is a Spanish Ed major, and she used to be a music ed major. She is sooo cool. We were talking about music and spanish and she and I are a lot alike too. I am working on what to minor in, and she is helping me figure it out (she is my student orientation leader). Anyways...I think that is about all that is new so far. Hit me up with questions if you have them.

my address is.....
well, I don't want to post it up here, but if you email me I will give it to you.

Melodiethegreat@gmail.com

I love you all so much!!

P.S. I LOVEEE GETTING MAIL...(HINT HINT). So...get my address and start scribbling!!

I love you all...again!! :)

Super Melodie