I should be sleeping

No lies.

A lot has happened since my last post, and I'm honestly a little tired, so I won't ramble too much.

Mostly it's all the same, a lot of good things have happened, and some bad things, but all in all I'm alright, and the people I love are alive.

That can be good enough for me for the moment. =)

I've made some really good cookies, and I guess I'm going to have to make them again, because Shalisha says I have to. lol

It's interesting how resilient your heart can be if you have one person loving you unconditionally.

I don't think I'd be smiling right now if it weren't for the people in my life who've stuck with me even though I'm such a flake. Thinking about some of the events of this week still makes me ache inside, but I can put it aside, and be determined to do better, because I am loved, regardless of my flaws.

I will get to work, and get things done, and I will not cry. ^_^

I'm feeling physically much, much better, though I admit I felt exhausted after doing some dishes today.

It'll all come back before I even remember it was gone.

I'm worried about Mandie, and Elleana for totally different reasons, but I know God's taking care of them, I can deal with that. I'm going to go to sleep, and try to get some rehearsal under way tomorrow for the Women's retreat. I'm down to 20 days for prep. I can do it. =)

~Me

Summery of my past two months of life.

I've been running around like a crazy woman the past month and a half. 

July:

Messih conference.

Visited Liorah, Jordan and Kevin in PA.

Then I was in NYC for about a week catching up with friends, then I went up to RI for a few days and caught up with Andre and Carlene, played a few of my songs at their congregation's Shabbat service. AMAZING!! 

Then Adrielle's car broke down and we ended up in RI a day or two longer than we thought we would. We met up with my parents while we were there, and went fishing since we had to wait for Adrielle's car to get fixed. 

Then my friend Carlene decided to drive me back down to NYC so that my sister could get back to KC on time to go Appartment hunting before her classes started up again. 

So I brought Carlene to the Shabbat dinner gathering I've been going to as my congregation while I'm in NYC. During that weekend she sat me down and made me talk about my Demo and brain stormed with me about making my ideas a reality. =)

She left about two days later than she planned, because we were having such amazing fellowship. ^_^

AUGUST:

So then I helped a friend of mine move and paint his appartment, stayed up WAAAY too late the day before I left for Utica to record demo tracks, and had a very long bus ride.

Utica: I got a lot recorded, then I left Utica and came back to NYC and started planning my Best friends Birthday party with Giselle for the 7th.

We then ran around like crazy getting everything together. 

The day after her party, Mandie had her first official gig with her new musical Ministry, so I went to support that, and then I went home and slept... lol

A day or so later: I helped my friend Danny (who's an indi film maker) test a new mic. 

Yesterday was my Birthday: 

I slept in, and then my best friend kidnapped me after she got out of work, and she treated me to a mani/pedi. Because she's awesome. 

Then we went and got Thai food at our favorite place, and just had a wonderful time. Because we're awesome. 

I had lots of phone calls, and was up late enjoying conversations with the people on the other ends of those phone calls. 

SO I slept in today as well, and I've been planning all day since the moment I woke up, to a happy birthday phone call from my BFF Kerry. 

My little sister Liorah is coming to visit me this weekend before I leave to go back on tour with my family. 

My birthday party is this sunday, and then next week I focus on recording, and rehearsing. 

Then I go back to RI for some photo shoots, I'll meet my parents there to get some pictures for the ZL album. Then we leave for Pittsburg for our first Concert of the tour... After those concerts we head to Nashville to finish the new ZL album, and life continues in it's beautiful pattern of divinely ordered chaos. ^_^

It's been a good day.. I will now go take a shower.

The End.

Okay picture this: Two drunk guys fighting over a fat girl in the middle of an intersection... They're so drunk they can't even land a solid punch so they're yeling REALLY macho-like and shoving eachother. One guy looses it, and slapps the other (we heard it.. it was a very impressive girl slap.) and in retaliation the other guy falls over and some how looses one of his adidas...In the middle of the intersection...
We crossed the street during this show of manhood, to get Frozen Yogurt.
My little sister clung to my arm... She hates fighting.. I laughed and kept walking, Ben called the cops.
The coops arrived after the fight, and missed everything.

When ever I see something like this I feel like saying "Welcome to New York!"
Well... to be fair, I should really be thinking "Welcome to human nature."


Speaking of human nature: I fell asleep around 7:30 this morning and woke up at around 3. I need to work on this.


We bought my bus ticket to Utica last night, so if everything is still on schedule it should all be good, basic tracks for my demo should be the result of this trip.


I now have to figure out how the bus system works, get in contact with the Engineer (Who's also the Rabbi up there) and make sure some one will be there to pick me up.


My sister Adrielle likes to point out that planning is not one of my strong points. I beg to differ, some people just don't understand my methodology, it's a highly refined personal art, and I excel at my particular brand of planning.


I shall write about this process later, seeing as at the moment I have to run through some of my material so I can start recording it in 3 days.


I love you all (I think) and maybe I'll make a video blog some time. =)


~Me

Madness...

This was my night: 11: I finally make a blog like Carlene told me to.
11:20-ish: Tasman calls me on Skype.
11:30-> ((I Procrastinate.))
2:30: Tasman forces me to make a fan page.
3 am: Tasman forces me to make a Twitter.
3:15: I struggle with the idea of making a Twitter. x_x
3:40: Twitter is complete. (Still have no idea how the stupid thing works.)
4 am on: Juggling the blog, Fan page, and Twitter while trying to make Soundcloud work...
8 am: I fall asleep drooling on the couch.




1:30: I wake up freaking out, due to the fact that I've slept through my alarms (All three of them) and notice I have 14 text messages........... -__- 


1:35: Wash my face.


1:40: I get in touch with my family via text, and realize they've also slept in, cause they were up till about 5 last night. XD


2 pm: I write this blog.


I will now formulate a plan with my family, possibly return movies with Mandie, and maybe get some pizza. =D


 THE END

1st post

I have been writing a song for about three weeks now.
All I have is the melody, and chords, and the flickering, vague idea of what it should be about.
My rice noodles were weirdly tart, but I couldn't stop eating them, so they are gone now.
I spent all day with the lights off and no music playing to distract me from thinking, so I sat and thought for a while, I thought about my first "weekend" (Which became a week) in NYC. I shook my head, recalling the shenanigans I put my sister through in dragging her along, and all the noisy crowded Metro rides. I laughed thinking about the week we spent in Rhode Island with Carlene and Andre, and now I look at this week, and it's so calm. Of course I really shouldn't say that... the week isn't over....

I think I'll write a post for each week to hit some of the highlights. =) There were at least a million in those past weeks, so they won't all end up in there, but you'll get the idea. ;)