Memorable moments from my week: (in no particular order)

• Feeling such a love for each of my students as I taught this week.
• Calling Anette Johansson, a Swedish song expert, hearing her call me Kjirsti (pronounced Sher-sti), and hearing that she was planning on compiling a potpourri of different Swedish songs for me to sing on my second masters recital.
• Exciting over a bunch of new songs I picked for my recital
• visiting teaching- what an inspired program
• Pot luck at the Hamm’s, having one on one time with Meg and Claire
• dinner and chocolate and Border’s with Steve and Mary
• studying Italian, and learning the colloquial uses of the word “Ecco!”
• sketching an idea for my sister’s wall and having her use it
• painting the chest of drawers in our master bedroom rustic-style
• reading an article by Elder Maxwell on being content with what we are allotted
• singing for the conductor
• finding out I’m going to have a great pianist for my recital
• listening to a book about the Nigerian oil wars, Little Bee, and feeling greater gratitude for the safety I enjoy
• doing more laughing than singing in my lesson with Kristy (Hey it’s good for the ab support right?!)
• trying to hold back laughter with Tom during Der Rosenkavalier