break from r o u t i n e

/ happiness /
My heart feels so warm
Like sunlight touching my skin
In the cold winter

Today has been an inspiring day.

I spent my morning experimenting with watercolor, and ended up with an anti-war picture.

I went to orchestra and we played songs that I actually like. Albert's solo (in Salut D'Amour) makes me heart-wrenchingly happy. During the rests, I just look up to see him possessed by the music, growing and swelling inside of him.

Afterwards, I came home and finished watching Gandhi. It is a great film, Gandhi is an amazing man - sometimes too amazing to fathom. I hope someday I amount to 1/59492456 of what he was.

Then, since time is on my side for once, I took a nap, and then awoke to the prodding of the usual Castle Park crew. (Minus Jeri... come next time please?) We went to "The-park-behind-my-house", and that brought back another wave of memories that make me smile.

When I came home, my parents were watching Amadeus - a film about Mozart. I've played his pieces more times than I can count and never once have I known anything about his life. It's inspiring to connect what I'm playing to events in his life, to know that the notes that I play mean something special to someone.

Then I come back to the computer, and read, for once, happy blog posts. That's saying a lot!

I can't help but feel excited for the future. A final stretch before summer in which I have to keep my grades up, then summer, and then sophomore year! (And then bsapps... :] ) I made my schedule for next year last week - I had to fight with Mr. Emery to let him let me take all my classes! xD
Honors English, Honors History, H Algebra 2, H Integrated Science 2, French 2
Journalism & Howler/Creative Writing (depends if I get into Howler for the 2nd semester), Band, Speech and Debate, and Colorguard!

Smile by werol


Thank you world for letting me see another day on this Earth!
edit: *dies of cheesiness*