Vacation was a blast! Spending time with my best girlfriends, getting tan, eating great food, and having no schoolwork or real world responsibilities was such a treat. The Carnival Cruise was amazing although the cruise ship itself had a strange theme...Legends. It sounds harmless enough but somehow everything turned out to be a bit phallic - with one-eyed snakes hanging from the walls and ceiling of the night club (Medusa's Lair) and large naked pictures of men and women in the elevators (in honor of Greek mythology). Needless to say we got some great laughs and had many cocktails. (Pictures are all up on facebook for anyone who has not yet seen). We did some incredible snorkeling in Belize, got a death defying tour of Isla Roatan in Honduras, and spent a day on the beautiful 7 mile beach at the Grand Cayman Islands. The food was amazing, the weather was fabulous, and we met interesting, fun people. It was another whirlwind vacation that was so much fun and ended too soon.
After coming back from the cruise, my schedule has been a bit crazy! I began my seven week intensive summer class 2 weeks ago. I'm taking an advanced economics course with a lab. We meet 2 nights a week - one night for 2 hours, one night for 4 hours. The homework is overwhelming and the TA is useless. Luckily there is a lot of group work and I am in a super productive group. Hopefully I'll come out of the class alive and with an A. In 5 weeks it will all be over and I'll have my summer (and my life) back.
I am taking a break from playing for the month of June but will resume rehearsing with the Nassau Pops in July. I have 4 outdoor summer concerts in the park coming up. These concerts are always fun and relaxing. They're free so we usually get a great crowd. It just doesn't feel like summer until I'm outside playing show tunes to people in lawn chairs :) These concerts will take place July 24th, and 31st, August 2nd, and 5th.
In other news, Eric and I celebrated 1 year of dating back in April and we recently relived our first date by going back to the restaurant where he took me on our first date. It was really lovely. I am lucky to have such a great guy in my life. I still can't believe that a full year has gone by since we began dating (even though our official one year anniversary isn't until August 18th). Time has simply flown.
The weather in NYC has been pretty cool, dismal and gray with tons of rain so it still feels like spring is in full force even though summer is right around the corner. Hopefully the sun will come out so my tan doesn't fade!
