Things I would eventually like to do with Zackary Allen Graber

Not in any specific order:

Water Balloon fight, Tie dye shirts, Go to the dinosaur museum in Chicago, take him to Wyoming, Go to either Ontario or Toronto to show Penny they're the same place, spend a whole night watching Gilmore Girls, learn to cook, dance, road trip, drive a Mini, ride a horse, buy a ring-tailed lemur, go camping, look at the stars, explore a cave, buy and name a star, teach him guitar, travel to see if Nessie is real, explore Paris

To be continued...

Things I love doing with Zackary Allen Graber

Not in any specific order:

Lengthy walks at Shanklin Park, Family Get-Togethers, Swimming, Holding Hands, Napping, Making Cake, Making Cookies, Singing, Texting, Going to movies at Linway, Sitting in our castle, Quick trips to the Brew, Cuddling in the van, sitting on the couch with Pug Rug, talking gangsta, sharing an iPod, watching out the window, Night swimming, Going to the zoo, splitting Mancino meals, Tickle fights, Staring contests, Hugging, getting teased by Penny, Kissing, Kissing in front of Kaitlyn, eating twislers, eating twislers like Lady and the Tramp, Smiling, go to Taco Bell, Kaitlyn's softball games, wondering around Walmart, wearing glow bracelets, watching fireflies, say silly things on accident that makes him laugh, laughing, hit and runs with turkey vultures, illegally going to Michigan, people watching, first fridays....

To be continued....

Oh, It is love.

Oh, it is love from the first time I set my eyes upon yours thinking "Oh, is it love?"

Oh dear
Its been hardly a moment
And you are already missed
There is still a bit of your skin
That I've yet to have kissed
Oh say, please do not go
When you know, oh you know that I must
Oh say, I love you so
You know (oh) you, oh know you can trust
We'll be holding hands once again
All our broken plans I will mend
I will hold you tight so you know
It is love from the first
Time I pressed my hand to yours
Thinking, "Oh, is it love?"

Oh, dear,
Its been hardly three days yet
And I'm longing to feel your embrace
There are several days
Until I can see your sweet face
Oh say, wouldn't you like to be older and married with me?
Oh say, wouldn't it be nice to know right now that we'll be
Someday holding hands in the end
All our broken plans will have been
I will kiss you soft so you know
It is love from the first
Time I pressed my lips against yours
Thinking, "Oh, is it love?"

Oh, your heart may long for love that is more near
So, when I'm gone these words will be here
To ease every fear
And dry up every tear
And make it very clear
I kiss you and I know
It is love from the first
Time I press my lips against yours
Thinking, "Oh, is it love?"

Oh it is love from the first
Time I set my lips against yours
Thinking, "Oh, is it love?"

I kiss you and I know
It is love from the first
Time I set my lips against yours
Thinking, "Oh, is it love?"

Neglection and a side of Writer's Block.

I have neglected my blog. Obviously. I think the last time I posted was before Christmas. But I just don't know what to write. I need a topic.

A Word from the Wise

You are so young; you stand before beginnings. I would like to beg of you, dear friend, as well as I can, to have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and books written in a foreign language. Do not look for the answers. They cannot be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day. Perhaps you are indeed carrying within yourself the potential to visualize, to design, and to create for yourself an utterly satisfying, joyful, and pure lifestyle. Discipline yourself to attain it, but accept that which comes to you with deep trust, and as long as it comes from your own will, from your own inner need, accept it, and do not hate anything.

- Rainer Maria Rilke

Bittersweet

Since my other blog about this was for a separate site, I would like to expand now. In here.

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally!"
-- Author Unknown

Throughout your life, you will meet people that amaze you and that you look up to, and sometimes they're there to stay for a long time or hardly at all. All I can say is that I wish I had more time to spend with you. I love coming to school because I know there is a possibility that I could miss another learning experience or funny moment, and I know that you have opened my eyes and furthered my passion for music, and I wouldn't have wanted this semester to be any other way.

I am so happy that you are the one person who just always listened to what I had to say and you didn't judge me because of it. You are the perfect type of friend and I really hope we can keep in touch! I want to know where you end up. Maybe I'll transfer? Haha. You're going to go far. I have faith in you.

Keep in touch with me! Best wishes! Let's get together sometime. Maybe the IU Music Camp is in my future... :)

Things I learned from Miss Pratt

As most semesters are drawing to a close, I would like to reflect on a student teacher that has been at the High School with me since my first day. She has been like a breath of fresh air, very helpful, and I know my friends and I will miss her. She was always so interested in what we were playing and had so many suggestions and positive words of encouragement. So now, I present my list of things I have learned from Miss Pratt:

- It's fun to see over people love orchestra, too!

- Cello: one over, one under.

- When teachers express their love for a certain piece, it helps kids love them too. *cough* St. Paul's Suite.... *cough*

- When you grow up and buy adult pants, always buy pants with pockets in them.

- The hardest note to get in tune is a first finger F on the E string.

- Cool people wear Hello Kitty band aids.

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I'll add to this as I think of more. I hope she's successful teaching and I'll see her again sometime. I'd like to know where she ends up - I'll be following in her footsteps one day :)