1 december 2025
Today is December 1, 2025, and the time is 4:00 pm sharp.
Good news, both of the teachers I emailed got their recommendation letters in, and one of them even shared their two-page sales pitch with me. And on top of that, I got an email maybe three hours ago saying that I was admitted into the Honors College, which I believe is a prerequisite for the Stamps scholarship that I just stressed out over. I think it matters if I get into Honors College before the deadline, but I could be misremembering; either way, I'm pretty sure this is more than important than just getting into the bigboy college.
I ordered a couple books I've been dying to read, which was kind of a dumb idea since Christmas is just around the corner. Speaking of, I found this big book of Christmas piano solos that my grandmother owned but never used, and while I can't play the solos exactly according to the sheet music, the scores make for a good chord and melody reference, which is usually enough for me to work out the tune from there.
Would you believe it, I'm actually able to think about Christmas now? Well I guess that won't be for too long. In typing this, I'm actively procrastinating on the competition piece I need to write.
Either way, I think things are generally better and less stressful than a couple days ago now that the big scholarship applications are said and done.
Now I'm gonna go hang up some lights in my room before it gets too dark.