Clinic, Dentist, Choir Concert, and Thespian Thursday
I went back to the clinic yesterday for my follow up appointment and they still don't really know what is causing my chest pain. They have put me on antibiotics for some infections that I might have and if that doesn't work in a week, we are going to explore the possibility of me having severe reflux problems or possibly an ulcer. Nothing about this process has been enjoyable and I have way too much to do to get the rest that I'm supposed to be getting. I'm calling in sick to work today and I'm going to get into so much trouble but I just don't have the steam to get through a long day anymore. I have no energy and it is hard for me to take deep breaths and I get winded really quickly. Being on my feet for a 5 hour shift just sounds like pure misery. Besides that, my doctor told me to take it easy and rest. I don't think I'll get fired at this point, but I'll probably get written up. Sigh. Who wants to work at Walmart anyway? I'm really hoping to transfer back to Aberdeen. It would just make the move easier if I didn't have to find a job. But in anticipation of my possible termination, I've started looking around for a new job. I've had so many absences because of my ever conflicting music schedule. This clearly won't be a problem anymore after I graduate but I don't know if anyone is taking that into consideration. We'll find out!
Yesterday, I also got to go to the dentist. I haven't been in a while so the visit was long overdue. I have one wisdom tooth that needs to get pulled and five cavities that need to be filled. I have also been referred to an orthodontist because the dentist thinks that I might need braces to correct a slight under-bite. I also need a mouth guard because I've been grinding my teeth. How can so many things be going on in one body at one time!? And I can only be told that the things happening can be triggered by stress one more time before I start screaming. Yes! I'm stressed! And there's nothing I can do about it for the next 2 weeks. I do believe this is the least stressed that I've been in a while though so...I don't know what's going on. Melissa has a theory that I'm turning into a super hero. I'm okay with that theory as long as I was never bitten by a radioactive spider. I really hate bugs. Ugh!
There's a choir concert on Saturday! It will feature the Men's and Women's Chorus, Swingset, and the Concert Choir. I'm so excited because this is Swingset's biggest opportunity so far. Aside from singing in a nursing home last year, we haven't done much performing. But we are pretty good and feeling really ready for this. I hope it goes well and that people will take more of an interest. It is my greatest wish that USD have a vocal jazz group. It is what I've wanted since I got here and now it might actually have a chance. Woot! So yeah...choir concert on Saturday in Aalf's Auditorium. Should be good.
THESPIAN THURSDAY!!!
This week the USD Department of Theater is presenting Sweeney Todd. I'm planning to go tomorrow night. I've never been a big fan of the musical but the theater department finally cast some music majors so I'm definitely going to see it. Sweeney Todd is a musical thriller by, the genius himself, Stephen Sondheim. Many people have seen the film adaptation that features a mildly talented Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. I despise the movie version. Tim Burton's loyalty issues really got in the way of casting actual singers. Although the two are very different, they have the same plot. It's about a man who is framed for a crime and sent away. When he comes back, he finds out that his wife has killed herself after being raped by the evil judge. Sweeney vows to take revenge on the judge and the world. He teams up with Mrs. Lovett who owns a pie shop and he opens a barbershop. While cutting people's hair, he kills them and then Mrs. Lovett bakes them into her pies. Horror ensues. Relationships are revealed. Almost everyone dies and children are horribly traumatized. The judge's ward, Johanna, falls in love with Anthony (Sweeney's shipmate). They live and go on to sing positive music and learn the consequences of unprotected sex. I don't know that for sure...that's just what I think happens. Johanna will be knocked up within a month I think. Traumatized girls statistically put out...
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