That would be Rabic in the foreground with Patrick, Sean, and Deirdre in the background (l to r). I just really love this picture. It's from our Boxing Day party. I'm pretty sure it was taken shortly after Patrick, Sean and Rabic were making fun of me for not being able to pogo stick.

Prayer Request!

For my friend Sean, who went into the hospital on Friday night with a ruptured appendix. Trust me, I know what it's like. NOT FUN!!! Mine didn't rupture, but it hurt a heck. I just went and saw him. He's really, really sick, and in a lot of pain. He's going to be in hospital for probably about a week and then be on an IV at home for a few more weeks. He's really thirsty and they won't let him drink anything. It's a pretty sad place to be for Sean, so just pray for him. Thanks.
Update on Granny is that her knee cap is getting replaced on the third I think. It'll be a 3 and a half hour surgery and I think she'll be able to come home pretty soon after that.
So keep the prayers coming, especially for Sean. Thanks!

Deirdre says

That she has 4 valid driver's licenses and/or permits.
Other than that, I'm hungry.

Song of the day:
Last Kiss
By Pearl Jam

Oh, where oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road, up straight ahead
A car was stalled, the engine was dead
I couldn't stop, so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screamin' tires, the bustin' glass
The painful scream that I heard last.

Oh, where oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

When I woke up, the rain was pourin' down
There were people standing all around
Something warm rollin' through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said
"Hold me darling just a little while."
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I would miss
But now she's gone, even though I hold her tight
I lost my love, my life that night.

Oh, where oh where can my baby be?
The Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.
Oooh~ ooooh~

Great song.

How I wish it was

I love dancing. I think that if I could have my life be exactly like I wanted it to be, I'd get up at about 10, practice my viola and dance all day. No school... What a wonderful world this would be.
This isn't totally random and uncalled for. We had a dance a really fun dance last weekend. Even though I almost froze and ruined my jazz shoes and Jack spanked me really hard, it was still enjoyable. Jack just proposed to me. I rejected him. And I'm not even sorry.
Oh, and the random quiz of the week is (drumroll) What should my new email address be? I think that I might have xeila@gmail.com, Rabic thinks that smella@gmail.com would be better, and Jack's idea of perfection in my email address is ihaveacrushoneveryboy@gmail.com. Ideas welcome.
Have a great day, and may all your Christmases be white.

Yay me!!!

Guess what? I WON THE CONCERTO COMPETITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have no idea how excited I am. This piece is fabulous, and I love it with the orchestra. *sigh* I'm so excited.
I'm also sick of having frozen pipes in the morning. AKA NO WATER in the AM. Oh well. I don't really care right now. I'm too happy.

Prayers, please.

My Granny isn't doing too well. We're not sure what's going on, but the prayers would be good. I'll let you know anything new when I can. Thanks!

UPDATE #1: She just went to the Hospital. Dad thinks she might have some sort of infetion or something. She's not very responsive at all. More to come...

UPDATE #2: Turns out she has a bad knee infection. PRAY that she reacts well to the antibiotics. If she doesn't they have to take out her knee, clean it out for six weeks and then put in a new joint. (She has a prosthesis.) So, please pray! Thanks.

Yay, California!

Guess what? It's 78º in the shade. I love you, Ojai.
Something I don't love would be being a Freshman. I don't count, and school just basically sucks. Luckily for me, I'm a 'cool freshman' and so I get to be 1/2 of a person. Yay me!!
I also do love my viola. Still no name for the poor chap, but he's the cutest, and the best thing that happened last year.
Speaking of last year, and good things happening, my favorite parts of last year would probably be: My appendix... NOT, my new viola, (the same weekend, I might add), finding out that CA is so much better than I thought it would be, learning to boogie board, working on friendship making skills, (not, but whatever), tripping to WA, and having such an awesome orchestra, viola teacher, and music in Ojai. Yay!
Speaking of music, I have a concerto competition on Saturday. Gulp. I ran through with the pianist today, which was pretty cool.
That's all, folks.