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Erinwilcox

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Hi everyone! I was encouraged to post this thread to update you on how things are going in my hectic life (see the old thread on how things never stopped). I FINALLY got Fridays off and that has made a HUGE difference for me. While I never get to sleep in or just merely relax on that day, it's nice to have a day to devote time to things other than school and work. One Friday, I took my two youngest sisters and met up with a friend and her two daughters and we went apple and pumpkin picking. The other day, little sis's and I carved the pumkins (they'd never done it before and it'd been a while for me). It's so nice to be able to spend more time with my family. This week was EXAM week. . .but I finished it up today. God really blessed me by keeping me calm and not letting me get stressed (did ya'll hear the story about my spring finals? ). So while most things have slowed down to a reasonable pace, I did join my church's Christmas choir (the only time we have one) since I've never missed a year participating in some way (but I can't believe I joined another group) and was just asked to help with a children's choir for the same concert. . .some things never change and my life seems destined to be busy! However, it is now a busy that I can handle, rather than a busy that frustrates me and breaks me. Well, I've got to leave for vocal jazz soon and must practice a little more for it now! She do ba de da, be dididly do ba do da. . . (I love these two new smilies!) (and no, I'm not wearing a tutu to class! )
 

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sounds like your enjoyong life Erin , glad to see you can share , and when you get a minute please phone my boss and ask him to give me Fridays off!
 
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Ah, 'what a difference a day makes!!'

You definitely sound on top of it all Erin! Enjoy!

Spending time with family, especially younger siblings is such a treat for you and for them as well!

God bless all future shared projects!

Do you also teach them piano?
 
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Glad to hear things are going well Erin!

And hey, I'll take Fridays off too!

Speaking of work - here is a pic of an average day in the office for me... check it out... I took this on Monday...



 

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Glad to hear things are going well Erin!

And hey, I'll take Fridays off too!

Speaking of work - here is a pic of an average day in the office for me... check it out... I took this on Monday...




is your office on an oil rig bro !
 
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Glad you got to have time off.

Now for some rehearsal for next year. Stand in front of your mirror and say "no", "No", "no". Important lesson. Because if you say yes to everything something suffers, and burn out isn't pretty or helpful.

I only say this because I'm terribly prone to saying yes to too many things.
 
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is your office on an oil rig bro !

Not quite... But when an oil rig blows up or catches on fire - or some worker on an oil rig goes looney tunes - well then my "office" has to do something about it....

Hey Cyg - I hope you didn't hurt yourself taking that way rad picture man....

Hey! It's Friday and I have the day off! Cool... Happy Veteran's Day!!
 
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Yeah, I'm still trying to convince my mom that it's really okay for me to sleep in just a little on Fridays--I just run, run, run the other days and never get to sleep in (even though my fist classes don't begin till around 11). . .if I could convince her, Fridays would be perfect.
 
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