Skating!

Okay. My parents and I had a deal that if I wrote down one of my songs then they would take me ice skating. I did it. I went on Friday. Dad works in Orem on Fridays so he took me to work with him. He introduced me to a few of his coworkers, then I hung out in the kitchen and stole a couple cups of hot cocoa while Dad was in a meeting, then he took me to lunch and dropped me off on BYU CAMPUS!!!

I got to explore a little. I went to the library, the art museum, the fine arts center, and to several buildings I have no idea the names of. I think some people thought I was a college student because a couple of missionaries came up to me and asked where the MTC was. Of course, I didn't, but it still made me feel sparkly that someone thought I was college aged. Muahahah. It was also kinda fun when I was sitting on the platform under the bell tower and this student sat on another bench and started to practice his guitar. He was singing love songs while he was practicing and it was fun to imagine that my husband was singing them to me. I've decided that my husband MUST play an instrument. It'd also be good if he could sing well, but I won't mind if he can't because I can't either. We'll understand each other.

Anyway, I got a blister on both of my pinky toes because I didn't know I would be walking around so much and so I wore my high heeled boots. Therefore, my feet hurt VERY badly even before we got to the rink. When we did get there at 3:30, it was very fun because a few figure skaters were practicing there. A few were college students, as I found out by talking to them, and some were just teens like me. Anyway, I watched them for a while and tried a couple of the things they were doing. It was REALLY fun! I learned how to do a backward spiral (sticking your leg out behind you while going backwards), something I had never even dared try, do some really fun spins (I haven't nailed the spinning on one foot thing yet, but I'll keep trying), and I got to practice switching from going backward to going forward on one foot. I asked a couple of the figure skaters how to do some spins. Everyone seemed to think something different. One person tought me the sound my skates should make while I'm spinning. It was really fun.

When I got home, nine of my toes were bruised (one was saved because I have an ingrown toenail on that one, so it had a bandaid, somewhat cushioning it), my back hurt, and I was in a state of bliss. What a day.

Certificate of Merit!

Hi, everyone! I'm going to do the Certificate of Merit this year, and for those of you people who don't know what that is, it's a piano thingy where you play three songs and a bunch of scales for one of the judges and then you take a theory test. Then the judges rate you.

It's not like a competition, but you get ranked (I think it's from one to five).
I'm playing :

Watch my Fingers Rock! - by John Burson

Waltz - by Edvard Grieg (he kinda sounds like a vampire)

and

Sonatina in F - by Anton Diabelli

Anyway, I'm REALLY excited. It's in Idaho this April, so I've only got a couple of months to perfect the songs.