Why Am I Awake Right Now?

Why? Because I'm on a sugar-high from all of the heaps of apple cinnamon oatmeal and sparkling apple cider (that looks like a wine bottle) I just ate and drank to be "merry" with my friends. Cool, right? Ha. What a great Friday night.

We really are good kids though...hell, it's college and we've never drank or even been to a party! What is with that?! Going to the gym, then staying in the dorm and studying/surfing the web. Grandmas do more than that. =P

Well, speaking of the gym, Jade and I had an INTENSE workout today! It was a group class called "Body Defined" - gosh, we shoulda known from the name that it would be crazy. Starting with standing on a half-a-ball-thingy (I guess it's called a bosu ball?) while using 5 and 8-pound weights, we lifted, thrusted, toned, and twisted our bodies in every possible position to upbeat RHCP and other tunes. My face was beat red by minute three. Poor Jade and I tried so hard to keep up with it...we were laughing so hard at ourselves trying to do lunges while stepping on towels and slipping. Good girl-bonding moments...=]

Anyways - we got done and felt accomplished with ourselves. It was an hour long of straight workout. Then we sat in the spa for awhile, conversed about religion in the world (random), and headed home.

(Side note: Conveniently placed on our walk to and from Healthworks is a Coldstone Creamery, and two college girls with very little willpower drool every day strolling by).

Henceforth, Jade gave me the eyes that said "Let's go in there NOW!" and I seriously passed it and tried sooo hard to resist it while complaining, "Jade! Please! We just worked out!" And then a black guy looked at us, yelled, "What the hell?! Eat some!", so the choice was decided - we were back for another snack.

Luckily, I made us only get ONE SMALL CUP, and I only took THREE BITES (go me!) C'mon guys...this is a hard thing to do. Very hard. And for Jourdan Rystrom? Even more difficult. I'm beginning to gain the willpower I need to make it through this life!

Haha, you guys all probably think I'm a fitness freak, but I swear I've never worked out in my life until this last week! It's crazy - I think I'm high on life because of all the endorphins flooding through my body.

School was great today. Started out with boring Music Tech, but then the sun came out, it was beautiful again, and Harmony was a blast. My teacher is sooo awesome - he plays piano all the time and teaches us just the right way so we all can understand. He's also really "hip" - he's fresh out of college and wears a leather jacket and a key around his neck. Haha. Whatever floats your boat, dude.

Anyways, we're studying chord progressions now (with roman numerals), and Berklee has a new roman numeral system so I'm kinda screwed up. They don't use lowercase numerals (ii, iii, iv, v, etc.) for minor triads and chords - they use minus signs (V-, III-, VII-). Weird! That'll take getting used to. Ear Training was fun, too. Solfege is sooo easy! I guess it's because I've grown up with it my entire life because of being in choirs and stuff, so I can see where it'd be hard for someone who had no idea... Dictation is actually fun, I know - I'm such a nerd. Oh well. I'm paying $46k a year for my musical education, so I'd better be!

Ahhh...well now my back/arms/butt/legs are sore from the workout, so I'm gonna hit the hay. Yeah...it's um - five in the morning. Oh well, I can sleep in tomorrow!

-jourdanjustine

p.s. My AIM sn is douhavesandalias. Don't ask, just IM! =]