College life

So far, college has been really good. It's also kept me really busy, to say the least. Living off of between 3 and 5 hours practically every night has been a new experience for me. The people here have been pretty cool. Although I know almost everyone here, I have a group of close friends who I tend to only hang out with. My piano teacher's been amazing and really patient. Everyone has found out that I'm 16 though, so that's been really....interesting. My roommate told some people who then told other people, who then told other people....annndd in a class of only 92 people, news (and unfortunately, gossip) spreads REALLY fast. But the past few days, I've started to realize something. I've definitely worked my butt off since I've been here. However, some of the things my choir director has said have really convicted me. *sidenote alert* Like, when we first got here, during orientation, some student group leaders had a little skit pretending to be superheroes. And the quote of orientation week was "with great talent comes great responsibility." And as corny as that line sounds, it's really true. Thus, my choir's director has started really pushing us to work harder the past couple of weeks, almost as if to reinforce the slogan we heard our first couple of days on campus. And although I feel like I'm working very hard (okay, more like, I KNOW I am), I feel like I could be working harder. Unless I get to the point where I have no time for facebook, and I can't hang out with anyone, I'm not working as hard as I possibly can. I know I can't become a social recluse either, but the hardest part of college has been learning how to manage my time. On top of that, I'm starting to feel like maayybbeee the Lord's still leading me to sing. Somehow. I mean, when I sing in front of people, I get nervous and I sound like a mouse. But when it comes down to it, I'd much rather sing and play piano for hours than play a Beethoven sonata. And honestly, deep down inside, I feel like it's not by mishap that I'm at a choir college. A choir college which is one of the best (if not the best) vocal music schools in the world. The voice faculty here are amazing. Although I didn't audition for a vocal minor this year, I'm definitely going to next year. I enjoy singing too much not to. Anyway, I should probably get off of here and start putting to work what I'm talking about. Later,
Rachel