This semester I decided that to help my goal of getting better at guitar that I should take lessons to do so... and I have calluses to prove it! There are parts that I expected (I still hate bar chords) and parts I didn't expect (playing from sheet music is a LOT easier than I thought it would be). I got sheet music for my lesson on Friday, two days ago, and I've basically have it prepared for my lesson this Friday (even the tricky one included in case I had extra time). That just leaves choosing a piece of music to incorporate bar chords in functionally. Smart teacher I tell ya- showing me where it will make life easier to try to motivate me to enjoy bar chords more. I'm challenged with D# M7 on the sixth string then craziness of Bb minor on the fifth string... I think I'm going to need to make flash cards :P In all honesty I am enjoying all that I am learning with guitar and kind of wish I would have taken lessons like this sooner!
As for weekly dates... that would be with friends ;) I am meeting with a few friends that I am hoping will become weekly meetings since they are wonderful ladies that I am developing great friendships with. That and you can't beat meeting with Godly women! Tomorrow I meet with a friend I made on Friday, at CRU, that is from Madagascar and I quickly made several connections. She has a personality that I connect with and I just tend to automatically love International Students... seriously! I also met with CRU's International Student coordinator and she mentioned trying to start an International Bible Study, which for those who don't know, is where I like to be whenever possible! As for other weekly dates I meet with a lovely lady that I met before she started at Roberts and it makes me happy being able to use my time at Roberts and RIT. I really enjoy the fact that today having lunch at RIT I knew two people that people at CRU had not met and I was able to introduce them to... and I don't even go to RIT!
So for the newest update: I'm doing well, feeling blessed by opportunities, but also a little overwhelmed by options. Of course the weekends/weeks that I have been looking to plan have so much going on that I can't get to everything, which makes me extremely sad! I guess I have to be a bit more decisive and hopefully God will make the decision easier by closing some of those doors!
