I had the chamber recital Tuesday. We played the Mendelssohn. My group and I were all thinking the "Tokyo Roses" since that was what Dr. Smith had in mind the night before. We were all excited about doing well. We were second on the program. It was based on ability level, and I personally felt somewhat slighted. I'm not THAT bad. Anyway, there were times whereI messed up. In some parts, I played the wrong notes. In others, I used different fingerings than what I am used to, but they somehow worked out. I was a little nervous, but I was really bent on getting some of the runs. It turned out I did. I NAILED those runs that I couldn't do when we practiced. I finally got them. I had like the biggest smile on my face, especially near the end where I had the most trouble. The notes were mostly clean, and Dr. Burrell was really glad when she saw that I worked really hard on it. I got disappointed for the small stuff (mentioned above), but Allyson told me not to sweat it too much. Leslie was also thinking the same about her mistakes. I slowly came to realize Allyson was right. I owe her. My boyfriend came to seeme, and he was impressed. I was glad he truly supports me.

Yesterday evening was the Halloween/Josh's birthdayparty at Rosie's apartment (he couldn't get off work, so we celebrated it then). When my boyfriend picked me up, he gave me chocolate coins since I was a pirate (what a sweetheart!). My boyfriend and I brought pasta together (it was pot luck; everyone brought something). We both pitched in for all of the ingredients, and we made it together. It turned out that he ran out of butter, so I ran to HEB (it was walking distance; lucky duck). And, it took FOREVER for the water to boil while on high. It took longer than we expected because we had to make a lot for a lot of people (of course, as expected, it went FAST). We called Rosie we were running late, and by the time we arrived, we didn't miss much. We ate, and then we played a game. It was REALLY stupid. Each person went outside individually while blindfolded, and we were told to touchthree people's facesto see what was different. I touched each person's mouth, nose, and eyes. On the last one, Rosie said, "and here's his eye", and it was gooey. I laughed. SO lame. It was Jello. Anyway, we played Red Rover after a while. Everyone wanted my friend Ashley, who was on the other side. Then Cindi was called, then Jerry, and Cherelle. I was called over too, but I broke through Ashley and Cindy. In trying to do so, I fell onto the cement (we were in the parking lot outside her place) on my side. I was okay, but I expected if anything was to show up, it would be a big black and blue bruise. Then, after a while,Ashleywas called again and she tried to break throughCindi and Eric. Eric was tugging at her arm at the wrist, so it hurt for her a lot that she cried. My boyfriend and I went back inside. Not much later, Sabrina came back with scars on her knees. What's with people getting injured? Jeez. Well, the two of us went back outside and played hide-and-seek. After one game, it got boring, so we were deciding what to do. Nothing was happening, so we went back inside. Soon, everyone came back in and we listened to ghost stories. Some of them were actually true, so it was rather creepy. My boyfriend and I left early because we didn't want to get nightmares (we left whenJosh wasabout to tell a really scary one that was true). We hung out at his placeuntil around 1:45.Anyway, the whole partywas good fun.