Monday, August 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
More Details...
I got the following text today from my friend Cory...
"The cause of her passing is still unknown until some time after the autopsy. She passed in her sleep so she did pass peacefully and it is assumed she had no pain behind her passing. Susan is still in a whole lot of shock of losing her daughter. Apparently, Susan talked to Sara not even six hours before the news of her passing (which is why Susan is in shock). Susan is heading to New Zealand tonight. She has promised an update. More details to follow."
She is not back in the states yet. Apparently, they are doing the autopsy in New Zealand today or tomorrow and then making arrangements for her to come back to the states. Cory then sent me this text which made me cry and smile all at once...
"I think Heather and Sara immediately found each other in heaven, hugged, then started plans for a music and dance/colorguard program in heaven. They are teaching together now! They are happy to have each other there now!"
It is true. Sara missed Heather terribly but decided to teach her Riverton students the way Heather taught her. Now, she can teach along side her too!
"The cause of her passing is still unknown until some time after the autopsy. She passed in her sleep so she did pass peacefully and it is assumed she had no pain behind her passing. Susan is still in a whole lot of shock of losing her daughter. Apparently, Susan talked to Sara not even six hours before the news of her passing (which is why Susan is in shock). Susan is heading to New Zealand tonight. She has promised an update. More details to follow."
She is not back in the states yet. Apparently, they are doing the autopsy in New Zealand today or tomorrow and then making arrangements for her to come back to the states. Cory then sent me this text which made me cry and smile all at once...
"I think Heather and Sara immediately found each other in heaven, hugged, then started plans for a music and dance/colorguard program in heaven. They are teaching together now! They are happy to have each other there now!"
It is true. Sara missed Heather terribly but decided to teach her Riverton students the way Heather taught her. Now, she can teach along side her too!
2 Gone in 10 Months...
Yep, I lost another friend today. I was sitting at the dollar movie theatre waiting for Karate Kid to start. I received a phone call from my friend Chase that went something like this (please note that Chase broke to the news to me about Heather not even ten months ago)...
*phone rings, I noticed Chase's name and answer it*
Me: Hey Chase. What's up?
Chase: Hello Kristen.
Me: Hi!
Chase: You are going to hate me as I always carry bad news whenever I seem to call you.
*very long pause as I realize someone has gone from this wrold*
Me: What happened? Who is it?
Chase: Susan's daughter passed away this morning.
Me: Sara? Sara died?
Chase: Yeah, it happened this morning.
Me: How did it happen?
Chase: It is unclear. They are waiting for autopsy results.
*phone clicks dead.*
I, sadly, was then tasked by a friend to sent out a mass text message to all my Blue Knights Drum Corp contacts as she did tour with them and to tell another friend of her passing since I worked with both of them at West Jordan High School. The mast texting started and the word went quick. The movie was less than two hours long and in that time, we all had spread the word, arranged for people to comfort her family (since her Mom was my director) and are now attempting to pin down a date for a funneral. She was in New Zealand on an internship at the time of her death so getting the body back to the states is going to be a bit of a challenge.
I was so overwhelmed with getting everything going I didn't have time to grieve until now. I went to Heather's page and told her to look after Sara and to start a marching band and have Sara be in the colorguard while they are in heaven. It made me realize, I have lost two friends, colleagues and well-respected and admired people in the short span of 10 months.
I love you Sara Raymond. I will be sure to look after your family. Mike, Lorraine and Scott promised to do so too.
*phone rings, I noticed Chase's name and answer it*
Me: Hey Chase. What's up?
Chase: Hello Kristen.
Me: Hi!
Chase: You are going to hate me as I always carry bad news whenever I seem to call you.
*very long pause as I realize someone has gone from this wrold*
Me: What happened? Who is it?
Chase: Susan's daughter passed away this morning.
Me: Sara? Sara died?
Chase: Yeah, it happened this morning.
Me: How did it happen?
Chase: It is unclear. They are waiting for autopsy results.
*phone clicks dead.*
I, sadly, was then tasked by a friend to sent out a mass text message to all my Blue Knights Drum Corp contacts as she did tour with them and to tell another friend of her passing since I worked with both of them at West Jordan High School. The mast texting started and the word went quick. The movie was less than two hours long and in that time, we all had spread the word, arranged for people to comfort her family (since her Mom was my director) and are now attempting to pin down a date for a funneral. She was in New Zealand on an internship at the time of her death so getting the body back to the states is going to be a bit of a challenge.
I was so overwhelmed with getting everything going I didn't have time to grieve until now. I went to Heather's page and told her to look after Sara and to start a marching band and have Sara be in the colorguard while they are in heaven. It made me realize, I have lost two friends, colleagues and well-respected and admired people in the short span of 10 months.
I love you Sara Raymond. I will be sure to look after your family. Mike, Lorraine and Scott promised to do so too.
Monday, August 9, 2010
VERY Early Morning Post!
I am going to be honest with everyone. I have been up since 5am trying to get a lot of last minute stuff done. I have to finalize the research paper some time today. The research paper is a group project so we are getting everything together. I need to go to BYU today to get some dance journal to defend our research paper. That is what I am doing all day today. Looking for work and finishing up all papers!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Summer Finals Week 2010
Obviously today is Sunday. But it is not just any Sunday. It is the last Sunday of the semester before I start classes in the Fall. I have class tomorrow and class on Wednesday, then I have exactly two weeks of a break to prepare for Fall term. Until that much needed and much anticipated break, though, I have to finish a whole bundle of assignments and hope I receive adequate grades on all of them. This weekend I have put in over 20 hours of study time (ten on Friday and ten on Saturday) and will spend most of today finishing everything up. I can hold off on a presentation and one of two portfolios until Wednesday and hold off on the other portfolio until Tuesday. Needless, to say I will be rather happy to have the two week break before Fall term. So, my plan for the day includes working on the following (in order):
- Philosophy of Dance Paper
- Revelations by Alvin Ailey Critique
- Finish take home final
- Revise research paper
- Put together basics of both portfolios.
- Finish "Ballet Companion" lesson plan
- Finish tables, charts and graphs for Tuesdays portfolio!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Busy Week Part 2
I have just over 15 minutes to produce this blog before I get back to working on more assignments. I decided to post another list of what needs to get done today especially since about 70% of them are due tomorrow. Good thing I got most of the rough drafts and editing done yesterday. That means I just have to go in and revise those papers meaning I can get more done today! I have 12 things that must get done today and I will list below what they are:
- Revisions for research paper
- Revisions for portfolio
- Philosophy Paper Outline
- Math Pre-Test
- Alvin Ailey Review
- Religion sec. 6-8
- In formal Interviews (must do 5 today).
- Dance Resume for dance portfolio
- cg portfolio (finish calendars, expand on goals section table(s) and graph(s) and part 2 if I finish everything else)
- Send a message to Rebecca
- Set-up the job shadow
- Journal Entries
Monday, August 2, 2010
Such a busy Monday or a busy Week?
I wrote out my to do list for the week and realized how much I have to do. I thought I could compact it all into one day! I don't think I will even make a dent today. I will tackle homework and the easier, time consuming, somewhat smaller tasks, since I do have a whole lot of homework. I get to put my DVDs out in the living room where Jamie had her DVDs. I will soon be able to put some of my books in the living room too. I want to be able to inventory all my books and DVDs so I if people borrow any of them, I know which is missing and possibly an inventory of who is borrowing which item! I am also trying to get my room cleaned up, organized and decorated!
Today, I got both my final assignments for my classes and an assignment to be completed before Fall term begins on August 25th (one my goodness, less than a month away and end of term is two weeks away). Both final assignments are major portfolios (again) and neither of them are small. The first half of both of them are not that difficult to put together. Mostly, I just compile all written assignments together and that creates the first half of both portfolios. The second half on one of them involves video and music editing for the performance CD I have to include with it and some more writing among other things!
I have decided to let eveyone know how much I have to do today. This is what I wrote on my twitter (note it was in three seperate twwitter posts since I can only have 140 characters or less)...
Twitter Post #1: Working on homework in the following order...cg portfolio (calendars, introduction and Part 1), research paper rough draft, poster summary
Twitter Post #2: resume revision, religion sections 6-8, philosophy paper outline, reflection paper and my dance midterm paper...
Twitter Post #3:all before tomorrow because tomorrow's schedule is busier...
Yeah, I am going to maybe get half of that done. The research paper is putting together the skeletons of the group works and paragraphs. The poster summary is one small paragraph about the research paper. The resume revisions is for an assignment and since I have my resume saved I can make easy corrections. The biggest ones are going to be the portfolio and all the papers due by Wednesday. Yep, a long and busy Monday as well as a busy and productive Tuesday will ensue this week. Luckily, most of the final drafts of the papers and the entire portfolio is not due until Friday (granted I do have two of them due Monday as well).
So, I best be gettintg back to work!
Today, I got both my final assignments for my classes and an assignment to be completed before Fall term begins on August 25th (one my goodness, less than a month away and end of term is two weeks away). Both final assignments are major portfolios (again) and neither of them are small. The first half of both of them are not that difficult to put together. Mostly, I just compile all written assignments together and that creates the first half of both portfolios. The second half on one of them involves video and music editing for the performance CD I have to include with it and some more writing among other things!
I have decided to let eveyone know how much I have to do today. This is what I wrote on my twitter (note it was in three seperate twwitter posts since I can only have 140 characters or less)...
Twitter Post #1: Working on homework in the following order...cg portfolio (calendars, introduction and Part 1), research paper rough draft, poster summary
Twitter Post #2: resume revision, religion sections 6-8, philosophy paper outline, reflection paper and my dance midterm paper...
Twitter Post #3:all before tomorrow because tomorrow's schedule is busier...
Yeah, I am going to maybe get half of that done. The research paper is putting together the skeletons of the group works and paragraphs. The poster summary is one small paragraph about the research paper. The resume revisions is for an assignment and since I have my resume saved I can make easy corrections. The biggest ones are going to be the portfolio and all the papers due by Wednesday. Yep, a long and busy Monday as well as a busy and productive Tuesday will ensue this week. Luckily, most of the final drafts of the papers and the entire portfolio is not due until Friday (granted I do have two of them due Monday as well).
So, I best be gettintg back to work!
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