Rolling out of Bed onto the Stage

Hello Friends and Family!
I wanted to get y'all an update before I get swept up into exams.

I my exams start next week, so right now all of us are frantically stuffing everything we forgot back into our brains. Luckily, I don't have any papers due this week, though I do have a chemistry test friday and a harmony portfolio due tomorrow, eek! Though I only have 3 exams next week, since my freshman seminar was the basics of acting, which is nice because I have extra time to study for everything else!
Here is my exam schedule (if anybody feels like sending prayers my way, I'll need them!)
monday: legacies of the ancient world
tuesday: take-home harmony exam due by 5
wednesday: study day!
thursday: chemistry... ugh
Now just because I posted my schedule does not mean that I need reminders to study... *cough* dad, mom *cough*... :)

Oh some exciting news, yesterday I had my luncheon musicale! This is put on by the music department to display students talents in a little lunch time concert. I think the biggest incentive for people to go is the free lunch, haha. But thats fine, I enjoyed it and it was good practice. I will go into detail later and post the performance when I have time! sorry!

Now I have determined, though this just may be my southern upbringing kicking in, but I always though snow was supposed to fall down; not sideways or upwards. Should I be worried? Well for those who haven't checked the weather and laughed at my demise, it has been snowing here for 72 hours straight and is not supposed to stop until possibly saturday. Though it will probably be pushed back, since it wasn't going to snow tomorrow, but now it is. I got a call from my voice teacher this morning, who lives in syracuse, telling me that she couldn't get out of the city because of the snow. Syracuse has already had 15 inches of snow with 9-10 more on the way today. This is all caused by the lovely lake effect, though what that is I couldn't give you a good definition.
Now I love the snow!! But it stinks when I am stuck inside studying when I want to be outside playing! Everyone else is used to the snow, so they can ignore it. But this snow, which is sooooooo light an fluffy, the powder is actually a foot deep and you can't make snowballs its so loose, is way too tempting! But that's what study breaks are for!
Anyway, I hope everything is going well down south and I will see y'all in a couple of weeks!

Lots of Love!
Palmer

Video Blog

I'm trying something new today! Since I have to get cracking on my school work with exams coming up and all, I decided to make a video post so that I don't have to worry about writing everything down. I hope this works and I hope you enjoy! And please don't judge, I am not the best speaker in the world, so bear with me.
Here it goes!

not too bad, huh? Maybe I should go into the movie business... haha.

Love y'all!
Palmer

Yay Kayaking photos!

Many of you may not know this but I have had the opportunity to kayaking while I am up here. It was so nice! Besides the cold, I think I could start to like northeast paddling. Well, never as much as the southeast!
Here are some photos of me from that trip:







Lots of love!
Palmer

Frat Shirts and Boxers

For those of you worried about the title of this post, you can put the rifles back in the gun closet or under the bed, there is no yankee that "needs to be taken care".
I am simply referring to the items of clothing I am wearing curled up on my bed while writing this post.

Have you ever had any clothes that made you feel safe?
Well mine include my dad's phi delta theta shirt and a pair green, bulldog boxers.

To give you the back story, today has been a very stressful day.
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I was supposed to register for classes next semester, and what did I not do tonight? Register for classes. You may ask, "well Palmer why didn't you?" or "why don't you register now?" Well ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is a wonderful example of miscommunication. Let's just say Colgate forgot to inform me about a fee I had not yet paid, oh and it turns out, if you have outstanding payments, you are not allowed to register. Yippee!

Now this is no one's fault but my own, so please do not think I am pointing fingers.

The whole process of registering is already stressful, but the addition of not knowing why the computer says I cannot register and having to figure out why takes a toll on a person. Luckily it seems most of my classes are still open. Only one has closed, but I have already emailed the professor explaining my dilemma and asking to meet with her. Hopefully I will be able to use my southern charm to persuade her to make an exception for me.

But if not it isn't the end of the world.
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You can see why I needed to crawl into my worn out, comfy clothes and let the love worn in them infuse into me. If I could, I would throw on my Jackson Hole long sleeve shirt, but it isn't cold enough for that.

I promise, you can put away the shovel, nothing needs to be hidden amongst 1,000 acres of land.
When I do, I will already have my shotgun in hand when I call.

Lots of Love
Palmer

It's Cold

I really underestimated the temperature here.
Thinking back, I believe that I though that the winters would be a combination of Alabama winter temperature and snow. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha, wow I was really naive.
Anyway, there isn't anything I can do about it now.

So I don't know whether I have ever listed out my courses I am taking this semester. My apologies! Here it goes:

Harmony 1: music theory class at 9:20 a.m. mon, tues, weds, and fri
Chemistry 101: basic chemistry at 11:20 a.m. mon, weds, and fri
Chemistry 101 Lab: lab at 9:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. thrusday
Legacies of the Ancient World: required history/philosophy class at 12:20 a.m. mon, tues, and fri
Basics of Acting: freshman seminar at 1:20 -2:35 tues and thurs

I really enjoy all of my classes and am so lucky to have this schedule.

Oh and I declared my major! Well, one of them. Since I know that I want to major in Music (plus free voice lessons!) I decided I might as well go ahead and declare. Declaring is basically me asking a professor in that department to be my advisor (mine is my Harmony 1 professor), mapping out a plan for the next 4 years, and then filling out paperwork. It's not binding, so I can drop it anytime I want which is nice to not have to worry about. I still need to get my paperwork turned in though... I guess that is what I will be doing today.

Sending my love from Yankee territory!!

Palmer

Lemonade Without Sugar is only Lemon Juice

(Ok so the title of this post is not the most optimistic in the world, BUT there is a surprise ending!)

This week the phrase "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade" has been on my mind. But what happens if you have all lemons, but there is no sugar to be found? I was getting very frustrated because I realized life is in control of both the lemons and the sugar.
And the only thing I could make was lemon juice.
I am not sure how this all came about but I think it was a combination of seeing my friend and roommate, Michelle and Alice, be occupied with Outdoor Ed (which I was rejected from), people in my freshman seminar talking about being in the Cabaret (rejected from), seeing posters about a cappella concerts (again rejected from), and finally being in the slow boat in crew.
After being successful in high school and knowing my place there, it is really scary having to restart and discover your niche in college. I had it all planned out, there wasn't going to be that awkward phase to adjusting. Boy was I ever wrong.
I really hated college this week, and I wanted to get out of here. God knew; I told him more times than needed. Finally on Friday, I gave up and told him that I was tired of trying to control every aspect of my life.
Well, apparently he was listening.
Last night I had a blast with my friends. There was no weight on my shoulders, I felt like I could breath. Putting my life into his hands and knowing he was in control was the most wonderful experience.
It made me realize that if try to follow my own plans, I will only find lemons, but if I let God be in control, I am sure to find the sugar.

Thank You Charles for the Wonderful Coat

Happy Halloween!!

Today is a wonderful day! It is halloween, I got to spend time with my parents and then when I didn't think it could get much better.... IT SNOWS!!! WOOHOO!!!

Here are some images of what you are missing!!








Lots of Love!
Palmer