At piano lessons today my teacher showed me the song she wants me to play next year: "Prelude" by Debussy. I was astounded at the number of glissandos and cadenzas in there--she has that much confidence in me? It does look like a fun piece. I just hope I'll play it well.

MAACS...it went pretty well, but apparently it didn't go as well as I thought it did. There were six people competing, two of whom were Lydia and I. Two of those people used music, and when you use your music, your rating drops a point. Later, I learned that one of those placed second--beating Lydia and me out. It makes me wonder what my score was.

And...I'm very busy with school. Afternoons fly by before I'm even fully aware that they've arrived!

We have snow! It snowed about eight inches Saturday night, but we made it down to church anyway. The roads cleared off very quickly. Then yesterday evening the Rippes came over and we went sledding.

That's the extent of what's worth repeating. I hope everyone is staying warm in their houses this month!