A years end..

As 2011 comes to end and the holiday festivities have fallen behind us, there is a time to reflect. To wonder what we've done this year, what we could have done, and what we would like to do in the coming year. Sitting here listening to the beautiful sound of instruments ringing in my ears, the ebb and flow of strings and percussion gives  a feeling of how this year has gone. In two short minutes, these instruments of string and percussion are able to convey the meaning of this year, that no amount of words ever could.

I've always wanted to find a way to explain all these emotions in my head, but I think the only way they're able to come through is through music. That is one of the reasons I've decided to take up cello again, that and the beauty and emotion one can produce on that one piece of wood is indescribable. Sometimes a voice isn't enough, or too much. Sometimes the listener doesn't need to have the meaning pushed upon them through meaningful, or meaningless lyrics. Sometimes music is best listened to in a pure form of sound and vibration.

This year went by way too fast. As I get older the years go by faster, I guess that's how it's suppose to be in life?  I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to feel this way. I ran in the new year just a few short months ago in the hospital watching the late, late show and feeling like crap, and hopefully I'll be able to ring in the new year at home this year feeling less like crap. The year had its highs and its lows. I've stuffed a lot more useless knowledge into this head of mine, and hopefully it will get me through the next year and so forth.

One chapter in my life will be ending soon, and another will begin. I hope I like this chapter..I think I'll title it "the life and times of a professional me". That's right, my college education will be coming to a close this next year. I'm excited, nervous, elated, and just plain freaked out. Just because someone gives me a diploma and I pass an exam that automatically makes me capable of what I've been spending these past few years learning? Am I ready? Hell no. I don't think anyone is when they reach that point. I just hope I am able to make someone's life a little easier, a little more enjoyable, and possibly little less intimidating.

So here's to another fun-filled, fantabulous year ahead of us. I just hope we're able to fulfill everything we're suppose to do.